Correlation between Age and Surgical Approach for Thoracic and Lumbar Hemivertebra by Alexandrina Nikova, Varvara Chatzipaulou, Belkis Malkots, Reichan Molla Mustafa, Christina Valsamidou, Theodosis Birbilis

“…Its management is surgical and it is of great importance for the physician to choose the right approach at the right time, due to its deteriorative prognosis. Methods Due to the interest of the subject, the authors investigated the world literature between 1990 and 2018 and found 45 articles, reporting thoracic, thoracolumbar, and lumbar HV in children and its postsurgical outcome, aiming to show whether the approaches are equal in terms of the final outcome. …”
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Security Enhancement for Smartphone Using Biometrics in Cyber-Physical Systems by Seung-Hoon Chae, Daesung Moon, Kyeong-Ri Ko, JuHyun Shin, Sung Bum Pan

“…To evaluate the proposed minutiae-ridge based fingerprint verification performance in smartphones, its performance was compared with existing fingerprint verification methods in terms of Equal Error Rate (EER), False Non-Match Rate (FNMR), and required number of cycles. …”
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Pharmacoeconomic analysis of tiotropium bromide and olodaterol fixed combination as maintenance therapy for patients with COPD in the Russian Federation by S. V. Nedogoda, M. Yu. Frolov, A. S. Salasyuk, I. N. Barykina, V. O. Smirnova

“…A fixed combination T+O is a preferred efficient option for maintenance triple treatment for patients with COPD in comparison with other drugs from VEDL, because it is associated with lower total costs and equal efficacy.…”
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Intelligent fault tolerance control using long short-term memory for efficient system performance under fault conditions by Mostafa H. El-Mahdy, Abdelrahman O. Ali, O. H. Hassan, Eman M. El-Gendy, Mahmoud M. Saafan

“…The training process reaches 6553 iterations with Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) equal to $$\:5\times\:{10}^{-3}$$ at six minutes and 17 s. …”
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Towards fair lights: A multi-agent masked deep reinforcement learning for efficient corridor-level traffic signal control by Xiaocai Zhang, Lok Sang Chan, Neema Nassir, Majid Sarvi

“…The method extends the hybrid soft-actor-critic architecture to optimize green light timings for intersections across a corridor network, fostering a balance between vehicle flow and pedestrian movements with an emphasis on humanism, fairness, and equality. …”
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Recovering Pulsar Braking Index from a Population of Millisecond Pulsars by A. L. Hewitt, M. Pitkin, I. M. Hook

“…For a pulsar spinning down due to gravitational-wave emission from the principal mass quadrupole mode alone, the braking index would equal exactly 5. Unfortunately, for millisecond pulsars, it can be hard to measure observationally due to the extremely small second time derivative of the rotation frequency, $\ddot{f}$ . …”
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Assess Spatial Equity Considering the Similarity Between GIS-Based Supply and Demand Maps: A New Framework with Case Study in Beijing by Xiatong Hao, Xiaojian Hu, Ke Zhang, Qian Chen

“…Spatial equity is a critical issue that the supply allocation should align with the level of demand, enabling all community members to equally benefit from the city’s resources and opportunities, yet commonly used assessment methods have inherent limitations. …”
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Significance of exome sequencing for diagnosis of epilepsy in children by T. V. Kozhanova, S. S. Zhilina, T. I. Meshheryakova, K. V. Osipova, S. O. Ayvazyan, A. G. Prityko

“…Around 70–80% of epilepsy cases have a hereditary component.Aim: to identify the genetic factors of pharmacoresistant epilepsy in children.Materials and methods. Fifty two patients with epilepsy and psychomotor / speech retardation were examined. …”
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Self-Training Can Reduce Detection False Alarm Rate of High-Resolution Imaging Sonar by Jingqi Han, Yue Fan, Zheng He, Zhenhang You, Peng Zhang, Zhengliang Hu

“…The results show that, under the conditions of equal or higher recall rates, this method can reduce the false alarm rate by 3.91% and 18.50% on 240 kHz and 450 kHz sonar images, respectively, compared to traditional transfer learning methods.…”
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Improving Financial Sustainability Through Effective Credit Risk Management and Human Talent Development in Microfinance Institutions by Fabricio Miguel Moreno-Menéndez, Vicente González-Prida, Diana Pariona-Amaya, Victoriano Eusebio Zacarías-Rodríguez, Víctor Zacarías-Vallejos, Sara Ricardina Zacarías-Vallejos, Luis Alberto Aguilar-Cuevas, Lisette Paola Campos-Carpena

“…Both qualitative and quantitative research methods allow this study to investigate credit risk management strategies while examining policies for inclusivity plus incentive plans along with debt portfolio selection efficiency. …”
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Comparing the Effect of Strengthening the Square Lumbar Muscle in Increasing the Record Number of Squats of Volleyball Players in Ardabil Province by Amir Jafarnezhadgero, Mehrdad Moharramzadeh, Aydin Ali Khiavi, Farzad Nobakht

“…The aim of the present study was to compare the effect of strengthening the lumbar quadriceps muscle in increasing the record number of squats of male volleyball players in Ardabil province. Methods: A total of 60 healthy volleyball athletes from Ardabil province were randomly divided into two equal groups of 30 intervention and control. …”
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Efficiency of regional catheter-guided thrombolysis in treatment of late total and subtotal deep vein thrombosis by B. S. Sukovatykh, A. V. Sereditsky, V. F. Muradyan, A. M. Azarov, M. B. Sukovatykh, A. R. Khachatryan, A. A. Lapinas

“…The  OBJECTIVE   was   to  assess the  effectiveness  of  the  developed  method  for  treating   DVT  with  fibrinolytic agent injection  via  a  catheter with  multiple  openings along  the  length  of  entire  thrombus.METHODS  AND MATERIALS. …”
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Comparative analysis of zonisamide and topiramate use in treatment of pediatric epilepsy in real clinical practice: the results of a retrospective study and related clinical cases by O. A. Rakhmanina, E. V. Levitina, E. B. Khramova, O. L. Keln, V. A. Zmanovskaya

“…Comparative study of antiepileptic drugs allows to make the optimal choice in therapy.The aim of the study: a comparative analysis of the administration of two similar by chemical structure antiepileptic drugs (zonisamide and topiramate) in the outpatient practice in epilepsy in children, taking into account the efficacy and tolerability.Materials and methods. A retrospective analysis of outpatient charts of equal in number (n = 18) groups of patients with different forms of epilepsy treated with zonisamide and topiramate in monotherapy and in combined therapy was carried out.Results. …”
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COMPARISON OF THE ORIGINAL (PLAVIx) AND GENERIC (CLAPITAx) CLOPIDOGREL ON PLATELET  AGGREGATION: ObSERVATIONAL STUDY by A. S. Skotnikov, Zh. M. Sizova, A. N. Baglikov, O. G. Rozhnova, N. I. Novitsky

“…To compare antiplatelet activeness of the original clopidogrel and its generic, and to evaluate the routine practice of antiplatelet drugs intake by clinically stable patients aiming prevention of atherothrombosis.Material and methods. Total number of patients that have been taking clopidogrel: 186, of those at outpatient stage 54 on original clopidogrel, the rest 132 on generic. …”
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Integrated Machine Learning Models for Bakery Product Defect Prediction by Nataliia Zaiets, Nataliia Lutska, Lidiia Vlasenko

“…The article also proposes different methods for adjusting the values of control variables based on historical data. …”
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Clinical mimickers of epidermoid cyst in scalp: a retrospective histopathological study by Kasturi Kshitija, Ruchi Nagpal, Seethamsetty Saritha, V.Vijay Sreedhar

“…The mean age of the patient was 35-years with an equal sex ratio. The commonest location was the parietal region (41.37%). …”
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Disabled Employees as A Vulnerable Group in the Labor Market and Mobbing: A Qualitative Research in Tokat Province by Elif Özlem Özçatal, Umur Aşkın

“…Mobbing affects the effective and equal participation of disabled people at work and hinders their permanent presence in the labor market. …”
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Waiting Time Distribution of Supra-arcade Downflows by Zichao Yang, Rui Liu

“…In six of the seven flares, the SADs are identified and tracked in previous studies by two different methods, and in the seventh flare, they are identified and tracked by our optimized manual method. …”
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Project-based blended learning for vocational education: Enhancing digital marketing competencies and team spirit by Linxi Tan, Thanin Ratanaolarn, Kanyarat Sriwisathiyakun

“…The research employs a quasi-experimental design with 90 students from Tongren Polytechnic College, Guizhou, China, divided equally into experimental and control groups. The experimental group followed the PjBBL model. …”
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Applying the NHS restorative dentistry index of treatment need to clinical decision-making in Saudi Arabia by Raghad A. Al-Dabbagh, Abdulelah J. Alrasheedy, Mohammed K. Jawi, Afaf A. Almabadi, Osama M. Felemban

“…The objective of this study was to test, via structured training, the usability and utility of the IOTN as a screening tool for referral and management of patients attending [King Abdulaziz University Faculty of Dentistry (KAUFD)], Saudi Arabia. Methods: In this prospective, interventional study, one hundred and fourteen participants (38 sixth-year dental students, 44 interns, and 32 general dentists) were equally and randomly assigned to either receive training on the IOTN or no training. …”
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