Risk factors for dementia in a rural area of Northeastern Brazil Fatores de risco para demência em uma área rural do nordeste do Brasil by Manuela Oliveira de Cerqueira Magalhães, Josecy Maria de Souza Peixoto, Mônica Hupsel Frank, Irênio Gomes, Bernardo Mota Rodrigues, Carla Menezes, Eduardo Cardoso, Fernando Carvalho, Roque Aras, Ailton Melo

“…OBJECTIVE: To identify risk factors for dementia among the elderly in a rural area of Northeastern Brazil. METHOD: The subjects assessed were all 60 years old or older, and lived in a rural region of Bahia, a Northeastern State of Brazil. …”
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Cutting-edge dynamics and research hotspots on boswellic acid in cancer: a bibliometrics analysis from 1994 to 2024 by Minghe Lv, Lei Tang, Yue feng, Su Zeng, Hongwei Zeng, Jingping Yu, Qing Ji, Ruping Zhao

“…The primary objective of this study was to provide a comprehensive overview of the research landscape, knowledge structure, and emerging trends surrounding boswellic acid and its potential use in oncology. Method We conducted a search in the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) database for publications related to boswellic acid and cancer from 1994 to 2024. …”
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Association between late age-related macular degeneration and dietary intake of copper, iron, zinc and selenium: a 2005–2008 NHANES cross-sectional observational study by Yicheng Lu, Chen Li, Yueqi Liu, Tianhong Wu, Peirong Lu

“…Method In this cross-sectional study, we utilized data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) conducted during 2005–2008. …”
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Role of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in restaging and prognosis of recurrent melanoma after curative surgery by Dharmender Malik, Ashwani Sood, Bhagwant Rai Mittal, Rajender Kumar Basher, Anish Bhattacharya, Gurpreet Singh

“…Melanoma-specific survival and risk of progression (hazard ratio [HR]) were assessed using Kaplan–Meier method and Cox regression analysis.18F-FDG PET/CT detected recurrent diseases in 36 (66%) patients including distant metastases in 13 patients and second synchronous malignancy in 2 patients. …”
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Improvement of SAM2 Algorithm Based on Kalman Filtering for Long-Term Video Object Segmentation by Jun Yin, Fei Wu, Hao Su, Peng Huang, Yuetong Qixuan

“…It achieves an average improvement of 1.0 in J&F metrics across all 24 direct comparisons, with gains exceeding 2.3 points on SA-V and LVOS datasets for long-term tracking. The method delivers real-time performance and strong generalization without fine-tuning or additional parameters, effectively addressing occlusion recovery and viewpoint changes. …”
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Calculating Depth for Dark Images Using Self-Supervised Learning: An Investigation of the Role of Edge Maps as Input by Shwetang Dubey, Satvik Watts, Ashok Malhotra, Kunal Prajapati, Pavan Chakraborty

“…In this paper, we propose a novel method for depth estimation in low-light conditions that utilizes edge information. …”
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MID-TERM OUTCOMES OF MID-SHAFT CLAVICULAR NONUNIONS TREATED BY PLATE FIXATION WITH AUTOLOGOUS BONE GRAFTING: DOES THE TYPE OF INITIAL TREATMENT HAVE AN INFLUENCE ON THE SURGICAL RE... by Mehmet Demirel, Emre Kocazeybek, Serkan Bayram, Dağhan Koyuncu, Ali Erşen

“…The mean Preoperative Visual Analogous Scale (VAS) score went down from 7 to 2 (p<0.001). …”
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Disaster in the Headlines: Quantifying Narrative Variation in Global News Using Topic Modeling and Statistical Inference by Fahim Sufi, Musleh Alsulami

“…The findings reveal that disaster narratives vary by event type and geopolitical context, supported by a mathematically robust, scalable, data-driven method for analyzing media framing of global crises.…”
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Advanced Trajectory Analysis of NASA’s Juno Mission Using Unsupervised Machine Learning: Insights into Jupiter’s Orbital Dynamics by Ashraf ALDabbas, Zaid Mustafa, Zoltan Gal

“…These findings highlight OPTICS as a more effective method for identifying outliers in elliptical orbit data, albeit with higher computational resource requirements and longer processing times. …”
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DGCFNet: Dual Global Context Fusion Network for remote sensing image semantic segmentation by Yuan Liao, Tongchi Zhou, Lu Li, Jinming Li, Jiuhao Shen, Askar Hamdulla

“…Extensive experiments on the Vaihingen, Potsdam, and BLU datasets have shown that the proposed DGCFNet method can achieve better segmentation performance, with mIoU reaching 82.20%, 83.84% and 68.87%, respectively.…”
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Statistical analysis of the formation mechanism of concepts-representations in organizational and technical systems by Alexander A. Solodov

“…Concept representation is a generalized sensual-visual image of the object or phenomenon and is characterized by a number of features, the number of which may vary in the course of the system operation.The method of Markov chains is used to study the statistical characteristics of the mechanism of formation of concepts-representations. …”
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Superficial Retinal Microvasculature and Choriocapillaris Alterations after Photodynamic Therapy in Chronic Central Serous Chorioretinopathy by Morteza Entezari, Iman Ansari, Alireza Ramezani, Humayoun Nikkhah, Parisa Mohammadi, Bahar Kheiri

“…To compare superficial retinal vascular, choriocapillaris (CC), and choroidal thickness changes in chronic central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR) patients after half-dose photodynamic therapy (PDT). Method. In this prospective interventional case series study, fifteen eyes of 14 patients with chronic CSCR undergoing half-dose PDT treatment were enrolled. …”
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Nuanced perspectives on the challenges, prospects and opportunities confronting sustainable access to potable water and sanitary services in South Africa’s Nompumelelo community by Shadreck Muchaku, Shadreck Muchaku, Leocadia Zhou

“…A matrix questionnaire method was also applied to evaluate the alignment between key informants’ views and broader community perspectives. …”
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Insights from feature tracking of optical satellite data for studying rock glacier kinematics in the Northern Tien Shan by Ella Wood, Ella Wood, Tobias Bolch, Tobias Bolch, Richard Streeter

“…This study employed a frequency domain cross-correlation method to investigate rock glacier velocities in the Northern Tien Shan. …”
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The Reorganization of Insular Subregions in Individuals with Below-Level Neuropathic Pain following Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury by Xuejing Li, Ling Wang, Qian Chen, Yongsheng Hu, Jubao Du, Xin Chen, Weimin Zheng, Jie Lu, Nan Chen

“…To investigate the reorganization of insular subregions in individuals suffering from neuropathic pain (NP) after incomplete spinal cord injury (ISCI) and further to disclose the underlying mechanism of NP. Method. The 3D high-resolution T1-weighted structural images and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) of all individuals were obtained using a 3.0 Tesla MRI system. …”
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Neuropathic pain in multiple sclerosis: serum biomarkers and MRI lesion localization by Mohamed Hamdy Ismail, Amal SE ELmotayam, Sara F. Saadawy, Rabab M. Elfwakhry, Hebatallah M. Fawzy, Noha T. Sarhan

“…A significant factor influencing the quality of life is pain, which is a personal experience and lacks a precise mathematical or manual method of quantification. Several varying factors, such as the patient's current psychological state, cognitive abilities, and environment can affect these measurements. …”
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Some features of the pale sea urchin (<i>Strongylocentrotus pallidus</i>) biology in Peter the Great Bay (Japan Sea) by Maria O. Chalienko, Marianna V. Kalinina

“…Age of sea urchins was determined by the growth zones on plates of their shells processed by Jensen method and varied from 3 to 12 years. The growth rate of sea urchins from the shelf areas was approximately in 1.5 times higher as compared with those from the continental slope, primarily due to different conditions of feeding. …”
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WeARTolerance: Evaluating the impact of an arts-based program to reduce mental health-related stigma in young people. by Ana Beato, Leonor Pereira da Costa, Ana Carvalho, Sara Albuquerque, Isabel Santos

“…The present mixed-method study was split into two phases with complementary objectives: 1) evaluate quantitatively the program's impact in reducing social stigma and related outcomes; 2) explore in-depth qualitative feedback about the program. …”
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A Novel Compound Heterozygous Variant in the ABHD12 Gene Cause PHARC Syndrome in a Chinese Family: The Proband Presenting New Genotype and Phenotype by Meijiao Ma, Jinhai Ma, Yuanyuan Lian, Xueli Wu, Wenming Wang, Weining Rong, Xunlun Sheng

“…This study aimed to identify the genetic etiology and determine the clinical diagnosis of a Chinese family with suspected PHARC syndrome. Method Comprehensive ophthalmic examinations and systemic evaluations were conducted to confirm the phenotype. …”
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IMPACT OF THERMAL TREATMENT ON THE PROPERTIES OF THE PROTEIC FOAMS by Alain Riaublanc, Catherine Loisel, Gholamreza Djelveh, Christophe Vial, Irina Nicorescu, Jack Legrand

“…To assess the impact of thermal treatment on the foaming ability of protein solutions, a bubbling method has been employed. The experimental results showed that as far as the heating temperature is increased, it promotes the aggregation of proteins into oligomers which then are forming soluble aggregates of about 160 nm in diameter. …”
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