Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Lumbar Degenerative Adjacent Segment Disease: A Single-center Case Series by Chung-Tse Chang, Yu-Hsien Lin, Yun-Che Wu, Cheng-Min Shih, Kun-Hui Chen, Chien-Chou Pan, Cheng-Hung Lee

“…Objectives: The objective is to investigate the short-term clinical and radiographic outcomes of OLIF for lumbar ASD and analyze its advantages and disadvantages compared to other surgical methods. Materials and Methods: Twenty-six patients who received previous lumbar fusion surgery underwent second lumbar surgery for ASD; all were treated with OLIF and posterior instrumentation. …”
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Morphometric Changes in Rat Periwound Skin During Healing of Excisional Wounds After Exposure to Chronic Social Stress by Liudmyla Makyeyeva, Oleksandr Frolov, Olena Aliyeva

“…To determine the morphological features of the periwound skin at different stages of the healing process after exposure to chronic social stress. Methods. Chronic social stress was modeled through long-term psychoemotional exposure in Wistar laboratory rats of the experimental group. …”
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Monitoring the professional activity of high school teachers in modern conditions: foreign and domestic experience by V. G. Svechkarev, М. M. Ebzeev, Е. Е. Kochkarov

“…The following theoretical research methods were used: analysis, comparison, generalization, description, visual presentation. …”
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Efficacy of erector spinae plane block for postoperative analgesia after percutaneous nephrolithotomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Ajay Singh, Aditya Prakash Sharma, Venkata Ganesh, Rekha Gupta, Gopal Sharma, Naveen B. Naik, Priyanka Sethi, Narender Kaloria, Prerna Varma

“…This meta-analysis was designed to assess the effectiveness of ESPB as a perioperative analgesic technique when compared with conventional analgesia (control) in PCNL. Material and Methods: We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis on the use of ESPB for perioperative analgesia in PCNL for renal stone disease. …”
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Chromatic Dispersion, Nonlinear Parameter, and Modulation Format Monitoring Based on Godard's Error for Coherent Optical Transmission Systems by Lin Jiang, Lianshan Yan, Anlin Yi, Yan Pan, Ming Hao, Wei Pan, Bin Luo, Yves Jaouen

“…We first review a CD monitoring based on Godard&#x0027;s error that can be able to accurately monitor arbitrarily large dispersion values in uncompensated transmission links in combination with frequency domain equalizer, then extend the previous nonlinear parameter monitoring method based on Godard&#x0027;s error by blindly obtaining the optimized value <italic>&#x03B3;&#x03BE;p</italic> to significantly improve the adaptive capability, and present a simple and effective modulation format monitoring based on Godard&#x0027;s error. …”
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Electro-corrosive state diagnostics of internal surfaces of reinforced concrete supports of contact network by A. A. Kuznetsov, A. V. Ponomarev, A. G. Zverev, G. V. Volchanin

“…The operation of the device is based on the use of a visual method for monitoring electro-corrosive defects. …”
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Global Evaluation and Optimization for a Directionally Illuminated Autostereoscopy by Xuehao Chen, Yong He, Zhongpeng Huang, Xingbin Liu, Jianying Zhou

“…Both simulation and experiment verify the feasibility of the evaluation method. Guided with the characterization, a freeform backlight system with a non-isometric staggered light emitting diode arrangement is optimally designed to generate a seamlessly continuous and uniform viewing zone at different viewing distances. …”
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Remote Sensing Based Crop Health Classification Using NDVI and Fully Connected Neural Networks by J. Judith, R. Tamilselvi, M. P. Beham, S. S. Pandiya Lakshmi, A. Panthakkan, S. Al Mansoori, H. Al Ahmad

“…In this research, we propose a more sophisticated method that leverages NDVI data combined with a Fully Connected Neural Network (FCNN) to classify crop health with greater precision. …”
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Priority-Based Reward Mechanism for Dual-Robot Path Planning in Dynamic Environments by Yibo Hu, Lai Wei, Xiaoyu Guo, Zhenyao Li, Yanding Wei, Qiang Fang

“…Guided by priority-based step rewards, the dual-robots are sequentially assigned high priority, enabling them to pass through complex environments in sequence. We validated our method on a path planning task where two robots collaborate to transport cubes in dynamic environments. …”
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Short-Wave Infrared (SWIR) Imaging for Robust Material Classification: Overcoming Limitations of Visible Spectrum Data by Hanbin Song, Sanghyeop Yeo, Youngwan Jin, Incheol Park, Hyeongjin Ju, Yagiz Nalcakan, Shiho Kim

“…Traditional vision systems, relying on visible spectrum imaging, struggle to distinguish between objects with similar appearances but different material compositions. Our method leverages SWIR’s distinct reflectance characteristics, particularly for materials containing moisture, and demonstrates a significant improvement in accuracy. …”
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Light Encryption Scheme Using Light-Emitting Diode and Camera Image Sensor by Yang Liu, Kevin Liang, Hung-Yu Chen, Liang-Yu Wei, Chin-Wei Hsu, Chi-Wai Chow, Chien-Hung Yeh

“…The optimum number of intervals (segmentations) and the process time of the Otsu method are also studied.…”
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Preliminary Quantitative Evaluation of the Optimal Colour System for the Assessment of Peripheral Circulation from Applied Pressure Using Machine Learning by Masanobu Tsurumoto, Takunori Shimazaki, Jaakko Hyry, Yoshifumi Kawakubo, Takeshi Yokoyama, Daisuke Anzai

“…These findings demonstrate that it is feasible to quantitatively evaluate skin colour changes associated with pressure, suggesting that this approach can serve as a valuable indicator for dimensionality reduction in feature extraction for machine learning and is potentially an effective method for preventing pressure-induced skin injuries.…”
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How Gender-Sensitive Disaster Management is Addressed in the Turkish Parliament: A Qualitative Study from Feminist Bioethics Perspective by Fatma Gulsum Onal, Bahar Marangoz

“…Thirdly, the study is expected to contribute to the ethics and policies of disaster management in Türkiye, a country prone to earthquakes, with a focus on the rights of women and vulnerable groups. Methods In the study, the transcripts of parliamentary sessions held between February 6, 2023, and April 23, 2023, as published on the official website of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye (GNAT), were analyzed using qualitative research methods. …”
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Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy. A Clinical Case by O. I. Karushin, I. Z. Gafarov

“…At present, no methods of effective prevention and treatment of LHON are known. …”
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STAND FOR TEMPERATURE SURFACE EVALUATION OF FRAGMENTS OF NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS AND ITS IMITATORS by V. V. Lobunov, A. I. Kuharenko, T. V. Borbotko, L. M. Lynkov

“…Special remotely controlled device was created to automate the process of obtaining thermal images. Proposed methodic of measuring surface temperature of objects under study consists in obtaining thermal images at equal time intervals, their analysis using special software and plotting graphs. …”
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Measurement and influencing factors of urban waterfront street vitality from the perspectives of behavior and perception by Xiang Ji, Yao Fu, Jiaxuan Shi, Haixiao Liu

“…Using the Hunhe Waterfront Streets in Shenyang as a case study, this research employed Baidu heatmap data and the Semantic Differential method to assess both the behavioral and perceived vitality of the area. …”
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The usefulness of bleeding caused by needle dislodgement detection model during hemodialysis using artificial intelligence-based object detection by Daichi Ninomiya, Kohei Aoki, Ryo Yoshitake, Kana Teshigahara, Naho Hiratani, Shiori Kubota, Kenji Fujii, Keiko Onoue, Shumpei Nakamura

“…Method An experiment was conducted to reproduce the appearance of VND using simulated blood, capturing 3070 bleeding and normal images for the training set. …”
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Sleep quality and its determinants in patients with thyroid eye disease: a cross-sectional study by Haiyan Chen, Jiamin Cao, Jiayang Yin, Bingxuan Wu, Min Zhu, Wei Xiong, Feng Zhang

“…The study aimed to assess the sleep quality of patients with TED and identify its determinants. Method A questionnaire was used to collect the clinical information of patients with TED and controls in a hospital. …”
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Thermal-Induced Oxygen Vacancy Enhancing the Thermo-Chromic Performance of W-VO_2−x@AA/PVP Nanoparticle Composite-Based Smart Windows by Jiran Liang, Tong Wu, Chengye Zhang, Yunfei Bai, Dequan Zhang, Dangyuan Lei

“…The visual transmittance of this smart window reaches up to 67%, and the solar modulation reaches up to 12.1%. …”
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A multimodal experimental dataset on agile software development team interactions by Diego Miranda, Carlos Escobedo, Dayana Palma, Rene Noel, Adrián Fernández, Cristian Cechinel, Jaime Godoy, Roberto Munoz

“…A total of 19 groups (76 different participants) were organized, each participating in two collaborative activities: one without a coordination technique and another using the Planning Poker method. Three of these teams were designated as control groups. …”
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