Cost-effectiveness analysis of deep brain stimulation for the treatment of alcohol use disorder and alcoholic liver disease by Oluwatofunmi A. Abiola, Collin M. Lehmann, Khaled Moussawi, Hawre Jalal

“…Costs were measured in 2024 US dollars and effectiveness in quality-adjusted life years (QALYs). …”
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British Policy and Strategy in the Middle East in 1941: Three Wars ‘East of Suez’ by A. M. Fomin

“…However, the Anglo-French and Anglo-Soviet rivalries had not disappeared and, compounded by the growing US presence in the region, laid basis for new conflicts in the post-war period.…”
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Bayesian deep learning applied to diabetic retinopathy with uncertainty quantification by Masoud Muhammed Hassan, Halbast Rashid Ismail

“…We then applied the Bayesian CNN twice, once using Variational Inference (VI) and once using Monte Carlo dropout (MC-dropout) methods, to the same CNN architecture. This allowed us to gain the posterior predictive distributions for each of them. …”
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A harmonic model validation methodology for power generation units based on voltage-current phasor characteristic by Kia Malekian Boroujeni, Farhad Safargholi, Kaveh Malekian

“…The voltage-current phasor characteristic can give us a visual view of the harmonic current phasor response of any model to various harmonic voltage phasors with different magnitudes and phase angles in just one diagram. …”
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Reflexiones sobre el proyecto Auto-Demarcación y EtnoCartografía de las Tierras y Hábitats Jodï y Eñepa by Stanford Zent, Egleé L. Zent, Lucas Juae Mölö, Pablo Chonokó

“…Third, the multiple realities of the map are evidenced by spatial-temporal polysemy, which have forced us to recognize the different ways of perceiving and experiencing space and time among non-western peoples, for example internalized in daily life yet externalized in symbolic representations at the same time. …”
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Low-Cost Driver Monitoring System Using Deep Learning by Hady A. Khalil, Sherif A. Hammad, Hossam E. Abd El Munim, Shady A. Maged

“…Driver monitoring systems are becoming an essential part of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) safety features in modern vehicles. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that drowsy/fatigued driving results in almost 100,000 road accidents per year. …”
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Integrated malaria vector control strategies and their effectiveness in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review protocol for interventional studies by Diederick E Grobbee, Lihanimpo Djalogue, Marianne van der Sande, Patrice Ngangue, Gountante Kombate, Kamba Andre-Marie Soubeiga

“…The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis guidelines will guide us in applying a systematic approach to screening, reviewing and extracting data. …”
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Anticoagulant Utilization and Cost Analysis among Cardiology Inpatients in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital of Western Nepal by Sabina Sankhi, Nirmal Raj Marasine, Parbati Thapa, Nim Bahadur Dangi

“…The median (IQR) cost of anticoagulants used per patient was US$79.92 ($46.32). Conclusion. Our study suggests that the utilization of unfractionated heparin and enoxaparin and the cost of anticoagulants per patient were higher in the patients admitted to the cardiology ward of the hospital.…”
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Forecasting yield and market classes of Vidalia sweet onions: A UAV-based multispectral and texture data-driven approach by Marcelo Rodrigues Barbosa Júnior, Lucas de Azevedo Sales, Regimar Garcia dos Santos, Rônega Boa Sorte Vargas, Chris Tyson, Luan Pereira de Oliveira

“…Vidalia sweet onion is a high-value specialty crop in the U.S. Forecasting its yield and market classes allows the stakeholders to make informed decisions about the best time and place to harvest while understanding field spatial variability. …”
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Homologous In-Radiolabeled Platelet Survival and Sequestration Exploration for Refractory Immunologic Thrombocytopenic purpura in Children: A Strategy to Avoid Unnecessary Splenect... by Julien Dubois PharmD, Florentin Kucharczak PhD, Léa De Neef PharmD, Virginie Kouyoumdjian PharmD, Gilles Palenzuela MD, Virginie Tunez MD, Denis Mariano-Goulart MD, PhD, Aurélie Bourdon MD, Tom Paunet MD

“…This increase in platelet levels allowed for 111 In-radiolabeled autologous platelet scintigraphy, which confirmed the absence of splenic sequestration. This allowed us to reject splenectomy in this child. Homologous IPS could help clinicians to choose splenectomy as a treatment option for ITP in children with a very low platelet count, and its use should be promoted after failed thrombopoietin receptor agonist (TPO-RA) treatment. …”
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The Shanghai Cooperation Organization after Enlargement: New Challenges and Prospects by D. V. Efremenko

“…In 2018–2019 the SCO powers, together and separately, have made a decisive contribution to the settlement of inter-Afghanistan conflict when the US and NATO troops had been withdrawn from Afghanistan. …”
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The method of calculating the lobe wall thickness of cuff cylinder piston seal by S. S. Busarov, R. E. Kobylsky, A. Yu. Gromov

“…At the same time, the results obtained allow us to speak about the low efficiency of cuff seals with a maximum wall thickness at pressures below 1 MPa.…”
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Using a Consumer Wearable Activity Monitoring Device to Study Physical Activity and Sleep Among Adolescents in Project Viva: Cohort Study by Yutong Zhang, Nicole Bornkamp, Marie-France Hivert, Emily Oken, Peter James

“…ConclusionsThis study demonstrated the feasibility of using consumer wearable devices to measure physical activity and sleep in a cohort of US adolescents. The high compliance rates provide valuable insights into adolescent behavior patterns and their influence on chronic disease development and mental health outcomes.…”
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The Ghosts of Old Volcanoes, a Geoheritage Trail Concept for Eastern Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand by Ilmars Gravis, Karoly Nemeth, Chris Twemlow, Boglarka Nemeth

“…Global disruption caused by the current pandemic gives us cause to reflect and consider management of a growing tourism footprint and economic reliance on singular landscapes. …”
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Near-Fault Tilted Deformation of Buildings Associated with Coseismic Surface Ruptures in the Shenxigou Section, 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan Earthquake, Eastern Tibet by Hao Xue, Hu Wang, Lin Deng, Kaijin Li, Jinlong Cai

“…In addition, the simulation results reveal that parameters such as the distance from the fault, angle of the fault, thickness and strength of the sediment can affect the tilted deformation of near-fault buildings. The results enable us to better understand the influence mechanisms of the tilted damage of near-fault buildings and provide a scientific basis for the avoidance of active thrust faults.…”
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The Construction of Identities in Space Inversion (the Case of Blagoveshensk and Chei-Che) by I. Y. Okunev, D. V. Basova, M. I. Tislenko

“…Two major spatial bases of stateness are traditionally singled out: nation-building and threats to security or, in other words, labeling mental boundaries of community “Us” and actualizing “Others”. Threats to security or, rather, a discourse on them, form “Others” image, on the opposition to which is based nation and its geopolitical code. …”
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Comparative analysis of the concepts of “law enforcement agencies” and “discretionary powers” in the international legal systems by O. A. Prysyazhnyuk

“…In particular, the influence of constitutions and special laws, such as the Police Act in the UK, the Administrative Procedure Act in Germany, as well as certain provisions of Japanese and US legislation on discretionary powers are considered. …”
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Prediction of miRNA-circRNA Associations Based on k-NN Multi-Label with Random Walk Restart on a Heterogeneous Network by Zengqiang Fang, Xiujuan Lei

“…Second, our proposed KRWRMC is the first computational model to calculate large numbers of miRNA-circRNA associations, which can be regarded as biomarkers to diagnose certain diseases and can thus help us to better understand complicated diseases. The reliability of KRWRMC has been verified by Leave One Out Cross Validation (LOOCV) and 10-fold cross validation, the results of which indicate that this method achieves excellent performance in predicting potential miRNA-circRNA associations.…”
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Health Economic Analysis of Two-Layer Bandage System for Treatment of Chronic Venous Insufficiency by Peter J. Mallow

“…The follow-up time was a maximum of 6 weeks, and the perspective of the study was a US outpatient treatment center. Economic data for compression therapy were based on the public prices of a 2LB system. …”
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Uncovering the genetic basis of antiviral polyketide limocrocin biosynthesis through heterologous expression by Sofiia Melnyk, Marc Stierhof, Dmytro Bratiichuk, Franziska Fries, Rolf Müller, Yuriy Rebets, Andriy Luzhetskyy, Bohdan Ostash

“…The organization of lim BGC, data on the structures of revealed metabolites as well as manipulations of lim genes allowed us to put forward an initial hypothesis about a biosynthetic pathway leading to LIM. …”
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