Cervical Spinal Osteomyelitis with Epidural Abscess following an Escherichia coli Urinary Tract Infection in an Immunocompetent Host by Abdelmoniem Moustafa, Rowida Kheireldine, Zubair Khan, Hussam Alim, Mohammad Saud Khan, Mohd Amer Alsamman, Eslam Youssef

“…Anterior cervical decompression with evacuation of anterior epidural abscess with fusion was done. The culture from the epidural abscess grew E coli. …”
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Sublethal effects of copper nanoparticles on the histology of gill, liver and kidney of the Caspian roach, Rutilus rutilus caspicus by Sh. Aghamirkarimi, A. Mashinchian Moradi, I. Sharifpour, Sh. Jamili, P. Ghavam Mostafavi

“…Histological alternation in gills included: hyperplasia, fusion and detachment of secondary lamellae, blood congestion in vascular axis of primary filaments, reduced secondary lamellae length and cellular degeneration. …”
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Improving the Metal Inert Gas Welding Efficiency and Microstructural Stability in the Butt and Lap Joints of Aluminum Automotive Components Using Sc- and Zr-Enhanced Filler Wires by Hansol Ko, Hye-Jin Kim, Dong-Yoon Kim, Jiyoung Yu

“…The grain growth in the fusion zone (FZ) and heat-affected zone (HAZ) of metal inert gas (MIG) welding processes negatively affect the mechanical properties of aluminum alloy MIG welds used in automotive components. …”
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Achieving water budget closure through physical hydrological process modelling: insights from a large-sample study by X. Zheng, D. Liu, S. Huang, H. Wang, X. Meng

“…Many existing methods aim to enforce water budget closure constraints through data fusion and bias correction approaches, often neglecting the physical interconnections between water budget components. …”
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Research on Small-Target Detection of Flax Pests and Diseases in Natural Environment by Integrating Similarity-Aware Activation Module and Bidirectional Feature Pyramid Network Mod... by Manxi Zhong, Yue Li, Yuhong Gao

“…Through bidirectional multi-scale feature fusion, the model’s ability to distinguish pests and diseases with similar features and large scale differences is effectively improved. …”
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Combined MSC and GLP-1 Therapy Modulates Collagen Remodeling and Apoptosis following Myocardial Infarction by Elizabeth J. Wright, Nigel W. Hodson, Michael J. Sherratt, Moustapha Kassem, Andrew L. Lewis, Christine Wallrapp, Nadim Malik, Cathy M. Holt

“…We examined the effects of MSCs, either native, or engineered to secrete a GLP-1 fusion protein (MSCs ± GLP-1), on human cardiomyocyte apoptosis in vitro. …”
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Novel strut-based stochastic lattice biomimetically designed based on the structural and mechanical characteristics of cancellous bone by Satoshi Yamada, Hayato Suzuki, Kazuki Sawada, Shimpei Okada, Akihiko Nishimura, Masahiro Todoh

“…Additionally, a representative CBSN lattice was successfully additively manufactured via laser powder bed fusion using maraging steel. The findings demonstrated the stable stochastic construction, high 3D isotropy, and extensive structural design flexibility of the CBSN lattice structure.…”
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Unmanned Aerial Geophysical Remote Sensing: A Systematic Review by Farzaneh Dadrass Javan, Farhad Samadzadegan, Ahmad Toosi, Mark van der Meijde

“…Integrating multiple sensors on a single platform and fusion of multi-source data enhance efficiency in geoscientific analysis. …”
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A novel graph neural network based approach for influenza-like illness nowcasting: exploring the interplay of temporal, geographical, and functional spatial features by Jiajia Luo, Xuan Wang, Xiaomao Fan, Yuxin He, Xiangjun Du, Yao-Qing Chen, Yang Zhao

“…Conclusion The incorporation of dual topology processing and the subsequent fusion mechanism allows the model to explore in-depth spatiotemporal feature interactions. …”
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Multi-Strategy Improved Red-Tailed Hawk Algorithm for Real-Environment Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Path Planning by Mingen Wang, Panliang Yuan, Pengfei Hu, Zhengrong Yang, Shuai Ke, Longliang Huang, Pai Zhang

“…Then, the quality of the initial population is further improved through a dynamic position update optimization strategy based on stochastic mean fusion, which enhances the exploration capabilities of the algorithm and helps it explore promising solution spaces more effectively. …”
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PZS‐Net: Incorporating of Frame Sequence and Multi‐Scale Priors for Prostate Zonal Segmentation in Transrectal Ultrasound by Jianguo Ju, Qian Zhang, Pengfei Xu, Tiange Liu, Cheng Li, Ziyu Guan

“…The SFCA module is embedded at each skip connection layer to extract crucial cross‐frame information. Then, a multi‐scale fusion (MSF) module that utilizes three parallel branches with different atrous convolutions is designed. …”
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Efficient and accurate identification of maize rust disease using deep learning model by Pei Wang, Pei Wang, Jiajia Tan, Yuheng Yang, Yuheng Yang, Tong Zhang, Pengxin Wu, Xinglong Tang, Hui Li, Xiongkui He, Xinping Chen

“…To address this, a specialized Maize-Rust model integrating a SimAM module in the YOLOv8s backbone and a BiFPN for scale fusion, along with a DWConv for streamlined detection, was developed. …”
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Efficacy and safety of telitacicept in IgA nephropathy: a real-world study by Lingqiu Dong, Dandan Yang, Aiya Qin, Siqing Wang, Yi Tang, Jiaxing Tan, Wei Qin

“…Telitacicept is a humanized fusion protein composed of a transmembrane activator and calcium-modulating cyclophilin ligand interactor receptor and human IgG.Aim To evaluate the efficacy and safety of telitacicept in adult patients with IgAN in a real-world study.Methods Biopsy-proven IgAN patients with 24-hour proteinuria greater than 0.5 g/d who received 240 mg telitacicept weekly were recruited for this study and 1:1:1 matched with patients who received supportive treatment only or immunosuppressive treatment by propensity score matching. …”
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Surgical management of intracranial hypertension in rickets-related craniosynostosis by Alessio Iacoangeli, Sergio Capelli, Andrea Held, Emidio Procaccini, Davide Luglietto, Matteo Barba, Alessandro De Benedictis, Carlo Gandolfo, Carlo Efisio Marras

“…We report the case of a 9-year-old boy with X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets who presented with headache, fundus oculi edema, and double sinus pericranii. A CT scan revealed fusion of the cranial sutures, and continuous intracranial pressure monitoring confirmed intracranial hypertension. …”
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Differential expression and localization of expansins in Arabidopsis shoots: implications for cell wall dynamics and drought tolerance by Darina Balkova, Katerina Mala, Jan Hejatko, Jan Hejatko, Klara Panzarova, Lamis Abdelhakim, Barbora Pleskacova, Marketa Samalova, Marketa Samalova

“…In this study, we explored the differential localization of expansins in Arabidopsis thaliana shoots, with a focus on EXPA1, EXPA10, EXPA14, and EXPA15 utilizing pEXPA::EXPA translational fusion lines. Employing the chemically inducible system pOp6/LhGR for EXPA1 overexpression and high-throughput automatic phenotyping we evaluated the drought response and photosynthetic efficiency under stress conditions. …”
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Changements dans le comportement alimentaire des singes diurnes en liberté dans la Réserve scientifique de Mabali en Province de l’Equateur en République Démocratique du Congo... by Norbert Mbangi Mulavwa, Joseph Yangozene Kumugo, Charles Ndjombia, Charles Iyeli Mpela

“…Les données démographiques de 2013 quant à elles suggèrent soit la scission de 2 groupes de forage en groupes de taille plus modestes, soit l’adoption d’un nouveau mode d’exploitation des domaines vitaux en sous-groupes de forage de taille variable suivant les circonstances, système de fusion-fission caractéristique des chimpanzés ou des bonobos. …”
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Biomechanical insights into anterolateral vertebral screw fixation in osteoporotic spines: a comparative study of fixation methods and positions using porcine vertebrae by Ming-Kai Hsieh, Yun-Da Li, Weng-Pin Chen, De-Mei Lee, Ching-Lung Tai

“…Abstract Objective Combining oblique lumbar interbody fusion (OLIF) with posterior pedicle screw fixation (PPSF) has been proposed to reduce cage subsidence, especially in osteoporotic spines. …”
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Development of an optimized protocol for protoplast-to-plant regeneration of selected varieties of Brassica oleracea L. by Katarzyna Stelmach-Wityk, Kamil Szymonik, Ewa Grzebelus, Agnieszka Kiełkowska

“…An efficient transformation or protoplast fusion can only be achieved with a robust and reproducible protocol for protoplast-to-plant regeneration. …”
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A practical approach to building a calcareous nannofossil knowledge graph by Hongyi Zhao, Bin Hu, Chao Ma, Shijun Jiang, Yi Zhang, Xin Li, Lirong Chen, Can Cai, Longgang Ye, Shengjian Zhou, Chengshan Wang

“…The knowledge graph, as a key technology for semantic translation and data fusion, offers a possible solution to these challenges. …”
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From physical activity patterns to cognitive status: development and validation of novel digital biomarkers for cognitive assessment in older adults by Ling-Jie Fan, Feng-Yi Wang, Jun-Han Zhao, Jun-Jie Zhang, Yang-An Li, Jia Tang, Tao Lin, Quan Wei

“…Demographic characteristics were also incorporated, and multimodal data fusion was achieved through canonical correlation analysis. …”
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