Clinical and Radiological Outcomes of Corrective Surgery on Adult Spinal Deformity Patients: Comparison of Short and Long Fusion by Koichiro Ono, Kazuo Ohmori, Takeshi Hori

“…Group L had shorter operation time, smaller intraoperative estimated blood loss, and shorter postoperative hospitalization days. …”
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Experimental investigation on the effect of porous-fin position in a thermal energy storage tank for performance enhancement of the system by C. Suresh, Awasthi Abhishek, Binit Kumar, Yongseok Jeon

“…The experimental results revealed that Case-2, Case-3, and Case-4 exhibited reductions in the melting time of PCM of 16.65 %, 29.63 %, and 45.83 %, respectively, compared to Case-1. …”
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Construction Techniques and Quality Test and Evaluation of Lightweight Cellular Concrete Mixed with Fly Ash as Subgrade Material by Xin Liu, Chengwei Ni, Hong Ji, Shuyan Tan, Baoning Hong

“…Thirdly, the suitable pouring thickness of the single layer and reasonable interval time between layers are determined by the vertical delamination test and surface strength test. …”
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Design of miner type identification mechanism based on reputation management model by Jiaren YU, Youliang TIAN, Hui LIN

“…In the public mining pool, miners can freely enter the mining pool to submit proof of work to obtain rewards, and there are no conditions to restrict different types of miners.There will be malicious miners submitting invalid workloads and miners not submitting workloads in the mining pool, occupying the verification computing resources of the mining pool, reducing the verification efficiency of the mining pool, and causing the mining pool system to collapse.Aiming at the problem that it is difficult to distinguish the type of miners in the mining pool, which leads to the collapse of the mining pool system, a reputation management mechanism was introduced to measure the behavior of miners, and contracts were deployed to prevent miners from colluding with the pool manager.A design of miner type identification mechanism based on reputation management model was proposed.A reputation mechanism was constructed to measure the behavior of miners.When a miner conducts malicious behavior, the miner's reputation value would be lowered.When the miner's reputation value was less than the reputation threshold of the mining pool, the system would remove the miner, so that the miner can no longer enter the mining pool to submit proof of work and get rewards.The miners in the mining pool were dynamically updated by Markov process, so that the miners in the mining pool were conducting honest behaviors and submitting proof of work.At the same time, a reward system was designed to motivate the miners in the mining pool, and smart contracts were deployed in the mining pool to prevent miners from collusion with the mining pool manager.Finally, analyzing the scheme from the perspective of security and performance, the proposed scheme was not only safe in the process of miners submitting proof of workload, but also solved the problem of identifying miner types in public mining pools, thereby solving the problem of malicious miners submitting invalid workloads, eliminating malicious miners, and avoiding mining pools verifying invalid workloads, to improve the verification efficiency of the mining pool.…”
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Quaternion modeling of the helical path for analysis of the shape of the DNA molecule by A. F. Muterko

“…In the present guide, the algebra of unit and dual quaternions is applied for the first time to modeling of the DNA helical path, based on conformational parameters of the base pair steps. …”
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Nurse-led counselling programme on the adherence to eye patch application among children with amblyopia: a randomised control trial by Srishti Raj, Savleen Kaur, Mona Duggal, Shivani ­, Sushma Kumari Saini

“…A performa for maintaining daily records of the time and duration of eye patch application was given to parents of the experimental group. …”
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Stimuli-responsive hydrogel dressing for wound healing by Wei Zhang, Jun Hu, Hao Wu, Xiufei Lin, Limei Cai

“…Wound healing is a complex, variable, and time-dynamic repair process. Wounds can be classified as acute wounds or chronic wounds, and effective wound management is still a major challenge in clinical nursing settings. …”
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Assessing chemical exposure risk in breastfeeding infants: An explainable machine learning model for human milk transfer prediction by Xiaojie Huang, Jiajia Chen, Peineng Liu

“…To broaden its application, we developed an online prediction tool that offers real-time risk assessments, providing an accessible resource for healthcare professionals and researchers. …”
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Vertical and Horizontal Proportions of the Face and their Correlation to Phi in a South Indian Population by Crystal R. Soans, Karishma A. Mathew, M. Subramanya Ravi, K. Gauthami, Shalin Shersha

“…Background: With the shift in focus from the hard to soft tissue in orthodontic diagnosis and treatment planning, the scope of orthodontic treatment has grown beyond achieving an ideal occlusion, also to achieve ideal aesthetic facial proportions. Since time immemorial, the various horizontal and vertical proportions of an ideal face is considered to follow the golden/divine ratio. …”
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Hidden in Plain Sight: The 'Questions sur l’Encyclopédie' in the Nineteenth Century by Robert Morrissey, Glenn Roe

“…This essay attempts to understand this particular version of Voltaire as an agent of transmission in the promulgation of Enlightenment ideas, while, at the same time, exploring the impact of his turn towards alphabetical works as a weapon of choice in the last decades of his life, as he engages in the larger arena of philosophical warfare opened up by the publication (and suppression) of the Encyclopédie in the 1750s. …”
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The Influence of Radiological “Disappearing Lesions” on the Efficacy and Prognosis of Patients with Colorectal Liver Metastases Undergoing Conversion Therapy by Zhi-yang Song, Dong Yang, Yang Liu, Yong Cheng

“…Through univariate and multivariate analyses, it was concluded that age (P=0.026, 95%CI=3.690) and treatment regimens (P=0.033, 95%CI=2.703) had a significant influence on the progression-free survival (PFS) time of DLM. Conclusion. Younger patients, who use chemotherapy alone to achieve a therapeutic effect, might have better survival benefits when the lesions do not progress within 2 years after the appearance of DLMs.…”
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Improving smallholder farmers’ access to and utilization of climate information services in sub-Saharan Africa through social networks: A systematic review by Collins E. Appiah, William Quarmine, Charity Osei-Amponsah, Andrew E. Okem, Daniel B. Sarpong

“…The timely availability, access to, and utilisation of actionable climate information services (CIS) serve as an effective mechanism to address the impacts of climate change on smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Enhancing Mixed Traffic Flow Safety via Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Trajectory Planning with a Reinforcement Learning Approach by Yanqiu Cheng, Chenxi Chen, Xianbiao Hu, Kuanmin Chen, Qing Tang, Yang Song

“…The longitudinal trajectory planning of connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) has been widely studied in the literature to reduce travel time or fuel consumptions. The safety impact of CAV trajectory planning to the mixed traffic flow with both CAV and human-driven vehicle (HDV), however, is not well understood yet. …”
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Prospects of Foreign Capital Raising for Russian Power Grid Companies by N. N. Shvets, D. L. Val’Kova

“…Privatization thus becomes unreasonable both for the state and prospective investors. At the same time, despite the sector specifics, there are precedents of successful sale of power grid assets to private investors by international peers. …”
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Development of Engineering Models of Nanosatellites for Student Training by V. Е. Evchik, A. A. Spiridonov, D. V. Ushakov, V. S. Baranova, I. A. Shalatonin, V. A. Saechnikov

“…The complexes' website and database allow for full-time and remote training. The experience gained in conducting experiments, processing telemetry, and structuring information in the database is used for further development. …”
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Development trends and territorial organisation of the medical tourism market in Russia by Chistobaev Anatolii I., Grudtsyn Nikolai A., Semeno-Va Zoia A., Kulakovskiy Evgeniy S.

“…Based on data from the global ranking of countries in medical tourism, it is established that Russia has achieved certain successes in the development of this sector of the green economy in the service industry over a relatively short period, but at the same time, there are numerous problems requiring resolution. …”
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Comparing Personality Traits and Resilience Among Treatment-Seeking and Treatment-avoidant Elderly with Health Anxiety Disorde by Masood Ghorbanalipour, Somayeh Hajihatamlou, Bahare Hosseinlou, Ameneh Zardi Nahr

“…Introduction: Treatment-seeking behaviors in elderly patients can facilitate timely diagnosis and effective intervention for health issues, whereas treatment-avoidant behaviors may contribute to the progression of diseases and an increased burden of chronic conditions. …”
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Effectively Screening for Coronary Artery Disease in Patients Undergoing Orthotopic Liver Transplant Evaluation by Bryan C. Lee, Feng Li, Adam J. Hanje, Khalid Mumtaz, Konstantinos D. Boudoulas, Scott M. Lilly

“…Across the entire cohort the number of traditional risk factors was linearly associated with CAD, and those with two or more risk factors were found to have CAD by angiography 50% of the time (OR 1.92; CI 1.07–3.44, p=0.026). Our data supports that CAD is prevalent among pre-OLT patients, especially among those with 2 or more risk factors. …”
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Impact of Tiktok Live Stream Attributes on Social Presence and Behavioral Intention Among Surabaya Users by Made Nibbana Ganesha Putra Artha, Timotius FCW Sutrisno

“…Background: The use of live streaming on a social commerce platform is now an innovative step for business actors in marketing their products in real-time that can reach a wider market through digitalization. …”
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Ripening-dependent changes in antioxidant activities and un-targeted phytochemical fingerprinting of mango (Mangifera Indica L.) cultivar Safaid Chonsa by Aniqa, Abdul Mannan, Zarrin Fatima Rizvi

“…The ripening-dependent changes in antioxidant activities and phytochemical content of mango (Mangifera indica L.) cultivar Safaid Chonsa at various ripening stages were evaluated. The ripening time period was divided into five stages (RSI-RSV) and the pulp was subjected to proximate analysis, antioxidant potential, and UHPLC/MS-based non-targeted metabolite fingerprinting. …”
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