Changing patterns in cataract surgery indications, outcomes, and costs, 2012–2023: a retrospective study at Aravind Eye Hospitals, IndiaResearch in context by Sachin Gupta, Ravindran D. Ravilla, Haripriya Aravind, Shivkumar Chandrashekharan, Thulasiraj D. Ravilla

“…Summary: Background: Data on the evolving characteristics of patients seeking cataract surgery, surgical techniques used, preoperative vision, postoperative visual outcomes, and surgery costs provide critical insights for improving care delivery and making progress towards global eye care targets. We aimed to establish long-term trends in these factors. …”
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Sleep quality and mental health among medical students in Imphal, Manipur: A cross-sectional study by Jalina Laishram, Sandra Fernandez, Pangambam A. Devi, Mani R. Bhowmick, Roshnee Heigrujam, Hanjabam S. Devi

“…Depression, anxiety and stress scores had a significant positive correlation with the global PSQI score. Conclusion: More than half of the participants experienced poor sleep quality, with four out of ten experiencing depression or anxiety, and two out of ten experiencing stress. …”
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Quantifying soil surface erosion by Philippe, Pierre, Benahmed, Nadia

“…While this loss of solid matter induced by all kinds of fluid flows on the surface of soils is often a source of beauty in the landscapes that surround us, it also constitutes a major risk and poses growing threats in the context of global change as loss of agricultural soil fertility, decline in coastal ecosystems or increase in safety standards for flood protection structures. …”
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U-Sodar: Noncontact Vital Sign Detection Technology Based on Ultrasonic Radar by Shuaiming HUANG, Xiaohua ZHU, Wubin WANG, Heng ZHAO, Hong HONG

“…Amidst the global aging trend and a growing emphasis on healthy living, there is an increased demand for unobtrusive home health monitoring systems. …”
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Automated system for calving time prediction and cattle classification utilizing trajectory data and movement features by Wai Hnin Eaindrar Mg, Thi Thi Zin, Pyke Tin, Masaru Aikawa, Kazuyuki Honkawa, Yoichiro Horii

“…To minimize some ID switching errors over extended tracking periods, we integrated IDs optimization in the CTA utilizing Global IDs identification. We extracted and compared three total movement features for classifying cattle as abnormal or normal. …”
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Ensemble Learning for Three-dimensional Medical Image Segmentation of Organ at Risk in Brachytherapy Using Double U-Net, Bi-directional ConvLSTM U-Net, and Transformer Network by Soniya Pal, Raj Pal Singh, Anuj Kumar

“…The DUN setup excels in sequential processing, the BCUN captures spatiotemporal dependencies, and transformer networks provide a robust understanding of global context. This combination enables efficient and accurate segmentation, surpassing human expert performance in both time and accuracy.…”
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Regional Soil Patterns as Indicators of Late Cenozoic Change in the Critical Zone: A Baseline Synthesis for the Landscapes of Peninsular India by Yanni Gunnell, Nicolas Durand, Shanti Pappu

“…In a region mostly devoid of carbonate rock outcrops, the widely distributed pool of soils hosting abundant accumulations of pedogenic CaCO3 also reveals the magnitude of silicate bedrock weathering as a process for generating secondary calcium carbonate in the rock cycle, thereby highlighting an under-appreciated contribution to inorganic carbon sequestration in the global carbon cycle. The results and maps produced provide exploration tools for future, more systematic and coordinated investigations of the nature and chronology of Quaternary deposits in peninsular India. …”
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Nitrogen Management in a Maize-Groundnut Crop Rotation of Humid Tropics: Effect on N2O Emission by M.I. Khalil, A.B. Rosenani, O. Van Cleemput, C.I. Fauziah, J. Shamshuddin

“…The nitrous oxides (N2Os) affect global climate change and its contribution from N and C management systems is of great significance. …”
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Investigating the efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation on chronic pain management in endometriosis patients: A randomized controlled trial protocol. by Tatiana Camila de Lima Alves da Silva, Hégila da Silva Dantas, Luiza Eduarda Macedo, Talita Duarte Martins, Edson Silva-Filho, Rodrigo Pegado, Linda McLean, Maria Thereza Albuquerque Barbosa Cabral Micussi

“…Pain intensity, quality of life, fatigue, and global perception of change will be the secondary outcomes. …”
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International development cooperation and political risks for transnational business: Linking research topics by V. I. Bartenev

“…The conclusion argues for focusing on the reverse impact of new trends in international development cooperation on the parameters of political risks for international business from the Western and non-Western countries amidst the global turbulence, using all available sources of statistical data — conventional and unconventional. …”
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Assessing the short-term hematological and pulmonary effects of air pollution: a cross-sectional study in a Turkish urban setting by Mehmet Kılınçer, Ersan Gürsoy

“…Abstract Background Air pollution has become a significant global public health concern, with evidence linking it to various adverse health outcomes, including respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. …”
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Statistical and graphical (GGE biplot) evaluation of the adaptive ability and stability of winter barley breeding lines by V. N. Gudzenko

“…Due to current global climate changes, the issue of improving adaptive capacity of crops is of high importance. …”
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Promoting quality education through blended learning during and post COVID-19 pandemic by De-Graft Johnson Dei

“…Originality/value – As educational institutions globally are dealing with the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is prudent to look into how tertiary institutions in Ghana deploy blended learning to facilitate teaching and learning. …”
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Exploration and comparison of the effectiveness of swarm intelligence algorithm in early identification of cardiovascular disease by Tiantian Bai, Mengru Xu, Taotao Zhang, Xianjie Jia, Fuzhi Wang, Xiuling Jiang, Xing Wei

“…Abstract Due to the aging of the global population and lifestyle changes, cardiovascular disease has become the leading cause of death worldwide, causing serious public health problems and economic pressures. …”
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Current source density and functional connectivity extracted from resting-state electroencephalography as biomarkers for chronic low back pain by Keita Ueno, Keiko Yamada, Masaya Ueda, Yasuo Naito, Ryouhei Ishii

“…Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a global health issue, and its nonspecific causes make treatment challenging. …”
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Características de Emprendimientos Unicornios en América Latina by Bruce Lezana, Belén Guede, Christian A. Cancino

“…A su vez, sus modelos de negocio los empujan hacia los mercados globales. Con este trabajo se espera contribuir en el entendimiento de los unicornios y cuáles son las tendencias empresariales que pueden tener un mayor impacto en los mercados, para así servir como guía para potenciales políticas públicas que fomenten estas iniciativas. …”
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The prevalence and associated factors of the minimum acceptable diet among children aged 6-23 months in Ethiopia: A community-based cross-sectional study. by Girma Cheru Bikila, Godana Arero, Sultan Kalu, Kedir Teji Roba, Tesfaye Getachew Charkos

“…<h4>Background</h4>A minimum acceptable diet for children aged 6-23 months is limited globally, with Ethiopia's proportion reducing to one in nine. …”
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Educating the future: Serbian healthcare students’ knowledge and attitudes toward urinary incontinence by Dragana Milutinović, Dragana Simin, Marijana Ostoić, Sonja Golubović, Dragana Živković

“…Abstract Introduction Urinary incontinence (UI) is a growing global health problem that affects both women and men of all ages and can seriously negatively impact quality of life. …”
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Profil Tingkat Keparahan Retinopati Diabetik Dengan Atau Tanpa Hipertensi pada di RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang by Putri Nirmala Dewi, Fadrian Fadrian, Havriza Vitresia

“…Retinopati diabetik menempati urutan ke-4 sebagai penyebab kebutaan secara global setelah katarak, glukoma, dan degenerasi makula. …”
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Improving drug–target affinity prediction by adaptive self-supervised learning by Qing Ye, Yaxin Sun

“…The former focuses on global feature extraction, while the latter emphasizes the importance of local precise matching. …”
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