Antegrade Therapy for Management of Choledocholithiasis through Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Hepaticogastrostomy in a Patient with Surgically Altered Gastrointestinal Anatomy by Robert Dorrell, Katelyn Madigan, Swati Pawa, Rishi Pawa

“…Endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy (EUS-HG) is a technique used to access the biliary tree in patients with surgically altered anatomy. Additionally, development of EUS-HG fistula permits intraductal therapy, thereby preventing patients from requiring surgery or percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD), thus decreasing morbidity. …”
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An Effective Biomass for the Adsorption of Methylene Blue Dye and Treatment of River Water by Shaziya H. Siddiqui, Mohammad Kashif Uddin, Runit Isaac, Obaid F. Aldosari

“…The maximum removal of methylene blue was obtained at pH 5 after 120 minutes of equilibrium time. In addition to fitting the Langmuir isotherm most accurately, the adsorbent also followed pseudokinetics of the second order. …”
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Optimal Benefit Distribution of a Tontine-like Annuity Fund with Age-Structured Models by Fan Zhang, Ping Chen, Xueyuan Wu

“…Through numerical examples and detailed illustrations, the paper demonstrates that participants who remain in the cohort longer receive greater subsidies. Additionally, the study finds that adverse shocks lead to a smaller population and thus fewer subsidies. …”
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Extracranial Meningioma in the Scalp with Concurrent Steatocystoma by Jiankun Tong, Sergei A. Aksenov, Mitchell I. Chorost, William H. Rodgers

“…This report documents a rare case of an extracranial meningioma on the posterior scalp without apparent dural connection. Additionally, a sebaceous steatocystoma of the anterior scalp presented alongside the meningioma. …”
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Attention-Guided Shared Hybrid Network for Enhanced Land Cover Segmentation by Yinbing Jiang, Linfeng Shi, Xinyu Fan

“…During the network fusion stage, our Dual Feature Complementary Modules (DFCM) selectively emphasizes informative features while suppressing irrelevant data. Additionally, during the decoding stage, we introduce a Multi-Scale Dual Representation Alignment Filter(MDAF) module to mitigate semantic ambiguity between shallow and deep features. …”
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Cooling system design and analysis for high heat flux large dimension diffuser of a high-altitude test facility by Nematollah Fouladi, Mohammad Farahani, Milad Mahdian Dowlatabadi

“…A water jacket cooling system is designed to ensure the permissible temperature conditions of the metal body while maintaining the desired range of total pressure drop. …”
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Robust Multi-Subtype Identification of Breast Cancer Pathological Images Based on a Dual-Branch Frequency Domain Fusion Network by Jianjun Li, Kaiyue Wang, Xiaozhe Jiang

“…This study proposes the dual-branch adaptive frequency domain fusion network (AFFNet), designed to enable each branch to specialize in distinct frequency domain features of pathological images. Additionally, two different frequency domain approaches, namely Multi-Spectral Channel Attention (MSCA) and Fourier Filtering Enhancement Operator (FFEO), are employed to enhance the texture features of pathological images and minimize information loss. …”
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Relationships between Academic Achievement, Awareness about the Postgraduate Study and Postgraduate Study Intentions by İlhan İlter

“…This study aimed to examine the mediating role of awareness about Postgraduate study (PG) in the relationship between undergraduate academic achievement, and the intentions to pursue a PG study. In addition, it was tested whether academic achievement and awareness about PG study predict intentions to PG study. …”
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Influence of “J”-Curve Spring Stiffness on Running Speeds of Segmented Legs during High-Speed Locomotion by Runxiao Wang, Wentao Zhao, Shujun Li, Shunqi Zhang

“…Both the linear leg spring model and the two-segment leg model with constant spring stiffness have been broadly used as template models to investigate bouncing gaits for legged robots with compliant legs. In addition to these two models, the other stiffness leg spring models developed using inspiration from biological characteristic have the potential to improve high-speed running capacity of spring-legged robots. …”
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Monosodium glutamate (MSG) exposure induced oxidative stress and disrupted testicular hormonal regulation, exacerbating reproductive dysfunction in male WISTAR rats by Adesua Emmanuel Ogunmokunwa, Babatunde Oluwaseun Ibitoye

“…Background: Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is a common food additive linked to various health concerns, including potential reproductive toxicity. …”
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Advanced decision analytics with fuzzy logic integrating AI and computational thinking for personnel selection by Mudiarasan Kuppusamy, Jugindar Singh, Priya Raman, Neda Abdolrahimi

“…This study created a staff selection method using the Fuzzy Simple Additive Weighted (FSAW) Method, which considers the applicants' personalities and the fact that people are very subjective. …”
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Microtissues in Cardiovascular Medicine: Regenerative Potential Based on a 3D Microenvironment by Julia Günter, Petra Wolint, Annina Bopp, Julia Steiger, Elena Cambria, Simon P. Hoerstrup, Maximilian Y. Emmert

“…It will accentuate their advantages compared to other regenerative approaches and summarize the methods for generating clinically applicable microtissues. In addition, this review will illustrate the unique properties of the microenvironment within microtissues that makes them a promising next-generation therapeutic approach.…”
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The influence of health literacy on how preschool educators and parents perceive the continuous development of health competencies within the framework of sustainability: Lithuania... by Laura Daniuseviciute-Brazaite, Lina Draudviliene

“…A moderate correlation was found between health literacy and the weekly time spent developing children’s health competencies (r = 0.526). In addition, educators and parents who always or very often focus on the development of children’s health competence seek to plan daily activities in a way that would enhance health promotion (r = 0.463). …”
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Perspectives and Limitations of Mesenchymal Stem Cell–Based Therapy for Corneal Injuries and Retinal Diseases by Barbora Hermankova, Eliska Javorkova, Katerina Palacka, Vladimir Holan

“…This protection is ensured by the production of a variety of immunosuppressive molecules, which create the immune privilege of the eye. In addition, ocular cells are potent producers of numerous growth and trophic factors which support the survival and regeneration of diseased and damaged cells. …”
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Soil Fertility Status as Influenced by Slope Gradient and Land Use Types in Southern Ethiopia by Kedir Merga, Gifole Gidago, Fanuel Laekemariam

“…Silt and sand particles did not vary significantly (P>0.05) among the land use types. …”
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Shot-Noise Limited Time-Encoded Raman Spectroscopy by Sebastian Karpf, Matthias Eibl, Wolfgang Wieser, Thomas Klein, Robert Huber

“…This practical limitation can be overcome by nonlinear enhancement techniques like stimulated Raman scattering (SRS). In SRS, an additional light source stimulates the Raman scattering process. …”
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Oral administration of Limosilactobacillus reuteri VHProbi® M07 alleviates ovalbumin-induced allergic asthma in mice. by Guoqing Meng, Hongchang Cui, Congrui Feng, Chaoqun Guo, Lei Song, Zhi Duan

“…Histological analysis of lung tissues verified the protective effects of M07 against inflammation, demonstrating reduced infiltration of inflammatory cells. Additionally, mice in the PRE and POS groups showed significantly increased levels of IL-10 (P < 0.01), and significantly decreased levels of IL-5, IL-13, MCP-1, eotaxin, and tumor necrosis factor-α (P < 0.01).…”
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Acute and transient psychotic disorders: A review of Indian research by Sandeep Grover, Sanjana Kathiravan

“…Methodology: A combination of search terms “Acute and Transient Psychosis,” “acute psychosis,” “non-affective psychosis,” “non-affective psychotic disorder,” “reactive psychosis,” “first-episode psychosis,” and “India” were searched on various search engines like PUBMED, Medknow, Hinari, and Google Scholar. We also did a hand search for additional relevant articles, including published abstracts of the Indian Journal of Psychiatry from 2007 to 2023. …”
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Study of social tension based on electronic social networks big data by A. A. Grebenyuk, A. S. Maksimova, L. G. Lemer

“…Another difference of the proposed approach is the possibility of multiple repetitions of calculations with minimal, in contrast to the sociological method, the cost of additional resources for each subsequent iteration of the calculation of the indicator value.…”
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Clonidine Use for the Treatment of Nightmares in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder by Jill S. Bange, Kelly E. Melvin

“…Given this pattern in the patient’s response to clonidine, this case may serve as additional evidence in the literature that clonidine has a role in treating nightmares in PTSD. …”
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