A deep learning algorithm to generate synthetic computed tomography images for brain treatments from 0.35 T magnetic resonance imaging by Luca Vellini, Flaviovincenzo Quaranta, Sebastiano Menna, Elisa Pilloni, Francesco Catucci, Jacopo Lenkowicz, Claudio Votta, Michele Aquilano, Andrea D’Aviero, Martina Iezzi, Francesco Preziosi, Alessia Re, Althea Boschetti, Danila Piccari, Antonio Piras, Carmela Di Dio, Alessandro Bombini, Gian Carlo Mattiucci, Davide Cusumano

“…Conclusion: The proposed DL algorithm generates in less than 2 min accurate sCT images in the brain for online adaptive radiotherapy, potentially eliminating the need for CT simulation in MR-only workflows for brain treatments.…”
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Capital Punishment without Capital Trials in Japan’s Lay Judge System by David T. Johnson

“…In June-Jul 2010, lay judge panels handed down three complete or partial acquittals in cases involving complex evidence and defendants who denied guilt, causing some prosecutors to contend that the new system makes it "harder and harder to persuade lay judges that defendants are guilty"-despite the fact that these not-guilty verdicts were the first that lay judges had rendered in more than 600 trials. …”
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Egg freshness during storage: the effect of laying hen age and shelf life prediction using a novel hybrid modeling method by Yifeng Lu, Jing Li, Zihao He, Linyun Chen, Huixin Tian, Chen Xu, Xinglian Xu, Minyi Han

“…A novel hybrid model combining BP-ANN, cuckoo search and adaptive boosting (CS-BP-AdaBoost) was proposed for predicting the remaining egg shelf life, with the input being Haugh unit, yolk index, air cell depth, albumen pH, hen age, and breed. …”
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Küreselleşmenin Yoksulluk Üzerine Etkisi: Türkiye Örneği by Başak Karşıyakalı, Gökhan Ersoy

“…Kimi yazarların iddiaları küreselleşmenin yoksulluğu azalttığı yönündeyken, kimi yazarlar aksini savunmaktadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, Türkiye’de 1980-2018 yılları arasında KOF küreselleşme endeksinin alt bileşenleri olan ekonomik küreselleşme, politik küreselleşme ve sosyal küreselleşme ile doğrudan yabancı yatırımların, yoksulluk (kişi başına hane halkı nihai tüketim harcaması) üzerindeki etkisini zaman serisi ekonometrisinden yararlanarak araştırmaktır. …”
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Comparative analysis of the intestinal flora of Siniperca chuatsi at different growth stages under three feeding practices by Yunyun Yan, Fubao Wang, Xiao Chen, Junjian Dong, Fengying Gao, Hetong Zhang, Xing Ye, Chengbin Wu, Chengfei Sun

“…This study provides insights into the adaptation mechanisms of intestinal flora to compound feed, supporting diet domestication and the optimization of compound feed formulation for S. chuatsi.…”
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INTERPROFESSIONAL COLLABORATION AND HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION: an exploratory investigation into the challenges and opportunities for rehabilitation professionals. by Simone Sottana, Andrea Vianello, Matteo Tognin, Deborah Mazzarotto, Marco Ceccato, Daria Visintin, Riccardo Martignon, Francesca Magaton Rizzi, Noemi Pasquon, Lucia Savietto

“…Emerging priorities include collaboration-centered education and organizational adaptation in order to handle complexities and limited resources, suggesting the expansion of collaboration models and the reorganization of rehabilitations environments. …”
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Continuous Hemofiltration Reduces Mortality in Severe Acute Pancreatitis: A Meta-Analysis by Yulin Guo, Feng Cao, Chen Li, Huaxia Yang, Shaoyou Xia, Fei Li

“…Conclusions. continuous hemofiltration therapy could effectively alleviate SAP as early as 72 hours after onset of treatment, lowering the level of Bun, Cr, CRP, and APACHE II scores. Continuous hemofiltration therapy could confer SAP patients with lower mortality rates.…”
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Soil warming increases the active antibiotic resistome in the gut of invasive giant African snails by Yiyue Zhang, Hong-Zhe Li, Martin Breed, Zhonghui Tang, Li Cui, Yong-Guan Zhu, Xin Sun

“…This suggests a link between active ARBs and secondary metabolism, enhancing the environmental adaptability and competitive advantage of these organisms in warmer environments. …”
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Injected Human Muscle Precursor Cells Overexpressing PGC-1α Enhance Functional Muscle Regeneration after Trauma by Deana Haralampieva, Souzan Salemi, Thomas Betzel, Ivana Dinulovic, Stefanie D. Krämer, Roger Schibli, Tullio Sulser, Christoph Handschin, Simon M. Ametamey, Daniel Eberli

“…Therefore, the first goal of our project was to optimize the functional regenerative potential of hMPC by genetic modification to overexpress human peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha (hPGC-1α), key regulator of exercise-mediated adaptation. Moreover, we aimed at establishing a feasible methodology for noninvasive PET visualization of implanted cells and their microenvironment in muscle crush injury model. …”
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Transparan Elektronik Kalça Maketiyle Uygulanan Eğitimin İntramüsküler Enjeksiyon Uygulama Becerisi ve Kaygı Düzeyine Etkisi by Ebru Sönmez Sarı, Elif Odabaşı Aktaş, Hafsa Kübra Işık, Zahide Akeren, Vahide Semerci Çakmak

“…ÖZGiriş: İntramüsküler enjeksiyon uygulamasının yeterli bilgi ve beceriye sahip deneyimli hemşireler tarafından yapılması ilaç uygulama hatalarını azaltmaktadır.Amaç: Bu çalışma transparan elektronik kalça maketiyle uygulanan eğitimin öğrencilerin intramüsküler enjeksiyon uygulama becerilerine ve kaygı düzeylerine etkisini belirlemek amacı ile yapıldı.Yöntem: Nicel araştırma yöntemlerinden tek gruplu ön test-son test deseninde tasarlanan bu çalışma yarı deneyseldir. …”
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Identifying the healthy places to live in Australia with a new environmental quality health index by Shuang Zhou, Zhihu Xu, Wenzhong Huang, Yao Wu, Rongbin Xu, Zhengyu Yang, Pei Yu, Wenhua Yu, Tingting Ye, Bo Wen, Shanshan Li, Yuming Guo

“…Our methodology can be adapted globally to standardize risk evaluation.…”
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Sedanter kadınlarda teakwondo antrenmanının öz kontrol, yaşam kalitesi ve öz savunma düzeylerine etkisi by Coskun Yilmaz, Serhat Erail, Cemalettin Budak, Tugba Demiroglu

“… Mevcut literatürde, kadınlara uygulanan taekwondo antrenmanı ile ilgili olarak genel olarak fizyolojik ve performans verilerinin karşılaştırmaları yapılmıştır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, sedanter kadınlarda Tekvando antrenmanının öz kontrol, yaşam kalitesi ve öz savunma yetenekleri üzerine etkisini araştırmaktır. …”
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A Shared Path: Co-occurrence and Clinical Implications of Celiac Disease and Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus by Wojciech Florczak, Joanna Śnieżna, Jakub Dziewic, Karol Dzwonnik, Wiktoria Domino, Urszula Zelik, Gabriela Trestka, Maria Przygoda, Jagienka Włodyka, Kamila Stępień, Sabina Adamczyk

“…Both diseases share common genetic factors, such as human leukocyte antigens: HLA-DQ2 and HLA-DQ8. Apart from that, they share environmental factors such as gluten exposure, viral infections, and alterations in gut microbiota composition. …”
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Veri Olarak Kültürel Miras Koleksiyonları by Yaşar Tonta, Meltem Dişli

“…Amaç: Günümüzde dijital insani bilimler araştırmalarında kullanılan ana veri/bilgi kaynakları dijital ortama aktarılmış çözünürlüğü yüksek belgeler ve verilerden oluşan koleksiyonlar ile bu koleksiyonlara ait makinece okunabilir ve işlem yapılabilir üstverilerdir. …”
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Leveraging generative adversarial networks for data augmentation to improve fault detection in wind turbines with imbalanced data by Subhajit Chatterjee, Yung-Cheol Byun

“…This challenge is compounded by the time-intensive process required to amass sufficient fault data, setting it apart from more typical scenarios in the domain of wind turbines. …”
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Synchronous Occurrence of Splenic Pleomorphic Mantle Cell Lymphoma and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma with Overexpression of BCL1 Protein by Dominik Dabrowski, Roberto F. Silva, Michael Constantinescu, Rodney E. Shackelford, Nestor Dela Cruz, Eric X. Wei

“…The lymphoproliferation revealed IGH/CCND1 translocation by FISH, but the esophageal adenocarcinoma only showed CCND1 aneuploidy without break-apart signals. Since the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is a common site of extranodal involvement by MCL and lymphomatous polyposis can present as GI polyps, adequate care was taken to differentiate the esophageal adenocarcinoma from advanced stagings of MCL, as well as metastatic adenocarcinoma. …”
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A comparative study of the effect of physical-social factors on the quality of life of residents of different types of housing in quarantine conditions (Case study: different type... by jamaleddin honarvar, sara jalalian

“…By summing up these indices and the overall examination of physical-social factors in the quality of life of residents of different types of housing in terms of quarantine conditions; It was found that apartment housing has the lowest satisfaction (3.77) of social physical factors of their quality of life in quarantine conditions. …”
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Hypotheses and evidence related to intense sweeteners and effects on appetite and body weight changes: A scoping review of reviews. by Annhild Mosdøl, Gunn Elisabeth Vist, Camilla Svendsen, Hubert Dirven, Inger Therese Laugsand Lillegaard, Gro Haarklou Mathisen, Trine Husøy

“…Evidence was often presented for intense sweeteners as a group or unspecified, and against several comparators (e.g. sugar, water, placebo, intake levels) with limited discussion on the interpretation of different combinations. Apart from the observational studies, the presented primary evidence in humans is dominated by small studies with short follow-up-considered insufficient to assess weight change. …”
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İkna Yoluyla Dolandırıcılık: Dolandırıcılık Faaliyetlerinde İkna ve Etkili İletişim Yöntemlerinin Tespiti Üzerine Bir Araştırma by Atalay Bahar

“…Bu suçta öne çıkan sahte çağrı merkezlerinin sistematiği ile mağdurların cinsiyet, yaş ve öğrenim durumları incelenmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, bu türden eylemler hakkında farkındalık oluşturmaktır. …”
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Novel anthropometric indices are superior adiposity indexes to portend visual impairment in middle-aged and older Chinese population by Qing Chen, Yanan Hou, Yifan Zhou, Jianfeng Luo, KaiweiSa Abuduxukuer, Chuchu Wang, Jialong Dong, Yiting Wang, Wenming Shi, Fei Shi, Qing Peng

“…Objective To investigate differential associations of traditional and novel adiposity indices with visual impairment (VI) in the middle-aged and older Chinese population.Methods and analysis Based on the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, 7750 Chinese older adults aged over 45 were included at baseline 2011, and 4133 participants who accomplished all three interviews from 2011 to 2015 were adapted for longitudinal analyses. We enrolled six adiposity indices, including the body mass index (BMI), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), weight-adjusted-waist index (WWI), a body shape index (ABSI), body roundness index (BRI) and conicity index (ConI). …”
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