Automated Patient-specific Quality Assurance for Automated Segmentation of Organs at Risk in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Radiotherapy by Yixuan Wang MD, Jiang Hu MD, Lixin Chen PhD, Dandan Zhang PhD, Jinhan Zhu PhD

“…Methods The patient-specific QA process for automated segmentation involves determining the confidence limit and error structure highlight stage. Three expert physicians segmented 17 OARs using computed tomography images of NPC and compared them using the Dice similarity coefficient, the maximum Hausdorff distance, and the mean distance to agreement. …”
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Emerging PET Radiotracers and Targets for Imaging of Neuroinflammation in Neurodegenerative Diseases: Outlook Beyond TSPO by Vidya Narayanaswami PhD, Kenneth Dahl PhD, Vadim Bernard-Gauthier PhD, Lee Josephson PhD, Paul Cumming PhD, Neil Vasdev PhD

“…We provide a brief overview of the cellular expression and function of these targets, noting their selectivity for astrocytes and/or microglia, and highlight the classes of PET radiotracers that have been investigated in early-stage preclinical or clinical research studies of neuroinflammation.…”
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The Effect of Pregnancy in the Hemoglobin Concentration of Pregnant Women: A Longitudinal Study by Berhanu Elfu Feleke, Teferi Elfu Feleke

“…Blood samples were collected before pregnancy, during each trimester, during labor and delivery, after third stage of labor, and at the 6-week postpartum period. …”
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Characterisation of the antibody-mediated selective pressure driving intra-host evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in prolonged infection. by Michael Schoefbaenker, Theresa Günther, Eva Ulla Lorentzen, Marie-Luise Romberg, Marc Tim Hennies, Rieke Neddermeyer, Marlin Maybrit Müller, Alexander Mellmann, Chiara Robin Bojarzyn, Georg Lenz, Matthias Stelljes, Eike Roman Hrincius, Richard Vollenberg, Stephan Ludwig, Phil-Robin Tepasse, Joachim Ewald Kühn

“…Following bamlanivimab treatment at an early stage of infection, the patient developed a bamlanivimab-resistant mutation, S:S494P. …”
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Effects of high-power pain threshold ultrasound technique in patients with knee osteoarthritis: A single-blind randomized controlled trial by Yomna F. Ahmed, Rania M. Tawfik, Ahmed M. Tawfick, Shimaa T. Abu El Kasem

“…Fifty participants of both sexes (between 40 and 50 years of age), diagnosed with stage II knee osteoarthritis, participated in this study. …”
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Investigation of Flooding due to Dam Failure: A Case Study of Darlık Dam by Ezgi Selen Tilav, Sezar Gülbaz

“…It was concluded that %80.05 of all buildings affected by the flood are in the very high risk class. In the next stage, each building in the flood inundation areas was marked according to its risk class, shown in risk maps and presented within the scope of the study. …”
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The indirect effects of school bullying on mathematics achievement: the mediating roles of teacher-student relationships, sense of belonging and differences between genders by Rongrong Ren, Wei Chen, Shouying Zhao

“…The purpose of this study was to explore the direct and indirect effects of school bullying on mathematics achievement among Chinese eighth grade students. Methods A two-stage stratified sample design was used to select participants. …”
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Management of the Striga epidemics in pearl millet production: a review by Armel Rouamba, Hussein Shimelis, Inoussa Drabo, Kwame Wilson Shamuyarira, Emmanuel Mrema

“…The first section of the review assesses the impact of Striga infestation on pearl millet production, followed by the developmental stages of Striga, Striga infestation and damage management strategies, breeding for Striga resistance and other Striga control methods. …”
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The US liberal political and academic establishment on national-territorial transformation of Russia in 1917–1922 by V. V. Romanov

“…The paper examines the evolution of approaches and assessments of the US political and academic establishment regarding the national-territorial transformation of Russia at the final stage of the First World War, during the Revolution and the Civil War. …”
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‘O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: let the whole earth tremble before him’ (Psalm 96:9)

“…Attendance at Cathedral-type worship where dignified ceremony and beautiful music leave the worshipper free to place his or her own interpretation on the words is steadily increasing. Given this state of affairs, my question is: Does this signify a new form of religious belief, more fluid and less linked to institutional dogma? …”
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Impact of lens autofluorescence and opacification on retinal imaging by Frank G Holz, Maximilian Pfau, Monika Fleckenstein, Raffael Liegl, Geena C Rennen, Marc Vaisband, Jan Hasenauer

“…LQAF values, the Pentacam Nucleus Staging score and the relative lens reflectivity were extracted to estimate lens opacification. …”
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Teilhard de Chardin’s Vision of Science, Religion and Planetary Humanity: A Challenge to the Contemporary World by Ursula King

“…Has the human species the evolutionary capacity for developing its life to a higher stage, for truly transformative action to create greater collaboration and unification, more universal peace and justice? …”
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Characterization of indigenous chicken phenotypes in Liban Jawi District, Ethiopia: A qualitative and quantitative analysis. by Desalegn Begna, Teferi Bacha, Shamble Boki, Kasahun Bekana

“…This study aimed to phenotypically characterize indigenous chickens in the Liban Jawi district, focusing on measurements of phenotypic characteristics. The multi-stage sampling method selected 192 households with at least two mature indigenous chickens from 2,166 households, resulting in the sampling of 224 chickens (138 females and 86 males) for phenotypic characterization. …”
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Is sleep bruxism associated with smartphone use, neck pain, and sleep features among adolescents? by Ivana Meyer PRADO, Letícia Fernanda MOREIRA-SANTOS, Gabriela de Faria e Barboza HOFFMAM, Lucas Guimarães ABREU, Sheyla Márcia AUAD, Isabela Almeida PORDEUS, Júnia Maria SERRA-NEGRA

“…Participants were selected using multiple-stage sampling. Descriptive analysis and multinomial regression were performed (p ≤ 0.05). …”
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Central Serous Chorioretinopathy Associated with Corticosteroid Use in a Patient with Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy: A Case Report by Lepsa Zoric, Aleksandra Petrovic, Vladimir Milutinovic

“…Depending on the disease stage and initial presentation, it is often diagnosed as optic neuritis. …”
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Cytoreductive Nephrectomy and Nephrectomy/Complete Metastasectomy for Metastatic Renal Cancer by Paul Russo, Mark Synder, Andrew Vickers, Varuni Kondagunta, Robert Motzer

“…Clinical and pathological factors analyzed included primary tumor size, stage and histological subtype, age, gender, Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) prior to nephrectomy, number and location of metastatic sites, and the presence or absence of any systemic therapy. …”
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Soil variation response is mediated by growth trajectories rather than functional traits in a widespread pioneer Neotropical tree by Levionnois, Sébastien, Tysklind, Niklas, Nicolini, Eric, Ferry, Bruno, Troispoux, Valérie, Le Moguedec, Gilles, Morel, Hélène, Stahl, Clément, Coste, Sabrina, Caron, Henri, Heuret, Patrick

“…Cecropia is a widespread pioneer Neotropical genus that generally dominates early successional forest stages. To understand how soil types impact resource use through the processes of growth and branching, we examined the architectural development with a retrospective analysis of growth trajectories. …”
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The relationship between the genetic status of the Vrn-1 locus and the size of the root system in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by O. G. Smirnova, T. A. Pshenichnikova

“…The research was carried out in a hydroponic greenhouse; drought was created at the tillering stage. In this work, we have shown that early flowering wheat cultivars with the dominant Vrn-A1а allele have more lightweight and shorter roots under normal watering conditions compared to the late flowering carriers of the dominant homoeoalleles Vrn-B1 and Vrn-D1. …”
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Experimental and modeled analysis of contaminant mobility in coal fly ash landfills under continuous rainfall regimes by Shuyuan Xu, Yongbo Zhang, Jiangbo Guo, Aijing Wu, Xinghua Xiang, Haodong Sun

“…Laboratory-scale long-term soil column leaching tests and long-term ash column leaching tests were conducted using compacted soil and compacted CFA, respectively, to simulate contaminant migration patterns from CFA during the early and later stages of landfill operation. Hydrus-1D simulation software was used to calculate contaminant transport from the CFA landfill. …”
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Impact of witnessing abuse of their mother and childhood trauma on men's perpetration of intimate partner violence in the cross-sectional UN multi-country study on men and violence... by Rachel Jewkes, Ruchira Tabassum Naved, Naeema Abrahams, Nwabisa Shai, Leane Ramsoomar, Bianca Dekel, Andrew Gibbs, Jani Nöthling, Samantha Willan, Esnat Chirwa

“…Methods: In nine sites, from six countries, data were collected in a two-stage, randomly-selected household survey, with one man aged 18–49 years interviewed per house. 8379 interviews were completed with ever partnered men in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea (Bougainville) and Sri Lanka. …”
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