Use of Multimodal Artificial Intelligence in Surgical Instrument Recognition by Syed Ali Haider, Olivia A. Ho, Sahar Borna, Cesar A. Gomez-Cabello, Sophia M. Pressman, Dave Cole, Ajai Sehgal, Bradley C. Leibovich, Antonio Jorge Forte

“…The study utilized a dataset of 92 high-resolution images of 25 surgical instruments (retractors, forceps, scissors, and trocars) photographed from multiple angles. Model performance was evaluated using accuracy, weighted precision, recall, and F1 score. …”
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Influence of Mine Earthquake Disturbance on the Principal Stress of the Main Roadway near the Goaf and Its Prevention and Control Measures by Penghui Guo, Jiazhuo Li, Xiqing Hao, Heng Cui, Lihua Tian, Wenhao Xie, Jiaqi Chu

“…In the later stage of mine earthquake disturbance, the principal stress directions in the surrounding rock reverse rotation, and the reverse rotation angle of the principal stress direction in the roof is the largest. …”
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Application of the hypoplastic model for validating direct shear tests to investigate the impact of fines on the behavior of chlef sand by Benali Nougar, Abdelkader Brahimi, Djamel Edddine Bouri, Abdallah Krim, Omar Safer, Kamel Menad, Ahmed Arab

“…The sand with 40% of silt content develops a greater internal friction angle, however, the other silty sands, showed reduced shear strength, at the same behavior. …”
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Effects of potassium sodium niobate (KNN) thickness on biaxial non-resonant microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) mirror performance by L. Mollard, C. Dieppedale, A. Hamelin, R. Liechti, G. Le Rhun

“…The results obtained with these non-resonant mirrors, all fabricated using a collective 200 mm silicon manufacturing process, exhibit the following: (a) an arm deformation of 50 to 80 <span class="inline-formula">µ</span>m corresponding to an estimated tensile residual stress of approximately 120 MPa in the KNN layer, (b) the same level of performance for the 0.5 <span class="inline-formula">µ</span>m thick lead zirconate titanate (PZT) and KNN at 10 V, and (c) an optical angle up to 8.5° at 40 V for the 2 <span class="inline-formula">×</span> 2 mm<span class="inline-formula">²</span> mirror design with 1.5 <span class="inline-formula">µ</span>m thick KNN. …”
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Structural Characterization of Foxtail Millet (<i>Setaria italica</i>) Polysaccharides and Evaluation of Its Antioxidant and Immunostimulatory Activities by Haiying Zhang, Chengyu Peng, Wei Zhang, Huatao Liu, Xiaodong Liu, Changqing Sun, Xiaoning Cao

“…Size-Exclusion Chromatography–Multi-Angle Light Scattering–Refractive Index (SEC-MALLS-RI) and high-performance anion-exchange chromatography (HPAEC) analyses revealed that FM-D1 constitutes a highly purified neutral polysaccharide exclusively composed of glucose as the sugar unit, with a molecular weight of 14.823 kDa. …”
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Acute effect of technique modification training on 180° change of direction performance and kinematics in adolescent male soccer players by Hayato Nakamura, Daichi Yamashita, Daichi Nishiumi, Naoto Nakaichi, Norikazu Hirose

“…On the other hand, the COD group showed significant interactions and improvements in average deceleration from final foot (FF) contact to Stop (p = 0.012, g = 0.639), penultimate foot hip flexion angle at Stop (p = 0.042, g = 0.496), COM-FF horizontal distance at Stop (p = 0.008, g = 0.650), and FF ground contact time (p &lt; 0.001, g = 0.803).ConclusionA 15-min COD technique modification training led to partial, immediate improvements in kinematic parameters among adolescent soccer players but did not enhance overall COD performance or acceleration/deceleration ability.…”
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Bellini Duct Carcinoma Misdiagnosed with Urothelial Papillary Carcinoma by Joey El Khoury, Maher Abdessater, Rami Halabi, Fadi Nasr, Johnny Boustany, Anthony Kanbar, Charbel El Hachem, Raghid El Khoury

“…Upon presentation, he had left costovertebral angle tenderness. Initial lab tests were normal. …”
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Short-Term Observation of Ultrasonic Cyclocoagulation in Chinese Patients with End-Stage Refractory Glaucoma: A Retrospective Study by Dongpeng Hu, Shu Tu, Chengguo Zuo, Jian Ge

“…No significant difference was found between the 6 sectors group and the 8 sectors group in terms of the success rate (48.6% vs. 52.9%, p=0.768) as well as IOP reduction (p=0.417) at 3 months. Primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) had the highest success rate (80.0%, 12/15). …”
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Biomechanical simulation of bed turning post-acetabular fracture fixation by Haiyang Wu, Zaijie Sun, Qixiao Shen, Xuejian Wu, Cheng Li, Xianhua Cai

“…The medial displacement and strain values of the quadrilateral plate were recorded and analyzed. As the torsion angles increased from 2° to 8°, Groups A and B exhibited significantly higher torque values compared to Group C (all P < 0.05). …”
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Effect of Zinc Additive and Annealing on Dielectric Characteristics of the PSCCO Compound by shatha hashim mahdi, Naba F. Hamady, Demiral Akbar

“…At a frequency range of 50-106 Hz, regarding the dielectric properties, including the dielectric constant, and dielectric loss factor, at room temperature, it measured electrical conductivity and electrical resistance as a function of frequency in the range from 50 to106 Hz, Measurements of the ceramic composite model PSCCO (PbSr2Ca2Cu3O) plus (PbSr2Ca2Cu2.4 Zn0.6O) showed dielectric constant (11.23 and 10.30), while also measuring the loss angle shadow and alternating conductivity. The following parameters were measured for two models at a frequency range of 50-106 Hz: dielectric loss factor (7.76 and 9.45), tangent loss tangent (tanδ) (0.69 and 0.91), and alternating electrical conductivity (σa.c). …”
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Development of a Sustainable Flexible Humidity Sensor Based on <i>Tenebrio molitor</i> Larvae Biomass-Derived Chitosan by Ezekiel Edward Nettey-Oppong, Riaz Muhammad, Emmanuel Ackah, Hojun Yang, Ahmed Ali, Hyun-Woo Jeong, Seong-Wan Kim, Young-Seek Seok, Seung Ho Choi

“…Comprehensive characterization of the chitosan film was performed using Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, contact angle measurements, and tensile testing, which confirmed its chemical structure, wettability, and mechanical stability. …”
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The antibiofilm effect and mechanism of silver nanowire-modified glass ionomer cement against multi-species oral biofilm by Tiantian Guo, Dai Wang, Sherry Shiqian Gao

“…Compressive strength, surface roughness, hardness, and wettability were measured by a universal testing machine, an atomic force microscope (AFM), a Vickers microhardness tester, and a contact angle meter, respectively. Colour stability and fluoride release of GIC specimens were assessed by VITA Easyshade® V and ion chromatography. …”
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Innovator ranibizumab ComparEd to Biosimilar ranibizumab in combination with Expansile gas in submaculaR HemorrhaGe: the ICEBERG study by Debdulal Chakraborty, Tushar Kanti Sinha, Soumen Mondal, Subhendu Boral, Arnab Das, Saptorshi Majumbar, Angshuman Mukherjee, Ranabir Bhattacharya, Sumit Randhir Singh

“…BCVA improved from 1.15 ± 0.19 to 0.51 ± 0.23 logarithm of minimum angle of resolution (logMAR) in innovator RBZ group (p < 0.001) and from 1.17 ± 0.15 to 0.53 ± 0.20 logMAR in biosimilar RBZ group (p < 0.001). …”
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Distribution and Variation of Mining-Induced Stress in the Reverse Fault-Affected Coal Body by Rui Zhou, Yujin Qin, Zhizhen Zhang

“…It could be concluded that while mining the hanging wall of the reverse fault, the stress concentration of mined coal body decreases with the increase of reverse fault dip angle, but increases with the increase of reverse fault throw; the stress concentration magnitude generated during footwall mining is lesser than that during hanging-wall mining. …”
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Analysis of the effect of cutting depth under thick immediate roof on gob-side entry retaining stability by WANG Fei, WANG Xuqiang, SHI Xinyu, XU Huicong

“…The results indicated that the cutting depth directly affected the entry construction outcome. When the cutting angle was fixed, the closer the cutting depth was to the thickness of the immediate roof, the greater the support force from the caving gangue to the roof, resulting in stronger stability of the rock strata. …”
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Use of Nanostructured Layered Double Hydroxides as Nanofilters in the Removal of Fe2+ and Ca2+ Ions from Oil Wells by Emmanuel K. Ephraim, Chinyere A. Anyama, Ayi A. Ayi, Jude C. Onwuka

“…The XRD pattern for Ca-Al-SO4 LDHs was quite different, showing the presence of low-angle peaks at 2θ = 11.68 and 14.72°. The results of the column adsorption studies showed that there was a significant removal of Ca2+ by all the compounds under investigation with an efficiency of 84–99%. …”
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Sustained Intraocular Pressure Rise after the Treat and Extend Regimen at 3 Years: Aflibercept versus Ranibizumab by Alper Bilgic, Laurent Kodjikian, Jay Chhablani, Anand Sudhalkar, Megha Trivedi, Viraj Vasavada, Vaishali Vasavada, Shail Vasavada, Samaresh Srivastava, Deepak Bhojwani, Aditya Sudhalkar

“…Male gender, South Asian ethnicity, older age, presence of AMD and vein occlusion, use of ranibizumab, higher number of injections, narrow angles, switch to bevacizumab/ranibizumab, and preexisting glaucoma were associated with sustained IOP rise. …”
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SEAHORS: Spatial Exploration of ArcHaeological Objects in R Shiny by Royer, Aurélien, Discamps, Emmanuel, Plutniak, Sébastien, Thomas, Marc

“…SEAHORS can generate five types of plots: 3D, 2D and density plots, as well as 2D plots by slices (i.e. subdivisions according to a third dimension) and 2D plots with a modification of the angle of projection (i.e. to explore spatial organization without the constraints of the field grid orientation). …”
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Biological characteristics of bream (Abramis brama Linnaeus, 1758) of the Kremenchuk Reservoir as an object of commercial fishery by N. Rudyk-Leuska, O. Buzevych, M. Leuskyi, I. Burjak

“…Total mortality (Z) was determined graphically based on the natural logarithms of the number of age classes in terms of the effort of the standard order of gill nets, as the tangent of the angle of inclination of the regression line; natural mortality (M) of bream was calculated using the coefficients of the Bertalanffy equation. …”
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Effect of Proparacaine 0.375%-Sodium Fluorescein 0.25% Eye Drop Mixture and Fluorescein Strip on Anterior Segment Parameters by Mustafa Doğan, Mehmet Cem Sabaner, Mehmet Akif Erol

“…Measurements (CCT (central corneal thickness), topographic pupil diameter, AD (aqueous depth), ACV (anterior chamber volume), ICA (iridocorneal angle), LLD (limbus-limbus distance), and CV (corneal volume)) were taken before and at 1, 5, 15, and 30 minutes after application. …”
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