Custom-Made Alumina Ceramic Total Talar Prosthesis for Idiopathic Aseptic Necrosis of the Talus: Report of Two Cases by Ichiro Tonogai, Daisuke Hamada, Yuhei Yamasaki, Keizo Wada, Tomoya Takasago, Takahiko Tsutsui, Tomohiro Goto, Koichi Sairyo

“…Their Japanese Society for Surgery of the Foot ankle-hindfoot scale scores improved from 22 and 29/100 points to 90 and 95/100 points, respectively. To the best of our knowledge, the successful treatments of these two rare cases of idiopathic necrosis of the talus are among only a few reported cases of using a third-generation alumina ceramic prosthesis.…”
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Concurrent Diagnosis of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia and Follicular Lymphoma: An Unreported Presentation by Amy G. Starr, Sushma R. Jonna, Joeffrey J. Chahine, Bhaskar V. Kallakury, Chaitra S. Ujjani

“…Additionally, the lymph node showed paracortical expansion by maturing pan-hematopoietic elements, no blastic groups, and positive RT-PCR analysis for BCR-ABL1, indicating concomitant involvement by chronic phase-CML. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a patient with a concurrent diagnosis of CML and FL.…”
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Cystic Kidney Diseases in Sudanese Children: Pattern, Clinical Presentation, and Outcome by Maali Alwathig Alameen, Ebtihal Eltyeb, Rashid Ellidir

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Spatial transcriptome reveals histology-correlated immune signature learnt by deep learning attention mechanism on H&E-stained images for ovarian cancer prognosis by Chun Wai Ng, Kwong-Kwok Wong, Barrett C. Lawson, Sammy Ferri-Borgogno, Samuel C. Mok

“…Abstract Background The ability to predict the prognosis of patients with ovarian cancer can greatly improve disease management. However, the knowledge on the mechanism of the prediction is limited. …”
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Bayesian deep learning applied to diabetic retinopathy with uncertainty quantification by Masoud Muhammed Hassan, Halbast Rashid Ismail

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Utilization of eye care services among adults in a rural community in Rivers State South-South, Nigeria by Datonjo Alwell George, Godswill Inye Nathaniel

“…Information collected included demographic characteristics, knowledge of available eye care facilities, previous use of eye care services, and barriers to the use of eye care services. …”
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Predicting turbidity dynamics in small reservoirs in central Kenya using remote sensing and machine learning by Stefanie Steinbach, Anna Bartels, Andreas Rienow, Bartholomew Thiong’o Kuria, Sander Jaap Zwart, Andrew Nelson

“…However, inter-annual variability prediction could benefit from more knowledge of additional factors that may not be fully captured in commonly available geospatial data. …”
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ATP-Binding Cassette Genes Genotype and Expression: A Potential Association with Pancreatic Cancer Development and Chemoresistance? by Li Pang, Beverly Word, Joshua Xu, Honggang Wang, George Hammons, Shiew-Mei Huang, Beverly Lyn-Cook

“…The TT genotypes of G2677T and C3435T in ABCB1 gene were associated with lower risk of developing pancreatic cancer (P=0.013, OR = 0.35 and P=0.015, OR = 0.29, resp.). To our knowledge, this is the first report of the common polymorphisms in the ABCB1 gene affecting the genetic risk of developing pancreatic cancer. …”
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Water Quality Assessment of Tributaries of Batang Baleh in Sarawak Using Cluster Analysis by Teck-Yee Ling, Chen-Lin Soo, Teresa-Lee-Eng Heng, Lee Nyanti, Siong-Fong Sim, Jongkar Grinang, Karen-Suan-Ping Lee, Tonny Ganyai

“…Assessment of river water quality is essential as it provides the knowledge required to make informed decisions. Therefore, water quality was determined at 15 tributary stations located along the Batang Baleh, Sarawak. …”
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Preventive measures and perceived challenges in delivering oral health care for elderly patients: a survey of dental hygienists in Norway by Anne Breivik, Simen E. Kopperud, Qalbi Khan, Aida Mulic, Linda Stein

“… Objective: This study aimed to gain knowledge of general oral health preventive measures with a specific focus on root caries preventive measures for patients ≥65 years old, performed by Norwegian dental hygienists in public and private dental health services. …”
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Characterization of Waste Material Derived Willemite-Based Glass-Ceramics Doped with Erbium by G. V. Sarrigani, H. J. Quah, W. F. Lim, K. A. Matori, N. S. Mohd Razali, A. Kharazmi, M. Hashim, H. R. Bahari

“…We reported, for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, the production of erbium doped willemite-based glass-ceramic using waste material. …”
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Advancing Sustainable Infrastructure Management: Insights from System Dynamics by Julio Juarez-Quispe, Erick Rojas-Chura, Alain Jorge Espinoza Vigil, Milagros Socorro Guillén Málaga, Oscar Yabar-Ardiles, Johan Anco-Valdivia, Sebastián Valencia-Félix

“…A gap between theory and practice in the adoption of sustainable practices is identified, which is aggravated by the lack of knowledge in specific developing countries’ context. …”
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Differences Between Amblyopic and Fellow Eyes in Optical Coherence Tomography: A Cohort from Jordanian Population by Noor M. Alqudah, Hasan Mohidat, Abdelwahab Aleshawi, Wedad Al-Dolat, Ali Alshami

“…More studies using larger cohorts and longitudinal designs are necessary to improve our knowledge of the pathogenesis of amblyopia and to provide the best possible clinical management approaches.…”
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Hope Speech Detection Using Social Media Discourse (Posi-Vox-2024): A Transfer Learning Approach by Muhammad Ahmad, Usman Sardar, Farid Humaira, Ameer Iqra, Muhammad Muzzamil, Ameer Hmaza, Grigori Sidorov, Ildar Batyrshin

“…This work sets new benchmarks for multilingual hope speech detection, advancing existing knowledge and enabling future research in underrepresented languages. …”
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Nursing and Midwifery Students’ Satisfaction with Their Clinical Rotation Experience: The Role of the Clinical Learning Environment by Alhassan Basour Adam, Andrew Adjei Druye, Akwasi Kumi-Kyereme, Wahab Osman, Afizu Alhassan

“…The clinical learning environment and clinical rotation experience of students are integral to nursing curriculum and are a crucial component of nursing education which helps transform theoretical knowledge to clinical practical skills. Objective. …”
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Machine Learning Based Method for Insurance Fraud Detection on Class Imbalance Datasets With Missing Values by Ahmed A. Khalil, Zaiming Liu, Ahmed Fathalla, Ahmed Ali, Ahmad Salah

“…Moreover, we proposed the first overfitting analysis for insurance fraud classifiers, to our knowledge. The obtained results outline that addressing the class imbalance in the insurance fraud detection dataset has a significant positive effect on the performance of the predictive model, while addressing the problem of missing values has a slight effect. …”
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Redox proteomics reveal a role for peroxiredoxinylation in stress protection by Gerhard Seisenbacher, Zrinka Raguz Nakic, Eva Borràs, Eduard Sabidó, Uwe Sauer, Eulalia de Nadal, Francesc Posas

“…Despite the profound structural and functional knowledge of peroxiredoxins action, information on how the different functions are concerted is still scarce. …”
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Mendelian Susceptibility to Mycobacterial Diseases (MSMD) in a 13-Year-Old Ethiopian Girl with Autosomal Dominant Interferon Gamma Receptor 1(IFN-γ R1) Defect: A Clinical Diagnosti... by Netsanet Azene Gebeyehu, Solomie Jebessa Deribessa, Freeman Alexandra, Messay Tesfaye Demissie, W Mihretu Gebre, Aklilu Melaku Gebremariam, Dagmawit Mitiku Engliz, Tizita Yosef Kidane, Lidya Million Bekele, Abate Yeshidinber Weldetsadik

“…Conclusion. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first case report of Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial diseases secondary to interferon gamma receptor 1(IFNG-R1) defect in Ethiopia. …”
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No Modulatory Effects when Stimulating the Right Inferior Frontal Gyrus with Continuous 6 Hz tACS and tRNS on Response Inhibition: A Behavioral Study by Hannah Brauer, Navah Ester Kadish, Anya Pedersen, Michael Siniatchkin, Vera Moliadze

“…Sharing negative findings will have (1) positive impact on future research questions and study design and will improve (2) knowledge acquisition of noninvasive transcranial brain stimulation techniques.…”
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Serological Evidence and Coexposure of Selected Infections among Livestock Slaughtered at Eastern Cape Abattoirs in South Africa by K. D. Mazwi, F. B. Kolo, I. F. Jaja, R. P. Bokaba, Y. B. Ngoshe, A. Hassim, L. Neves, H. van Heerden

“…The AMOS-PCR identified B. abortus in cattle and a mixed infection of B. abortus and B. melitensis in sheep in 64.71% seropositive samples. To our knowledge, the coexposure of Brucella spp., T. gondii, and C. burnetii in cattle has not been reported. …”
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