Intraoperative Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Breast Cancer: A Review of the Evidence by Norman R. Williams, Katharine H. Pigott, Mohammed R. S. Keshtgar

“…Adjuvant radiotherapy, however, is still mainly given to the whole breast. Furthermore, external beam radiotherapy is often given several months after initial surgery and requires the patient to attend the radiotherapy centre daily for several weeks. …”
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Metformin increases mammographic breast density: a randomized controlled trial by Sadaf Alipour, Ladan Hosseini, Zohreh Forootan, Hadith Rastad, Leila Bayani, Mahboubeh Abedi, Bita Eslami

“…Conclusions This clinical trial showed that consumption of metformin 500 mg twice daily for 6 months is associated with a higher mammographic breast density as compared to the placebo group. …”
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Activities of daily living after surgery among older patients with gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary-pancreatic cancers: a retrospective observational study using nationwide healt... by Ayako Okuyama, Takahiro Higashi, Hisashi Kosaka, Asao Ogawa, Masaki Kaibori

“…The potential decline in ADLs should be carefully considered preoperatively to best maintain the patient’s quality of life postsurgery.…”
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Guest Editorial: The Gig Economy and Women Workers in the Middle East by Stella Morgana

“… What is the impact of the so-called gig economy on women workers in the Middle East? Does digitalisation represent a catalyst for female labour participation in the region or a burden leading to further financial insecurity and invisibility? …”
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Self-managed physical activity in breast cancer survivors: A scoping review. by Maria Chiara Bò, Andrea Merlo, Maria Bernadette Ligabue, Maria Chiara Bassi, Mirco Lusuardi, Isabella Campanini

“…Professionals can adopt many strategies to support patients and empower them with long-lasting self-care competencies. This scoping review provided a comprehensive and easy-to-consult overview of self-managed PA interventions for BCS. …”
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Association between the use of daily injury risk estimation feedback (I-REF) based on machine learning techniques and injuries in athletics (track and field): results of a prospective cohort study over an athletics season by Karsten Hollander, David Blanco, Pascal Edouard, Laurent Navarro, Antoine Bruneau, Alexis Ruffault, Joris Chapon, Pierre-Eddy Dandrieux, Christophe Ley, Spyridon (Spyros) Iatropoulos

“…However, when considering athletes’ daily response rate in secondary analysis, for a response rate of at least 9%, we observed a significant association between the self-reported level of I-REF use and the injury burden (n=76, eβ: 0.981, 95% CI: 0.965 to 0.998; p=0.027).Conclusions Daily injury risk estimation feedback using machine learning was not associated with reducing injury burden.…”
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The Life of Deli Tobacco Plantation's Workers in East Sumatera, 1880-1930 by Ririn Darini, Dyah Ayu Anggraeni

“…This paper aims to reveal the life of Deli tobacco plantation workers in East Sumatra during the period 1880-1930. The problem was focused on the policies issued by the colonial government on labor and its implementation, and its consequences for the lives of the plantation workers. …”
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The Utility of the Bering Sea and East Asia Rules in Long-Range Forecasting by Joseph S. Renken, Joshua J. Herman, Travis R. Bradshaw, Patrick S. Market, Anthony R. Lupo

“…Using the National Center for Atmospheric Research/National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCAR/NCEP) reanalyses and the daily Pacific North American (PNA) index values from the Climate Prediction Center from 1 January 1950 to 31 December 2016, the utility of the Bering Sea Rule (BSR) and the East Asia Rule (EAR) for making forecasts in the two-to-four-week time frame for the central USA region is examined. …”
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Circadian Rhythms and Breast Cancer: The Role of Per2 in Doxorubicin-Induced Cell Death by Megan I. Mitchell, Anna-Mart Engelbrecht

“…This study was therefore aimed at characterizing the role of Per2 in normal breast epithelia (MCF-12A) and in ER− breast cancer cells (MDA-MB-231) and also at determining the role of Per2 in doxorubicin-induced cell death. …”
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Geospatial Trends and Decadal Anomalies in Extreme Rainfall over Uganda, East Africa by Charles Onyutha

“…Trends and variability in series comprising the mean of fifteen highest daily rainfall intensities in each year were analyzed considering entire Uganda. …”
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Drought Analysis in East Nusa Tenggara (Indonesia) Using Regional Frequency Analysis by Heri Kuswanto, Anggi Wahyu Puspa, Imam Safawi Ahmad, Fausania Hibatullah

“…The analysis reveals five homogeneous regions, based on discordancy and heterogeneity tests. Furthermore, the L-moment approach is applied to investigate the regional distribution and suggests that the Pearson type III distribution is the distribution that best fits the five regions. …”
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From occupation to independence: contemporary East Timorese history and identity in Portuguese picturebooks by Ana Margarida Ramos

“…The social change, path to democracy and educational development, as well as daily life and children’s pastimes are now the centre of a narrative that establishes the similarities and differences between modern-day Portugal and East Timor. …”
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Interannual Variability and Trends in Extreme Precipitation in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica by Lejiang Yu, Shiyuan Zhong, Svetlana Jagovkina, Cuijuan Sui, Bo Sun

“…This study examines the trends and interannual variability of extreme precipitation in Antarctica, using six decades (1963–2023) of daily precipitation data from Russia’s Novolazarevskaya Station in East Antarctica. …”
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Prevalence, Treatment, and Unmet Needs of Migraine in the Middle East: A Systematic Review by Taoufik Alsaadi, AbuBakar Al Madani, Mohammed Alhatou, Mona Nada, Abdulrazaq Albilali, Ahmed Al-Qassabi, Hegab Mohamed, Haytham Mohamed, Rowan El Masry, Ghaidaa Ahmed Saifuddin, Suhail Abdullah AlRukn

“…The inclusion and exclusion criteria for the selection of studies were based on the Patients, Intervention, Comparator, Outcomes, and Study design framework, which identified 42 studies. …”
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Correlation pain-quality of life in women after being submitted to surgical treatment of breast cancer by Izabela dos Santos Mendes, Sergio Takeshi Tatsukawa de Freitas, Glaucia de Castro Souza, Mariana Cesar Ribeiro dos Reis, Djenifer Queiroz de Souza, Fernanda Pupio Silva Lima, Adriano Oliveira Andrade, Mario Oliveira Lima

“…Breast cancer, which is more prevalent in the female population, causes physical, functional, and emotional changes that make daily activities difficult, affecting women’s quality of life. …”
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Effects of lifetime feeding of hydrolyzed yeast to broiler breeders on egg production, quality, and hatchling attributes by Anderson N. Maina, Hagen Schulze, Elijah G. Kiarie

“…The effects of lifetime feeding of hydrolyzed yeast (HY) to broiler breeders (BB) on egg production, egg quality, and hatchling attributes were investigated. …”
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Soybean Water Monitoring and Water Demand Prediction in Arid Region Based on UAV Multispectral Data by Shujie Jia, Mingyi Cui, Lei Chen, Shangyuan Guo, Hui Zhang, Zheyu Bai, Yaoyu Li, Linqiang Deng, Fuzhong Li, Wuping Zhang

“…Results showed that the NDVI-based nonlinear regression model achieved the best performance for leaf water content (R² = 0.725), and a significant correlation was found between canopy leaf water content and 0–20 cm soil moisture (R² = 0.705), enabling predictions of deeper soil moisture. …”
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Dose-Dense Epirubicin and Cyclophosphamide Followed by Docetaxel as Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Node-Positive Breast Cancer by Hamid Reza Mirzaei, Parisa Sabet Rasekh, Fatemeh Nasrollahi, Parto Sabet Rasekh, Zahra Akbari Tirabad, Hamid Reza Moein, Taban Ghaffari Pour, Parastoo Hajian

“…This study aimed to assess the feasibility of dose-dense epirubicin and cyclophosphamide followed by docetaxel in node-positive breast cancer. Methods. All Patients first received 4 cycles of epirubicin (100 mg/m2) and cyclophosphamide (600 mg/m2) at 2-week interval then followed by docetaxel (100 mg/m2) at 2-week interval for 4 cycles, with daily Pegfilgrastim (G-CSF) that was administered in all patients on days 3–10 after each cycle of epirubicin and cyclophosphamide infusion. …”
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Leveraging advanced deep learning and machine learning approaches for snow depth prediction using remote sensing and ground data by Haytam Elyoussfi, Abdelghani Boudhar, Salwa Belaqziz, Mostafa Bousbaa, Karima Nifa, Bouchra Bargam, Abdelghani Chehbouni

“…New hydrological insights for the region: The Results highlight the efficacy of AI-based approaches for snow depth prediction, with SVR achieving the best performance (Root Mean Square Error of 2–5 cm and an average coefficient of determination of 0.97). …”
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RANCANG BANGUN MODEL PEMBANGKIT LISTRIK TENAGA MIKRO HIDRO (PLTMH) MENGGUNAKAN PADDLE BREAST WHEEL by Ichlas Nur, Wahmin Rais, Nota Effiandi, Aidil Zamri, Yuli Yetri

“…The increase in the flow rate of water flowing towards the breast wheel turns out to cause the wheel rotation to decrease. …”
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