Lumbosacral (myelo) meningoceles in dogs, related tethered cord syndrome, and their surgical management: review of the literature and clinical experience by Patrick Roynard, Patrick Roynard, Curtis Wells Dewey

“…Amongst a confusing vocabulary, spina bifida is both the term most used to refer to NTDs and the most common manifestation of NTDs, with a predilection for the lumbosacral area in screw-tail breeds. …”
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Autoencoder-Driven Fiducial Landmark Identification in 3D Brain MRI for Neuroimaging Alignment by G. Deepali, H. Anitha, B. P. Swathi, M. V. Suhas

“…However, manual annotation of these landmarks is time-consuming, prone to human error, and further complicated by variations in MRI acquisition protocols and incomplete head coverage. In this work, we propose a deep learning-based framework using autoencoders to automatically detect fiducial markers in 3D brain MRI scans. …”
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Metaweb approaches for understanding complex ecological interactions: A review by Sagar Adhurya, Young-Seuk Park

“…Applications are also discussed in community assembly processes, conservation planning, keystone species identification, trait-based analyses, and the usefulness of existing metawebs to reconstruct metawebs from other regions. …”
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Health Care Provision in State Institutions in the Context Of COVID-19 by Olena Pakhnenko, Viktor Kulibaba, Maksym Palienko

“…The results of the study can be useful in the development of regulations and legislation in the field of medical care of the SES of Ukraine.…”
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Investigating the Nonlinear Relationship Between the Built Environment and Urban Vitality Based on Multi-Source Data and Interpretable Machine Learning by Wenhao Liu, Zhen Yang, Chen Gui, Gen Li, Hongyi Xu

“…Additionally, we analyze the determinants of urban vitality across both micro and macro-scales using multi-source data, semantic segmentation models, and street view imagery. …”
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Phytosociological study of herbaceous communities under Vachellia tortilis subsp. raddiana (Savi) Kyal. & Boatwr in eastern Niger by Ismael Bio, Mamadou Boubacar Moussa, Idrissa Soumana, Ali Mahamane

“…Hierarchical Ascending Classification (HAC) was used to group plant species based on their similarities in abundance and presence across the plots. …”
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Phenotypic and genotypic relationships between Shigella species and Escherichia coli O37:H10 isolates in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Basha Ayele, Zeleke Mekonnen, Tesfaye Sisay Tessema, Dawit Hailu Alemayehu, Kalkidan Melaku, Shewki Moga, Maeruf Fetu Nassir, Abaysew Ayele, Adane Mihret, Getenet Beyene

“…One S. flexneri sample, identified serologically, was excluded from WGS analysis because of low genome coverage. Most resistant genes were associated with beta-lactam and trimethoprim drugs. …”
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Enablers to high vaccination uptake among a disadvantaged minority population: a qualitative study of the Arab population of Israel by Jumanah Essa-Hadad, Danielle E.M.C. Jansen, Johanna P.M. Vervoort, Michael Edelstein

“…All interviews were conducted in Arabic by an Arab researcher, audio-recorded, transcribed, and analysed using thematic analysis of the transcripts. Themes were mapped according to the WHO Health Systems Building Block Framework. …”
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Improved A*-based Path Planning for Mining Inspection Robots by ZHANG Hui, SU Guoyong, ZHAO Dongyang, YANG Yuhao, HE Kai

“…[Methods] First, the exponential function of predicted consumption and the sum of obstacle coverage were introduced into the heuristic function of traditional A* algorithm to improve the search efficiency and shorten the search time; Second, the traditional 8-neighborhood search was improved to 9-neighborhood search to avoid useless search and reduce the number of searching nodes; Then the redundant nodes in the path were rejected by the Floyd algorithm; And finally, the path smoothing task was accomplished by using the improved 3rd-order Bessel curve. …”
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The impact of direct and indirect digital soil mapping approaches on spatial uncertainty by Gábor Szatmári, László Pásztor

“…Two cases were investigated: in Case 1, the goal was to map SOC stock for the year 2016 using both direct and indirect mapping approaches and to quantify and compare prediction uncertainty at various spatial aggregation levels. …”
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Profiling the potential producers of higher alcohol in different Daqu (a starter of Baijiu) by amplifying the key enzyme gene by Mandlaa, Yuting Ren, Meiling Qiao, Yuzhen Yang, Guojun Ren, Zhongjun Chen, Ziyu Sun

“…In the metabolic pathway of higher alcohols, alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) plays an important role and its genes can be used as a marker gene for analyzing the producer of higher alcohols. …”
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Surface Passivation and Antireflection Behavior of ALD on n-Type Silicon for Solar Cells by Ing-Song Yu, Yu-Wun Wang, Hsyi-En Cheng, Zu-Po Yang, Chun-Tin Lin

“…Atomic layer deposition, a method of excellent step coverage and conformal deposition, was used to deposit TiO2 thin films for the surface passivation and antireflection coating of silicon solar cells. …”
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Emergence of Novel SARS-CoV-2 variants in India: second wave by Rama Adiga, Varun Nayak

“…Phylogenetic analysis were carried out using Nextstrain. Results: 21A or B.1.617 or delta was the most prevalent lineage in India accounting for 67.7% of the genomes. …”
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Impact of multiple radar wind profiler data assimilation on convective-scale short-term rainfall forecasts: OSSE studies over the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region by J. Zhao, J. Guo, X. Zheng

“…Synthetic RWP data were assimilated into the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model using the National Severe Storms Laboratory three-dimensional variational data assimilation (DA) system for three southwest (SW)-type heavy rainfall events in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region. …”
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Exploring the potential of online social listening for noncommunicable disease monitoring by Diana Braga, Inês Silva, Rafaela Rosário, Paulo Novais, Hugo Peixoto, José Machado

“…To address this, the study proposes a system using online social listening (OSL) to collect and analyze social media data, focusing on children’s nutrition, physical exercise, sleep patterns, and related NCD risk factors. …”
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A Novel Self-Configurable Algorithm for Uncoordinated Deployment of Home gNodeBs in 5^th Generation Wireless Networks by Madhusmita Panda, Saraju Prasad Padhy, Meetarani Swain

“…Currently, small cellular base stations of the Next Generation Wireless Networks called Home gNodeBs (HgNBs) are emerging as potential solutions for providing coverage and capacity extension in the local area and indoor environment. …”
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Evidence summary for the management of sleep disorders after malignant tumor surgery by Chang Yang, Yuanfei Liu, Bang Xiao, Jing Yang, Qin Zeng, Ruyi Tan, Hongli Ma

“…IntroductionThis study aimed to extract, evaluate, and summarize the evidence related to the management of sleep disorders after malignant tumor surgery, providing a reference for evidence-based clinical practice.MethodsA systematic and hierarchical search strategy was used to identify relevant evidence from authoritative databases and resources. …”
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Molecular Composition of Stream Dissolved Organic Matter in Cool-Temperate Forest Headwaters with Landslides, Northern Japan by Jun’ichiro Ide, Kenta Hara, Yohei Arata, Izuki Endo, Mizue Ohashi, Hiroshi Nishimura, Takashi Gomi

“…To achieve this, hydrological observations and stream water sampling were conducted monthly from May to December 2021 in three small forest catchments with different landslide coverage. Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentration in stream water was measured, and the molecular composition of DOM was analyzed using ultrahigh-resolution mass spectrometry and compared among the three catchments. …”
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Solar radiation prediction: A multi-model machine learning and deep learning approach by C Vanlalchhuanawmi, Subhasish Deb, Md. Minarul Islam, Taha Selim Ustun

“…A feature selection process using Pearson’s coefficient identified the most relevant inputs, while quantile regression was employed for uncertainty assessment, mean prediction interval, and prediction interval coverage probability models. …”
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Improving the availability of antihypertensive drugs in the India Hypertension Control Initiative, India, 2019-2020. by Abhishek Kunwar, Prabhdeep Kaur, Kiran Durgad, Ganeshkumar Parasuraman, Meenakshi Sharma, Sudhir Gupta, Balram Bhargava, "India Hypertension Control Initiative (IHCI) collaboration

“…We recommend that best practices, including choosing a single protocol, basing supply on projected patient load rather than an increment from historical levels, and using simple stock management tools, be replicated in other districts in India to increase and sustain coverage of hypertension treatment.…”
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