Experiences of ‘traditional’ and ‘one-stop’ MRI-based prostate cancer diagnostic pathways in England: a qualitative study with patients and GPs by Fiona M Walter, Stephanie Archer, Willie Hamilton, Samuel William David Merriel, John McGrath, Alice S Forster, Hashim Uddin Ahmed, David Eldred-Evans

“…Patients valued ‘one-stop’ pathways integrating prostate MRI and diagnostic consultations with specialists over the more traditional approach of several hospital appointments. …”
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Impact of solid fuel use on asthma prognosis and consistent peak expiratory flow changes: Evidence from China by Yuexi Chen, Shuojia Xie, Xirong Chen, Xiaowen Zhong, Linhang Yang, Weitong Lin, Junfeng Huang, Ruchong Chen

“…This investigation endeavors to conduct an integrative cross-sectional and longitudinal study to examined the link between solid fuel utilization and asthma. …”
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Non-contact tracking of shoulder bones using ultrasound and stereophotogrammetry by Ahmed Sewify, Ahmed Sewify, Maxence Lavaill, Maxence Lavaill, Dermot O’Rourke, Dermot O’Rourke, Maria Antico, Maria Antico, Peter Pivonka, Peter Pivonka, Davide Fontanarosa, Davide Fontanarosa, Saulo Martelli, Saulo Martelli

“…PurposeWe explored the integration of 3D ultrasound (US) imaging with motion capture technology for non-invasively tracking bones of the shoulder district during normal activity. …”
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A comparative bio-mechanical performance assessment of additively manufactured bone scaffolds using different beta Ti alloys and Gyroid based cellular structure by Mudassar Rehman, Yanen Wang, Kashif Ishfaq, Ray Tahir Mushtaq, Aqib Mashood Khan, Mohammed Alkahtani, Aamer Nazir, Maimoona Afzal

“…On the other hand, Ti-32Nb-25Zr also demonstrated good compressive strength (842 MPa), near bone elastic modulus (53 GPa), minimum process induced porosity (4.285%), and good bone regrowth rate (94.7%), suitable for initial bone integration. It was found that beta Ti alloys have improved bio-mechanical performance compared to conventional Ti, in the order Ti-12Ta-23Nb-24Zr>Ti-32Nb-25Zr>Ti-6Al-4V. …”
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Performance Analysis of a Parabolic Trough Collector with Photovoltaic—Thermal Generation: Case Study and Parametric Study by Benjamín Chavarría-Domínguez, Susana Estefany De León-Aldaco, Mario Ponce-Silva, Nicolás Velázquez-Limón, Jesús Armando Aguilar-Jiménez, Fernando Chavarría-Domínguez, Ernesto Raúl Rodríguez-García, Heriberto Adamas-Pérez, Ricardo Eliu Lozoya-Ponce, Eligio Flores-Rodriguez

“…This study presents a mathematical model of a parabolic trough solar collector with photovoltaic cells integrated into its solar receiver. A case study is presented, utilizing meteorological data obtained from the localities of Cuernavaca and Mexicali in Mexico. …”
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Multiomics unravels the complexity of male obesity: a prospective observational study by Georgios E. Papadakis, Lucie Favre, Yassine Zouaghi, Nathalie Vionnet, Nicolas J. Niederländer, Michela Adamo, James S. Acierno, Dassine Berdous, Alexia Boizot, Jenny Meylan, Julijana Ivanisevic, Emmanuelle Paccou, Hector Gallart-Ayala, Tim Reyns, Elise Van Caeneghem, Bruno Lapauw, Jérôme Pasquier, Yasser Aleman, Styliani Mantziari, Olivier Salamin, Raul Nicoli, Tiia Kuuranne, Tom Fiers, Patric Hagmann, Federico Santoni, Andrea Messina, Nelly Pitteloud

“…The upregulated genes were involved mainly in inflammation, mitochondrial function, and protein translation. Integration of gene expression and clinical data revealed high FGF21 and low cortisol levels as the top markers correlated with the transcriptomic signature of metabolic risk. …”
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Machine learning model and nomogram to predict the risk of heart failure hospitalization in peritoneal dialysis patients by Liping Xu, Fang Cao, Lian Wang, Weihua Liu, Meizhu Gao, Li Zhang, Fuyuan Hong, Miao Lin

“…For all the above endpoints, the ML models demonstrated better discrimination than Cox regression.Conclusions We developed and validated a novel method to predict the risk factors of HF and all-cause mortality that integrates readily available clinical, laboratory, and electrocardiographic variables to predict the risk of HF among PD patients.…”
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Ecological risk assessment and response prediction caused by LUCC in the central Yunnan Province by Yongdong Zhang, Zisheng Yang, Renyi Yang, Fuhua Liu, Yimei He, Linlin Cao, Jinrong Yang, Jiayi Zhang

“…Therefore, this study takes the central Yunnan Province (CYP) as an example, and uses the Patch-Generating Land Use Simulation (PLUS) model and the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-offs (InVEST) model to simulate the land use/land cover (LULC) in different scenarios in the future, calculate the ecosystem services (ESs) from 2000 to 2020 and the next 20 years, as well as ERs of various types of ESs caused by LUCC. …”
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Hybrid Prophet-NAR Model for Short-Term Electricity Load Forecasting by Winita Sulandari, Yudho Yudhanto, Etik Zukhronah, Isnandar Slamet, Hilman Ferdinandus Pardede, Paulo Canas Rodrigues, Muhammad Hisyam Lee

“…The proposed PropNAR integrated the strengths of the Prophet model in capturing deterministic structures, such as trends, seasonality, and holiday effects with the NAR model’s ability to handle nonlinear stochastic relationships. …”
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Recommendations of the Russian Gastroenterological Association on Clinical Use of High-Resolution Manometry in Diagnosis of Esophageal Disorders by V. T. Ivashkin, I. V. Mayev, A. S. Trukhmanov, O. A. Storonova, S. A. Abdulkhakov, D. N. Andreev, D. S. Bordin, E. R. Valitova, I. L. Klyaritskaya, V. V. Krivoy, Yu. A. Kucheryavyi, T. L. Lapina, S. V. Morozov, O. A. Sablin, E. V. Semenikhina, Yu. P. Uspenskiy, A. A. Sheptulin

“…This method of esophageal examination has become the “gold standard” in diagnosis of motor disorders.High-resolution manometry enables detailed investigation of integral quantitative and qualitative characteristics of esophagus motor function and specific related disorders, analysis of esophageal contractile propagation and strictly coordinated synchronous peristalsis of upper esophageal sphincter, esophagus and lower esophageal sphincter, which malfunction may provoke development of achalasia, esophagospasm, hiatal hernia, ineffective eso pha geal motility and other motor disorders.Conclusion. …”
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C-IVAL: A Longitudinal Study of Knowledge Retention and Technology Acceptance in Collaborative Virtual Reality-Based Medical Education by Mohammed Kadri, Fatima-Ezzahra Boubakri, Gwo-Jen Hwang, Fatima Zahra Kaghat, Ahmed Azough, Khalid Alaoui Zidani

“…This longitudinal study examined Collaborative Immersive Virtual Anatomy Laboratory (C-IVAL), an innovative VR platform designed to enhance traditional anatomy learning through integrated collaborative features, immersive technology, and serious game elements. …”
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Teleconnections detection of land use carbon emissions beyond geographical proximity promotes the construction of cross-city networks by Lei Shen, Yinghong Jiang, Duanqiang Zhai, Peng Wang

“…However, urban interactions in some areas can no longer meet the goal of regional integration for the YRDUA. Therefore, this study first identifies LUCE at the pixel scale from both direct and indirect perspectives. …”
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A comprehensive review on the plant sources, pharmacological activities and pharmacokinetic characteristics of Syringaresinol by Lei Zhang, Yuqing Tian, Lingling Zhang, Huanyu Zhang, Jinghua Yang, Yi Wang, Na Lu, Wei Guo, Liang Wang

“…This will ultimately contribute to its potential integration into clinical practice and public health. …”
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DualTransAttNet: A Hybrid Model with a Dual Attention Mechanism for Corn Seed Classification by Fei Pan, Dawei He, Pengjun Xiang, Mengdie Hu, Daizhuang Yang, Fang Huang, Changmeng Peng

“…Hyperspectral and RGB image data were then integrated to complement one another’s information and mitigate the insufficient feature diversity caused by single-source data. …”
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Clinical Holistic Medicine (Mindful, Short-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Complemented with Bodywork) Improves Quality of Life, Health, and Ability by Induction of Antonovsky-Sal... by Søren Ventegodt, Suzette Thegler, Tove Andreasen, Flemming Struve, Lars Enevoldsen, Laila Bassaine, Margrethe Torp, Joav Merrick

“…It seems that treatment with clinical holistic medicine is the cure of choice when the patients (1) present the triad of low quality of life, poor self-assessed physical and/or mental health, and poor ability to function; and (2) are willing to suffer during the therapy by confronting and integrating old emotional problems and trauma(s) from the past. …”
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Assessment of Knowledge about First Aid Methods, Diagnosis, and Management of Snakebite among Nursing Students: A Cross-Sectional Study from Palestine by Isra K. Kharusha, Suha S. Sulaiman, Ahmad M. Samara, Samah W. Al-Jabi, Sa’ed H. Zyoud

“…Based on the results of this study, we suggest integrating more materials on this topic in the curriculum of Palestinian nursing schools, as well as more practical training, which will positively reflect on the care for snakebite victims.…”
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Quad-Band 3D Rectenna Array for Ambient RF Energy Harvesting by Fatima Khalid, Warda Saeed, Nosherwan Shoaib, Muhammad U. Khan, Hammad M. Cheema

“…In order to maintain stable rectenna output at varying input power levels and load resistances, a novel transmission line based matching network using closed form equations is proposed. Integrated in form of a 10 × 10 × 10 cm3 cube using standard FR4 substrate, the rectenna generates a peak output voltage of 2.38 V at −10 dBm input power. …”
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An improved ShuffleNetV2 method based on ensemble self-distillation for tomato leaf diseases recognition by Shuiping Ni, Yue Jia, Mingfu Zhu, Mingfu Zhu, Yizhe Zhang, Wendi Wang, Shangxin Liu, Yawei Chen

“…Based on the fused feature map that integrates the intermediate feature maps of ShuffleNetV2 and shallow models, a depthwise separable convolution layer is introduced to further extract more effective feature information. …”
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Digital Twin-Empowered Green Mobility Management in Next-Gen Transportation Networks by Kubra Duran, Lal Verda Cakir, Achille Fonzone, Trung Q. Duong, Berk Canberk

“…Evolving transportation networks need seamless integration and effective infrastructure utilisation to form the next-generation transportation networks. …”
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Response of Plant Leaf Traits to Environmental Factors in Climax Communities at Varying Latitudes in Karst Regions by Gang Xie, Yang Wang, Zhifeng Chen, Yangyang Ji, Yao Lu, Yi Liang, Ruiyu Zhou, Juan Tao

“…Additionally, we examined the relationship between functional traits and environmental factors, integrating species characteristics and community structure into our analysis. …”
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