Comparative analysis of clinical efficacy of unilateral biportal endoscopic and open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion in the treatment of lumbar degenerative by Tao Ma, Xiaoshuang Tu, Junyang Li, Yongcun Geng, Yongcun Geng, Jingwei Wu, Senlin Chen, Dengming Yan, Dengming Yan, Ming Jiang, Ming Jiang, Gongming Gao, Luming Nong

“…In recent years, unilateral biportal endoscopic lumbar interbody fusion (ULIF) has gained increasing application.MethodsWe recorded the basic information of patients who underwent single-segment ULIF or TLIF for the first time in our hospital from May 2021 to November 2022, including age, gender, BMI, diagnosis, and surgical segment. …”
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Exploring the Interaction between Local Communities and Environmental Policies: A Qualitative Study of Conflicts between Natives and Rangers around the Protected Areas of Bojaq Nat... by Yaser Khoshsirat Salimi, Ali Ruhani, Hossein Afrasiabi, Sadegh Salehi

“…The research aimed to develop theoretical sensitivity by focusing on specific concepts through existing research and theories, which informed the entry into the research field and the design of the interview protocol. …”
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Diplomacy and Recruitment of Mercenaries before the Battle of Žalgiris by Sven Ekdahl

“…Another consequence of the postponed recruiting campaign, which was resumed partly on 24 May and fully at the beginning of June, can be deducted from the information in the Payment book of the Teutonic Order (Soldbuch). …”
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Segmentasi Citra X-Ray Dada Menggunakan Metode Modifikasi Deeplabv3+ by Rima Tri Wahyuningrum, Maughfirotul Jannah, Budi Dwi Satoto, Amillia Kartika Sari, Anggraini Dwi Sensusiati

“…Computer Aided Diagnosis (CAD) is a computer assisted diagnosis system that can be used as supporting information in making a diagnosis. To make it easier to make a diagnosis, we need a deep learning model that can help with this. …”
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TRACE Model: Predicting Treatment Response to Transarterial Chemoembolization in Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Wang W, Zhang Q, Cui Y, Zhang S, Li B, Xia T, Song Y, Zhou S, Ye F, Xiao W, Cao K, Chi Y, Qu J, Zhou G, Chen Z, Zhang T, Chen X, Ju S, Wang YC

“…Weilang Wang,1,* Qi Zhang,2,* Ying Cui,1,* Shuhang Zhang,1 Binrong Li,1 Tianyi Xia,1 Yang Song,3 Shuwei Zhou,1 Feng Ye,4 Wenbo Xiao,5 Kun Cao,6 Yuan Chi,7 Jinrong Qu,8 Guofeng Zhou,9,10 Zhao Chen,11 Teng Zhang,12 Xunjun Chen,13 Shenghong Ju,1 Yuan-Cheng Wang1 1Department of Radiology, Zhongda Hospital, Nurturing Center of Jiangsu Province for State Laboratory of AI Imaging & Interventional Radiology, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, People’s Republic of China; 2Center of Interventional Radiology and Vascular Surgery, Department of Radiology, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China; 3MR Scientific Marketing, Siemens Healthineers Ltd, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 6Department of Radiology, Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 7Department of Radiology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, People’s Republic of China; 8Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University & Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, People’s Republic of China; 9Department of Radiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; 10Shanghai Institute of Medical Imaging, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; 11Department of Radiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 12Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, School of Artificial Intelligence, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China; 13Department of Radiology, The People’s Hospital of Xuyi County, Huaian, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Yuan-Cheng Wang, Nurturing Center of Jiangsu Province for State Laboratory of AI Imaging & Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, 87 Ding Jia Qiao Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210009, People’s Republic of China, Tel +086 25 83272121, Fax +086 25 83311083, Email yuancheng_wang@seu.edu.cnPurpose: To develop and validate a predictive model for predicting six-month outcome by integrating pretreatment MRI features and one-month treatment response after TACE.Methods: A total of 108 patients with 160 hCCs from a single-arm, multicenter clinical trial (NCT03113955) were analyzed and served as the training cohort. …”
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Real‐world effectiveness and safety of oral azvudine versus nirmatrelvir‒ritonavir (Paxlovid) in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a multicenter, retrospective, cohort study by Haiyu Wang, Guangying Cui, Ming Cheng, Tuerganaili Aji, Guotao Li, Xinjun Hu, Guangming Li, Shixi Zhang, Yanyang Zhang, Linqi Diao, Pan Li, Ling Wang, Yiqiang Yuan, Guowu Qian, Ruiqing Zhang, Xiaoli Jin, Juan Wang, Hong Luo, Donghua Zhang, Mingming Wang, Silin Li, Zhan Song, Mengzhao Yang, Guanyue Su, Ranran Sun, Junbiao Chang, Zujiang Yu, Zhigang Ren

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Signatures of lower respiratory tract microbiome in children with severe community-acquired pneumonia using shotgun metagenomic sequencing by Ting-Yu Yen, Ching Hsu, Ni-Chung Lee, Chao-Szu Wu, Hsin Wang, Kuan-Yi Lee, Chia-Ray Lin, Chun-Yi Lu, Mo-Li Tsai, Tzu-Yu Liu, Che Lin, Chien-Yu Chen, Luan-Yin Chang, Feipei Lai, Li-Min Huang

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Current status and influencing factors of eating-related distress among patients with advanced cancer (晚期癌症患者饮食相关困扰现状及影响因素研究) by LU Jingjing (卢晶晶), WU Lihua (武丽华), CHEN Xingyu (陈星宇), GAO Yang (高洋), CAO Moli (曹茉莉)

“…Methods Convenience sampling method was used to select 243 patients with advanced cancer diagnosed by clinical and guidelines in a tertiary hospital in Shanxi from March to June 2024 as the survey objects. The general information Questionnaire, the Chinese Version of of the Questionnaire for Eating-Related Distress among Patients with advanced cancer (QERD-P), the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core version 3, and the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 were used for the questionnaire survey. …”
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Evaluation of Ecological Resilience of Agricultural Ecosystems in Razavi Khorasan Province: Comparison of Integrated and Non-Integrated Ecosystems by Pegah Naghipour, Alireza Koocheki, Mahdi Nasiri mahalati, Soroor Khorramdel

“…In this research, the recommended method of FAO has been used to evaluate resilience.Materials and MethodsThe required informations were collected from 87 households from 10 cities within the province by completing a comprehensive questionnaire and face-to-face interviews with households. …”
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25 de Mayo, ciudad en vilo por la contaminación del Río Colorado. by Leandro Martín Altolaguirre, Jorge Lapena, Maite Betelú, Hugo David Kin

“…A su vez, se detectó el vertido de otros residuos desde predios rurales y viviendas localizadas en la franja ribereña, instaladas en forma provisoria o informal. Por último, mediante consultas a expertos en la materia y un ateneo entre el equipo participante se coincidió que además de requerirse una nueva planta de tratamiento, es necesario desviar el agua tratada a usos forestales u otros afines, que contribuirían positivamente al área productivo, e incluso al arbolado público. …”
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Des vestiges d’un possible aqueduc à Lyon, à l’angle des rues Appian et des Fossés-de-Trion by Tony Silvino

“…Finally, both of them appear to have been closed very quickly.The remnants that have provided the most information for the interpretation of the structures are the ones found within them, more specifically the fragments of earthenware pipe. …”
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Can system dynamics explain long-term hydrological behaviors? The role of endogenous linking structure by X. Zhou, Z. Sheng, K. Manevski, K. Manevski, K. Manevski, R. Zhao, R. Zhao, Q. Zhang, Y. Yang, S. Han, J. Liu, J. Liu, Y. Yang, Y. Yang, Y. Yang

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Impact of HER2 Expression on the Prognosis of Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Patients Treated with Bladder-Preservation Comprehensive Therapy by Yatong Chen, Fei Luo, Tingji Zhang, Jian Li

“…Methods We retrospectively collected information on MIBC patients. All 217 patients underwent cTURBT, of whom 175 received GC chemotherapy, while the remaining 42, due to intolerance to GC chemotherapy and HER2 positivity (IHC 2 + or 3 +), received RC48-ADC treatment. …”
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From the depths of the Java Trench: genomic analysis of Priestia flexa JT4 reveals bioprospecting and lycopene production potential by Ocky K. Radjasa, Ray Steven, Yosua Natanael, Husna Nugrahapraja, Septhy K. Radjasa, Tati Kristianti, Maelita R. Moeis, Joko P. Trinugroho, Haekal B. Suharya, Alfito O. Rachmatsyah, Ari Dwijayanti, Mutiara R. Putri, Charlie E. de Fretes, Zen L. Siallagan, Muhammad Fadli, Rafidha D. A. Opier, Jandinta D. Farahyah, Viana Rahmawati, Meirifa Rizanti, Zalfa Humaira, Ary S. Prihatmanto, Nugroho D. Hananto, R. Dwi Susanto, Agus Chahyadi, Elfahmi, Neil Priharto, Kamarisima, Fenny M. Dwivany

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Student Engagement and Feedback on Online Learning and Facilitation: A Case Study of the National Open University of Nigeria by Adewale Adesina, Dorothy Ofoha, Olufemi A. Peters, Isaac S. Butswat

“…Mots-clés : Engagement des étudiants, retour d'information, facilitation en ligne, apprentissage en ligne, NOUN …”
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Investigating the Effect of Chicken Manure and Potassium Sulfate on the Physiological Properties of Fenugreek )Trigonella foenum-graecum L.( Medicinal Plant by Mohammad hossein Aminifard, Sajjad Nadafa, Hassan Hassan, Mehdi Jahani

“…Therefore, considering the mentioned cases and the lack of scientific information in the field of combining fertilizers, in this research, an attempt was made to find a suitable fertilizer combination consisting of chicken manure and potassium sulfate for the fenugreek plant.Materials and MethodsTo investigate the effect of chicken manure and potassium sulfate on the physiological characteristics of the fenugreek medicinal plant, factorial research was conducted based on randomized complete block design with three replications in the crop year 2021-2022 in Qochan city in the north of Razavi Khorasan province. …”
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Investigating the Effect of Solanum lycopersicum L. (Tomato) Pomace on Growth Performance and some Blood Indices of Broiler Chickens by Meta-Analysis Method by Zahra Sahragard, seyyed javad Hosseini-vashan, Hossein Naeemipour Younesi, Seyyed Homayon Farhangfar

“…The aim of this meta-analysis was to examine the effects of tomato pomace on growth performance and selected blood indices in broiler chickens.Material and Methods: In order to collect the required information, a comprehensive search was conducted among articles and thesis through Persian and Latin databases using keywords, tomato pomace, carcass efficiency, cholesterol, heterogeneity test. …”
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Efficiency of lung cancer screening in early diagnosis and treatment program among community residents in Nanshan district, Shenzhen city: a cross-sectional and 2-year follow-up su... by Yarui YANG, Xujun GUO, Yuzheng FAN, Han WANG, Shengbin LI, Juan HE, Chang MA, Junbo BAI, Shengyuan LIU

“…A face-to-face questionnaire interview was conducted to collect relevant information to assess the lung cancer risk of the participants based on the China National Cancer Center Lung Cancer Model (NCC-LCm2021 Model). …”
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Survey on first-line therapeutic management of relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis in clinical practice in Spain by M. Llaneza, G. Fontes, L. Benedito-Palos, E. Moral

“…However, the available information on factors influencing decision-making regarding first-line treatment remain poorly understood. …”
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Characteristics of Traditional Human Settlement Landscapes on Bedrock Islands in Guangdong Based on the “Ao” Unit by Ying PAN, Linxi CHEN, Ying SHI

“…Through this approach, a robust database of the Ao units on Nan’ao Island is meticulously compiled, encompassing information such as location, area, industry type, historical background, cultural beliefs, and origins of the island’s immigrants. …”
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