C-SAR/02 Satellite Polarimetric Calibration and Validation Based on Active Radar Calibrators by Yanan Jiao, Fengli Zhang, Xiaochen Liu, Zhiwei Huang, Jingwen Yuan

“…This study’s polarimetric calibration of C-SAR/02 was performed based on the active radar calibrator (ARC) method using four independently developed L/S/C multi-band ARCs and several trihedral corner reflectors (CRs). …”
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Dual-Band Eight-Element MIMO Array Using Multi-Slot Decoupling Technique for 5G Terminals by Wei Hu, Long Qian, Steven Gao, Le-Hu Wen, Qi Luo, Hang Xu, Xuekang Liu, Ying Liu, Wei Wang

“…Furthermore, three decoupling modes generated by different bent slots can be independently tuned. Zero ground clearance is also realized by the coplanar arrangement of the antenna elements and decoupling structures. …”
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Depth of Anesthesia as a Risk Factor for Perioperative Morbidity by Argyro Petsiti, Vassilios Tassoudis, George Vretzakis, Dimitrios Zacharoulis, Konstantinos Tepetes, Georgia Ganeli, Menelaos Karanikolas

“…Five variables (DHT, hypotension, age, comorbidity, and duration of surgery) showed statistically significant association with complications, when examined independently. However, when all variables were examined together in a multiple logistic regression model, age and comorbidity were no longer associated with outcome. …”
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Protein Intake, Especially Vegetable Protein Intake, Is Associated with Higher Skeletal Muscle Mass in Elderly Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Akane Miki, Yoshitaka Hashimoto, Shinobu Matsumoto, Emi Ushigome, Takuya Fukuda, Takafumi Sennmaru, Muhei Tanaka, Masahiro Yamazaki, Michiaki Fukui

“…Protein intake was independently correlated with SMI after adjusting for age, hemoglobin A1c, C-peptide index, exercise, smoking, insulin treatment, total energy intake, and C-reactive protein (standardized regression coefficient = 0.664, P<0.001 in men and standardized regression coefficient = 0.516, P=0.005 in women). …”
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Prognostic Value of Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Catheterization for Coronary Artery Disease by Hidekatsu Fukuta, Nobuyuki Ohte, Kazuaki Wakami, Toshihiko Goto, Tomomitsu Tani, Genjiro Kimura

“…In conclusion, LV diastolic dysfunction, particularly impaired LV relaxation assessed by both cardiac catheterization and Doppler echocardiography, is independently associated with increased risk for cardiac death or cardiovascular hospitalization in patients with known or suspected CAD.…”
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Verbal Encoding Strategies in Visuo-Spatial Working Memory by Joana Pereira Seabra, Vivien Chopurian, Alessandra S. Souza, Thomas B. Christophel

“…Visual working memory and verbal storage are often investigated independently of one another. However, a growing body of evidence suggests that naming visual stimuli can provide an advantage in performance during visual working memory tasks. …”
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fragSMILES as a chemical string notation for advanced fragment and chirality representation by Fabrizio Mastrolorito, Fulvio Ciriaco, Maria Vittoria Togo, Nicola Gambacorta, Daniela Trisciuzzi, Cosimo Damiano Altomare, Nicola Amoroso, Francesca Grisoni, Orazio Nicolotti

“…In this paper, we present fragSMILES, a novel fragment-based molecular representation in the form of string. fragSMILES encode fragments in a ‘chemically-meaningful’ way via a novel graph-reduction approach, allowing to obtain an efficient, interpretable, and expressive molecular representation, which also avoids fragment redundancy. fragSMILES contributes to the field of fragment-based representation, by reporting fragments and their ‘breaking’ bonds independently. Moreover, fragSMILES also embeds information of molecular chirality, thereby overcoming known limitations of existing string notations. …”
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Acute ischemic stroke lesion segmentation in non-contrast CT images using 3D convolutional neural networks by A.V. Dobshik, S.K. Verbitskiy, I.A. Pestunov, K.M. Sherman, Yu.N. Sinyavskiy, A.A. Tulupov, V.B. Berikov

“…Two radiology experts manually segmented images independently and then verified the labeling results for inconsistencies. …”
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An Online Tool for Nurse Triage to Evaluate Risk for Acute Coronary Syndrome at Emergency Department by Yuwares Sittichanbuncha, Patchaya Sanpha-asa, Theerayut Thongkrau, Chaiyapon Keeratikasikorn, Noppadol Aekphachaisawat, Kittisak Sawanyawisuth

“…Patients with diabetes, patients with previous history of CAD, and those who had at least one character of ACS chest pain were independently associated with having ACS by multivariate logistic regression. …”
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Predisposing Factors, Microbial Characteristics, and Clinical Outcome of Microbial Keratitis in a Tertiary Centre in Hong Kong: A 10-Year Experience by Alex Lap-Ki Ng, Kelvin Kai-Wang To, Chile Chi-Lai Choi, Leonard Hsu Yuen, Suk-Ming Yim, Keith Shun-Kit Chan, Jimmy Shiu-Ming Lai, Ian Yat-Hin Wong

“…Multivariate logistic regression showed age (p=0.03), trauma (p=0.006), and ulcer size >3 mm (p=0.039) to be independently associated with poor outcome. Conclusion. …”
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Fertility and Symptom Relief following Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Myomectomy by Michael C. Pitter, Serene S. Srouji, Antonio R. Gargiulo, Leslie Kardos, Usha Seshadri-Kreaden, Helen B. Hubert, Glenn A. Weitzman

“…At >3 years, 66.7% of women who underwent surgery to treat infertility and 80% who were also symptom-free reported achieving pregnancy. Factors independently associated with symptom recurrence included greater time after surgery, preoperative dyspareunia, multiple fibroid surgeries, smoking after surgery, and preexisting diabetes. …”
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Exploring Co-Occurrence Patterns to Understand Epiphyte–Liana Interactions by Sergio J. Ceballos, Ezequiel Aráoz, Tobías Nicolás Rojas

“…Although epiphytes and lianas share the same habitat, most research has treated these two groups independently. This study aimed to evaluate the co-occurrence of vascular epiphytes and lianas in the subtropical montane forests of northwestern Argentina. …”
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Automatic Synthesis of Recurrent Neurons for Imitation Learning From CNC Machine Operators by Hoa Thi Nguyen, Roland Olsson, Oystein Haugen

“…We compare the performance of our evolved neurons with support vector machine and four well-established neural network models commonly used for time series data: simple recurrent neural networks, long-short-term-memory, independently recurrent neural networks, and transformers. …”
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Characteristics of transcriptome and chromatin accessibility in the peripheral blood after acute hypoxia exposure by Kuo Zeng, Pei-ru Yuan, Jin-feng Xuan, Lai-xi Zhao, Xiao-na Li, Jun Yao, Dong Zhao

“…Moreover, the combined analysis of RNA-seq and ATAC-seq revealed that 10 hub genes were independently identified from the protein–protein interaction (PPI) network for each altitude. …”
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Association of Habitual Physical Activity Measured by an Accelerometer with High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients by Ryota Matsuzawa, Atsuhiko Matsunaga, Toshiki Kutsuna, Akira Ishii, Yoshifumi Abe, Kei Yoneki, Manae Harada, Mio Ishibashi, Yasuo Takeuchi, Atsushi Yoshida, Naonobu Takahira

“…After adjusting for patient characteristics in study 2, physical activity was independently associated with HDL-C levels (adjusted R2=0.255; P=0.005). …”
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Development and Evaluation of a Rehabilitation Wheelchair with Multiposture Transformation and Smart Control by Wujing Cao, Hongliu Yu, Xinyu Wu, Sujiao Li, Qiaoling Meng, Chunjie Chen

“…Stroke and other neurological disorders have an effect on mobility which has a significant impact on independence and quality of life. The core rehabilitation requirements for patients with lower limb motor dysfunction are gait training, restand, and mobility. …”
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Socioeconomic disparities in childhood vaccine hesitancy among parents in China: The mediating role of social support and health literacy by Xuelin Yao, Mao Fu, Jin Peng, Da Feng, Yue Ma, Yifan Wu, Liuxin Feng, Yu Fang, Minghuan Jiang

“…Perceived social support and health literacy independently and sequentially mediated the effects of subjective SES (indirect effect: −0.240) and annual household income (indirect effect: 1.250 for ≤ CNY 100,000 and 0.759 for CNY 100,001–150,000) on vaccine hesitancy. …”
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Spatial autocorrelation and host anemone species drive variation in local components of fitness in a wild clownfish population by Marrot, Pascal, Fauvelot, Cécile, Berumen, Michael L, Srinivasan, Maya, Jones, Geoffrey P, Planes, Serge, Pujol, Benoit

“…We found that the host anemone species had an impact on wild clownfish LRS independently from their spatial distribution. The spatial distribution nevertheless had an impact on its own, as reflected by the spatial autocorrelation of LRS. …”
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Economic burden of acute kidney injury in children and adults: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Sean M Bagshaw, Catherine Morgan, Rashid Alobaidi, Emma Heydari Ulrich, Aspen Lillywhite, Michael Paulden, Michael Zappitelli

“…Two reviewers will independently complete study selection, data extraction and bias assessment. …”
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Financing of municipal current expenditure through local taxes: a systematic review by Henry Bernardo Garay Canales, Julio Mayorga Challco, Wilson Eduardo Vargas Cubas, Fredy Roger Flores Flores

“…The study provides a foundation for comprehensive municipal tax reforms aimed at increasing local fiscal independence. Finally, the study's findings offer practical guidance for implementing comprehensive municipal tax reforms, potentially leading to enhanced fiscal autonomy and more sustainable local government financing. …”
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