Clinical observation of transurethral reconstruction of urethral meatus and navicularis fossa short strictures with annular inlay oral mucosa graft urethroplasty by Zhenyu Li, Zhiguang Zhao, Geng Zhang, He Wang, Bo Zhang, Wei Zhang

“…ObjectiveThis study aims to explore the clinical efficacy and safety of a urethroplasty technique for fossa navicularis (FN) strictures using a transurethral annular inlay oral mucosa graft.MethodsA retrospective analysis was conducted on clinical data from patients with urethral meatus and navicular fossa stricture who underwent transurethral reconstruction using annular inlay oral mucosa graft urethroplasty in Tangdu Hospital from July 2021 to October 2024. …”
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Associations between life’s essential 8 and preserved ratio impaired spirometry by Yuxin Lai, Tianshu Yang, Xiaomei Zhang, Mengqian Li

“…Abstract Preserved ratio impaired spirometry (PRISm) is a prevalent yet under-researched state of diminished lung function, which has been proposed as a pre-clinical abnormal spirometry associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or early-stage COPD. …”
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New possibilities of nephroprotection in patients with chronic heart failure in combination with chronic kidney disease and diabetes mellitus 2 or without it by E. V. Kovalenko, L. I. Markova, O. L. Belaya

“…Impaired kidney function has a negative impact on the course of heart failure in both patients with and without diabetes mellitus. …”
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Modified Whale Optimization Algorithm for Multiclass Skin Cancer Classification by Abdul Majid, Masad A. Alrasheedi, Abdulmajeed Atiah Alharbi, Jeza Allohibi, Seung-Won Lee

“…The deep features extracted from both models are fused to create a comprehensive feature set, which is then optimized using the proposed enhanced WOA that employs a quadratic decay function for dynamic parameter tuning and an advanced mutation mechanism to prevent premature convergence. …”
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Left Heart Changes in Hypertensives Attending Rivers State University Teaching Hospital: An Echocardiographic Review by Ngozi CS, Deinma A, Rita W, Bonas H

“…Hypertensive heart disease refers to the complex and diverse change of the cardiac structure and function secondary to hypertension. Objective: This study aims to investigate the patterns and gain insight to the progression of cardiac changes among hypertensives patients presenting at the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt. …”
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Exploring the link between the ZJU index and sarcopenia in adults aged 20–59 using NHANES and machine learning by Huan Chen, Ning Du, Hong Xiao, Zhao Wang

“…Abstract Sarcopenia, characterized by progressive loss of muscle mass and function, is a growing public health concern. The ZJU index, a novel metabolic marker, integrates lipid metabolism and glucose regulation parameters. …”
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Optimal scheduling of district heat pumps conceived for implementation in Energy Management Systems to participate in demand response by Roberto Rocca, Stefano Leonori, Gregorio Fernández Aznar, Riccardo Toffanin, Luis Luengo-Baranguan

“…For DDR, a sensitivity analysis of peak and average consumption against the price of the flexibility offer is conducted. …”
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Augmentation cystoplasty in children with stages III and IV chronic kidney disease secondary to neurogenic bladder by Sanjay Sinha, Mehul Shah

“…This improved further 1 year following AC (61 mL/min/1.73 m2, p=0.036) with stable function at 7 years. There was improvement in somatic growth, hydronephrosis, and fUTI despite no ureteric re-implantation. …”
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In-Bore MRI-Guided Ureteral Stent Placement During Prostate Cancer Cryoablation—A Case Series by Sydney Whalen, David Woodrum, Scott Thompson, Dan Adamo, Derek Lomas, Lance Mynderse

“…Preoperative and postoperative data were collected for descriptive analysis. Physics safety testing was conducted on the cystoscope and viewing apparatus prior to its implementation for stent deployment. …”
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Diurnal regulation of metabolism by Gs-alpha in hypothalamic QPLOT neurons. by Kevin D Gaitonde, Mutahar Andrabi, Courtney A Burger, Shane P D'Souza, Shruti Vemaraju, Bala S C Koritala, David F Smith, Richard A Lang

“…To analyze daily rhythmic patterns of metabolism, we assessed circadian parameters including amplitude, phase, and MESOR. Loss-of-function GNAS in QPLOT neurons resulted in several subtle rhythmic changes in multiple metabolic parameters. …”
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Extracting Meso- and Microscale Patterns of Urban Morphology Evolution: Evidence from Binhai New Area of Tianjin, China by Xiaojin Huang, Ran Cheng, Jun Wu, Wenjian Yang, Longhao Zhang, Pengbo Li, Wenzhe Zhu

“…However, as urban development patterns shift from incremental expansion to stock optimization, related studies on meso- and microscale urban morphology evolution face limitations such as insufficient spatiotemporal data granularity, poor generalizability, and inability to extract internal evolution patterns. …”
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Innovative segmentation technique for aerial power lines via amplitude stretching transform by Pengfei Xu, Nor Anis Asma Sulaiman, Yafei Ding, Jiangwei Zhao

“…Abstract Accurate segmentation of power line targets helps quickly locate faults, evaluate line conditions, and provides key image data support and analysis for the safe and stable operation of the power system.The aerial power line in segmentation due to the target is small, and the imaging reflected energy is weak, so the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) aerial power line image is very susceptible to the interference of the environment line elements and noise, resulting in the detection of the power line target in the image of the defective, intermittent, straight line interferences and other low accuracy and real-time efficiency is not high. …”
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Bulk viscous matter interacting with decaying vacuum energy density: a model for late-time evolution of the Universe by Tanmay Nandi, Amitava Choudhuri

“…The goodness of fit is assessed by minimizing the $$\chi ^2$$ χ 2 function utilizing the Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method. …”
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Combination of a monofocal and one type of extended depth-of-focus (zonal refractive) intraocular lens (COMEDI) in bilateral cataract surgery protocol: a monocentric, randomised, p... by Sorcha Ní Dhubhghaill, Silke Oellerich, Wilfried Cools, Heleen Delbeke, Iva Krolo, Karolien Termote, Roger Van Schoor

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EBNA2 driven enhancer switching at the CIITA-DEXI locus suppresses HLA class II gene expression during EBV infection of B-lymphocytes. by Chenhe Su, Fang Lu, Samantha S Soldan, R Jason Lamontagne, Hsin-Yao Tang, Giorgia Napoletani, Paul J Farrell, Italo Tempera, Andrew V Kossenkov, Paul M Lieberman

“…A prominent CTCF binding site between CIITA and DEXI enhancers was mutated and further diminished the effects of EBNA2 on CIITA. Analysis of HiC data indicate that DEXI and CIITA enhancers are situated in different chromosome topological associated domains (TADs). …”
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Comparison of the efficacy of intramedullary nailing via the lateral parapatellar approach versus the infrapatellar approach in the treatment of tibial metaphyseal-diaphyseal junct... by Xin Cao, Qingxiang Tang, Bingxin Zhou, Wei Xiao, Huijin Chen

“…Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical data of 45 patients with proximal or distal tibial fractures treated with intramedullary nailing via lateral parapatellar approach (n = 23) or infrapatellar approach (n = 22) between January 2019 and March 2023. …”
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A link between the peak stresses and the averaged strain energy density for cracks under mixed-mode (I+II) loading by G. Meneghetti, B. Atzori, A. Campagnolo, F. Berto

“…Some closed-form expressions of the strain energy density, averaged in a volume of radius R0, as function of the stress intensity factors are provided for plane strain conditions under mixed mode I+II loadings. …”
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Emphysema is associated with thoracic vertebral bone attenuation on chest CT scan in HIV-infected individuals. by Alycia Petraglia, Joseph K Leader, Matthew Gingo, Meghan Fitzpatrick, John Ries, Cathy Kessinger, Lorrie Lucht, Danielle Camp, Alison Morris, Jessica Bon

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Clinical, pulmonary function, and radiographic data were analyzed for 164 individuals from the University of Pittsburgh's HIV Lung Research Center cohort. …”
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A Convolutional Neural Network for Early Supraventricular Arrhythmia Identification by Emilio J. Ochoa, Luis C. Revilla

“…A binary cross-entropy loss function, Adam optimizer, and a batch size of 128 were obtained after a hyperparameter tuning. …”
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Impact of Diagnosis of Urologic Cancer on Male Sexuality and Patients’ Perceptions of Health Professional's Approach by Rodrigo Barros, Angelo Maurílio Fosse Jr, Alex Schul, Gabriel Mangas, Caio Henrique da Silva Teixeira, Tiago Ninis, João Paulo Martins Carvalho, Luciano A. Favorito

“…Analysis was conducted in RStudio using chi-square tests. …”
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