RGB Pixel Brightness Characteristics of Linked Color Imaging in Early Gastric Cancer: A Pilot Study by Xue Sun, Li Zhao

“…Pixel brightness of red, green, and blue in cancer was remarkably higher than those in noncancer areas (190.24±37.10 vs. 160.00±40.35, p<0.001; 117.96±33.91 vs. 105.33±30.01, p=0.039; 114.36±34.88 vs. 90.93±30.14, p<0.001, respectively). …”
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Segment anything model for few-shot medical image segmentation with domain tuning by Weili Shi, Penglong Zhang, Yuqin Li, Zhengang Jiang

“…With just one labeled data, achieving a Dice score of 63.51%, a HD of 17.94 and an IoU score of 73.55% on Heart Task, on Prostate Task, an average Dice score of 46.01%, a HD of 10.25 and an IoU score of 65.92% were achieved, and the Dice, HD, and IoU score reaching 88.67%, 10.63, and 90.19% on BUSI. Remarkably, with few training samples, our method consistently outperforms various based on SAM and CNN.…”
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Predicting Compressive Strength of Concrete Containing Industrial Waste Materials: Novel and Hybrid Machine Learning Model by Mohammed Majeed Hameed, Mustafa Abbas Abed, Nadhir Al-Ansari, Mohamed Khalid Alomar

“…In the construction and cement manufacturing sectors, the development of artificial intelligence models has received remarkable progress and attention. This paper investigates the capacity of hybrid models conducted for predicting the compressive strength (CS) of concrete where the cement was partially replaced with ground granulated blast-furnace slag (FS) and fly ash (FA) materials. …”
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Sunitinib Combined with Th1 Cytokines Potentiates Apoptosis in Human Breast Cancer Cells and Suppresses Tumor Growth in a Murine Model of HER-2pos Breast Cancer by Nirmala Ghimirey, Chase Steele, Brian J. Czerniecki, Gary K. Koski, Loral E. Showalter

“…Although immune-based therapies have made remarkable inroads in cancer treatment, they usually must be combined with standard treatment modalities, including cytotoxic drugs, to achieve maximal clinical benefits. …”
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Link Scheduling in Satellite Networks via Machine Learning Over Riemannian Manifolds by Joarder Jafor Sadique, Imtiaz Nasim, Ahmed S. Ibrahim

“…Simulation results demonstrate that both RNN and CNN over Riemannian manifolds deliver comparable performance to the fractional programming-based link scheduling (FPLinQ) benchmark. Remarkably, unlike other ML-based models that require extensive training data, both models only need 30 training samples to achieve over 99% of the sum rate while maintaining similar computational complexity relative to the benchmark.…”
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Enhancing properties of unidirectional ramie fibers-reinforced polyester composites via alkali and oxalic acid treatments by Henny Pratiwi, Kusmono, Muhammad Waziz Wildan

“…The tensile strength, tensile modulus, flexural strength, flexural modulus, ILSS, and impact strength were found to have remarkably improved by 36.19, 22.34, 49.42, 95.71, 56.06, and 83.90 %, respectively, after the ramie fibers soaked with alkali followed by oxalic acid solution. …”
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Characterization of Lactobacillus spp. as Probiotic and Antidiabetic Potential Isolated from Boza, Traditional Fermented Beverage in Turkey by Chandana Kumari V. B., Sujay Huligere, Jayanthi M. K., Khang Wen Goh, Sudhanva M. Desai, Kalabharthi H. L., Ramith Ramu

“…Furthermore, the L. fermentum RAMULAB29 and L. paracasei RAMULAB30 strains exhibit remarkable antidiabetic potential. Food products incorporating these strains have promising prospects as nutraceuticals, providing improved health benefits.…”
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Cell-Free miR-27a, a Potential Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarker for Gastric Cancer by Jong-Lyul Park, Mirang Kim, Kyu-Sang Song, Seon-Young Kim, Yong Sung Kim

“…Previous studies revealed that miRNAs are present in human plasma in a remarkably stable form that is protected from endogenous RNase activity. …”
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Expression of Killer Immunoglobulin Receptor Genes among HIV-Infected Individuals with Non-AIDS Comorbidities by Farouk F. Abou Hassan, Mirna Bou Hamdan, Khalil El Asmar, Nada M. Melhem

“…Combined antiretroviral therapy (cART) increased the life expectancy of people living with HIV (PLHIV) and remarkably reduced the morbidity and mortality associated with HIV infection. …”
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Advanced Algorithmic Model for Real-Time Multi-Level Crop Disease Detection Using Neural Architecture Search by Slimani Hicham, El Mhamdi Jamal, Jilbab Abdelilah

“…We compare the performance of our proposed model with nine other deep learning models using transfer learning. Remarkably, transfer learning based on the NAS method achieves high classification accuracy, consistently exceeding 90.84% F1 scores. …”
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Changes in IL-16 Expression in the Ovary during Aging and Its Potential Consequences to Ovarian Pathology by Jessica Ramirez, Pincas Bitterman, Sanjib Basu, Animesh Barua

“…Furthermore, expression of nuclear IL-16 increased remarkably upon exposure to FSH. Consequently, ovarian aging is associated with increased expression of IL-16 including its nuclear fraction. …”
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Quantitative Analysis of Postural Instability in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease by Yang Yu, Siquan Liang, Yue Wang, Yanan Zhao, Jiaojiao Zhao, Haitao Li, Jingchao Wu, Yuanyuan Cheng, Fan Wu, Jialing Wu

“…The patients in stage II exhibited a remarkable decline in most directions compared to controls, except for right and left, and forward and backward decline occurred the earliest. …”
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Assessment of Serum Dynamic Thiol/Disulfide Homeostasis and Oxidative/Nitrosative Stress in Patients with Crohn’s Disease by Ancel Aysun Bağdaş, Sezgin Barutçu, Ahmet Saracaloğlu, Abdullah Tuncay Demiryürek

“…In the A-CD group, native thiol (P < .001) and total thiol (P < .01) levels were lower, and disulfide levels were higher than those of the control group (P < .01), while the native thiol/total thiol ratio was reduced and disulfide/total thiol (P < .001) and disulfide/native thiol (P < .001) ratios were elevated. Remarkably, no change in dynamic thiol/disulfide homeostasis was found in the R-CD group. …”
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Electro-Oxidation of Glycerol on Core–Shell M@Pt/C (M = Co, Ni, Sn) Catalysts in Alkaline Medium by Rudyere Nascimento Silva, Leandro Aparecido Pocrifka, Ermete Antolini, Raimundo Ribeiro Passos

“…Furthermore, Sn@Pt/C displayed remarkable poisoning tolerance attributed to a combined effect: a bifunctional mechanism driven by Sn oxides and an electronic effect within the PtSn alloy. …”
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Ficus carica and Sizigium cumini Regulate Glucose and Lipid Parameters in High-Fat Diet and Streptozocin-Induced Rats by El-Shaimaa A. Arafa, Waseem Hassan, Ghulam Murtaza, Manal Ali Buabeid

“…It was concluded that both FC.Cr. and SC.Cr. exhibited remarkable therapeutics potential in HFD-STZ-induced diabetic rats. …”
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Antimicrobial Potential of Streptomyces spp. Isolated from the Rift Valley Regions of Ethiopia by Firew Elias, Sudhamani Muddada, Diriba Muleta, Belachew Tefera

“…Twenty-four actinomycete strains with remarkable bioactivity were characterized using various cultural, morphological, physiological, and biochemical characteristics and assigned under the genus Streptomycetes. …”
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Bullying in the healthcare workplace: a cross-sectional study among Nigerian physiotherapists by Ifeoma Uchenna Onwuakagba, Ebubechukwu Ogochukwu Uchendu, Sochima Johnmark Obiekwe, Favour Chidera Kanu, Ifeoma Adaigwe Amaechi, Anita Chinwendu Okafor, Christopher Olusanjo Akosile, Emmanuel Chiebuka Okoye

“…Participants reported that the most prevalent forms of bullying were verbal aggression (64.4%), followed by intimidating acts (59.4%), insulting remarks, gossip (58.3%), mind games (29.8%), and neglect of opinions (37.6%). …”
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Eco-friendly optical sensor membrane for nickel ion detection in water and food samples by Abdullah H. Alluhayb, Alaa M. Younis, Ahmad O. Babalghith, Alaa S. Amin

“…The sensor’s maximum wavelength is recorded at 659 nm. Remarkably, the sensor membrane exhibits complete reversibility in its operation, showcasing superior specificity for Ni2+ ions even in the presence of a wide range of competing cations and anions within the solution. …”
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Mechanism of Radix Bupleuri and Hedysarum Multijugum Maxim drug pairs on liver fibrosis based on network pharmacology, bioinformatics and molecular dynamics simulation. by Lefei Yu, Pan Yu, Yongchang Cao, Weiya Cao

“…MOL000098 (quercetin) was selected via MTT assay and western blot assay verified MOL000098 (quercetin) treatments remarkably decreased the protein levels of TNF and IL-6 in TGFβ stimulated LX2 cells. …”
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Trimethylamine-N-Oxide Promotes High-Glucose-Induced Dysfunction and NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation in Retinal Microvascular Endothelial Cells by Lidan Xue, Lili Huang, Yajing Tian, Xin Cao, Yu Song

“…ZO-1 expression decreased remarkably with the combined action of TMAO and a high glucose compared to either treatment alone. …”
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