Improving Autonomous Vehicle Cognitive Robustness in Extreme Weather With Deep Learning and Thermal Camera Fusion by Mehmood Nawaz, Sheheryar Khan, Muhammad Daud, Muhammad Asim, Ghazanfar Ali Anwar, Ali Raza Shahid, Ho Pui Aaron HO, Tom Chan, Daniel Pak Kong, Wu Yuan

“…The object detection framework uses the modified version of the YoloV8 model, which exhibits high accuracy in real-time detection. In the YoloV8 model, we adjusted the network architecture to incorporate additional convolutional layers and altered the loss function to enhance detection accuracy in foggy and rainy conditions. …”
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Exploring the Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Physical Performance: An EEG Study in the Context of High-Intensity Endurance by Shanguang Zhao, Majed M. Alhumaid, Hai Li, Xin Wei, Steve SHYH-Ching Chen, Hongke Jiang, Yuwu Gong, Yun Gu, Haiquan Qin

“…After high-intensity endurance exercise, the SD condition had a higher maximum heart rate (p < 0.05) and shorter exercise time (p < 0.05) than normal sleep. Compared with before exercise, the δ band in the left parietal lobe P7 channel increased significantly (p < 0.01), and the θ band in the central Cz channel and the left and right parietal lobe P7 and P8 channel increased significantly (p < 0.01 & p < 0 0.05) in SD and normal sleep conditions after exercise. …”
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Safety and Efficacy of Subcutaneous Rituximab in Previously Untreated Patients with CD20+ Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma or Follicular Lymphoma: Results from an Italian Phase IIIb S... by Mario Petrini, Gianluca Gaidano, Andrea Mengarelli, Ugo Consoli, Armando Santoro, Anna Maria Liberati, Marco Ladetto, Vincenzo Fraticelli, Attilio Guarini, Donato Mannina, Paola Ferrando, Paolo Corradini, Pellegrino Musto, Caterina Stelitano, Dario Marino, Andrea Camera, Marco Murineddu, Roberta Battistini, Giuseppe Caparrotti, Mauro Turrini, Luca Arcaini, Simone Santini, Manuela Cerqueti, Andres J. M. Ferreri, Nicola Cantore, Alessandro Inzoli, Giovanni Cardinale, Benedetto Ronci, Giorgio La Nasa, Stefano Massimi, Gianfranco Gaglione, Valentina Barbiero, Maurizio Martelli

“…Two patients with DLBCL (2.8%) and 6 with FL (7.0%) discontinued rituximab due to TEAEs. 65.2% and 69.7% of patients with DLBCL and 67.9% and 73.6% of patients with FL had complete response (CR) and CR unconfirmed, respectively. The median time to events (EFS, PFS, and OS) was not estimable due to the low rate of events. …”
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Immunohistochemical Expression of p53 Gene and Clinicopathological Assessment of Low-grade Serous Ovarian Cancer and High-grade Serous Ovarian Cancer: A Cohort Study by Geeta Bazard, Minakshi Vashist, Sunita Singh, Gulshan Rohilla, Nidhi Paliwal

“…Log-rank statistical analysis showed a non significant association between the overall survival time of the two grades, with a Hazard Ratio of 1.384 (0.5-3.5) at 95% confidence interval with p-value=0.51. …”
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Yoga programme for type-2 diabetes prevention (YOGA-DP) among high risk people in India: a multicentre feasibility randomised controlled trial protocol by Mark Hamer, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Kavita Singh, Nikhil Tandon, Sanjay Kinra, Kaushik Chattopadhyay, Tess Harris, Pallavi Mishra, Sheila Margaret Greenfield, Sarah Anne Lewis, Nandi Krishnamurthy Manjunath, Rukamani Nair, Somnath Mukherjee, David Ross Harper

“…Important parameters, needed to design the main RCT, will be estimated, such as SD of the outcome measure (fasting plasma glucose level at 6-month follow-up), recruitment, intervention adherence, follow-up, potential contamination and time needed to conduct the study. Semistructured qualitative interviews will be conducted with up to 20–30 participants, a sample of those declining to participate, four YOGA-DP instructors and around eight study staff to explore their perceptions and experiences of taking part in the study and of the intervention, reasons behind non-participation, experiences of delivering the intervention and running the study, respectively.Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval has been obtained from the following Research Ethics Committees: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham (UK); Centre for Chronic Disease Control (CCDC, India); Bapu Nature Cure Hospital and Yogashram (BNCHY, India) and Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA, India). …”
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Molecular and cellular aspects of the impact of secondary metabolites from common barberry and hybrid goat’s rue on the HeLa cell line by E. Yu. Zlatnik, Ya. S. Enin, O. N. Burov, E. S. Bondarenko, A. B. Sagakyants, D. S. Kutilin, Yu. V. Dzigunova, O. G. Ishonina, E. V. Shalashnaya, N. D. Ushakova

“…The level of copy number variation and expression of genes responsible for apoptosis were assessed by real-time PCR (RT-PCR). In total, three substances were studied, with two concentrations (4 and 12 μg/ml) and two exposures (24 and 72 hours) for each of them.Results. …”
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Analysis of the Effect of Human Type I Collagen-Derived Peptide on Bone Regenerative Capacity and Comparison with Various Collagen Materials In Vivo by Tatsunori Asakura, Tran Thi Thuy Diep, Yuta Ueda, Aoi Yamada, Takahiro Tsuzuno, Naoki Takahashi, Masayuki Miyata, Koichi Tabeta, Masaki Nagata, Ken Matsuda

“…In vitro experiments included the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT), adhesion, and migration assays, and a real-time polymerase chain reaction using rapidly expanding cells (RECs) to explore the mechanisms of Cellnest’s bone regenerative capacity. …”
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Parents' perception of the promotion of physical activity as part of the Purzelbaum project in Swiss daycare centers by Bianca Celine Schmidli, Claudio R. Nigg

“…Parents from Purzelbaum daycare centers are more likely to feel that PA is part of everyday life (mpb=3.83, SD=.41; mnpb=3.60, SD=.63; p=.023), that it is highly valued (mpb=3.70, SD=.54; mnpb=3.21, SD=.74; p<.001) and that the children can be physically active at any time in the daycare center (mpb=3.61, SD=.54; mnpb=3.36, SD=.77; p=.034). …”
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Dechlorination of selected polychlorinated biphenyl congeners using metal-impregnated pulverized shrimp shell catalyst from waste by D.B. Aviantara, F. Suciati, G. Hadiko, N.S. Indrasti, M. Yani

“…The chlorines from polychlorinated biphenyl congeners were removed using a heterogeneous catalyst synthesized via microwave-assisted impregnation of zinc metal onto pulverized shrimp shell waste.METHODS: The five polychlorinated biphenyl congeners were dechlorinated through treatments combination of time (1–4 hours), heat (150–250 degree celsius), and catalyst proportion (1–5 percent weight/weight basis). …”
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Thioredoxin-interacting protein (TXNIP) inhibition promotes retinal ganglion cell survival and facilitates M1-like microglial transformation via the PI3K/Akt pathway in glaucoma by Junjue Chen, Huimin Zhong, Bingqiao Shen, Huan Yu, Yang Zhang, Ruiqi Han, Ping Huang, Shouyue Huang, Yisheng Zhong

“…Results In this study, for the first time we reported that TXNIP expression was remarkably increased in experimental glaucomatous retina of chronic ocular hypertension (COH) mice, and it was mainly expressed in the ganglion cells layer (GCL). …”
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hAMSCs regulate EMT in the progression of experimental pulmonary fibrosis through delivering miR-181a-5p targeting TGFBR1 by Yanyang Wang, Chan Liu, Nuoxin Wang, Dong Weng, Yan Zhao, Hongyu Yang, Haoyuan Wang, Shangfu Xu, Jianmei Gao, Changhui Lang, Zhenhai Fan, Limei Yu, Zhixu He

“…Conclusions Our findings reveal for the first time that hAMSCs inhibit PF by promoting epithelial cell proliferation, reducing epithelial cell apoptosis, and attenuating EMT. …”
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Case based Reasoning Prediksi Waktu Studi Mahasiswa Menggunakan Metode Euclidean Distance dan Normalisasi Min-Max by Henni Endah Wahanani, Made Hanindia Prami Swari, Fawwaz Ali Akbar

“…Abstract One of the reasons for the length of study time for students of the Informatics study program of UPN "Veteran" Jawa Timur is the difficulty of monitoring the progressy, given the large number of students and academics do not have an accurate method to map students who are predicted to experience delays. …”
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Analysis of risk factors of feeding intolerance in ICU patients with enteral nutrition (ICU肠内营养患者喂养不耐受的危险因素分析) by LI Peiyao (李佩瑶), WANG Yue (王玥), ZHANG Yang (张洋), ZHANG Jinjuan (张金娟), JIA Dan (贾丹)

“…Results The daily dosage of enteral nutrition preparations (OR=1. 007), time to start enteral nutrition (OR=7. 361), mechanical ventilation (OR=25. 643), vasoactive drugs (OR=19. 049), antibiotics (OR=23. 267), length of hospitalization (OR=1. 522), and acid-inhibiting drugs (OR=0. 149) were risk factors of feeding intolerance, and probiotics(OR=0. 016)was a protective factor of feeding intolerance. …”
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Multiparametric cardiovascular magnetic resonance is associated with outcomes in pediatric heart transplant recipients by Andrew A. Lawson, Kae Watanabe, Lindsay Griffin, Christina Laternser, Michael Markl, Cynthia K. Rigsby, Joshua D. Robinson, Nazia Husain

“…Left ventricular LGE was present in 37% (42/113) and right ventricular LGE in 3.5% (4/113). The mean follow-up time was 2.3 years and median was 1.4 years. Cardiac death occurred in 2% (2/113), re-transplantation in 4% (4/113), and cardiac hospitalization in 22% (25/113). …”
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Axonal regeneration and innervation ratio following supercharged end-to-side nerve transfer by Leopold Harnoncourt, Martin Schmoll, Christopher Festin, Laurenz Pflaum, Markus Breuss, Johanna Klepetko, Dominik C. Dotzauer, Florian J. Jaklin, Udo Maierhofer, Philipp Tratnig-Frankl, Oskar C. Aszmann, Oskar C. Aszmann

“…IntroductionPeripheral nerve injuries often result in incomplete recovery, particularly after the occurrence of proximal lesions, owing to the extended reinnervation time as well as consequent reductions in the regeneration supportive factors and muscle recovery potential. …”
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Effect of Zhan Zhuang Qigong on upper limb static tremor and aerobic exercise capacity in patients with mild-to-moderate Parkinson’s disease: study protocol for a randomised contro... by Hang Su, Xiaoyu Jiang, Limin Wang, Linlin Zhang, Qing Wang, Xihua Liu, Xiaoming Xi, Yuxiao Chen, Xinjie Qu, Haihao Cao, Wenyu Sun, Guoming Chen, Huifen Liu, Jiahui Jiang, Hongyan Bi

“…The intervention group received conventional medicine plus Zhan Zhuang Qigong exercises five times a week at 30 min each time, over an 8-week period. …”
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Banning Childlike Sex Dolls by Monique Hendriks-Lundh

“…The majority political opinion has changed over time, going from ‘we need more knowledge on the matter’ to ‘we need to protect the interests of the children, and the doubt of the harmful effect of the use of the dolls should be in the children’s benefit’. …”
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Mycobiota composition through the ripening of artisanal soft cheeses ‘Torta del Casar’ and ‘Queso de la Serena’ monitored by high-throughput sequencing by Almudena V. Merchán, Ángel Carlos Román, Santiago Ruiz-Moyano, María Vázquez-Hernández, Catalina M. Cabañas, María José Benito

“…The Protected Designation of Origin and the ripening time factors do not significantly influence the fungal diversity between different cheese samples, suggesting that minor changes in manufacturing practices between the type of cheeses have a negligible impact on mycobiota composition. …”
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Dynamic analysis of growth characteristics, secondary metabolites accumulation, and an in-depth understanding of anthraquinones biosynthesis in Rubia cordifolia Linn. by Conglong Lian, Conglong Lian, Conglong Lian, Xiuyu Liu, Xiuyu Liu, Kaihua Guo, Kaihua Guo, Hao Yang, Hao Yang, Jingfan Yang, Jingfan Yang, Jinxu Lan, Jinxu Lan, Suiqing Chen, Suiqing Chen, Suiqing Chen, Suiqing Chen

“…Furthermore, we sequenced R. cordifolia using SMRT technology for the first time and obtained 45,925 full-length transcripts, 564 alternative splicing events, 3182 transcription factors, 6454 SSRs, and 6361 lncRNAs. …”
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Breaking the biofilm barrier: Juglone derivatives as dual-action inhibitors and anti-quorum sensing agents by Muhammad Abdullah Bhatti, Atif Ali Khan Khalil, Sayed Muhammad Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari, Faisal Hanif, Mi-Jeong Ahn, Sumra Wajid Abbasi, Nazir Ahmed Lone, Wen-Jun Li, Wasim Sajjad

“…The untreated MRSA exhibited quorum sensing signals of N-Butanoyl-l-homoserine lactone (C4-HSL) with retention time 3.6 min and of N-hexanoyl-l-Homoserine lactone (C6-HSL) at 5.8 minutes’ vs the treated with MRSA where no peaks were observed. …”
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