The Frequency of Clinic Visits Was Not Associated with Medication Adherence or Outcome in Children with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases by Cheryl Kluthe, Jenkin Tsui, Donald Spady, Matthew Carroll, Eytan Wine, Hien Quoc Huynh

“…Almost all patients on infliximab infusions received them “within window.” Immunomodulator median adherence rate was 88%. 5-ASA adherence was 82%. …”
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Evaluation of crop and pond-deepening adaptations to climate change in saline coastal Bangladesh: Benefit-cost and risk analysis by Md. Jahangir Kabir, Donald S. Gaydon, Rob Cramb

“…We recommend diversifying crops using the optimal sowing/transplanting options, alongside enhancing on-farm water storage since the optimal sowing option efficiently uses scarce freshwater and consistently performs better, and as a result, it has a more suitable window for sowing crops in saline coastal soil. This approach ensures increased farm income and mitigates risks associated with environmental stress challenges.…”
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UK policymaker and expert perspectives on the smoke-free generation policy: a qualitative study by Rachael L Murray, Joanne Morling, Nathan Davies, Tessa Langley, Manpreet Bains

“…UK public health actors swiftly took advantage of the opening of a tobacco control policy window. Those implementing SFG must carefully consider product coverage and its approach to enforcement.…”
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Public knowledge, attitudes, practices, and barriers to skin cancer screening in the United Arab Emirates. by Anan S Jarab, Walid Al-Qerem, Karem H Alzoubi, Mariam Al Mohammad, Shrouq R Abu Heshmeh, Yazid N Al Hamarneh, Tareq Mukattash, Maher Khdour

“…<h4>Results</h4>The study included 924 participants (51.9% females), with a median (IQR) age of 32 (22-44) years. Results showed a window for knowledge improvement [median = 4 (3-6) out of a maximum potential score of 8], unfavourable attitudes [median = 37 (33-39) out of a maximum potential score of 50], inadequate practices [median = 41 (31-45) out of a maximum possible score of 70]. …”
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Continuous Patient-Independent Estimation of Respiratory Rate and Blood Pressure Using Robust Spectro-Temporal Features Derived From Photoplethysmogram Only by Muhammad Ahmad Sultan, Wala Saadeh

“…The RR algorithm results in mean absolute errors (median, 25th-75th percentiles) of 0.4 (0.1&#x2013;0.7) for CapnoBase dataset and 0.5(0.3-2.8) for BIDMC dataset without discarding any data window. Similarly, BP approach has been validated on a large dataset derived from MIMIC-II (<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\sim$</tex-math></inline-formula>1700 records) which has errors (mean absolute, standard deviation) of 5.0(6.3) and 3.0(4.0) for systolic and diastolic BP, respectively. …”
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A Pilot Study of Hemoglobin A1C Levels in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes after Creation of a Patient Assistance Program Enrollment Committee at a Student-Run Free Clinic by John D. Salvemini, Gregory R. Vance, Amanda Pham, Garner Fincher, Johnny Yang, Harshin Sanjanwala, Leonna Conley, Alan Penman, James Pitcock

“…The primary outcome was change in A1C within a 4-9 month follow-up window. Secondary outcomes were emergency department (ED) visits and hospital admissions. …”
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Numerical modelling of rope elasticity for heave compensation lifting in offshore crane operations by Bassey Asanga, Akanimo Ekpenyong, Aniekan Ikpe

“…An attempt to prolong and continue window operation during harsh weather condition can incur severe damages in the life of the workers; equipment and machine thereby inflect the cost of production. …”
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The Promising Key Factors Mediating Secondary Neuronal Damage in the Perihematomal Region of Intracerebellar Hemorrhage of Mice by Saandeep Bhatia, Ramissh Paramasivam, Mohd Khairul Izamil Bin Zolkefley, Regunath Kandasamy, Sangu Muthuraju, Jafri Malin Abdullah

“…Identifying the time window of these vital changes could help prevent secondary damage and optimize the treatment to occur at proper time points.…”
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A Clinical Study on Functional Outcome of Percutaneous Transforaminal Endoscopic Discectomy under Local Anesthesia by Suryansh Nema, Varun Kumar Agarwal

“…Out of 16 cases of L5-S1 disc prolapse, 1 case was operated by making an iliac bone window due to the inaccessibility of disc space because of highly placed iliac crest. …”
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Fire return intervals and recruitment affect population growth rate of canopy trees in tall open forest in humid savanna by Patricia A. Werner, Stephanie J. Peacock

“…Uniquely, under certain conditions, there was also a maximum fire return interval above which λ <1, creating a “window” of fire return intervals that allowed canopy tree populations to persist. …”
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Tangential Human Posture Recognition with Sequential Images Based on MIMO Radar by Chuanwei DING, Zhilin LIU, Li ZHANG, Heng ZHAO, Qing ZHOU, Hong HONG, Xiaohua ZHU

“…First, a Constant False Alarm Rate (CFAR) algorithm is applied to locate the human target. A sliding window along the slow time axis is then utilized to divide the received signal into sequential frames. …”
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A first evaluation of the efficacy of minibeam radiation therapy combined with an immune check point inhibitor in a model of glioma-bearing rats by Lorea Iturri, Emmanuel Jouglar, Cristèle Gilbert, Julie Espenon, Marjorie Juchaux, Yolanda Prezado

“…Preclinical experiments have shown that MBRT leads to a remarkable widening of the therapeutic window for GBM and elicits an effective immune priming. …”
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Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid and S-Adenosylmethionine Supplementation in Predementia Syndromes and Alzheimer's Disease: A Review by Francesco Panza, Vincenza Frisardi, Cristiano Capurso, Alessia D'Introno, Anna M. Colacicco, Alessandra Di Palo, Bruno P. Imbimbo, Gianluigi Vendemiale, Antonio Capurso, Vincenzo Solfrizzi

“…Therefore, key supplements are not necessarily working in isolation and the most profound impact, or in some cases the only impact, is noted very early in the course of AD, suggesting that nutriceutical supplements may bolster pharmacological approaches well past the window where supplements can work on their own. Recommendations regarding future research on the effects of SAM or n-3 PUFA supplementation on predementia syndromes and very mild AD include properly designed RCTs that are sufficiently powered and with an adequate length (e.g., 3–5 years of follow-up).…”
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Impacts of survey design on a Gulf of Mexico bottom longline survey and the transition to a unified, stratified - random design by Jill M. Hendon, Eric R. Hoffmayer, Adam G. Pollack, John Mareska, Fernando Martinez-Andrade, Jeff Rester, Theodore S. Switzer, Zachary C. Zuckerman

“…., Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama) used identical gear and sampling protocol to NMFS; however, temporal window, sampling universe, sampling frequency, and station selection were determined independently by each state based on available resources and capabilities. …”
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Ion bridging enables high-voltage polyether electrolytes for quasi-solid-state batteries by Tianyi Hou, Donghai Wang, Bowen Jiang, Yi Liu, Jia Kong, Yanbing He, Yunhui Huang, Henghui Xu

“…To demonstrate the feasibility of the ion-bridging strategy, a Zn2+ ion-bridged polyether electrolyte (Zn-IBPE) with an extending electrochemical stability window of over 5 V is prepared, which enables good cyclability in 4.5 V Li||LiCoO2 batteries. …”
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PropAngio study protocol: a neoadjuvant trial on the efficacy of propranolol monotherapy in cutaneous angiosarcoma—a proof of principle study by Neeltje Steeghs, Jos H Beijnen, Kimberley M Heinhuis, Nikki S IJzerman, Anne Miek Koenen, Winette T A van der Graaf, Rick L Haas, Alwin D R Huitema, Winan J van Houdt

“…The precise effect of propranolol, however, is not yet established.Methods and analysis The goal of this neoadjuvant window of opportunity study is to prospectively evaluate the activity of propranolol monotherapy in patients with cutaneous angiosarcoma. …”
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Pancreatic resection with perioperative drug repurposing of propranolol and etodolac: trial protocol of the phase-II randomised placebo controlled PROSPER trial by Phillip Knebel, Thilo Hackert, Markus W Büchler, Ilse Rooman, Markus K Diener, Felix J Hüttner, André L Mihaljevic, Oliver Strobel, Gauthier Bouche, Johannes Hüsing

“…This may cause a relevant antitumourigenic and antimetastatic effect during the perioperative period, a window for cancer-directed therapy that is currently largely unexploited.Methods and analysis This is a prospective, single-centre, two-arm randomised, patient and observer blinded, placebo-controlled, phase-II trial evaluating safety and feasibility of combined perioperative treatment with propranolol and etodolac in adult patients with non-metastatic cancer of the pancreatic head undergoing elective pancreatoduodenectomy. 100 patients fulfilling the eligibility criteria will be randomised to perioperative treatment for 25 days perioperatively with a combination of propranolol and etodolac or placebo. …”
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Design a Robust DDoS Attack Detection and Mitigation Scheme in SDN-Edge-IoT by Leveraging Machine Learning by Habtamu Molla Belachew, Mulatu Yirga Beyene, Abinet Bizuayehu Desta, Behaylu Tadele Alemu, Salahadin Seid Musa, Alemu Jorgi Muhammed

“…Consequently, XGBoost was deployed at the edge of the SDN-IoT for live traffic classification, showing improved performance by classifying live traffic within 3.946 ms and using only 8.80% of memory with a 0.5-second window size.…”
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Stroke Induces a BDNF-Dependent Improvement in Cognitive Flexibility in Aged Mice by Josh Houlton, Lisa Y. Y. Zhou, Deanna Barwick, Emma K. Gowing, Andrew N. Clarkson

“…Interestingly, aged stroke animals outperformed their sham counterparts, suggesting reopening of a critical window for recovery that is being mediated by BDNF.…”
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Method and Spatiotemporal Analysis for Impervious Surface Extraction Based on an Improved DeepLabV3&#x002B; Model by Xueyi Wang, Bowen Fan, Yanguo Fan, Ran Xu, Guangyue Feng, Qingchun Guan

“…The model incorporates the cross-shaped window transformer architecture to enable the exchange of information and integration of global features across different scales, enhancing the model&#x0027;s performance in complex scenarios. …”
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