BerryPortraits: Phenotyping Of Ripening Traits in cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait.) with YOLOv8 by Jenyne Loarca, Tyr Wiesner-Hanks, Hector Lopez-Moreno, Andrew F. Maule, Michael Liou, Maria Alejandra Torres-Meraz, Luis Diaz-Garcia, Jennifer Johnson-Cicalese, Jeffrey Neyhart, James Polashock, Gina M. Sideli, Christopher F. Strock, Craig T. Beil, Moira J. Sheehan, Massimo Iorizzo, Amaya Atucha, Juan Zalapa

“…Utilizing the YOLOv8 framework and community-developed, actively-maintained Python libraries such as OpenCV, BerryPortraits software was trained on 512 postharvest images (taken under controlled lighting conditions) of phenotypically diverse cranberry populations (Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait.) from the two largest public cranberry breeding programs in the U.S. The implementation of CIELAB, an intuitive and perceptually uniform color space, enables differentiation between berry color and berry brightness, which are confounded in classic RGB color channel measurements. …”
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<i>CCND1</i> and <i>PTEN</i> genes as markers of progression in vulvar cancer by A. V. Busarova, N. A. Petrusenko, P. A. Kruze, N. V. Porhanova

“…Analysis of the significance of differences included determination of the OR (CI 95 %), Chi-square, Mann-Whitney U-test. Differences were considered statistically significant at p &lt; 0.05.Results. …”
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Evaluación de la presión del viento en edificios de poca altura con coberturas metálicas a escala real en la ciudad de Juliaca by Herson Duverly, Dianet Roxana Itusaca Maldonado, Eli Rony Choquehuanca Yapura, Rody Smith Montesinos Tamara

“…El mismo fue de corte cuantitativo y de tipo experimental, donde, como objeto de estudio de se tomaron 3 estructuras, las cuales fueron evaluados desde el nivel terreno natural hasta la cúspide la cobertura; siendo las siguientes: Coliseo de la Universidad Peruana Unión [UPeU] de 13.13 m de altura con cobertura parabólica; Comedor los Uros de la Universidad Peruana Unión de 4.75 metros de altura con cobertura a una agua y; Cancha Grass de la Universidad Peruana Unión de 7.30 metros de altura con cobertura a dos aguas. …”
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Pear Juice Clarification Using Polygalacturonase from Beauveria bassiana : Effects on Rheological, Antioxidant and Quality Properties by Ayodeji Emmanuel Amobonye, Prashant Bhagwat, Faith Matiza Ruzengwe, Suren Singh, Santhosh Pillai

“…The optimization of the juice clarification process led to 137% improvement in clarification compared to control, under optimal conditions of 39.37 U/mL enzyme load, 36.87°C temperature and 2.75 h treatment time. …”
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A Rare Case of Metachronous Clear Cell Ovarian Carcinoma and Thyroid Carcinoma: Clinical and Pathological Insights by Ridwan S, Harsono AB, Suardi D, Kurniadi A, Mantilidewi KI, Hidayat YM

“…CA-125 tumor marker levels were 190.1 U/mL. Ovarian cancer was suspected, and surgical staging with total hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, omentectomy, frozen sectioning, and adhesiolysis was performed. …”
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ULSOSEAL Technique: A Unique Technique to Achieve Hemostasis Using ExoSeal in High-Risk Patients after Common Femoral Artery Puncture by Yohsuke Honda, Shinsuke Mori, Tomoya Fukagawa, Toshihiko Kishida, Takahide Nakano, Shigemitsu Shirai, Masafumi Mizusawa, Kenji Makino, Masakazu Tsutsumi, Norihiro Kobayashi, Masahiro Yamawaki, Yoshiaki Ito

“…This study aimed to assess the safety and feasibility of the ULtrasound-guided uSe Of exoSEAL technique (ULSOSEAL technique) in patients at a high risk of complications following the use of ExoSeal. …”
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SCIENTIFIC PARADIGM SHIFT AS THE BACKGROUND OF LANGUAGE EDUCATION by V. D. Tabanakova

“…Each of the paradigms was traced in the frame of linguistic education functions alternation and constantly changing academic programs.A new take on the U-turn of a centrifugal vector in science has obviously demonstrated the tendencies of the domestic linguistic education flimsiness: fundamental linguistic education tends to become popularized linguistic knowledge; there is no conception of linguistic education based on all the basic language functions.However, the author notes the natural language to be the most difficult, most multipurpose and multidimensional sign system. …”
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Evaluation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Measures in Patients with Persistent Idiopathic Facial Pain before a Definitive Diagnosis by Leila Farhad Mollashahi, Narges Farhad Mollashahi, Fahimeh Afzaljavan, Amir Hossein Saati

“…Investigating the relationship between diagnosis delay and qualitative variables was done using the Mann-Whitney U or Kruskal-Wallis tests, with a significant level of 0.05.Results:  A total of 56 patients, consisting of 42 females and 14 males, with an average age of 49.18 ± 14.86 years participated in this study. …”
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Simultaneous Determination of Cr, As, Se, and Other Trace Metal Elements in Seawater by ICP-MS with Hybrid Simultaneous Preconcentration Combining Iron Hydroxide Coprecipitation an... by Akihide Itoh, Masato Ono, Kota Suzuki, Takumi Yasuda, Kazuhiko Nakano, Kimika Kaneshima, Kazuho Inaba

“…In multielement determination, the present method makes it possible to determine Cr(III), As(V), Se (IV), and other 14 trace metal elements (Ti, V, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Zr, Ge, Cd, Sb, Sn, W, Pb, and U) in seawater. Moreover, for speciation analyses of Cr, As, and Se, the pH dependence on recovery for the different chemical forms of Cr, As, and Se was investigated. …”
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Immediate Respiratory Warm-Up Effect on Dynamic Inspiratory Muscle Strength in Cardiac Surgery Candidates by Bahareh Mehregan Far, Sedigheh Sadat Naimi, Mohsen Abedi, Seyed Ahmad Raeissadat, Mahmood Beheshti Monfared, Alireza Akbarzadeh Baghban

“…Results: Covariance analysis showed no significant difference in the average and best values of the S-index, PIF or VC indices at the second tests, between two groups (P>0.05), or in the independent t test and Mann-Whitney U test for the “rate of changes,” between two tests (P>0.05). …”
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Green synthesis of Au-Pt bimetallic nanoparticels using Croton caudatus Geisel leaf extract and their biological studies by P.Vijaya Kumar, K.S. Pushpavalli, Baskaran Ganesh Kumar, S.Mary Jelastin Kala, K.S. Prakash

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Harnessing national data systems to understand circumstances surrounding veteran suicide: linking Department of Veterans Affairs and National Violent Death Reporting System Data by Claire A. Hoffmire, Alexandra L. Schneider, Laurel A. Gaeddert, Joseph Logan, Julie A. Kittel, Ryan Holliday, Lindsey L. Monteith

“…Abstract Background Veterans are at elevated risk for suicide compared to non-Veteran U.S. adults. Data sources and analyses to inform prevention efforts, especially for those who do not use Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare services, are needed. …”
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MUNet: a novel framework for accurate brain tumor segmentation combining UNet and mamba networks by Lijuan Yang, Lijuan Yang, Qiumei Dong, Da Lin, Chunfang Tian, Xinliang Lü

“…Finally, we propose a new loss function that combines mIoU loss, Dice loss, and Boundary loss, which improves segmentation overlap, similarity, and boundary accuracy from multiple perspectives. …”
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Study protocol of the PRINCESS trial—PReoperative INtermittent fasting versus CarbohydratE loading to reduce inSulin resiStance versus standard of care in orthopaedic patients: a r... by Markus W Hollmann, Abraham H Hulst, Benedikt Preckel, Jeroen Hermanides, Ayla Y Stobbe, Eline S de Klerk, Robert van Wilpe, Arthur J Kievit, Kee Fong Choi, Mireille F M van Stijn

“…Statistical analyses are performed using Student’s t-tests or Mann-Whitney U tests.Ethics and dissemination The local medical ethics committee of the Amsterdam UMC, the Netherlands, approved the trial protocol in January 2023 (NL81556.018.22). …”
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S100A8/A9 Molecular Complexes Promote Cancer Migration and Invasion via the p38 MAPK Pathway in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma by Ning Xu, Bei-Bei Zhang, Xia-Ning Huang, Xiang Yi, Xue-Min Yan, Yan Cai, Qin He, Zi-Jian Han, Yuan-Jiao Huang, Wei Liu, Ai-Jun Jiao

“…Immunohistochemical staining was performed in different tissues and analyzed by the Mann–Whitney U test statistically. Transwell migration and invasion experiments were further performed to determine S100A8/A9 effects on NPC. …”
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Clinical and epidemiological analysis of COVID-19 in End-Stage Renal Disease patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis: A study from Golestan province by Samira Juibari, Anna Rashedi, Mohammad Mojerloo, Zeinab Mohammadi, Saied Amirkhanlou

“…Normality was evaluated using Shapiro-Wilk test and comparison between groups was analyzed using student T-test and Mann-Whitney U tests (p <0.05). Results: The highest radiological view was related to the ground glass view with 46.7% and Linear Opacities with 26.7%. …”
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Comparison of Injury Severity Score (ISS) and New Injury Severity Score (NISS) in the Evaluation of Thoracic Trauma Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study by He Jin, Yuanyuan Zhang, Qi Zhang, Lijuan Ouyang, Xueyao Li, Yiyan Zhang, Baosheng Yang, Junfeng Sun, Chaohui Wei, Guimei Yang, Li Guan, Shilan Luo, Junyu Zhu, Huaping Liang

“…The differences in ISS and NISS between patients with complications and poor prognoses and patients without the abovementioned conditions were compared using the Mann‒Whitney U test. Discrimination and calibration of ISS and NISS in predicting outcomes were compared using the area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC) and Hosmer‒Lemeshow (H-L) statistic. …”
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Advanced Microgrid Protection Utilizing Zero Sequence Components With Hard-Ware-in-the-Loop Testing by Zahra Ghanem, Feras Alasali, Naser El-Naily, Hassen Loukil, Haytham Y. Mustafa, Saad M. Saad, Abdelaziz Salah Saidi, William Holderbaum

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Characterization of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Isolated from the Testis by Letizia De Chiara, Elvira Smeralda Famulari, Sharmila Fagoonee, Saskia K. M. van Daalen, Stefano Buttiglieri, Alberto Revelli, Emanuela Tolosano, Lorenzo Silengo, Ans M. M. van Pelt, Fiorella Altruda

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The effect of conditioned media on the cellular proliferation of pancreatic cancer cells, pancreatic stellate cells, and myeloid-derived suppressor cells by Y. Chong, S. Samsudin, D. Bahrani, C. Chang, A. Masamune, S. Ng, N. Ismail, K. Ho

“…Results: Conditioned media from both pancreatic cancer and pancreatic stellate cells significantly enhanced the proliferation of myeloid-derived suppressor cells, although the BrdU proliferation assay revealed differing outcomes. …”
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