Urodynamics tests for the diagnosis and management of male bladder outlet obstruction: long-term follow-up of the UPSTREAM non-inferiority RCT by Madeleine Clout, Amanda L Lewis, Madeleine Cochrane, Grace J Young, Paul Abrams, Peter S Blair, Christopher Chapple, Gordon T Taylor, Sian Noble, Tom Steuart-Feilding, Jodi Taylor, J Athene Lane, Marcus J Drake

“…There was also no difference in other lower urinary tract symptoms, sexual function or quality of life. Routine data were received for 98% of men. …”
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Urodynamics tests for the diagnosis and management of male bladder outlet obstruction: long-term follow-up of the UPSTREAM non-inferiority RCT by Madeleine Clout, Amanda L Lewis, Madeleine Cochrane, Grace J Young, Paul Abrams, Peter S Blair, Christopher Chapple, Gordon T Taylor, Sian Noble, Tom Steuart-Feilding, Jodi Taylor, J Athene Lane, Marcus J Drake

“…There was also no difference in other lower urinary tract symptoms, sexual function or quality of life. Routine data were received for 98% of men. …”
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CHINESE YUAN EXCHANGE RATE AGAINST THE INDONESIAN RUPIAH PREDICTION USING SUPPORT VECTOR REGRESSION by Steven Soewignjo, Ni Wayan Widya Septia Sari, Andini Putri Mediani, M. Aqil Zaidan Kamil, Dita Amelia, Nur Chamidah

“…This study aims to forecast the exchange rate between the Chinese Yuan (CNY) and the Indonesian Rupiah (IDR) using Support Vector Regression (SVR), a machine-learning technique that can handle nonlinear and complex data. The authors utilize the monthly selling exchange rate of CNY against IDR from January 2012 to October 2023 sourced from the “investing” platform. …”
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Mitochondrial dysfunction in the regulation of aging and aging-related diseases by Xianhong Zhang, Yue Gao, Siyu zhang, Yiqi Wang, Xinke Pei, Yufei Chen, Jinhui Zhang, Yichen Zhang, Yitian Du, Shauilin Hao, Yujiong Wang, Ting Ni

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Effect of GR24 on the growth and development of licorice under low phosphorus stress by Yuting Jing, Man Li, Yong Wu, Chengming Zhang, Chengshu Qiu, Hengming Zhao, Li Zhuang, Hongling Liu

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Impact of UAV-Derived RTK/PPK Products on Geometric Correction of VHR Satellite Imagery by Muhammed Enes Atik, Mehmet Arkali, Saziye Ozge Atik

“…Satellite imagery is a widely used source of spatial information in many applications, such as land use/land cover, object detection, agricultural monitoring, and urban area monitoring. …”
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The dynamic theoretical analysis of performance characteristics for open-cycle absorption energy storage system using HCOOK-H2O as the working fluid under full and partial mode by Yaqi Ding, Qingpu Li, Bicui Ye, Muhammad Kashif Shahzad, Neng Gao, Guangming Chen

“…Open absorption energy storage systems can efficiently address the temporal and spatial mismatches between the solar energy driving heat source and the user. The energy storage mode of operation of a single-stage open absorption heat pump system with HCOOK-H2O solution and compact structure utilized for waste heat recovery of industrial humid gases, was firstly investigated. …”
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On the Deployment of Edge AI Models for Surface Electromyography-Based Hand Gesture Recognition by Andres Gomez-Bautista, Diego Mendez, Catalina Alvarado-Rojas, Ivan F. Mondragon, Julian D. Colorado

“…Background: Robotic-based therapy has emerged as a prominent treatment modality for the rehabilitation of hand function impairment resulting from strokes. Aim: In this context, feature engineering becomes particularly important to estimate the intention of upper limb movements by utilizing machine learning models, especially when a hardware embedded-on-board implementation is expected, due to the strong computational, energy, and latency constraints. …”
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Systematic identification and characterization of high efficiency Cas9 guide RNAs for therapeutic targeting of ADAR. by Benjamin G Gowen, Kory Melton, Weng In Leong, Prachi Khekare, Shannon McCawley, Jean Chan, Pierre Boivin, Vihasi Jani, Aaron J Cantor, Akshay Tambe, Mary Haak-Frendscho, Mary J Janatpour, Spencer C Wei

“…These findings provide a resource of well-characterized, high efficiency ADAR-targeting Cas9 guide RNAs suitable for genomic medicines utilizing different delivery modalities and addressing different therapeutic areas.…”
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Synergizing BRDF correction and deep learning for enhanced crop classification in GF-1 WFV imagery by Yuanwei Chen, Yang Li, Runze Li, Chongzheng Guo, Jilin Li

“…Accurate crop classification is essential for agricultural management, resource allocation, and food security monitoring. …”
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Assessing Causality Between Plasma Brain‐Derived Neurotrophic Factor With Major Depression Disorder: A Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Study by Ming Chen, Hao‐Zhang Huang, Yi‐Hui Liu, Qiang Li, Lin‐Yan Fu, Cai‐Lan Hou

“…In a subsequent phase, we analyzed MDD data from FinnGen (N = 448,069) with plasma BDNF data from three additional GWAS sources: UK Biobank (N = 33,924), deCODE (N = 35,353), and INTERVAL (N = 3301). …”
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Understanding Hip Pain Through Social Media: An Initial Overview of an International Web-Based Survey by John M. Gaddis, BS, Erika Shults, MS, Bretton Laboret, BS, Ryan Bialaszewski, BS, Katerina Wells, MD, MPH, Charles South, PhD, Joel E. Wells, MD, MPH

“…Conclusions: This study demonstrates the feasibility of utilizing social media for a comprehensive web-based survey to gather patient-reported outcomes from individuals with various sources of hip pain internationally.…”
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Above-mJ optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier at 3 μm for laser-driven coherent soft x-ray generation beyond the water window by Pritha Dey, Lutz Ehrentraut, Johannes Tümmler, Matthias Schnürer, Stefan Eisebitt

“…This technology has paved the path toward tabletop coherent soft x-ray (SXR) sources in recent years. Commercial availability of high-power Yb:YAG lasers as the pump lasers has enabled OPCPA to generate high-energy femtosecond mid-IR pulses at a high repetition rate. …”
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Whole genome analysis of 26 bacterial strains reveals aromatic and hydrocarbon degrading enzymes from diverse environmental soil samples by Md Shakhawat Hossain, Brian Iken, Rupa Iyer

“…However, native microbial communities can adapt to these toxic pollutants, utilize these compounds as a carbon source, and eventually evolve to degrade these toxic contaminants. …”
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SpaIM: single-cell spatial transcriptomics imputation via style transfer by Bo Li, Ziyang Tang, Aishwarya Budhkar, Xiang Liu, Tonglin Zhang, Baijian Yang, Jing Su, Qianqian Song

“…Furthermore, SpaIM enhances downstream analyses, including ligand-receptor interaction inference, spatial domain characterization, and differential gene expression analysis. Released as open-source software, SpaIM expands accessibility and utility in ST research. …”
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Earliest evidence of Neanderthal multifunctional bone tool production from cave lion (Panthera spelaea) remains by Grégory Abrams, Patrick Auguste, Stéphane Pirson, Isabelle De Groote, Éva Halbrucker, Kévin Di Modica, Camille Pironneau, Tristan Dedrie, Carlo Meloro, Valentin Fischer, Hervé Bocherens, Yves Vanbrabant, Fabrice Bray

“…The intentional transformation of lion bones into functional tools highlights Neanderthals’ cognitive skills, adaptability, and capacity for resource utilization beyond their immediate survival needs.…”
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A Study on the Differences in Rumen Microbiota–Liver Gluconeogenesis–Mitochondrial Interaction Between Tibetan Sheep and Hu Sheep in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau by Qianling Chen, Yuzhu Sha, Xiu Liu, Min Gao, Xiaowei Chen, Wenxin Yang, Wei Huang, Jiqing Wang, Yapeng He, Xu Gao, Yanyu He

“…Correlation analysis indicated that rumen flora was associated with the key enzyme activities and gene expressions of hepatic gluconeogenesis and mitochondrial function to varying degrees. In summary, Tibetan sheep exhibit strong fiber degradation capacity, the efficient utilization of gluconeogenic intermediates, and mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) ability, forming adaptive strategies for high-altitude environments. …”
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Analysis of the Causes of Urban Sprawl in Iran by keramatollah Ziari, Saeed Zanganeh Shahraki, Negin Rajabzadeh, Mohsen Abbas Nejad Jelogir

“…Discussion of Results & ConclusionThe causes of urban sprawl in Iran were categorized into 15 distinct dimensions: city form, urban management and planning, infrastructure and urban elements/transportation, land and housing management, planning, and policy, migration and land preparation, socio-cultural factors, natural factors, economic factors, urban plans, political factors, inner-city problems, marginalization and informal settlement issues, urban peripheral problems, demographic factors, and other factors.Within the dimension of city form, spatial-functional discontinuity was noted as a contributing factor (3 occurrences in the sources). …”
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Laplace transformation technique for free convective time-dependent MHD flow over a vertical porous flat plate with heat sink and chemical reaction: An analytical approach by T. Pradhan, S. Jena, S.R. Mishra

“…The speciality of the problem is the plate condition which is time-dependent which uses Heaviside function. Depending upon the suitable conditions the results of the profiles are presented considering the values of the values of the corresponding factors involved and the physical behavior of each of the factors are elaborated briefly. …”
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The unpaired operation of urban rail transit by TIAN Peining, MAO Baohua, ZHOU Qi, HUANG Junsheng, ZHANG Haoxiang, GAO Qiqi

“…Taking into account the interests of both operating enterprises and passengers, the objective function is to maximize the savings in enterprise operating costs and minimize the increase in travel costs of passengers in the unpaired operation scheme compared with the paired operation scheme. …”
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