Detection of desert sand dunes in the Rig Jen area using the normalized Difference excess sand index (NDESI) in Sentinel 2 images and Landsat 8 OLI sensor by mehdi feyzolahpour

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Effects of non-vital bleaching agents and resin composites on the color stability, translucency, and whiteness index of stained teeth at different time intervals: a laboratory inve... by Oğuz Tavşan, Muhammet Fidan

“…Abstract Objectives The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of non-vital bleaching agents and resin composite types on the color stability, translucency parameter, and whiteness index of non-vital teeth at different time intervals. Materials and methods 135 extracted single-rooted maxillary central incisors were used. …”
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The Effect of Saliva with Different Nitrogen Compositions on Ruminal Fermentation in a Rumen Simulator Technique (Rusitec^®) System Fed a Lactating Dairy Cow Diet by Ícaro Rainyer Rodrigues de Castro, Luiza de Nazaré Carneiro da Silva, Isabela Fonseca Carrari, Giulia Berzoini Costa Leite, Eduardo Marostegan de Paula, Amanda Moelemberg Cezar, Marcos Inácio Marcondes

“…In vitro methods have advanced research on rumen microbiology and fermentation. …”
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Efficacy of different surgical approaches in the clinical and survival outcomes of patients with early-stage cervical cancer: protocol of a phase III multicentre randomised control... by Lei Li, Ming Wu, Xiaopei Chao, Shuiqing Ma, Xianjie Tan, Sen Zhong, Jinghe Lang, Aoshuang Cheng, Wenhui Li

“…However, the influencing factors of research centres and the learning curves of surgeons in these studies lacked sufficient evaluation. The efficacy of different surgical approaches for early-stage cervical cancer in the clinical and survival outcomes remains to be validated.Methods and analysis Patients diagnosed with FIGO (2009) stage IA1 (with lymphovascular space invasion), IA2 or IB1 cervical cancer with histological subtype of squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma or adenosquamous carcinoma will be recruited in this multicentre randomised controlled study. …”
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Effects of low frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on motor recovery in subacute stroke patients with different motor evoked potential status: a randomized contr... by Wenjun Qian, Xiaoyu Liao, Xiaowen Ju, Yaxin Gao, Miao Wu, Chen Xie, Yaoying Zhang, Xianming Long, Surong Qian, Yan Gong

“…ObjectivesTo explore the effects of low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (LF-rTMS) on motor function and cortical excitability in stroke patients with different motor evoked potential (MEP) status.MethodsA total of 80 stroke patients were enrolled in this randomized controlled trial and divided into two groups according to MEP status (− or +) of lesioned hemisphere. …”
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Extraction of Abandoned Cropland Using Multisource Remote Sensing Images in Suburban Regions: A Case Study of Zengcheng, Guangdong Province by Shanshan Feng, Shun Jiang, Xu Liu, Lei Zhang, Yangying Gan, Ning Xia, Wenbin Wu, Canfang Zhou

“…Currently, analyzing time-series normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) variations serves as a widely used method for abandoned cropland extraction. …”
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Ultrasound-Guided Vacuum-Assisted Excision (VAE) in Breast Lesion Management: An Experimental Comparative Study of Two Different VAE Devices Across Various Aspiration Levels and Wi... by Serena Carriero, Maurizio Cè, Matilde Pavan, Mariassunta Roberta Pannarale, Giulia Quercioli, Sveva Mortellaro, Alessandro Liguori, Maria Cosentino, Maria Iodice, Marta Montesano, Giulia Querques, Carolina Lanza, Salvatore Alessio Angileri, Pierpaolo Biondetti, Filippo Pesapane, Gianpaolo Carrafiello, Sonia Santicchia

“…It also determined the number of specimens needed to achieve the 4 g diagnostic threshold. <b>Methods</b>: The Mammotome^® Elite 10G and the Mammotome^® Revolve EX were evaluated under controlled conditions. …”
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The Influence of Remnant Preservation on the Final Outcome after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Prospective Comparative Study by Vishanth Krishna Rao, Madan Ballal

“…Therefore, this study was performed to assess the superiority of remnant preservation over conventional ACL restoration methods. Materials and methods: Our study is a non-randomized prospective comparative study conducted at our institute from 1st August 2022 to 30th June 2024. …”
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Identification of Gender Differences in Acute Myocardial Infarction Presentation and Management at Aga Khan University Hospital-Pakistan: Natural Language Processing Application in... by Christine Ngaruiya, Zainab Samad, Salma Tajuddin, Zarmeen Nasim, Rebecca Leff, Awais Farhad, Kyle Pires, Muhammad Alamgir Khan, Lauren Hartz, Basmah Safdar

“…MethodsWe developed an NLP-based methodology to extract AMI symptoms and medications from 5358 discharge summaries spanning the years 1988 to 2018. …”
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DEM-based topographic change detection considering the spatial distribution of errors by Yufeng He, Shaohua Lei, Wen Dai, Xi Chen, Bo Wang, Yehua Sheng, Hui Lin

“…Firstly, the DEM of Difference (DoD) is obtained from two-period DEMs, and the Monte Carlo method is employed to evaluate the Spatially Distributed Errors (SDE) in DEMs. …”
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Water temperature and biological sex influence cold pressor pain in healthy adults: a randomized within-subjects trial by Andreas Goreis, Andreas Goreis, Selina Fanninger, Annika Lozar, Anna Mayer, Nina Pfatrisch, Martin Voracek, Martin Voracek, Paul L. Plener, Paul L. Plener, Paul L. Plener, Oswald D. Kothgassner, Oswald D. Kothgassner

“…The Cold Pressor Test (CPT) is an established method for evaluating pain perception and stress responses; evidence indicates that females perceive the CPT as more painful than males. …”
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Gender Differences in Symptoms, Health-Related Quality of Life, Sleep Quality, Mental Health, Cognitive Performance, Pain-Cognition, and Positive Health in Spanish Fibromyalgia Ind... by Víctor Segura-Jiménez, Fernando Estévez-López, Alberto Soriano-Maldonado, Inmaculada C. Álvarez-Gallardo, Manuel Delgado-Fernández, Jonatan R. Ruiz, Virginia A. Aparicio

“…To test the optimal cut-off score of the different tender points for women and men. Methods. …”
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Basic environmental assessment of the construction area by A. L. Bolsherotov

“…The concepts of "environmental reserve", "threshold of environmental safety", "sustainable state range" are introduced, which makes it possible to reliably assess the possibilities of territories for the placement of construction objects with different technogenic potential.Conclusion. …”
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Comparing the effectiveness of an e-learning module at different levels of magnification for detecting occlusal caries in permanent teeth, utilizing the international caries detect... by Mary Byju, Kundabala Mala, Srikant Natarajan, Manuel S. Thomas, Abhishek Parolia

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Non-linear association between lactate and 28 days mortality in elderly patients with sepsis across different SOFA score groups: results from the eICU Collaborative Research Databa... by Lanlang Zhang, Huiwen Liu, Dan Zhang, Youyou Deng, Xinglin Chen, Luyang Zhang

“…PurposeThis study aimed to examine the correlation between lactate levels and 28 days mortality in elderly sepsis patients across different Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score groups following ICU admission.MethodsA multi-center retrospective cohort study utilized data from the eICU Collaborative Research Database, encompassing elderly sepsis patients from 208 ICUs across the United States during 2014–2015. …”
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Relationship between albumin-corrected anion gap and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a cross-sectional analysis of NHANES 2017–2018 by Ning Bai, Ting Ying, Dejian Li, Aiguo Liu, Aiguo Liu

“…ObjectivesThe objective of this study was to examine the correlation between the albumin-corrected anion gap (ACAG) and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2017–2018.MethodsA cross-sectional analysis was conducted, comprising 4,379 participants, who were stratified into two groups: those with NAFLD and those without NAFLD. …”
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Intelligent Environmental Health Risk Assessment System for the Elderly in Cold Regions Based on Artificial Intelligence Integrated Development Environment by Tianheng ZHANG, Yao FU, Jian GAO, Huanran XUE

“…The adoption of individual difference parameterization methods, combined with a multi-level cascade prediction framework system design, significantly enhances the prediction accuracy of health risk probability. …”
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Predictive values for different cancers and inflammatory bowel disease of 6 common abdominal symptoms among more than 1.9 million primary care patients in the UK: A cohort study. by Annie Herbert, Meena Rafiq, Tra My Pham, Cristina Renzi, Gary A Abel, Sarah Price, Willie Hamilton, Irene Petersen, Georgios Lyratzopoulos

“…<h4>Methods and findings</h4>Using data from The Health Improvement Network (THIN) in the United Kingdom (2000-2017), we estimated the PPVs for diagnosis of (i) cancer (overall and for different cancer sites); (ii) IBD; and (iii) either cancer or IBD in the year post-consultation with each of 6 abdominal symptoms: dysphagia (n = 86,193 patients), abdominal bloating/distension (n = 100,856), change in bowel habit (n = 106,715), rectal bleeding (n = 235,094), dyspepsia (n = 517,326), and abdominal pain (n = 890,490). …”
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Controlled random tests with limited Hamming distance by V. N. Yarmolik, V. V. Petrovskaya, D. V. Demenkovets, V. A. Levantsevich

“…With an increase in the threshold values of the difference measures of binary test patterns, the computational complexity of constructing such tests increases. …”
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Scaling controlled random tests based on Hadamard matrices by V. N. Yarmolik, M. A. Shauchenka, V. V. Petrovskaya

“…With an increase in the threshold values of the difference measures of binary test patterns, the computational complexity of constructing such tests increases. …”
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