Exploring artificial intelligence for differentiating early syphilis from other skin lesions: a pilot study by Jiajun Sun, Yingping Li, Zhen Yu, Janet M. Towns, Nyi N. Soe, Phyu M. Latt, Lin Zhang, Zongyuan Ge, Christopher K. Fairley, Jason J. Ong, Lei Zhang

“…Results Among the 11 classifiers, the Gradient Boosted Decision Trees (GBDT) with the wavelet filter applied on the images demonstrated the best performance, offering the stratified 5-fold cross-validation AUC of 0.832 ± 0.042 and accuracy of 0.735 ± 0.043. …”
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Reproductive strategies in loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta: polyandry and polygyny in a Southwest Atlantic rookery by Laís Amorim, Lara Chieza, Jake A. Lasala, Sarah de Souza Alves Teodoro, Wesley D. Colombo, Ana Carolina Barcelos, Paula Rodrigues Lopes Guimarães, João Luiz Guedes da Fonseca, Ana Claudia Jorge Marcondes, Alexsandro Santos, Sarah Vargas

“…This research establishes a crucial database for future studies in Brazil, with a focus on the BSR of the Southwest Atlantic subpopulation, offering essential insights for developing effective management strategies for this vulnerable population.…”
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A self-configuration framework for balancing services in the fog of things by Edson Mota, Jurandir Barbosa, Gustavo B. Figueiredo, Maycon Peixoto, Cássio Prazeres

“…Fog Computing has been playing a pivotal role in the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem, offering benefits such as local availability, access facilities, and enhanced communication among devices. …”
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Nurse management of minor problems in primary care emergencies: a non-randomized controlled trial by Jordi Estarlich-Corominas, Neus Soler-Abril, Anna Casanellas-Chuecos, Sara Becerra-Corzo, Andrea Sofia Bianco, Pere Torán-Monserrat, Rosa García-Sierra

“…Nurse resolution capacity, after applying algorithms, offered quality care, with fewer prescriptions and good patient satisfaction without increasing the total number of consultations due to the same problem. …”
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El afrontamiento de la muerte en la educación para la salud de personas mayores by Nazaret Martínez-Heredia, Gracia González-Gijón, Ana Amaro Agudo, Esther Santaella Rodríguez

“…Trabajar el tema de la muerte como parte de la Educación para la Salud con personas mayores ofrece la posibilidad de gestionar aquellas situaciones que puedan generar ansiedad como parte de los procesos de afrontamiento de la misma. …”
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Pharmacological Evaluation of Secondary Metabolites and Their Simultaneous Determination in the Arabian Medicinal Plant Plicosepalus curviflorus Using HPTLC Validated Method by Raha Orfali, Shagufta Perveen, Nasir Ali Siddiqui, Perwez Alam, Tawfeq Abdullah Alhowiriny, Areej Mohammad Al-Taweel, Sami Al-Yahya, Fuad Ameen, Najwa Majrashi, Khulud Alluhayb, Bandar Alghanem, Hayat Shaibah, Shabana Iqrar Khan

“…The proposed HPTLC method offers a sensitive, precise, and specific analytical tool for the quantification of quercetin, catechin, and flavane gallates in P. curviflorus.…”
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Radiopharmaceuticals and their applications in medicine by Siqi Zhang, Xingkai Wang, Xin Gao, Xueyao Chen, Linger Li, Guoqing Li, Can Liu, Yuan Miao, Rui Wang, Kuan Hu

“…Diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals play a pivotal role in patient stratification and treatment planning, leading to improved therapeutic outcomes in targeted radionuclide therapy. This review offers a comprehensive overview of the evolution of radiopharmaceuticals, including both FDA-approved and clinically investigated agents, and explores the mechanisms of cell death induced by radiopharmaceuticals. …”
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Portable devices for periodic monitoring of bioelectrical impedance along meridian pathways in healthy individuals by Yu-Chen Xu, Xiu-Yan Cao, Shuai Liu, Bo Liu, Hao Chen, Min Cheng, Wei-Hua Ye

“…From a bioelectrical standpoint, this study provides empirical support for the potential existence and functionality of meridians and collaterals, offering a scientific perspective that complements ancient TCM principles.…”
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Clinical confocal laser endomicroscopy for imaging of autofluorescence signals of human brain tumors and non-tumor brain by Marlen Reichenbach, Sven Richter, Roberta Galli, Matthias Meinhardt, Katrin Kirsche, Achim Temme, Dimitrios Emmanouilidis, Witold Polanski, Insa Prilop, Dietmar Krex, Stephan B. Sobottka, Tareq A. Juratli, Ilker Y. Eyüpoglu, Ortrud Uckermann

“…Therefore, this approach offers the possibility to obtain intraoperative diagnostic information before resection, importantly independent of any kind of marker or label.…”
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Impact of Mn/Co substitution on magnetoelectric and structural properties of ZnO nanostructures thin films by Ángela P. Lanchero, Lina F. Prieto, Heiddy P. Quiroz, Jorge A. Calderón, A. Dussan, F. Mesa

“…These findings validate the potential of ZnO:Mn/Co as a dilute magnetic semiconductor (DMS) for spintronic applications, offering tailored magnetic and resistive properties through precise control of doping and synthesis parameters.…”
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Optimizing Automated Hematoma Expansion Classification from Baseline and Follow-Up Head Computed Tomography by Anh T. Tran, Dmitriy Desser, Tal Zeevi, Gaby Abou Karam, Julia Zietz, Andrea Dell’Orco, Min-Chiun Chen, Ajay Malhotra, Adnan I. Qureshi, Santosh B. Murthy, Shahram Majidi, Guido J. Falcone, Kevin N. Sheth, Jawed Nawabi, Seyedmehdi Payabvash

“…This threshold excluded 47–88% of test-negative predictions from expert review of automated segmentations for different HE definitions, with less than 2% false-negative misclassification in both internal and external validation cohorts. Our pipeline offers a time-efficient and optimizable method for generating ground truth HE classifications in large ICH datasets, reducing the burden of expert review of automated hematoma segmentations while minimizing misclassification rate.…”
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Effects of the Proactive Interdisciplinary Self-Management (PRISMA) Program on Online Care Platform Usage in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Primary Care: A Randomized Controlled... by Esther du Pon, Nanne Kleefstra, Frits Cleveringa, Ad van Dooren, Eibert R. Heerdink, Sandra van Dulmen

“…A training about the functionalities of e-Vita was offered. The sample consisted of 203 patients. No differences were found between the intervention and control groups in the number of patients who attended the platform training (interested patients) (X21=0.58; p=0.45), and the number of patients who logged on at least once (platform users) (X21=0.46; p=0.50). …”
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Comparison of metabarcoding taxonomic markers to describe fungal communities in fermented foods by Rué, Olivier, Coton, Monika, Dugat-Bony, Eric, Howell, Kate, Irlinger, Françoise, Legras, Jean-Luc, Loux, Valentin, Michel, Elisa, Mounier, Jérôme, Neuvéglise, Cécile, Sicard, Delphine

“…Next generation sequencing offers several ways to study microbial communities. …”
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Clinical efficacy of electrosurgery and steel scalpel surgery for umbilical herniorrhaphy in bovine calves: A comparative analysis by Mohammad Raguib Munif, Md Ariful Islam, Md Sabuj Rahman, Md Mizanur Rahman, Md Rafiqul Alam

“…Electrosurgery (ES) offers a promising alternative to conventional steel scalpel surgery (SSS), providing superior hemorrhage control and efficient tissue dissection with minimal invasiveness. …”
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Seedling Stage Corn Line Detection Method Based on Improved YOLOv8 by LI Hongbo, TIAN Xin, RUAN Zhiwen, LIU Shaowen, REN Weiqi, SU Zhongbin, GAO Rui, KONG Qingming

“…This approach supports the automatic navigation of agricultural machinery, offering significant improvements in the precision and efficiency of field operations.…”
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El sector agrario del Ecuador: incertidumbres (riesgos) ante la globalización by García Pascual, Francisco

“…El artículo ofrece una visión de conjunto del sector agrario ecuatoriano. …”
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Association between dietary antioxidants, serum albumin/globulin ratio and quality of life in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients: a 7-year follow-up study by Juwei Zhang, Jinsong Zhou, Siting Chen, Yue Huang, Zheng Lin, Yuan Deng, Minglian Qiu, Zhisheng Xiang, Zhijian Hu, Zhijian Hu

“…The stratified analysis revealed that this improvement was associated with demographic and clinical characteristics.ConclusionsOur findings suggest that high preoperative DAI-AGR is linked to enhanced postoperative HRQOL in ESCC patients, offering crucial insights for patients, practitioners, and researchers.…”
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The autoimmune disease risk variant NCF1-His90 is associated with a reduced risk of tuberculosis in women by Xinjun Hu, Shasha Li, Renliang Huang, Ziwei Fu, Chenyu Ma, Zheng Cheng, Hongjun Hu, Qiaomiao Zhou, Frank Petersen, Xinhua Yu, Xinhua Yu, Junfeng Zheng

“…Given the high prevalence of this autoimmune disease risk variant in East Asia, we hypothesized that it may confer an evolutionary advantage by providing protection against infectious diseases.MethodsTo test this hypothesis, we investigated whether the NCF1 rs201802880 variant offers a protective effect against tuberculosis (TB), a historically significant and deadly infectious disease. …”
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Effect of a Stress-Management Intervention Based on Self-efficacy Theory for Enriching Marital Relationships and Sleep Quality in Primigravida Women by Zeinab Alizadeh, Farzaneh Noroozi, Mohammad Hossein Kaveh, Rosanna Cousins, Leila Ghahremani

“…Inclusion criteria included being at 14–18 weeks ofgestation, having no concomitant illness, and attending one of four healthcare centers in South Iran in 2022. …”
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Targeting accuracy of neuronavigation: a comparative evaluation of an innovative wearable AR platform vs. traditional EM navigation by Marina Carbone, Marina Carbone, Nicola Montemurro, Nicola Montemurro, Nadia Cattari, Nadia Cattari, Martina Autelitano, Martina Autelitano, Fabrizio Cutolo, Fabrizio Cutolo, Vincenzo Ferrari, Vincenzo Ferrari, Emanuele Cigna, Emanuele Cigna, Sara Condino, Sara Condino

“…Wearable augmented reality in neurosurgery offers significant advantages by enabling the visualization of navigation information directly on the patient, seamlessly integrating virtual data with the real surgical field. …”
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