Impact of Obesity on Short-Term Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Retroperitoneal Laparoscopic/Retroperitoneoscopic Adrenalectomy for Benign or Malignant Adrenal Diseases: A Meta-Ana... by Maurizio Zizzo, Andrea Morini, Magda Zanelli, Chiara Grasselli, Francesca Sanguedolce, Sze Ling Wong, Munyaradzi G. Nyandoro, Andrea Palicelli, Giuseppe Broggi, Nektarios I. Koufopoulos, Lucia Mangone, Angelo Cormio, Rosario Caltabiano, Antonino Neri, Massimiliano Fabozzi

“…The meta-analysis was performed using RevMan [Computer program] Version 5.4. <i>Results</i>: The four included comparative studies (809 patients: 552 NOb versus 257 Ob) covered an approximately 15-year-study period (2007–2022). …”
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The effects of lutein/ zeaxanthin (Lute-gen®) on eye health, eye strain, sleep quality, and attention in high electronic screen users: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlle... by A. L. Lopresti, A. L. Lopresti, S. J. Smith

“…Outcome measures included several ophthalmic examinations comprising the Schirmer tear test, photo-stress recovery time, contrast sensitivity, tear film break-up time, and self-report measures of visual fatigue, computer vision, sleep quality and attention.ResultsCompared to the placebo, lutein and zeaxanthin supplementation was associated with greater improvements in the Schirmer tear test, photo-stress recovery time, and tear film break-up time. …”
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Formation of modern architectural concepts by V. N. Tkachev

“…A tendency towards formation of a paradigm of “intellectual architecture”, morphological and technological choice of “pure forms”, minimalism in aesthetic programs of architecture, greater importance of principles of expediency, industrialization, standardization in design are identified; hypotheses are made in order to solve problems of human-computer polarization in the future profession of an architect.…”
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Toward GIC Forecasting: Statistical Downscaling of the Geomagnetic Field to Improve Geoelectric Field Forecasts by C. Haines, M. J. Owens, L. Barnard, M. Lockwood, C. D. Beggan, A. W. P. Thomson, N. C. Rogers

“…Furthermore, an assessment of GIC forecast uncertainty would require a large ensemble of magnetospheric runs, which is computationally expensive. One solution that is widely used in climate science is “downscaling,” wherein sub‐grid variations are added to model outputs on a statistical basis. …”
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IncSAR: A Dual Fusion Incremental Learning Framework for SAR Target Recognition by George Karantaidis, Athanasios Pantsios, Ioannis Kompatsiaris, Symeon Papadopoulos

“…Additionally, we explore the use of TinyViT to reduce computational complexity and propose an attention mechanism to dynamically enhance feature representation. …”
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Analytical forecasting of the optimal trajectory of mobile robot by A. A. Lobaty, D. V. Kapskiy, A. K. Ibrahim, I. A. Shishkovets

“…The validity of the proposed theoretical provisions is confirmed by an illustrative example, in which, for a simplified mathematical formulation of the problem, the optimal laws of changing the direction of the velocity vector and the parameters of the trajectory of a mobile robot are calculated by means of computer modeling. The illustrations show the trajectories of the robot through various given points in space and the law of changing the direction of the velocity vector.…”
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Anatomical assessment of cortical bone in mandibular buccal shelf in adults for orthodontic bone screw in a sample of population in Erbil city (a CBCT study). by Naz Tariq Karim, Omar Fawzi Chawshli

“…The measurements were made on cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans of these 20 untreated orthodontic patients. …”
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Enhanced streamflow forecasting using hybrid modelling integrating glacio-hydrological outputs, deep learning and wavelet transformation by Jamal Hassan Ougahi, John S Rowan

“…This study provides an AI-enabled hybrid approach integrating glacio-hydrological model outputs (GSM-SOCONT), with different machine learning and deep learning techniques framed as alternative ‘computational scenarios, leveraging both physical processes and data-driven insights for enhanced predictive capabilities. …”
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Oocyte Cryopreservation: Retrospective Analysis of 5 Years Experience by Halime Goktepe, Esengul Turkyilmaz, Gulsen Dogan Durdag, Murat Sonmezer, Cem Atabekoglu, Batuhan Ozmen

“…STUDY DESIGN: Patients who applied to the Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Unit of Ankara University School of Medicine between January 2014 and December 2018 with the request of oocyte freezing were included in this study. The files and computer records of the patients were analyzed retrospectively and sociodemographic, clinical and laboratory data were evaluated. …”
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Investigating nonlinear dynamic properties of an inertial sensor with rotational velocity-dependent rigidity by Mina Ghanbari, Mohammad Fathalilou, Hamed Haddad Khodaparast, Ghader Rezazadeh

“…The presented method computes the periodic steady-state solution of the design by considering different frequency contents within the response, including different harmonics of the response expansion. …”
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Three-dimensional effects on cracked discs and plates under nominal Mode III loading by A. Campagnolo, F. Berto, L. P. Pook

“…Increasingly powerful computers made it possible to investigate three-dimensional effects numerically in detail. …”
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Lateral Ventricular Volume Asymmetry and Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter Predict Intracranial Pressure in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients by Yang Wang, Ziming Yuan, Zuoyan Zhang, Jiawei Shang, Mingna Li, Wei Wang

“…This study was aimed at investigating the relationships between lateral ventricular asymmetry on admission computed tomography, optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD), and ICP in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients. …”
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SymbolNet: neural symbolic regression with adaptive dynamic pruning for compression by Ho Fung Tsoi, Vladimir Loncar, Sridhara Dasu, Philip Harris

“…These capabilities are highly valuable in environments with stringent computational resource constraints, such as high-energy physics experiments at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. …”
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Contemporary digital sociology in search of meaning-making models: the proper and the actual. Review on articles from the research handbook of digital sociology edited by J. Skopek... by E. V. Andrianova, V. A. Davydenko, A. I. Rozmanov

“…A distinctive feature of the review is its exploration of the intersection between the digital and social spheres, framed as a contradiction between the proper (computer sciences) and the actual (social sciences), reflecting the search for meaning in communication and action within digital and social spaces.…”
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A Feasibility Study on Monitoring Crustal Structure Variations by Direct Comparison of Surface Wave Dispersion Curves from Ambient Seismic Noise by K. Muhumuza

“…To estimate fundamental mode Rayleigh wave Green’s functions, the correlations are computed in 4-hr segments, stacked over 1-year time windows and moving windows of 3 months. …”
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Multiple Primary Angiosarcomas of the Colon by Sonja Radić, Mario Zovak, Anita Galović Marić, Stjepan Baturina, Monica Stephany Kirigin, Božo Krušlin

“…The patient was initially hospitalized and treated as having an infectious disease. A multislice computed tomography (MSCT) scan revealed multiple soft tissue tumors in the region of the left iliopsoas and gluteus medius muscles. …”
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Hydrodissection technique for pain relief during peri-microwave ablation in patients with subpleural non-small cell lung cancers by Nan Wang, Tianyu Xue, Peng Liu, Pikun Cao, Jingwen Xu, Zhigang Wei, Xin Ye

“…Purpose This study aimed to assess the application value of the hydrodissection technique (HT) for pain relief during peri-microwave ablation (MWA) in patients with subpleural non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLCs).Methods This retrospective study comprised 218 patients with subpleural NSCLCs who underwent computed tomography (CT)-guided percutaneous MWA. The patients were divided into two groups: HT-assisted MWA (HT group) and local pleural anesthesia (LPA)-assisted MWA (LPA group). …”
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Multi-authority attribute hidden for electronic medical record sharing scheme based on blockchain by Lin JIN, Youliang TIAN

“…Currently, there is no data exchanging and sharing between different hospitals, and it is easy to form data islands.At the same time, regional medical data contains a large amount of sensitive information of patients.The public acquisition, sharing and circulation of these data will lead to malicious tampering, theft, abuse and loss of ownership, thereby revealing patient privacy.In addition, the size of medical data is enormous and the data is unstructured, then it is more difficult to prevent and hold accountable some highly targeted malicious attacks, such as malicious attacks on medical data theft, tampering, and extortion.In view of the above problems, a blockchain-based on multi-authority attribute hidden electronic medical record sharing scheme was proposed to achieve fine-grained access to shared electronic medical records while ensuring patient privacy.The Multi-Authorization Attribute Encryption (MA-ABE) algorithm was introduced, which used multi-authority organizations to manage decentralized attributes.It also used hash functions to identify different users, in order to effectively resist collusion attacks between users with different authorizations.Besides, the linear secrets sharing scheme (LSSS) was used to realize partial hiding of attributes, and the attributes were divided into two parts:attribute name and attribute value.In addition, combined with the characteristics of blockchain openness, transparency and tamper-proof, the design of access policy can update the algorithm.Based on the access policy update algorithm, the policy block was added.The new access policy was uploaded to the blockchain to form a policy update traceability chain, which can realize distributed and reliable access control management under the condition of hidden policy.It can also support data privacy protection at the same time, and traceability of user behavior.The theoretical proof and experimental analysis have proved that this scheme protect attribute privacy effectively, while reduces computational overhead.…”
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Energy-efficient and reliable dual closed-loop DC control system for intelligent electric vehicle charging infrastructure. by Jun Li, Wan Chen, Xiaoqiong Zhu, Baoguo Zang, Cong Zhang, Hengxiao Hu, Ming Zhang, Wenbao Lei

“…The study also discusses the challenges in the dynamic variation of midpoint source current and proposes future work to increase the system's switching frequency, improve anti-interference capabilities, and enhance the accuracy of the sampling process. Advanced computational intelligence and optimization techniques are highlighted as essential for tackling the complex challenges of modern EV charging systems. …”
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A Comparative Study of Impeller Modification Techniques on the Performance of the Pump as a Turbine by Abdulbasit Nasir, Edessa Dribssa, Misrak Girma, Tamerat Demeke

“…In this paper, the performance of the PAT is analyzed using the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software called Ansys CFX in conjunction with standard k-ε. …”
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