Health risk assessment and microplastic pollution in streams through accumulation and interaction by heavy metals by A.M. Sabilillah, F.R. Palupi, B.K. Adji, A.P. Nugroho

“…This study significantly contributes to the current problem of environmental pollution by means of microplastic threats associated with heavy metals and provides a thorough health risk assessment applicable to other rivers and mitigation efforts that must be exerted to achieve sustainability.…”
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Risk factors associated with poor pain outcomes following primary knee replacement surgery: Analysis of data from the clinical practice research datalink, hospital episode statisti... by Hasan Raza Mohammad, Rachael Gooberman-Hill, Antonella Delmestri, John Broomfield, Rita Patel, Joerg Huber, Cesar Garriga, Christopher Eccleston, Rafael Pinedo-Villanueva, Tamer T Malak, Nigel Arden, Andrew Price, Vikki Wylde, Tim J Peters, Ashley W Blom, Andrew Judge

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>We quantified the relative importance of individual risk factors including mild pre-operative pain, smoking, deprivation, obesity and opioid use in terms of the absolute proportions of patients achieving poor pain outcomes. These findings will support development of interventions to reduce the numbers of patients who have poor pain outcomes.…”
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An underground coal mine multi-target detection algorithm by FAN Shoujun, CHEN Xilin, WEI Liangyue, WANG Qingyu, ZHANG Shiyuan, DONG Fei, LEI Shaohua

“…The results showed that: ① The mAP@0.5 of the FEDSC-FFBD algorithm was 97.00%, the number of model parameters was 4.22×106, and the number of floating point operations per second was 21.7×109. ② The mAP@0.5 of the FEDSC-FFBD alorithm was 3.40% higher than the YOLOv8n algorithm, and the recognition accuracy of the helmet small target was 90.90%, 11% higher than the YOLOv8n algorithm. ③ Compared with other YOLO series algorithms, the FEDSC-FFBD algorithm achieved the highest mAP@0.5, which was 3.60%, 1%, 10.50%, and 6.40% higher than YOLOv5s, YOLOv9c, YOLOv10n, and YOLOv11n algorithms, respectively. ④ The FEDSC-FFBD algorithm improved the detection accuracy of multi-class targets and reduced missed detection and false detection of small targets under conditions of uneven light intensity distribution, complex target environments, and imbalanced target scale distribution in underground coal mine. …”
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Combined alverine citrate and simeticonein preparation in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome by Ye. A. Poluektova, S. Yu. Kuchumova, V. T. Ivashkin

“…To the end of 4-week meteospasmyl treatment course remission has been achieved in 10 of 17 patients in IBS-D group (58,8%) and in 8 of 13 in group IBS-С (61,5%). …”
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A hybrid Prairie INFO fission naked algorithm with stagnation mechanism for the parametric estimation of solar photovoltaic systems by Pankaj Sharma, Rohit Salgotra, Saravanakumar Raju, Mohamed Abouhawwash, S. S. Askar

“…The results obtained from the PIFN algorithm are compared with various MH algorithms reported in the existing literature. The PIFN algorithm achieved the lowest root-mean-square error value, for RTC France Solar Cell (SDM) is 7.72E−04, RTC France Solar Cell (DDM) is 7.59E−04, STP6-120/36 module is 1.44E−02, STM6-40/36 module is 1.723E−03, and Photowatt-PWP201 module is 2.06E−03, respectively. …”
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Deciphering In Vitro and In Vivo Pharmacological Properties of Seed and Fruit Extracts of Flacourtia jangomas (Lour.) Raeusch by Farhana Alam Ripa, Fowzia Alam, Fahmida Haque Riya, Yesmin Begum, Sharmin Akter Eti, Nusratun Nahar, Zebunnesa Ahmed, Sabrina Sharmin

“…In the protein denaturation antiarthritic test, the PFJE and SFJC extracts exhibited significant potency, achieving results of 74.28 ± 1.16% and 79.25 ± 0.83%, respectively, at a dose of 500 μg/mL. …”
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Non-pharmacological Methods Used in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by a Selected Group of People with T2DM in Colombo District, Sri Lanka: A Mixed-Method Study by Lakshani Herath, Manisha Kamalsiri, Perananthan Inthuja, Gayani P Gamage, Dinithi Vidanage

“…Both pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions are practiced by people with T2DM to achieve better glycemic control. Managing T2DM with non-pharmacological methods is beneficial to both the patients and the country, as they are cost-effective and produce fewer complications. …”
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Facial expression recognition through muscle synergies and estimation of facial keypoint displacements through a skin-musculoskeletal model using facial sEMG signals by Lun Shu, Victor R. Barradas, Zixuan Qin, Yasuharu Koike

“…Our proposed approach achieved a relatively high fidelity in estimating these displacements (NRMSE 0.067). …”
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Comparison modeling of the number population who have been vaccined in East Java using the biresponse Fourier series estimator method with the trend function by Ira Yudistira, Naylur Rohman, M Fariz Fadillah Mardianto, Kuzairi

“…Currently, the implementation of the Covid-19 vaccination in East Java has only reached 50% of the total target being vaccinated. The requirement to achieve immunity must be that 70% of the population has been vaccinated. …”
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Çin'in Sosyal Kredi Sistemi: Veri Odaklı Toplumda Ahlaki Yönetimin İnşası by Özlem Zerrin Keyvan

“…1978'de ekonomisini dışa açmaya ve reform yapmaya başladıktan sonra Çin, yolsuzlukta belirgin bir kötüleşme yaşamıştır. …”
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Sprayable solutions containing sticky rice oil droplets reduce western flower thrips damage and induce changes in Chrysanthemum leaf chemistry by Thijs V. Bierman, Hocelayne P. Fernandes, Hocelayne P. Fernandes, Young H. Choi, Sumin Seo, Klaas Vrieling, Mirka Macel, Bram Knegt, Thomas E. Kodger, Ralph van Zwieten, Peter G. L. Klinkhamer, T. Martijn Bezemer

“…Our results suggested that the adhesive RGO droplets were not effective as a physical trap as only three out of 600 adult thrips were caught at the achieved coverage. However, average thrips damage was still reduced up to 50% and no negative effects on plant growth were observed up to 25 days. …”
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Optimization of reinforcement ratio and stirring speed on mechanical properties of Al-TiB2-B4C hybrid composite using Taguchi – grey relational analysis by Sheetal Soni, Piyush Gohil

“…The highest tensile strength, hardness and flexural strength achieved is 203.72MPa, 129.2 BHN and 369 MPa respectively for highest percentage ratio of both the reinforcements i.e. …”
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Impact of scaling up of kangaroo mother care on neonatal mortality among babies born with birth weight by Tinku Thomas, Arin Kar, Krishnamurthy Jayanna, Prem Mony, Suman P N Rao, Maryann Washington, Prabhu Deva Gowda, Swaroop Narayana, Shashidhar Rao, Mohan Harnahalli Lakkappa

“…Scaling up KMC coverage across large geographies could facilitate achieving global child survival targets.…”
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ChatGPT, Google, or PINK? Who Provides the Most Reliable Information on Side Effects of Systemic Therapy for Early Breast Cancer? by Stefan Lukac, Sebastian Griewing, Elena Leinert, Davut Dayan, Benedikt Heitmeir, Markus Wallwiener, Wolfgang Janni, Visnja Fink, Florian Ebner

“…There were also significant differences when comparing the individual subcategories, with the best congruence achieved by PINK (73.3%, <i>p</i> = 0.059) in the chemotherapy category, ChatGPT 4.0 (77.5%; <i>p</i> < 0.001) in the targeted therapy category, and ChatGPT 3.5 (<i>p</i> = 0.002) in the endocrine therapy category. …”
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Creating pragmatic, rapid‐cycle, evidence‐based innovation: The Kaiser Permanente Northern California Delivery Science and Applied Research (DARE) program by Douglas A. Corley, Julie A. Schmittdiel, Smita Rouillard, Yi‐Fen Chen, Tracy A. Lieu

“…Conclusions High‐volume, evidence‐based innovation programs can be important, scale‐able, reproducible models for different settings for increasing quality, affordability, sustainability, value, and equity in healthcare and furthering the difficult‐to‐achieve concept of developing sustainable learning healthcare systems.…”
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Prognostic Factors for COVID-19 Hospitalized Patients with Preexisting Type 2 Diabetes by Yuanyuan Fu, Ling Hu, Hong-Wei Ren, Yi Zuo, Shaoqiu Chen, Qiu-Shi Zhang, Chen Shao, Yao Ma, Lin Wu, Jun-Jie Hao, Chuan-Zhen Wang, Zhanwei Wang, Richard Yanagihara, Youping Deng

“…High concordance index (C-index) was achieved, and the calibration curves showed the model had good prediction ability within three weeks of COVID-19 onset. …”
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Prolonged venous transit is associated with worse neurological recovery in successfully reperfused large vessel strokes by Janet Mei, Hamza Adel Salim, Dhairya A. Lakhani, Licia Luna, Aneri Balar, Mona Shahriari, Nathan Z. Hyson, Francis Deng, Adam A. Dmytriw, Adrien Guenego, Vaibhav Vagal, Victor C. Urrutia, Elisabeth B. Marsh, Hanzhang Lu, Risheng Xu, Rich Leigh, Dylan Wolman, Gaurang Shah, Benjamin Pulli, Kambiz Nael, Gregory W. Albers, Max Wintermark, Jeremy J. Heit, Tobias D. Faizy, Argye E. Hillis, Raf Llinas, Vivek Yedavalli

“…After adjusting for age, sex, hypertension, diabetes, atrial fibrillation, administration of intravenous thrombolysis (IVT), Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Scores (ASPECTS), mTICI 2c and/or 3, Tmax >6 s volume, and hemorrhagic transformation, PVT+ was significantly associated with lower NIHSS percent change (B = −0.163, 95%CI −0.326 to −0.001, p = 0.049) and was less likely to achieve higher than 70% NIHSS improvement (OR = 0.331, 95% CI 0.127–0.863, p = 0.024). …”
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Cesarean delivery in Nigeria: prevalence and associated factors―a population-based cross-sectional study by Asa Auta, Emmanuel O Adewuyi, Vishnu Khanal, Samson J Tapshak, Yun Zhao

“…We carried out frequency tabulation, χ2 test, simple logistic regression and multivariable binary logistic regression analyses to achieve the study objective.Setting Nigeria.Participants A total of 31 171 most recent live deliveries for women aged 15–49 years (mother–child pair) in the 5 years preceding the 2013 NDHS was included in this study.Outcome measure Caesarean mode of delivery.Results The prevalence of caesarean section (CS) was 2.1% (95% CI 1.8 to 2.3) in Nigeria. …”
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Efficacy and safety of SHEN26, a novel oral small molecular RdRp inhibitor for COVID-19 treatment: a multicenter, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, phase II clinical... by Jiangtao Bai, Tetsuya Asakawa, Wenfang Yuan, Yuanlong Lin, Hao Ju, Dandan Xu, Mingming Yang, Shuo Li, Guanguan Li, Deyin Guo, Hongzhou Lu, Xumu Zhang

“…The changes of viral load were significantly higher on D3 (P = 0.0119), and D5 (P = 0.0120) in 400 mg group (vs. placebo group), and the difference value achieved 1.06 log10 copies/mL on D3 and 1.21 log10 copies/mL on D5. …”
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Visualization of Small Vessels by Micro–Computed Tomography Using Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles as a Novel Contrast Agent by Taku Goto, Ruriko Tanabe, Hirotoshi Shibuya, Masaru Tamura, Shintaro Nomura

“…Consequently, using titanium dioxide as a contrast agent allows us to achieve a higher contrast-to-noise ratio while maintaining a favorable signal-to-noise ratio. …”
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