An Improved YOLOv8 Model for Strip Steel Surface Defect Detection by Jinwen Wang, Ting Chen, Xinke Xu, Longbiao Zhao, Dijian Yuan, Yu Du, Xiaowei Guo, Ning Chen

“…The experimental results indicate that the model meets the requirements for real-time, lightweight, and portable deployment.…”
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Epidemiological characteristics of injury in 7–22-year-old badminton players by age and sex by Xiao Zhou, Kazuhiro Imai, Xiao-Xuan Liu, Zhuo Chen, Eiji Watanabe, Hongtao Zeng

“…An injury was defined as somatic complaint with time loss and/or medical care. Badminton-related injuries were normalized to rate per 1000 training-hours calculated by Poisson distribution in the collected data according to age and gender. …”
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Exploring the Hepatoprotective Effect of Agaricus bisporus Based on Network Pharmacology by WANG Jie, WANG Jinmei, LIU Hui, LIU Xuguang, GUO Wenjing, HE Hongping

“…Detection of the mRNA and protein expression levels of relevant genes was performed using real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Western blot techniques, showing that compared with the model group, the expression of the Bcl-2 in the high-dose group significantly increased (P < 0.001), while the expression of MYC, NF-κB1, RELA and MMP9 significantly decreased (P < 0.01). …”
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Canadian healthcare capacity gaps for disease-modifying treatment in Huntington’s disease: a survey of current practice and modelling of future needs by Sylvain Chouinard, Blair R Leavitt, Angèle Bénard, Nathalie Budd, Jennifer W Wu, Kerrie Schoffer

“…Resource bottlenecks and incremental support required (full-time equivalent, FTE) were also determined.Results Neurologists from 15/16 HD centres and 5/11 community centres, plus 16/16 social workers participated. …”
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Development of a Novel Sensor System Based on Magnetic Microspheres to Detect Cardiac Troponin T by Junrong Zhang, Hongxiang Liu, Baofeng Xu, Sijun Huang, Rui Liu, Jinming Zhu, Yi Guo, Li Xu

“…Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) causes irreversible injury to cardiomyocytes in a short time and may result in various complications, severely threatening patient safety. …”
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Perceptions, barriers, and facilitators of maternal health service utilization in southern Ethiopia: A qualitative exploration of community members' and health care providers' view... by Amanuel Yoseph, Wondwosen Teklesilasie, Francisco Guillen-Grima, Ayalew Astatkie

“…The main identified barriers to ANC use were lack of awareness of ANC benefits, distance from a health facility, costs associated with ANC use, long waiting time, lack of road access, and women being busy with different household chores. …”
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Discovery of Novel Caeridins from the Skin Secretion of the Australian White’s Tree Frog, Litoria caerulea by Lei Li, Qing Wu, Xi Wang, Huimin Lu, Xinping Xi, Mei Zhou, Chris J. Watson, Tianbao Chen, Lei Wang

“…In this study, three Caeridin peptides, namely, Caeridin-1, S5-Caeridin-1, and Caeridin-a1, were discovered from the skin secretion of the Australian White’s tree frog, Litoria caerulea, for the first time, by means of combining transcriptomic and peptidomic analyses. …”
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A new-to-nature photosynthesis system enhances utilization of one-carbon substrates in Escherichia coli by Tian Tong, Xiulai Chen, Kexin Tang, Wanrong Ma, Cong Gao, Wei Song, Jing Wu, Xiaoling Wang, Gao-Qiang Liu, Liming Liu

“…Furthermore, light-driven one-carbon trophic growth of E. coli is achieved with a doubling time of 19.86 h. This photosynthesis system provides a green and sustainable approach to enhance one-carbon substrates utilization in the future.…”
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Interleukin-10 in the Pathophysiology of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Increased Serum Concentrations During the Recovery Phase by Keiichi Mitsuyama, Nobuo Tomiyasu, Kosuke Takaki, Junya Masuda, Hiroshi Yamasaki, Kotaro Kuwaki, Teiko Takeda, Shigehiko Kitazaki, Osamu Tsuruta, Michio Sata

“…Serum IL-10 concentrations were increased in patients with active UC but not in those with active CD when compared with normal control subjects. A time course study showed that in patients with UC and CD, serum concentrations of IL-6 and C-reactive protein increased during the acute phase and returned to normal as patients go into remission. …”
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SPEMix: a lightweight method via superclass pseudo-label and efficient mixup for echocardiogram view classification by Shizhou Ma, Yifeng Zhang, Delong Li, Yixin Sun, Zhaowen Qiu, Lei Wei, Suyu Dong

“…The lightweight model trained with SPEMix can achieve the best classification performance on the publicly available TMED2 dataset.DiscussionFor the first time, we applied the lightweight model to the echocardiogram view classification, which can solve the limits of the clinical application due to the complex model architecture and help cardiologists diagnose heart diseases more efficiently.…”
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Choroidal Detachment after XEN Gel Stent Implantation by Carlo Alberto Cutolo, Letizia Negri, Sara Olivari, Francesca Cappelli, Carlo Enrico Traverso, Michele Iester

“…The mean intraocular pressure (IOP) at the time of CD diagnosis was 6.4 ± 3.1 mmHg. Age (OR = 1.10, p<0.019), early postoperative IOP (OR = 0.70, p<0.001), and number of preoperative IOP-lowering drugs (OR = 5.70, p<0.001) were significantly associated with CD presence. …”
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Anti-HMGB1 Neutralizing Antibody Ameliorates Neutrophilic Airway Inflammation by Suppressing Dendritic Cell-Mediated Th17 Polarization by Fang Zhang, Gang Huang, Bo Hu, Li-Ping Fang, E-Hong Cao, Xiao-Feng Xin, Yong Song, Yi Shi

“…These data suggest, for the first time, that HMGB1 drives the DC-polarized Th17-type response in allergic lung inflammation and that blocking HMGB1 may benefit the attenuation of neutrophilic airway inflammation in asthma.…”
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Cosmic jurisdictions: quod lege naturae, moribus et consuetudine inductum est by M. I. Myklush, V. K. Marinich

“…Based on these factors, the NMC Concept “natura, moribus et consuetudines” is proposed, according to which, due to natural and other factors, all outer space above the Earth`s surface is divided into a “domestic room” (our Solar System) and an “alien room” (outside the Solar System), the boundary between which are the Kuiper Belt and the center of the Sun. At the same time, it is proposed to apply the principle of “Res Communis Humanitatus” to the “domestic room”, and the new principle of “Res Nullius Civitatis et Res Communis Animal Rationale” to the “alien room”. …”
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Elevation bias due to penetration of spaceborne radar signal on Grosser Aletschgletscher, Switzerland by Jacqueline Bannwart, Livia Piermattei, Inés Dussaillant, Lukas Krieger, Dana Floricioiu, Etienne Berthier, Claudia Roeoesli, Horst Machguth, Michael Zemp

“…To minimize the radar penetration bias, we recommend to select DEMs from the same time of the year and over long observation periods. …”
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Calving front positions for 42 key glaciers of the Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet: a sub-seasonal record from 2013 to 2023 based on deep-learning application to Landsat multi-spectr... by E. Loebel, E. Loebel, C. A. Baumhoer, A. Dietz, M. Scheinert, M. Horwath

“…Current calving front data products are limited in coverage and temporal resolution because they rely on manual delineation, which is time-consuming and unfeasible for the increasing amount of satellite data. …”
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Cooperative maximum adhesion tracking control for multi-motor electric locomotives by Leiting Zhao, Yongxiang Wang, Kan Liu, Liran Li, Jingyuan Zhan, Qingliang Liu

“…This method calculates the optimal output torque through real-time iteration based on the known reference slip speed to achieve multi-axle co-optimization under different circumstances. …”
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Association of a Liver Allocation Policy Change With Domestic Travel for Liver Transplantation by Katie Ross-Driscoll, PhD, MPH, Chandrashekhar Kubal, MD, PhD, Arrey-Takor Ayuk-Arrey, MPH, Jonathan Fridell, MD, David Axelrod, MD, MBA

“…We used multinomial logistic regression to identify characteristics associated with travel and cause-specific hazards modeling to estimate the association between travel and time to deceased donor transplant, stratified by model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score and AC era. …”
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Assessment of Physiological Traits of <i>Fragaria vesca</i> Genotypes Under Water Deficit Conditions by Marta Rokosa, Małgorzata Mikiciuk, Piotr Ptak

“…A significant main effect of the soil moisture level was identified for most measured parameters across the majority of assessment time points. However, a significant interaction effect between soil moisture level and genotype was less frequently observed. …”
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Barriers to Physical Activity in East Harlem, New York by Ashley M. Fox, Devin M. Mann, Michelle A. Ramos, Lawrence C. Kleinman, Carol R. Horowitz

“…The most commonly reported perceived barriers to physical activity identified by nearly half of the sample were being too tired or having little energy followed by pain with exertion and lack of time. Multivariate regression found that individuals who endorsed a greater number of perceived barriers were less likely to report having met their weekly recommended levels of physical activity and less likely to engage in recreational physical activity controlling for covariates. …”
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Benefit from regular versus leakage-related exchange of voice prostheses in patients post-laryngectomy considering complication rates and patient satisfaction feedback—a randomized... by Michał Żurek, Małgorzata Czesak, Daniel Majszyk, Anna Rzepakowska

“…Comparative analysis of REA and LEA revealed a significantly longer time between replacements in the LEA group (p = 0.023) and a significantly lower rate of complications in the REA group (p = 0.029). …”
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