The influence of nano-scale aluminum on the energetic potential of energetic materials: Theoretical and experimental observations by Krstović Mirjana, Bajić Danica, Timotijević Mladen, Nešić Jovica, Fidanovski Bojana

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Third-line multiple myeloma treatment of inpatients in a German cancer center: analysis of potential cost savings due to decreased renal insufficiency by F. Jakobs, P. Ahmadi, V. Osterkamp, J. Jeck, U. Holtick, C. Scheid, Florian Kron

“…Methods Real-life accounting data of the University Hospital Cologne (Germany) of inpatients with MM between 2016 and 2020 were analyzed regarding the presence of renal insufficiency. …”
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Integrated Analytical Modeling and Numerical Simulation Framework for Design Optimization of Electromagnetic Soft Actuators by Hussein Zolfaghari, Nafiseh Ebrahimi, Yuan Ji, Xaq Pitkow, Mohammadreza Davoodi

“…Additionally, simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of MINLP optimization in identifying the optimal design parameters for maximizing the <i>F</i>/<i>CSA</i> of the ESA. The data and code are available at GitHub Repository.…”
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Incomplete Fusion Dynamics in Reactions Induced by Alpha Cluster and Non-Alpha Cluster Projectiles at Low Energies by Agarwal Avinash, Jashwal Anuj Kumar, Vardhan Harsh, Kumar Munish, Dutt S., Kumar Kamal, Rizvi I. A., Chaubey A. K.

“…The off-line γ-ray spectroscopy associated with high purity HPGe detector method was used for the investigations. The data analysis was performed using statistical model codes . …”
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Robust prediction of chlorophyll-A from nitrogen and phosphorus content in Philippine and global lakes using fine-tuned, explainable machine learning by Karl Ezra Pilario, Eric Jan Escober, Aurelio de los Reyes V, Maria Pythias Espino

“…Hence, these parameters are suggested to be monitored more closely for detecting algal blooms. By making our codes accessible, we hope that our methods can serve as a benchmark for the data-driven modeling of Chl-a content in lakes, and aid in their management through model deployment.…”
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Tracing In-Hospital COVID-19 Outcomes: A Multistate Model Exploration (TRACE) by Hamed Mohammadi, Hamid Reza Marateb, Mohammadreza Momenzadeh, Martin Wolkewitz, Manuel Rubio-Rivas

“…This study aims to develop and apply multistate models to estimate, forecast, and manage hospital length of stay during the COVID-19 epidemic without using any external packages. Data from Bellvitge University Hospital in Barcelona, Spain, were analyzed, involving 2285 hospitalized COVID-19 patients with moderate to severe conditions. …”
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Unsupervised Boosted Fusion Network for Single Low-Light Image Enhancement by Jianfeng Zhang, Hengxuan Li, Zhanqiang Huo

“…Unsupervised methods are gradually becoming a research hotspot in low-light image enhancement due to their lack of paired training data and higher quality visual enhancement effects, but existing unsupervised low-light image enhancement methods generate excess noise and rely on contrast exposure stacks. …”
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Patterns and inequities in pyogenic arthritis-related mortality in the United States from 1999–2020 by Usama Qamar, Maaz Asif, Farhan Naeem, Eisha Mazhar

“…This cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate these trends among the US population aged ≥ 25 years from 1999–2020 using data from the CDC WONDER database. We identified all the deaths where PA was listed as the underlying or contributing cause of death, using the ICD-10 code M00. …”
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African water body segmentation with cross-layer information separability based feature decoupling transformer by Binghao Liu, Qi Zhao, Chunlei Wang, Meng Li, Hongbo Xie, Lijiang Chen

“…However, African water segmentation task faces three major challenges: the lack of data, existence of many small water bodies and high similarity between water and background. …”
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Initial Treatment Modalities in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Primary Lung Cancer in Japan by Qingqing Hu, Kuan-Chih Huang, Ko Nakajo, Yongjing Zhang, Hong Qiu

“…This retrospective cohort study used data from JMDC Inc. Claims Database from 2015 to 2023. …”
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The Impact of Corporate Governance on Earnings Management in Palestine: The Moderating Effects of Political Instability by Ali Hassan Ibraheem Aljadba, Norhaziah Nawai, Nur Hidayah Laili

“…Based on the OLS regression results by using a panel data of 232 observations, the findings show that the BOD quality is positively related to EM, while AC quality is negatively associated with EM. …”
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Are We Adequately Promoting Climate Change Adaptation to Address the Increasing Heatwaves Affecting the Elderly? by Alison Hutton, Kim Maud, Helen Giggins, Michela Skipp, Danielle Verdon-Kidd

“…A naturalistic, qualitative approach was selected for this study. Data were collected via semistructured interviews. …”
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A Novel Dataset for Polyp Segmentation and Detection Using a Vision-Language Model by Mahdiyeh Alilou, Javad Mozaffari, Abdollah Amirkhani, Shahriar B. Shokouhi, Alireza Khafaf

“…The main challenge with using deep learning models is the lack of suitable data to train the models. To address this, we introduce a colorectal polyp dataset with a larger statistical population than previous datasets. …”
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Primary school students’ problem-solving strategies in creating artworks with GeoGebra by Wahid Yunianto, Daniel Jarvis, Zsolt Lavicza, Zetra Hainul Putra, Shereen El-Bedewy

“…However, in this study, we investigated the use of mathematical software with which students typed in commands (codes) to construct artistic artifacts. Educational Design Research (EDR) has guided the development of our task. …”
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Compliance of fishery handling facilities to food safety requirements within the fresh Nile perch value chain in Uganda by Johnson Allan Ssubi, Ivan Muzira Mukisa, Charles Kyeyune Muyanja

“…The study investigated the compliance of fisheries handling facilities to food safety requirements stipulated in the existing laws, regulations, and standards within the fresh Nile perch value chain in Uganda. Data on personnel hygiene facilities, infrastructure, equipment, storage facilities, product and ice handling, waste management, and water quality were collected using a checklist based on current regulations, standards, and codes of practice, through direct observation. …”
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R3DG: Retrieve, Rank, and Reconstruction with Different Granularities for Multimodal Sentiment Analysis by Yan Zhuang, Yanru Zhang, Jiawen Deng, Fuji Ren

“…To preserve the original information, R3DG reconstructs the audio and video data using the selected representations. Finally, the fused audio, video, and text features are aligned and combined for sentiment prediction, reducing the need for multiple alignment steps. …”
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Early dental visit affects dental treatment in Korean preschool children born preterm: a nationwide population-based study by Jin Ah Park, Hye Lim Jun, Myeongjee Lee, Hyung-Jun Choi, Inkyung Jung, Chung-Min Kang

“…Prescription codes related to dental treatments were collected. …”
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The Risk of Ischemic Stroke in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Atrial Fibrillation by Hsien-Lung Tsai, Chih-Chun Hsiao, Yu-Hsuan Chen, Wu-Chien Chien, Chi-Hsiang Chung, Chun-Gu Cheng, Chun-An Cheng

“…Methods: This study utilized data from the Taiwanese National Health Insurance dataset spanning 2000 to 2015. …”
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The healthcare burden imposed by children with gastroparesis and the shift imposed by COVID-19 by Christian Sadaka, Binghong Xu, Alain Benitez, Alain Benitez, Carolyn Orians, Haley Pearlstein, Hayat Mousa, Hayat Mousa

“…Of all the admissions, 15.6% had a code for nasogastric tube (NG) present, 40.7% used the code for a gastrostomy tube (G-tube), 10.0% had a code for a jejunostomy tube (J-tube) and 24.6% required nutrition support via surgical feeding tubes.ConclusionThis PHIS database study confirms an upward trend in the annual healthcare utilization by children admitted with GP, resulting in an upward trend in the total economic burden on children's hospitals emphasized by the COVID-19 pandemic.…”
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Acute Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Is It Only Wrist Fractures? A Case Series Report and Literature Review by Panos Christodoulou, Donald Osarumwense, Antonios Papadopoulos

“…Data analysed, include age, sex, medical history, symptoms, mechanism of injury, clinical features, imaging, management, and follow-up. …”
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