Preliminary results suggest the potential of evaluating combined bFGF and TNF-β concentrations for differentiating papillary thyroid cancer from benign nodular goiter by Magdalena Ćwiklińska-Dworakowska, Karolina Marta Gacuta, Joanna Kamińska, Anna Justyna Milewska, Joanna Matowicka-Karna, Olga Martyna Koper-Lenkiewicz

“…The highest area under the ROC curve (AUC), equal to 0.720 ± 0.066, along with a diagnostic specificity of 92% and a positive predictive value of 89% for differentiating PTC patients from nodular goiter patients, was found for TNF-β. …”
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Surveying monitoring of mine workings in the conditions of development of nearby coal seams, as an important element of ensuring occupational safety and protection of miners by V.О. Nazarenko, H.V. Brui, O.S. Kuchin, A.O. Kryvoruchko, S.S. Iskov

“…At the pillar size of 25 meters, equal to the size of the actually pillar, the tension is 4 times higher than in the absence of the longwall face influence. …”
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The effectiveness of the states’ crisis response policies: Survival analysis on the COVID-19 transmission suppression in the United States by Hanvit Kim, Kyungmin Lee, Jungwon Yeo

“…Results: Our findings indicate that not all policies were equally effective in facilitating rapid transmission and promoting swift suppression return to normalcy. …”
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Breath‐by‐breath measurement of alveolar gas exchange must preserve mass balance and conform to a physiological definition of a breath by Michele Girardi, Carlo Capelli, Carrie Ferguson, Susan A. Ward, Harry B. Rossiter

“…Specifically, it defines a single breathing cycle as the time between equal values of the FO2/FN2 (or FCO2/FN2) ratio, that is, the ratio of fractional concentrations of lung‐expired O2 (or CO2) and nitrogen (N2). …”
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Implications of Pea–Barley‐Mixed Cropping on Gross Margin, Root Rot Infestation, and Nitrogen Supply—A Swiss Case Study by Seraina Vonzun, Michael Schneider, Valentin Gfeller, Pierre Hohmann, Benedikt Haug, Matthias Meyer, Monika M. Messmer

“…The N supply in the successive crop was equal or higher in mixed cropping compared with pure pea cropping. …”
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Antibiotic Resistance of MRSA in the Russian Federation by V. V. Gostev, O. S. Kalinogorskaya, L. N. Popenko, T. V. Chernenkaya, Z. S. Naumenko, T. M. Voroshilova, YU. A. Zakharova, O. E. Khokhlova, A. N. Kruglov, M. G. Ershova, I. V. Molchanova, S. V. Sidorenko

“…The antibiotic susceptibility was determined by the method of serial microdilutions in broth with estimation of the MICs in accordance with the international standards CLSI 2014 and EUCAST 2014. …”
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Influencing Factors on the Sports Business: United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Approach through Championship Sports by Makki Mohmmed Safi, Rasool Nazari, Hassanin Abdul Wahed Abbas, Khosro Jalai Dehkordi

“…The development of championship sports can significantly impact the facilitation of the fourth goal, which includes ensuring equal quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities. …”
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Research on Time-Sensitive Service Transmission Routing and Scheduling Strategies Based on Optical Interconnect Low Earth Orbit Mega-Constellations by Bingyao Cao, Xiwen Fan, Yiming Hong, Qianqian Zhao

“…However, in the context of large-scale LEO satellite communication scenarios, the traditional adjacent connection transmission method limits the advantages of low latency in optical communication. …”
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Presenting the conceptual model of organizational democracy with an emphasis on the development of employees' psychological capital by Sattar jahantabi neghad, Foad Makvandi, ezat allah Kiani, ghanbar Amirnegad, Vahid Chenari

“…The sampling method is simple random sampling. The total number of the statistical population under study is equal to 100,000 people, out of which 200 people were selected from all the employees of the National Iranian Oil Company, and the questionnaire was provided to these people in the form of a link and in person and online (Pressline website). …”
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Numerical Investigation into Evolution of Crack and Stress in Residual Coal Pillars under the Influence of Longwall Mining of the Adjacent Underlying Coal Seam by Xin Wang, Yuechao Wu, Xuehua Li, Shun Liang

“…This study employed the universal distinct element code (UDEC) to investigate the microscopic failure mechanism of the overlying residual coal pillars under the influence of longwall mining of an adjacent underlying coal seam in Yuanbaowan coal mine, China. Using the Voronoi method, we innovatively visualized the evolution of cracks in residual pillars, revealed the mechanism behind the failure of pillars, and explored the evolution and distribution of abutment stress. …”
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A Thematic Analysis of the Painting, "Two Conflicting Sages" attributed to Aqa Mirak in Khamsa Tahmasbi: An Iconological Approach by Sahand Allahyari, Morteza Afshari, Khashayar Ghazizadeh

“…To do so, the research employs the framework of Panofsky's iconology via a descriptive analytical method. The paper seeks to find out which hidden layers of meaning exist in the painting. …”
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BMT: A Cross-Validated ThinPrep Pap Cervical Cytology Dataset for Machine Learning Model Training and Validation by E. Celeste Welch, Chenhao Lu, C. James Sung, Cunxian Zhang, Anubhav Tripathi, Joyce Ou

“…However, most publicly available datasets consist of pre-segmented single cell images, contain on-image annotations that must be manually edited out, or are prepared using the conventional Pap smear method. Multicellular liquid Pap image datasets are a more accurate reflection of current cervical screening techniques. …”
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A mathematical model to study the role of dystrophin protein in tumor micro-environment by Ausif Padder, Tafaz Ul Rahman Shah, Afroz Afroz, Aadil Mushtaq, Anita Tomar

“…Numerical simulations are performed using Euler’s method to investigate the temporal evolution of the proposed model under different parameter values, such as tumor growth rate and feedback strength of dystrophin protein. …”
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Research on Beef Marbling Grading Algorithm Based on Improved YOLOv8x by Jun Liu, Lian Wang, Huafu Xu, Jie Pi, Daoying Wang

“…Currently, Chinese beef processing enterprises rely on professional graders who visually assess marbling using national standard atlases. …”
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Investigation of structural frustration in symmetric diblock copolymers confined in polar discs through cell dynamic simulation by Muhammad Javed Iqbal, Inayatullah Soomro, Mirza Abdur Razzaq, Erislandy Omar Martinez, Zaily Leticia Velazquez Martinez, Imran Ashraf

“…The Laplacian involved in the cell dynamic simulation model is approximated by generating a 17-point stencil discretized to a polar grid by the finite difference method. Codes are programmed in FORTRAN to run the simulation, and IBM open DX is used to visualize the results. …”
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The Effect of Improper Packaging on Moisture and Fatty Acid Composition in Frozen Bluefin Tuna (Thynnus Thynnus) by Abdullah Öksüz, Şenay Burçin Alkan, Elif Didem Örs

“…The moisture content of the surface affected from freezer burn and an inner part of the tuna slice was analysed. Visual examination showed that the surface of the tuna slices were dried and different from normal flesh colour. …”
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Non-invasive measuring of biopotentials of the ciliary muscle during accommodation in emmetropes by Sven Schumayer, Bishesh Sigdel, Mohamed Ali Jarboui, Eberhart Zrenner, Volker Bucher, Torsten Straßer, Sandra Wagner

“…Our research points to a potentially new objective method of measuring accommodative change. Understanding these biopotentials could lead to the development of self-focusing visual aids as an alternative way of vision correction in presbyopes.…”
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Pregnancy-Related Lumbopelvic Pain: Listening to Australian Women by Heather Pierce, Caroline S. E. Homer, Hannah G. Dahlen, Jenny King

“…Main Outcome Measures. The Visual Analogue Scale and the Oswestry Disability Index (Version 2.1a). …”
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Nonlinear squeezing flow of stratified fluids: A comprehensive study on convective conditions and probable errors by Anum Shafiq, Tabassum Naz Sindhu, Muhammad Ahmad Iqbal, Tahani A. Abushal

“…The fourth-order Runge–Kutta method (RK-4), coupled with a shooting technique, is employed to numerically solve the system of nonlinear governing equations. …”
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The Hobbit in prose and comics: exploring intersemiotic relations by Caio Henrique Medeiros Sousa, Cláudio Augusto Carvalho Moura, Josivan Antonio do Nascimento

“…The study aims to explore the specific characteristics and challenges involved in adapting a literary work from a verbal to a verbo-visual sign system. Our approach involved a review of relevant bibliographical sources and an analytical-expository method. …”
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