Hospital Accessibility Catchment Areas as a Fuzzy Lattice Data Structure by M. de Klerk, I. Fabris-Rotelli

“…We propose a fuzzy lattice catchment area method which uses a semi-supervised learning algorithm to create overlapping catchment areas. …”
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ASSESSMENT OF ADHESION BETWEEN BITUMINOUS BINDER AND MINERAL AGGREGATE USING DIGITAL IMAGE ANALYSIS by Jan Trejbal, Tereza Valentová, Tereza Horová

“…This paper presents two semi-automatic methods, which reliably replace the subjective assessment. …”
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Theoretical models for longitudinal coupled-bunch instabilities driven by harmonic cavities in electron storage rings by Murilo B. Alves

“…Notably, for the first time, theoretical predictions of the mode-1 thresholds show excellent agreement with experimental data. …”
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How well do coverage surveys and programmatically reported mass drug administration coverage match? Results from 214 mass drug administration campaigns in 15 countries, 2008–2017 by Karsor Kollie, Nebiyu Negussu, Scott D Nash, Donal Bisanzio, Fiona M Fleming, Pamela S Mbabazi, Richard Reithinger, Kathryn L Zoerhoff, Katherine Gass, John Kraemer, Brian B Fuller, Lynsey Blair, Roland Bougma, Aboulaye Meite, Bizuayehu Gashaw, Nana-Kwadwo Biritwum, Jean Frantz Lemoine, Helena Ullyartha Pangaribuan, Eksi Wijayanti, Clara Fabienne Rasoamanamihaja, Lazarus Juziwelo, Square Mkwanda, Pradip Rimal, Issa Gnandou, Bocar Diop, Ameyo Monique Dorkenoo, Rachel Bronzan, Edridah Muheki Tukahebwa, Fatima Kabole, Violetta Yevstigneyeva, Lauren Courtney, Joseph Koroma, Egide Endayishimye, Margaret C Baker

“…Reported coverage is often the easiest and least expensive way to estimate coverage; however, it is prone to inaccuracies due to errors in data compilation and imprecise denominators, and in some cases measures treatments offered as opposed to treatments swallowed.Objective Analyses presented here aimed to understand (1) how often coverage calculated using routinely reported data and survey data would lead programme managers to make the same programmatic decisions; (2) the magnitude and direction of the difference between these two estimates, and (3) whether there is meaningful variation by region, age group or country.Methods We analysed and compared reported and surveyed treatment coverage data from 214 MDAs implemented between 2008 and 2017 in 15 countries in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. …”
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A phase 2a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of NuGel, a novel topical GPCR19-mediated inflammasome inhibitor, in patie... by Gyeong Ho Baek, Bo Ri Kim, Bo Ri Kim, Jung-Won Shin, Chang Hun Huh, Jungjoong Hwang, Sungmin Ko, Siwon Kim, Pil-Su Ho, Kyu-Han Kim, Chun Wook Park, Seong Jun Seo, Chang-Ook Park, Dongyoon Shin, Yeongshin Kim, Yeongshin Kim, Youngsoo Kim, Youngsoo Kim, Seung-Yong Seong, Seung-Yong Seong, Seung-Yong Seong, Seung-Yong Seong, Jung-Im Na, Jung-Im Na

“…Treatment with Nu0.5 resulted in a numerically decreased EASI score (-11.9%, [-34.9%, 11.1%], p > 0.05), which is comparable with placebo group (-2.9%, [-21.5%, 15.6%], p > 0.05). No significant difference was observed between groups (p>0.05). …”
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Auditory filtering at low frequencies by A. P. SĘK

“…The CMF, which is the modulation frequency at which amplitude modulation (AM) and frequency modulation (FM) detection thresholds become identical, is confounded as a proper measure of the auditory filter's width. …”
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Next-generation sequencing and drug resistance mutations of HIV-1 subtypes in people living with HIV in Sicily, Italy, 2021–2023 by Luca Pipitò, Marcello Trizzino, Chiara Mascarella, Sara Cannella, Roberta Gaudiano, Irene Ganci, Gaetano D'Alessandro, Benedetta Romanin, Maria Mercedes Santoro, Giovanni M. Giammanco, Antonio Cascio, Celestino Bonura

“…This study aimed to assess the extent of HIV resistance in both ART-naïve and experienced individuals living with HIV (PLHIV) at the University Hospital in Palermo, Italy. Methods: Genotyping and mutation analysis were performed on ART naïve and experienced PLHIV admitted from June 2021 to October 2023 by the NGS method. …”
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Subclinical/overt hypothyroidism may be associated with diminished ovarian reserve in infertile women independent of thyroid autoimmunity by Hongzhan Zhang, Hongzhan Zhang, Hongzhan Zhang, Han Qiu, Han Qiu, Han Qiu, Zhiqiang Liu, Zhiqiang Liu, Yulian Wu, Yulian Wu, Yulian Wu, Wei Liu, Wei Liu, Chunyu Huang, Chunyu Huang, Chunyu Huang

“…ObjectiveTo investigate the association between thyroid dysfunction or thyroid autoimmunity (TAI) and diminished ovarian reserve (DOR).MethodsA total of 2,867 women undergoing their first in-vitro fertilization (IVF) cycle at Shenzhen Zhongshan Obstetrics & Gynecology Hospital between January 1, 2013 and June 30, 2021, were enrolled in this study. …”
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基于脊髓背角5-羟色胺及其受体调控途径探讨腕踝针治疗神经病理性疼痛的作用机制 by HUANG Qiuling, HONG Yiling², GONG Degui³, LAN Yanyan, WANG Zhifu⁴, YU Xiangmei⁵

“…Pain behavior assessments [paw withdrawal threshold (PWT) and paw withdrawal latency (PWL)] were conducted before surgery and on days 7 and 14 post-surgery. …”
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The role of puberty in experimental pain sensitivity in healthy adolescent girls by Hadas Nahman-Averbuch, Gourav Banerjee, Joel Brown, Alana McMichael, Arbi Ben Abdallah, Sarah Buday, Thomas Baranski, Simon Haroutounian, Deanna Barch, Sarah Garwood, Jacob AuBuchon

“…However, it is unclear whether the differences in pain sensitivity are due to age or the pubertal maturation effect. …”
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Organizational Culture and Stock Price Crash Risk by Gholamreza Kordestani, Ramin Eskandari, Mahdi Shams

“…Finally, the relationship between the cultural quadrants and the stock price crash risk is tested through regression models.    Methods & Material This research is classified as empirical research and falls under applied research in terms of purpose. …”
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Comparison between endovascular and surgical treatment of acute arterial occlusive mesenteric ischemia by Karri Kase, Annika Reintam Blaser, Merli Koitmäe, Peep Talving, Kadri Tamme, Stefan Acosta, Martin Björck, Miklosh Bala, Zsolt Bodnar, Martin Cahenzli, Dumitru Casian, Zaza Demetrashvili, Mario D’Oria, Virginia Durán Muñoz-Cruzado, Alastair Forbes, Morten Vetrhus, Moran Hellerman Itzhaki, Kristoffer Lein, Matthias Lindner, Cecilia I. Loudet, Dimitrios Damaskos, Alexandre Nuzzo, Sten Saar, Maximilian Scheiterle, Joel Starkopf, Anna-Liisa Voomets, Kenneth Voon, Mohammad Alif Yunus, Marko Murruste, AMESI Investigators (Collaborators), Yves Castier, Maxime Ronot, Alan Biloslavo, Lucia Paiano, Gunnar Elke, Denise Nagel, David I. Radke, Jacqueline Vilca Becerra, María Elina Abeleyra, Benjamin Hess, Mikhail Kirov, Tatjana Semenkova, Anton Nikonov, Alexey Smetkin, Geir Ivar Nedredal, Øivind Irtun, Oded Cohen-Arazi, Asaf Keda, Gheorghe Rojnoveanu, Tatiana Malcova, Felipe Pareja Ciuró, Anabel García-Leon, Carlos Javier García-Sánchez, Lim Jia Hui, Loy Yuan Ling, Ilya Kagan, Pierre Singer, Edgar Lipping, Ana Tvaladze, Damian Mole, Darja Clinch, Too Xiao Qing, Hanne Fuglseth, Jacopo Martellucci, Giulia Cerino, Donghuang Hong, Jinsheng Liu, Ernest Ong, Kursat Kundogan, Tutkun Talih, Lovenish Bains, Diego Visconti, Lorenzo Gibello, Ruhi Fadzlyana Jailani, Muhammad Amirul Ashra, Andee Dzulkarnaen Zakaria, Ahmad Faiz Najmuddin Mohd Ghazi, Nur Suriyana Abd Ghani, Mohd Fadliyazid Ab Rahim, Goran Augustin, Damir Halužan, Mohan Gurjar, Rahul Rahul, Firdaus Hayati, Jin-Jiun Mah

“…Patients were also categorized according to revascularization or no revascularization, and subanalysis performed for different revascularization methods. Baseline and outcome comparisons were made using Fisher and Mann–Whitney U tests. …”
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Evaluation of parenting interventions for those with additional health and social care needs during pregnancy: THRIVE a multi-arm RCT with embedded economic and process components by Marion Henderson, Anja Wittkowski, Katie Buston, Karen Crawford, Alice MacLachlan, Alex McConnachie, Emma McIntosh, Claudia-Martina Messow, Catherine Nixon, Rosaleen O’Brien, Shona Shinwell, Daniel Wight, Yiqiao Xin, Rachel Calam, Ruth Dundas, James Law, Helen Minnis, Lucy Thompson, Philip Wilson

“…Methods Study design A three-arm randomised controlled trial (RCT) comparing two parenting interventions, ETPB and MB, with CAU only. …”
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Diagnosis of carbon monoxide exposure in clinical research and practice: A scoping review. by Phil Moss, Natasha Matthews, Rosalie McDonald, Heather Jarman

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>Four methods were found for use in different settings. …”
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Characteristics of the macroinvertebrate community structure and their habitat suitability conditions in the Chishui River by Xinyu Li, Long Yan, Xu Zhi, Peng Hu, Chongju Shang, Baolong Zhao

“…Species richness initially declined and then rose within certain thresholds of total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP) concentrations. …”
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Targeted lung cancer screening in the age of immunotherapies and targeted therapies – an economic evaluation for AustraliaResearch in context by Jacqueline Roseleur, Jonathan Karnon, Harry de Koning, Vivienne Milch, Katrina Anderson, Jacqui Real, Dorothy Keefe, Kevin ten Haaf

“…Summary: Background: The cost-effectiveness of different lung cancer screening strategies has been evaluated from an Australian public health system perspective using static models. …”
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A YOLOv11-based AI system for keypoint detection of auricular acupuncture points in traditional Chinese medicine by Ganhong Wang, Limei Yin, Hanyue Zhang, Kaijian Xia, Yue Su, Jian Chen, Jian Chen

“…The model performance was evaluated on validation and test sets, considering metrics such as mean average precision (mAP) under different thresholds, recall, and detection speed. …”
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Digital innovation in healthcare: quantifying the impact of digital sepsis screening tools on patient outcomes—a multi-site natural experiment by Sarah Tonkin-Crine, Graham Cooke, Anthony C Gordon, Anthony Gordon, Shashank Patil, Runa Lazzarino, Andrew Brent, Kate Honeyford, Céire E Costelloe, Anne Kinderlerer, John Welch, Peter Ghazal, Claire Burnett, Alf Timney, Andrew Jonathan Brent, Cerie Costelloe, Pippa Goodman Ben Glampson

“…We evaluated the impact of sepsis screening tools on in-patient 30-day mortality across four multi-hospital NHS Trusts, each using a different algorithm for early detection of sepsis.Methods Using quasi-experimental methods, we investigated the impact of the screening tools. …”
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Evaluating metagenomics and targeted approaches for diagnosis and surveillance of viruses by Sarah Buddle, Leysa Forrest, Naomi Akinsuyi, Luz Marina Martin Bernal, Tony Brooks, Cristina Venturini, Charles Miller, Julianne R. Brown, Nathaniel Storey, Laura Atkinson, Timothy Best, Sunando Roy, Sian Goldsworthy, Sergi Castellano, Peter Simmonds, Heli Harvala, Tanya Golubchik, Rachel Williams, Judith Breuer, Sofia Morfopoulou, Oscar Enrique Torres Montaguth

“…Untargeted Illumina and ONT metagenomics and capture with the Twist CVRP have different advantages with respect to sensitivity, specificity, turnaround time and cost, and the optimal method will depend on the clinical context.…”
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Age-Related Variations in Anterior, Posterior, and Total Corneal Astigmatism by Pothikamjorn T, Surawatsatien N, Ueathaweephol S, Somkijrungroj T

“…A marked shift from WTR to ATR orientation was observed at different age thresholds: 60– 65 years for KA, 75– 80 years for PCA, and 55– 65 years for TCA. …”
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