Achieving flexible fairness metrics in federated medical imaging by Huijun Xing, Rui Sun, Jinke Ren, Jun Wei, Chun-Mei Feng, Xuan Ding, Zilu Guo, Yu Wang, Yudong Hu, Wei Wei, Xiaohua Ban, Chuanlong Xie, Yu Tan, Xian Liu, Shuguang Cui, Xiaohui Duan, Zhen Li

“…FlexFair incorporates a flexible regularization term to facilitate the integration of multiple fairness criteria, including equal accuracy, demographic parity, and equal opportunity. …”
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Early or Delayed Intervention for Bile Duct Injuries following Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy? A Dilemma Looking for an Answer by Evangelos Felekouras, Athanasios Petrou, Kyriakos Neofytou, Demetrios Moris, Nikolaos Dimitrokallis, Konstantinos Bramis, John Griniatsos, Emmanouil Pikoulis, Theodoros Diamantis

“…To evaluate the effect of timing of management and intervention on outcomes of bile duct injury. Materials and Methods. We retrospectively analyzed 92 patients between 1991 and 2011. …”
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Salmonella Vaccine Study in Oxford (SALVO) trial: protocol for an observer-participant blind randomised placebo-controlled trial of the iNTS-GMMA vaccine within a European cohort by Melita A Gordon, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Florian Marks, Carsten Mantel, Andrew J Pollard, Brama Hanumunthadu, Rachel White, John A Crump, Hannah Robinson, Jan Jacobs, Samuel Kariuki, Bieke Tack, Stefano Malvolti, Nasir Kanji, Nelly Owino, Carla Ferreira Da Silva, Pietro Ferruzzi, Usman Nakakana, Rocio Canals, Maheshi Ramasamy, Francis Agyapong, Gianluca Breghi, Fabio Fiorino, Christian S. Marchello, Donata Medaglini, Esther M. Muthumbi, Chisomo L. Msefula, Tonney S. Nyirenda, Robert Onsare, Elena Pettini, Anthony G Scott J, Bassiahi Abdramane Soura, Tiziana Spadafina

“…Enteritidis Generalised Modules for Membrane Antigens (GMMA) outer membrane vesicles is presented.Method and analysis The Salmonella Vaccine Study in Oxford is a randomised placebo-controlled participant-observer blind phase I study of the iNTS-GMMA vaccine. …”
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Ex vivo-model design and evaluation of the sensitivity of blast cells to chemotherapy as a way to personalize the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia by A. S. Polyakov, Ya. A. Noskov, Yu. V. Nikitin, V. V. Tyrenko, S. N. Kolubaeva, A. N. Bogdanov, V. N. Semelev, O. R. Petrova, S. V. Bondarchuk, D. K. Zhogolev, A. D. Zolotarev, A. V. Kovalev, Yu. E. Puchkova

“…High phenotypic and genotypic heterogeneity of acute myeloid leukemia defines the relevance to develop personalized approaches to therapy, including those based on determination of individual drug sensitivity of blast cells.This article presents the results of developing an ex-vivo model of acute myeloid leukemia, as well as testing of two in vitro sensitivity assessment methods: evaluation of the genotoxicity of drugs in the micronucleus test and vitality and sensitivity to chemotherapy in sorted blast cells. …”
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What Chicago community organizations needed to implement COVID-19 interventions: lessons learned in 2021 by David A. Moskowitz, Abigail Silva, Yvette Castañeda, Samuel L. Battalio, Madison L. Hartstein, Anne Marie Murphy, Sithembinkosi Ndebele, Matthew Switalski, Sarah Lomahan, Leilani Lacson, Abigail Plum, Emma Canty, Anna Sandoval, Paris Thomas, Marina De Pablo, Bonnie Spring, Molly Martin

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Non-immunogenic staphylokinase in patients with massive intermediate-high risk pulmonary embolism: protocol of the FORPE-2 multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled... by S. N. Tereshchenko, E. B. Yarovaya, S. G. Leontiev, I. S. Yavelov, R. M. Shakhnovich, A. D. Erlikh, T. M. Uskach, D. V. Duplyakov, V. A. Kutsenko, O. E. Ivlev, A. G. Soplenkova, A. M. Semenov, M. P. Semenov, S. V. Ivanov, S. S. Markin

“…To evaluate the efficacy and safety of single bolus administration of non-immunogenic staphylokinase in comparison with placebo in patients with intermediatehigh risk pulmonary embolism (PE) within the FORPE-2 clinical trial.Material and methods. Non-immunogenic staphylokinase has high thrombolytic activity and fibrin selectivity. …”
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Bearing capacity enhancement of footings using confining inclined micropiles: Experimental and analytical investigation by Husain Abbas, Abdullah Almajed, Esmatullah Kotwal, Yousef Al-Salloum

“…Improving the bearing capacity (BC) of existing footings is usually a challenging task. Most of the methods employed are either cumbersome or are not efficient and effective. …”
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Lived Experience and Family Engagement in Mental Health and Substance use Health Research: Case Profiles of Five Studies by Lisa D. Hawke, Lena Quilty, Branka Agic, Darren B. Courtney, Gray Liddell, Etienne Sibille, Sheila Jennings, Joshua Orson, Holly Harris, Shelby McKee, Cara Sullivan, Sophie Soklaridis, Tarek K. Rajji, Sanjeev Sockalingam

“…Methods This article profiles five research initiatives involving different lived experience engagement structures, situated in a single tertiary care teaching and research hospital. …”
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Low Glycemic Index Carbohydrates versus All Types of Carbohydrates for Treating Diabetes in Pregnancy: A Randomized Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Effect of Glycemic Control by Otilia Perichart-Perera, Margie Balas-Nakash, Ameyalli Rodríguez-Cano, Jennifer Legorreta-Legorreta, Adalberto Parra-Covarrubias, Felipe Vadillo-Ortega

“…Compare the effect of including only low glycemic index (GI) carbohydrates (CHO) against all types of CHO on maternal glycemic control and on the maternal and newborn’s nutritional status of women with type 2 DM and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Methods. Women (n=107, ≤29 weeks of gestation) were randomly assigned to one of two nutrition intervention groups: moderate energy and CHO restriction (Group 1: all types of CHO, Group 2: low GI foods). …”
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The influence of nitric oxide delivery on the processes of apoptosis, necroptosis and pyroptosis in the renal parenchyma after simulating cardiopulmonary bypass: an experimental st... by M. A. Tyo, N. O. Kamenshchikov, Yu. K. Podoksenov, A. V. Mukhomedzyanov, L. N. Maslov, I. V. Kravchenko, E. A. Churilina, B. N. Kozlov

“…The objective was to study the effect of the delivery of exogenous nitric oxide on the severity of apoptosis, pyroptosis, and necroptosis of the renal parenchyma after simulating cardiopulmonary bypass and cardiopulmonary bypass with circulatory arrest.Materials and Methods. 24 Altai breed rams were randomized into 4 equal groups. …”
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Adjusting for covariates representing potential confounders, mediators, or competing predictors in the presence of measurement error: Dispelling a potential misapprehension and ins... by David M. Klurfeld, Nikhil V. Dhurandhar, Xiaoxin Yu, David B. Allison, Carmen D. Tekwe, Diana M. Thomas, Roger S. Zoh, Colby J. Vorland

“…If true, such non-monotonicity would be especially concerning for applications such as nutrition, where measurement reliability varies substantially, and large sample sizes are common. Methods We offer a detailed derivations of the square partial correlation between the outcome and exposure, controlling for the confounder. …”
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Carbon cycle and climate feedbacks under CO₂ and non-CO₂ overshoot pathways by I. Melnikova, I. Melnikova, P. Ciais, K. Tanaka, K. Tanaka, H. Shiogama, K. Tachiiri, K. Tachiiri, T. Yokohata, O. Boucher

“…We first present a method to recalibrate methane and nitrous oxide concentrations to align with published radiative forcings, ensuring accurate model performance. …”
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New cationic chlorin as potential agent for antimicrobial photodynamic therapy by N. V. Suvorov, V. V. Shchelkova, E. V. Rysanova, Z. T. Bagatelia, D. A. Diachenko, A. P. Afaniutin, Yu. L. Vasil’ev, E. Yu. Diachkova, I. C. Santana Santos, M. A. Grin

“…One of these innovative methods is antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (APDT), which is equally effective against antibiotic-sensitive and antibiotic-resistant pathogens. …”
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Atrophy trajectories in Alzheimer’s disease: how sex matters by Anna Inguanzo, Konstantinos Poulakis, Javier Oltra, Silvia Maioli, Anna Marseglia, Daniel Ferreira, Rosaleena Mohanty, Eric Westman, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

“…The impact of sex on the progression of these subtypes remains a crucial area of investigation. Methods We analysed MRI data from 320 amyloid-β positive individuals with AD from three international cohorts (ADNI, J-ADNI and AIBL). …”
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Evolution of means and principles of smallpox vaccination by S. V. Borisevich, V. N. Podkuyko, A. P. Pirozhkov, A. I. Terent'ev, V. P. Krasnyansky, E. V. Rozhdestvensky, S. V. Nazarov, S. V. Kuznecov

“…The third generation were the vaccines based on vaccine strains at-tenuated by various methods. Fourth, DNA vaccines and subunit recombinant vaccines. …”
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Soil-water retention capacity of expansive soil improved through enzyme induced carbonate precipitation-eggshell powder by Yunlong Liu, Yanyan Xia, Mudassir Mehmood, Lei Wang, Wen Nie, Yingao Zhao, Zhencai Luo

“…Moreover, the reuse of ESP provides a sustainable solution for the resource utilization of agricultural waste and the improvement of expansive soil using bio-inspired methods.…”
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A Novel Concept of the “Standard Human” in the Assessment of Individual Total Heart Size: Lessons from Non-Contrast-Enhanced Cardiac CT Examinations by Maciej Sosnowski, Zofia Parma, Marcin Syzdół, Grzegorz Brożek, Jan Harpula, Michał Tendera, Wojciech Wojakowski

“…We proposed a novel body size indexing measure that may outperform common indices for quantifying total heart volume (THV). <b>Methods:</b> This index is the sum of height and the difference between height (unitless) and body surface area (unitless), [h+(h-BSA)], and if the (h-BSA) equals “zero”, it is a feature of the “standard human”. …”
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Applying Multi-Sensor Satellite Data to Identify Key Natural Factors in Annual Livestock Change and Winter Livestock Disaster (<i>Dzud</i>) in Mongolian Nomadic Pasturelands by Sinkyu Kang, Nanghyun Cho, Amartuvshin Narantsetseg, Bolor-Erdene Lkhamsuren, Otgon Khongorzul, Tumendemberel Tegshdelger, Bumsuk Seo, Keunchang Jang

“…A schematic model of nomadic landscapes was developed and used to select potential drivers retrievable from multi-sensor satellite data. Three alternative methods (principal component analysis, PCA; stepwise multiple regression, SMR; and random forest machine learning model, RF) were used to determine the key drivers for livestock changes and <i>Dzud</i> outbreaks. …”
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Effect of polarization potential on tribocorrosion behavior of duplex stainless steel UNS S32205 in NaCl solution by Jomar José Knaip Ribeiro, Oriana Palma Calabokis, Yamid Enrique Nuñez de la Rosa, Silvio Francisco Brunatto, Paulo César Borges

“…Finally, this study allowed the determination of the great effect of the potential applied on the tribocorrosion behaviour and the identification of differences between the cathodic protection and distilled water assays as methods to inhibit corrosion.…”
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Prenatal Rosiglitazone Administration to Neonatal Rat Pups Does Not Alter the Adult Metabolic Phenotype by Hernan Sierra, Reiko Sakurai, W. N. Paul Lee, Nghia C. Truong, John S. Torday, Virender K. Rehan

“…This study aimed to determine the effects of prenatally administered RGZ on the metabolic phenotype of adult rats. Methods. Pregnant Sprague-Dawley rat dams were administered either placebo or RGZ at embryonic days 18 and 19. …”
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