SNOW THICKNESS ON AUSTRE GRØNFJORDBREEN, SVALBARD, FROM RADAR MEASUREMENTS AND STANDARD SNOW SURVEYS by I. I. Lavrentiev, S. S. Kutuzov, A. F. Glazovsky, Yu. Ya. Macheret, N. I. Osokin, A. V. Sosnovsky, R. А. Chernov, G. A. Cherniakov

“…Summary Comparison of two methods of measurements of snow cover thickness on the glacier Austre Grønfjordbreen, Svalbard was performed in the spring of 2014. …”
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Initial Meropenem Plasma Concentration and Its Correlation with Sepsis Mortality: A Real-World Retrospective Study by Deng ZW, Fu W, Chen F, Wang HQ, Deng YH, Yan Y

“…This study aims to investigate whether optimizing meropenem plasma levels improves 28-day outcomes in sepsis patients, while also exploring the potential impact of continuous versus intermittent infusion methods.Patients and Methods: This real-world retrospective study included 202 sepsis patients treated with meropenem at Hunan University of Medicine General Hospital from January 2022 to December 2023. …”
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Analysis of the domestic pharmaceutical market drugs for the treatment of urolithiasis by V. L. Shevina, N. V. Khokhlenkova, T. G. Yarnykh

“…Antibacterial therapies, herbal medicine, dietary restrictions, mineral water are used in the complex treatment of patients with urolithiasis after removal of concrement by different methods. The search for new and improvement of already known methods of treatment of urolithiasis remains relevant to date. …”
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An Evaluation a PrEP-Focused HIV Prevention Intervention Tailored for Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder and Cognitive Dysfunction by Mistler CB, Huedo-Medina TB, Shrestha R, Gunstad J, Zelenev A, Copenhaver MM

“…Colleen B Mistler,1,2,* Tania B Huedo-Medina,2– 5,* Roman Shrestha,2,3 John Gunstad,6 Alexei Zelenev,7 Michael M Copenhaver2,3 1Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; 2Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (Inchip), University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA; 3Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA; 4Department of Clinical and Health Psychology and Research Methods, Faculty of Psychology, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain; 5Basque Foundation for Science, IKERBasque, Bilbao, 48011, Spain; 6Department of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA; 7Department of Internal Medicine, AIDS Program, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Colleen B Mistler, Yale University, The Consultation Center, 389 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA, Email colleen.mistler@yale.eduPurpose: This study aimed to test the efficacy of the 4-week Bio-behavioral Community-Friendly Health Recovery Program (CHRP-BB) at improving HIV prevention outcomes among individuals receiving medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and to examine the extent to which cognitive dysfunction impacts outcomes.Patients and Methods: This randomized controlled trial included 237 individuals receiving MOUD and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) in New Haven, CT. …”
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Aztreonam Acts as a Synergist for Ceftazidime/Avibactam Against Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) of Various Carbapenemase Phenotypes in Southwestern China by Ruan X, Gong Z, Zeng M, Zhong Z, Chen Y, Wei F, Lei C, Zhu Y, Qin X, Li M

“…Xuelian Ruan,1,* Zhiyu Gong,1,* Moqiyi Zeng,1 Ziqing Zhong,1 Yongling Chen,1 Fangyi Wei,1 Chong Lei,1 Yuanyuan Zhu,1 Xue Qin,1 Meng Li1,2 1Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Medicine of Guangxi Department of Education, Nanning, Guangxi, People’s Republic of China; 2Guangxi Health Commission Key Laboratory of Fungi and Mycosis Research and Prevention, Nanning, Guangxi, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Meng Li, Email gxmulimeng@foxmail.com Xue Qin, Email qinxue919@126.comBackground: Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) presents a significant challenge due to its role in severe and multidrug-resistant infections.Purpose: This study aims to evaluate aztreonam (ATM) as a synergistic agent with ceftazidime/avibactam (CZA) for treating CRE strains with different carbapenemase phenotypes.Methods: A total of 87 non-repeated clinical CRE strains were collected from various clinical specimens at The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University. …”
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Anisotropic failure evaluation and microcracking evolution discrete element simulation of rock discontinuities by Zhi Zheng, Shouxin Li, Benguo He, Chuanqi Zhu, Qiang Zhang, Yaohui Gao, Shengjie Di

“…In conjunction with shear tests, a novel 3D-GBM modelling method considering the micromineral constituent and particle size distribution characteristics of granite as well as the geometric shape of discontinuities was realized. …”
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Study on Induced Draft Fan Fault Warning of Thermal Power Unit Based on Big Data Analysis by AN Jizhen, ZHENG Fuhao, LIU Yifan, CHEN Heng, XU Gang

“…Aiming at the frequent occurrence of induced draft fan faults in thermal power units, a kind of induced draft fan fault warning method based on big data analysis was proposed.Taking the induced draft fan of a 330 MW thermal power unit as the research object, 11 kinds of characteristic information closely related to its working state were extracted. …”
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Whole-mount imaging of the mouse hindlimb vasculature using the lipophilic carbocyanine dye DiI. by Jeffrey Boden, Jianqin Wei, George McNamara, Hans Layman, Midhat Abdulreda, Fotios Andreopolous, Keith A. Webster

“…We introduced two technical modifications and an analytical extension to the original method including (i) pre-skinning of the muscle prior to fixation that preserves tissue integrity, (ii) mild pressure-desiccation subsequent to fixing that enhances resolution and image penetration, and (iii) reconstruction of confocal data into 3D images. …”
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Juvenile neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinosis: clinical and molecular investigation in a large family in Brazil by Eugênia Ribeiro Valadares, Mayara Xavier Pizarro, Luiz Roberto Oliveira, Regina Helena Caldas de Amorim, Tarcísio Márcio Magalhães Pinheiro, Ulrike Grieben, Helena Hollanda Santos, Rachel Rabelo Queiroz, Guilherme de Castro Lopes, Ana Lúcia Brunialti Godard

“…We report the clinical data and molecular analysis of a large Brazilian family. METHOD: Family composed of two consanguineous couples and thirty-two children. …”
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Performance Evaluation of a Traditional Chinese Medicine Massage Robot Based on Multi-Information Fusion by Xin Wu, Bin Gong, Hao Yang, Xintian Liu, Yu Fang

“…A cervical spine Tuina efficacy assessment model built with functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) data was proposed to evaluate the performance of a multi-information fusion TCM massage robot. The robot combined visual guidance technology, a multi-degree-of-freedom robotic arm, fNIRS, and TCM Tuina techniques to provide a scientific auxiliary diagnostic and therapeutic method for TCM Tuina therapy. …”
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Entropy-Driven Dynamic Block Compressive Sampling for Underwater Image Compression in the Context of IoUT: A Research Perspective by R. Monika, Samiappan Dhanalakshmi, R. Narayanamoorthi, Hossam Kotb, Amr Yousef

“…The suggested method has outperformed existing techniques, yielding superior results.…”
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Efficacy of pain management for cattle castration: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Emeline Nogues, Jane Stojkov, Biljana Jonoska Stojkova, Marina A.G. von Keyserlingk, Daniel M. Weary

“…Much research has assessed methods of pain control for cattle castration, but there remains a lack of consensus regarding best practice. …”
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Use of hollow polymethylmethacrylate as an orbital implant by Archimedes Lee D. Agahan, MD, Alexander D. Tan, MD

“…Objectives: To establish the physical properties of a low-weight hollow polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) implant and determine its suitability as an orbital implant. Methods: Hollow implants were molded by fusing 2 half-sphere shaped implants made from medical-grade PMMA powder. …”
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Being nomadic and overseas rappers by Siyuan Ren, Carles Feixa

“…This research aims to explore the function of intercultural communication of Chinese Rap music and the construction of hybrid identity, through discourse analysis methods: Narrative Semiotics, visual semiology, and sociolinguistics of globalization. …”
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OCT RNFL and Macular GCC by Nisha Chaudhary, Neha Sachdeva, Umesh Sharma

“…Optical coherence tomography (OCT) retinal nerve fibre layer and macular ganglion cell complex in glaucoma are non contact, rapid and reliable methods to detect both pre perimetric glaucoma and its progression.…”
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A Comparative Analysis of Structural Brain MRI in the Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease by Jason Appel, Elizabeth Potter, Qian Shen, Gustavo Pantol, Maria T. Greig, David Loewenstein, Ranjan Duara

“…Multiple neuroimaging methods utilizing visual rating scales, volumetric measurements, and automated methods have been developed to identify, quantify, and track anatomic sequelae of Alzheimer’s Disease.…”
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Nonlinear multi-head cross-attention network and programmable gradient information for gaze estimation by Yujie Li, Yuhang Hong, Ziwen Wang, Jiahui Chen, Rongjie Liu, Shuxue Ding, Benying Tan

“…Recent gaze estimation methods are primarily based on convolutional neural networks (CNNs) or attention Transformers. …”
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IQA Vision Transformed: A Survey of Transformer Architectures in Perceptual Image Quality Assessment by Mobeen Ur Rehman, Imran Fareed Nizami, Farman Ullah, Irfan Hussain

“…This survey paper reviews the integration of Vision Transformers (ViTs) into both no-reference (NR) and full-reference (FR) IQA methods, highlighting their promise as alternatives to traditional techniques. …”
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ACT-SR: Aggregation Connection Transformer for Remote Sensing Image Super-Resolution by Yingdong Kang, Xinyu Wang, Xuemin Zhang, Shaoju Wang, Guang Jin

“…Experimental results confirm the effectiveness of the proposed modules, with ACT-SR outperforming several state-of-the-art RSISR methods in both objective metrics and visual quality.…”
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Glaucoma secondary to intraocular tumors key aspects of etiopathogenesis by A.A. Yarovoy, T.V. Sokolovskaya, E.O. Krasnova, A.D. Matyaeva

“…To analyze the literature on the main aspects of etiology, pathogenesis of secondary glaucoma in tumor diseases of visual organs. Material and methods. PubMed, Scopus and eLIBRARY databases for the period up to 2022 were used for article selection, and the following keywords were used in the mesh: secondary glaucoma, tumor, neovascularization, pigment dispersion (and the same phrases in Russian). …”
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