Preliminary application of a cervical vertebra segmentation method based on Transformer and diffusion model for lateral cephalometric radiographs in orthodontic clinical practice by LIU Yang, WU Mengyi, HU Yao, QI Kun, WANG Yubin, ZHAO Yue, SONG Jinlin

“…Objective·To construct a cervical vertebra image segmentation model by using a diffusion model with the Transformer deep learning algorithm, and evaluate its segmentation performance, to address the clinical challenge of accurately assessing complex changes in skeletal morphology during the growth and developmental peaks of malocclusion.Methods·Accurate cervical vertebra segmentation was performed on cephalometric radiographs from 185 orthodontic patients (44 cases from the Stomatological Hospital of Chongqing Medical University and 141 cases from the Stomatological Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University) by using a method combining Transformer and diffusion models. …”
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Healthcare Workers (HCWs)’ Perceptions and Current Practice of Managing Cognitively Impaired Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) by Rayan A. Siraj

“…The collected responses were analysed using descriptive statistics and logistic regression models. …”
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Separation of Short-Chain Fatty Acids from Primary Sludge into a Particle-Free Permeate by Coupling Chamber Filter-Press and Cross-Flow Microfiltration: Optimization, Semi-Continuo... by Nikhil Shylaja Prakash, Peter Maurer, Harald Horn, Florencia Saravia, Andrea Hille-Reichel

“…Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are valuable metabolic intermediates that are produced during dark fermentation of sludge, which, when capitalized on, can be used as chemical precursors for biotechnological applications. …”
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Acute kidney injury recovery status predicts mortality and cardiorenal outcomes in patients admitted with acute decompensated heart failure by Kavitha Muthiah, Christopher Hayward, James Chong, Kirsty Pringle, Shehane Mahendran, Albert Vien, Sumita Barua, Sanjay Chavali, David Makarious, Phillip Lo

“…AKI was defined using Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) AKI criteria. …”
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Correlation and clinical significance of placental tissue selectin (E), angiotensin II and its receptors, and oxidized lipid levels in patients with preeclampsia by Yan Gao, Guohong Wu, Haiting Huang, Xiaoyan Lu, Peifen Wu, Zou Suiyi, Zhenyan Liu

“…Pearson correlation was used to analyze the correlation between the expression of selectin (E), AngII, ATRs, MDA, 8-iso-PGF2a and the levels of SBP and DBP. …”
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Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast, from diagnosis to management: a case report by Mendoza-Urbano Diana Marcela, Cañon Diana, Palazuelos Gloria Ines, Torres Fabio, Wills Beatriz, Rodriguez-Urrego Paula Andrea

“…The primary management approach typically involves breast-conserving surgery. Due to its rarity, diagnosis can be challenging, emphasizing the importance of histopathological confirmation with clinical and imaging correlation. …”
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Regional insights on the prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of carbapenem and colistin-resistant gram-negative bacteria: an observational cross-sectional study fro... by Nazia Khursheed, Fareeha Adnan, Moiz Ahmed Khan, Ramlla Hatif

“…Abstract Background Colistin is used to treat multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria. …”
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Factors associated with malnutrition inflammation score among hemodialysis patients: A cross-sectional investigation in tertiary care hospital, Palestine. by Zakaria Hamdan, Zaher Nazzal, Fatima Masoud Al-Amouri, Sanaa Ishtayah, Sarah Sammoudi, Lawra Bsharat, Manal Badrasawi

“…An interview-based questionnaire was used to collect data related to sociodemographic, lifestyle, hemodialysis, medical history, anthropometrics, biochemical indices, dietary data using 3-days diet recall, and functional status. …”
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Assessment of using transfer learning with different classifiers in hypodontia diagnosis by Tansel Uyar, Didem Sakaryalı Uyar

“…Pretrained convolutional neural network models (AlexNet, DarkNet-19, DarkNet-53, DenseNet-201, EfficientNet, GoogLeNet, InceptionV3, IncResV2, MobileNetV2, NasNet-Mobile, Places365, ResNet-18, ResNet-50, ResNet-101, ShuffleNet, SqueezeNet, VGG-16, VGG-19, and Xception) were used for training with the fine-tuning method and different machine learning classifiers (decision trees, discriminant analysis, logistic regression, naive Bayes, support vector machines, nearest neighbor, ensemble method, and artificial neural network). …”
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Recovery of the Intestinal Microbiota Metabolic Activity in Patients with Bronchial Asthma by O. Yu. Zolnikova, N. D. Potskhverashvili, N. I. Kokina

“…In patients without SIBO, during a probiotic therapy, an increase in the total content of SCFA (p <0.001), acetic and butyric acid (p <0.001) was revealed. …”
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Development of a sequential laser microdissection tissue cuts workflow for the spatial and quantitative analysis of drugs in fresh frozen tissue sections. by Elias Maris, Farid Jahouh, Kathleen Allaerts, Rob Vreeken

“…Because of the tissue heterogeneity, resulting in different matrix effects, and to the fact that the measured compounds are not entirely "extracted" from the tissue during the measurement, the absolute quantitative aspect of MSI is limited. …”
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Optimal vocal therapy for respiratory muscle activation in patients with COPD: effects of loudness, pitch, and vowels by Zhengtong Qiao, Ziwei Kou, Jiazhen Zhang, Daozheng Lv, Dongpan Li, Xuefen Cui, Kai Liu

“…The Visual Analog Scale (VAS) was used to evaluate the condition of patients concerning vocalization, while the Borg-CR10 breathlessness scale was utilized to gauge the level of dyspnea following the task. …”
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Constitutive Parliament and its speakers by Algis Kasperavičius

“…In addition, the Right used not only objective arguments but also demagogy. …”
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Centralized and local legal regulation of labor relations: problems of correlation and development by V. S. Venediktov, K. Yu. Melnyk

“…The collective agreement, as the main local regulatory act in the field of labor, should comprehensively regulate labor relations within a specific enterprise, institution, organization or individual who uses hired labor. The conclusion of a collective agreement involves the search for a compromise between the employees and the employer in the process of establishing working and rest conditions. …”
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Natural reproduction in tropical buffalo herds by Laura Gómez Estrada

“…The large number of dry-pregnant females is evidence of the effect of seasonality since, at the time of writing this summary (June 2023), we are in an unfavorable reproductive season in Colombia. …”
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Improved primary stability and load transfer of a customized osseointegrated transfemoral prosthesis compared to a commercial one by Giulia Galteri, Valentina Betti, Domenico Alesi, Stefano Zaffagnini, Marco Palanca, Emanuele Gruppioni, Luca Cristofolini

“…Results The translational inducible micromotions during the compression-flexion test of the OsteoCustom stem were more than 4 times smaller than the commercial one (p < 0.05). …”
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Criteria for the admissibility of digital (electronic) evidence in criminal proceedings by V. V. Romaniuk, S. Ye. Ablamskyi

“…Some practical aspects related to the problems of compliance with the criteria of admissibility of digital (electronic) evidence during the investigation of criminal offenses are disclosed. …”
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Determination of Hydraulic Properties of a Large Self-Propped Hydraulic Fracture in the Geothermal Research Borehole Horstberg Z1 in the Northwest German Basin by Reinhard Jung, Alireza Hassanzadegan, Torsten Tischner

“…The pressure records of an interference test on a huge hydraulic fracture in a layered sedimentary rock formation of the Northwest German Basin were analysed in order to determine fracture transmissivity and fracture storage coefficient. …”
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Searching for string bosenovas with gravitational wave detectors by Dawid Brzeminski, Anson Hook, Junwu Huang, Clayton Ristow

“…Abstract We study the phenomenology of a string bosenova explosion in vector superradiance clouds around spinning black holes, focusing on the observable consequences in gravitational wave detectors and accelerometers. …”
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Effectiveness of Ascophyllum nodosum and Fucus vesiculosus on Metabolic Syndrome Components: A Real-World, Observational Study by Antonio Nicolucci, Maria Chiara Rossi, Massimiliano Petrelli

“…The likelihood of experiencing a first major cardiovascular event over ten years was estimated using Italian risk charts. General linear models for repeated measures were applied to assess changes in the parameters of interest during the follow-up. …”
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