Development of a short version of the perceived social support scale: based on classical test theory and ant colony optimization by Yunchou Wu, Jingqi Tang, Zhuoran Du, Ke Chen, Fei Wang, Xiaonan Sun, Guoying Zhang, Yibo Wu

“…Trial registration This study underwent ethical review (JNUKY-2021-018) by Jinan University.…”
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Development an Inflammation-Related Factor-Based Model for Predicting Organ Failure in Acute Pancreatitis: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Yunpeng Peng, Xiaole Zhu, Chaoqun Hou, Chenyuan Shi, Dongya Huang, Zipeng Lu, Yi Miao, Qiang Li

“…Methods. 100 patients with their clinical information and IRF data (levels of 10 cytokines, percentages of different immune cells, and data obtained from white blood cell count) were retrospectively enrolled in this study, and 94 patients were finally selected for further analysis. Univariate and multivariate analysis were applied to evaluate the potential risk factors for the organ failure of AP. …”
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Retinal Protection of New Nutraceutical Formulation by Luca Rosario La Rosa, Veronica Pepe, Francesca Lazzara, Giovanni Luca Romano, Federica Conti, Erika Giuffrida, Claudio Bucolo, Santa Viola, Giuseppe De Pasquale, Maria Cristina Curatolo, Cristina Zappulla

“…Furthermore, Epicolin showed the same protective effect on MIO-M1 cells reducing HIF-1α expression. Finally, Epicolin treatment on DBA/2J mice protected the RGCs from loss of function, as demonstrated by PERG analysis, and attenuated their death by enhancing brain-derived neurotrophic factor (<i>BDNF</i>) and reducing interleukin-1 beta (<i>IL-1β</i>) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (<i>TNF-α</i>) expression. …”
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The Cajun Renaissance and Cajun English. The Social, the Linguistic, the Imaginary by Olivier Glain

“…One particularly interesting manifestation of stancetaking is found in the popular Louisianan practice of telling Boudreaux and Thibodeaux jokes, recordings of which can be found in the Cajun English Corpus. Finally, in a discussion on Cajun English and the Cajun identity based on speakers’ processes of self-identification, I argue that the Cajun collectivity can best be described as an ideological community, whose language variety has emerged from complex interactions within the speakers’ linguistic imaginaries (Houdebine 1982) and has been influenced by a powerful social imaginary (Castoriadis 1975).…”
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UAV-Multispectral Based Maize Lodging Stress Assessment with Machine and Deep Learning Methods by Minghu Zhao, Dashuai Wang, Qing Yan, Zhuolin Li, Xiaoguang Liu

“…Five ML classifiers and three DL models were trained to classify the maize lodging parameters. Finally, we compared the performance of ML and DL models in evaluating maize lodging parameters. …”
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Survey situation of mental health of pregnant women with breast cancer: A systematic review study by Nasim Khademi, Farzaneh Rahimi, Shadi Goli

“…In total, 235 relevant studies were searched in 2013–2023, and after evaluating the full text of the article, 32 full-text articles were opted in accordance with the eligibility criteria, and finally, 26 full-text articles were reviewed systematically. …”
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Experimental gillnet study to inform future large fish monitoring in the San Francisco Estuary by Dylan Keating Stompe, James A. Hobbs

“…However, differences in catch may not justify the added risk and complexities of night sampling except for targeted studies of benthic predators (catfishes). Finally, while over 3,000 PIT tags were deployed (primarily in Striped Bass) between this and another nearby study, only 6 PIT tags were recovered, demonstrating that greater effort or different methodologies would be required to generate mark-recapture abundance estimates in this open and highly dynamic system. …”
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Predicting risk factors for Epstein-Barr virus reactivation using Bayesian network analysis: a population-based study of high-risk areas for nasopharyngeal cancer by Zhiwen Zeng, Kena Lin, Xueqi Li, Xueqi Li, Tong Li, Xiaoman Li, Jiayi Li, Zule Ning, Qinxian Liu, Shanghang Xie, Sumei Cao, Sumei Cao, Jinlin Du

“…We then constructed an interaction networktionba BN prediction model to explore the risk factors for EBV reactivation, which was compared with a conventional logistic regression model.ResultsA total of 12,579 participants were included in the analyses, with 1596 participant pairs finally included after the use of a nested case-control study. …”
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Guar gum-modified magnetic palladium nanocatalyst: C–N coupling reaction and STAT3-Mediated breast cancer therapy by Junrui Luan, Xin Dong, Shuwen Zhou

“…The presence of the material resulted in a 40–50% induction of cell apoptosis, along with down regulation of the anti-apoptotic marker. Finally, the Fe3O4@guar gum/Pd NPs showed suppressive properties on colony formation. …”
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Mathematics self-belief and mathematical creativity of university students: the role of problem-solving skills by Bright Asare, Yarhands Dissou Arthur, Benjamin Adu Obeng

“…Again, mathematics self-efficacy belief positively influenced university students’ problem-solving skills. Finally, problem-solving skills positively moderated the nexus between mathematics self-belief and mathematical creativity of university students. …”
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Traditional Chinese medicine injections for heart failure: a protocol for systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials by Shanshan Lin, Qingyang Shi, Fengwen Yang, Xianliang Wang, Jingyuan Mao

“…NMA will be performed in a Bayesian hierarchical framework using R V.3.6.1 with the gemtc package. Finally, we will rank the efficacy of these treatment programmes according to the surface under the cumulative ranking curve, and perform quality assessment and recommendation grading of the evidence according to the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation system.Ethics and dissemination This study will extract data from the published literature and will not involve private information from individuals or compromise their rights. …”
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WED-YOLO: A Detection Model for Safflower Under Complex Unstructured Environment by Zhenguo Zhang, Yunze Wang, Peng Xu, Ruimeng Shi, Zhenyu Xing, Junye Li

“…Meanwhile, the EMA attention mechanism is integrated into the C2f module of the backbone network to strengthen the model’s feature extraction capabilities. Finally, a small-target detection layer is incorporated into the detection head, enabling the model to focus on small safflower targets. …”
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Performance of concrete containing different ratios of metakaolin and magnetized water by Mostafa M. Keshta, Mohamed M. Yousry Elshikh, Ahmed M. Elkerany

“…Also, FTIR analysis was conducted to the optimal mixes to show the function groups of these mixes in microscale. Finally, the results of water properties indicated that using MW increase TDS and pH up to 14 % compared to using TW.…”
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Quantitative relationships between elastic modulus of rod and biomechanical properties of transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: a finite element analysis by Jie Li, Zengfeng Du, Shuai Cao, Teng Lu, Zhongwei Sun, Hongyu Wei, Haopeng Li, Ting Zhang

“…The range of motion (ROM) of the fixed segment, mean strain of the bone graft, and maximum von Mises stresses on the cage, endplate, and posterior fixation system models were calculated. Finally, regression analysis was performed to establish functional relationships between rod-E and these indexes.ResultsIncreasing rod-E decreased ROM of the fixed segment, mean strain of the bone grafts, and peak stresses on the cage and endplate, while increasing peak stress on the screw-rod system. …”
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Anatomic tunnel placement can be achieved with a modification to transtibial technique in single bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A cadaver study. by Joon Kyu Lee, Sahnghoon Lee, Ki Tae Kim, Myung Chul Lee

“…Then, a pin was inserted through the tibial tunnel using a femoral guide by four stepwise techniques: transtibial technique, additional anterior drawer force applied to the proximal tibia, another additional varus force applied to the tibia and finally, additional external rotation of the tibia and the femoral guide (mTT). …”
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Relato de experiencia pedagógicas: " el uso de fotografias aéreas verticales en la enseñanza de contenidos de geografía agraria" by Oscar José María Lossio

“…El relato intenta sistematizar una de las propuestas de enseñanza con apoyo de textos aerofotográficos con los que venimos trabajando desde hace algunos años y corresponde, específicamente, a clases desarrolladas a finales de 2007 en una escuela media de la ciudad de Santa Fe. …”
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Speeding Violation Type Prediction Based on Decision Tree Method: A Case Study in Wujiang, China by Zeyang Cheng, Jian Lu, Zhenshan Zu, Yunxuan Li

“…., spring, summer, and winter), respectively. Finally, a model comparison between the proposed method and other tree-based approaches is conducted. …”
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Hydrogen production with grid-connected electrolysis: scenario-based analysis of the EU criteria for renewable fuels by Bernhard Thaler, Gerhard Pirker, Nicole Wermuth

“…In a scenario with reduced renewable build-outs, comparable to historically achieved renewable resource additions, many fewer countries achieve the grid criteria. Finally, net CO _2 emission reductions are analyzed by comparing power sector emission changes with the opportunity emissions that result from fossil fuels replacements with H _2 . …”
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SS-YOLO: A Lightweight Deep Learning Model Focused on Side-Scan Sonar Target Detection by Na Yang, Guoyu Li, Shengli Wang, Zhengrong Wei, Hu Ren, Xiaobo Zhang, Yanliang Pei

“…In addition, we add an adaptive scale spatial fusion (ASSF) module using 3D convolution to combine feature maps of different sizes, maximizing the extraction of invariant features across various scales. Finally, we use an improved multi-head self-attention (MHSA) mechanism in the detection head, replacing the original complex convolution structure, to enhance the model’s ability to focus on important features with low computational load. …”
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Mutations in the <i>A34R</i> gene increase the immunogenicity of vaccinia virus by S. N. Shchelkunov, T. V. Bauer, S. N. Yakubitskiy, A. A. Sergeev, A. S. Kabanov, S. A. Pyankov

“…The gene for thymidine kinase is frequently used for insertion/inactivation of foreign genes and it causes virus attenuation. …”
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