Super-Resolution Reconstruction of Motor Long-Wave Infrared Images Based on Improved USR-Net by Darong Zhu, Ziyan Sun, Fangbin Wang

“…However, current long-wave infrared cameras suffer from relatively low imaging resolution. To overcome this limitation, this paper proposes a super-resolution reconstruction method that emphasizes the restoration of complex edge structures in motor images. …”
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Convolutional neural networks for diabetic retinopathy detection by Darwin Patiño-Pérez, Luis Armijos-Valarezo, Luis Chóez-Acosta, Freddy Burgos-Robalino

“…In contrast, ResNet-18 suffered severe performance degradation, with accuracy dropping from 70% to 26%, while ResNet-50 required extensive tuning to improve its outcomes. …”
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Sildenafil (Viagra) Protective Effects on Neuroinflammation: The Role of iNOS/NO System in an Inflammatory Demyelination Model by Catarina Raposo, Ana Karolina de Santana Nunes, Rayana Leal de Almeida Luna, Shyrlene Meiry da Rocha Araújo, Maria Alice da Cruz-Höfling, Christina Alves Peixoto

“…Sildenafil elevated GSTpi levels and improved the myelin structure/ultrastructure. iNOS−/− mice suffered from severe inflammation following treatment with cuprizone, while WT mice had milder inflammation, as found in the previous study. …”
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Optically Transparent Anionic Nanofibrillar Cellulose Is Cytocompatible with Human Adipose Tissue-Derived Stem Cells and Allows Simple Imaging in 3D by Jonathan J. Sheard, Mesude Bicer, Yiming Meng, Alessia Frigo, Rocío Martínez Aguilar, Thomas M. Vallance, Donata Iandolo, Darius Widera

“…Nevertheless, imaging cells embedded within 3D hydrogels often suffers from low signal-to-noise ratios which can be at least partly attributed to the high light absorbance and light scattering of the hydrogels in the visible light spectrum. …”
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Ground-Target Recognition Method Based on Transfer Learning by Qiuzhan Zhou, Jikang Hu, Huinan Wu, Cong Wang, Pingping Liu, Xinyi Yao

“…However, existing recognition algorithms generally suffer from problems such as the inability to recognize long-distance moving targets and adapt to new environments, as well as low recognition accuracy. …”
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COVID-19 Mortality in a Pediatric Patient with Hemoglobin SC Disease and Alpha-Thalassemia Trait by Joshua E. Motelow, Stacie Kahn, Patrick T. Wilson

“…Despite showing clinical signs of improvement, he became acutely hypoxemic and suffered a cardiac arrest. We believe this to be an unusual case of a pediatric patient with HbSC disease and COVID-19. …”
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A Body‐Temperature‐Triggered In Situ Softening Peripheral Nerve Electrode for Chronic Robust Neuromodulation by Xueyang Ren, Wenjie Tang, Yuehui Yuan, Shisheng Chen, Fangzhou Lu, Jinyang Mao, Jidan Fan, Xufeng Wei, Ming Chu, Benhui Hu

“…However, these mechanically tissue‐like electrodes suffer from unmanageable operating forces, leading to high risks of nerve injury and fragile electrode‐tissue interfaces. …”
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The Impact of Drug Treatment Courts on Recovery: A Systematic Review by Ciska Wittouck, Anne Dekkers, Brice De Ruyver, Wouter Vanderplasschen, Freya Vander Laenen

“…Although substance users suffer from other difficulties than drug use and judicial issues, none of these reviews focused on outcomes or effects of DTCs on drug-related life domains, such as social relationships, employment, or health. …”
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Large Subcapsular Splenic Hematoma with a Large Pancreatic Pseudocyst Was Successfully Treated with Splenic Arterial Embolization and Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Drainage of Pan... by Song Zhang, Fei Liu, Heena Buch, Guifang Xu, Lei Wang

“…We herein report a case of a large subcapsular splenic hematoma with a large pancreatic pseudocyst, which was successfully treated with splenic arterial embolization and ultrasound- (US-) guided percutaneous drainage of pancreatic pseudocyst, for the first time. A 44-year-old male suffered from recurrent abdominal pain for more than two years. …”
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Procoagulant Phospholipids and Tissue Factor Activity in Cerebrospinal Fluid from Patients with Intracerebral Haemorrhage by Patrick Van Dreden, Guy Hue, Jean-François Dreyfus, Barry Woodhams, Marc Vasse

“…Thirty-one patients with no neurological or biochemical abnormalities were used to establish reference range in the CSF (“controls”). Thirty had suffered an ICH, and 51 other neurological diagnoses [12: ventricular drainage following brain surgery, 13: viral meningitis, 15: bacterial meningitis, and 11 a neurodegenerative disease (NDD)]. …”
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Neurotrophic Keratopathy after Trigeminal Nerve Block for Treatment of Postherpetic Neuralgia by Aya Kodama-Takahashi, Koji Sugioka, Tomoko Sato, Koichi Nishida, Keiichi Aomatsu, Masahiko Fukuda, Yoshikazu Shimomura

“…A 75-year-old female had suffered from postherpetic neuralgia for 8 years. She underwent Gasserian ganglion block surgery and noticed declining visual acuity in the right eye on the following day. …”
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Diagnosis of the vegetation cover in the wetlands of La Caimanera Swamp, Colombia and Casitas Wetland, Mexico by means of Landsat and Sentinel-2A images during last four decades by Gastón Ballut-Dajud, Erick Arturo Betanzo-Torres, Luis Carlos Sandoval Herazo

“…Finally, it can be said that the mangrove area is preserved and has not suffered significant damage from human activities.…”
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Physicochemical and Vibration Analysis of Christmas Tree Four-Way Flange Failure under Fracturing Process by Zhaoming Zhou, Dawen Gong, Kelong Yang, Zhong Zeng, Zhou Xiao

“…When a wellhead gas production tree in a certain oilfield block fracturing completed 12 layers and 22 layers and then the bottom-up discharge operation was performed, the Wellhead four-way suddenly suffered erosion failure. This is the seventh failure of this operation. …”
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Characteristics of bullying in ninth grade adolescents. Abreus, Cienfuegos, 2021-2022 by Marioly Ruiz Hernandez, Honey Turiño Matamoros, Yanara Calzada Urquiola, Laura Magda López Angulo, Daniela de la Caridad Cedeño Díaz

“…<p><strong>Foundation</strong>: adolescents who suffer from bullying are a cause for concern for global public health. …”
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Adrenal Insufficiency in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)-Infected Patients without Preexisting Adrenal Diseases: A Systematic Literature Review by Mehrbod Vakhshoori, Maryam Heidarpour, Niloofar Bondariyan, Niyousha Sadeghpour, Zohreh Mousavi

“…We collected relevant published peer-reviewed studies that reported AI occurrence in patients who suffered from COVID-19. Results. A total of 10 records (cross-sectional studies: 3, N = 256, males: 176 (68.7%), and case reports: 7, N = 7, males: 4 (57.1%)) were recruited. …”
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The Effects of Action Observation Speed on Motor Function in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain: From Observation to Execution by Mónica Grande-Alonso, Manuel Estradera-Bel, Carlos Forner-Álvarez, Ferran Cuenca-Martínez, Celia Vidal-Quevedo, Alba Paris-Alemany, Roy La Touche

“…This was consistent across both NSCLBP sufferers and asymptomatic subjects, indicating that the action observation (AO) speed directly influenced the execution speeds of lumbar flexion and TUG test movements. …”
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Effect of Educational Intervention Program on Self-Efficacy of Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in South-East, Nigeria. by Okafor, Christiana Nkiru, Onyenekwe, Chinedu Charles, Okonkwo, Uchenna Prosper, Umunnah, Joseph Onuuwa, Okoro, Chukwuemeka Chukwubuikem, Mbanuzuru, Ahaoma Victor, Agunwah, Ukamaka Elizabeth, Odira, Chika Chioma, Makata, Eucharia Ngozi, Nwankwo, Chinenye Mercy

“…Objectives: Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic disease, which requires a level of confidence among the sufferers in its management. This study investigated the effect of an educational intervention program on self-efficacy (SE) in diabetic individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus in South-East, Nigeria. …”
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Do We Need to Clamp the Renal Hilum Liberally during the Initial Phase of the Learning Curve of Robot-Assisted Nephron-Sparing Surgery? by Ömer Acar, Tarık Esen, Ahmet Musaoğlu, Metin Vural

“…A total of 4 patients in each group suffered 11 Clavien grade ≥2 complications early postoperatively. …”
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Anonymous Authentication and Key Agreement Scheme Combining the Group Key for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks by Mei Sun, Yuyan Guo, Dongbing Zhang, MingMing Jiang

“…Many existing schemes suffer from high computational cost by using bilinear pairing operation or need the assistance of the trust authorities (TAs) during the authentication process or rely on an ideal tamper-proof device (TPD), which requires very strong security assumption. …”
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Music as a (Science as a) Liberal Art at Princeton by Aaron Girard

“…The literature on this subject has suffered from several flaws: an over-emphasis on Milton Babbitt at the expense of his colleagues; a conflation of distinct paradigms of scientific research; a near-total absence of documentary research; and a disquieting elision of the polemical with the historiographical. …”
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