Research Progress on the Impact of Nighttime Outdoor Environments on Residents’ Health by Chongxian CHEN, Xinrui XIONG, Guangsi LIN, Jingyi LIU

“…Additionally, nighttime recreational activities function as a vital medium for interaction between individuals and their environment, with the realization of health benefits depending on the combined influence of multiple environmental factors. …”
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AI-powered literature search: some observations and concerns by Farooq Azam Rathore, Fareeha Farooq

“…This raises questions about the data sources utilized by these AI tools and the overall reliability of their outputs. …”
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Feasibility and accuracy of CARLO© guided optic canal unroofing by Schicker Martina, Tu Ha Thanh, Luder Yann, Morawska Marta, Röthlisberger Michel

“…This critical intervention focuses on relieving pressure and decompressing the optic nerve to safeguard vision, restore optimal nerve function, and enhance the surgical view during aneurysm therapy. …”
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FldtMatch: Improving Unbalanced Data Classification via Deep Semi-Supervised Learning with Self-Adaptive Dynamic Threshold by Xin Wu, Jingjing Xu, Kuan Li, Jianping Yin, Jian Xiong

“…Among the many methods of deep semi-supervised learning (DSSL), the holistic method combines ideas from other methods, such as consistency regularization and pseudo-labeling, with great success. This method typically introduces a threshold to utilize unlabeled data. …”
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Advances in Minimally Invasive Treatments for Prostate Cancer: A review of the Role of Ultrasound Therapy and Laser therapy by Corneliu-Dan Blendea, Mohammad Tazim Khan, Marius Stoian, Teodor Claudiu Ion Gligore, Ștefan Cuculici, Ion Lucian Stanciu, Mirela Gabriela-Irina Protosevici, Marius Iordache, Anca Buliman, Carmen Costea-Firan, Ioana Simona Cazacu, Liviu-Constantin Iordache, Doroteea Teoibaș-Șerban

“…HIFU consistently achieved precise tumor ablation with minimal collateral damage, leading to superior urinary and sexual function outcomes compared to traditional approaches. …”
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Potential of Bone-Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Maxillofacial and Periodontal Regeneration: A Narrative Review by Hamid Reza Khorasani, Mahboubeh Sanchouli, Javad Mehrani, Davood Sabour

“…Bone-marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) are one of the most widely studied postnatal stem cell populations and are considered to utilize more frequently in cell-based therapy and cancer. …”
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Key frame extraction algorithm for surveillance videos using an evolutionary approach by Manjusha Rajan, Latha Parameswaran

“…This proposed method leverages an interactive GA with a well-designed Fitness Function and elitism-based survivor selection to enhance performance. …”
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Supply chain management and optimization in transportation logistics by Saoussen Krichen

“…In addition, the efficient planning of activities can be profitable for product development, sourcing, logistics and all flows that can link those activities. …”
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KnowVID-19: A Knowledge-Based System to Extract Targeted COVID-19 Information from Online Medical Repositories by Muzzamil Aziz, Ioana Popa, Amjad Zia, Andreas Fischer, Sabih Ahmed Khan, Amirreza Fazely Hamedani, Abdul R. Asif

“…We present KnowVID-19, a knowledge-based system that assists medical researchers and scientists in extracting targeted information quickly and efficiently from online medical literature repositories, such as PubMed, PubMed Central, and other biomedical sources. The system utilizes various open-source machine learning tools, such as GROBID, S2ORC, and BioC to streamline the processes of data extraction and data mining. …”
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Fractionation and separation of bioactive peptides using natural polymeric membrane by Violina Kalita, Jyotirmoy Bhattacharyya, Sidhartha Jyoti Bora, Rupjyoti Kalita, Partha Pratim Dutta

“…This review presents the recent updates on the use of PMs derived from natural sources for the separation of BPs, covering the production and functions of BPs, different membrane separation technologies, and challenges faced during downstream purification.…”
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The conflict between oral health and patient autonomy in dentistry: a scoping review by Szilárd Dávid Kovács, Anggi Septia Irawan, Szilvia Zörgő, József Kovács

“…Two researchers developed a hierarchical coding scheme, where the parent and grandparent codes were designated deductively as: Case (situations involving the researched ethical dilemma), Judgement (decisions made in the ethical dilemma), and Principle (ideas, rules, propositions explaining the judgements); child codes were developed inductively. After coding the sources, we utilized thematic analysis to construct code constellations. …”
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Horseshoe kidney robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy by D. Kovács, P. Tenke, B. Kovács

“…Postoperative laboratory tests showed no major changes in kidney function or blood counts. The pathology report confirmed renal cell carcinoma with no tumor presence at the resection margin. …”
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Impact of parturition induction, farrowing environment and birth weight class on endocrine and metabolic plasma parameters related to piglet vitality by Heinke Lickfett, Michael Oster, Andreas Vernunft, Henry Reyer, Eduard Muráni, Solvig Görs, Cornelia C. Metges, Hartwig Bostedt, Klaus Wimmers

“…The aim was to quantify plasma metabolites with significance for organ maturation and energy utilization in neonates and suckling piglets with different birth weights as a function of the hormonal induction of parturition and farrowing environment in a longitudinal approach. …”
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A 3D-Printed Plate Handler for Automated Handling of Well Plates on the Opentrons OT-2 by Robert Bolt, David Shorthouse, Michael Cook

“…Technically, it advances the state-of-the-art by providing a cost-effective, adaptable solution for labware handling, a feature often limited to more expensive robotic platforms but which can be crucial to expand capability through motion of plates into auxiliary devices or components of the robot, or stacking of plates to increase capacity of the instrument. The design utilizes open-source CAD software to create a custom mechanical structure, fabricated through replicable PLA 3D printing. …”
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Global path planning algorithm for mining vehicles integrating simplified visibility graph and A* algorithm by ZHANG Chuanwei, LU Siyan, QIN Peilin, ZHOU Rui, ZHAO Ruiqi, YANG Jiajia, ZHANG Tianle, ZHAO Cong

“…Finally, a path smoothing algorithm was utilized to further reduce the number of path nodes, thereby enhancing path planning efficiency. …”
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Genetic determinants of head and neck cancer: exploring causality among immune cells and plasma metabolites through two-sample Mendelian randomization and mediation analysis by Yuting Lu, Xiangnan Du, Hanlin Liu, Qing He, Xiaolin Cao

“…Abstract Background Head and neck cancer represents a major health challenge worldwide, characterized by frequent late-stage diagnoses that adversely affect treatment success. The immune system’s cellular components significantly influence the initiation, advancement, and outcome of head and neck malignancies. …”
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Few-shot Remote Sensing Imagery Recognition with Compositionality Inductive Bias in Hierarchical Representation Space by Shichao Zhou, Zhuowei Wang, Zekai Zhang, Wenzheng Wang, Yingrui Zhao, Yunpu Zhang

“…We introduce a hierarchical context prediction mechanism for compositional representation learning, utilizing a predictive NCE loss function to encourage global remote sensing scenes to accurately predict similar local parts, and thus automatically inferring compositional representations of high-level but discriminative latent concepts. …”
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Flow diverter treatment for proximal middle cerebral artery non-saccular aneurysms: multicenter efficacy and safety analysis by Hao Yao, Chao Zou, Shijie Zhu, Yina Wu, Jianfei Sun, Zhiwen Lu, Qinghai Huang

“…Virtual stent simulation was utilized in 62.8% of cases for preoperative planning.ResultsFlow diverter (FD) implantation achieved 100% technical success. …”
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Efficient removal of hexavalent chromium using l-cysteine-modified chitosan with polyacrylamide in a one-step flocculation-precipitation process by Jinyang Yan, Yang Wen, Bo Feng

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Submillimeter and Mid-infrared Variability of Young Stellar Objects in the M17 H II Region by Zhiwei Chen, Doug Johnstone, Carlos Contreras Peña, Jeong-Eun Lee, Sheng-Yuan Liu, Gregory Herczeg, Steve Mairs, Geumsook Park, Kee-Tae Kim, Mi-Ryang Kim, Keping Qiu, Yao-Te Wang, Xu Zhang, Megan Reiter, The JCMT Transient Team

“…This mid-IR fractional variability as a function of evolutionary stage result is similar to what has previously been found for YSO variability within the Gould Belt and the intermediate-mass star formation region M17 SWex, though overall less variability is detected in M17 in submillimeter and mid-IR. …”
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