Enhancing Road Scene Segmentation With an Optimized DeepLabV3+ by Zhe Ren, Libao Wang, Tianming Song, Yihang Li, Jian Zhang, Fengfeng Zhao

“…Second, the Atrous Spatial Pyramid Pooling (ASPP) module is optimized by introducing depthwise separable convolutions and a hierarchical feature fusion strategy, reducing computational complexity and mitigating the grid effect, a limitation in many current models. …”
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Methotrexate for the Treatment of Graft-versus-Host Disease after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation by Amr Nassar, Ghada Elgohary, Tusneem Elhassan, Zubeir Nurgat, Said Y. Mohamed, Mahmoud Aljurf

“…Results from peer-reviewed original articles were identified and the pooled data analyzed. Despite several limitations in data collection and analysis, weekly administration of methotrexate at a median dose of 7.5 mg/m2 seems to be safe with minimal toxicities in the context of both aGVHD and cGVHD treatments. …”
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Association of nutrients intake during pregnancy with the risk of allergic disease in offspring: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies by Hua Feng, Yan Chen, Xiujuan Xiong, Qunying Xu, Zhongwei Zhang, Qinghua Xi, Yongning Wu, Yuanan Lu

“…The PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane library were searched for articles published throughout May 2022. The pooled effect estimate were presented using relative risk and calculated by the random-effects model. …”
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Programmable Multiplexed Nucleic Acid Detection by Harnessing Specificity Defect of CRISPR‐Cas12a by Xin Guan, Rui Yang, Jiongyu Zhang, Jeong Moon, Chengyu Hou, Chong Guo, Lori Avery, Danielle Scarola, Daniel S. Roberts, Rocco LaSala, Changchun Liu

“…Specifically, the assay not only distinguishes HPV16 and HPV18, the two most common subtypes but also detects 12 other high‐risk pooled HPV subtypes. To enable low‐cost point‐of‐care testing, the assay is incorporated into a paper‐based microfluidic chip. …”
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A Meta-Analysis for Association of Maternal Smoking with Childhood Refractive Error and Amblyopia by Li Li, Ya Qi, Wei Shi, Yuan Wang, Wen Liu, Man Hu

“…A total of 9 articles were included in this meta-analysis. The pooled OR showed that there was no significant association between maternal smoking and childhood refractive error. …”
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The Efficacy of Conbercept in Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy: A Systematic Review by Yimin Wang, Mengxi Shen, Jinwei Cheng, Xiaodong Sun, Peter K. Kaiser

“…The primary outcome measures were best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), and secondary outcomes were optical coherence tomography characteristics and polyp regression rates. The pooled results were calculated by the random-effect or fixed-effect model according to the heterogeneity of the data. …”
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Toward super-clean bearing steel by a novel physical-data integrated design strategy by Jian Guan, Guolei Liu, Wenguang Hu, Hongwei Liu, Paixian Fu, Yanfei Cao, Dong-Rong Liu, Dianzhong Li

“…This was mainly caused by the appropriate maximum flow velocity of 2.6–2.8 cm/s during the steady-state stage of the molten pool. This study highlights a common and novel method for fabricating bearing steel with other superalloys via a physical-data integrated strategy.…”
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Distribution and bioaccumulation of prometryn in simulated aquatic ecosystems by Jiaqi Peng, Jiaqi Peng, Jiaqi Peng, Ruiqi Fan, Ruiqi Fan, Ruiqi Fan, Yuanyuan Ren, Yuanyuan Ren, Yuanyuan Ren, Yan Yang, Yan Yang, Yan Yang, Xin Zhang, Saisai Wang, Yingchun Mu, Yingchun Mu, Yingchun Mu, Bo Cheng, Bo Cheng, Bo Cheng

“…Additionally, tilapias and Asian clams not only served as accumulative pools for prometryn but also influenced its distribution dynamics within the ecosystems. …”
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Indigenous languages as predictors of understanding and accepting COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria and South Africa by Israel Fadipe, Abiodun Salawu, Olanrewaju John Ogundeyi

“…The study employed a survey experimental research method. Using the pool sampling technique, both online and offline questionnaires were used to survey the opinions of 191 Nigerian and 114 South African respondents in Lagos and Mafikeng, respectively, about dominant indigenous languages used for COVID-19 vaccine messages, their degree of understanding vaccine messages and their acceptance or rejection of the vaccine messages. …”
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Sex ratio at birth in Kogi state, North-Central Nigeria by Adekunle Bakare, Deborah Peter, Motunrayo Mojoyin Coker, Silas Fagbenro, Okunola A. Alabi

“…The annual SRB was 98.1:100, 104.6:100, 101.5:100, 108.3:100, 102.2:100, and 104.9:100 for the six hospitals, respectively. The pooled data had an SRB of 100.7:100 for Kogi State indicating slightly more male than female births. …”
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Systematically-designed mixtures outperform single fibers for gut microbiota support by T.M. Cantu-Jungles, V. Agamennone, T.J. Van den Broek, F.H.J. Schuren, B. Hamaker

“…We hypothesized that fibers systematically blended could promote more health-related bacterial groups. Initially, pooled in vitro fecal fermentations were used to design dietary fiber mixtures to support complementary microbial groups related to health. …”
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Observer Performance in the Use of Digital and Optical Microscopy for the Interpretation of Tissue-Based Biomarkers by Marios A. Gavrielides, Catherine Conway, Neil O’Flaherty, Brandon D. Gallas, Stephen M. Hewitt

“…The statistical uncertainty observed in our analyses calls for adequate sampling for each individual task rather than pooling cases.…”
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Smoking Exposure and Survival of Patients with Esophagus Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Jun-jie Kuang, Zhi-min Jiang, Yan-xian Chen, Wei-peng Ye, Qiong Yang, Hui-zhong Wang, De-rong Xie

“…In the smoking intensity analysis, heavy smoking was associated with poor survival in esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma. Our pooled results supported the existence of harmful effects of smoking on survival after esophagus cancer diagnosis.…”
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Multitask Convolutional Neural Network for Rolling Element Bearing Fault Identification by Mingxing Jia, Yuemei Xu, Maoyi Hong, Xiyu Hu

“…The one-dimensional convolution kernel and the pooling layer are directly applied to the original time domain signal. …”
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Associations of Sun Exposure with 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Parathyroid Hormone Levels in a Cohort of Hypertensive Patients: The Graz Endocrine Causes of Hypertension (GECOH) Study by Stefan Pilz, Katharina Kienreich, Daniel Stückler, Andreas Meinitzer, Andreas Tomaschitz

“…Red or blond scalp hair as a child, memory of sunburns, preferring sunbathing, frequent stays on the beach or in open-air pools, and solarium use were associated with lower PTH levels (P<0.05 for all). …”
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Shadi Park Renovation with Social Development Emphasis: A Case Study Halabja City, Iraq by Mihraban Othman Mustafa, Masoumeh Faraji, Zaniar Jamal Salih, Muhammed Saeed Rasheed

“…The results of the questionnaire indicate the priority of people's demands, the most important of which include: building a sports venue for women, proper service of restaurants and cafes during the day and night, the presence of swimming pools and fountains in the park, parking at the entrances, space allocation to hold cultural and artistic festivals. …”
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Genotype B of deformed wing virus and related recombinant viruses become dominant in European honey bee colonies by Fabrice Sircoulomb, Eric Dubois, Frank Schurr, Pierrick Lucas, Marina Meixner, Alicia Bertolotti, Yannick Blanchard, Richard Thiéry

“…In this study, we quantified both DWV genotypes by real-time PCR from pools or individual honey bees and from V. destructor mites sampled in 15 European countries between 2010 and 2017. …”
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Nurse Participation in Colonoscopy Observation versus the Colonoscopist Alone for Polyp and Adenoma Detection: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized, Controlled Trials by Lei Xu, Yu Zhang, Haojun Song, Weihong Wang, Sijie Zhang, Xiaoyun Ding

“…Three RCTs with a total of 1676 patients were included. The pooled data showed a significantly higher ADR in the NP group than colonoscopist alone (CA) (45.7% versus 39.3%; RR 1.16; 95% CI, 1.04–1.30). …”
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N-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Stimulate Bile Acid Detoxification in Human Cell Models by Anna Cieślak, Jocelyn Trottier, Mélanie Verreault, Piotr Milkiewicz, Marie-Claude Vohl, Olivier Barbier

“…N-3 PUFAs also generate a less toxic BA pool and prevent the BA-dependent activation of apoptosis in HepG2 cells. …”
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Effectiveness of bulking agents in managing stress and mixed urinary incontinence: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Alma Dhiani Paramita, Fiqih Faizara Ustadi, Jennifer Susanto, Moch. Afrizal Ansori, Eighty Mardiyan Kurniawati, Tri Hastono Setyo Hadi

“…The fin­dings indicate that bulking agents demonstrate cure and improvement rates ranging from 70 to 80 %, with a pooled average of 75 %. Subgroup analyses reveal cure rates of 76 % for Bulkamid, 73 % for Urolastic, and 77 % for Macroplastique. …”
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