Volume fracturing technology with high-energy electric detonation and engineering test of ground coalbed methane by Baisheng NIE, Song BAO, Xianfeng LIU, Peng LIU, Hao ZHANG, Hengyi HE, Zijian LI, Haowen ZHOU, Xueqi JIA, Xueqiu HE

“…The research results have theoretical and engineering guiding significance for the fracture network transformation of low permeability soft coal reservoir to realize the efficient development of coalbed methane.…”
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Generalized nonlinearity in animal ecology: Research, review, and recommendations by David R. Heit, Waldemar Ortiz‐Calo, Mairi K. P. Poisson, Andrew R. Butler, Remington J. Moll

“…We also found that differences between linear and nonlinear (i.e., those with a transformed independent variable) model predictions were similar for some species but not for others, with implications for inference and conservation decision‐making. …”
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Contribution of A.V. Zaporozhets and L.A. Venger to the Solution of Methodological Issues in Child and General Psychology by Nikolay E. Veraksa

“…Methods. The work is of a theoretical nature. Structural-dialectical analysis was used as a research method, the main attention was paid to the analysis of the works of L.S. …”
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Cerebral arterial collateral status, but not venous outflow profiles, modifies the effect of intravenous tissue plasminogen activator in acute ischemic stroke by Elif Sarionder Gencer, Ezgi Yilmaz, Ethem Murat Arsava, Rahsan Gocmen, Mehmet Akif Topcuoglu

“…Any type tPA-associated cerebral hemorrhagic transformation was observed in 23% and parenchymal hemorrhage type 2 in 5.4%. …”
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A Novel Dual-Branch Global and Local Feature Extraction Network for SAR and Optical Image Registration by Xuanran Zhao, Yan Wu, Xin Hu, Zhikang Li, Ming Li

“…First, considering the ability of the transformer for long-range dependence and the advantages of convolutional neural network for local feature extraction, GLFE-Net designs two branches: one uses an attention-discarded global feature extraction transformer (ADG Transformer) to extract global features from the entire SAR and optical images, and another uses a partial convolution unit with parameter-free attention mechanism (PCU-AM) to extract local features from the patches around the keypoints. …”
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Identification and leveling of factors affecting the acceptance of excellence model in Islamic Azad University by Seyedeh Somayeh Mousavi Siah Deleh, Samad Jabbari Asl, Musa Rezvani Chaman Zamin

“…In order to analyze the data, the theme analysis method was used, and in order to level the identified criteria, the interpretive structural modeling method was used in MACMIC software. …”
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Effectiveness of continuous glucose monitoring in patient management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: an umbrella review of systematic reviews from 2011 to 2024 by Yong Yi Tan, Enhui Suan, Gerald Choon Huat Koh, Suhana Binte Suhairi, Shilpa Tyagi

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A comparison of cervical smear adequacy using either the cytobrush or the Ayre spatula: a practice audit by Don O'Mahony, Lech Banach, Ehi U. Igumbor

“…Background: To obtain an adequate cervical (Papanicolaou) smear, the transformation zone, including the squamo-columnar junction, should be sampled as carcinoma develops preferentially in this transformation zone. …”
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Exploring agency, communion and narrative foreclosure in cognitive behavioural therapy for substance use disorders by Mark de Lange, Job van der Palen, Hein de Haan

“…SUD recovery involves a transformation of one’s ‘life-story’ or ‘narrative identity’. …”
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SambaMixer: State of Health Prediction of Li-Ion Batteries Using Mamba State Space Models by Jose Ignacio Olalde-Verano, Sascha Kirch, Clara Perez-Molina, Sergio Martin

“…We introduce a novel anchor-based resampling method as an augmentation technique. Additionally, we improve performance and learn recuperation effects by conditioning the prediction on the sample time and cycle time difference using positional encodings. …”
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Integration of YOLOv9 Segmentation and Monocular Depth Estimation in Thermal Imaging for Prediction of Estrus in Sows Based on Pixel Intensity Analysis by Iyad Almadani, Aaron L. Robinson, Mohammed Abuhussein

“…However, variations in camera distance during dataset collection can significantly affect the accuracy of this method, as different distances alter the resolution of the region of interest, causing pixel intensity values to represent varying areas and temperatures. …”
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Long-Duration UAV Localization Across Day and Night by Fusing Dual-Vision Geo-Registration with Inertial Measurements by Xuehui Xing, Xiaofeng He, Ke Liu, Zhizhong Chen, Guofeng Song, Qikai Hao, Lilian Zhang, Jun Mao

“…The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method’s localization error is less than 50 m in its RMSE.…”
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Deep-Learning Approaches for Cervical Cytology Nuclei Segmentation in Whole Slide Images by Andrés Mosquera-Zamudio, Sandra Cancino, Guillermo Cárdenas-Montoya, Juan D. Garcia-Arteaga, Carlos Zambrano-Betancourt, Rafael Parra-Medina

“…Performance decreased on the institutional dataset, likely due to differences in image acquisition and the presence of blurred nuclei. …”
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Growth of rehabilitation students in first and second years: A text mining approach by Yin Xu, Hirofumi Ota, Soichiro Koyama, Shigeo Tanabe, Kazuya Takeda, Shota Suzumura, Hiroaki Sakurai, Yoshikiyo Kanada

“…Their growth was transformative.…”
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High-resolution population mapping by fusing remote sensing and social sensing data considering the spatial scale mismatch issue by Peijun Feng, Zheng Ma, Jining Yan, Leigang Sun, Nan Wu, Luxiao Cheng, Dongmei Yan

“…Current population spatialization methods typically apply population mapping relationships established at the regional level to the grid level using multi-source data. …”
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Three-dimensional morphometry of the human thoracic aorta using centerline analysis based on least-squares plane fittingCentral MessagePerspective by Hiroshi Nagamine, MD, Kenji Kishita, MD, Yuta Tsukada, MD, Hiroshi Nagano, MD, Mitsuru Asano, MD

“…There were significant differences in the mean displacement between the groups for each direction (transverse P = .0083, anteroposterior P = .010, longitudinal P = 1.32 × 10−6). …”
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Evaluation of efficacy of levothyroxine tablets in the treatment of nephrotic syndrome with hypothyroidism: A systematic review and meta-analysis by XIONG Huai-yu, HUANG Qiang-ru, YAN Pei-jing, SHUAI Tian-kui, LIU Jing-jing, ZHU Lei, LU Jia-ju, YANG Ke-hu, LIU Jian

“…Comparisons between the treatment group and the control group, in increase magnitude in the level of FT3（SMD=2.29, 95%CI 1.58～3.00, P<0.01）, the level of urinary protein（WMD=-1.21 g/L, 95%CI-2.19～-0.22, P<0.01） and the edema elimination rate（WMD=-10.55 d,95%CI-12.53～-8.56,P<0.01）, showed statistically significant differences. The difference in the time for negative transformation of urinary protein between the two groups were not statistically significant（SMD=-2.05, 95%CI-4.20～0.10, P=0.062）. …”
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Aqueous Humor Levels of Cytokines and Growth Factors in Patients with Congenital Aniridia by A. A. Voskresenskaya, A. R. Galembikova, N. S. Anisimova, T. A. Vasilyeva, L. N. Domentyeva, S. V. Boichuk, A. N. Trunov, N. A. Pozdeyeva

“…The other cytokines with proinflammatory, angiogenic and profibrotic properties did not significantly differ from the comparison group.…”
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Enhancing skull base tumor management: the combination of 3D printing technology and endoscopic surgical techniques by Xiao Li, Peng Gao, Angsi Liu, Fuxing Zuo, Ke Hu, Yang Wang, Haiyan Li, Jianxin Kong, Xueji Li

“…This paper aims to explore the application experiences of 3D printing in endoscopic skull base tumor surgeries, evaluating the impact and effectiveness of 3D-printed models in enhancing both surgical simulations and anatomical learning in the field of neurosurgery for skull base tumors. Method From October 2015 to March 2019, our institution enrolled five patients for whom individualized 3D-printed models were created, utilizing different printing techniques and materials. …”
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Restructuring Non-teaching Hospitals into Teaching Hospitals in Iran: Component Change in General Hospitals by Niusha Shahidi Sadeghi, Mohammadreza Maleki, Soudabeh Vatankhah, Bahram Mohaghegh, Seyed Jafar Ehsanzadehsorati

“…Background: The present study investigated how a general hospital is restructured in Iran when transforming from a non-teaching into a teaching hospital.Methods: This applied study was conducted based on a mixed-method design from 2020 to 2021 using a systematic search and review, document analysis, comparative and cross-sectional design, multiple voting technique, and qualitative phenomenological method.Results: The conceptual framework of the components of a hospital as a system includes inputs (governance and policy-making, goals and mission, clinical and support departments, physical space, clients, and human resources), processes (internal and external relations, key processes, type and level of services, and teaching mission systematization), and outputs (performance evaluation, internal and external customer satisfaction, human capital empowerment, organizational behavior, income-cost management, cost-effectiveness and efficiency, service quality, and legal and social responsibility).Conclusion: The findings from the present study depicted how the components of teaching and non-teaching hospitals are restructured when changing their functions. …”
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