Assessment of prevalence and position of mandibular incisive canal: A cone beam computed tomography study by Reema Talat Ayesha, Balaji Pachipulusu, Poornima Govindaraju

“…This study was aimed to evaluate the prevalence of MIC and its proximity to adjacent structures among Indian population. Materials and Methods: The images of 80 subjects with the age range of 20–60 years who had undergone cone beam computed tomography examination of the mandible were retrieved from the archival records. …”
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Effects of Systemic Propranolol Application on the New Bone Formation in Periimplant Guided Bone Regeneration by Nedim Gunes, Mehmet Gül, Serkan Dundar, Gokhan Artas, Mehmet Ali Kobat, Samet Tekin, Alihan Bozoglan, Abulfaz Isayev

“…Objectives: The aim of this experimental animal study was to evaluate the effects of systemic propranolol on new bone formation in peri-implant bone defects. Material and Methods: Implant slots were created 4mm long and 2.5 mm wide. …”
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Rule of Law and Its Effects on Economic Growth by Ana Udovičić, Katarina Marošević

“…This article’s aim is to present the World Justice Project Index for Croatia and other EU countries as a helpful tool for comparative methods with another measurement of the Rule of Law, for instance, the Rule of Law Group/Pillar as apart from the Economic Freedom Index. …”
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Flexibility in Pragmatic Nuance: The Cognitive Edge of Bilingualism in Language Comprehension and Production by Nurasia Natsir, Nuraziza Aliah

“…This study uniquely explores the disparities in pragmatic marker comprehension and production between bilingual and monolingual groups, aiming to elucidate the cognitive advantages associated with bilingualism. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, the research incorporated standardized linguistic assessments and observational analyses to evaluate 200 participants, equally divided between bilinguals and monolinguals, ensuring demographic balance. …”
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Quantitative analysis of idiopathic epiretinal membrane traction: an updated version of the relaxation index by Davide Allegrini, Raffaele Raimondi, Giovanni Montesano, Giovanni Montesano, Marco Caruso, Giovanna Lionetti, Adriano Carnevali, Tania Sorrentino, Vincenzo Scorcia, Mario R. Romano, Mario R. Romano

“…PurposeThe aim of this work was to track tangential traction of idiopathic epiretinal membrane from an initial assessment to the immediate post-operative phase using an enhanced version of the relaxation index (RI).MethodsA retrospective analysis was conducted on 9 patients who underwent peeling surgery for idiopathic, symptomatic, and progressive epiretinal membrane. …”
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Judging Books by Their Covers: The Impact of Text and Image Features on the Aesthetic Evaluation and Memorability of Italian Novels by Kirren Chana, Jan Mikuni, Simone Rebora, Gabriele Vezzani, Anja Meyer, Massimo Salgaro, Helmut Leder

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Integrated Explainable Diagnosis of Gear Wear Faults Based on Dynamic Modeling and Data-Driven Representation by Zemin Zhao, Tianci Zhang, Kang Xu, Jinyuan Tang, Yudian Yang

“…Gear wear degrades transmission performance, necessitating highly reliable fault diagnosis methods. To address the limitations of existing approaches—where dynamic models rely heavily on prior knowledge, while data-driven methods lack interpretability—this study proposes an integrated bidirectional verification framework combining dynamic modeling and deep learning for interpretable gear wear diagnosis. …”
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Fitting and comparing competing models of the species abundance distribution: assessment and prospect by Thomas J Matthews, Robert J Whittaker

“…We argue that it is time for SAD studies to move away from many of the traditional methods available for fitting and evaluating models, such as sole reliance on the visual examination of plots, and embrace statistically rigorous techniques. …”
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Novel Multimodal Fusion Algorithm for Non-Intrusive Anxiety Detection by Mahir Shadid, Mushfiqus Salehin Afnan, Rashed Mustafa, M. Jamshed Alam Patwary

“…TI-Fusion is a novel late multimodal fusion technique that integrates text and image data for a unified reliable outcome, overcoming limitations in existing methods. The primary advantage of TI-Fusion is its non-intrusive nature, ensuring patient comfort by avoiding invasive methods while still delivering robust diagnostic capabilities. …”
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Multimodal GRU with directed pairwise cross-modal attention for sentiment analysis by Zhenkai Qin, Qining Luo, Zhidong Zang, Hongpeng Fu

“…Abstract Multimodal sentiment analysis combines text, audio, and visual signals to understand human emotions. However, current methods often face challenges in handling asynchronous signals and capturing long-term dependencies between different modalities. …”
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Assessing the quality of angiographic display of brain blood vessels aneurysms compared to intraoperative state by Nikolić Igor M., Tasić Goran M., Jovanović Vladimir T., Repac Nikola R., Janićijević Aleksandar M., Šćepanović Vuk D., Nestorović Branislav D.

“…Clear visibility of the neck, the position of the aneurysm and surrounding structures are necessary for a proper choice of methods for excluding the aneurysm from the circulation. …”
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Fine-Tuning Models for Histopathological Classification of Colorectal Cancer by Houda Saif ALGhafri, Chia S. Lim

“…To validate the models’ decision-making and improve transparency, we integrated Grad-CAM to provide visual explanations that influence classification decisions. …”
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The Potential of a Laser-Aspiration Solution for Refractive Lens Exchange by D. E. Arakelyan, S. Yu. Kopaev, I. A. Il’inskaya, V. V. Pominova

“…And also about possible methods of minimization of ultrasound load during the surgery.Purpose. …”
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Effectiveness of low level laser therapy in the treatment of TMD myalgia - Two case reports by Heleine Maria Chagas Rêgo, Natalia Cortez Gutierrez, Maria Ângela Lacerda Rangel Esper, Pedro Henrique Corazza, Carolina da Silva Machado Martinelli, Fernanda Campos, Carlos Rocha Gomes Torres, Sérgio Eduardo de Paiva Gonçalves

“…Laser was punctually applied on masseter and temporalis muscles bilaterally. Three methods were used to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment: pressure algometer, visual analog scale (VAS) and maximal mouth opening. …”
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Building rooftop extraction from high resolution aerial images using multiscale global perceptron with spatial context refinement by Qinglie Yuan

“…Overall, quantitative analysis and visual experiments confirmed that the proposed model is more efficient and superior to other state-of-the-art methods, with a 95.18% F1 score on the WHU dataset and a 93.29% F1 score on the Massub dataset.…”
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Chinese English language learners’ vocabulary retention: Investigating the effectiveness of neuro/metacognitive and socio-cultural strategies by Wei Hu, Yipeng Luo

“…The experimental group (n = 45) received instruction involving visual imagery, multisensory rotation, circle rotation, and mind mapping over eight sessions, while the control group (n = 45) received traditional teaching methods. …”
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FDI-VSR: Video Super-Resolution Through Frequency-Domain Integration and Dynamic Offset Estimation by Donghun Lim, Janghoon Choi

“…Extensive experiments on the Vid4, SPMCs, REDS4, and UDM10 benchmarks, supported by detailed ablation studies, demonstrate that FDI-VSR not only surpasses conventional VSR methods but also achieves competitive results compared to recent state-of-the-art methods, with improvements of up to 0.82 dB in PSNR on the SPMCs benchmark and notable reductions in visual artifacts, all while maintaining lower computational complexity and faster inference.…”
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Analysis of Microplastics in Industrial Processes—Systematic Analysis of Digestion Efficiency of Samples from Forestry, Wastewater Treatment Plants and Biogas Industries by Blaž Hrovat, Emilia Uurasjärvi, Arto Koistinen

“…The effects of selected enzymes were studied systematically to develop a basis for digestion protocols on industrial samples. Further, different methods of detection (micro FTIR and Raman) were compared to each other, and the samples were visually examined using SEM. …”
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Analysis of Posters for Informing the Population via Social Media during Covid-19: Ukrainian Network by Даніїл Шматков, Марія Луіса Загалас-Санчес, Хав'єр Кашон-Загалас

“…This study aims to determine the extent to which psycholinguistic variables are included in the analysis of the quality of directive posters on social media during Covid-19. Methods. The methods used in the study include analysis of the relevant scientific literature on the identification of psycholinguistic categories and variables relevant to the study; expert assessment of qualitative parameters of posters published on Facebook by official organizations; methods of descriptive statistics. …”
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Flatfish lesion detection based on part segmentation approach and lesion image generation by Seo‐Bin Hwang, Han‐Young Kim, Chae‐Yeon Heo, Hie‐Yong Jeong, Sung‐Ju Jung, Yeong‐Jun Cho

“…Additionally, a flatfish lesion and disease image dataset, called FlatIMG, was created and verified using the proposed methods on the dataset. A flash salmon lesion dataset was also tested to validate the generalizability of the proposed methods. …”
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