ALBI Grade Enables Risk Stratification for Bleeding Events and Refines Prognostic Prediction in Advanced HCC Following Atezolizumab and Bevacizumab by Stefanini B, Fulgenzi CAM, Scheiner B, Korolewicz J, Cheon J, Nishida N, Ang C, Marron TU, Wu YL, Saeed A, Wietharn B, Rimassa L, Pirozzi A, Cammarota A, Pressiani T, Pinter M, Balcar L, Huang YH, Mehan A, Phen S, Vivaldi C, Salani F, Masi G, Bettinger D, Vogel A, Schönlein M, von Felden J, Schulze K, Wege H, Samson A, Galle PR, Kudo M, Manfredi GF, Celsa C, Awosika N, Cortellini A, Singal AG, Sharma R, Chon HJ, Tovoli F, Piscaglia F, Pinato DJ, D'Alessio A

“…Overall survival (OS) stratified by ALBI was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method and the predictive value for the 6-months OS landmark with ROC curves.Results: Of the 368 patients included in the analysis, 163 (44.3%), 192 (52.2%) and 13 (3.5%) had ALBI 1, ALBI 2, and ALBI 3, respectively. …”
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Search for the in-situ production of $$^{77}$$ 77 Ge in the GERDA neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment by M. Agostini, A. Alexander, G. Araujo, A. M. Bakalyarov, M. Balata, I. Barabanov, L. Baudis, C. Bauer, S. Belogurov, A. Bettini, L. Bezrukov, V. Biancacci, E. Bossio, V. Bothe, R. Brugnera, A. Caldwell, S. Calgaro, C. Cattadori, A. Chernogorov, P.-J. Chiu, T. Comellato, V. D’Andrea, E. V. Demidova, N. Di Marco, E. Doroshkevich, M. Fomina, A. Gangapshev, A. Garfagnini, C. Gooch, P. Grabmayr, V. Gurentsov, K. Gusev, J. Hakenmüller, S. Hemmer, W. Hofmann, J. Huang, M. Hult, L. V. Inzhechik, J. Janicskó Csáthy, J. Jochum, M. Junker, V. Kazalov, Y. Kermaïdic, H. Khushbakht, T. Kihm, K. Kilgus, I. V. Kirpichnikov, A. Klimenko, K. T. Knöpfle, O. Kochetov, V. N. Kornoukhov, P. Krause, V. V. Kuzminov, M. Laubenstein, M. Lindner, I. Lippi, A. Lubashevskiy, B. Lubsandorzhiev, G. Lutter, C. Macolino, B. Majorovits, W. Maneschg, G. Marshall, M. Misiaszek, M. Morella, Y. Müller, I. Nemchenok, M. Neuberger, L. Pandola, K. Pelczar, L. Pertoldi, P. Piseri, A. Pullia, C. Ransom, L. Rauscher, M. Redchuk, S. Riboldi, N. Rumyantseva, C. Sada, S. Sailer, F. Salamida, S. Schönert, J. Schreiner, A.-K. Schütz, O. Schulz, M. Schwarz, B. Schwingenheuer, O. Selivanenko, E. Shevchik, M. Shirchenko, L. Shtembari, H. Simgen, A. Smolnikov, D. Stukov, S. Sullivan, A. A. Vasenko, A. Veresnikova, C. Vignoli, K. von Sturm, T. Wester, C. Wiesinger, M. Wojcik, E. Yanovich, B. Zatschler, I. Zhitnikov, S. V. Zhukov, D. Zinatulina, A. Zschocke, K. Zuber, G. Zuzel, GERDA collaboration

“…New digital signal processing methods were employed to select and analyze pile-up signals. …”
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The Relationship Between Supply Environment, Supply Chain Integration and Performance Considering Opportunistic Behaviors by Abbas َAsadi, safanaz Heidari

“…From among the statistical population of 230 individuals, a sample of 140 participants was obtained using the Cochran sampling method. They were selected through random sampling. …”
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The Effectiveness of Emotion-Focused Therapy on Pain Anxiety and Resilience in Patients with Migraine by Hamid Reza Arab Bafrani, Hasan Rezayi, Ahmad Sobhani

“…Future research should investigate the long-term effects of EFT and its integration with other therapeutic methods.…”
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The Lyman Continuum Escape Fraction of Star-forming Galaxies at 2.4 ≲ z ≲ 3.0 from UVCANDELS by Xin Wang, Harry I. Teplitz, Brent M. Smith, Rogier A. Windhorst, Marc Rafelski, Vihang Mehta, Anahita Alavi, Zhiyuan Ji, Gabriel Brammer, James Colbert, Norman Grogin, Nimish P. Hathi, Anton M. Koekemoer, Laura Prichard, Claudia Scarlata, Ben Sunnquist, Pablo Arrabal Haro, Christopher Conselice, Eric Gawiser, Yicheng Guo, Matthew Hayes, Rolf A. Jansen, Ray A. Lucas, Robert O’Connell, Brant Robertson, Michael Rutkowski, Brian Siana, Eros Vanzella, Teresa Ashcraft, Micaela Bagley, Ivano Baronchelli, Guillermo Barro, Alex Blanche, Adam Broussard, Timothy Carleton, Nima Chartab, Yingjie Cheng, Alex Codoreanu, Seth Cohen, Y. Sophia Dai, Behnam Darvish, Romeel Davé, Laura DeGroot, Duilia De Mello, Mark Dickinson, Najmeh Emami, Henry Ferguson, Leonardo Ferreira, Keely Finkelstein, Steven Finkelstein, Jonathan P. Gardner, Timothy Gburek, Mauro Giavalisco, Andrea Grazian, Caryl Gronwall, Shoubaneh Hemmati, Justin Howell, Kartheik Iyer, Sugata Kaviraj, Peter Kurczynski, Ilin Lazar, John MacKenty, Kameswara Bharadwaj Mantha, Alec Martin, Garreth Martin, Tyler McCabe, Bahram Mobasher, Kalina Nedkova, Charlotte Olsen, Lillian Otteson, Swara Ravindranath, Caleb Redshaw, Zahra Sattari, Emmaris Soto, L. Y. Aaron Yung, Bonnabelle Zabelle, the UVCANDELS team

“…We develop a robust stacking method to apply to 10 samples of in total 56 galaxies, and perform detailed Monte Carlo simulations of the intergalactic medium (IGM) attenuation, to take into account the sample variance of the mean IGM transmission when measuring ${f}_{{\rm{esc}}}^{{\rm{abs}}}$ . …”
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Properties of the Wrońskian determinant of a system of solutions to a linear homogeneous equation: The case when the number of solutions is less than the order of the equation by D. A. Khrychev

“…The work sets out to study the properties of the Wrońskian determinant of the system of solutions to a linear homogeneous equation in cases when the number of solutions is less than the order of the equation, comparing them with the known properties of the same determinant when the number of solutions is equal to the order of the equation.Methods. The work uses the methods of linear algebra according to the theory of ordinary differential equations, as well as mathematical and complex analysis.Results. …”
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Leveraging faith-leaders to prevent violence against women and girls: A qualitative study of evangelical faith-leaders' perceptions in Woliso, Ethiopia. by Wosene Berhanu, Elisa Gobbo, Addise Amado Dube, Nesanet Megersa, Yoska Amenu, Mengistu Demeke, Adamu Addisse, Sibylle Herzig Van Wees

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A qualitative study design drawing on 14 semi-structured interviews and observational data from workshops with Evangelical faith-leaders that explored their views on gender equality and VAWG. …”
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The role of the Global Observatory in addressing Gender Based Violence in Sport+ by Hayley Truskewycz, Lombe Mwambwa

“…Primarily, the GO is tasked with mobilising actors to coordinate the development of shared measurement indicators and methods to track progress on gender equality and gender-based violence in PEPAS. …”
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Cost of whole genome sequencing for non-typhoidal Salmonella enterica. by Laura Ford, Kathryn Glass, Deborah A Williamson, Vitali Sintchenko, Jennifer M B Robson, Emily Lancsar, Russell Stafford, Martyn D Kirk

“…We then examined the costs and cost-savings of current typing methods compared with WGS in outbreak scenarios.<h4>Results</h4>A median of 275 (90% CrI -55-775) or 1.9% (90% CrI -0.4%-5.4%) of notified serotyped Salmonella cases would need to be prevented for WGS to be cost-equal to current typing methods and 1,550 (90% CrI 820-2,725) or 9.6% of all notified Salmonella cases would need to be prevented to be cost-equal to PCR. …”
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CALCULATION OF TECHNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF OUT-PIPE REAGENT CIRCULAR IRRIGATION OF GRAVEL-PACKED FILTERS OF WATER SUPPLY WELLS by V. V. Ivashechkin, V. V. Veremenyuk, P. A. Avtushko

“…This article deals with radical movement of chemical solutions by injection of it outside of gravel pack of filter when the flow directs to borehole axis under conditions of quasi-steady-state mode of filtration for equal yield of input and output reagent from borehole.Colmataged layer of gravel pack is schematized in the form of porous ring cylinder with outside radius which is equal to radius of line of gravel pack and the height which is equal to the length of filter made in formation drilling and inside radius which is equal to radius of filter. …”
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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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Opinions on Amblyopia Treatment in Microtropia – A Questionnaire Study of Orthoptists in Scandinavia by Jannicke Røe, Gemma Arblaster

“…Background: Microtropia is a small angle strabismus of less than or equal to ten prism diopters. It often co-exists with anisometropia, and patients may require amblyopia treatment. …”
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Several Roman domination graph invariants on Kneser graphs by Tatjana Zec, Milana Grbić

“…For signed Roman domination number $\gamma_{sR}(K_{n,k})$, the new lower and upper bounds for $K_{n,2}$ are provided: we prove that for $n\geqslant 12$, the lower bound is equal to 2, while the upper bound depends on the parity of $n$ and is equal to 3 if $n$ is odd, and equal to $5$ if $n$ is even. …”
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A Positive Answer for 3IM+1CM Problem with a General Difference Polynomial by Huicai Xu, Shugui Kang, Qingcai Zhang

“…In this paper, the 3IM+1CM theorem with a general difference polynomial Lz,f will be established by using new methods and technologies. Note that the obtained result is valid when the sum of the coefficient of Lz,f is equal to zero or not. …”
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Hyperspectral imaging as a non-destructive technique for estimating the nutritional value of food by Juan-Jesús Marín-Méndez, Paula Luri Esplandiú, Miriam Alonso-Santamaría, Berta Remirez-Moreno, Leyre Urtasun Del Castillo, Jaione Echavarri Dublán, Eva Almiron-Roig, María-José Sáiz-Abajo

“…The best performance was for estimating the protein content with a RMSE of 1.02 and a R2 equal to 0.88 in a test set, following by moisture (RMSE of 2.21 and R2 equal to 0.85), energy value (RMSE of 21.84 and R2 equal to 0.76) and total fat (RMSE of 2.17 and R2 equal to 0.72). …”
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Parental preferences for sex of children in Nigeria: Cultural influences and family structure. by Alex Bawuah, Michael Sarfo, Godness Kye Biney, Francis Appiah, Linus Baatiema, Sanni Yaya

“…Men with more sons were significantly more likely (RRR = 1.48, 95% CI = 1.23-1.78) to prefer more boys over an equal number of boys and girls, compared to men with equal numbers of sons and daughters. …”
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THE COSTS OF REGIONAL ANESTHESIA WITH THE USE OF LEVOBUPIVACAINE, RACEMIC BUPIVACAINE AND ROPIVACAINE by G. E. Ulrikh, A. V. Rudakova

“…The aim of this work was to assess the cost of anesthesia levobupivacaine, bupivacaine and ropivacaine.Material and methods. In accordance with the results of comparative clinical trials and expert evaluation analysis was conducted in two ways: under the assumption of equal clinical effectiveness of levobupivacaine and bupivacaine and a higher efficiency of levobupivacaine compared with ropivacaine (assumed in various clinical situations with an equal volume of solution used ropivacaine in concentrations of 0.5% may be replaced without reducing clinical efficacy of levobupivacaine in a concentration of 0.5%, ropivacaine in a concentration of 0.75% – levobupivacaine in a concentration of 0.5 and 0.75% (in equal proportions); ropivacaine at a concentration of 1% – levobupivacaine at a concentration of 0.75%. …”
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Study of malnutrition in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis by Aya A. Dayem, Esraa R. Knany, Dina Ruby

“…Our findings also revealed that measuring BMI and being less than or equal to 22.1 kg/m2 and mid-arm circumference (MAC) less than or equal 28.5 cm is significantly related to low free fat mass index (malnutrition) and increases that risk by 31.63 folds. …”
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Roles and Rights of Women in the Modern Era from an Islamic Perspective by Ramadhina Nida'an Khofiyya, Naila Tazkiyatan, Darnoto Darnoto

“…Both genders are provided with an equal opportunity for personal and professional growth across a range of societal roles. …”
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Promoting Inclusion and Diversity: a Pathways to Preparing Future Teachers (Insights from Ukraine and Poland) by Grzegorz Piekarski, Olena Budnyk, Kateryna Fomin

“…To address the research objectives, the following methods were employed: analysis of scientific literature on inclusive education and educational equality; media monitoring of various aspects of tolerant and intolerant attitudes toward individuals with disabilities across different countries; a comparative approach to examine best practices in teacher training across European nations; a questionnaire survey to identify cases of discrimination or inclusion in schools; and mathematical-statistical methods to process quantitative survey data. …”
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