CT Imaging Findings after Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Liver Tumors by Olga R. Brook, Eavan Thornton, Mishal Mendiratta-Lala, Anand Mahadevan, Vassilious Raptopoulos, Alexander Brook, Robert Najarian, Robert Sheiman, Bettina Siewert

“…Results. 36 subjects with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), 25 with liver metastases, and seven with cholangiocarcinoma (CCC) were included in study. Mean follow-up time was 5.6 ± 7.1 months for HCC, 6.4 ± 5.1 months for metastases, and 10.1 ± 4.8 months for the CCC. …”
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The current status and influencing factors of diabetes knowledge among non-endocrinology nurses of tertiary general hospitals: a cross-sectional survey study by Jia Song, Su Li, Chongcai Gu, Shiyan Zhao, Xing Li, Siqin Liu, Jinmei Tuo, Shiming Huang

“…Results The participants’ self-assessment score for diabetes knowledge were (62.27 ± 16.80)(out of 100), objective score for diabetes knowledge were (57.33 ± 25.78)(out of 100). …”
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Effect of High Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in Elderly Mice Based on BDNF/TrkB Signaling Pathway by LI Min, YANG Xiao, REN Lulu, WU Tingmei, ZHANG Hong

“…The rTMS true stimulation continued for 4 days after operation，once a day，the magnetic stimulation intensity was 0. 84 T，the frequency was 5 Hz，100 pulses per sequence，the interval time was 30 s，and 10 sequences were repeated，a total of 1000 pulses. …”
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Quantitative examination of video-recorded NHS Health Checks: comparison of the use of QRISK2 versus JBS3 cardiovascular risk calculators by Christopher J Gidlow, Sarah Grogan, Lisa Cowap, Elizabeth Cottrell, Ruth Chambers, Naomi J Ellis, Victoria A Riley, Diane Crone, David Clark-Carter

“…Outcomes included consultation duration, practitioner verbal dominance (ratio of practitioner:patient speaking time (pr:pt ratio)) and proportion of time discussing CVD risk, risk factors and risk management.Results 173 video-recorded NHSHC were analysed (73 QRISK, 100 JBS3). …”
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How long does it take to start minimal enteral feeding in preterm Neonates admitted to NICUs in Southern Oromia, Ethiopia? by Anteneh Fikrie, Terefu Yambo, Alo Edin, Miesa Gelchu, Dejene Hailu, Mark Spigt

“…Result The overall incidence density of TF initiation was reported as 43.6 per 100 neonate-days. Moreover, the median (IQR) time to initiate TF was found to be 2 (1–4) days. …”
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Causes of revision hip arthroplasty after hemiarthroplasty for femoral neck fracture by Alexander N. Tsed, Nikita E. Mushtin, Alexander K. Dulaev

“…The average time for revision interventions after hemiarthroplasty was 40.2 months and significantly differed from the time for the revisions after total cemented (82.7) as well as total cementless (86.6) arthroplasties. …”
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Excessive occupational sitting increases risk of cardiovascular events among working individuals with type 1 diabetes in the prospective Finnish Diabetic Nephropathy Study by Matias Seppälä, Heidi Lukander, Johan Wadén, Marika I. Eriksson, Valma Harjutsalo, Per-Henrik Groop, Lena M. Thorn, FinnDiane Study Group

“…Results Factors independently and positively associated with excessive occupational sitting included a high occupational category [OR 6.53, 95% CI (4.09‒10.40)] and older age [1.02 (1.00‒1.03)], whereas negatively associated factors included current smoking [0.68 (0.50‒0.92)], moderate albuminuria [0.55 (0.38‒0.80)], and high leisure-time physical activity [0.52 (0.36‒0.74)]. …”
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In Vitro Antibacterial and Antioxidant Activities and Molecular Docking Analysis of Phytochemicals from Cadia purpurea Roots by Tsegu Kiros, Rajalakshmanan Eswaramoorthy, Yadessa Melaku, Aman Dekebo

“…Phytochemicals and antibacterial and antioxidant activities of Cadia purpurea roots were investigated herein for the first time. The phytochemical study led to the isolation of two compounds, di-(2-methylheptyl) phthalate (1) and 13-O-pyrrolecarboxyl lupanine (2), from methanol roots extract of C. purpurea. …”
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The impact of same‐day and rapid ART initiation under the Universal Health Coverage programme on HIV outcomes in Thailand: a retrospective real‐life cohort study by Sirinya Teeraananchai, David C. Boettiger, Cheewanan Lertpiriyasuwat, Rattaphon Triamwichanon, Patchara Benjarattanaporn, Nittaya Phanuphak

“…ART initiation within 7 days resulted in the lowest mortality (6%: 1.28 [95% CI 1.24–1.32] per 100 PYs), but the highest rate of LTFU (12%: 2.69 [95% CI 2.63–2.75] per 100 PYs) when compared to other ART initiation groups. …”
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Nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide for high efficient adsorption of methylene blue by Maoping Kang, Yongli Pei, Ying Zhang, Lihong Su, Yuxiang Li, Hongyu Wang

“…The effects of NRGO mass, pH, contact time, and the initial MB concentration on the adsorption properties of MB onto NRGO were investigated. …”
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Tensile and fatigue behaviour of as-forged AZ31B extrusion by A. Gryguc, S.K. Shaha, H. Jahed, M. Wells, B. Williams, J. McKinley

“…During tensile testing, a maximum yield and ultimate tensile strength of about 163 MPa and 268 MPa were obtained for the forged samples showing an increase of 102% and 7%, respectively from the as-extruded material. At the same time, a significant improvement of fatigue life was also observed for the sample forged at the rate of 100 mm/min. …”
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Hybrid Model for Stock Market Volatility by Kofi Agyarko, Nana Kena Frempong, Eric Neebo Wiah

“…The proposed BSGARCH (1, 1) model was applied to simulated data and two real financial time series data (NASDAQ 100 and S&P 500). The outcome was then compared to the outcomes of the GARCH (1, 1), EGARCH (1, 1), GJR-GARCH (1, 1), and APARCH (1, 1) with different error distributions (ED) using the mean absolute percentage error (MAPE), the root mean square error (RMSE), Theil’s inequality coefficient (TIC) and QLIKE. …”
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African American Street Lit’: old, new, or better (?) tricks? by Cécile Cottenet

“…With some titles selling up to 100 000 in record time, this phenomenon was bound to move from the margins to the center, and indeed mainstream publishers soon entered the market, proposing lucrative contracts to the self-published authors, and creating or expanding specialized black-oriented imprints. …”
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Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment by Malabika Biswas Roy, Shilpa Saha, Pankaj Kumar Roy

“…Among these, 209 publications were highly cited (>100 times), constituting 5.1% of all publications. …”
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Analysis on the Temporal and Spatial Heterogeneity of Factors Affecting Urbanization Development Based on the GTWR Model: Evidence from the Yangtze River Economic Belt by Wenbo Ma, Weiteng Tian, Qian Zhou, Qianqian Miao

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Recurrent Fourier-Kolmogorov Arnold Networks for photovoltaic power forecasting by Desheng Rong, Zhongbao Lin, Guomin Xie

“…The results indicate that RFKAN achieves the best forecasting performance with a grid depth of 100 and an input sequence length of 2, reducing RMSE and MAE by at least 5%, increasing CORR by 2%, and decreasing training time by 24% compared to advanced models.…”
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Matching and Structure Design Verification for Planetary Gear Two Speed Transmission by Yile Chang, Kun Yang, Jie Wang, Yu Chen, Yan Wang

“…Compared with the common direct scheme，the results show that the acceleration time for the whole vehicle will shorten 0.31 s when driving 100 km，the maximum climbing gradient will increase from 34% of direct drive scheme to 37%，the maximum vehicle speed will increase by 21 km/h，and the driving range under NEDC condition will also increase by 18 km. …”
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Rasa Haus pada Pasien Gagal Jantung di Indonesia by Septa Meriana Lumbantoruan, Hsing-Mei Chen

“…Thirst was measure in thirst frequency (three items), thirst quality (seven items), thirst intensity (visual analog score 0-100 mm), and thirst distress (thirst distress scale in heart failure). …”
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An Orthogonal Wavelet Transform-Based K-Nearest Neighbor Algorithm to Detect Faults in Bearings by Weipeng Li, Yan Cao, Lijuan Li, Siyu Hou

“…The classification results of the multiple fault test data obtained through rolling bearing tests show that the method can reach a fault recognition rate of 100%, and compared with KNN without extracted eigenvalues, it significantly improves the classification effects from various unknown fault data of the bearing inner ring and ball, shortens classification time, and improves the intelligent diagnosis efficiency. …”
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Study on Surface Heat Budget of Various Pavements for Urban Heat Island Mitigation by Hideki Takebayashi, Masakazu Moriyama

“…The net radiation, surface temperature, temperature under the surface, conduction heat flux, and core weight for each experimental surface are recorded, together with the weather conditions at the time of observation. The latent heat flux is estimated from the observed weight of the cores. …”
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