Cool Neighbors: Combining Artificial Intelligence and Citizen Science to Chart the Sun’s Cosmic Neighborhood by Aaron Meisner, Dan Caselden, Austin Humphreys, Grady Robbins, Eden Schapera, J. Davy Kirkpatrick, Adam Schneider, L. Clifton Johnson, Marc Kuchner, Jacqueline Faherty, Sarah Casewell, Federico Marocco, Adam Burgasser, Daniella Bardalez Gagliuffi

“…Through analysis of more than 10 million total Zooniverse classifications from the combination of Cool Neighbors and Backyard Worlds: Planet 9, among other results, we find (1) Cool Neighbors volunteers perform ~3x more classifications per unit of time invested than Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 volunteers, and (2) each registered Cool Neighbors participant performs ~2–5x more classifications than each registered Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 participant. …”
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Improving H2RG Performance in SPHEREx Brassboard Model by Chi H. Nguyen, Phillip Korngut, C. Darren Dowell, James Bock, Jill Burnham, Samuel Condon, Walter Cook, Grigory Heaton, Howard Hui, Branislav Kecman, Hiromasa Miyasaka, Kenneth Manatt, Hien T. Nguyen, Stephen Padin, Marco Viero

“…However, the effectiveness of multiple reference reads is limited by irreducible per-pixel telegraph noise. Further noise reduction can be achieved by using optical pixels in addition to the reference pixels to remove common-mode signal offsets in each channel. …”
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Serial Diffusion Tensor Imaging of the Optic Radiations after Acute Optic Neuritis by Scott C. Kolbe, Anneke van der Walt, Helmut Butzkueven, Alexander Klistorner, Gary F. Egan, Trevor J. Kilpatrick

“…Over 12 months, FA reduced in patients at an average rate of −2.6% per annum (control = −0.51%; p=0.006). Change in FA, RD, and MD correlated with V1 thinning over 12 months (FA: R=0.450, p=0.006; RD: R=-0.428, p=0.009; MD: R=-0.365, p=0.029). …”
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Effectiveness of Flexible Ureterorenoscopy and Laser Lithotripsy for Multiple Unilateral Intrarenal Stones Smaller Than 2 cm by Erdal Alkan, Oguz Ozkanli, Egemen Avci, Mirac Turan, M. Murad Başar, Oguz Acar, M. Derya Balbay

“…Mean age, mean number of stones per patient, mean stone burden, and mean operative time were 40.2±10.9 years (23–63), 3.6±3.0 (2–18), 22.2±8.4 mm (12–45), and 60.3±22.0 minutes (30–130), respectively. …”
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Deep learning approach based on a patch residual for pediatric supracondylar subtle fracture detection by Qingming Ye, Zhilu Wang, Yi Lou, Yang Yang, Jue Hou, Zheng Liu, Weiguang Liu, Jiayu Li

“…Furthermore, the model demonstrates a fast inference speed of 1.1 seconds per sheet, underscoring its substantial potential for clinical application. …”
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Assessing self-determined motivation for drinking alcohol via the Comprehensive Relative Autonomy Index for Drinking by Jimikaye Beck Courtney, Jimikaye Beck Courtney, Michael A. Russell, David E. Conroy, David E. Conroy

“…IntroductionSelf-Determination Theory (SDT) examines human motivation in multiple domains; however, the only existing measure assessing SDT-informed behavioral regulations for drinking focuses on responsible drinker behaviors, rather than drinking per se, which is important given the alignment between SDT and harm reduction approaches to alcohol use. …”
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Determination of the copy numbers of type A porcine endogenous retroviruses in domestic pigs and wild boars by R. B. Aitnazarov, N. S. Yudin, R. S. Kiril’chuk, N. N. Kochnev, S. P. Knyazev, M. I. Voevoda

“…The PERV A copy numbers in standard samples of Siberian minipig DNA are 2.4, 3.6, and 4.9 per cell, which is consistent with data obtained by other scientists. …”
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Diagnosis, treatment and management of apathy in Parkinson’s disease: a scoping review by Zahinoor Ismail, Jayna Holroyd-Leduc, Tamara Pringsheim, Zahra Goodarzi, Bria Mele, Shinia Van

“…Twenty screening tools for apathy were identified. Fifty per cent of treatment studies were randomised control trials (RCTs). …”
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Decitabine Compared with Low-Dose Cytarabine for the Treatment of Older Patients with Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Pilot Study of Safety, Efficacy, and Cost-Effectiven... by Linu A. Jacob, S. Aparna, K. C. Lakshmaiah, D. Lokanatha, Govind Babu, Suresh Babu, Sandhya Appachu

“…Toxicity profile was similar in both groups. Cost per cycle of chemotherapy in INR was 24,200 for decitabine and 1,600 for low-dose cytarabine group. …”
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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

“…Patients were to be treated as per the EU summary of product characteristics (SmPC) in effect during the study. …”
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Ethylene vinyl acetate as a multifunctional compatibilizer for natural rubber/cis-1,4-polybutadiene rubber blends with enhanced compatibility, filler dispersion and mechanical prop... by Jiyu Liang, Jianhui Wu, Chunhua Wang, Jun Sang, Keshuai Ren, To Ngai, Wei Lin

“…The presence of EVA-18 at concentrations up to 20 parts per hundred of rubber (phr) in NR/BR vulcanizates improves the mechanical properties by approximately 24% compared to un-compatibilized NR/BR vulcanizates, which is superior to the most present studies. …”
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Adsorptive removal of toxic heavy metal and dyes from wastewater by rice husk (lignocellulosic biomass) derived activated biochar: A fixed-bed column adsorption study by Md. Mahmudur Rahman, Mohd. Maniruzzaman, Nor ealam, Parvej Mahmud, Sumiya Khatun, Md. Kaowsar Hossain, Md. Ismail Hossain, Md. Hasanuzzaman, Md. Ashraful Alam, Md. Al-amin, Bijoy Chandra Ghos

“…The effluents were investigated by AAS and UV–vis-NIR techniques. As per the findings it has been stated that the synthesized FRHBC adsorbents have possessed a promizing 2D honeycomb-like well-oriented mesoporous surface microstructure with a larger surface area around 36.84 m2/g. …”
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Short-Term Health Impact Assessment of Urban PM10 in Bejaia City (Algeria) by Fatima Benaissa, Cara Nichole Maesano, Rezak Alkama, Isabella Annesi-Maesano

“…Furthermore, decreasing PM10 annual mean by 5 µg/m3 would avoid 5 and 3 respiratory and cardiac hospitalizations, respectively, and not exceeding the PM10 WHO-AQG (20 µg/m3) would result in a potential gain of 36 and 23 per 100000 respiratory and cardiac hospitalizations, respectively. …”
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Economic impact of cholera in households in rural southern Malawi: a prospective study by Florian Marks, Wilm Quentin, Vittal Mogasale, Amber Hsiao, Enusa Ramani, Hye-Jin Seo, GiDeok Pak, Dan Vuntade, Maurice M’bang’ombe, Bagrey Ngwira

“…Only two patients had any direct medical costs and five patients reported lost wages due to illness. The COI per patient was US$14.34 (in 2020), more than half of which was from direct non-medical costs from food, water, and transportation to the health centre.Conclusion For the majority of Malawians who struggle to subsist on less than US$2 a day, the COI of cholera represents a significant cost burden to families. …”
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Telomere Length in Neonatal Dairy Calves in Relation to Lifetime Parameters by Manon Dewulf, Luc Duchateau, Maya Meesters, Dries S. Martens, Tim S. Nawrot, Mieke Van Eetvelde, Geert Opsomer

“…Reproductive analyses showed cows in the long TL group required fewer inseminations per lactation (<i>p</i> = 0.02) and exhibited longer calving intervals (<i>p</i> = 0.05). …”
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High‐Resolution Downscaling of Disposable Income in Europe Using Open‐Source Data by Mehdi Mikou, Améline Vallet, Céline Guivarch, David Makowski

“…To produce reliable high‐resolution income data, we have developed an innovative machine learning framework, that we applied to produce a European 1 km‐gridded data set of per capita disposable income for 2015. This data set was generated by downscaling income data available for more than 120,000 administrative units. …”
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Navigating the neurovascular maze of trigeminal neuralgia by Devyansh Nimodia, MBBS, Pratapsingh Hanuman Parihar, MD, Sakshi Dudhe, MBBS, Ravishankar Patil, MD, Paritosh N. Bhangale, MBBS, Rishitha Kotla, MBBS

“…This condition has an annual incidence rate of 27 per 100,000 individuals. Nevertheless, direct compression caused by vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia (VBD) represents a considerably less frequent etiology of trigeminal neuralgia, with an estimated overall incidence of about 1%. …”
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Compensatory increase in oxygen extraction fraction is associated with age-related cerebrovascular disease by John McFadden, Julian Matthews, Lauren Scott, Karl Herholz, Ben Dickie, Hamied Haroon, Oliver Sparasci, Saadat Ahmed, Natalia Kyrtata, Geoffrey J.M. Parker, Hedley C.A. Emsley, Joel Handley, Maélène Lohezic, Laura M. Parkes

“…We used a simultaneous PET-MRI protocol to measure OEF, CBF, CMRO2, and arterial transit time (ATT) in elderly people (n = 24, age 69.6 ± 5.3 years) with a range of vascular disease risk (QRisk 18.7 ± 10.8 %) and cognitive abilities (MoCA scores 26.7 ± 3.4) to determine if a) vascular disease risk (parameterised with QRisk2 score) is associated with altered CBF, ATT, OEF and CMRO2, b) if impaired blood supply and increasing transit times are associated with elevated OEF and c) if these physiological measures are associated with impaired cognition. ATT rose by 132 ms per 10 point increase in QRisk and there was a trend for reduced CBF. …”
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THE NATIONAL ONCOLOGICAL PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION – EXPERIENCE IN THE VLADIMIR REGION (TO THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE REGIONAL CLINICAL ONCOLOGICAL DISPENSARY) by A. G. Zirin, E. A. Rumyantseva, K. V. Chirkov, M. N. Bulanov, G. V. Shatalova, Yu. L. Timofeev, A. V. Basharin, I. A. Konyukhov, A. V. Sheiko

“…They are: Increase of 5-year survival value of patients with malignant tumors after diagnosis date to 51.4%; Increase the number of malignant tumors early detection cases at the I–II stages up to 51%; Decrease the mortality rate of working age population to 99 per 100 000; Decrease of mortality within one year from the first time of cancer diagnosis to 27%. …”
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Di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) and plant density improve grain yield, nodulation capacity, and profitability of peas (Pisum sativum L.) on ferralsols in eastern D.R. Congo by Géant Basimine Chuma, Blaise Mulalisi, Jean Mubalama Mondo, Adrien Byamungu Ndeko, Francine Safina Bora, Espoir Mukengere Bagula, Gustave Nachigera Mushagalusa, René Civava

“…Application of 150 kg ha−1 of DAP improved pea yields from 730 to 1720 kg ha−1 and nodulation from 17 to 22 nodules per plant. The number of active nodules was positively correlated with total number of nodules, DAP doses, yield parameters, and plant height. …”
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