Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Cholangiography: Practical Tips and Clinical Indications for Biliary Disease Management by Stefano Palmucci, Federica Roccasalva, Marina Piccoli, Giovanni Fuccio Sanzà, Pietro Valerio Foti, Alfonso Ragozzino, Pietro Milone, Giovanni Carlo Ettorre

“…Conventionally, its protocol includes two-dimensional single-shot fast spin-echo images, acquired with thin sections or with multiple thick slabs. …”
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Aim high, hit ×10: psychological strategies driving the success of South Korean archers by Joonyoung Lee, Suyoung Hwang

“…In the aiming and release phase, wind management strategies (48.4%), natural posture and kinesthetic balance (35.7%), and confidence and positive outcome expectation (15.9%) were prominent. Lastly, in the post-shot phase, positive emotion elevation (74%), cognitive affirmation (14%), and tension management (12%) were key themes. …”
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Effects of post-processing on the microstructural evolution and mechanical behaviour of an additively manufactured AlSi10Mg alloy by R. Ramesh, Saurabh Gairola, R. Jayaganthan, M. Kamaraj

“…The post-processing techniques such as heat treatment (HT) and shot blasting (SB) have the potential to enhance the fatigue performance of AlSi10Mg. …”
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Application of Video Processing Technology Based on Diffusion Equation Model in Basketball Analysis by Yafeng Feng, Xianguo Liu

“…In the study of basketball segmentation of close-up shots, we propose an improved Hough transform method based on a variable direction filter, which can effectively extract the center and radius of the basketball. …”
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Human Detection and Action Recognition for Search and Rescue in Disasters Using YOLOv3 Algorithm by B. Valarmathi, Jain Kshitij, Rajpurohit Dimple, N. Srinivasa Gupta, Y. Harold Robinson, G. Arulkumaran, Tadesse Mulu

“…The existing methods (Balmukund et al. 2020) used were faster-region based convolutional neural networks (F-RCNNs), single shot detector (SSD), and region-based fully convolutional network (R-FCN) for the detection of human and recognition of action. …”
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Effect of partial oocyte maturation before ovum pick up on developmental competence of buffalo oocytes by Amjad Riaz, Muhammad K. Ashraf, Talha Ashraf, Ali Husnain, Muhammad Yaseen, Muhammad H. Mushtaq, Burhan E. Azam

“…The estrous cycle of buffalo was synchronized by double shot prostaglandin (PGF2α, Fatro, Ozzano Emilia, Italy) with 11-day intervals. …”
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Fotografía del rodaje de la película Plácido, de Luis García Berlanga (Plana de l'Om, Manresa, 1961) by Col·lecció Francesc Escala Bartrolí

“…jig[1]/ML/73900   Photo from the film shoot of the movie Plácido, by Luis García Berlanga ((Plana de l'Om, Manresa, 1961) Although in the film the name of the town where the story takes place is never named or identified, most of the filming took place in Manresa, except for the final scene, shot in Barcelona. The image depicting the Christmas cavalcade going through the city, is localized in the Plana de l'Om. …”
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Real-Time Plant Health Detection Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks by Mahnoor Khalid, Muhammad Shahzad Sarfraz, Uzair Iqbal, Muhammad Umar Aftab, Gniewko Niedbała, Hafiz Tayyab Rauf

“…It captured the entire image in one shot and forecasted adjacent boxes and class certainty. …”
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Experimental Operation of a Prototype 750C Advanced Chloride Molten Salt Bellows Valve by Kenneth Armijo, Aaron Overacker, Ansel Blumenthal, Jeffrey Parish, Michael Nelson, Ivica Radman, Javier Martell

“…To achieve DOE 2030 SunShot targets that reduce the cost of liquid-based solar by an additional 40% to 70% beyond 2018 costs, a more reliable, highly manufacturable flow valve, capable of achieving operational temperatures of >700°C is required [1]. …”
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Mind at rest, mind at risk: A prospective population-based study of sleep and subsequent mental disorders by Mari Hysing, Allison G. Harvey, Ann Kristin Skrindo Knudsen, Jens C. Skogen, Anne Reneflot, Børge Sivertsen

“…Methods: We conducted a prospective cohort study using data from the Students’ Health and Wellbeing Study (SHoT), surveying Norwegian higher education students aged 18 to 35 (N = 53,362). …”
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Fotografía del rodaje de la película Plácido, de Luis García Berlanga (Plana de l'Om, Manresa, 1961) by Col·lecció Francesc Escala Bartrolí

“…jig[1]/ML/73900   Photo from the film shoot of the movie Plácido, by Luis García Berlanga ((Plana de l'Om, Manresa, 1961) Although in the film the name of the town where the story takes place is never named or identified, most of the filming took place in Manresa, except for the final scene, shot in Barcelona. The image depicting the Christmas cavalcade going through the city, is localized in the Plana de l'Om. …”
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Distributed representations enable robust multi-timescale symbolic computation in neuromorphic hardware by Madison Cotteret, Hugh Greatorex, Alpha Renner, Junren Chen, Emre Neftci, Huaqiang Wu, Giacomo Indiveri, Martin Ziegler, Elisabetta Chicca

“…To address this, we describe a single-shot weight learning scheme to embed robust multi-timescale dynamics into attractor-based RSNNs, by exploiting the properties of high-dimensional distributed representations. …”
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Comprehensive Review of Meta-Learning Methods for Cold-Start Issue in Recommendation Systems by Jamallah M. Zawia, Maizatul Akmar Binti Ismail, Mohammad Imran, Buce Trias Hanggara, Diva Kurnianingtyas, Silvi Asna, Quang Tran Minh

“…The results demonstrate the application of model-independent meta-learning (MAML) and other techniques such as optimization-based methods, few-shot learning frameworks, and gradient-based meta-learning methods to solve the cold start problem. …”
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Serum Alkaline Phosphatase in Free-Ranging Male Moose Alces alces (Linnaeus 1758) of Different Age Groups by Maria A. Perevozchikova, Igor A. Domsky, Yulia A. Berezina, Professor Zhitkov Russian Research Institute of Game Management and Fur Farming, Kirov, Russia, Alexandr V. Economov

“…The blood samples were obtained by cutting the jugular vein (Venae jugularis) immediately after the animal was shot during legal hunting. The blood serum tests involved a semi-automatic biochemical analyzer (Biochem SA High Technology, USA). …”
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Long-Lasting Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Human Microfragmented Adipose Tissue by Sara Nava, Valeria Sordi, Luisa Pascucci, Carlo Tremolada, Emilio Ciusani, Offer Zeira, Moris Cadei, Gianni Soldati, Augusto Pessina, Eugenio Parati, Mark Slevin, Giulio Alessandri

“…Interestingly, in orthopedic diseases, this ready-to-use adipose tissue cell derivative seems to have a prolonged time efficacy even upon a single shot injection into osteoarthritic tissues. Here, we investigated the long-term survival and content of MSCs as well the anti-inflammatory activity of LP and its derived MFAT in vitro, with the aim to better understand a possible in vivo mechanism of action. …”
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Towards implementing new payment models for the reimbursement of high-cost, curative therapies in Europe: insights from semi-structured interviews by Thomas Desmet, Thomas Desmet, Sissel Michelsen, Sissel Michelsen, Elena Van den Brande, Walter Van Dyck, Steven Simoens, Isabelle Huys

“…BackgroundNew ways of reimbursement for high-cost, one-shot curative therapies such as advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs) are a growing area of interest to stakeholders in market access such as industry representatives, legislative and accounting experts, physicians, hospital managers, hospital pharmacists, patient representatives, policymakers, and sickness funds. …”
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Zero-BertXGB: An Empirical Technique for Abstract Classification in Systematic Reviews by Mohammad Shariful Islam, Mohammad Abu Tareq Rony, Md Rasel Hossain, Samah Alshathri, Walid El-Shafai

“…A novel Zero-BertXGB technique is introduced, integrating a transformer-based language model, zero-shot learning, and an ML classifier to enhance abstract screening and classification into “Include” or “Exclude” categories. …”
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A SPectroscopic Survey of Biased Halos in the Reionization Era (ASPIRE): Spectroscopically Complete Census of Obscured Cosmic Star Formation Rate Density at z = 4–6 by Fengwu Sun, Feige Wang, Jinyi Yang, Jaclyn B. Champagne, Roberto Decarli, Xiaohui Fan, Eduardo Bañados, Zheng Cai, Luis Colina, Eiichi Egami, Joseph F. Hennawi, Xiangyu Jin, Hyunsung D. Jun, Yana Khusanova, Mingyu Li, Zihao Li, Xiaojing Lin, Weizhe Liu, Romain A. Meyer, Maria A. Pudoka, George H. Rieke, Yue Shen, Wei Leong Tee, Bram Venemans, Fabian Walter, Yunjing Wu, Huanian Zhang, Siwei Zou

“…With this spectroscopically complete DSFG sample at z = 4–6 and negligible impact from cosmic variance (shot noise), we measure the infrared luminosity function (IRLF) down to L _IR  ∼ 2 × 10 ^11 L _⊙ . …”
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Question–Answer Methodology for Vulnerable Source Code Review via Prototype-Based Model-Agnostic Meta-Learning by Pablo Corona-Fraga, Aldo Hernandez-Suarez, Gabriel Sanchez-Perez, Linda Karina Toscano-Medina, Hector Perez-Meana, Jose Portillo-Portillo, Jesus Olivares-Mercado, Luis Javier García Villalba

“…This study proposes an approach that integrates Prototype-Based Model-Agnostic Meta-Learning(Proto-MAML) with a Question-Answer (QA) framework that leverages the Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT) model. By employing Few-Shot Learning (FSL), Proto-MAML identifies and mitigates vulnerabilities with minimal data requirements, aligning with the principles of the Secure Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and Development, Security, and Operations (DevSecOps). …”
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Growth of microbes in competitive lifestyles promotes increased ARGs in soil microbiota: insights based on genetic traits by Zishu Liu, Xiangwu Yao, Chengyi Chen, Yuxiang Zhao, Chifei Dong, Lingtao Sun, Junxian Zhao, Baofeng Zhang, Zhendi Yu, Dongqing Cheng, Lizhong Zhu, Baolan Hu

“…., Oxytetracycline, OTC) stresses across the concentrations from the environmental to the clinical. Paired with shot-gun metagenomics analysis and quantification of bacterial growth, trait-based assessment of soil microbiota was applied to reveal the association between key ARG subtypes, representative bacterial taxa, and functional-gene features that drive the growth of ARGs. …”
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