The Median Effective Dose of Ciprofol Combined with Sufentanil for Inhibiting Responses to Gastroscope Insertion in Obese Patients: A Prospective, Single-Center Study by Xue Z, Liu X, Qian W, Yang N, Pan Y, Zhou Y, Jiang W, Li F, Qian B

“…All patients received 0.1 μg/kg of sufentanil, and the ciprofol dose was determined by the modified Dixon sequential method with an initial dose of 0.4 mg/kg and a dose gradient of 0.01 mg/kg. …”
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Multimodal Imaging of Brain Metastasis-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Using Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Labeling by Feginn Berle B, Juliussen S, Castilho Á, Solel E, Sdik Saed H, Vanderpoorten O, Lunavat TR, Thorsen F, Rigg E

“…However, tracking their distribution and interactions in vivo remains challenging.Objective: To develop and validate a method for labeling BM-derived EVs using superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) that enables their visualization and tracking through magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).Methods: Three SPION variants with different coatings and sizes were evaluated using two patient-derived BM cell lines. …”
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A Machine Learning Model for Predicting Prognosis in HCC Patients With Diabetes After TACE by Wu L, Chen L, Zhang L, Liu Y, Ouyang D, Wu W, Lei Y, Han P, Zhao H, Zheng C

“…Lastly, the SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) method was used to interpret the final ML model.Results: A total of 636 patients were included. …”
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EC50 and EC95 of Remifentanil for Inhibiting Bronchoscopy Responses in Elderly Patients During Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy Under Ciprofol Sedation: An Up-and-Down Sequential Allocation... by Lan H, Liu S, Liao Y, Xu B, Lin Y, Wu X, Chen Q, Chen H, Guan X

“…The EC50 and EC95 values of remifentanil required to alleviate the responses to FOB were calculated using Dixon’s up-and-down method for both male and female groups. Probit analysis was used to generate a dose-response curve.Results: Thirty-nine patients (19 males and 20 females) were enrolled. …”
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Exploring the Role of Allergenic Components in Children with House Dust Mite-Induced Allergic Diseases by Xu Q, Shang Y, Li X, Ran S, Lu M, Cheng L

“…Qiuyan Xu,1,* Yunxia Shang,1,* Xiang Li,1 Shuangqin Ran,1 Min Lu,1 Lei Cheng2,3 1Department of Pediatrics, Suzhou Research Center of Medical School, Suzhou Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Suzhou, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Otorhinolaryngology & Clinical Allergy Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China; 3International Centre for Allergy Research, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Lei Cheng, Department of Otorhinolaryngology & Clinical Allergy Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, People’s Republic of China, Email chenglei@jsph.org.cn Min Lu, Department of Pediatrics, Suzhou Research Center of Medical School, Suzhou Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, 1 Lijiang Road, Suzhou, 215153, People’s Republic of China, Email samy_lm@163.comPurpose: To investigate the main characteristics of HDM-induced allergic diseases in children and to explore allergen component-specific sensitization patterns, features, and correlations with clinical symptoms.Methods: Serum samples were collected from children with HDM-induced allergic diseases. …”
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Protective Effects of Gynostemma pentaphyllum Saponins on Liver Injury in Guinea Pigs of Hyperlipemia Based on Oxidative Stress by Tianyi DAI, Donglian LIU, Xingmin QIN, Chengling GAO, Jiayi LI, Hailing KUANG

“…Objective: To observe the protective effects of Gynostemma pentaphyllum saponins (GPs) on liver injury in guinea pigs of hyperlipemia based on oxidative stress. Methods: A total of 32 guinea pigs were randomly divided into a model group, a low dose GPs group (85 mg/kg), a high dose GPs group (170 mg/kg), and a simvastatin group (1.5 mg/kg), with 8 animals in each group. …”
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Assessment of The Factors Affecting Management of Gender and Sexual Violence Against Women in Rural Communities: A Case Study of Kyanamira Sub County Kabale District. by Tumuheki, Timothy

“…The researcher used a descriptive survey, which was cross-sectional because the respondents could give their views freely. Data collection methods used in the study included Questionnaires and Focus group discussions. …”
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Experimental Investigation on Physical and Mechanical Behaviors of Paraffin Microcapsule Phase-Change Energy-Storage Concrete by Dongxue Wang, Zipeng Qin, Shixing Liu, Lefeng Chen, Guoxun Chen, Erjin Xu, Liangbin Zhang, Yan Tian, Zhengzheng Liu, Yifan Li, Saixuan Lei, Jiayi Pan, Peisheng Qiu, Xu Zhou

“…This study prepared a paraffin-microencapsulated phase-change aggregate (PCA) and used the equal volume sand replacement method to replace standard sand with PCA under a fixed water–cement ratio and curing conditions. …”
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EVALUACIÓN POR MÉTODO ECOMÉTRICO DE AGAR OBTENIDO DE ALGAS ROJAS COLOMBIANAS by A. Villalobos, L. Calderón, C. Figueroa, J. Fierro, G. Otalóra, B. Quevedo-Hidalgo, R. Álvarez, M. Mercado-Reyes, M. Huertas-Valero, A. Trespalacios-Rangel

“…Productivity of culture media elaborated with base agar - agar was determinedusing the ecometric method with 20 different bacterial species. Results obtained from ICA and ICRshowed that agar extracted from Gracilaria cylindrica and Gracillaria mammillaris are equally productive,this shows that both species can be used for agar production. …”
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The Effectiveness of Wisdom Training on Academic Emotions, Academic Motivation and Subjective Vitality in Students by Masoomeh Azizi, Abolghasem Yaghoobi

“…The present study examined the effectiveness of wisdom training on academic emotions, academic motivation and subjective vitality in students. The study method was semi-experimental and its design was pretest, post-test with control group and follow-up stage. …”
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Task-Oriented Local Feature Rectification Network for Few-Shot Image Classification by Ping Li, Xiang Zhu

“…Recently, local feature-based few-shot learning methods have made significant progress. However, existing methods often treat all local descriptors equally, without considering the importance of each local descriptor in different tasks. …”
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Generalizable, fast, and accurate DeepQSPR with fastprop by Jackson W. Burns, William H. Green

“…This approach yields improvements in speed and interpretability over existing methods while statistically equaling or exceeding their performance across most of the tested benchmarks. fastprop is designed with Research Software Engineering best practices and is free and open source, hosted at github.com/jacksonburns/fastprop.…”
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Moral and ethical aspect of distance education by Nuriet Karpushevna Gubzhokova

“…Distance learning has been one of the integral trends in the development of the modern educational system, representing a set of new ways of transferring information, innovative methods of interaction between teachers and students. …”
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COMPARATIVE RESEARCH OF EMPATHY AMONG RUSSIAN AND CHINESE STUDENTS by J. V. Lebedeva

“…The aim of this work is the study of the universal and specific characteristics of empathy of students from Russia and China.Methods. The methods involve the analysis and generalization of literature on the concept and structure of empathy, the influence of cultural factors on this phenomenon. …”
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Analisis semiotika representasi ketidakadilan gender dalam film “Moxie” by Rosanna Saskhia, Suranto Aw

“…Kata kunci : Analisis semiotika, film, ketidakadilan gender   Abstract This study aims to determine the representation of gender inequality in the movie “Moxie” with a methodological frame of Ferdinand de Saussure's semiotic analysis. The research method used in this research is Ferdinand de Saussure's semiotic analysis method. …”
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ANALISIS SEMIOTIKA REPRESENTASI KETIDAKADILAN GENDER DALAM FILM “MOXIE” by Rosanna Saskhia, Suranto Aw

“…This study aims to determine the representation of gender inequality in the movie “Moxie” with a methodological frame of Ferdinand de Saussure's semiotic analysis. The research method used in this research is Ferdinand de Saussure's semiotic analysis method. …”
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Adaptive Design for Phase II/III Platform Trial of Lassa Fever Therapeutics by Josephine Bourner, Michel Vaillant, Alex Paddy Abdel Salam, Marie Jaspard, Camille Fritzell, Shevin T. Jacob, Tom E. Fletcher, Michael Ramharter, Nnennaya Ajayi, Sylvanus Okogbenin, Cyril Erameh, Donald Grant, Robert Samuels, Oladele Oluwafemi Ayodeji, Armand Sprecher, Bronner P. Gonçalves, Tansy Edwards, Piero Olliaro

“…Given the persistent effects in areas with endemic transmission and epidemic potential, there is an urgent need to reassess ribavirin and investigate other potential therapeutic candidates; however, a robust clinical trial method adapted to Lassa fever epidemiology has not yet been established. …”
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Internal Energy Balancing Control of a Modular Multilevel Converter as Part of a Hybrid Transformer by Rui Wang, Maurice G. L. Roes, Henk Huisman, Cornelis G.E. Wijnands

“…The output voltages of the MMC have equal frequency and equal phase angles, but different amplitudes in this application. …”
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Assessing Prevention Protocols by a Brief Questionnaire in the Infectious Respiratory Diseases Pandemics: An Application in Pedestrian Population in COVID-19 Pandemic by Ali Jafari-Khounigh, Alireza Razzaghi, Hamid Sharifi, Shahram Habibzadeh, Seyed Taghi Heydari, Rasool Entezarmahdi, Mostafa Farahbakhsh, Alireza Ansari Moghaddam, Mahdi Rezaei, Mohammad Saadati, Ehsan Sarbazi, Morteza Haghighi, Mina Golestani, Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani

“…Content validity was evaluated by quantitative method, thus, Content Validity Ratio (CVR) and Content Validity Index (CVI) were calculated. …”
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On modeling random data to evaluate the performance of statistical tests in cryptography by U. Y. Palukha, M. A. Prokharchyk, Yu. S. Kharin

“…The aim of the study is to develop an algorithm for constructing greatest clearing matrices for such networks under zero cash reserves of all agents.Methods. Graph theory and mathematical programming methods are used.Results. …”
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