Comparative evaluation of APRI and MELD scores in the prediction of complications of chronic hepatitis in patients infected with hepatitis B or C viruses in Lubumbashi, democratic... by Arsène Kabamba-Tshikongo, Adolphe Baleebenga, Bernard Kalunga-Tompa, Claude Mwamba-Mulumba, Henry Manya-Mboni, Cedrick Mutombo-Shakalenga, Pierrot Mwamba-Tshilumba, Sébastien Bontems, Géraldine Dessilly, Benoît Kabamba-Mukadi, Albert Longanga-Otshudi

“…They are inexpensive and non-invasive. Many patients suffer from viral hepatitis B or C in the Democratic Republic of Congo. …”
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QTFN: A General End-to-End Time-Frequency Network to Reveal the Time-Varying Signatures of the Time Series by Tao Chen, Yang Jiao, Lei Xie, Hongye Su

“…Quadratic Time-Frequency Distribution (TFD) provides a powerful tool to analyze these data. However, they suffer from Cross-Term (CT) issues that impair the readability of TFDs. …”
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A Tractor Work Position Prediction Method Based on CNN-BiLSTM Under GNSS Signal Denial by Yangming Hu, Liyou Xu, Xianghai Yan, Ningjie Chang, Qigang Wan, Yiwei Wu

“…In farmland environments where GNSS signals are obstructed, such as forested areas or in adverse weather conditions, traditional GNSS/INS integrated navigation systems suffer from positioning errors and instability. To address this, a model-assisted integrated navigation system is proposed, combining Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) and Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory (BiLSTM) networks. …”
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Improving ferroptosis-mediated immunotherapy for colorectal cancer through lysosome-targeted photodynamic therapy by Zhian Chen, Yutong Wang, Zhenhao Li, Meijuan Chen, Yingshi Li, Chuyue Lu, Zhenyu Lin, Hua Zheng, Lujia Chen, Qianbing Zhang

“…Subsequently, the cancer cells were suffered from ferroptosis through triggering cell-intrinsic Fenton chemistry and mitochondrial dysfunction, which would release damage-associated molecular pattern molecules (DAMPs) to induce immunogenic cell death and remodel immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment. …”
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ANTERIOR TALOFIBULAR LIGAMENT (ATFL) RECONSRUCTION WITH MODIFIED BROSTROM-GOULD TECHNIQUE USING FIBER WIRE by Andre Triadi Desnantyo, Mouli Edward, Asyumaredha Asyumaredha

“…Case: We reported 2 cases, male 21 years old and female 15 years old, both of them suffered from anterior talofibular ligament rupture, with AOFAS score fair (below 80 point) from the MRI there is rupture of ATFL. …”
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An Ultrafast Image Simulation Technique with Spatially Variable Point-spread Functions by Zeyu Bai, Peng Jia, Jiameng Lv, Xiang Zhang, Wennan Xiang, Lin Nie

“…Although widely used, these approaches suffer from slow convolution processes and reduced image fidelity due to abrupt PSF transitions between different patches. …”
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Brown-McLean syndrome secondary keratoconus by Qi Wan, Li Chen, Ran Wei, Ying-ping Deng, Ke Ma, Jing Tang

“…Notably, there was no history of ocular surgery or trauma, and the patient did not suffer from any systemic diseases. Clinical examination revealed peripheral corneal edema, extending 2–4 mm from the limbus, exclusively affecting the right eye. …”
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IDHOCNET: A Novel ID Centric Architecture for Ad Hoc Networks by Shahrukh Khalid, Athar Mahboob, Choudhry Fahad Azim, Aqeel Ur Rehman

“…Due to this fact, ad hoc networks suffer from additional problems like IP address autoconfiguration, service provisioning, efficient bandwidth utilization, and node identification. …”
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Fast, super‐resolution sparse inverse synthetic aperture radar imaging via continuous compressive sensing by Lv Mingjiu, Ma Lei, Ma Jianchao, Chen Wenfeng, Yang Jun, Ma Xiaoyan, Cheng Qi

“…Abstract Conventional inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) imaging with sparse aperture usually suffers from high side lobes and wide main lobes, which limit the applications of radar super‐resolution imaging, multi‐target resolution, and cognitive reconfiguration. …”
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Reputation-Based Leader Selection Consensus Algorithm with Rewards for Blockchain Technology by Munir Hussain, Amjad Mehmood, Muhammad Altaf Khan, Rabia Khan, Jaime Lloret

“…Similarly, they also suffer from high latency and low throughput. In this work, we proposed a new consensus algorithm for consortium blockchain for a leader selection using the reputation value of nodes and the voting process to ensure high performance. …”
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Jejunal Diverticulosis Probably Leading to Pylephlebitis of the Superior Mesenteric Vein by Julia Bockmeyer, Stephanie Taha-Mehlitz, Nickolaus Heeren, Stefan Ristic, Jürg Metzger, Jörn-Markus Gass

“…We assumed that the patient had suffered from a self-limiting episode of jejunal diverticulitis leading to septic thrombosis. …”
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JointTracker: Real-time inertial kinematic chain tracking with joint position estimation [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Michael Lorenz, Didier Stricker, Markus Miezal, Gabriele Bleser-Taetz, Bertram Taetz

“…In contrast, inertial motion capture does not suffer from occlusions, thus being a promising approach for capturing motion outside the laboratory. …”
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Diaphragmatic Amyloidosis Causing Respiratory Failure: A Case Report and Review of Literature by Aleksey Novikov, Horatio Holzer, Robert A. DeSimone, Ghaith Abu-Zeinah, David J. Pisapia, Tomer M. Mark, Raymond D. Pastore

“…The patient was diagnosed with and treated for congestive heart failure but continued to suffer from hypercapnic respiratory insufficiency. …”
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Prognostic Value of Microvascular Density in Dukes A and B (T1–T4, N0, M0) Colorectal Carcinomas by Rafael Uribarrena A, Javier Ortego, Javier Fuentes, Nuria Raventós, Pilar Parra, Rafael Uribarrena E

“…Aproximatelly 30% of patients operated on for colorectal cancer (CRC), with an expectedly favourable prognosis (Dukes A-B/T1–T4, N0, M0) suffer recurrence and/or die. Method. In order to determine if tumor microvascular density (MVD) is a prognostic factor in CRC, samples from tumors of 104 Dukes A-B CRC patients were retrospectively studied. …”
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A Consecutive Genome Engineering Method Reveals a New Phenotype and Regulation of Glucose and Glycerol Utilization in Clostridium Pasteurianum by Tom Nguyen, Luca W. G. Meleski, Minu P. Belavatta, Sivasubramanian Gurumoorthi, Chijian Zhang, Anna‐Lena Heins, An‐Ping Zeng

“…ABSTRACT Clostridium pasteurianum is a microorganism for production of 1,3‐propanediol (1,3‐PDO) and butanol, but suffers from lacking genetic tools for metabolic engineering to improve product titers. …”
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Ring Defects Associated with Boron–Oxygen‐Related Degradation in p‐Type Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells by Bruno Vicari Stefani, Moonyong Kim, Matthew Wright, Anastasia Soeriyadi, Ilya Nyapshaev, Konstantin Emtsev, Brett Hallam

“…This contrasts with the high‐temperature passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC) and tunneling oxide passivating contact (TOPCon) architectures, which can suffer from oxygen precipitates that are recombination active and difficult to predict. …”
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Early Identification of Traumatic Durotomy Associated with Atlantooccipital Dislocation May Prevent Retropharyngeal Pseudomeningocele Development by Robert S. Qiu, Mina G. Safain, Max Shutran, Alejandra M. Hernandez, Steven W. Hwang, Ron I. Riesenburger

“…We present the case of a 60-year-old man involved in a motor vehicle accident who suffered an atlantooccipital dislocation and C5-C6 three-column injury. …”
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Predicting Tipping Points in a Family of PWL Systems: Detecting Multistability via Linear Operators Properties by Joaquin Alvarez-gallegos, Sishu Shankar Muni, Hector Gilardi-velázquez, Rıcardo Cuesta-garcía, J. L. Echenausía-monroy

“…The linearized system of the model is analyzed, the stable and unstable manifolds are taken to be real vectors in space, and the changes suffered by these vectors as a result of the modification of the parameter are examined using such simple metrics as the magnitude of a vector or the angle between two vectors in space. …”
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Calcinosis Universalis of the Elbow: A Rare Case with Classical Presentation by Sebastian Philipp Boelch, Thomas Barthel, Sascha Goebel, Maximilian Rudert, Piet Plumhoff

“…The patient, a 24-year-old woman, suffered from a long history of JDM. On examination she presented with a fistula lateral to the olecranon and pain of the right elbow joint. …”
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Control of water for high-yield and low-cost sustainable electrochemical synthesis of uniform monolayer graphene oxide by Jiaqi Guo, Songfeng Pei, Kun Huang, Qing Zhang, Xizhong Zhou, Jinmeng Tong, Zhibo Liu, Hui-Ming Cheng, Wencai Ren

“…Compared to the conventional chemical oxidation methods, water electrolytic oxidation of graphite-intercalation-compound (GIC) shows significant advantages in environmental-friendliness, safety and efficiency, but suffers from non-uniform oxidation, typically ~50 wt.% yield with ~50% monolayers. …”
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