Image-Based Detection and Classification of Malaria Parasites and Leukocytes with Quality Assessment of Romanowsky-Stained Blood Smears by Jhonathan Sora-Cardenas, Wendy M. Fong-Amaris, Cesar A. Salazar-Centeno, Alejandro Castañeda, Oscar D. Martínez-Bernal, Daniel R. Suárez, Carol Martínez

“…The F1-score—a metric balancing precision (correctly identified positives) and recall (correctly detected instances out of actual positives)—is especially valuable for assessing models on imbalanced datasets. In parasite stage classification, CNN achieved F1-scores of 85% for trophozoites, 88% for schizonts, and 83% for gametocytes. …”
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Renal Dysfunction among Ghanaians Living with Clinically Diagnosed Hypertension in the Asutifi-South District: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study at the St. Elizabeth Hospital, Hw... by Sylvester Yao Lokpo, James Osei-Yeboah, William K. B. A. Owiredu, Francis Abeku Ussher, Verner Ndudiri Orish, Felix Gadzeto, Paul Ntiamoah, Felix Botchway, Ivan Muanah, Romeo Asumbasiya Aduko

“…Regular screening and management are therefore recommended to avert progression to end-stage renal failure (ESRD).…”
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Differential expression of “A Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase 10” in hepatocellular carcinoma and the noncancerous hepatic tissues: Contribution to HCV-promoted hepatocarcinogene... by Amal Abd El Hafez, Basem H. Elesawy, Heba S. E. I. Hany

“…HCCs were statistically compared in relation with gender, age, cirrhosis, hepatitis C virus (HCV) status, alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) serum level, tumor size, multiplicity, encapsulation/invasion, grade, histological pattern and variant, mitosis, necrosis, vascular emboli, portal thrombosis, stage, recurrence, and mortality. Kaplan–Meier's method was used to analyze disease-free and overall survival (DFS and OS). …”
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Preoperative Risk Assessment of Lymph Node Metastasis in cT1 Lung Cancer: A Retrospective Study from Eastern China by Chengyan Zhang, Guanchao Pang, Chengxi Ma, Jingni Wu, Pingli Wang, Kai Wang

“…Consolidation size and clinical N stage based on CT were two common independent risk factors for both N1 and N2 metastases, with different odds ratios. …”
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Chemokine Profiles Are Affected in Serum of Patients with Acute Rejection of Kidney Allograft by Lenka Krupickova, Martina Fialova, Marek Novotny, Veronika Svachova, Kristyna Mezerova, Eva Cecrdlova, Ondrej Viklicky, Ilja Striz

“…Kidney allograft transplantation improved the prognosis and quality of life of patients with end-stage renal diseases but the occurrence of acute rejection represents a limitation of the final outcome. …”
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Using the optimal seed germination temperature approach to determine the potential distribution of Inga jinicuil in Mexico under climate change scenarios by Salvador Sampayo-Maldonado, Daniel Cabrera-Santos, Patricia Dávila-Aranda, Norma Isela Rodríguez-Arévalo, Alma Orozco-Segovia, Maraeva Gianella, Elizabeth Bell, Michael Way, Robert H. Manson, Gabina S. Quintas, Cesar M. Flores-Ortíz, Tiziana Ulian

“…Given the climate change scenarios, it will be necessary to generate information on the effect of temperature on germination, a key stage for the establishment and conservation of the species. …”
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Comparative Transcriptomic Analysis of Root Cadmium Responses in Two Chinese Rice Cultivars Yuzhenxiang and Xiangwanxian 12 by Shangdu Zhang, Zhenliang Luo, Xiang Wu, Bangzhi Shi, Huidan Jiang, Leliang Zhou, Lianyang Bai

“…In conclusion, the numerous genes that might be related to Cd stress response and root Cd response difference between YZX and XWX at the booting stage may be of benefit for the development of rice varieties with low Cd consumption.…”
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Investigating the Prognostic and Oncogenic Roles of Membrane-Associated Ring-CH-Type Finger 9 in Colorectal Cancer by Jiayan Zhang, Qinghan Jiao, Zhigang Chen

“…High MARCHF9 expression correlated with advanced clinical stages, distant metastases, and the presence of residual tumors in CRC patients. …”
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Calculation of Technological Consumption (Loss) of Electricity in Modern 0.38–10 kV Electrical Distribution Networks by M. I. Fursanov, A. A. Zalotoy, V. V. Makarevich

“…The latter is performed for a single (first)stage of load graphs.…”
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Fatigue characteristics of deep excavation-disturbed jinping marble by Anlin Zhang, Ru Zhang, Ting Ai, Li Ren, Zetian Zhang, Jing Xie, Chendi Lou, Kun Xiao, Zeqian Yang

“…Moreover, the previously reported inverted S-shaped evolution of fatigue damage was observed, and it was found that an increase in depth leads to an earlier onset of the accelerated fatigue damage stage with greater dominance of fatigue failure. …”
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Quand des pesticides empoisonnent la recherche, la réglementation et la démocratie : by Louise Vandelac

“…As a result, it is the regulation of all pesticides that is targeted, with its huge economical stakes, but more significantly, a vital one for health, food, and biodiversity. …”
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Modelling the immunopathogenesis of HIV-1 infection and the effect of multidrug therapy: The role of fusion inhibitors in HAART by Gesham Magombedze, Winston Garira, Eddie Mwenje

“…We firstdevelop a basic mathematical model of the immuno-pathogenesis of HIV-1infection that incorporates three distinct stages in the infection cycle of HIV-1:entry of HIV-1 into the cytoplasm of CD4+ T cells, transcription of HIV-1RNA to DNA within CD4+ T cells, and production of HIV-1 viral particleswithin CD4+ T cells. …”
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Aberrant DNA Methylation of FTH-1 and SHOX2 Contributes to Lung Cancer Progression by Salar Tahmasbi, Armin Sadeghi, Habib Zarredar, Milad Asadi, Shahryar Hashemzadeh, Venus Zafari, Hamed Sabbagh-Jadid, Mortaza Raeisi

“…Also, FTH-1 and SHOX2 methylation levels were significantly associated with the clinical stage of malignancy. Furthermore, The ROC curve analysis revealed that the area under the curve values for FTH-1 and SHOX2 were determined to be 0.751 and 0.8676, respectively. …”
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C3-VQA: Cryogenic Counter-Based Coprocessor for Variational Quantum Algorithms by Yosuke Ueno, Satoshi Imamura, Yuna Tomida, Teruo Tanimoto, Masamitsu Tanaka, Yutaka Tabuchi, Koji Inoue, Hiroshi Nakamura

“…Our evaluation shows that the C3-VQA reduces the total heat dissipation at the 4 K stage by 30% and 81% under sequential-shot and parallel-shot execution scenarios, respectively. …”
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Can the digital economy foster advancements in the healthcare sector? — a case study using interprovincial data from China by Zhengqi Wei, Keke Wei, Jing Yang, Meilin Zhang, Feng Yang

“…To ensure analysis accuracy and robustness, the study refines the spatial weight matrix and addresses model endogeneity using the Generalized Spatial Two-Stage Least Squares method. Additionally, it examines regional disparities in the digital economy's impact through SDM and explores intermediary mechanisms and threshold effects using a mediation effect model and a panel threshold model. …”
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Effects of chronic diseases on health related quality of life is mediated by sleep difficulty in middle aged and older adults by Yaoyao Wu, Zesheng Chen, Zongxue Cheng, Zhecong Yu, Kang Qin, Caixia Jiang, Jue Xu

“…The survey data were from a cross-sectional study carried out in 2019 in Hangzhou, China. We used a multi-stage cluster random sampling method to recruit participants from seven districts in Hangzhou. …”
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Effectiveness of interventions for middle-aged and ageing population with neck pain: a systematic review and network meta-analysis protocol by Alison B Rushton, Nicola R Heneghan, Taweewat Wiangkham, Uchukarn Boonyapo, Piyameth Dilokthornsakul, Nattawan Phungwattanakul

“…The kappa statistic will be used to evaluate agreement between the reviewers at each stage. Data will be extracted by one reviewer and checked for accuracy by a second reviewer. …”
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Mapping outcomes for recovery of consciousness in studies from 1986 to 2020: a scoping review protocol by Monica Steiner, Elizabeth Burns, Trudy Mallinson, Joshua Rosenow, Jennifer Weaver, Alison Cogan, Parie Bhandari, Erica Jacobs, Ariana Pape, Chantal Nguyen, Ann Guernon, Tom Harrod, Theresa Bender Pape, Marilyn Pacheco, Catherine Burress Kestner, Kelsey Watters, Elizabeth Yost, Henk Eilander, Berno Overbeek, Sophie Leeds, Kelly Krese, Haylee Winden, Mary Philbin, Stefani Cleaver, Vanessa Silva, Konner Nelson, André Lindsey, Angela Hartman, Kristen Maisano, Erika Cooley, Jessica Rudin Portnoff, Bailey Widener, Sarah Hollingsworth, Coty Wardwell, Julianne Angel, Ladan Hakima, Jennifer Nebel, Bint-e Zainab Awan

“…Articles meeting inclusion criteria at this stage will undergo a full text review. We will chart the data by applying the WHO International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Framework to identify the content areas of clinical outcome assessments. …”
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Automated diagnosis and grading of lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration based on a modified YOLO framework by Aobo Wang, Tianyi Wang, Xingyu Liu, Xingyu Liu, Xingyu Liu, Ning Fan, Shuo Yuan, Peng Du, Congying Zou, Ruiyuan Chen, Yu Xi, Zhao Gu, Hongxing Song, Qi Fei, Yiling Zhang, Yiling Zhang, Lei Zang

“…The automated diagnostic model was based on the YOLOv5 network, modified by adding an attention module in the Cross Stage Partial part and a residual module in the Spatial Pyramid Pooling-Fast part. …”
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Individual participant data meta-analysis of trials comparing frozen versus fresh embryo transfer strategy (INFORM): a protocol by Lan N Vuong, Rui Wang, Ben W Mol, Rong Li, Karin Hammarberg, Kate Brian, Yun Sun, Pollyanna Hardy, Anja Pinborg, Siladitya Bhattacharya, Sacha Stormlund, David J McLernon, Zi-Jiang Chen, Richard S Legro, Carlos Simon, Shimona Lai, Marian G Showell, Daimin Wei, Ze Wang, Keliang Wu, Xavier Santamaría, Christophe Blockeel, Femke Mol, Anna P Ferraretti, Bruce S Shapiro, Forest C Garner, Christos A Venetis, Abha Maheshwari, Gwenda Burns

“…We will harmonise the IPD and perform a two-stage meta-analysis and examine treatment–covariate interactions for important baseline characteristics.Ethics and dissemination The study ethics have been granted by the Monash University Human Research Ethics Committee (Project ID: 30391). …”
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