A Rectal Cancer Surgery Dataset: Use of artificial intelligence to aid automation of error identification by Walaa Ghamrawi, Nathan Curtis, Jialang Xu, Matt Boal, Evangelos Mazomenos, Eddie Edwards, Danail Stoyanov, Nader Francis

“…Abstract Minimally invasive surgery is complex and prone to variation not routinely objectively measured. We established an association between skills and patient outcomes. …”
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Parameter constraints on a black hole with Minkowski core through quasiperiodic oscillations by Ming-Yu Guo, Meng-He Wu, Xiao-Mei Kuang, Hong Guo

“…Abstract We investigate the geodesic motion of charged particles in the vicinity of regular black holes with a Minkowski core, embedded in a uniform magnetic field, and study the influences of magnetic field and regular black hole parameter on the radial effective potential and angular momentum of the particles’ orbits. …”
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The gallium solar neutrino capture cross section revisited by W.C. Haxton, Evan Rule

“…Using state-of-the-art nuclear shell-model calculations to evaluate this correction, we find that it lowers the 8B and hep neutrino cross sections. …”
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Temporal variation in black-caiman-nest predation in varzea of central Brazilian amazonia. by Kelly Torralvo, Robinson Botero-Arias, William E Magnusson

“…We also evaluated the influence of presence of females near the nests and manipulation of nests on the occurrence of attacks. …”
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Non-Markovian spiking statistics of a neuron with delayed feedback in presence of refractoriness by Kseniia Kravchuk, Alexander Vidybida

“…    Recently, [35,6], it was proven for a neuron withdelayed feedback and without the refractory state,that the output stream of interspike intervals (ISI)cannot be represented as a Markov process.The refractory state presence, in a sense limits the memory range in thespiking process, which might restore Markov property to the ISI stream.    Here we check such a possibility. For this purpose, we calculatethe conditional probability density $P(t_{n+1}\mid t_{n},\ldots,t_1,t_{0})$,and prove exactly that it does not reduce to $P(t_{n+1}\mid t_{n},\ldots,t_1)$for any $n\ge0$. …”
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Microbe-assisted fabrication of circularly polarized luminescent bacterial cellulosic hybrids by Yongjie Sun, Dan Zhang, Zhiqiang Dong, Jinxiao Lyu, Chunfei Wang, Jun Gong, Koon Ho Wong, Changfeng Wu, Xuanjun Zhang

“…More importantly, we achieve the information encryption and Fe3+ dual-channel detection based on hybrid bacterial cellulosic biofilms. …”
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Location-assistant content distribution scheme for emergency rescue by Guomin Zhang, Lihua Song, Haitao Wang, Chao Hu, Na Wang

“…First of all, considering that the movement patterns of rescue teams tend to follow a predetermined course of action, we design a location-based group mobility model. …”
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Mucus-penetrating microbiota drive chronic low-grade intestinal inflammation and metabolic dysregulation by Melissa C. Kordahi, Noëmie Daniel, Andrew T. Gewirtz, Benoit Chassaing

“…In support of this notion, we herein report that both CMC and P80 led to stark changes in the mucus microbiome, markedly distinct from those observed in feces. …”
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Multiobjective Optimization for Reconfigurable Implementation of Medical Image Registration by Omkar Dandekar, William Plishker, Shuvra S. Bhattacharyya, Raj Shekhar

“…We demonstrate feasibility of this approach in the context of FPGA-based medical image registration; however, it may be adapted to a wide range of signal processing applications.…”
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National Economic Burden Associated with Management of Periodontitis in Malaysia by Tuti Ningseh Mohd Dom, Rasidah Ayob, Khairiyah Abd Muttalib, Syed Mohamed Aljunid

“…We estimated treatment costs (with 2012 value of Malaysian Ringgit) using the cost-of-illness approach and included both direct and indirect costs. …”
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First Report of Aprostocetus asthenogmus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in South America and Parasitizing Eggs of Triatominae Vectors of Chagas Disease by Claudiney Biral dos Santos, Marcelo Teixeira Tavares, Gustavo Rocha Leite, Adelson Luiz Ferreira, Leonardo de Souza Rocha, Aloísio Falqueto

“…We also describe the first identification of this parasitoid in South America. …”
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Infant neural processing of mother’s face is associated with falling reactivity in the first year of life by Silvia Rigato, Manuela Stets, Henrik Dvergsdal, Karla Holmboe

“…In this longitudinal study (N∼60), we recorded infant visual ERPs in response to mother and stranger face stimuli at 4, 6 and 9 months of age. …”
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Systematic comparison of Mendelian randomisation studies and randomised controlled trials using electronic databases by Jie Zheng, George Davey Smith, Tom R Gaunt, Maria K Sobczyk

“…Objective To scope the potential for (semi)-automated triangulation of Mendelian randomisation (MR) and randomised controlled trials (RCTs) evidence since the two methods have distinct assumptions that make comparisons between their results invaluable.Methods We mined ClinicalTrials.Gov, PubMed and EpigraphDB databases and carried out a series of 26 manual literature comparisons among 54 MR and 77 RCT publications.Results We found that only 13% of completed RCTs identified in ClinicalTrials.Gov submitted their results to the database. …”
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Theoretical and experimental analysis of phase noise in semiconductor lasers biased below threshold by Iker Pascual de Zulueta, Angel Valle

“…We report a theoretical and experimental study of phase noise in semiconductor lasers when the bias current is below the threshold value. …”
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Designing hydrogel for application in spinal surgery by Rongpeng Dong, Shuang Zheng, Xueliang Cheng

“…We introduce the design considerations for different hydrogel systems, including precursor polymers and crosslinking mechanisms. …”
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Dynamic Evolutionary Games and Coordination of Multiple Recycling Channels considering Online Recovery Platform by Meihong Zhu, Xiao Li, Liqing Zhu, Xueli Zhan, Junhai Ma

“…We find that as the manufacturer increases the retail price, the stable area of the market becomes smaller. …”
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Answer Distillation Network With Bi-Text-Image Attention for Medical Visual Question Answering by Hongfang Gong, Li Li

“…We present an answer distillation network to refine the answers and convert an open-ended question into a multiple-choice question with a selection of candidate answers. …”
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Unified study of viscoelasticity and sound damping in hard and soft amorphous solids by Hideyuki Mizuno, Kuniyasu Saitoh, Yusuke Hara, Atsushi Ikeda

“…Here, we propose a unified theory for viscoelasticity and sound damping which are significantly different between hard and soft amorphous solids but are ultimately determined by non-Debye scaling laws of the non-phonon vibrational modes. …”
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End-to-End Semantic Leaf Segmentation Framework for Plants Disease Classification by Khalil Khan, Rehan Ullah Khan, Waleed Albattah, Ali Mustafa Qamar

“…We test the proposed CNN-based model on the publicly available database, PlantVillage. …”
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All-silicon non-volatile optical memory based on photon avalanche-induced trapping by Yuan Yuan, Yiwei Peng, Stanley Cheung, Wayne V. Sorin, Sean Hooten, Zhihong Huang, Di Liang, Jiuyi Zhang, Marco Fiorentino, Raymond G. Beausoleil

“…Abstract Implementing on-chip non-volatile optical memories has long been an actively pursued goal, promising significant enhancements in the capability and energy efficiency of photonic integrated circuits. Here, we demonstrate an non-volatile optical memory exclusively using the most common semiconductor material, silicon. …”
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