A 2-Year, Phase IV, Multicentre, Observational Study of Ranibizumab 0.5 mg in Patients with Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Routine Clinical Practice: The EPICOHORT... by Sergio Pagliarini, Stephen Beatty, Blandina Lipkova, Eduardo Perez-Salvador Garcia, Stefaan Reynders, Margarita Gekkieva, Abdelkader Si Bouazza, Stefan Pilz

“…Results. 755 of 770 patients received treatment. Ranibizumab was generally well tolerated with low incidence of selected AEs (0%–1.9%). …”
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Deep Learning in Oral Hygiene: Automated Dental Plaque Detection via YOLO Frameworks and Quantification Using the O’Leary Index by Alfonso Ramírez-Pedraza, Sebastián Salazar-Colores, Crystel Cardenas-Valle, Juan Terven, José-Joel González-Barbosa, Francisco-Javier Ornelas-Rodriguez, Juan-Bautista Hurtado-Ramos, Raymundo Ramirez-Pedraza, Diana-Margarita Córdova-Esparza, Julio-Alejandro Romero-González

“…Across all YOLO variants, older plaque was generally easier to detect than newer plaque, which can blend with gingival tissue. …”
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Triple (and quadruple) soft-gluon radiation in QCD hard scattering by Stefano Catani, Dimitri Colferai, Alessandro Torrini

“…We also present some results on the radiation of four soft gluons from two hard partons, and we discuss the colour monster contribution and its relation with the violation (and generalization) of Casimir scaling. We also compute the first correction of 𝒪(1/ N c 2 $$ {N}_c^2 $$ ) to the eikonal formula for multiple soft-gluon radiation with strong energy ordering from two hard gluons.…”
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The Conservative Physiology of the Immune System. A Non-Metaphoric Approach to Immunological Activity by Nelson M. Vaz, Gustavo C. Ramos, Vitor Pordeus, Claudia R. Carvalho

“…In the late 50s, selective theories were proposed and from then on, immunology has been based in a close association with the neo-Darwinian principles, such as random generation of variants (lymphocyte clones), selection by extrinsic factors (antigens)—and, more generally, on genetic determinism and functionalism. …”
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The Development of Sufism and Orders in Kelantan by Abdul Ghani Muhamad, Nik Yusri Musa

“…The Islamic world has witnessed a winding and varied development period for the discipline of Sufism, which has also impacted Nusantara, generally, and Kelantan, specifically. The objective of this study is to identify the development of Sufism and tariqat in the state of Kelantan, including its history, figures, understanding, types of tariqat, and the books used as references in the teaching of Sufism and tariqat. …”
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Illustrating Animals and Visualizing Natural History in Chambers’s Encyclopaedias by Rose Roberto

“…It will discuss the depiction of animals and other natural history topics, comparing how entries and representations evolved between both editions and examine the influence of wider trends in the growing ‘popular markets’ for natural history, encyclopaedias, and book illustration generally during this period. Finally it looks at the firm’s philosophy of self-improvement, progress and understanding of science and questions whether the natural history images used in these encyclopaedias provided its 19th century audiences with any clues for the sensational author of Vestiges.…”
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Continuous monitoring of temporal skills during long-term in-home training by cochlear implant users by Krzysztof R. Szymański, Krzysztof Gawryluk, Marek Brancewicz

“…Temporal analysis showed that extended use of the platform generally led to improved scores among cochlear implant users.The findings underscore the need for cautious interpretation of melodic contour identification test results, given the difficulty experienced by both cochlear implant users and normally hearing individuals. …”
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Effects of Thermal and Stress Cycles on the Mechanical Properties and Acoustic Emission Characteristics of Rocks by Xianwei Meng, Xinran Zhang, Mingbo Chi, Kun Du

“…AE data reveal that basalt generally exhibits lower AE counts than sandstone, with the highest counts observed under SR-CTT-CLT. …”
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Dynamic Interdependence of Systematic Risks in Emerging Markets Economies: A Recursive-Based Frequency-Domain Approach by Emmanuel Asafo-Adjei, Anokye M. Adam, Anthony Adu-Asare Idun, Peace Y. Ametepi

“…The low correlations, especially in the short term, of these countries within their respective regions signify less risk transmission and should be included in a portfolio of assets in determining investment risks. Generally, we find significant integration among systematic risks in emerging markets in the long term. …”
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Antibiotic Use in Poultry Production in Grenada by Lindonne Glasgow, Martin Forde, Darren Brow, Catherine Mahoney, Stephanie Fletcher, Shelly Rodrigo

“…The respondents were not aware of local programs to monitor antibiotic use or manage antibiotic resistance in the poultry industry. Conclusion. Generally, the farmers’ knowledge and practices were inconsistent with recommendations by the World Health Organization for antibiotic stewardship. …”
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Study on the driving mechanism of spatio-temporal non-stationarity of vegetation dynamics in the Taihangshan-Yanshan Region by Jiao Pang, Minli Wang, Huicong Zhang, Liyao Dong, Jiarui Li, Yanrui Ding, Zhenzhou Zhu, Feng Yan

“…In terms of space, vegetation coverage in Yanshan region is generally higher than that in Taihang Mountain with significant spatial heterogeneity.(2) Theil-Sen Median trend and Hurst index analysis shows that about 70% of regions have shown an increasing trend in kNDVI throughout the year and will continue to increase in the future. (3) The analysis results of Optimal Parameter Geodetector Detectors (OPGD) show that evapotranspiration (ET) is the dominant driving factor of kNDVI, and the interactive enhancement benefits with other factors is significant. …”
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Drug resistant epilepsy as the consequence of inadequate control of type 1 diabetes by Ewa M. Sokolewicz, Kamil Dzwilewski, Natalia Omieczyńska, Marta Zawadzka, Maria Mazurkiewicz-Bełdzińska

“…Brain MRI revealed in both cerebral hemispheres, symmetrically, elevated white matter signal, mainly in the subcortex and cortex of the frontal and occipital and parietal lobes with features of diffusion restriction. EEG revealed generalized slow brain activity, without obvious epileptiform. …”
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Intellectual Capital and Firm Performance in the Context of Venture-Capital Syndication Background in China by Yuzhong Lu, Zengrui Tian, Guillermo Andres Buitrago, Shuiwen Gao, Yuanjun Zhao, Shuai Zhang

“…The data were collected from VCS-backed and listed firms in China during 2014 to 2018 applying the pooled OLS model for hypotheses test, Generalized Method of Moments (GMMs) to reduce endogeneity and unobserved factor control, and also return on equity (ROE) instead of ROA for the robustness test. …”
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Mechanism of criminal activity aimed at unlawful seizure of business entities’ assets by S. A. Tiulieniev

“…Based on the analysis of the investigative and judicial practice of investigation of criminal offences related to raiding, and also on the generalization of theoretical developments on the mechanism of criminal activity, the article proves that the mechanism of criminal activity of raiders is complex and multifaceted, since it is manifested in a variety of criminal offences which may sometimes even be embodied by criminal technologies. …”
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Investigation of microstructure and mechanical properties of austenitic steel bimetallic structures fabricated using wire arc direct energy deposition for remanufacturing applicati... by Rupendra Singh Tanwar, Suyog Jhavar

“…SS309 exhibited a higher δ ferrite content compared to SS316L, and the interfaces showed a δ-ferrite content between the two base metals, the δ-ferrite mitigate the issue of hot cracking which occurred generally in the austenitic steels. The hardness ranged from 206 to 289 Vickers hardness (HV), with a considerable increase at the interface due to concentration of δ ferrite. …”
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Exploiting the Quantum Advantage for Satellite Image Processing: Review and Assessment by Soronzonbold Otgonbaatar, Dieter Kranzlmuller

“…Our quantum resource estimation showed that quantum machine learning (QML) models, with a sufficient number of T-gates, provide the quantum advantage if and only if they generalize on unseen data points better than their classical counterparts deployed on the HPC system and they break the symmetry in their weights at each learning iteration like in conventional deep neural networks. …”
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Canine Rise Method: A Conservative Approach for Worn Teeth Rehabilitation with Different Adhesive Restorative Materials by Hamid Kermanshah, Aws Alzwghaibi, Maitham Al-Tufaili, Sholeh Ghabraei

“…In this article, two cases with generalized dental wear and four cases with localized dental wear are reported. …”
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Evolution of sample-based music authorship network by Dongju Park, Juyong Park

“…This study demonstrates the complex nature of cultural evolution using a network framework that is also generally applicable to other creative enterprises.…”
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Inflammatory Response Mechanisms Exacerbating Hypoxemia in Coexistent Pulmonary Fibrosis and Sleep Apnea by Ayodeji Adegunsoye, Jay Balachandran

“…Patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis commonly have obstructive sleep apnea, which potentiates the hypoxic stimuli for oxidative stress, culminating in systemic inflammation and generalized vascular endothelial damage. Comorbidities like pulmonary hypertension, obesity, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction contribute to chronic hypoxemia leading to the release of proinflammatory cytokines that may propagate clinical deterioration and alter the pulmonary fibrotic pathway. …”
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Unified Failure Strength Criterion for Terrace Slope Reinforcement Materials by Xuan Fang, Jie Yang, Jia-Ming Na, Zhen-Yuan Gu

“…When the confining pressure exceeds 1200 kPa, the rate of increase of the strength for LCSG material and other cemented grained materials declines generally. The material strength displays a linear increase with the growth of the cement content. …”
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