Gender-Specific Variation in the Prognosis of Papillary Thyroid Cancer TNM Stages II to IV by Sheng-Hwu Hsieh, Szu-Tah Chen, Chuen Hsueh, Tzu-Chieh Chao, Jen-Der Lin

“…To investigate the correlation between gender and the clinical presentation of papillary thyroid cancer and the long-term followup results, 435 patients who underwent total or near-total thyroidectomy were enrolled in this study. …”
Get full text

Tabanidae (Diptera) holotypes in the KwaZulu-Natal Museum collection: Part 2. Diachlorini and Tabanini by Kirstin A. Williams, Louwrens P. Snyman

“…All primary (name-bearing) and secondary types (paratypes) of Bartolomeudiasiella, Cydistomyia and Limata within the tribe Diachlorini and Hybomitra, Tabanus and Therioplectes within the tribe Tabanini, deposited in the KwaZulu-Natal Museum (NMSA) are documented: Cydistomyia (Amanella) cooksoni Usher, 1965; Cydistomyia (Amanella) grayi (Oldroyd, 1957), comb. nov.; Cydistomyia (Amanella) ignota Usher, 1965; Cydistomyia (Amanella) ingridina Usher, 1965; Cydistomyia (Amanella) shaka Usher, 1970; Cydistomyia (Amanella) zimbiti Usher, 1970; Limata kuhnelti Usher, 1967 [now Bartolomeudiasiella kuhnelti (Usher, 1967)]; Limata miranda Usher, 1968; Limata parafacialis Oldroyd, 1957; Tabanus crocodilinus Austen, 1912; Tabanus flavicoxa Usher, 1954; Tabanus nefas Usher, 1971; Tabanus postacutus Oldroyd, 1947; Tabanus saxicolus Usher, 1965 [now Hybomitra saxicolus (Usher, 1965)]; Therioplectes zumpti (Dias, 1956). …”
Get full text

Analysis of Planetary Gear Fatigue Strength of Wind Turbine Under Weibull Distribution Random Load by Mingming Su, Mutellip Ahmat, Guangyao Sun

“…In order to quickly and accurately evaluate the fatigue life of the planetary gear system of wind turbine， according to the distribution relationship between the input torque of the planetary gear system and the wind speed， the two-parameter weibull random load spectrum corresponding to different wind speed is compiled， and the load spectrum is statistically processed by rain flow counting method. …”
Get full text

Reversible data hiding in encrypted images using recompression by Jiu-fen LIU, Tao HAN, Yu-guo TIAN, Wen-bin LIU

“…To improve the performance of RDH (reversible data hiding) method in encrypted images,the embedding room was reserved before encryption and realizes the real separation of the data extraction from image decryption in op-eration.First,the feasibility of RDH in JPEG decompressed image blocks was researched.Then the theoretical probabil-ity of successful recovery of decompressed image blocks was calculated.Finally,a method of RDH in encrypted images was proposed and the main steps of the method include pretreatment,encryption,data embedding,data extraction and image recovery.The performance of the proposed method was compared with three existing RDH methods in encrypted images.The results demonstrate the proposed method has less error in image recovery,and for given embedding rates,the PSNR of decrypted image containing the embedded data are significantly improved.…”
Get full text

Evaluating the Functionality of Conjunctiva Using a Rabbit Dry Eye Model by Yuan Ning, Dhruva Bhattacharya, Richard E. Jones, Fangkun Zhao, Rongji Chen, Jinsong Zhang, Mingwu Wang

“…Nictitating membrane, lacrimal and Harderian glands were surgically excised from male New Zealand white rabbits using minimally invasive surgery. Fluorescein/rose Bengal staining of ocular surface (OS) and Schirmer test were done before (BE) and after excision (AE). …”
Get full text

KAJIAN SOSIAL KARYA SENI KRIYA KAYU DI DESA MULYOHARJO KABUPATEN JEPARA by Suharto Yusuf, Fivin Bagus Septiya Pambudi

“…It's the same with craftsmen in Mulyoharjo Village, although there are those who have the idea of working through an artistic instinct and become unconventional craft craftsmen in their social community.…”
Get full text

A fast block partitioning algorithm for VVC intra coding based on depthwise separable convolution by Zhen YE, Guoxiang WANG, Junfeng SONG, Haokun LIU, Tiansong LI

Get full text

Improving the power production efficiency of microbial fuel cell by using biosynthesized polyanaline coated Fe3O4 as pencil graphite anode modifier by Tekalign Tesfaye, Yohannes Shuka, Sisay Tadesse, Tesfahun Eyoel, Mesele Mengesha

“…Additionally, the electrochemical behavior of the prepared nano-materials was characterized by cyclic voltammetry (CV), where low ΔEp values (0.473 V) for Fe3O4/PANI NCs indicated the presence of reversible charge transfer mechanisms at the electrode surface, reflecting a high rate of electron transfer. …”
Get full text

Oncolytic Immunotherapy: Where Are We Clinically? by Akseli Hemminki

“…While safety and efficacy of many types of oncolytic viruses, including adenovirus, herpes, reo, and vaccinia seem promising, few mechanisms of action studies have been performed with human substrates. Thus, the relative contribution of “pure” oncolysis, the immune response resulting from oncolysis, and the added benefit of adding a transgene remain poorly understood. …”
Get full text

Assessing spacer acquisition rates in E. coli type I-E CRISPR arrays by Luke J. Peach, Haoyun Zhang, Brian P. Weaver, James Q. Boedicker, James Q. Boedicker

“…The rates at which spacers integrate into native arrays within bacterial populations have not been quantified. Here, we measure naïve spacer acquisition rates in Escherichia coli Type I-E CRISPR, identify factors that affect these rates, and model this process fundamental to CRISPR/Cas defense. …”
Get full text

Outcomes of Living Kidney Donor Candidates and Living Kidney Recipient Candidates with JC Polyomavirus and BK Polyomavirus Viruria by Sara Querido, Carolina Ormonde, Teresa Adragão, Inês Costa, Maria Ana Pessanha, Perpétua Gomes, André Weigert

“…Recent data have emerged about a protective association between JCV viruria and chronic kidney disease (CKD). …”
Get full text

La normalisation financière internationale face à l’émergence de nouvelles autorités épistémiques américaines by Grégory Vanel

“…National financial structures, national financial systems and the international financial system have been profoundly altered. Normative frameworks have also been changed, especially the way to estimate the profitability of economic activities. …”
Get full text

RETRACTION Dwihandaka, R.., Ihsan, F., Nugroho, S.., Kozina, Z., & Arzhan Hidayat, R.. (2024). Resiliencia psicológica y rendimiento bajo presión: un estudio de jugadores de bádmin... by RETOS RETOS

“…Authors in the Word document of the article submitted for review: 5 Authors in the published PDF with modified authors: 5 Differences between the authors between both moments: +1 y -1 (Additions: Riky Dwihandaka. …”
Get full text

Analytical Models for Gravitating Radiating Systems by B. P. Brassel, S. D. Maharaj, G. Govender

“…We analyse the gravitational behaviour of a relativistic heat conducting fluid in a shear-free spherically symmetric spacetime. …”
Get full text

ATTITUDES OF VIETNAMESE CONFUCIANS TOWARD BUDDHISM: A SURVEY OF BUDDHIST EPITAPHS IN THE LE AND NGUYEN DYNASTIES by Sy Dong Le

Get full text

Business Retention and Expansion (BRE) Programs: Why Existing Businesses Are Important by Henry M. Cothran

“…This fact sheets summarizes the results from several studies over the last decade showing how existing businesses are responsible for more job growth in local communities than industry attraction efforts and lists several other benefits existing businesses provide to communities. …”
Get full text

Decolonial Spectatorship and Performances of Contemporary Dance in South Africa:Mamela Nyamza’s Choreographies of Embodied Politics of Race and Gender in Place by Sarah DAVIES CORDOVA

“…Performed through de-centered corporeal positionalities and dance vocabularies that carry her conceptual signature use of words, cloth and clothes, everyday objects, and spaces, moving and flexing across dance genres, language paradigms, relational exchanges, her works call out the violence and wounds that injustices perpetuate by challenging representations of women, human relations and race and gender positionalities in place, historically and within postapartheid South Africa and beyond.…”
Get full text

Information processes in Virtual 3D reconstruction of Roman Three-Bay Double Arch of Musti (Tunisia) by Jakub Franczuk

“…This work, part of the AFRIPAL project, aims to enhance understanding of the Romanization and urban development of Musti between the 5th century BC and the 3rd century AD. …”
Get full text

Evaluation of Residential Parking Spots Sharing Effects Based on Practical Experience by Chu Zhang, Jun Chen

“…However, little is known about the relationship between spots’ physical or temporal factors and rental effects from practical experience. …”
Get full text

Aortic Stiffness Is Related to the Ischemic Brain Injury Biomarker N-Methyl-D-aspartate Receptor Antibody Levels in Aortic Valve Replacement by Emaddin Kidher, Vanash M. Patel, Petros Nihoyannopoulos, Jon R. Anderson, Andrew Chukwuemeka, Darrel P. Francis, Hutan Ashrafian, Thanos Athanasiou

“…Aortic stiffness changes the flow pattern of circulating blood causing microvascular damage to different end-organ tissues, such as brain cells. The relationship between aortic stiffness measured by pulse wave velocity (PWV) and serum ischemic brain injury biomarker N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antibody (NR2Ab) levels in aortic valve replacement has not been assessed. …”
Get full text