Dynamic characterization of the CT angiographic 'spot sign'. by Santanu Chakraborty, Mohammed Alhazzaa, Jason K Wasserman, Yang Yang Sun, Grant Stotts, Mathew J Hogan, Andrew Demchuk, Richard I Aviv, Dar Dowlatshahi

“…Median time to spot appearance was 21 s (range 15-35 seconds). This method allowed tracking of spots evolution until the end of venous phase (active extravasation) with median duration of 39 s (range 25-45 seconds). …”
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REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS ACTIVITIES IN UKRAINE by Natalia Chekh, Ivan Vinnyk

“…Objectives: to review the regulatory environment, to study the status of the permitting system, the control system (inspections), technical regulation, the tax system and legislative acts. General scientific methods used are: methods of empirical research (observation, comparison, visual-graphic methods), method of system analysis, induction, deduction, specification. …”
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The U-shaped relationship between serum osmolality and the risk of sepsis-associated delirium development: a retrospective study by Yipeng Fang, Hui Xie, Aizhen Dou, Yan Cui, Keliang Xie

“…The association between osmolality and delirium was visualized using both restricted cubic splines (RCS) and local weighted scatter plot smoothing (LOWESS) methods. …”
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Vector-Based Preference Aided Ranking System (V-PARS): Application on Micromobility Modes in Paris by Esra Cakir, A. Cagri Tolga

“…Despite their conceptual simplicity, visual appeal, and flexibility, which make them valuable across various academic disciplines, these methods require meticulous selection of distance metrics and reference points. …”
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Noninvasive Quantitative Compression Ultrasound Central Venous Pressure: A Clinical Pilot Study by Alex T. Jaffe, Roger Pallarès-López, Jeffrey K. Raines, Aaron D. Aguirre, Brian W. Anthony

“…To directly compare our method to JVP, we measured the percentage of patients whose uncertainty estimates for QCU methods and for JVP overlapped with their invasive CVP counterparts. …”
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The development and validation of an easy to use automatic QT-interval algorithm. by Ben J M Hermans, Arja S Vink, Frank C Bennis, Luc H Filippini, Veronique M F Meijborg, Arthur A M Wilde, Laurent Pison, Pieter G Postema, Tammo Delhaas

“…T-wave end was defined per individual lead and scalar ECG using an automated tangent method. A median of all T-wave ends was used as the general T-wave end per beat. …”
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A new approach to cultural scripts of trauma sequelae assessment: The sample case of Switzerland. by Rahel Bachem, Amelie Mazza, David J Eberle, Andreas Maercker

“…<h4>Objective</h4>This study aimed to develop the cultural scripts of trauma inventory (CSTI) for German-speaking Switzerland and to explore temporal associations of script elements.<h4>Method</h4>Five semi-structured focus groups were conducted with psychotraumatologists (n = 8) and Swiss trauma survivors (n = 7). …”
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Risk assessment of land subsidence in Shanghai municipality based on AHP and EWM by Yinshui Zhan, Yichen Zhang, Jiquan Zhang, Jinyuan Xu, Haoxin Chen, Gexu Liu, Ziyang Wan

“…By applying matrix theory, the study utilizes the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and the Entropy Weight Method (EWM) to integrate subjective and objective weights, thereby determining the comprehensive weight for each indicator. …”
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Chinese Image Captioning Based on Deep Fusion Feature and Multi-Layer Feature Filtering Block by Xi Yang, Xingguo Jiang, Jinfeng Liu

“…Experimental results demonstrate that our method achieves superior performance across multiple Chinese datasets. …”
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Legume-Cereal Intercropping Improves Forage Yield, Quality and Degradability. by Jie Zhang, Binjie Yin, Yuhuai Xie, Jing Li, Zaibin Yang, Guiguo Zhang

“…After 48-h exposure to rumen microbes, intercropping harvest materials were degraded to a higher extent than separately degraded crop stems from the sole system as indicated by visual microscopic examination with more tissues disappeared. …”
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Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Aqueous Extract of Medicinal Plants’ (Impatiens balsamina and Lantana camara) Fresh Leaves and Analysis of Antimicrobial Activity by Henry F. Aritonang, Harry Koleangan, Audy D. Wuntu

“…UV-Vis spectra and visual observation showed that the color of the fresh leaf extracts of L. camara and I. balsamina turned into grayish brown and brownish yellow, respectively, after treatment with Ag precursors. …”
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A Comparative Study of Deep Semantic Segmentation and UAV-Based Multispectral Imaging for Enhanced Roadside Vegetation Composition Assessment by Puranjit Singh, Michael A. Perez, Wesley N. Donald, Yin Bao

“…Traditional monitoring methods involving visual inspections are time-consuming, labor-intensive, and not scalable. …”
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CenterNet-Elite: A Small Object Detection Model for Driving Scenario by Lingling Wang, Xiang Li, Xiaoyan Chen, Bin Zhou

“…On one hand, the limited pixel size of small objects severely constrains their visual features in images, making them susceptible to distortion and difficult to distinguish from background noise. …”
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Artificial Intelligence-Based Skin Lesion Analysis and Skin Cancer Detection by Momina Qureshi, Muhammad Athar Javed Sethi, Sayed Shahid Hussain

“… Advanced diagnostic methods are necessary for the early and precise diagnosis of skin cancer, a deadly disease that poses a danger. …”
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COMMUNICATION OPPORTUNITIES OF MODERNISM IN THE SYSTEM OF MASS COMMUNICATION IN THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC. PART TWO by Oksana Kosiuk

“…The second part of the research continues the study of current problems of modern Syrian painting as a means of communication with the help of the goal was set to explore the visual arts of modern Syria as a means and method of communication with the help of structuralism (distinguishing the directions, methods and styles of modernism), semiotic and content analyzes (identifying symbolic units of communication), comparison (studying the process and experiences), modeling (defining the features of movements, directions and styles), etc. …”
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Optimal imaging time for Tc-99m phytate lymphoscintigraphy for sentinel lymph node mapping in patients with breast cancer by Ching-Chun Ho, Yu-Hung Chen, Shu-Hsin Liu, Hwa-Tsung Chen, Ming-Che Lee

“…Lymphoscintigraphy is one of the major methods used. The radioactive tracer used in Taiwan is Tc-99m phytate. …”
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Detection and Severity Assessment of Parkinson’s Disease Through Analyzing Wearable Sensor Data Using Gramian Angular Fields and Deep Convolutional Neural Networks by Sayyed Mostafa Mostafavi, Shovito Barua Soumma, Daniel Peterson, Shyamal H. Mehta, Hassan Ghasemzadeh

“…The current clinical methods for the diagnosis and severity assessment of PD rely on the visual and physical examination of subjects and identifying key disease motor signs and symptoms such as bradykinesia, rigidity, tremor, and postural instability. …”
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Risk factors for delirium in elderly patients after artificial femoral head replacement for femoral neck fracture by LIN Zhihao, LIU Guoming, HU Yanling

“…Before surgery, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory was used to assess the status of anxiety, and after surgery, the Confusion Assessment Method was used to assess the condition of delirium. …”
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Effect of Cocoa (<i>Theobroma cacao</i>) Plantation Types on the Distribution of Anuran Communities in Ore, Ondo State, Nigeria by AB Onadeko

“…The surrounding primary/secondary forest (PSFV) was sampled applying the transect method. A mean total of 690±2.6 anurans belonging to 28 species, 14 genera and 9 families were recorded during the study. …”
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GazeMap: Dual-Pathway CNN Approach for Diagnosing Alzheimer’s Disease from Gaze and Head Movements by Hyuntaek Jung, Shinwoo Ham, Hyunyoung Kil, Jung Eun Shin, Eun Yi Kim

“…Additionally, our gaze-saliency maps provide interpretable visualizations, revealing distinct AD-related gaze patterns.…”
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