Efficacy Analysis of Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy Combined with PEEK Rods for Giant Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Randomized Controlled Study by Xiang Gao, Kaiying Tang, Yu Xia, Xun Zhang, Keran Wang, Zhengjian Yan, Yu Du, Liang Chen

“…In all, 243 patients were randomly assigned to undergo PELD or PELD combined with a PEEK rod by generating random numbers with a random number generator. …”
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Performance of emergency triage prediction of an open access natural language processing based chatbot application (ChatGPT): A preliminary, scenario-based cross-sectional study by İbrahim Sarbay, Göksu Bozdereli Berikol, İbrahim Ulaş Özturan

“…METHODS: This was a preliminary, cross-sectional study conducted with case scenarios generated by the researchers based on the emergency severity index (ESI) handbook v4 cases. …”
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Advancing the Indian cattle pangenome: characterizing non-reference sequences in Bos indicus by Sarwar Azam, Abhisek Sahu, Naveen Kumar Pandey, Mahesh Neupane, Curtis P Van Tassell, Benjamin D Rosen, Ravi Kumar Gandham, Subha Narayan Rath, Subeer S Majumdar

“…Among these, 2,312 NUIs encompassing ~ 2 Mb, were commonly found in 98 samples of the 5 breeds and designated as Bos indicus Common Insertions (BICIs) in the population. …”
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Meta-analysis of the accuracy for RASSF1A methylation in bronchial aspirates for the diagnosis of lung cancer. by Xu-Ping Chen, Shi-Xu He, Meng-You Chen, Fu-Bin Chen, Peng Wu, Ping Shi, Shi-Cai Zhao, Ling-Yan Zhao, Xiao-Min Xiong, Jia Zeng

“…Of note, the diagnostic sensitivity, specificity, DOR, and AUC for small cell lung cancer were 0.90 (0.84-0.94), 0.95 (0.94-0.97), 249.5 (103.94-598.8), and 0.98, respectively, showing that RASSF1A methylation was a promising biomarker for diagnosing small cell lung cancer with both high diagnostic and exclusion value. …”
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Assessing the use of geospatial data for immunization program implementation and associated effects on coverage and equity in the Democratic Republic of Congo by Dosithée Ngo-Bebe, Patricia Mechael, Fulbert Nappa Kwilu, Théophane Kekemb Bukele, Félicité Langwana, Genèse Lolimo Lobukulu, Marcelo Ilunga Kalonji, Bahindwa Kalalizi, Kevin Tschirhart, Christophe Lungayo Luhata, Carine Gachen

“…A total of 113 health facilities in 98 Health Areas in 15 Health Zones in the three provinces were included in the study sample. …”
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Recalcitrant Female Pattern Hair Loss Like Alopecia Unveils Unexpected Rare Entity by Nouh AH, Elgendy FM, Gobran FA, Zhuravlova MS

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Knowledge Management System Berbasis Web tentang Budidaya Hidroponik untuk Mendukung Smart Society by Ariq Cahya Wardhana, Yani Nurhadryani, Sri Wahjuni

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Analysis of the IGS rRNA Region and Applicability for Leishmania (V.) braziliensis Characterization by Tayná C. de Goes, Rayana C. S. de Morais, Maria G. N. de Melo, Rômulo P. e Silva, Antônio M. Rezende, Milena de Paiva-Cavalcanti

“…The specific primer system for L. braziliensis showed S=10 fg, ε=98.08%, and logσ=103 for Leishmania naiffi; logσ=104 for Leishmania guyanensis; and logσ=105 for Leishmania shawi. …”
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Analysis of DNA cox1 barcoding revealed novel haplotype in Schistosoma haematobium isolated from Western Sudan by Ishraga Adam Elzain, Abeer Babiker Idris, Abdul Aziz Karim, Nagla Mohamed Ahmed, Salaheldein G. Elzaki, Semih Yılmaz, Mohamed A. Hassan, Hamid Suliman Abdalla

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Mortality and Its Predictors among Adult Human Immune-Deficiency Virus-Infected Patients Attending Their Antiretroviral Treatment at Health Centers, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Multicen... by Selam Tesfayohannes, Sisay Shine, Abinet Mekuria, Sisay Moges

“…A total of 665 samples were collected using a computer-generated simple random sampling method in each of the three health centers that were chosen by a lottery system depending on the number of patients in the follow-up. …”
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Temperature Is a Key Factor Affecting Total Phosphorus and Total Nitrogen Concentrations in Northeastern Lakes Based on Sentinel-2 Images and Machine Learning Methods by Haoming Qin, Chong Fang, Ge Liu, Kaishan Song, Zhuoshi Li, Sijia Li, Hui Tao, Zhaojiang Yan

“…Results showed that the TN concentration inversion model based on the RF algorithm had the highest accuracy (R² = 0.98, RMSE = 0.09, MAPE = 19.74%). The Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGB) model also performed well, though slightly less accurately than RF (R² = 0.97, RMSE = 0.14, MAPE = 20.67%). …”
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CHA2DS2-VASc Score Is Associated With Prognosis in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke Without Atrial Fibrillation by Mingjuan Song, MM, Xu Chen, MD

“…Sensitivity analyses based on populations generated by propensity score matching yielded similar results. …”
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Evaluation of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Capacity to Alleviate Abiotic Stress of Olive (Olea europaea L.) Plants at Different Transplant Conditions by María Josefina Bompadre, Mariana Pérgola, Laura Fernández Bidondo, Roxana Paula Colombo, Vanesa Analía Silvani, Alejandro Guillermo Pardo, Juan Antonio Ocampo, Alicia Margarita Godeas

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On the Suitability of Almond Shells for the Manufacture of a Natural Low-Cost Bioadsorbent to Remove Brilliant Green: Kinetics and Equilibrium Isotherms Study by R. Melhaoui, Y. Miyah, S. Kodad, N. Houmy, M. Addi, M. Abid, A. Mihamou, H. Serghini-Caid, S. Lairini, N. Tijani, C. Hano, A. Elamrani

“…Almond production generates a large number of coproducts, but the farmer’s interest mainly focuses on the nutritional and commercial aspects of the kernel for getting the best return from their harvests. …”
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Integration of ground-based and remote sensing data with deep learning algorithms for mapping habitats in Natura 2000 protected oak forests by Lucia Čahojová, Ivan Jarolímek, Barbora Klímová, Michal Kollár, Michaela Michalková, Karol Mikula, Aneta A. Ožvat, Denisa Slabejová, Mária Šibíková

“…Field validation, which was conducted at randomly generated locations within the relevancy map, yielded an accuracy of 98.33%. …”
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Reconstruction for Time-Domain In Vivo EPR 3D Multigradient Oximetric Imaging—A Parallel Processing Perspective by Christopher D. Dharmaraj, Kishan Thadikonda, Anthony R. Fletcher, Phuc N. Doan, Nallathamby Devasahayam, Shingo Matsumoto, Calvin A. Johnson, John A. Cook, James B. Mitchell, Sankaran Subramanian, Murali C. Krishna

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Comprehensive evaluation of the properties of camel bone gelatin: impact of the duration of pre-treatment and extraction by Meriem Imelhayene, Abdelkader Adamou, Samira Becila, Ayad Redjeb, Dahia Saidj, Abdelhakim Senoussi, Dimitris Sarris, Eleni Naziri

“… Background: The growing interest in innovative uses for slaughter by-products from camels could generate added value from this multipurpose animal. …”
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Deep learning-based CT-free attenuation correction for cardiac SPECT: a new approach by Pei Yang, Zeao Zhang, Jianan Wei, Lisha Jiang, Liqian Yu, Huawei Cai, Lin Li, Quan Guo, Zhen Zhao

“…Conclusion We propose a novel DL-based CT-free AC approach for cardiac SPECT, which can generate AC images without the need for a CT scan. …”
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Quantification of Volatile Acetone Oligomers Using Ion-Mobility Spectrometry by Tobias Hüppe, Dominik Lorenz, Felix Maurer, Tobias Fink, Ramona Klumpp, Sascha Kreuer

“…The calibration reference was pure acetone vaporized by a gas generator at concentrations from 5 to 45 ppbv (parts per billion by volume). …”
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Exploring the Impact of Homophily Attitude, Physical, and Social Attractiveness on Purchase Intentions by Honya Ghasemi, Ramin Bashir Khodaparasti, Hooshmand Bagheri Garbollagh

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