Can screening for degenerative cervical myelopathy (SCREEN-DCM) be effectively undertaken based on signs, symptoms and known risk factors? Rationale and research protocol for a pro... by Benjamin Davies, Mark Kotter, Granit Molliqaj, Enrico Tessitore, Karl Schaller, Teresa Somma, Aria Nouri, Renato Gondar, Joseph S Cheng, Paolo Cappabianca, Alexandre Lavé, Gianpaolo Jannelli, Allan Martin, Justin Virojanapa, Carmen L A Vleggeert-Lankamp, Valerie ter Wengel, Torstein Meling

“…Given that LDD is one of the most common presentations in neurosurgical practice and primary care, it is the objective of the proposed study to administer a screening test to these patients as well as those with risk factors or symptoms which raise the suspicion of underlying DCM.Methods and analysis A screening test based on clinical signs/symptoms and known risk factors of DCM was designed. Screening will be performed in neurosurgical consultations for patients with LDD or those with any suspicion of myelopathy. …”
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Antibacterial activity of biodentine against Enterococcus faecalis: a systematic review by Hasan Subhi, Nashwah Subhi, Salah Alhaidary, Mahmood S. Azeez, Abedelmalek Kalefh Tabnjh, Abedelmalek Kalefh Tabnjh, Abedelmalek Kalefh Tabnjh

“…However, randomized clinical trials with well-designed and robust methodologies are required in order to provide information about its clinical behaviour.…”
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Study on Variation of Surface Runoff and Soil Moisture Content in the Subgrade of Permeable Pavement Structure by Lijun Hou, Yuan Wang, Fengchun Shen, Ming Lei, Xiang Wang, Xiaochong Zhao, Shuling Gao, Abdullah Alhaj

“…The self-designed indoor simulated rainfall device was used to rain on five types of pavement structures with 4 types of rainfall intensity (2.5 mm/min, 3.4 mm/min, 4.6 mm/min, and 5.5 mm/min). …”
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Development of a droplet digital PCR method for the detection of Ureaplasma urealyticum by Yong-Zhuo Zhou, Yun-Hu Zhao, Yan-Lan Chen, Hua Luo, Yu-lin Zhou, Bing Gu, Wei-Zhen Fang, Chao-Hui Duan, Xu-Guang Guo

“…Methods: Primers were designed for the ParC gene of UU. Nucleic acids from a standard strain of UU were extracted. …”
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Evaluation of the Impact of Morphological Differences on Scale Effects in Green Tide Area Estimation by Ke Wu, Tao Xie, Jian Li, Chao Wang, Xuehong Zhang, Hui Liu, Shuying Bai

“…Green tide patches were categorized into small, medium, and large sizes, and morphological features such as elongation, compactness, convexity, fractal dimension, and morphological complexity were designed and analyzed. Machine learning models, including Extra Trees, LightGBM, and Random Forest, among others, classified medium and large patches into striped and non-striped types, with Extra Trees achieving outstanding performance (accuracy: 0.9844, kappa: 0.9629, F1-score: 0.9844, MIoU: 0.9637). …”
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Personalized treatment strategies for breast adenoid cystic carcinoma: A machine learning approach by Sakhr Alshwayyat, Mahmoud Bashar Abu Al Hawa, Mustafa Alshwayyat, Tala Abdulsalam Alshwayyat, Siya sawan, Ghaith Heilat, Hanan M. Hammouri, Sara Mheid, Batool Al Shweiat, Hamdah Hanifa

“…Background: Breast adenoid cystic carcinoma (BACC) is a rare subtype of breast cancer that accounts for less than 0.1 % of all cases. This study was designed to assess the efficacy of various treatment approaches for BACC and to create the first web-based tool to facilitate personalized treatment decisions. …”
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Transformation of NO in Combustion Gases by DC Corona by Oleksandr Molchanov, Kamil Krpec, Jiří Horák, Lenka Kuboňová, František Hopan, Jiří Ryšavý, Marcelina Bury

“…Experiments were conducted using a 5 kW automatic wood pellet domestic heat source with combustion gas treated in a specially designed ESP operated in both positive and negative corona modes, resulting in a reduction in NO concentrations from 130 mg/m³ to 27/29 mg/m³ for positive/negative polarities (at 0 °C and 101.3 kPa). …”
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Optimizing corrosion resistance of the Mg–4Zn-0.5Y-0.5Nd alloy by regulation of secondary phase and grain structure by C.C. Zhao, W.T. Ouyang, M. Wen, C. Yang, D.K. Xu, Y.F. Zheng, T.F. Xi, L.Y. Sheng

“…The Mg–4Zn-0.5Y-0.5Nd alloy was designed and fabricated using conventional casting and subsequently heat treatment to optimize its microstructure and corrosion properties. …”
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The CuePed Trial: How Does Environmental Complexity Impact Cue Effectiveness? A Comparison of Tonic and Phasic Visual Cueing in Simple and Complex Environments in a Parkinson’s Dis... by Rodney Marsh, Michael H. Cole, Nadeeka N. W. Dissanayaka, Tiffany R. Au, Sandra Clewett, John D. O’Sullivan, Peter A. Silburn

“…We assembled 20 participants with PD and FoG and familiarized them with a belt-worn, laser-light cueing device (Agilitas™). The device was designed with 2 cueing modalities—gait-dependent or “phasic” cueing and gait-independent or “tonic” cueing. …”
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Synaptic transistor implementing potentiation or depression via field distribution modulation of dual dielectric layers by single-polarity pulsed voltage stimuli by Jieun Kim, Jung Wook Lim, Chohyeon Park, Chaerin Yu, Jaehee Lee

“…Understanding and simulating the synaptic plasticity mechanisms of the human brain are crucial for advancing neuromorphic computers for artificial intelligence (AI) and humanoid applications. This study designs, fabricates, and characterizes a dual-gate dielectric synaptic device that utilizes interfacial charge traps to mimic long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD), which are essential for learning and memory. …”
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A new approach for detecting HPV DNA in cervical swabs: comparison of nucleic acid extraction with direct PCR by Fatih Çubuk, Muhammet Çağrı Yıldız, Fikrican Balcı, Ahmet İrgin, Savaş Aşkın, Ekrem Sağtaş, Sedat kaygusuz

“…Methods The study was designed in two phases: an experimental phase and a clinical phase. …”
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Lessons learnt from measures taken to prevent rabies introduction and spread into a long rabies free territory (case study of the Irkutsk Oblast) by I. V. Meltsov, A. M. Ablov, E. N. Shkolnikova, M. E. Koplik, P. A. Minchenko, T. V. Desyatova, I. D. Zarva, A. D. Botvinkin, A. Ye. Metlin

“…The paper demonstrates cartograms of fox and wolf population density along with designation of sites, where oral vaccination of wild carnivores was performed.…”
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A retrospective study to understand the differences in maternal mortality among women admitted in critical and stable conditions in Malawi by David Lissauer, James Chirombo, Nara Tagiyeva-Milne, Jennifer Riches, Rosemary Bilesi, Lumbani Makhaza, Laura Munthali, Malangizo Mbewe

“…The key factors leading to deaths were mostly healthcare worker factors followed by administrative factors.Conclusion Understanding and responding to the different underlying causes of maternal mortality and contributing factors in the stable and critical cohorts are vital to designing well-targeted and impactful interventions to prevent maternal deaths.…”
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Janus kinase inhibitor treatment for inflammatory diseases: excess or no excess risk of venous thromboembolism? by Yachar Dawudi, Samuel Benarroch, Hélène Helfer, David M. Smadja, Isabelle Mahé

“…However, these studies were not designed to detect adverse events such as VTEs. The pharmacovigilance data indicated that the frequency of VTE reports was higher than that of other adverse events. …”
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Cryopreservation of epididymal semen of domestic cat by S. Ya. Amstislavsky, E. Yu. Brusentsev, V. I. Mokrousova, E. A. Kizilova, V. V. Kozhevnikova, V. A. Naprimerov, I. N. Rozhkova

“…Taken together these results suggest that both CPAs are suitable for the purpose of domestic cat semen freezing and cryopreservation, although CPF was designed for Canidae semen cryopreservation and SF was developed for human semen freezing and so far was used exclusively in reproductive medicine. …”
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Heart transplantation: comparing the impact of modified heart preservation with conventional methods by Xiaoke Shang, Changdong Zhang, Yixuan Wang, Mei Liu, Yucheng Zhong, Nianguo Dong

“…Among these, 656 cases underwent modified heart preservation and were assigned to the study group, while 107 cases underwent conventional heart preservation and were designated as the control group. Detailed information from both groups was collected and compared, including demographic and donor characteristics, survival status, disease type, and recipient/donor characteristics. …”
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Analysis of Changes in Retinal Thickness in Type 2 Diabetes without Diabetic Retinopathy by Jing Jiang, Yan Liu, Yingchao Chen, Bo Ma, Yiwen Qian, Zhenzhen Zhang, Dongqing Zhu, Zhiliang Wang, Xiaofang Xu

“…To examine the changes in retinal thickness of patients with diabetes without DR. Designs. A randomization, crossover, retrospective practice. …”
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EARice10: a 10 m resolution annual rice distribution map of East Asia for 2023 by M. Song, M. Song, M. Song, L. Xu, L. Xu, J. Ge, J. Ge, J. Ge, H. Zhang, H. Zhang, H. Zhang, L. Zuo, L. Zuo, J. Jiang, J. Jiang, J. Jiang, Y. Ding, Y. Ding, Y. Ding, Y. Xie, Y. Xie, Y. Xie, F. Wu, F. Wu

“…In addition, a stacking-based optical–SAR adaptive fusion model was designed to fully integrate the features of Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data for high-precision rice mapping in EA. …”
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A Novel Construction of Substitution Box Based on Polynomial Mapped and Finite Field With Image Encryption Application by Abid Mahboob, Muhammad Asif, Imran Siddique, Aysha Saleem, Muhammad Nadeem, Dariusz Grzelczyk, Jan Awrejcewicz

“…Firstly, we take a quadratic polynomial mapped for the construction of S-box from the newly designed map. To keep the S-box bijective, swap each missing entries with repeating entries after that we acquire the initial box. …”
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Impact of Application of Multifunction Electrode (MFE) Pads on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Quality by Radosław Zalewski, Mateusz Puślecki, Łukasz Szarpak, Tomasz Kłosiewicz, Marek Dąbrowski, Bartłomiej Perek

“…A randomized simulation cross-study was designed, in which 100 two-person paramedical teams participated. …”
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