Significant room for improvement in the prehospital assessment and treatment of acute abdominal pain: a retrospective observational study by Rasmus Bjerén, Carl Magnusson, Johan Herlitz, Denise Bäckström

“…This is particularly relevant given the long-standing controversy surrounding the use of analgesia in AAP patients before a final diagnosis is made, which may still influence the prehospital pain management. …”
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Design of an Improved Method for Visual Rendering in the Metaverse Using CIEM and MSRANet by Janapati Venkata Krishna, Priyanka Singh, Regonda Nagaraju, Setti Vidya Sagar Appaji, Attuluri Uday Kiran, K. Spandana

“…Anticipatory Scene Rendering (ASR) utilizes predictive modeling in order to allow for the pre-rendering of scenes based on user behavior, in this way significantly reducing latency by 40% with an accuracy of 85% in seamless navigation. Finally, BEER, standing for Bioinspired Energy-Efficient Rendering, borrows from the energy-efficient way of visual processing in the human brain through a spiking neural network that reduces energy consumption by 35% without image quality degradation. …”
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Association of whole grain food consumption with lung cancer risk: a prospective cohort study by Kanran Wang, Junhan Zhao, Dingyi Yang, Mao Sun, Yongzhong Wu, Wei Zhou

“…Abstract Background Whether the intake of whole grain foods can protect against lung cancer is a long-standing question of considerable public health import, but the epidemiologic evidence has been limited. …”
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First-line treatment for advanced or metastatic EGFR mutation-positive non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer: a network meta-analysis by Mengyao Zhang, Lan Sun

“…For ≥3AEs, Afatinib (SUCRAs: 74.93%) and Osimertinib (SUCRAs: 69.42%) were likely the best choices.ConclusionCurrent evidence suggests that, considering both survival and safety, Osimertinib stands out as the preferred first-line treatment for untreated EGFR M + advanced or metastatic nsq-NSCLC. …”
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Influence of human settlements factors on the spatial distribution patterns of traditional villages in Liaoning province by Guiqiao Tao, Xueming Li, Shenzhen Tian, Hang Li, Yishan Song

“…Abstract Traditional villages embody China’s long-standing farming culture and are the carriers for the inheritance and development of traditional culture in rural China. …”
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Variability of Scots pine (<i>Pinus sylvestris</i> L.) plus trees in the Middle and Upper Volga Region with the use of ISSR markers by O. V. Sheikina, E. M. Romanov

“…The dendrogram generated by UPGMA showed that the plus trees grown in the Penza region, the Chuvash Republic and the Republic of Tatarstan are similar in term of the genetic structure of plus trees, while the plus gene pool of Scots pine from the Mari El Republic stands alone. The results of the research prove that the level of genetic diversity, the structure of genetic variability, and the nature of differentiation of plus trees are consistent with those previously elicited for natural populations of Scots pine in the Middle and Upper Volga region.…”
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‘In the shadows of a giant?’ A spatial analytical method for assessing coastal proximity using R: a case-study from the Bronze Age Saronic Gulf (Greece) by Christopher Nuttall

“…Highlights: • The study introduces novel methods in spatial analysis to reinterpret long-standing archaeological theories about settlement distribution • Spatial analysis reveals fluctuating proximity of Bronze Age settlements to the coast in the Saronic Gulf, influenced by socio-cultural and climatic changes…”
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Navigating the Risk Landscape in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients Postpercutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Narrative Review by Utkarsh Gaur, Charuta Gadkari, Aditya Pundkar

“…The present narrative discussion highlights a wide range of factors that can confer mortality in patients with STEMI treated with PCI, focusing strongly on demographic variables and clinical presentation issues that present inherent challenges to treatment strategies. Age stands out as a predictor of poor outcomes, with the worst prognoses found in those older than 80 years. …”
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THERMAL ASSYMETRY OF THE ORAL MUCOSA RELATED TO INFECTIOUS AND PROSTHETIC FACTORS: A THERMOGRAPHIC STUDY by Laura Iosif, Marina Imre, Andreea Cristiana Didilescu, Ana Maria Cristina Ţâncu, Oana Elena Amza, Georgiana Florentina Gheorghe, Ruxandra Ionela Sfeatcu, Radu Ilinca, Bogdan Alexandru Dimitriu

“…Although the statistical threshold was not reached, among all the clinical cases with intact maxillary mucosa, the most frequent disturbances of the thermal architecture were found among the wearers of long-standing maxillary prostheses. Conclusion. Asymmetrical temperature distribution on the maxillary denture bearing mucosa as detected from thermal images coincides well with infective-inflammatory conditions such as Candida-associated denture stomatitis but can also be frequently detected in healthy maxillary mucosa in wearers of old complete dentures. …”
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Constructing a fall risk prediction model for hospitalized patients using machine learning by Cheng-Wei Kang, Zhao-Kui Yan, Jia-Liang Tian, Xiao-Bing Pu, Li-Xue Wu

“…Results The final model included the following variables: Adl_standing, Adl_evacuation, Age_group, Planned_surgery, Wheelchair, History_of_falls, Hypnotic_drugs, Psychotropic_drugs, and Remote_caring_system. …”
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Rapid Destructive Arthropathy of the Knee in Parkinson’s Disease with Pisa Syndrome: A Case of Knee-Spine Syndrome by Hirokazu Takai, Masato Kitajima, Seiko Takai, Tomoki Takahashi, Ken-ichi Katsura, Makoto Tokunaga, Susumu Watanabe

“…The patient had Pisa syndrome, a lateral flexion of the trunk, which is a postural deformity of the trunk secondary to long-standing PD. The postural deformity in PD is not based on spinal deformity itself but on the loss of postural reflexes and the imbalance of muscle tonus. …”
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Immune-mediated mechanisms in acute osteofascial compartment syndrome: insights from multi-omics analysis by Qinzhen Lu, He Ling, Yonghui Lao, Junjie Liu, Wei Su, Zhao Huang

“…Abstract Background Acute Osteofascial Compartment Syndrome (AOCS) stands as a critical surgical emergency, often secondary to various diseases. …”
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Objects and subjects of registration and permit-licensing procedures in the activities of the National Police by О. А. Bud

“… • A list of objects of registration and permit-licensing procedures in the activities of the National Police has been created: 1) ensuring the implementation of operations with all objects covered by the permit system (firearms, cold weapons, pneumatic weapons, ammunition for them and their components, explosive materials, potent poisonous substances of safety class I–II, pathogens of infectious diseases I–II groups of pathogenicity and toxins), the functioning of shooting ranges, hunting and sports stands, enterprises and workshops for the manufacture and repair of firearms and cold weapons, pyrotechnic workshops, material part of weapons points of study, special tools, rules for handling them and their use, stores that sell weapons and ammunition for them, organizations engaged in the sale of potent poisonous substances, and laboratories working with pathogens of infectious diseases of the I–II pathogenicity group and toxins, warehouses, bases and premises for storage and use of entities of the permit system; • The subjects of registration and permit-licensing procedures in the activities of the National Police have been defined. …”
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The Impact of ‘Migration Potential’ on the Economic and Demographic Development of Donor and Recipient Countries by V. Yu. Ledeneva, A. Kh. Rakhmonov

“…From the perspective of donor countries, the influx of remittances stands out as a pivotal and transformative element within the broader context of global migration.…”
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Effect of ubiquitin-specific proteinase 43 on ovarian serous adenocarcinoma and its clinical significance by Qin Li, Wenhao Li, Jiahao Wang, Wenjing Shi, Taorong Wang

“…Background Ovarian cancer stands as a highly aggressive malignancy. The core aim of this investigation is to uncover genes pivotal to the progression and prognosis of ovarian cancer, while delving deep into the intricate mechanisms that govern their impact.Methods The study entailed the retrieval of RNA-seq data and survival data from the XENA database. …”
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Sustainable thermal buffering of microencapsulated bio-phase change materials through an engineered biochar dopant by Dimberu G. Atinafu, Ji Yong Choi, Jihee Nam, Beom Yeol Yun, Sumin Kim

“…This study suggests a promising strategy for designing high-performance, eco-friendly, and scalable bio-based composite PCMs by overcoming the long-standing bottleneck of microcapsules, which is crucial for advanced thermal management applications such as cooling and green buildings. …”
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Investigation of an Ultra-Wideband Optical Absorber with the Bandwidth from Ultraviolet C to Middle Infrared by Chih-Ching Hung, Xin-Yu Lin, Tung-Lung Wu, Shu-Han Liao, Ho-Sheng Chen, Cheng-Fu Yang

“…This study presents an innovative seven-layer composite structure that successfully addresses this long-standing technical issue. Through a carefully designed layered architecture, the researchers employed COMSOL Multiphysics (version 6.0) for detailed numerical simulations to verify the optical performance of the structure. …”
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“The Founder and Father of his Empire”: Voltaire on the Peace of Nystad and the Imperial Status of Russia by S. A. Mezin

“…According to Voltaire, the specific feature of the Russian Empire, created by Peter I, lies in the fact that it was a self-civilizing empire, bringing enlightenment on the neighboring «barbaric» peoples.The author of the paper, reviewing specific cases, arrives at a conclusion, that Voltaire’s works of high confidence for their time took a worthy standing in the world historiography of the Petrine era, due to a wide range of sources, the historian’s ability for their critical assessment, his seeking to maintain a certain evaluation independence in the description of events from different perspectives, his commitment to historical truth, his talent of a writer.The work is carried out within the project, aimed at publishing a first complete scientific edition of «The History of the Russian Empire under Peter the Great» in Russian.…”
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Joint Adaptive OFDM and Reinforcement Learning Design for Autonomous Vehicles: Leveraging Age of Updates by Mamady Delamou, Ahmed Naeem, Huseyin Arslan, El Mehdi Amhoud

“…Millimeter wave (mmWave)-based orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) stands out as a suitable alternative for high-resolution sensing and high-speed data transmission. …”
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A colheita da floresta: Uma estratégia de desenvolvimento social e economicamente viável ao desmatamento? by Patricia Andrade de Oliveira

“…The principle of the Rainforest Harvest is, therefore, that if it can be shown that forests are more valuable while they are standing, they will have more chance to be preserved.This article examines the partnership deal between the British cosmetics company The Body Shop and the Kaiapó communities Pycany and A’Ukre in the the brasilian state of Pará. …”
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