Increasing Donor Endothelial Cell Pool by Culturing Cells from Discarded Pieces of Human Donor Corneas for Regenerative Treatments by Mohit Parekh, Vito Romano, Alessandro Ruzza, Stephen B. Kaye, Diego Ponzin, Sajjad Ahmad, Stefano Ferrari

“…Donor corneas (n = 19) with a mean age of 72 years, male : female ratio of 15 : 4, and death-to-preservation time of 10 hours were assessed for endothelial cell density (ECD) and number of dead cells before isolation. …”
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Performance of an Electronic Health Record–Based Automated Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index Score Calculator: Cohort Study in the Emergency Department by Elizabeth Joyce, James McMullen, Xiaowen Kong, Connor O'Hare, Valerie Gavrila, Anthony Cuttitta, Geoffrey D Barnes, Colin F Greineder

“…The clinical decision support should facilitate real-time identification of patients who may be candidates for outpatient PE management.…”
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Comorbidities, long‐term outcome and poststroke epilepsy associated with ischemic stroke – A multicenter observational study of 125 dogs by Cecilia‐Gabriella Danciu, Rita Gonçalves, Carrete Jordina Caldero, Christoforos Posporis, Javier Espinosa, Steven deDecker, Hanne Gredal, Sophie Elizabeth Wyatt

“…Overall median survival time for dogs with a comorbidity was 482 days (range, 1‐3013) and 907 days (range, 1‐3027) in dogs without comorbidities (Kaplan‐Meier survival analysis P = .602). …”
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Study on the Evolutionary Characteristics of Spatial and Temporal Patterns and Decoupling Effect of Urban Carbon Emissions in the Yangtze River Delta Region Based on Neural Network... by Xichun Luo, Chaoming Cai, Honghao Zhao

“…Furthermore, there exist significant regional differences in the correlation levels of CO₂ emissions between cities, with a trend of low in the west and high in the east in location, and a decreasing and then increasing trend in time. From 2000 to 2022, the decoupling of carbon emissions and economic growth shows a steadily improving trend.…”
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Overweight and Obesity Based on Four Reference Systems in 18,382 Paediatric Patients with Type 1 Diabetes from Germany and Austria by M. Flechtner-Mors, K. O. Schwab, E. E. Fröhlich-Reiterer, T. M. Kapellen, T. Meissner, J. Rosenbauer, R. Stachow, R. W. Holl

“…Using WHO, IOTF, AGA (German pediatric obesity), and KiGGS (German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents) reference populations, prevalence of overweight (≥90th percentile) and obesity (≥97th percentile) and time trend between 2000 (n = 9,461) and 2013 (n = 18,382) were determined in 2–18-year-old T1D patients documented in the German/Austrian DPV database. …”
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Association between Novel Marker (Platelet-Lymphocyte Ratio, Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio, and Delta Neutrophil Index) and Outcomes in Sudden Cardiac Arrest Patients by Sang Il Han, Kyoung-Chul Cha, Young Il Roh, Sung Oh Hwang, Woo Jin Jung, Tae Youn Kim

“…ROSC was seen in 324 patients, of whom 60 had survival to discharge and 24 had good neurological outcome at the time of discharge (cerebral performance categories (CPCs) 1-2). …”
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Analysis on the Spatio-Temporal Characteristics of Urban Expansion and the Complex Driving Mechanism: Taking the Pearl River Delta Urban Agglomeration as a Case by Luo Liu, Jianmei Liu, Zhenjie Liu, Xuliang Xu, Binwu Wang

“…Then, the driving mechanism of urban expansion intensity (UEI) and urban expansion landscape pattern were analyzed, based on the interaction of different driving factors over space and time. The result showed as follows. (1) During the period of 2000–2008, the overall UEI in the PRD was higher than that of the period of 2008–2015. …”
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Effect of solvent on the development of Poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) nanofibrous scaffolds using electrospinning technique for biomedical applications by Nandini A. Pattanashetti, Mahadevappa Y. Kariduraganavar, Arjun Sunil Rao, Amruta Savadi, Maruti Pali, Siddharth Sonavane, Sunita

“…PEOX is a water-soluble polymer which is highly desirable for biomedical applications. At the same time, PEOX is soluble in the mixture of organic solvents as well. …”
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On the Vowel Epenthesis and Epithesis in Turkish Texts in the Manuscripts of Lithuanian Tatars by Hüseyin Durgut

“…This vowel derivation, which first appeared in the spoken language, can also pass into the standard language over time. The vowel epenthesis can also be seen in some Turkish origin words in order to add strength to the meaning. …”
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Neovascular Glaucoma from Ocular Ischemic Syndrome Treated with Serial Monthly Intravitreal Bevacizumab and Panretinal Photocoagulation: A Case Report by Hassaan Asif, Zhuangjun Si, Steven Quan, Pathik Amin, David Dao, Lincoln Shaw, Dimitra Skondra, Mary Qiu

“…The patient’s NVG was quiescent while under the protection of serial anti-VEGF injections with interspersed PRP; however, the disease recurred each time injections were stopped. Therefore, in patients with open-angle NVG secondary to OIS, serial monthly anti-VEGF injections may be necessary combined with PRP to suppress underlying neovascular drive and regress anterior segment neovascularization, maintain physiologic IOP, and prevent synechial angle closure.…”
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A Stochastic Programming Approach for Scheduling Extra Metro Trains to Serve Passengers from Uncertain Delayed High-Speed Railway Trains by Sihui Long, Lingyun Meng, Xiaojie Luan, Alessio Trivella, Jianrui Miao, Francesco Corman

“…., number of additional trains and operation-ending time) but maximize the number of served passengers, which are two conflicting objectives. …”
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Challenges of Beekeeping in Arid Regions by Salim Hitouche, Mohamed Ridha Messak, Azzouzi Imane, Messaoud Lazereg

“…Due to availability issues and time constraints, beekeepers that were unable to attend scheduled meetings via telephone also reached out. …”
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Model Pengambilan Keputusan Pemilihan Bibit Unggul Sapi Bali Menggunakan Metode Weighted Product by Dyna Marisa Khairina, Indra Cahya Pramukti, Heliza Rahmania Hatta, Septya Maharani

“…Weighted Product Method is a very effective and efficient method for selecting superior seeds, because the timing needed for calculation is much shorter. The purpose of this research is to make a model of decision making for selection superior seeds of Bali cattle. …”
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Disability and pain after lumbar surgery-group-based trajectory analysis. by Konsta Koivunen, Jari Arokoski, Sara Widbom-Kolhanen, Katri Pernaa, Juhani Juhola, Mikhail Saltychev

“…<h4>Background and aims</h4>Previous studies in lumbar spine surgery have mainly studied functioning and pain by comparing average scores from Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) at different time points. Less is known about these changes in different subgroups. …”
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Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of Elderly Fall Patients Visit to the Emergency Department: A Comparison by Gender by Jun Kew Kim, Sun Pyo Kim, Sun Hyu Kim, Gyu Chong Cho, Min Joung Kim, Ji Sook Lee, Chul Han

“…However, they showed falling accident mostly on winter. The time of injury occurrence is mostly from 12:00 to 18:00 with 4,949 (34.3%) male and 8,564 (35.4%) female. …”
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Surgical Treatment of Epiblepharon Effectively Alleviates Keratopathy but Not Astigmatism: A Case-Control Study Utilizing Vector Analysis in East Asian Children by Shang-Te Ma, Yao-Lin Liu, Ching-Ju Hsieh, Yo-Shen Chen, Tzu-Hsun Tsai

“…The refractive and keratometric astigmatism at each time point were evaluated with vector analysis methods. …”
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Randomized radial basis function neural network for solving multiscale elliptic equations by Yuhang Wu, Ziyuan Liu, Wenjun Sun, Xu Qian

“…The comparative analysis demonstrates the RRNN’s superior performance with respect to computational accuracy and training time. Furthermore, it is contrasted with to local extreme learning machine method, which also utilizes domain decomposition and the least squares method. …”
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Optimization of the enzymatic hydrolysis process for sea buckthorn leaf polysaccharides: an investigation into their enhanced physicochemical properties and antioxidant activities by Yuning An, Buyu Wang, Ziqi Meng, Yifeng Song, Yuan Wang, Wenwen Wang, Ming Xu, Xiaoping An

“…The results indicated that using pectinase with an enzyme dosage of 4500 U/g, at a temperature of 50 °C, a material-to-liquid ratio of 1:1, and a reaction time of 48 h, the polysaccharides content after enzymatic hydrolysis increased from 84.51 to 224.93 mg/g, representing a 179.34% increase. …”
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European agrifood and forestry education for a sustainable future - Gap analysis from an informatics approach [version 3; peer review: 1 approved, 6 approved with reservations] by Håkan Jönsson, Stephen Burleigh

“…This approach allows a complementary and time-efficient overview of the current state of education in the agrifood system in Europe.…”
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Automatic image generation and stage prediction of breast cancer immunobiological through a proposed IHC-GAN model by Afaf Saad, Noha Ghatwary, Safa M. Gasser, Mohamed S. ElMahallawy

“…This advancement holds significant potential for enhancing efficiency, reducing manpower requirements, and facilitating timely treatment decisions in breast cancer care.…”
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