Spontaneous Heterotopic Pregnancy: Dual Case Report and Review of Literature by Annika Chadee, Shadi Rezai, Catherine Kirby, Ekaterina Chadwick, Sri Gottimukkala, Abraham Hamaoui, Vasiliy Stankovich, Theodore Hale, Hamid Gilak, Mohammad Momtaz, Harvey Sasken, Cassandra E. Henderson

“…Most commonly, heterotopic pregnancy is diagnosed at the time of rupture when surgical management is required. Case. This paper represents two cases of heterotopic pregnancies as well as a literature review. …”
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<i>Lilium candidum</i> Extract Loaded in Alginate Hydrogel Beads for Chronic Wound Healing by Ioana Bâldea, Maria-Loredana Soran, Adina Stegarescu, Ocsana Opriș, Irina Kacso, Septimiu Tripon, Alexandra Adascalitei, Iulian George Fericel, Roxana Decea, Ildiko Lung

“…Smart wound dressings that provide a controlled drug release can significantly improve the healing process. In this paper, alginate beads with white lily leaf extract were prepared and tested for chronic wound healing. …”
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Research on Operation Characteristics and Safety Risk Forecast of Bus Driven by Multisource Forewarning Data by Shejun Deng, Hongru Yu, Caoye Lu

“…The probability of driving forewarning during flat peak hours is 15% higher than that during low peak hours and about 10% lower than that during peak hours. This paper realized for the first time the use of real forewarning data of buses in the full time, the whole region, and full cycle to carry out research. …”
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Identification and Prediction of Allo-Source Overpressure Caused by Vertical Transfer: Example from an HTHP Gas Reservoir in the Ledong Slope in the Yinggehai Basin by Caiwei Fan, Changgui Xu, Chao Li, Aiqun Liu, Hu Li, Jingxian Hou, Xiaoying Zhang, Bin Lu, Jun Li

“…Determining the overpressure mechanisms and predicting the pore pressure are key issues for natural gas exploration and development in the Ledong Slope. In this paper, overpressure mechanisms were investigated according to the analysis of vertical effective stress-logging responses and geological evaluations, and the pore pressure was predicted using the Bowers method. …”
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Disorders of Adipose Tissue and Lipodystrophies: Causes, Consequences, and Treatment Perspectives by Rosińska Kamila Rosińska, Ewelina Justyna Janicka, Julia Natalia Skibicka, Monika Niedźwiedzka, Mateusz Rosiński

“…This condition is associated with metabolic complications such as insulin resistance, diabetes, hypertriglyceridemia, and liver steatosis. The paper discusses the classification of lipodystrophies by etiology and fat loss extent, including generalized and partial forms, both congenital and acquired. …”
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Graphene-metal sulfide composite based gas sensors for environmental sustainability: A review by Deepak Balram, Kuang-Yow Lian, Neethu Sebastian, Vineet Kumar, Virendra Kumar Yadav, Ashish Patel, Kulvinder Singh

“…In this modern era, maintaining a sustainable environment is pivotal and hence, a detailed review on gas sensors for quantification of toxic environmental pollutants is critical. In this paper, an extensive review on advancements in gas sensors developed using graphene-metal sulfide composites is discussed. …”
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Nursing of a patient with diabetic peripheral vascular disease complicated with post-herpetic neuralgia (1例糖尿病性周围血管病合并带状疱疹后遗神经痛患者的护理体会)... by SUN Lei (孙磊), WANG Cuiying (王翠英), ZHANG Xiangju (张香菊), SHEN Hui (申慧), ZHI Hui (智慧), WANG Yutao (王玉涛), TANG Ling (唐玲)

“…This paper reviewed the analgesic treatment and nursing for a patient with diabetic peripheral vascular disease complicated with post-herpetic neuralgia. …”
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Age-Related Yield of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells Bearing the Low-Affinity Nerve Growth Factor Receptor by Raquel Cuevas-Diaz Duran, Maria Teresa González-Garza, Alejandro Cardenas-Lopez, Luis Chavez-Castilla, Delia Elva Cruz-Vega, Jorge E. Moreno-Cuevas

“…Adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) are a heterogeneous cell population that may be enriched by positive selection with antibodies against the low-affinity nerve growth factor receptor (LNGFR or CD271), yielding a selective cell universe with higher proliferation and differentiation potential. This paper addresses the need for determining the quantity of ADSCs positive for the CD271 receptor and its correlation with donor's age. …”
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Urdu Handwritten Characters Data Visualization and Recognition Using Distributed Stochastic Neighborhood Embedding and Deep Network by Mujtaba Husnain, Malik Muhammad Saad Missen, Shahzad Mumtaz, Dost Muhammad Khan, Mickäel Coustaty, Muhammad Muzzamil Luqman, Jean-Marc Ogier, Hizbullah Khattak, Sikandar Ali, Ali Samad

“…In this paper, we make use of the 2-dimensional data obtained through t-Stochastic Neighborhood Embedding (t-SNE) when applied on high-dimensional data of Urdu handwritten characters and numerals. …”
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Failure Behavior and Energy Storage and Release of Hard Coal under Different Static and Dynamic Loading States by XianJie Hao, GuangYao Pan, Chaoxing Ma, Yingnan Wei, Zeyu Chen

“…The study of the energy accumulation and rate of release in hard coal under dynamic, static, and coupled dynamic-static loading and its failure mode is of significance when studying the mechanism underpinning coal mine dynamic disasters such as rock burst, coal, and gas outburst. In this paper, four experimental methods (uniaxial compression, Brazilian splitting, and coupled dynamic-static tensile and coupled dynamic-static compression) were used to analyze the energy accumulation, energy rate of release, and failure modes of this type of hard coal under different loading conditions. …”
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Моделі самоорганізації колективу однорідних безпілотних літальних апаратів при рішенні слабоформалізованих завдань... by А.В. Тристан, Д.І. Жуков

“…The basis for writing a scientific paper is the tendency to constantly increase the relevance of UAVs due to their efficiency and feasibility, as well as the constant development of artificial intelligence and information technology. …”
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Evaluating level of adherence to nicotine replacement therapy and its impact on smoking cessation: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis by Michelle Bovill, Gillian Sandra Gould, Amanual Getnet Mersha, Parivash Eftekhari, Daniel Nigusse Tollosa

“…Introduction Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) has proven effective for smoking cessation in clinical trials, however it was found less effective in population-based studies, potentially due to inconsistent or incorrect use of NRT. The aim of this paper is to describe a systematic review protocol to evaluate level of adherence to NRT; the discrepancy of adherence to NRT in clinical and population-based studies and degree of association between level of adherence and success of smoking cessation.Methods and analysis Literature search will use five databases (Medline, Scopus, Embase, CINAHL and PsycINFO). …”
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Recognition of Petroleum Origin in the Northern Piedmont Belt of Turpan-Hami Basin and Its Significance by Bin Hao, Zhanlong Yang, Jing Zhang, Shuangwen Li, Lihua Wei, Jianglong Shi, Zaiguang Li, Jun Yao, Xiaopeng Huang, Qingpeng Wu

“…Taking the reservoirs of the northern piedmont belt as an example, this paper analyzed oil sources by the geochemical characteristic comparison of inclusions, crude oil, and source rocks. …”
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Biological Activities and Nutraceutical Potentials of Water Extracts from Different Parts of Cynomorium Coccineum L. (Maltese Mushroom) by Zucca Paolo, Argiolas Antonio, Nieddu Mariella, Pintus Manuela, Rosa Antonella, Sanna Fabrizio, Steri Daniela, Rescigno Antonio

“…Maltese Mushroom (Cynomorium coccineum L.) is a non-photosynthetic plant that has been used in traditional medicine for many centuries. In this paper, water extracts from the whole plant, external layer and peeled plant were studied to determine the main components responsible for its biological activities, i.e., its antimicrobial, antioxidant, and anti-tyrosinase activities; its cytotoxicity against mouse melanoma B16F10 cells; and its pro-erectile activity in adult male rats. …”
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Humpty Dumpty and High-Risk AI Systems: The Ratione Materiae Dimension of the Proposal for an EU Artificial Intelligence Act by Jérôme De Cooman

“…In addition, the European Commission’s White Paper on AI already called for a regulatory framework that should concentrate on a riskbased approach to AI regulation that minimises potential material and immaterial harms. …”
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An Adaptive Finite Resolution Selection Scheme for RIS Assisted NOMA Networks by Shady M. Ibraheem, Mona Shokair, Mohamed E. Nasr, Nancy Alshaer

“…Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) and reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) have recently been recognized as innovative technologies for future beyond fifth generation (B5G) wireless networks due to their ability to improve the spectral efficiency and the wireless propagation properties, respectively. This paper presents an integration between RIS and NOMA to communicate with distant vehicular users. …”
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Agent based modelling of blood borne viruses: a scoping review by Seun Ale, Elizabeth Hunter, John D. Kelleher

“…To analyse this corpus of 88 papers, we developed a five-level taxonomy that categorised each paper based first on disease type, then transmission mechanism, then modelled population, then geographic location and finally, model outcome. …”
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Inclusion of diabetic retinopathy screening strategies in national-level diabetes care planning in low-income and middle-income settings: protocol for a scoping review by Tunde Peto, Nathan Congdon, Katie Curran, Prabhath Piyasena, Lisa Duke, Belma Malanda

“…Epidemiological studies suggest that the incidence of sight-threatening DR is decreasing in high-income countries due to improved treatments and management of DM; however, these trends are not replicated in LMICs. In this paper, we outline a scoping review protocol that aims to identify which LMICs have included DR in their national DM, non-communicable disease or prevention of blindness plans. …”
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Sudden cardiac death after acute myocarditis with arrhythmic presentation: hunting for risk predictors − a systematic review and meta-analysis by Massimo Imazio, Valentino Collini, Maria Lucia Narducci, Federico Ballacci, Federica Giordano

“…The aim of the present paper is to report the incidence of major arrhythmic events, defined as sustained VA, SCD and appropriate implantable cardiac-defibrillator (ICD) treatment, in patients with acute myocarditis and ventricular arrhythmic phenotype.Methods We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines to evaluate studies reporting long-term outcomes in patients with acute myocarditis and arrhythmic presentation. …”
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Specialized pediatric palliative care in Italy: where are we going? The Palliped 2022–2023 study by Franca Benini, Anna Mercante, Sara Di Nunzio, Simonetta Papa, the PalliPed 2022-2023 Working Group

“…Abstract Background The PalliPed project is a nationwide, observational, cross-sectional study designed with the aim of providing a constantly updated national database for the census and monitoring of specialized pediatric palliative care (PPC) activities in Italy. This paper presents the results of the first monitoring phase of the PalliPed project, which was developed through the PalliPed 2022–2023 study, to update current knowledge on the provision of specialized PPC services in Italy. …”
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