Hamstring vs Peroneus Longus Tendon Autograft in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Comparative Study by Khadri M Khalid, Adarsh Vajrangi, Eswara Reddy, Nagesh Sherikar, Rakshith Chakravarthy Harish Yellappa, Ranganatha B Kurupati

“…These patients were divided into two equal groups randomly—the HT group and the peroneus longus tendon (PLT) group. …”
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RvXmBlendNet: A Multi-architecture Hybrid Model for Improved Skin Cancer Detection by Farida Siddiqi Prity, Ahmed Jabid Hasan, Md Mehedi Hassan Anik, Rakib Hossain, Md. Maruf Hossain, Sazzad Hossain Bhuiyan, Md. Ariful Islam, Md Tousif Hasan Lavlu

“…Techniques like OpenCV-based hair removal, min–max scaling, and adaptive histogram equalization were employed to improve image quality and feature extraction. …”
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Robotic-assisted versus conventional hip arthroplasty: a comparative analysis of perioperative blood management and early outcomes by Annapareddy Adarsh, Jayakumar Tarun, Reddy Manideep, Mulpur Praharsha, Gurram Vijay Kumar Reddy, Prasad Vemaganti Badri Narayana, Gurava Reddy A. V.

“…A total of 200 patients undergoing primary THA were equally divided into RATHA (using the MAKO SmartRobotics system) and CTHA cohorts. …”
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Outcomes in Catheter Ablation of Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia in Myocarditis Compared with Ischemic Heart Disease by Sheng Su, Le Li, Xi Peng, Likun Zhou, Zhuxin Zhang, Yulong Xiong, Zhenhao Zhang, Mengtong Xu, Yan Yao

“…For myocarditis patients with VT, CA might be equally effective.…”
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Prediction of digestible energy requirement in growing finishing stage of pigs using machine learning models by Nibas Chandra Deb, Jayanta Kumar Basak, Sijan Karki, Elanchezhian Arulmozhi, Dae Yeong Kang, Niraj Tamrakar, Eun Wan Seo, Junghoo Kook, Myeong Yong Kang, Hyeon Tae Kim

“…Two experiments were conducted in 2022 and 2023, involving a total of eighteen 65-day-old crossbred pigs during each experimental period. These pigs were equally divided into three experimental pig barns, each comprising three gilts and three boars, and subjected to different DE content diets. …”
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A harmonized dataset relating alternative farmer management practices to crop yield, soil organic carbon stock, nitrous oxide emissions, and nitrate leaching generated using IPCC m... by Roberta Calone, Angela Fiore, Guido Pellis, Maria Luz Cayuela, Gabriele Mongiano, Alessandra Lagomarsino, Simone Bregaglio

“…The dataset presents four ∑i series, corresponding to alternative perceptions of sustainability from three potential stakeholder categories (young farmers’ cooperative, agrochemical company, public agricultural policy agency) plus one equally weighted option. By providing a harmonized data source and an innovative metric, this dataset allows users to explore trade-offs associated with alternative management practices across four key agricultural components and assess their impact on perceived agroecosystem sustainability.…”
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Neutrophil elastase inhibitor (Sivelestat) in the treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome induced by COVID-19: a multicenter retrospective cohort study by Yuting Li, Jianjun Zhao, Jiahui Wei, Yanhong Zhang, Haitao Zhang, Ying Li, Ting Liao, Yang Hu, Bo Yuan, Xinmei Zhang, Wanyan Liu, Changgang Liu, Qingsong Cui, Shunzi Wu, Hongmei Jiang, Wenge Liu, Weiheng Liu, Hongguang Xu, Gang Li, Yuyan Cai, Liting Chen, Bingwei Chen, Dong Zhang

“…A log-rank P-test stratified on the matched pairs was used to test the equality of the estimated survival curves. A Cox proportional hazards model that incorporated a robust sandwich-type variance estimator to account for the matched nature of the data was used to estimate hazard ratios (HR). …”
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Productive performance of buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) in two production systems and two slaughter weights by René Rodríguez-Florentino, David Hernández-Sánchez, Efrén Ramírez-Bribiesca, María M. Crosby Galván, Miguel Á. Mata-Espinosa, Luis A. de la Cruz-Cruz

“…Likewise, it was observed that buffaloes that were raised with grazing equaled gains of the animals raised in intensive systems and slaughtered at 400 kg (p>0.05). …”
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Computing the time-dependent activity rate using non-declustered and declustered catalogues – a first step towards time-dependent seismic hazard calculations for operational earthq... by D. Montiel-López, S. Molina, S. Molina, J. J. Galiana-Merino, J. J. Galiana-Merino, I. Gómez, I. Gómez, A. Kharazian, J. L. Soler-Llorens, J. A. Huesca-Tortosa, A. Guardiola-Villora, G. Ortuño-Sáez

“…The first one is located in Central Italy, where the L'Aquila earthquake happened, while the other is in south-eastern Spain, where several earthquakes with a moment magnitude (<span class="inline-formula"><i>M</i>_w</span>) greater than 4.0 have taken place over the last 30 years, including two earthquakes with magnitude greater than or equal to 5.0. We compared three different seismic activity models based on the parameters considered in the calculations (distance from spatial cells to faults and epicentral distance uncertainty), and we defined and calculated the changes in the annual probability of exceedance for a given background PGA value. …”
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Nebulized aminoglycosides for ventilator-associated pneumonia: Methodological considerations and lessons from experimental studies by Jean-Jacques Rouby, Jing Xia, Jayesh Dhanani, Gianluigi Li Bassi, Antoine Monsel, Antoni Torres, Kostoula Arvaniti, Mona Assefi, Matteo Bassetti, Stijn Blot, Matthieu Boisson, Adrien Bouglé, Jean-Michel Constantin, Jayesh Dhanani, George Dimopoulos, Jonathan Dugernier, Pauline Dureau, Stephan Ehrmann, Timothy Felton, Marin Kollef, Antonia Koutsoukou, Anna Kyriakoudi, Pierre-François Laterre, Marc Leone, Victoria Lepère, Gianluigi Li Bassi, Xuelian Liao, Shakti Bedanta Mishra, Olivier Mimoz, Antoine Monsel, Girish B Nair, Michael Niederman, Lucy B Palmer, Jose Manuel Pereira, Konstantinos Pontikis, Garyphalia Poulakou, Jérôme Pugin, Chuanyun Qian, Jie-ming Qu, Jordi Rello, Jason Roberts, Jean-Jacques Rouby, Christina Routsi, Gerald C. Smaldone, Antoni Torres, Melda Türkoğlu, Tobias Welte, Michel Wolff, Xia Jing, Li Yang, Ting Yang, Ying-gang Zhu

“…Aminoglycosides are concentration-dependent antibiotics exerting a bactericidal effect when concentrations at the site of infection are equal to or greater than 5 times the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC). …”
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A green-Ampt model considering unsaturated zone and pore air pressure by Youliang Peng, Liangjun Fei, Fangyuan Shen, Runqiao Zheng, Qian Wang, Qianwen Fan

“…According to this, the infiltration rate is equal to the derivative of the infiltration amount regarding time. …”
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Effect of Exogenous of Transforming Growth Factor-β1 on Pregnancy Outcome in Mice with Recurrent Pregnancy Loss by Persistent Enhancement of Placental Tissue Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxyg... by Xinghui Wen, Xiaojuan Chen, Mei Li, Jinnian Zhou, Shouli Dao, Shixiang Li, Hui Cheng, Shuyun Zhao, Guanyou Huang

“…The aim of this study was to investigate whether a single administrationof transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) can improve the pregnancy outcomes of RPL mice and whether theimprovement is cause by TGF-β1 driving the expression of immune tolerance molecule indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase(IDO).Materials and Methods: In this experimental study, 40 RPL model mice were equally divided into a control group,that received 0.01 M phosphate-buffered saline (PBS), and a treatment group, that received PBS containing 2, 20, and200 ng/ml TGF-β1 via tail vein injection. …”
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Women’s experiences of gender-based violence supports through an intersectional lens: a global scoping review by Amaya Perez-Brumer, Beverley M Essue, Cyndirela Chadambuka, Isabel Arruda-Caycho, Danielle Tocallino, Rebecca Balasa, Prossy Kiddu Namyalo, Carmina Ravanera, Sarah Kaplan

“…This research can inform transformational policy development and tailored interventions to improve outcomes for all women who experience GBV and thus advance gender equality and equity goals.…”
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Low-Dose Ketamine Infusion for Perioperative Pain Management in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial by Mitchell T. Seman, Shawn H. Malan, Matthew R. Buras, Richard J. Butterfield, Kristi L. Harold, James A. Madura, David M. Rosenfeld, Andrew W. Gorlin

“…Patients were randomized equally into the ketamine and control group. Preop, intraop, and postop management regimens were standardized. …”
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Resourceful and economical designing of fermentation medium for lab and commercial strains of yeast from alternative feedstock: ‘transgenic oilcane’ by Shraddha Maitra, Bruce Dien, Kristen Eilts, Nurzhan Kuanyshev, Yoel R. Cortes-Pena, Yong-Su Jin, Jeremy S. Guest, Vijay Singh

“…Herein, we propose a resourceful and economical approach for growing lab and commercial strains of S. cerevisiae on unrefined cellulosic sugars aerobically and fermentatively. Results An equal ratio of hydrolysate and juice was found optimum for growth and fermentation by lab and commercial strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae engineered for xylose fermentation. …”
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Comparison of intensity normalization methods in prostate, brain, and breast cancer multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging by Savannah R. Duenweg, Samuel A. Bobholz, Allison K. Lowman, Aleksandra Winiarz, Biprojit Nath, Michael J. Barrett, Fitzgerald Kyereme, Stephanie Vincent-Sheldon, Peter LaViolette

“…Likewise, Z-score normalization provided the highest percentage of radiomic features that were statistically equal across the three organs.…”
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Genome data based deep learning identified new genes predicting pharmacological treatment response of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder by Yilu Zhao, Zhao Fu, Eric J. Barnett, Ning Wang, Kangfuxi Zhang, Xuping Gao, Xiangyu Zheng, Junbin Tian, Hui Zhang, XueTong Ding, Shaoxian Li, Shuyu Li, Qingjiu Cao, Suhua Chang, Yufeng Wang, Stephen V. Faraone, Li Yang

“…The convolutional neural network (CNN) model, using variants with genome-wide P values less than E-02 (5516 SNPs), demonstrated the best performance with mean squared error (MSE) equals 0.012 (Accuracy = 0.83; Sensitivity = 0.90; Specificity = 0.75) in the validation dataset, 0.081 in an independent test dataset (Acc = 0.61, Sensitivity = 0.81; Specificity = 0.26). …”
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Protocol for faecal microbiota transplantation in irritable bowel syndrome: the MISCEAT study – a randomised, double-blind cross-over study using mixed microbiota from healthy dono... by Lenka Kramna, Ondrej Cinek, Jakub Hurych, Jiri Vejmelka, Lucie Hlinakova, Vladyslav Larionov, Michal Kulich, Pavel Kohout

“…Patients aged 18–65 will be randomised into three equally sized groups: group A will first receive two enemas of study microbiota mixture (deep-frozen stored stool microbiota mixed from eight healthy donors); after 8 weeks, they will receive two enemas with placebo (autoclaved microbiota mixture), whereas group B will first receive placebo, then microbiota mixture. …”
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Direct high-precision radon quantification for interpreting high-frequency greenhouse gas measurements by D. Kikaj, E. Chung, A. D. Griffiths, S. D. Chambers, G. Forster, G. Forster, A. Wenger, P. Pickers, P. Pickers, C. Rennick, S. O'Doherty, J. Pitt, K. Stanley, D. Young, L. S. Fleming, L. S. Fleming, K. Adcock, E. Safi, T. Arnold, T. Arnold

“…While derived for a network of UK observatories, the proposed standardized protocol could be equally applied to two-filter dual-flow-loop radon observations across larger networks, such as the Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS) or the Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) baseline network.…”
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The Promising Effect of Tocilizumab on Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection (cAMR) of Kidney Transplant by Łukasz Świątek, Miłosz Miedziaszczyk, Dominik Lewandowski, Filip Robakowski, Piotr Tyburski, Marta Jakubowska, Marek Karczewski, Ilona Idasiak-Piechocka

“…The heterogeneity was low and was equal to I² = 0.00%. The authors demonstrated a reduction in DSA titer by TCZ (−0.266 MFI (95% CI: −0.861 to 0.329; <i>p</i> = 0.377)). …”
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