IMAGINER 2—improving accuracy with augmented realIty navigation system during placement of external ventricular drains over Kaufman's, Keen's, Kocher's and Frazier's point by Martin Vychopen, Fabian Kropla, Dirk Winkler, Erdem Güresir, Ronny Grunert, Ronny Grunert, Johannes Wach

“…This study evaluates AR's impact on EVD placement accuracy performed by experienced neurosurgeons.MethodsEighteen neurosurgical experts performed ventriculostomies on a Styrofoam head model using Kaufman's, Keen's, Kocher's, and Frazier's points. …”
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The Effects of Active Galactic Nuclei Feedback on the Lyα Forest Flux Power Spectrum by Megan Taylor Tillman, Blakesley Burkhart, Stephanie Tonnesen, Simeon Bird, Greg L. Bryan

“…The effects of AGN feedback can be seen across a large range of wavenumbers (1.5 × 10 ^−3  <  k  < 10 ^−1 s km ^−1 ) changing the ionization state of hydrogen in the IGM through heating. AGN feedback can also alter the thermal evolution of the IGM and thermally broaden individual Ly α absorbers. …”
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Mapping urban green structures using object-based analysis of satellite imagery: A review by Shivesh Kishore Karan, Bjørn Tobias Borchsenius, Misganu Debella-Gilo, Jonathan Rizzi

“…Urban green structures (UGS) play important roles in enhancing urban ecosystems by providing benefits such as mitigating the urban heat island effect, improving air quality, supporting biodiversity, and aiding in stormwater management. …”
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The Dependence of Northwest Pacific Tropical Cyclone Intensification Rates on Environmental Factors by Xinyan Lyu, Xuguang Wang, Lance M. Leslie

“…It was found that deep-layer and upper-mid vertical wind shear (VWS), upper-level outflow, sea surface temperature (SST), and ocean heat content (OHC) are statistically different among RI, NI, and SI both before and during intensification. …”
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Effects of different vaccination regimes on the immunodiagnosis of tuberculosis in goats and evaluation of defined antigens by Patricia Cuenca-Lara, Patricia Cuenca-Lara, Miriam Blay-Benach, Miriam Blay-Benach, Zoraida Cervera, Zoraida Cervera, Cristian Melgarejo, Cristian Melgarejo, Julia Moraleda, Julia Moraleda, Iker A. Sevilla, Joseba M. Garrido, Mahavir Singh, Gareth J. Jones, Bernat Pérez de Val, Bernat Pérez de Val

“…In this study, we investigated the interferences caused by the tuberculin (PPD)-based TB diagnostic tests in goats immunized by different mucosal and parenteral vaccination strategies: three single-dose strategies based on intranasal administration of BCG and two heat-inactivated M. bovis (HIMB) vaccines, and two prime-boost strategies based on parenteral BCG or HIMB priming and intranasal HIMB boosting. …”
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Beta Blocker Therapy in Heart Failure Patients with Active Cocaine Use: A Systematic Review by Baldeep K. Mann, Janpreet S. Bhandohal, Mohammad Saeed, Gerald Pekler

“…PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, and Clinical Trials.gov were searched from inception to March 2019 using the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) terms “cocaine”, “heart failure”, “beta blocker,” and “cardiomyopathy”. …”
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Numerical modelling of erosional landforms driven by offshore groundwater flow on siliciclastic continental margins: a conceptual approach by Shubhangi Gupta, Shubhangi Gupta, Aaron Micallef

“…Shelf-breaks deeper than the sea-level lowstand lead to shallow circular depressions in the mid-shelf region, while those shallower than the lowstand yield V-shaped and theatre-headed valleys in the outer shelf to upper slope. …”
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The Prognostic Significance of TRs in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Insights from TCGA and GEO Databases by Hao Zhou, Weijie Wang, Ruopeng Liang, Rongtao Zhu, Jiahui Cao, Chenguang Sun, Yuling Sun

“…Functional assays, including wound healing, CCK-8, and Transwell migration assays, were employed to investigate the role of the THRB gene. …”
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Biological activities of silver nanoparticles from Nothapodytes nimmoniana (Graham) Mabb. fruit extracts by G. Mahendran, B.D. Ranjitha Kumari

“…Our results clearly proved that biosynthesized AgNPs inhibited proliferation of HeLA cell line with an IC50 of 87.32 ± 1.43 μg/mL and antibacterial activity.…”
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Delayed Recovery after Nonoperative Treatment of an Avulsion Fracture of the Ischial Tuberosity in an Adolescent Gymnast with a History of Growth Hormone Deficiency: A Case Report by Prashant Meshram, Amar S. Vadhera, Rahul Sachdev, Edward G. McFarland

“… # Outcome With nonoperative treatment, the fracture healed at three months, which is longer than the expected six weeks. …”
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Investigation via morphological analysis of aluminium foams produced by replication casting by A. Boschetto, L. Bottini, F.Campana, L. Consorti

“…Temperature of the mould and infiltration pressure are critical process parameters: a typical problem encountered is the premature solidification of the melt, especially due to the high heat capacity of the salt. In this work foam properties such as cell shape, distribution and anisotropy and defect presence are investigated by using digital image processing technique. …”
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Evaluation of Zahedan Resilience against Water and Drought Crisis by fatemeh yadegarifar, mohammadreza poodineh, morteza esmaelnejad

“…The statistical population of the study is all households in Zahedan city based on the census of 1395 168480 households (672589 people). From the household heads, a sample size of 383 people was selected randomly using Cochran formula. …”
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Le gant constitutionnel réversible : accessoire de l’uniforme militaire. Regard critique sur la crise constitutionnelle algérienne de 2019 by Mouloud Boumghar

“…Now, this situation leads Algeria towards a new constitutional deadlock: the de facto prolongation of an interim power at the head of the State for an unlimited duration. The crucial issue in the background is about the role of the army. …”
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A rare case of Ewing's sarcoma in a 4-year-old child treated by tumor endoprosthetics using 3D printing by Vladimir Stavrev, Luben Stokov, Petko Ganev, Georgi Georgiev

“…The patellar ligament was reinserted to the tibial component, and myoplasty was additionally performed with the medial head of the m. gastrocnemius. Intraoperatively, we lengthened the lower limb by 1.5 cm to delay the upcoming staged lengthening. …”
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An Exploration of Iran's Banking System Based on Islamic-Social Banking Principles with an Emphasis on Improving Social Capital (Bank Sepah Case Study) by Mohammad Reza Yazdanpanah, Keramatollah Rasekh, Majid Reza Karimi

“…The statistical population of the present study in the qualitative part included experts aware of the subject of research and in the quantitative part included all the heads and deputies of Sepah Bank and former Ansar Bank branches in Shiraz. …”
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DECTNet: A detail enhanced CNN-Transformer network for single-image deraining by Liping Wang, Guangwei Gao

“…Additionally, in the DASTB, we utilize spatial attention to refine features obtained from multi-head self-attention, while the feed-forward network leverages channel information to enhance detail preservation further. …”
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Low-Cost Driver Monitoring System Using Deep Learning by Hady A. Khalil, Sherif A. Hammad, Hossam E. Abd El Munim, Shady A. Maged

“…In addition to the deep learning CNN which runs on Raspberry Pi CPU, we utilize the Raspberry Pi GPU to run a head pose estimation algorithm to boost the system&#x2019;s accuracy.…”
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High Burden among Older Family Caregivers is Associated with High Prevalence of Symptoms: Data from the Swedish Study “Good Aging in Skåne (GÅS)” by Henrik Ekström, Nathalie Lundholm Auoja, Sölve Elmståhl, Lena Sandin Wranker

“…A total of 33 self-reported symptoms were obtained from questionnaires and were then divided into seven domains: depressive, musculoskeletal, gastrourinary, symptoms related to head, cardiopulmonary, symptoms related to tension, and metabolic symptoms. …”
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PET-Assessed Metabolic Tumor Volume Across the Spectrum of Solid-Organ Malignancies: A Review of the Literature by Anusha Agarwal, Chase J. Wehrle, Sangeeta Satish, Paresh Mahajan, Suneel Kamath, Shlomo Koyfman, Wen Wee Ma, Maureen Linganna, Jamak Modaresi Esfeh, Charles Miller, David C. H. Kwon, Andrea Schlegel, Federico Aucejo

“…Across various solid tumor malignancies, including lung cancer, head and neck cancer, breast cancer, esophageal cancer, and colorectal cancer, the current literature has demonstrated an association between MTV and various clinical outcomes. …”
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Mechanical properties and fracture mechanism of high-strength FGH4097 superalloys prepared by hot oscillatory pressing by Pengfei Li, Hong Huang, Wenzhuo Du, Yan Fan, ruiming Yin, shangdong Hou, Liwen Sheng

“…A powder metallurgy (PM) nickel-based superalloy of FGH4097 with Φ160mm × 90 mm was prepared by hot oscillatory pressing (HOP) method and heat treatment process. The mechanical properties and fracture mechanism of FGH4097 superalloys at room temperature and 650 °C were studied. …”
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