High-intensity focused ultrasound ablation in the treatment of fumarate hydratase-deficient uterine leiomyoma by Luyao Zhang, Zhouzhou Liao, Jianfa Jiang

“…Only 2 patients had solitary uterine leiomyomas, whereas the remaining 8 patients had multiple uterine leiomyomas. The median diameter of the largest myoma was 56 mm (range: 41–99 mm). …”
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Thrombin-Induced Calpain Activation Promotes Protease-Activated Receptor 1 Internalization by Alejandro Alvarez-Arce, Irene Lee-Rivera, Edith López, Arturo Hernández-Cruz, Ana María López-Colomé

“…Calpains are a family of calcium-activated cysteine proteases involved in multiple cellular processes including the internalization of membrane proteins through clathrin-coated vesicles. …”
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The Relationship between Academic History and Audio-Visual History in Lithuania: A Closing of the Gap? by Rūta Šermukšnytė

“…Out of this cooperation between audio-visual communications specialists and historians, there appeared works in Lithuanian audio-visual culture in which, because of the specific nature of cinematic and television methods, "neuralgic" themes in terms of historical consciousness were actualized (popularized), single-sided assessments of the past were rejected, and a history "open" to multiple viewpoints and to corrections in the future was created, thus demonstrating the problematic nature of history and more closely approaching the status of a scientific reconstruction. …”
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Quantifying soil surface erosion by Philippe, Pierre, Benahmed, Nadia

“…It is therefore essential to be able to predict future soil removal rates at multiple scales, in order to anticipate or mitigate their impacts. …”
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Variations in the Urinary Iodine Concentration and Urinary Iodine/Creatinine Ratio among Preschool Children by Dong An, Rui Yang, Yuping Du, Xuan Wang, Ying Yang, Wenxing Guo, Junhong Yang, Dongmei Meng, Weiwei Gao, Jiayi Zhang, Wen Chen, Wanqi Zhang

“…The UIC (P < 0.001) and urinary iodine/creatinine ratio (P = 0.019) of multiple measurements were significantly different. …”
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Promoting quality education through blended learning during and post COVID-19 pandemic by De-Graft Johnson Dei

“…Findings – The study established that COVID-19 had a devastating effect on tertiary institutions; multiple technological and open-sourced systems were deployed for teaching and learning; blended learning was adopted to augment the traditional face-to-face mode of teaching and learning due to its ease of use, usefulness and accessibility as it was used for quizzes and assignments, accessing lecture notes, among others. …”
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A novel conceptual model for Dansgaard–Oeschger event dynamics based on ice-core data by J. O. Melcher, S. Halkjær, P. Ditlevsen, P. L. Langen, G. Vettoretti, S. O. Rasmussen

“…Such events are difficult to model adequately due to their variable durations (some lasting around 1 century, while others span multiple millennia) and the occurrence of short precursor events that precede longer DO events despite similar boundary climate conditions. …”
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Production asymmetry of ντ neutrinos and ν ¯ τ $$ {\overline{\nu}}_{\tau } $$ antineutrinos from a fixed target experiment SHiP by Rafał Maciuła, Antoni Szczurek, Jakub Zaremba, Izabela Babiarz

“…The τ decays are simulated with the help of the Tauola code and include multiple decay channels of τ in amounts proportional to their branching ratios. …”
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Patient-reported outcome improvements following scalp hair regrowth among patients with Alopecia Areata: analysis of the ALLEGRO-2b/3 trial by Ernest H. Law, Kent A. Hanson, Matthew Harries, Dane Korver, Bintu Sherif, Costel Chirila

“…Across 6 PROs assessing multiple AA-related health domains, response proportions and mean changes from baseline were estimated for Weeks 24–48.Results: Among 650 included participants, 114 (17.5%) were SALT20 responders, of which 76 (11.7%) were also SALT10 responders. …”
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Multiscale Performance of Global Blended Satellite Precipitation Products Over Taiwan by Liping Wang, Haonan Chen, Zhe Li

“…The precipitation estimates produced from the operational Quantitative Precipitation Estimation and Segregation Using Multiple Sensors (QPESUMS) system are employed as ground-based reference data, and various statistical metrics are calculated against this reference grid by grid to evaluate the performance of CMORPH and IMERG at yearly, seasonal and daily scales. …”
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Robust Identification of Vegetation Change Using Shapelet-Based Temporal Segmentation of Landsat Time-Series Stacks: A Case Study in the Qilian Mountains by Lipeng Jiao, Randolph H. Wynne

“…Then, an iterative shapelet searching algorithm is performed on each given time series trajectory to filter out all atypical subseries. Finally, a multiple-spectral-index-based thresholding method is developed to measure the difference in spectral indices&#x0027; statistical values between atypical and typical (stable) subseries. …”
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Process Assessment of Fencer's Parents within the scope of the Covid-19 Normalization Steps by Yusuf Barsbuğa

“…The survey form, which was drawn up by the researcher by taking expert opinion, consisting of a total of nine questions, and devised to learn the opinions of the participants on the subject matter of the study, includes multiple-choice and open-ended question types. In this study conducted in collaboration with the Turkish Fencing Federation, the respondents answered the questionnaire online via the website of the respective federation and took part in the study voluntarily. …”
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Development of a Combined 2D-MGD TLC/HPTLC Method for the Separation of Terpinen-4-ol and α-Terpineol from Tea Tree, <i>Melaleuca alternifolia</i>, Essential Oil by Aimé Vázquez, Nurhayat Tabanca

“…Thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and high-performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC) offer a simpler, faster, cost-effective alternative capable of simultaneously analyzing and quantifying multiple samples. In addition, for more complex oils, two-dimensional (2D) or multigradient development (MGD) TLC provide better separation. …”
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The impact of Cochrane Reviews that apply network meta-analysis in clinical guidelines: A systematic review. by Sarah Donegan, James Connor, Zarko Alfirevic, Catrin Tudur-Smith

“…Network meta-analysis (NMA) can be used to combine the results of studies to compare multiple treatments, which is advantageous over pair-wise meta-analysis (PW-MA) that compares two treatments. …”
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Experimental Investigation on Propagation Behavior of Hydraulic Fractures in Coal Seam during Refracturing by Xun Sun, Shicheng Zhang, Xinfang Ma, Yushi Zou, Guanyu Lin

“…Experimental results showed three different types of HF initiation and propagation during refracturing: (1) under low horizontal stress differences (0-2 MPa), HF propagated along the cleats, and no new HFs were formed on the walls of the initial HFs regardless of changes in the horizontal stress; (2) under high horizontal stress differences (4–8 MPa) with no stress inversion, a major HF was initiated parallel to the orientation of maximum horizontal stress during initial fracturing; new branches propagated along cleats in the orientation of the minimum horizontal stress during refracturing; and (3) under high horizontal stress differences (4–8 MPa) with maximum and minimum horizontal stress inversions, the main HF formed along the orientation of the maximum horizontal stress, and a new HF perpendicular to the initial HF was formed during refracturing. Multiple factors affect fracture morphology during refracturing. …”
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Patients' perceived needs of osteoarthritis health information: A systematic scoping review. by Louisa Chou, Lisa Ellis, Michelle Papandony, K L Maheeka D Seneviwickrama, Flavia M Cicuttini, Kaye Sullivan, Andrew J Teichtahl, Yuanyuan Wang, Andrew M Briggs, Anita E Wluka

“…Also, patients wanted this information to be delivered in a clear manner from multiple sources of health information. To address these gaps, more effective communication strategies are required. …”
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Study on the Effect of Surface Roughness on the Spectral Unmixing of Mixed Pixels by Haonan Zhang, Xingping Wen, Junlong Xu, Dayou Luo, Ping He

“…In other words, when the surface roughness of the sample is controlled within a specific range, the effect of roughness on the unmixing accuracy of the mixed pixels is small, and this effect can be almost ignored. Multiple scattering within the pixels is the key to model selection and unmixing accuracy, when using the ASD FieldSpec3 spectrometer to perform spectral reflectance measurement and linear spectral unmixing experiments. …”
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Acceptor engineering of quinone-based cycloparaphenylenes via post-synthesis for achieving white-light emission in single-molecule by Xiaonan Li, Lin Liu, Luyang Jia, Zhe Lian, Jing He, Shengzhu Guo, Ying Wang, Xuebo Chen, Hua Jiang

“…Abstract Developing donor-acceptor [n]cycloparaphenylenes (D-A [n]CPPs) with multiple emissions from different emissive states remains challenging yet crucial for achieving white-light emission in single-molecule. …”
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Comparing rates and characteristics of emergency department presentations related to pharmaceutical opioid poisoning in Australia: a study protocol for a retrospective observationa... by Dan I Lubman, Suzanne Nielsen, Tina Lam, Janneke Berecki-Gisolf, Jane Hayman, Paul Sanfilippo

“…We will calculate supply-adjusted rates of presentations using Poisson regression for all pharmaceutical opioid cases identified, separately for nine commonly prescribed pharmaceutical opioids (buprenorphine, codeine, fentanyl, methadone, morphine, oxycodone, oxycodone-naloxone, tapentadol, tramadol), and for a multiple opioid category. We will use multinomial logistic regression to compare demographic and clinical characteristics, such as triage category, across opioid types.Ethics and dissemination This work is conducted under approval 21427 from the Monash University Human Research Ethics Committee for ongoing injury surveillance. …”
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A single-cell atlas of the Culex tarsalis midgut during West Nile virus infection. by Emily A Fitzmeyer, Taru S Dutt, Silvain Pinaud, Barb Graham, Emily N Gallichotte, Jessica L Hill, Corey L Campbell, Hunter Ogg, Virginia Howick, Mara K N Lawniczak, Erin Osborne Nishimura, Sarah Hélène Merkling, Marcela Henao-Tamayo, Gregory D Ebel

“…We performed single-cell RNA sequencing on Cx. tarsalis midguts, defined multiple cell types, and determined whether specific cell types are more permissive to WNV infection. …”
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