Image Quality and Dose Comparison of Single-Energy CT (SECT) and Dual-Energy CT (DECT) by Ramin Ghasemi Shayan, Maryam Oladghaffari, Fakhrosadat Sajjadian, Mona Fazel Ghaziyani

“…The concept of dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) is almost as old as the CT technology itself; DECT initially required substantially higher radiation doses (nearly two times higher than those employed in single-energy CT) and presented problems associated with spatial misregistration of the two different kV image datasets between the two separate acquisitions. …”
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Risk Factors and Prevention of Upper Gastrointestinal Complications Associated with Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs by N. V. Bakulina, S. V. Tikhonov, K. A. Nagornova

“…In the randomized OBERON study the risk of gastric and duodenal ulcers after 3 months of low-dose acetylsalicylic acid treatment in the esomeprazole group was 7 times lower.Conclusion. Assessment of risk factors, correction of modifiable risk factors, selection of safer NSAIDs and simultaneous administration of proton pump inhibitors (including esomeprazole) are effective prevention of NSAID-associated upper gastrointestinal lesions.…”
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The Effect of Water Chemistry on Thermochemical Sulfate Reduction: A Case Study from the Ordovician in the Tazhong Area, Northwest China by Hongxia Li, Chunfang Cai, Lianqi Jia, Chenlu Xu, Ke Zhang

“…The formation water has SO4/Cl ratios from 0.0002 to 0.016, significantly lower than 0.04 to 0.05 from 3 to 7 times evapoconcentrated seawater. Thus, the low values are explained to result from TSR. …”
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An effective and ecofriendly suggestion to decrease atmospheric carbon dioxide by using NH3 gas by H. Eryilmaz

“…According to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change-2014 Climate Change Report, this is about two times higher than 278 ppm CO₂ concentration in the pre-industrial year 1765. …”
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Changes in Predicted Muscle Coordination with Subject-Specific Muscle Parameters for Individuals after Stroke by Brian A. Knarr, Darcy S. Reisman, Stuart A. Binder-Macleod, Jill S. Higginson

“…The inclusion of subject-specific muscle data resulted in changes in the model-predicted muscle forces and activations which agree with previously reported compensation patterns and match more closely the timing of electromyography for the plantar flexor and hamstring muscles. …”
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Enhanced Electrochemical Performance of γ-Fe2O3/Cr2O3/Graphene Oxide/Sodium Alginate Hybrid Nanocomposite Aerogels for High-Efficiency Ultracapacitors by Rasha Shakir Mahmood, Dhia Hadi Hussain

“…This hybrid nanocomposite achieved an excellent specific capacity of 1032 F.g−1 at a current density of 1 mA.g−1, along with a good energy density of 430 Wh.kg−1 and a power density of 9110 W.kg−1, and this means it achieved about a 2.5 times improvement more than traditional GO-based materials. …”
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Phases, metrics, and techniques of product discovery by Gonçalo Canhoto, Rafael Almeida, Miguel Mira da Silva

“…Thus, it serves as a unique, timely resource for companies across industries, aiming to understand better and potentially optimize their product management strategies.…”
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Low Dose X-Ray Sources and High Quantum Efficiency Sensors: The Next Challenge in Dental Digital Imaging? by Arnav R. Mistry, Daniel Uzbelger Feldman, Jie Yang, Eric Ryterski

“…The Mann-Whitney test showed no statistical significance (α=0.01) in dose exposure between groups 1 and 3 and 1 and 4 and timing exposure (seconds) between groups 1 and 5 and 2 and 3. …”
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STURM-Flood: a curated dataset for deep learning-based flood extent mapping leveraging Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 imagery by Nicla Notarangelo, Charlotte Wirion, Frankwin van Winsen

“…Flooding is a major global natural disaster exacerbated by climate change and urbanization. Timely assessment and mapping of inundations are crucial for preventive and emergency measures, driving the demand for curated global geospatial data to implement novel algorithms. …”
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Swarm-Based Trajectory Generation and Optimization for Stress-Aligned 3D Printing by Xavier Guidetti, Efe C. Balta, and John Lygeros

“…Our results demonstrate a remarkable improvement in computational efficiency, achieving a <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$115\times $ </tex-math></inline-formula> faster computation speed than existing methods. …”
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Machine learning techniques for independent gait recovery prediction in acute anterior circulation ischemic stroke by Jiangping Ma, Yuanjie Xie

“…Results Ten predictors were identified through LASSO regression, including age, gender, periventricular white matter hyperintensities (PVWMH), Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), enlarged perivascular spaces in basal ganglia (BG-EPVS), lacunes, parietal infarction, basal ganglia infarction, and Timed Up & Go (TUG) test score. The C-index values of the COX regression and RSF models were 0.741 and 0.761 in the training set and 0.705 and 0.725 in the validation set, respectively. …”
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Ecological Protection Technology of Spraying Vegetation Concrete on Carbonaceous Rock Slope Experimental Research and Application by Zhenchao Chang, Junhui Luo, Qiongzhen Tang, Ling Zeng, Hongri Zhang, Youjun Li, Gexiao Yang, Liming Zhang

“…After 60 days of construction, the vegetation coverage rate of the slope can reach more than 95% and there is no obvious soil erosion phenomenon after three times of heavy rainfall.…”
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Rule of law, legal culture, education and academic integrity by Ye. V. Duliba, O. Ye. Avramova, A. M. Kulish, V. V. Myrhorod-Karpova

“…Comparing the 2021 Rule of Law Index, 2021 Legatum Prosperity Index, 2021 Education Rankings by Country, 2021 Times Higher Education, 2021 QS World University Rankings has demonstrated that there is a clear correlation between adherence to the rule of law in the state and the legal culture, education and academic integrity. …”
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Performance Optimization of Cloud Data Centers with a Dynamic Energy-Efficient Resource Management Scheme by Yu Cui, Shunfu Jin, Wuyi Yue, Yutaka Takahashi

“…Surveys show that a remarkable part of the large energy consumed in data center results from over-provisioning of the network resource to meet requests during peak demand times. In this paper, we propose a solution to this problem by constructing a dynamic energy-efficient resource management scheme. …”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Postpartum Urinary Retention Following Vaginal Delivery by Nadia Al-Dujaili, Mohanad Albayyaa, Mazin Al-Dujaili, Shahla Alaf

“…Implementing routine screening and timely interventions can significantly improve postpartum care and patient outcomes.…”
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Factors associated with infant mortality in Nigeria: A scoping review. by Loveth Dumebi Nwanze, Alaa Siuliman, Nuha Ibrahim

“…The risk of an infant dying before one year of age is estimated to be six times higher in Africa than in Europe. Nigeria recorded an infant mortality rate of 72.2 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2020, in contrast to the global estimate of 27.4 per 1,000 live births. …”
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The Use of Hybrid Energy Storage Devices for Balancing the Electricity Load Profile of Enterprises by A. A. Belsky, A. N. Skamyin, O. S. Vasilkov

“…The paper presents the dependence of the power increase ratio on the frequency and the pulse current duty ratio, which proves that the maximum possible output power of the hybrid storage system can be several times greater than the power of a single battery having the same parameters.…”
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A global scoping review of the circumstances of care seeking for abortion later in pregnancy. by Laura E Jacobson, Blair G Darney, Heidi Bart Johnston, Bela Ganatra

“…Understanding the circumstances of abortions later in pregnancy provides insight about the barriers and delays to timely care. Limited synthesized information is available on these circumstances, especially from low and middle incomes countries. …”
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Conceptual and Simulated Semi-Automatic Urban Waste Management System using Global Systems for Mobile Communication and Customer Reliability Indices by L. Ogunwolu, A.D. Omiyale, O.O.E. Ajibola

“…The cost saving potential and environmental benefits of timely waste disposal of this scheme is thus demonstrable. …”
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Nomogram-Based Prediction of the Risk of Diabetic Retinopathy: A Retrospective Study by Ruohui Mo, Rong Shi, Yuhong Hu, Fan Hu

“…By operating R software, firstly, the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression analysis was used to optimize variable selection by running cyclic coordinate descent with 10 times K cross-validation. Secondly, multivariable logistic regression analysis was applied to build a predicting model introducing the predictors selected from the LASSO regression analysis. …”
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