Large Multinodular Toxic Goiter: Is Surgery Always Necessary? by Roberto Negro, Gabriele Greco

“…Then, before administering another 131I dose, the patient underwent a laser ablation treatment (LAT) in both nodules. After a significant shrinkage due to LAT, the patient received 400 MBq 131I. …”
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Real-Time Forestry Pest Detection Method Based on Enhanced Feature Fusion with Deep Learning by Rui Li, Tong Liu, Yalu Ren

“…Finally, data augmentation is performed on a relatively small number of samples in the dataset, the accuracy of the model is improved by 1.94%, the FPS is improved to 1.6 times of the original one, and the training time is slightly increased compared with the preinnovation model. Ablation experiments are designed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm while being more conducive to deployment on edge devices.…”
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Adaptive enhancement of shoulder x-ray images using tissue attenuation and type-II fuzzy sets. by Qifeng Liu, Yong Han, Lu Shen, Jialei Du, Marzia Hoque Tania

“…In comparative studies, the method demonstrated significant performance advantages over 10 contemporary X-ray image enhancement algorithms and was validated through ablation experiments to confirm the effectiveness of each module.…”
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Clinical Evaluation of LASEK for High Myopia Correction between the Triple-A Profile and the Zyoptix Tissue Saving Profile by Min Li, Yuehui Shi, Lina Sun, Lin Liu, Chen Qu, Jun Zou

“…To compare the effects of correcting high myopia using the MEL®90 Triple-A profile LASEK at a 500 Hz pulse rate (Triple-A group) versus the Zyoptix tissue-saving ablations of Technolas 217z laser platform at 100 Hz (TS group). …”
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Oral Rehabilitation of Oral Cancer Patients Using Zygomatic Implant-Supported Maxillary Prostheses with Magnetic Attachment: Three Case Reports by Hisashi Ozaki, Hiromasa Sakurai, Yukie Yoshida, Hideyuki Yamanouchi, Mitsuyoshi Iino

“…This clinical report describes the management of three patients with severe maxillary defects following cancer ablative surgery who were rehabilitated using maxillary prostheses with magnetic attachments supported by dental and zygomatic implants. …”
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A Comprehensive Strategy for Laser Corneal Refractive Surgery during the COVID-19 Epidemic in a Tertiary Teaching Hospital in Wenzhou, China by Jia Zhang, Ioannis M. Aslanides, Vasileios Selimis, Nan-Ji Lu, Wei-Jie Liu, Hong-Xiao Jiang, Chao Zhang, Chen-Chen Xu, Qin-Mei Wang, Jia Qu, Shi-Hao Chen

“…The comprehensive protection protocol, which was established throughout the entire process, included both horizontal (medical staff-patient, medical staff-medical staff, and patient-patient) and vertical (preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative transmission assessment) approach and was mainly focused on strengthening the protection against potential aerosol transmission that may occur during intraocular pressure measurements and laser ablation. The described and proposed protocol, along with the further guidelines followed by the medical personnel, proved to be efficacious and contributed significantly to the control of the COVID-19 outbreak and the protection of both the patients and the medical staff.…”
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Diagnosis and prognostic value of asymptomatic atrial fibrillation by U.P. Chernyaha-Royko, M.S. Sorokivskyy, A.V. Aker, O.J. Zharіnov

“…Contemporary technologies of long-term electrocardiography monitoring often allow to detect silent AF in patients after stroke, transient ischemic attack or other thromboembolic events, after radiofrequency ablation or cardioversion in case of persistent AF, and to assess the «burden» of this arrhythmia. …”
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Burst Laser-Driven Plasmonic Photochemical Nanolithography of Silicon with Active Structural Modulation by Liping Shi, Ji Yan, Shuyao Zhang, Panpan Niu, Jiao Geng, Günter Steinmeyer

“…Femtosecond laser ablation-driven periodic surface structuring offers a promising method for large-scale and high-throughput nanolithography technique. …”
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ECgMLP: A novel gated MLP model for enhanced endometrial cancer diagnosis by Md. Alif Sheakh, Sami Azam, Mst. Sazia Tahosin, Asif Karim, Sidratul Montaha, Kayes Uddin Fahim, Niusha Shafiabady, Mirjam Jonkman, Friso De Boer

“…Model hyperparameters are improved via ablation research. The evaluations show a maximum accuracy of 99.26 % for identifying multi-class histopathological categories of endometrial tissue, which is higher than the previous best technique. …”
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Investigation of Early Corrosion Behavior of Canister Candidate Materials in Oxic Groundwater by the EQCM Method by Gha-Young Kim, Sung-Wook Kim, Junhyuk Jang, Seok Yoon, Jin-Seop Kim

“…The materials were immersed in naturally aerated groundwater with and without the addition of chloride ions to observe the mass changes as well as the open-circuit potential (corrosion potential). …”
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Groundwater dependent ecosystems – groundwater status indicators by Kim Mezga, Mitja Janža, Joerg Prestor, Katja Koren, Dejan Šram

“…We also identified the areas where and what are the trends of the observed parameters that exceed the natural background (As, Zn) or are undoubtedly of anthropogenic origin (PCB). …”
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Forest Evapotranspiration and Energy Flux Partitioning Based on Eddy Covariance Methods in an Arid Desert Region of Northwest China by Xiaohong Ma, Qi Feng, Yonghong Su, Tengfei Yu, Hua Jin

“…In particular, a small spike in the actual evapotranspiration distribution occurred during the soil ablation period due to the higher temperature and sufficient soil moisture associated with soil thawing. …”
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Arthroscopic Excision of Intra-Articular Osteoid Osteoma at the Elbow by Taku Hatta, Masami Hosaka, Munenori Watanuki, Toshihisa Yano, Shinichirou Yoshida, Mika Watanabe, Shin Hitachi, Eiji Itoi

“…Although computed tomography-guided excision and radiofrequency ablation have been recognized as useful treatment options, arthroscopic excision has recently received focus as an alternative strategy for lesions close to neurovascular structures or intra- and juxta-articular lesions. …”
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Wychowanie do dialogu międzyreligijnego podczas katechezy – wyzwanie współczesności by Leonard Fic

“…Najważniejszym zadaniem pedagogiki religijnej jest nauczanie katechezy w duchu deklaracji Nostra aetate. Takie wychowanie powinno kształtować w młodym człowieku postawę otwartości i szacunku względem przedstawicieli innych religii, a także osób niewierzących. …”
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Testosterone exacerbates neutrophilia and cardiac injury in myocardial infarction via actions in bone marrow by Elin Svedlund Eriksson, Marta Lantero Rodriguez, Bente Halvorsen, Inger Johansson, Anna K. F. Mårtensson, Anna S. Wilhelmson, Camilla Huse, Thor Ueland, Pål Aukrust, Kaspar Broch, Lars Gullestad, Brage Høyem Amundsen, Geir Øystein Andersen, Mikael C. I. Karlsson, Malin Hagberg Thulin, Alessandro Camponeschi, Dana Trompet, Ola Hammarsten, Björn Redfors, Jan Borén, Elmir Omerovic, Malin C. Levin, Andrei S. Chagin, Tuva B. Dahl, Åsa Tivesten

“…These effects were mimicked by Osterix-directed ablation of the androgen receptor in bone marrow (BM). …”
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Risk-Aware Stochastic Vehicle Trajectory Prediction With Spatial-Temporal Interaction Modeling by Yuxiang Feng, Qiming Ye, Eduardo Candela, Jose Javier Escribano-Macias, Bo Hu, Yiannis Demiris, Panagiotis Angeloudis

“…The performance of the developed model was assessed with eight state-of-the-art methods. An ablation study and safety analysis were also conducted to evaluate the proposed risk-awareness kernel function. …”
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Carbon Nanotubes: A Review on Structure and Their Interaction with Proteins by N. Saifuddin, A. Z. Raziah, A. R. Junizah

“…Techniques have been developed to produce nanotubes in sizeable quantities, including arc discharge, laser ablation, and chemical vapor deposition. Developments in the past few years have illustrated the potentially revolutionizing impact of nanomaterials, especially in biomedical imaging, drug delivery, biosensing, and the design of functional nanocomposites. …”
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Transport and inhibition of the sphingosine-1-phosphate exporter SPNS2 by Huanyu Z. Li, Ashley C. W. Pike, Yung-Ning Chang, Dheeraj Prakaash, Zuzana Gelova, Josefina Stanka, Christophe Moreau, Hannah C. Scott, Frank Wunder, Gernot Wolf, Andreea Scacioc, Gavin McKinley, Helena Batoulis, Shubhashish Mukhopadhyay, Andrea Garofoli, Adán Pinto-Fernández, Benedikt M. Kessler, Nicola A. Burgess-Brown, Saša Štefanić, Tabea Wiedmer, Katharina L. Dürr, Vera Puetter, Alexander Ehrmann, Syma Khalid, Alvaro Ingles-Prieto, Giulio Superti-Furga, David B. Sauer

“…Finally, using these structural, localization, and S1P transport results, we identify how pathogenic mutations ablate the protein’s export activity and thereby lead to hearing loss.…”
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Improvement of Specific Multi-target Tracking Algorithm in Cross-domain Environment by MU Xiaofang, LI Hao, LIU Jiaji, LIU Zhenyu, LI Yue

“…[Findings] In the comparative ablation tests, the MOTA value of the improved algorithm reached 62.8%, and the IDswitch value was also significantly reduced.…”
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The Relationship between Uric Acid and the Development, Complication, and Prognosis of Atrial Fibrillation: The Views from a Clinical Study by Jian Yang, Lian Lou, Xuan Zhang, Yuxiao Chen, Weier Zhou, Chi Zhang, Xiaogang Guo, Shenjiang Hu

“…It will be a meaningful topic to focus on the latest research on AF ablation and to conduct a secondary analysis to explore the prognostic impact of UA on the latest treatment methods for AF. …”
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