Plasma Procalcitonin Is Useful for Predicting the Severity of Acute Cholecystitis by Saben Sakalar, Engin Ozakın, Arif Alper Cevik, Nurdan Acar, Serkan Dogan, Filiz Baloglu Kaya, Taylan Kara

“…Ninety-five patients diagnosed with acute cholecystitis, among them 48 of were male. Forty patients (42.1%) were allocated to grade 1, 19 (20%) to grade 2, and 36 (37.9%) to grade 3. …”
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Tetraploid Induction and Establishment of Breeding Stocks for All-Triploid Seed Production by Huiping Yang, Ximing Guo, John Scarpa

“…This 8-page fact sheet written by Huiping Yang, Ximing Guo, and John Scarpa and published by the UF/IFAS School of Forest Resources and Conservation, Program in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, conveys basic knowledge about tetraploid induction and breeding to commercial shellfish culturists and the general public. …”
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A pornografia como paródia: humor e crítica nos machinimas eróticos by Débora Krischke Leitão, Laura Graziela Gomes, Raira Bohrer dos Santos

“…In this article, based on our ethnographic research conducted in a 3D virtual world, we discuss the production of erotic machinima as a form of altporn. Machinima is a technique that allows the production of films in digital platforms such as games and 3D virtual worlds. …”
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Characterization and Expression of Senescence Marker in Prolonged Passages of Rat Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Noridzzaida Ridzuan, Akram Al Abbar, Wai Kien Yip, Maryam Maqbool, Rajesh Ramasamy

“…The initial phase of generation and characterization was conducted using the adherent cells from Sprague Dawley (SD) rat’s BM via morphological analysis, growth kinetics, colony forming unit capacity, immunophenotyping, and mesodermal lineage differentiation. …”
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Analysis of the status of creative tourism components in the metropolises of Tabriz as the capital of tourism in Islamic countries by Masoud Safair Pour, Yahia Jafari

“…As a result, practical solutions have been developed for using urban infrastructure to form a creative city and identify Tabriz to Islamic countries.…”
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Artificial Intelligence Models May Aid in Predicting Lymph Node Metastasis in Patients with T1 Colorectal Cancer by Ji Eun Baek, Hahn Yi, Seung Wook Hong, Subin Song, Ji Young Lee, Sung Wook Hwang, Sang Hyoung Park, Dong-Hoon Yang, Byong Duk Ye, Seung-Jae Myung, Suk-Kyun Yang, Namkug Kim, Jeong-Sik Byeon

“…We developed AI models to predict LNM using four algorithms: regularized logistic regression classifier (RLRC), random forest classifier (RFC), CatBoost classifier (CBC), and the voting classifier (VC). …”
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Sprawl Angle in Simplified Models of Vertical Climbing: Implications for Robots and Roaches by Goran A. Lynch, Lawrence Rome, Daniel E. Koditschek

“…Empirical data taken from fast climbing sprawled posture animals reveals the presence of strong lateral forces with significant pendulous swaying of the mass center trajectory in a manner captured by a recently proposed dynamical template [1, 2]. …”
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Catalytic transformation of carbon dioxide into seven-membered heterocycles and their domino transformation into bicyclic oxazolidinones by Wangyu Shi, Jordi Benet-Buchholz, Arjan W. Kleij

“…This methodology avoids the formation of thermodynamically more stable, smaller-ring by-products and has good functional group tolerance. …”
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Dalla legalità algoritmica alla legalità (dell’amministrazione) artificiale. Premesse ad uno studio by Enrico Carloni

“…L’avvento delle intelligenze artificiali, ora nella forma delle AI generative, come ChatGPT, pone problemi formidabili ed al tempo stesso offre straordinarie opportunità di miglioramento dell’azione pubblica. …”
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The digital maturity of the Russian metallurgical industry: drivers and growth challenges in the new geopolitical environment. Part I. Assessment of the innovation potential of dig... by I. S. Prokhorova, V. S. Ustinov, A. V. Elkhova

“…The purpose of the study is to determine the current level of digitalisation of metallurgical companies and to form the directions for possible development of digital technologies in the context of anti-Russian sanctions. …”
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Taking risky actions as a basis for prosecuting the officials of the business company by V. H. Zhornokui

“…It is the specific definition of the rights and obligations of persons performing the functions of the bodies of a business company, and their activities on behalf of the company in good faith and reasonably and without exceeding their powers that forms the basis for the stability of property and non-property corporate relations within the corporate governance of a business company. …”
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Dévaluation interne, politiques structurelles et réductions des déficits publics : les réponses apportées par la « troïka » sont-elles un remède aux déséquilibres externes des pays... by Francisco Serranito

“…These policies can be considered as a new form of structural adjustment programs. We show that the implementation of these structural adjustment programs in the euro area peripheral countries comes from an erroneous interpretation of the origins of the crisis of sovereign debt. …”
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Basal Cell Carcinoma Diagnosed by Dermoscopy in Dermatology Clinic of the Miguel Enríquez University Hospital by Delia María Gálvez Medina, Yurelbis Loida Lobaina Mejías, Juliette Massip Nicot, Lisbeth Fernández González, Carmen Oraida Tenorio Morión, Dayné Leyva Duthil

“…The variables used were: age, sex, skin phototype, clinical forms, dermoscopic patterns, topography of the lesion, occupation related or not to sun exposure. …”
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Fatigue behaviour of titanium dental endosseous implants by Ferdinando Felli, Daniela Pilone, Alessandro Scicutelli

“…The results of these endurance tests are summarized in the form of Wohler-type diagrams showing the duration of a specific implant for different applied loads. …”
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Research on directional control blasting technology around the rock roadway of Fangezhuang Mine by Xiaoguang YANG, Hengkai WANG, Luxiang ZHAO

“…The half eye mark rate increases with the curvature of the protective wall sleeve, and adjusting the curvature of the protective wall sleeve can improve the forming effect of the peripheral eyes.…”
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The Waste Management System in the Parking and Traders Arrangement in the Borobudur Temple Area, Central Java, Indonesia by S. Isworo, E. Jasmiene and P. S. Oetari

“…Waste will be collected at a certain site and stored temporarily in line with the technical instructions for the Minister of Environment and Forestry’s Regulation. The findings of surface water and groundwater studies demonstrate that all measured parameters continue to meet the Indonesian government’s quality thresholds. …”
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DESCRIPTION OF CHANGES IN INCREASED BODY WEIGHT IN KB PILL ACCEPTOR IN KELORARUM VILLAGE, TIKUNG SUBDISTRICT, LAMONGAN REGENCY by Amelia Mardhika, Nur Jayadi

“…The sampling technique used was consecutive sampling with a sample of 25 people collecting data with checklists, the collected data was tabulated and presented in the form of frequency tables and narratives. Results: The results in this study were acceptors who experienced changes in body weight mostly increased by 56%, acceptors with a fixed weight of 24%, while acceptors who experienced weight loss were 20%. …”
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Assessing the impact of antimicrobial resistance policies on antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance-associated mortality in children and adults in low and middle-income countr... by Günther Fink, Jay Patel, Kyaw Zay Ya

“…In recent years, many low and middle-income countries (LMICs) have implemented policies to optimise antibiotic use in both formal and informal healthcare settings. However, there is limited evidence on the effectiveness of these national efforts in LMICs.Methods We investigated the empirical relationship between national policies aimed at restricting antibiotic use and actual antibiotic consumption in 138 LMICs. …”
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Enhancing Rehabilitation Assessment with Artificial Intelligence: A Comprehensive Investigation of Posture Quality Prediction Using Machine Learning by Zhang Wenxi

“…AI techniques, including Support Vector Machines (SVM), decision trees, random forests, Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN), and Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN), show great potential in improving the accuracy and personalization of rehabilitation assessment. …”
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A minimalist cardio-oncology service: A personal experience from Wales by Riaz Muhammad Hamza, Barrington Craig, Ionescu Adrian

“…Cardio-oncology is intensely ‘hyped’ in cardiology circles, and there are good reasons for advocating a formal integration of the 2 specialties, but so far evidence of a benefit from the collaboration has not emerged. …”
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