Neurosonograms in very preterm neonates: Findings, risk factors, and association with neurodevelopmental outcome: A retrospective study by Shyam Kumar Sasidhara Kurup, Femitha Pournami, Ajai Kumar Prithvi, Arif Abdulsalam Kolisambeevi, Anila V. Panackal, Jyothi Prabhakar, Naveen Jain

“…Gestational age <28 weeks, chorioamnionitis, extensive resuscitation, ventilation >24 h, and culture-proven sepsis were independent risk factors for abnormal NSG in the first 2 weeks of life. …”
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Bio-synthesised nanoparticles employment for eliminating metals from wastewater via implementation of a three level Box-Behnken technique by P. Jyolsna, V. Gowthami, A. Hajeera Aseen

“…The study focused on three independent variables: pH, contact time, and adsorbent amount. …”
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A Dual-Channel and Frequency-Aware Approach for Lightweight Video Instance Segmentation by Mingzhu Liu, Wei Zhang, Haoran Wei

“…In instance tracking, a dual-frequency perceptual enhancement network structure is constructed, which uses an independent instance query mechanism to capture temporal information and combines with a frequency-aware attention mechanism to capture instance features on different attention layers of high and low frequencies, respectively, to effectively reduce the complexity of the model, decrease the number of parameters, and improve the segmentation efficiency. …”
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RF-PSSM: A Combination of Rotation Forest Algorithm and Position-Specific Scoring Matrix for Improved Prediction of Protein-Protein Interactions Between Hepatitis C Virus and Human by Xin Liu, Yaping Lu, Liang Wang, Wei Geng, Xinyi Shi, Xiao Zhang

“…The results of various ablation experiments show that on independent datasets, the accuracy and area under curve (AUC) value of RF-PSSM can reach 93.74% and 94.29%, respectively, outperforming almost all cutting-edge research. …”
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Combination Therapy with 1% Nanocurcumin Gel and 0.1% Triamcinolone Acetonide Mouth Rinse for Oral Lichen Planus: A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo Controlled Clinical Trial by Mahin Bakhshi, Shahzad Gholami, Arash Mahboubi, Mahmoud Reza Jaafari, Mahshid Namdari

“…Data were analyzed using independent t-test, repeated measures ANCOVA, Mann–Whitney test, and chi-square test. …”
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Vasorelaxant effects and its mechanisms of the rhizome of Acorus gramineus on isolated rat thoracic aorta by Jueon Lee, Sujin Shin, Junkyu Park, Ho-Young Choi, Kyungjin Lee

“…The findings suggested that the mechanism of this effect was independent of endothelial cells and was associated with vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC). …”
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Novel platinum nanoclusters (Pt NCs) induce mitochondrial apoptosis and damaging autophagy for the treatment of osteosarcoma—from the perspective of P53 mutation status in differen... by Jialin Wang, Haodi Yue, Xin Huang, Hongjian Liu, Mengjun Zhang

“…This study has confirmed the P53-independent anticancer impact of Pt NCs on osteosarcoma in vitro and in vivo. …”
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The role of optical coherence tomography angiography in assessing diabetic choroidopathy: a systematic review by M. Hossein Nowroozzadeh, Mansoureh Bagheri

“…Studies included were peer-reviewed, published in English, and excluded case reports, conference proceedings, and studies on treated DR patients. Two independent reviewers screened articles for eligibility based on predefined criteria. …”
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Influence of the Chemical Composition of Asphalt and the 3D Morphology of the Aggregate on Contact Surface Adhesion by Luoke Li, Meng Guo, Cong Zeng

“…A contactless three-dimensional (3D) white-light scanning technique is used to obtain point cloud data of the aggregate particles. Six independent feature parameters are used as evaluation indices to quantitatively describe the multilevel features of the 3D morphology of road aggregates. …”
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Paulus Vladimiri and Stanislaus de Scarbimiria – medieval Krakow law school and the Polish contribution to the formation of the rights of nations by Jacek Grzybowski

“…Their works and sermons espouse the craving for international justice, while securing national interests, and for a model of Europe as a “family of independent and sovereign nations” whose coexistence is founded on the Christian anthropology according to which a man as endowed by God with dignity and freedom. …”
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An Overview of the Skin Microbiome, the Potential for Pathogen Shift, and Dysbiosis in Common Skin Pathologies by Anita Smith, Roberta Dumbrava, Noor-Ul-Huda Ghori, Rachael Foster, James Campbell, Andrew Duthie, Gerard Hoyne, Marius Rademaker, Asha C. Bowen

“…Further research using culture-independent techniques is needed for conditions involving microbial dysbiosis to advance our knowledge of skin disease pathophysiology and guide future management.…”
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COMPLEX FOR MONITORING OF SEWAGE OPTICAL DENSITY CHANGES by V. A. Alekseev, V. P. Usoltcev, S. I. Yuran, D. N. Shulmin

“…The complex of monitoring is described by the random impulse transition function containing two independent components, one of which defines dynamic properties, another considers stochasticity of conversion.The example of implementation of an optoelectronic complex of monitoring of the water environment in the system of sewage of the enterprise is given. …”
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Evaluation of Factors Affecting Perinatal Mortality in Patients with HELLP Syndrome by Reyhan Gunduz, Senem Yaman Tunc, Mehmet Sait Icen, Sabahattin Ertugrul, Talip Gul

“…Logistic regression revealed the APGAR score at 5 minutes as the most reliable independent predictive finding for perinatal mortality. …”
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Age-related experiences of diverse older women living with HIV: A scoping review protocol informed by intersectionality. by Kristina Kokorelias, Paige Brown, Sharon Walmsley, Alice Zhabokritsky, Esther Su, Luxey Sirisegaram

“…The study selection process will involve two independent reviewers screening articles based on pre-established inclusion criteria. …”
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Automatic Detection of Small Intestinal Hookworms in Capsule Endoscopy Images Based on a Convolutional Neural Network by Tao Gan, Yulin Yang, Shuaicheng Liu, Bing Zeng, Jinlin Yang, Kai Deng, Junchao Wu, Li Yang

“…We assessed its performance by calculating the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve and its sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy using an independent test set of 10,529 small-bowel images including 531 images of hookworms. …”
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Continuous adductor canal block versus continuous femoral nerve block for postoperative pain in patients undergoing knee arthroplasty: An updated meta-analysis of randomized contro... by Jinyan Gong, Lu Tang, Yuyu Han, Pengcheng Liu, Xue Yu, Fei Wang

“…Registration in the PROSPERO International prospective register of the meta-analysis was completed, prior to initiation of the study (registration number: CRD42022363756). Two independent reviewers selected the studies, extracted data and evaluated risk of bias by quality assessment. …”
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Modern Imaging Methods in the Diagnosis of Neurodegenerative Diseases by Paulina Dorota Pietrukaniec, Bartosz Omasta, Katarzyna Kamińska-Omasta, Olga Krupa, Daria Rybak, Kuba Borys Romańczuk, Magdalena Agata Czerska, Szymon Przemysław Stolarczyk, Zofia Martyna Wójcik, Kinga Furtak

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The Effect of Implementing Self-Compassion Program on Moral Injury of Nursing Students by Hanie Dahmardeh

“…Data were analyzed using independent t, paired t and chi square statistical tests under SPSS 21 statistical software. …”
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Multi-stakeholder perspectives of community pharmacies’ extended services in Al Baha province, Saudi Arabia: A qualitative study by Khalid S. Alghamdi, Mahdi H. Alsugoor, Max Petzold, Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, Christina Ljungberg Persson

“…According to the participants, free training programmes and continuing education for community pharmacists (with a focus on independent and small-chain community pharmacies) and financial support from the government could facilitate extending the roles played by community pharmacists. …”
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of neuromuscular electrical stimulation post-botulinum toxin injection in children with cerebral palsy by Fu-An Yang, Jie-Ren Mi Le, Chia-Hsiang Lu, Chao-Chun Huang, Hung-Chou Chen

“…We searched the PubMed, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, EMBASE, and Scopus databases for randomized controlled trials studying the effects of NMES after BTX injection in children with CP from database inception to July 3, 2024. Two independent reviewers extracted data, and risks of bias were assessed using the PEDro scale for randomized controlled trials. …”
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