High Performance 3D PET Reconstruction Using Spherical Basis Functions on a Polar Grid by J. Cabello, J. E. Gillam, M. Rafecas

“…In this work, we have implemented the reconstruction algorithm using Graphical Processing Unit (GPU) technology for speed and a precomputed Monte-Carlo-calculated SRM for accuracy. The reconstruction time achieved using spherical basis functions on a GPU was 4.3 times faster than the Central Processing Unit (CPU) and 2.5 times faster than a CPU-multi-core parallel implementation using eight cores. …”
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A Study of Inflammatory/Necrosis Biomarkers in the Fracture of the Femur Treated with Proximal Femoral Nail Antirotation by Mariapaola Marino, Giuseppe Palmieri, Marco Peruzzi, Flavia Scuderi, Emanuela Bartoccioni

“…Our results show that PFNA did not induce significant increments in serum levels of inflammatory cytokines TNF-α and IL-6; CRP was elevated preoperatively in correlation with waiting time for surgery; CRP and CK showed a significant increment in the first postoperatory day; CK increment was correlated with surgical time length. …”
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Clinical Scoring for Diagnosis of Acute Lower Abdominal Pain in Female of Reproductive Age by Kijja Jearwattanakanok, Sirikan Yamada, Watcharin Suntornlimsiri, Waratsuda Smuthtai, Jayanton Patumanond

“…Obstetrics and gynecological conditions (OB-GYNc) are difficult to be differentiated from appendicitis in young adult females presenting with acute lower abdominal pain. Timely and correct diagnosis is clinically challenging. …”
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New challenges and problems of the nancial market in the open bank system conditions by S. S. Galazova, L. R. Magomaeva

“…The practical use of Open Banking Standard will allow the consumer not only to receive data in real time, but will also partially solve the problem of gaining access to more personalized information resources for making banking decisions. …”
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Analgesic Characteristics of Bupivacaine Alone and in Combination with Dexmedetomidine or Meperidine in Spinal Anesthesia during Cesarean Section: A Double-Blind Randomized Clinica... by Simin Azemati, Amir Zarghami, Reza Jouybar, Vida Naderi-boldaji

“…The combination of bupivacaine with dexmedetomidine significantly prolonged sensory and motor regression time and duration of analgesia.…”
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Fuzzy-Swarm Intelligence-Based Short-Term Load Forecasting Model as a Solution to Power Quality Issues Existing in Microgrid System by Demsew Mitiku Teferra, Livingstone M. H. Ngoo, George N. Nyakoe

“…This is because it was highly influenced by a number of variables like load type, weather conditions, time of day, the seasonality factor, economic constraints, and other randomness effects. …”
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Effectiveness and Efficiency of Seawater Evaporation Using Traditional Methods and the Innovative Flow Down System in Salt Production by Azi Wibisono Raihan, Ika Nuzula Nike, Giri D. Kartika Ary, Efendy Makhfud, Sri W. Pratiwi Wiwit

“…Flow Down System more efficient 100%-time efficiency compared to traditional 33.33%. Flow Down sales efficiency 100% (IDR 239,680/month) surpassed the traditional 33.18% (IDR 79,550/month). …”
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Empirically validating a computational model of automatic behavior shaping. by Vincent Berardi, Tian Lan, Ariane Guirguis, Uri Maoz

“…Accumulated Area Under Trajectory Curves and Time Until 10 Consecutive Target Clicks were used to quantify the probability of the target behavior. …”
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Effects of Environmental Variability on the Genus Olea L. by Atayeva Leyla, Ahmadova Sariye, Nasirli Lala, Aghayeva Jamala, Zakharova Gulnar, Mammadova Vagida

“…In Azerbaijan, as well as on the Absheron Peninsula, the pressing problems of our time are climate change, emissions of harmful gases into the atmosphere, high temperatures, changes in groundwater levels, drought and suppression of local flora by introduced invasive species. …”
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Acute Psychological Stress Modulates the Expression of Enzymes Involved in the Kynurenine Pathway throughout Corticolimbic Circuits in Adult Male Rats by Haley A. Vecchiarelli, Chaitanya P. Gandhi, Matthew N. Hill

“…Time-dependent changes in differential enzymes along the kynurenine metabolism pathway, particularly those involved in the production of quinolinic acid, were found within the amygdala, hypothalamus, and medial prefrontal cortex, with no changes seen in the hippocampus. …”
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The Measures of Efficiency of Power Generation Plants in Sylhet of Bangladesh by Kanis Fatama Ferdushi, Anton Abdulbasah Kamil, Saleh Ahmed, Luthful Alahi Kawsar

“…The estimated values of the time-varying inefficiency parameter η are positive for both the truncated and the half-normal distribution. …”
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A first exploratory comparison of the behaviour of wolves (Canis lupus) and wolf-dog hybrids in captivity by Federica Amici, Simone Meacci, Emmeline Caray, Linda Oña, Katja Liebal, Paolo Ciucci

“…When exposed to unfamiliar humans in the experimental task, wolves were more vigilant, fearful and aggressive than admixed wolves, and less likely to approach humans, but also more likely to spend time in human proximity. When exposed to novel objects, wolves were more aggressive than admixed wolves, less likely to spend time in object proximity, and more likely to interact with objects, but also less vigilant and as fearful as admixed wolves. …”
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Dynamic Simulation of a Warship Control Valve Based on a Mechanical-Electric-Fluid Cosimulation Model by Jiazhen Han, Yudong Xie, Yong Wang, Qixian Wang

“…The stability time of the valve plug and oscillation amplitude of the unstable fluid loads were distinct for control valves with different flow characteristics. …”
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Feasibility and Safely of Oral Rehydration Therapy before Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection by Yasutoshi Shiratori, Takashi Ikeya, Kenji Nakamura, Katsuyuki Fukuda

“…No complications were observed due to PORT and ESD, and significant differences in the ESD procedure time or hospital stay was not noted. Conclusion. …”
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Perturbative Stability and Error-Correction Thresholds of Quantum Codes by Yaodong Li, Nicholas O’Dea, Vedika Khemani

“…We observe that the clean limit of the latter is precisely the discretized imaginary-time path integral of the corresponding quantum code Hamiltonian when the errors are turned into a perturbative X or Z magnetic field. …”
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Removal of copper (II) ions from aqueous solution using acid- and alkali-treated carbonized mangosteen peel as adsorbent by Anee Sweatha, Krishnan Soundarajan

“…Optimal conditions of 300 rpm agitation, initial metal-ion concentration 150 mg/L, 100 mg adsorbent dosage, pH 2 for H2SO4 treatment, 60 min contact time for maximum copper (II) ion uptake. The Freundlich isotherm model is found to fit the experimental data satisfactorily, with an R2 of 0.8273. …”
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Transferability of a Machine Learning-Based Model of Hourly Traffic Volume Estimation—Florida and New Hampshire Case Study by Przemysław Sekuła, Zachary Vander Laan, Kaveh Farokhi Sadabadi, Krzysztof Kania, Sara Zahedian

“…This paper proposes solutions, which allow the model to be prepared using a much smaller dataset, given that a previously collected dataset, which may be gathered in a different place and time period, exists. Based on a broad selection of experiments, the results indicate that the proposed approach is capable of achieving similar model performance while collecting data for a 5 times shorter time period and utilizing 1/4 of the number of continuous count stations. …”
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Migration Characteristics of Boring Mud in Roadway Floor Anchor Wire Hole and Test in Coal Mine by Hui Zhang, Weihai Han, Youlin Xu, Mengzhi Zhu, Zhanyang Liu, Zhenfeng Wang

“…A set of pump suction reverse circulation drilling systems has been developed, and floor anchor wire hole drilling and slag discharge operation at the same time were realized. The field test shows that the effective drilling time of the anchor cable hole in the depth of 5.6 m can be controlled within 30 min, which solves the problem of deep hole drilling in the anchor hole of the bottom plate and purifies the working environment.…”
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Load Forecasting in Electrical Grids: Analysis of Methods and their Trends by Kyryk V.V., Shatalov Y.O.

“…Also, the publications reviewed within this study were distributed over time to take into account the dynamics of changes in the results. …”
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Deranged liver among Sudanese Patients with Dengue Virus Infection in Port Sudan Teaching Hospital by Bashir Abdrhman Bashir Mohamed

“…Rapid immune chromatographic test was used to confirm positive dengue cases and WHO criteria were used for classifying the dengue severity. Prothrombin time (PT), partial thromboplastin time (PTT), fibrinogen level (FB), platelet count (PLT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) were all measured. …”
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