Effective reduction of unnecessary biopsies through a deep-learning-assisted aggressive prostate cancer detector by Nuno M. Rodrigues, José Guilherme de Almeida, Ana Sofia Castro Verde, Ana Mascarenhas Gaivão, Carlos Bireiro, Inês Santiago, Joana Ip, Sara Belião, Celso Matos, Leonardo Vanneschi, Manolis Tsiknakis, Kostas Marias, Daniele Regge, Sara Silva, The ProCAncer-I Consortium, Nickolas Papanikolaou

“…These tests are often invasive, requiring either a biopsy (Gleason score and ISUP) or blood tests (PSA). Computational methods have been shown to help this process, using multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) data to detect PCa, effectively providing value during the diagnosis and monitoring stages. …”
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Enhancing Voice Activity Detection for an Elderly-Centric Self-Learning Conversational Robot Partner in Noisy Environments by Subashkumar Rajanayagam, Max Andreas Ingrisch, Pascal Müller, Patrick Jahn, Stefan Twieg

“…In contrast, traditional lightweight rule-based VAD methods tend to yield higher recall but at the expense of precision. …”
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“We’ve wanted to vaccinate against it and now we can”: views of respiratory syncytial virus disease and immunisation held by caregivers of Aboriginal children in Perth, Western Aus... by Samantha J. Carlson, Charlie Holland, Valerie Swift, Catherine Hughes, Peter Richmond, Hannah C. Moore

“…We conducted a pilot qualitative study identifying disease knowledge and willingness to immunise following the changing immunisation landscape for infant RSV in 2024. Methods: Yarning groups were held with a convenience sample of parents/carers of Aboriginal children attending playgroup at a metropolitan Aboriginal Health Service in Western Australia. …”
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Potentially Toxic Elements and Health Risk Assessment in Farmland Systems around High-Concentrated Arsenic Coal Mining in Xingren, China by Ying-ju Li, Zhi-kang Wang, Fan-xin Qin, Zhi-qing Fang, Xin-li Li, Gang Li

“…As the age of the subject increased, the concentration of As also increased in all three biological samples. The risk assessment for the mean hazard index value from the consumption of local food crops was 14.81, indicating that consumers may experience adverse, noncarcinogenic health effects. …”
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Adsorption and Desorption Characteristics of Cd(II) Ions onto the Adsorbent Derived from Algae by Shunsuke Aizawa, Ryusei Machida, Yoshimasa Amano, Motoi Machida

“…Then, practicality and reusability of CBA were examined by researching the adsorption/desorption performance of Cd(II) in batch and column methods. In batch method, the amount of 1st adsorption in CBA-S was highest (0.95 mmol/g) and more than twice CBA-Z series. …”
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Inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of the Chinese version of the short orientation–memory–concentration test in people with stroke by Jiang-Li Zhao, Pei-Ming Chen, Tao Zhang, Hao Xie, Yu-Shu Zhang, Shamay S. M. Ng, Yu-Rong Mao, Yu-Rong Mao, Dong-Feng Huang, Dong-Feng Huang

“…PurposeThis study aimed to use three statistical methods to investigate the inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of the Chinese version of the Short Orientation-Memory-Concentration Test (C-SOMC) for people who have had a stroke.MethodsForty-four participants (31 men and 13 women) with a mean age of 59.05 ± 10.79 years who have had experienced a single episode of stroke were enrolled in this study. …”
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A Stochastic Learning Algorithm for Machine Fault Diagnosis by Zhipeng Dong, Yucheng Liu, Jianshe Kang, Shaohui Zhang

“…To further prove the superiority of the SL method, we conducted two sets of experiments on the wind turbine gearbox and the benchmark dataset. …”
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A preparation technology of volatile components in Linggui Zhugan decoction based on the transfer of cinnamaldehyde and its anti-gastric ulcer effect by Ling Li, Nan Wang, Xiaolong Fan, Ning He, Tong Zhang

“…Purpose: This study aims to preserve the volatile components of Linggui Zhugan (LGZG) decoction, offering an experimental foundation for subsequent preparations efforts. Methods: Two modern sample preparation processes were compared with the traditional method approach using HPLC fingerprints. …”
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Domestic scale vermicomposting for solid waste management by Meghdad Pirsaheb, Touba Khosravi, Kiomars Sharafi

“…Background: Vermicomposting has recently been recognized as one of the most appropriate methods to stabilize organic waste. In terms of a system for waste management, vermicomposting is sustainable, economically viable, and without detrimental effects to human health or to the environment. …”
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Penerapann Teori Progresivisme dalam Meningkatkan Mutu Pembelajaran Siswa SD Negeri Tegallega 1 Cipanas by Maman Suherman, Suharyanto H. Soro, Lastri Lestiawati, Ari Kukuh Kuntari

“…The researchers used a qualitative research method. While the data collection method used observation and interview methods. …”
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Impact of eye fundus image preprocessing on key objects segmentation for glaucoma identification by Sandra Virbukaitė, Jolita Bernatavičienė

“…In most research cases, experiments were conducted on individual data sets only and the results were obtained for that specific data sample. …”
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Biological Effects of Combining Ethanol Extract of Mord Leaf With Olive Oil on the Expression of Selected Growth Factors in Wound Healing of Male BALB/c Mice by Farkhondeh Nemati, Rohullah Abdullahpour, Samaneh Soleymani Rad, Hajar Poorali, Fatemeh Ghahari

“…On days 5, 10, 15, four mice from each group were randomly sacrificed and their skin samples were collected from the wound site. The real-time PCR method was used to measure the expression of four genes in the wound site. …”
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Curriculum-Guided Adversarial Learning for Enhanced Robustness in 3D Object Detection by Jinzhe Huang, Yiyuan Xie, Zhuang Chen, Ye Su

“…Moreover, to further alleviate this issue, an adaptive variant of focal loss was formulated, effectively directing the model’s attention to challenging objects during the training process. Extensive experiments demonstrate that the proposed CGAL achieves an improvement of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>0.8</mn><mo>∼</mo><mn>2.5</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> percentage points in mean average precision (mAP) compared to conventional training methods, and the models trained with Adv-KITTI have shown an enhancement of at least 15 percentage points in mAP, compellingly testifying to the effectiveness of our method.…”
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DETERMINING THE NUTRIENTS CHANGES AFTER UNDERGOING NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING AND COOKING ASSISTANCE AMONG T2DM OUTPATIENTS IN MALANG CITY, INDONESIA by Rany Adelina, Awalia Nanda Arianto, Sabrina Julietta Arisanty, Rafika Aprillia, Wisnowan Hendy Saputra, Risa Mafaza, Khairuddin Khairuddin, Tapriadi Tapriadi, Rathi Paramastri

“…Subjects were recruited using a 'quota sampling' technique. The design of this study is a quasi-experiment study using a comparison of the control (n=32)-treatment group (n=38). …”
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The association of alliance, the bond with the treatment team, and group cohesion with self-esteem and quality of life in day clinic treatment of depression by Catherine Irniger, Johannes Vetter, Franziska Mürner, Steffi Weidt, Erich Seifritz, Martin grosse Holtforth, Rainer Krähenmann

“…Thus, the aim of the analysis was to examine the potentially beneficial association of different types of relationships with outcome in day clinic treatment of depression. Methods: The relationships were assessed with the Inpatient and Day-Clinic Experience Scale (IDES) including the subscales bond with the psychotherapist, bond with the treatment team, and group cohesion. …”
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In vivo activation of coagulation during human liver transplantation is associated with activation of the intrinsic pathway: an observational cohort study by Fynn L. Elvers, Jelle Adelmeijer, Sarah Bos, Coen Maas, William Bernal, Ton Lisman

“…Objectives: As the hemostatic mechanisms underlying the thrombotic risk in these patients are incompletely studied, we aimed to identify the extent of in vivo activation of coagulation in relation to the activation of the intrinsic and extrinsic pathways. Methods: We studied plasma samples before, during, and after surgery from patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT; n = 20), partial hepatectomy (n = 20), and pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy (PPPD; n = 20). …”
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APPROACHES TO ASSESSING FACTORS OF CONSUMER BEHAVIOR by I. P. Lapteva, L. N. Trusova, E. N. Grishina

“…All indicators are calculated based on representative samples according to the methods tested in the world for a long time. …”
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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Lifestyle Behavior and Clinical Care Pathway Management in Type 2 Diabetes: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study by Giovanni Cangelosi, Stefano Mancin, Paola Pantanetti, Marco Sguanci, Sara Morales Palomares, Alessia De Luca, Federico Biondini, Francesco Tartaglia, Gaetano Ferrara, Fabio Petrelli

“…The objective was to evaluate the perceptions of patients with T2D regarding the quality of care received during the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact on dietary and physical activity behaviors. <i>Materials and Methods</i>: We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional survey. …”
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Effects of wetting events on mass timber surface microbial communities and VOC emissions: implications for building operation and occupant well-being by Gwynne Á. Mhuireach, Susan Collins, Leslie Dietz, Patrick Finn Horve, Aurélie Laguerre, Dale Northcutt, Jason Stenson, Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg, Elliott Gall, Mark Fretz

“…Natural uncoated wood also produces VOCs, some of which may have intrinsic antimicrobial effects.MethodsIn this study, we inoculated coated and uncoated cross- laminated timber (CLT) blocks with a mock microbial community and isolated each block within individual sealed microcosms. …”
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Post-COVID-19 manifestations among college students: shedding the light on young adults’ health by Areej Abed Alkhormani, Reema Abdullah Alghamdi, Yara Abdulaziz Damdam, Maria Eissa Almaghrabi, Faisal F. Alamri, Muhammad Anwar Khan, Alqassem Y. Hakami

“…The study used a non-probability convenience sampling technique, and the sample size was calculated to be 464. …”
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