Safety and Efficacy Evaluation of Ultrasound Aspirators in Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors Surgery: An Experimental Study on a Swine Model by Mauro Palmieri, Alessandro Pesce, Mattia Capobianco, Massimo Corsini, Giorgia Iovannitti, Fulvio Aloj, Giuseppa Zancana, Vincenzo Esposito, Maurizio Salvati, Antonio Santoro, Gianpaolo Cantore, Alessandro Frati

“…<b>Conclusions</b>: Using ultrasonic aspirators in an animal model of intramedullary tumor surgery is safe. The main factor that resulted in the responsibility of motor function impairment is the fragmentation power.…”
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Pyrolysis Kinetic Modelling of Wheat Straw from the Pannonian Region by Ivan Pešenjanski, Biljana Miljković, Marija Vićević

“…Analysis of measurement resulting in granulation and moisture content variations shows that these factors have no significant influence. Tests of heating rate variations confirm the significance of this impact, especially in warmer regions. …”
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Temporal dependent rate-distortion optimization based on distortion backward propagation by Hongwei GUO, Ce ZHU, Xu YANG, Lei LUO

“…Rate-distortion optimization (RDO) is a crucial technique in block based hybrid video encoders.However, the widely used independent RDO is far from obtaining optimal coding performance.To improve the rate-distortion (R-D) performance of high efficiency video coding (HEVC), a temporal dependent RDO algorithm was proposed.Firstly, the formula to calculate temporal distortion propagation factor was derived by using an exponential R-D function.Then, the coding distortion and motion compensation predicted error were obtained by pre-encoding, and the temporal distortion propagation factor was estimated by using distortion backward propagation.Finally, the Lagrange multiplier and quantization parameter of coding tree unit were adaptively adjusted to optimize bit resources allocation.Experimental results show that compared with the original RDO method in HEVC under the low-delay configuration, the proposed algorithm achieves an average 4.4% bit rate reduction for all test sequences, and up to 13.0% bit rate reduction for test sequence BasketballDrill, at the same reconstructed video quality.…”
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Effect of different environmental conditions on surface crack growth in aluminum alloys by V. Shlyannikov, R. Yarullin, I. Ishtyryakov

“…For the same specimen configuration and the different crack front position as a function of cyclic loading and temperatures conditions the distributions of governing parameter of the elastic-plastic stress fields in the form of In-factor along various crack fronts was determined from numerical calculations. …”
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Temporal dependent rate-distortion optimization based on distortion backward propagation by Hongwei GUO, Ce ZHU, Xu YANG, Lei LUO

“…Rate-distortion optimization (RDO) is a crucial technique in block based hybrid video encoders.However, the widely used independent RDO is far from obtaining optimal coding performance.To improve the rate-distortion (R-D) performance of high efficiency video coding (HEVC), a temporal dependent RDO algorithm was proposed.Firstly, the formula to calculate temporal distortion propagation factor was derived by using an exponential R-D function.Then, the coding distortion and motion compensation predicted error were obtained by pre-encoding, and the temporal distortion propagation factor was estimated by using distortion backward propagation.Finally, the Lagrange multiplier and quantization parameter of coding tree unit were adaptively adjusted to optimize bit resources allocation.Experimental results show that compared with the original RDO method in HEVC under the low-delay configuration, the proposed algorithm achieves an average 4.4% bit rate reduction for all test sequences, and up to 13.0% bit rate reduction for test sequence BasketballDrill, at the same reconstructed video quality.…”
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Behavioral Consequences of Value Perception in Steam Community Market Users by Francis Barros, Ricardo Teixeira Veiga, Luiz Rodrigo Cunha Moura, André Torres Urdan, Celso Augusto de Matos

“…For this type of game, this study examines a conceptual model of user participation in purchasing virtual goods, testing the relationships between perceived value dimensions (aesthetic, functional, and economic), continued usage intention, and word-of-mouth (WOM) recommendation, with attitude as a mediating factor. …”
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Global quantitative proteome analysis of a multi-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strain by Marie-Sofie Illenseher, Marie-Sofie Illenseher, Christian Hentschker, Manuela Gesell Salazar, Larissa Milena Busch, Lisa Zierke, Alexander Reder, Stephan Michalik, Uwe Völker, Sven Hammerschmidt, Kristin Surmann

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HORMONE IMBALANCE AS A MANIFESTATION OF STRESS IN THE FORMATION OF OLIGOMENORRHEA IN TEENAGE GIRLS by В. Диннік, О. Диннік, С. Новохатська

“… Stress is currently the most significant factor contributing to reproductive function disorders and has become a major public health problem in the 21st century. …”
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Efficacy of Preoperative Autologous Blood Donation for Surgical Treatment of Thoracic Spinal Stenosis: A Propensity‐Matched Cohort Study by Junbo Qi, Yuanyu Hu, Xiaoyan Niu, Yanlei Dong, Xin Zhang, Nanfang Xu, Zhongqiang Chen, Weishi Li, Yun Tian, Chuiguo Sun

“…Univariate analysis methods were used for statistical analysis, including independent samples t‐test, Wilcoxon rank‐sum test, and chi‐square test. …”
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Hemostatic system changes predictive value in patients with ischemic brain disorders by Raičević Ranko, Jovičić Aco, Mandić-Radić Slavka, Đorđević Dragana, Magdić Bratislav, Marković Ljubo, Veljančić Dragana, Dinčić Evica, Obradović Slobodan

“…The aim of this research was to determine the importance of tracking the dynamics of changes of the hemostatic system factors (aggregation of thrombocytes, D-dimer, PAI-1, antithrombin III, protein C and protein S, factor VII and factor VIII, fibrin degradation products, euglobulin test and the activated partial thromboplastin time – aPTPV) in relation to the level of the severity of ischemic brain disorders (IBD) and the level of neurological and functional deficiency in the beginning of IBD manifestation from 7 to 10 days, 19 to 21 day, and after 3 to 6 months. …”
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Processing Speed as an Endophenotypic Marker of Paranoid Schizophrenia by Ivanka Veleva, Maya Stoimenova, Petranka Chumpalova, Kaloyan Stoychev, Lyudmil Tumbev, Mirena Valkova

“…One-hundred-eight patients with PS, 58 with FDR and 60 HCs were examined via Trail Making Tests (TMT) A and B. The influence of other additional factors as The Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), demographics and education were additionally assessed for PS. …”
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Discovery of mosquito saliva microRNAs during CHIKV infection. by Payal D Maharaj, Steven G Widen, Jing Huang, Thomas G Wood, Saravanan Thangamani

“…Five of the saliva miRNAs were tested for their potential to regulated CHIKV infection, and our results demonstrate their functional role in the transmission and establishment of infection during blood feeding on the host.…”
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Exploring the alignment between clinician-reported assessment of social autonomy and patient-reported assessment of quality of life in mood disorders: a cross-sectional study by Alexandre Fraichot, Sophie Favre, Françoise Jermann, Hélène Richard-Lepouriel

“…IntroductionPatient-reported quality of life reflects subjective factors such as well-being and autonomy, while clinicians may focus on functional capabilities. …”
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Effect of melatonin on gut microbiome and metabolomics in diabetic cognitive impairment by Ming Gao, Ming Gao, Jie Li, Jie Li, Xu Han, Beiyao Zhang, Jinting Chen, Jiadong Lang, Qiangqiang Zhang

“…This study aims to investigate the effect and mechanism of MEL in attenuating DCI in relation to regulating the gut microbiome and metabolomics.MethodsCognitive and memory function were assessed by the Morris water maze test, histopathological assessment of brain tissues, and immunoblotting of neuroinflammation and apoptosis. …”
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The cardiovascular system in patients with anthracycline cardiomiopathy by Alexandr T. Teplyakov, Sergey N. Shilov, Anna A. Popova, Elena V. Grakova, Ekaterina N. Berezikova, Maria N. Neupokoeva, Alexey V. Molokov, Kristina V. Kopeva, Vadim V. Kalyuzhin

“…On the one hand, the changes in the structural and functional parameters of the left ventricle were connected with the total dose of doxorubicin and associated with a decrease in the growth of the brachial artery diameter in the reactive hyperemia test. …”
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Numerical simulation and performance optimization of a solid-state dye-sensitized solar cell with iridium counter electrode by Bethuel S.K. Langa, Azile Nqombolo, Edson L. Meyer, Mojeed A. Agoro, Nicholas Rono

“…This study theoretically investigates Iridium (Ir) metal with work function of 5.27 eV as counter electrode in ss-DSSCs using the SCAPS-1D software. …”
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HBXIP suppression reduces cell proliferation and migration and its overexpression predicts poor prognosis in non-small-cell lung cancer by Yixuan Wang, Nan Li, Shuanlong Che, Tiefeng Jin, Junjie Piao, Shuangping Liu, Zhenhua Lin

“…Cell proliferation and migration assays were measured to evaluate the function of HBXIP in non-small-cell lung cancer cells. …”
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Buyang Huanwu Decoction promotes the neurological recovery of traumatic spinal cord injury via inhibiting apoptosis, inflammation, and oxidative stress by Xu Li, Yingjun Song, Yang Yang, Guofu Zhang

“…H2O2‐treated cells (100 µM, 6 h) were used to simulate SCI damage in vitro, which included five groups as follows: control, H2O2, H2O2+BYHWD, H2O2+MSCs, and H2O2+BYHWD+MSCs. The behavioral function was evaluated with Tarlov and inclined plated test score. …”
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Carbon-based solid lubricants: An overview by José Daniel Biasoli de Mello

“…The crystalline ordering of carbon has been identified as the main factor governing its tribological behavior. This work presents and discusses the most significant findings from an ongoing research program aimed at developing carbon-based solid lubricants. …”
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Delayed diagnosis of POEMS syndrome, how AI tools can enhance diagnostic accuracy by Max Jin, Sowbharnika Arivazhagan, Prerna Mewawalla, Santhosh Sadashiv, Arjun Lakshman

“…Earlier evaluations prior to hospitalization revealed an IgG lambda monoclonal protein, splenomegaly, papilledema, and an elevated vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) level of 10,999 pg/ml, confirming the diagnosis of POEMS syndrome. …”
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