Assessment of a Low-Cost Ultrasound Pericardiocentesis Model by Marco Campo dell'Orto, Dorothea Hempel, Agnieszka Starzetz, Armin Seibel, Ulf Hannemann, Felix Walcher, Raoul Breitkreutz

“…As ultrasound guidance lowers the complication rates and increases the patient’s safety, pericardiocentesis should be performed under ultrasound guidance. …”
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Changes in Extreme Precipitation in the Mekong Basin by Lu Liu, Peng Bai, Changming Liu, Wei Tian, Kang Liang

“…These indices consistently indicate that the trend in extreme precipitation in the Upper Mekong Basin (UMB) is opposite to that in the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB). Extreme precipitation has generally decreased in the UMB but increased in the LMB. …”
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Multi-Condition Remaining Useful Life Prediction Based on Mixture of Encoders by Yang Liu, Bihe Xu, Yangli-ao Geng

“…Additionally, we provide a theoretical performance guarantee for MoEFormer by deriving a lower bound for its error rate. Extensive experiments on the widely used C-MAPSS dataset demonstrate that MoEFormer outperforms several state-of-the-art methods for multi-condition RUL prediction.…”
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Why It Is Not Always Anxiety: A Tough Diagnosis of Stiff Person Syndrome by Carmen Elena Cervantes, Hsien Lee Lau, Tina Ataian Binazir, Keith O. O’Brien, Jonathan S. Cross

“…Stiff person syndrome (SPS) is a rare neuroimmunological disorder characterized by progressive rigidity and painful muscle spasms affecting axial and lower extremity musculature. These episodes can be triggered by sudden movement, noise, or emotional stress, which may present as a psychiatric condition. …”
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Temporal and Spatial Characteristics of Precipitation in Minjiang River Basin in Recent 65 Years by DU Cong, LI Hong, YOU Lihua, SONG Wenwu, MA Longwei

“…On the basis of the daily precipitation data of 50 meteorological stations in the Minjiang River Basin from 1956 to 2020,this paper conducts the trend change analysis and mutation test on annual and maximum seasonal precipitation by using the linear trend analysis,cumulative departure test,and sliding t-test.It reveals the temporal and spatial change of precipitation in the Minjiang River Basin and each component of the basin.The results indicate that the annual precipitation in the Minjiang River Basin inches up year by year with a slight change rate of 1.028 mm/10a from 1956 to 2020 and shows an increasing spatial distribution pattern from the northwest plateau to the southeast basin.The annual precipitation in the upper reaches of the Minjiang River Basin increases year by year at a rate of 11.711 mm/10a,presenting a significant rising tendency after 2017.The variation trends of precipitation in the middle and lower reaches of the Minjiang River Basin share a similar declining trend for a long time since the 1960s,with sudden changes in precipitation also occurring during this period.This paper seeks to provide references for understanding the temporal and spatial change of precipitation in the Minjiang River Basin and stipulating response measures for flood disasters and rational utilization of water resources in the basin.…”
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Lack of Significant Association between Plasma/Serum miR-221 Expression and Poor Survival of Carcinoma: A Meta-Analysis by Min-hua Rong, Yi-wu Dang, Gang Chen

“…Data were collected from studies comparing survival in patients with various carcinomas with higher miR-221 expression to those with lower levels. Pooled hazard ratios (HRs) of miR-221 for survival were calculated. …”
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The Impact of Draw Weight on Archers’ Posture and Injury Risk Through Motion Capture Analysis by Xiaoxu Ji, Zainab Al Tamimi, Xin Gao, Davide Piovesan

“…We analyzed their posture throughout the shooting sequence and the forces acting on their lower back. This innovative approach streamlines data collection and eliminates the need for extensive prototyping. …”
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Spectral Content Effects Study in Non-Contact Resonance Ultrasound Spectroscopy by Muhammad Tayyib, Linas Svilainis

“…For velocity, the best result, 5%, was achieved when the lower valley was covered. The lowest error rate for attenuation, 3.8%, was achieved in the case when both valleys were covered. …”
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Investigation of 3D steel frames with a reduced beam section and various web-opening shapes under internal column loss by Ali Altheeb, Ibrahim M. H. Alshaikh, Aref A. Abadel, Moncef L. Nehdi, B.H. Abu Bakar

“…The results showed that the specimens with square holes showed a greater degree of damage and lower load-carrying capacity compared with the specimens that have circle and hexagonal holes. …”
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EEG personal recognition based on ‘qualified majority’ over signal patches by Andrea Panzino, Giulia Orrù, Gian Luca Marcialis, Fabio Roli

“…These two aspects are connected because the shorter the epoch’s duration, the lower the contribution of the low‐frequency sub‐bands while enhancing the high‐frequency sub‐bands. …”
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Fault Detection and Classification in Two -Interconnected AC Microgrid at by Modal and Superimposed Analysis by Saber Armaghani, Zahra Moravej

“…Additionally, comparing to another signal processing methods based on frequency domain analysis or frequency-time domain, it has the advantage of requiring a telecommunication system with lower bandwidth and cost. The proposed method for classifying single-phase to ground, two-phase to ground, and three-phase faults in two microgrids connected through a tie line has been simulated as a case study. …”
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The effect of the transition to IFRS on the value judgement of investors by Alexandra Szekeres, Gergő Tömöri

“…Taking into account the number of elements of the clusters, their proportion, and the value of the effect size, in our opinion, the conclusion cannot be drawn for the entire basic population that the indicators significantly differed as a result of the transition, because the difference can only be observed in the cluster with a lower number of elements, or a particularly strong relationship cannot be revealed for any of the indicators. …”
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Pathogenicity and Detection of Phytohormone (Gibberellic Acid and Indole Acetic Acid) Produced by Fusarium spp. that Causes Twisted Disease in Shallot by Ayu Lestiyani, Arif Wibowo, Siti Subandiyah

“…Pathogenicity test showed that all isolates had disease incidence reaching 100%, except isolates of F. solani1 causing wilt and F. solani3 causing twisted have the lower disease incidence were 77.8% and 77.7%, respectively. …”
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Evaluation of the Association Metformin: Plantago ovata Husk in Diabetic Rabbits by Raquel Díez-Láiz, Juan J. García-Vieitez, M. José Diez-Liébana, Matilde Sierra-Vega, Ana M. Sahagún-Prieto, Ángela P. Calle-Pardo, Nélida Fernández-Martínez

“…Plasma glucose concentrations were lower in groups fed with fiber-supplemented chow whereas insulin levels showed important interindividual variations. …”
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Reinforced AdaBoost Learning for Object Detection with Local Pattern Representations by Younghyun Lee, David K. Han, Hanseok Ko

“…An object detector implemented based on the proposed learning algorithm yields better performance in field tests in terms of higher detection rate with lower false positives than that of the conventional learning algorithm.…”
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A multi-band spectrum sensing method based on sticky hidden Markov model by Zhongjie JIA, Ming JIN, Xiaoqun SONG

“…Existing multi-band spectrum sensing methods often use the sparsity of broadband spectrum.However, high spectrum occupancy rate of primary users degrades their performance severely.To address this issue, a novel multi-band spectrum sensing method was proposed by exploiting the state correlation among adjacent frequency bands.Firstly, a sticky hidden Markov model (SHMM) was established by regarding the multi-band states and measured energies as hidden and observed variables.In the SHMM, a sticky factor was introduced to represent the state correlation among adjacent frequency bands.Secondly, iterative expressions for the parameters of SHMM were derived.Finally, multi-band spectrum sensing was implemented by obtaining the posterior mean of observations from every frequency bands.Simulation results show that the proposed method outperforms existing methods, and when the false alarm probability is 0.1, the average frequency band occupancy rate is 50%, and the average signal-to-noise ratio is -12 dB, the detection probability can reach close to 0.99, which is about 30% higher than the detection probability of other methods.In addition, the proposed method had a faster convergence rate than existing methods and therefore has lower computational complexity.…”
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Mass Transfer during Atmospheric and Vacuum Frying of Chorizo by Piedad Margarita Montero Castillo, Lesly Torres Díaz, Sandy Torres Díaz, Diofanor Acevedo Correa, Raúl J. Martelo Gómez

“…In summary, the vacuum frying yielded sausages with a lower final oil percentage and higher moisture content; these results are promising because they may influence consumer preference for sensory parameters.…”
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Experimental Characterization of Reversible Oil-Flooded Twin-Screw Compressor/Dry Expander for a Micro-Scale Compressed Air Energy Storage System by Marco Francesconi, Arianna Baldinelli, Luca Sani, Marco Antonelli

“…The reversible use of a volumetric machine as a compressor and expander shows potential for micro-scale compressed air energy storage systems because of lower investment costs and higher operational flexibility. …”
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Thermal process for magnesium production with Al-Si-Fe from coal fly ash: Thermodynamics and experimental investigation by Yu Q.-C., Deng Y., Yin S.-B., Li Z.-Y.

“…Based on the thermodynamic analysis, it was found that AlN and SiO2 lowered down the reduction temperature of SiC and Al4C3, respectively. …”
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Effectiveness Evaluation of Levamisole, Albendazole, Ivermectin, and Vernonia amygdalina in West African Dwarf Goats by Oyeduntan A. Adediran, Emmanuel C. Uwalaka

“…From the FECR test Vernonia amygdalina extract was more effective against helminths (100%), compared to ivermectin 96%, levamisole 96%, and albendazole 99%. The lower 95% confidence limit was 89 for ivermectin and levamisole and 91 for albendazole. …”
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