Deep Learning for Predicting Spheroid Viability: Novel Convolutional Neural Network Model for Automating Quality Control for Three-Dimensional Bioprinting by Zyva A. Sheikh, Oliver Clarke, Amatullah Mir, Narutoshi Hibino

“…However, current viability assays are time-consuming, labor-intensive, require specialized training, or are subject to human bias. In this study, we build a convolutional neural network (CNN) model to efficiently and accurately predict spheroid viability, using a phase-contrast image of a spheroid as its input. …”
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Consensus Based Indian Guidelines for the Management of Pemphigus Vulgaris and Pemphigus Foliaceous by Dipankar De, Hitaishi Mehta, Shikha Shah, Kidangazhiathmana Ajithkumar, Shyamanta Barua, Laxmisha Chandrashekar, Manas Chatterjee, Vishal Gupta, Sujay Khandpur, Geeti Khullar, Seetharam Anjaneyulu Kolalapudi, Sheetanshu Kumar, Shekhar Neema, Deepika Pandhi, Shital Poojary, Reena Rai, Murlidhar Rajagopalan, Raghavendra Rao, Bela Shah, Archana Singal, Vishal Thakur, Keshavamurthy Vinay, Ashutosh Aggrawal, Arka De, Soham Mukherjee, Shankar Prinja, Rahul Mahajan, Sanjeev Handa

“…Areas with limited evidence or anticipated variation in recommendations were subjected to rounds of voting, with responses categorized as “strongly agree,” “agree,” “neutral,” “disagree,” or “strongly disagree.” …”
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Diversity across Seasons of Culturable Pseudomonas from a Desiccation Lagoon in Cuatro Cienegas, Mexico by Alejandra Rodríguez-Verdugo, Valeria Souza, Luis E. Eguiarte, Ana E. Escalante

“…Cuatro Cienegas basin (CCB) is a biodiversity reservoir within the Chihuahuan desert that includes several water systems subject to marked seasonality. While several studies have focused on biodiversity inventories, this is the first study that describes seasonal changes in diversity within the basin. …”
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Self-advocacy positive perceptions and stage experiences in patients who had a stroke: a qualitative study in China by Shanshan Wang, Zhen-Xiang Zhang, Yong-Xia Mei, Chunhui Zhang, Bei-lei Lin, Hu Jiang, Xiaoxuan Wang, Zhixin Zhao

“…Three themes of positive perceptions were extracted: ‘accept the facts of illness while maintaining inner integrity’ with three subthemes (disease cognition, firm faith and positive attitude); ‘clarify one’s own needs and strive for them’ with four subthemes (self-care knowledge, effective communication, independent decision-making and power from relation); ‘enhancing subjective initiative and maintaining healthy behaviours’ with three subthemes (active participant in disease management, increased treatment compliance and increased initiative in rehabilitation exercises). …”
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Tryptophan as a biomarker of pregnancy-related immune expression and modulation: an integrative review by Stephanie Prescott, Stephanie Prescott, Natasa Billeci, Melissa Gotcher, Sapna Patel, Addison Almon, Hailey Morgan, Danielle Abukhalaf, Maureen Groer

“…We included original human subject research on maternal serum TRP, published in English within the last five years. …”
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Development of Semi-Static Steam Process for the Production of Sludge-Based Adsorbents by Yehya A. El-Sayed, Kevin F. Loughlin, Saeed ur Rehman, Dana Abouelnasr, Isam Al-Zubaidy

“…The activated sample is subjected to acid treatment. Other SBA samples are also prepared at the same temperatures using a conventional method in the presence of external flow of nitrogen gas. …”
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Structural and vascular assessment of the optic nerve head and macula in chronic Chagas disease by Cristiana L. M. Agra, Camila V. Ventura, Letícia D. da Fonte, Marcela R. V. Oliveira, Marília Leal, Maria Elisa L. S. M. Assunção, Maria da Glória A. M. Cavalcanti, Silvia M. M. Alves, Ana Karine Soares, Liana O. Ventura, Tiago S. Prata

“…Nineteen patients with CD and 19 healthy subjects were evaluated with optical coherence tomography, optical coherence tomography angiography, and Laguna ONhE® software. …”
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Vinegar Consumption Increases Insulin-Stimulated Glucose Uptake by the Forearm Muscle in Humans with Type 2 Diabetes by Panayota Mitrou, Eleni Petsiou, Emilia Papakonstantinou, Eirini Maratou, Vaia Lambadiari, Panayiotis Dimitriadis, Filio Spanoudi, Sotirios A. Raptis, George Dimitriadis

“…Materials and Methods. Eleven subjects with DM2 consumed vinegar or placebo (at random order on two separate days, a week apart), before a mixed meal. …”
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Experiment on Mine Ground Pressure of Stiff Coal-Pillar Entry Retaining under the Activation Condition of Hard Roof by Wen-long Shen, Wen-bing Guo, Hua Nan, Chun Wang, Yi Tan, Fa-qiang Su

“…Influenced by mining abutment stress and dynamic stress (the vibration signal) induced from the hard roof activation, the retained entry may be subjected to roof separation, supporting body failure, severe floor heave, and even roof collapse. …”
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Frontal Pole, Cingulate Gyrus, and Precuneus Cortex Represent the Confidence Level in Prediction of Other's Risky Decision-Making. by Ahmad Shoaa Haghighi, Soroush Safari, Elahe Oloumi, Hadis Jameei, Gholam Ali Hossein Zadeh, Abdol-Hossein Vahabie

“…Conclusion: These key findings suggest that the brain's activities can represent subjects’ confidence level in predicting risky behaviors and show how metacognition in the theory of mind for prediction of others’ choices is represented in the brain’s activity. …”
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A normal electrocardiogram indicates a better prognosis in patients with moderate to very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by Martina Kulirova, Miroslav Solar, Michal Kopecky, Barbora Novotna, Marek Plutinsky, Kristian Brat, Libor Fila, Petr Vanik, Pavlina Musilova, Tomas Dvorak, Petr Safranek, Michal Svoboda, Vladimir Koblizek

“…The primary endpoint was 5-year overall survival depending on the ECG findings. A total of 300 subjects were enrolled in the study and 143 died during follow-up. …”
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Brain Responses during the Anticipation of Dyspnea by M. Cornelia Stoeckel, Roland W. Esser, Matthias Gamer, Christian Büchel, Andreas von Leupoldt

“…We induced dyspnea using resistive-load breathing in healthy subjects during functional magnetic resonance imaging. …”
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Primary Thyroid Disorders in Patients with Endogenous Hypercortisolism: An Observational Study by Eda Demir Onal, Muhammed Sacikara, Fatma Saglam, Reyhan Ersoy, Bekir Cakir

“…Thyroid ultrasonography (USG), basal thyroid function test results (TFT), and antithyroglobulin and antithyroperoxidase antibodies were analyzed. In 80 control subjects, matched by age and gender with CS patients, thyroid USG, TFTs, and autoantibody panel were obtained. …”
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Detection Performance of 99mTc in Albira SI Small-Animal SPECT-CT by Jie TANG, Dong XU, Qianyue HU, Bo ZHANG, Wei LI, Lizhen WANG, Huixin YU, Fukuan ZHAO

“…This study aims to evaluate the performance of Albira SI SPECT-CT in terms of advisable test range，linearity，stability，deviation of measurement results，related to the radioactive isotope 99mTc，and to explore the authenticity and reliability of the scan results.The Albira SI SPECT-CT was subjected to quarterly quality control using the clinically commonly used single-photon radionuclide 99mTc. …”
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TSH Levels in Subclinical Hypothyroidism in the 97.5th Percentile of the Population by Laura Pérez-Campos Mayoral, María Teresa Hernández-Huerta, Gabriel Mayoral-Andrade, Eduardo Pérez-Campos Mayoral, Edgar Zenteno, Ruth Martínez-Cruz, Héctor Martínez Ruíz, Margarito Martínez Cruz, Alma Dolores Pérez Santiago, Eduardo Pérez-Campos

“…We have written a selective nonsystematic review focused on the 97.5 percentile reference value reported in healthy subjects in a number of countries and observed important disparities, which partly show the challenge of identifying a single cutoff point for those patients needing medication. …”
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Formation and persistence of glaciovolcanic voids explored with analytical and numerical models by Tryggvi Unnsteinsson, Gwenn E. Flowers, Glyn Williams-Jones

“…These glaciovolcanic interactions can melt voids into glaciers, and are subject to controls exerted by ice dynamics and geothermal heat output. …”
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Research on digital twin modeling method for combustion process based on model reduction by Yue Zhang, Jiale Li

“…Subsequently, cross-sectional data from burner nozzle positions at each operating condition are extracted. These data are subjected to Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD), Spectral Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (SPOD), and Wavelet Transform-POD (WT-POD) for dimensionality reduction to obtain modal data. …”
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Cement Removal from the Femur Using the ROBODOC System in Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty by Mitsuyoshi Yamamura, Nobuo Nakamura, Hidenobu Miki, Takashi Nishii, Nobuhiko Sugano

“…Materials and Methods. The subjects comprised 19 patients who underwent revision THA using the ROBODOC system. …”
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Fault Prediction and Recovery Using Machine Learning Techniques and the HTM Algorithm in Vehicular Network Environment by Salah Zidi, Bechir Alaya, Tarek Moulahi, Amal Al-Shargabi, Salim El Khediri

“…These are linked to the properties of network traffic such as flow or latency. They are subject to the process of detecting anomalies and intrusions carried out thanks to the algorithm with HTM. …”
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Cytokine and Chemokine Profile in Individuals with Different Degrees of Periportal Fibrosis due to Schistosoma mansoni Infection by Robson Da Paixão De Souza, Luciana Santos Cardoso, Giuseppe Tittoni Varela Lopes, Maria Cecília F. Almeida, Ricardo Riccio Oliveira, Leda Maria Alcântara, Edgar M. Carvalho, Maria Ilma Araujo

“…The serum levels of IL-13 and MIP-1α were higher in subjects without fibrosis than in those with moderate to severe fibrosis. …”
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