Factorial invariance of the generalized anxiety disorder scale (GAD-7) in Latin America and the Caribbean by Norman López, Norman López, Juan-Carlos Coronado, Daniela Ripoll-Córdoba, Nicole Caldichoury, César Quispe-Ayala, Breiner Morales-Asencio, Raúl Quincho-Apumayta, Cesar Castellanos, Juan Martínez, Juan Cárdenas-Valverde, Luis Mario Castellanos-Alvarenga, David Salazar, Irina Flores-Poma, Jorge Herrera-Pino, Wendy Bada, Yuliana Flórez, Karen Alcos-Flores, Boris Zurita-Cueva, Elsa Muñoz Romero, Cristian Romo, Regulo Antezana, Claudio Avila Saldaña, Pascual A. Gargiulo

“…Finally, the internal consistency of the GAD-7 was high, with a McDonald’s Omega coefficient of 0.91.ConclusionsThe GAD-7 exhibits a factor structure that is equivalent across genders and countries, demonstrating its validity and reliability for the rapid detection of GAD symptoms in different countries within the region.…”
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Automatic Segmentation of Asphalt Cracks on Highways After Large-Scale and Severe Earthquakes Using Deep Learning-Based Approaches by Mehmet Yilmaz, Erkut Yalcin, Fatih Demir, Ahmet Munir Ozdemir, Muhammed Atar, Aysegul Gunes, Beyza Furtana Yalcin, Ertugrul Cambay

“…This study develops a deep learning-based automated system for detecting and segmenting earthquake-induced asphalt cracks, offering a rapid and reliable solution for post-disaster road condition assessments. …”
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Performance of HPV16/18 in Triage of Cytological Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance by Xiaoqin Cao, Shuzheng Liu, Manman Jia, Hongmin Chen, Dongmei Zhao, Bing Dong, Zhen Guo, Lingyan Ren, Shaokai Zhang, Xibin Sun

“…Sensitivity and specificity of HPV16/18 for detection of CIN 2+ were 64.71% and 97% and 64.29% and 96.37% for detection of CIN 3+, respectively. …”
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Growth hormone deficiency and secondary adrenal insufficiency in petrified ears syndrome: a case report and literature review by Sebastiano Recalcati, Alberto Vassallo, Marta Villanova, Roberto Lanzi, Marco Losa, Maria Grazia Patricelli, Paola Carrera, Fabrizio Fantini

“…In many cases, it provides a valuable clinical clue that allows the clinician to detect endocrinopathies (particularly Addison’s disease) in a patient who has not received a diagnosis. …”
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Mosaic-Mixed Attention-Based Unexpected Traffic Scene Classification by Sang-Hyun Lee, Soomok Lee, Ilsoo Yun

“…Among these systems, in-vehicle monitoring systems using Object Detection (OD) algorithms are gaining attention for identifying traffic participants in distress. …”
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Homicide and Associated Steroid Acute Psychosis: A Case Report by G. Airagnes, C. Rouge-Maillart, J.-B. Garre, B. Gohier

“…This clinical case highlights the importance of early detection of steroid psychosis and proposes, should treatment not be stopped, a strategy of dose reduction combined with a mood stabilizer or antipsychotic treatment. …”
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Potentials of transcutaneous ultrasound investigation of neck and mediastinum at cancer of the upper third of esophagus by V. I. Kazakevich, L. A. Mitina, S. O. Stepanov

“…US allowed to visualize involvement of cervical and upper thoracic regions of the esophagus in all patients, to detect extent of the lesion, to diagnose correctly depth of invasion, neighboring organs and structures involvement.Conclusions. …”
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Controlling Invasive Exotic Plants in North Florida Forests by Chris Demers, Patrick Minogue, Michael Andreu, Alan Long, Rick Williams

“…., invasive exotic species cost an estimated $120 billion each year in damages. Early detection and removal of invasive plants is the key to successful management. …”
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Shadow Separation of Pavement Images Based on Morphological Component Analysis by Changxia Ma, Heng Zhang, Bing Keong Li

“…The shadow of pavement images will affect the accuracy of road crack recognition and increase the rate of error detection. A shadow separation algorithm based on morphological component analysis (MCA) is proposed herein to solve the shadow problem of road imaging. …”
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Choosing the Optimal Spatial Domain Measure of Enhancement for Mammogram Images by Karen Panetta, Arash Samani, Sos Agaian

“…This helps in anomaly detection and diagnosis. Most enhancement algorithms are iterative processes that require many parameters be selected. …”
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Prion forensics: a multidisciplinary approach to investigate CWD at an illegal deer carcass disposal site by Marc D. Schwabenlander, Jason C. Bartz, Michelle Carstensen, Alberto Fameli, Linda Glaser, Roxanne J. Larsen, Manci Li, Rachel L. Shoemaker, Gage Rowden, Suzanne Stone, W. David Walter, Tiffany M. Wolf, Peter A. Larsen

“…Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been detected in cervids inhabiting North America, the Nordic countries, and South Korea. …”
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SOME IDEAS ABOUT JAR-REBURIAL CUSTOM OF TAY, HOA, NUNG, THAI INHABITANTS IN LIENNGHIA TOWN, DUCTRONG DISTRICT, LAMDONG PROVINCE, VIETNAM by Cao Thế Trình

“…This custom originated in pre-historic times and has been detected at many archeological sites in East Asia and South-East Asia, including sites of the Sa Huynh, Lung Leng, and Can Gio cultures.…”
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Community-Based Screening for Infantile Anemia in an Okinawan Village, Japan by Tomiko Hokama, Chiemi Yogi, Colin W. Binns, Andy H. Lee

“…The relatively low prevalence of anemia at early childhood suggested that previous detection and treatment through early and late infantile screening had been successful.…”
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Tubulocystic Carcinoma of the Bile Duct by Masahiro Takeuchi, Yoshitaka Sakamoto, Hirotsugu Noguchi, Sohsuke Yamada, Keiji Hirata

“…A 68-year-old Japanese patient had a multicystic biliary tumor within the liver. This tumor was detected on follow-up of polymyalgia rheumatica. The exophytic, multicystic, 35 × 50 mm mass was composed of complex tubulocystic structures. …”
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Chromosomal Microarray Testing in 42 Korean Patients with Unexplained Developmental Delay, Intellectual Disability, Autism Spectrum Disorders, and Multiple Congenital Anomalies by Sun Ho Lee, Wung Joo Song

“…Variants of unknown significance were detected in 13 patients. The diagnostic yield was high (66.7%). …”
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In Vitro Antibacterial and Antibiotic Resistance Modifying Effect of Bioactive Plant Extracts on Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis by Romana Chovanová, Mária Mikulášová, Štefánia Vaverková

“…Using disc diffusion and broth microdilution assays we determined higher antibacterial effect of three Salvia spp. and by evaluating the leakage of 260 nm absorbing material we detected effect of extracts and, namely, of essential oils on the disruption of cytoplasmic membrane. …”
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Clinical significance of exosomal noncoding RNAs in hepatocellular carcinoma: a narrative review by Jae Sung Yoo, Min Kyu Kang

“…Moreover, most patients are diagnosed at an advanced stage owing to a lack of early detection markers. Exosomes, which are characterized by their cargos of stable intracellular messengers, such as DNA, RNA, proteins, and lipids, play a crucial role in regulating cell differentiation and HCC development. …”
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Artificial Intelligence in Fetal and Pediatric Echocardiography by Alan Wang, Tam T. Doan, Charitha Reddy, Pei-Ni Jone

“…Advances in artificial intelligence (AI), including machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL), offer significant potential to overcome these challenges by automating image acquisition, image segmentation, CHD detection, and measurements. Despite these promising advancements, challenges such as small number of datasets, algorithm transparency, physician comfort with AI, and accessibility must be addressed to fully integrate AI into practice. …”
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Relation Classification via Recurrent Neural Network with Attention and Tensor Layers by Runyan Zhang, Fanrong Meng, Yong Zhou, Bing Liu

“…In this paper, we propose a novel bidirectional recurrent neural network architecture (using Long Short-Term Memory, LSTM, cells) for relation classification, with an attention layer for organizing the context information on the word level and a tensor layer for detecting complex connections between two entities. …”
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Interface Based on Electrooculography for Velocity Control of a Robot Arm by Eduardo Iáñez, José M. Azorín, Eduardo Fernández, Andrés Úbeda

“…This paper describes a technique based on electrooculography to control a robot arm. This technique detects the movement of the eyes, measuring the difference of potential between the cornea and the retina by placing electrodes around the ocular area. …”
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