OA-MEN: a fusion deep learning approach for enhanced accuracy in knee osteoarthritis detection and classification using X-Ray imaging by Xiaolu Ren, Xiaolu Ren, Lingxuan Hou, Shan Liu, Peng Wu, Siming Liang, Haitian Fu, Chengquan Li, Ting Li, Yongjing Cheng

“…BackgroundKnee osteoarthritis (KOA) constitutes the prevailing manifestation of arthritis. …”
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Severe Aplastic Anemia Complicated with Fatal Invasive Fungal Infections in a Young Patient Harboring Perforin Gene Polymorphisms by Maria I. Krithinaki, Ioannis Kokkinakis, Styliani Markatzinou, Christos Masaoutis, Elena Solomou, Ioanna Papakitsou, Nektaria Xirouchaki, Ioannis Liapis, Helen A. Papadaki, Charalampos G. Pontikoglou

“…Infections, especially invasive fungal infections such as mucormycosis and aspergillosis, constitute principal causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with SAA. …”
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Stress-dependent activation of the Listeria monocytogenes virulence program ensures bacterial resilience during infection by Mariya Lobanovska, Ying Feng, Jonathan Zhang, Allison H. Williams, Daniel A. Portnoy

“…We show that the heterogeneity of the stressosome mutants cannot be rescued by constitutive activation of PrfA. These data defined the importance of the stressosome in controlling bacterial homogeneity and characterized the function of the stressosome in robust virulence activation during infection. …”
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Immunohistochemical analysis of microglial changes in the experimental acute hepatic encephalopathy by T. V. Shulyatnikova

“…Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a syndrome of impaired brain function in patients with advanced liver failure and it manifests in form of psychometric tests alterations up to decreased consciousness and coma. …”
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Comportamento morfofisiológico da mamoneira BRS Energia submetida à irrigação com água salina Morphophysiological behavior of castor bean BRS Energia submitted to irrigation with s... by João B. dos Santos, Delfran B. dos Santos, Carlos A. V. de Azevedo, Alex M. Rebequi, Lourival F. Cavalcante, Ítalo H. L. Cavalcante

“…<br>An experiment was conducted at the experimental station of Irrigation and Drainage of the Instituto Federal Baiano, to evaluate the growth variables of the castor bean BRS Energia as a function of salinity of irrigation water in lysimeters. …”
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Surgical treatment of the ischemic heart disease with lowered contractility of left ventricle and mitral valve insufficiency by S. A. Rudenko, A. V. Rudenko, Yu. V. Kaschenko, V. P. Zakharova

“…The patients’ age have constituted 29 - 83 yrs old, (61.1 ± 8.9) yrs old at average. …”
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Effect of Traditional East Asian Medicinal herbal tea (HT002) on insomnia: a randomized controlled pilot study by Sujeong Mun, Siwoo Lee, Kihyun Park, Sang-Jae Lee, Byung-Hee Koh, Younghwa Baek

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The implications of frailty in older adults with epilepsy by Syeda Amrah Hashmi, Seerat Sachdeva, Udeept Sindhu, Carolyn Tsai, Kalyanchakradhar Bonda, Mark Keezer, Ifrah Zawar, Vineet Punia

“…Abstract Older adults constitute a large proportion of people with epilepsy (PWE) due to the changing demographics worldwide and epilepsy's natural history. …”
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Extraction of individual tree attributes using ultra-high-density point clouds acquired by low-cost UAV-LiDAR in Eucalyptus plantations by Mei Zhou, Chungan Li, Zhen Li

“…Context Eucalyptus plantation forests constitute the largest expanse of planted broad-leaved forests worldwide. …”
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Features of postconcussion symptoms recovery after traumatic brain injury among military personnel by A. V. Shvets, A. Yu. Kikh, I. A. Lukianchuk

“…Among individuals with postconcussion syndrome, the functioning of non-specific brain systems was found to be impaired making dysregulation changes in the electrical activity of the brain stable and long-lasting. …”
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Stimuli Selection Criteria for the Experiment “Visual Perception of Imitative Words in Native and Non-Native Language by the Method Lexical Decision” by M. A. Flaksman, Yu. V. Lavitskaya, Yu. G. Sedelkina, L. O. Tkacheva

“…The group of real words is constituted of two sub-groups: 32 imitative words and 32 non-imitative words. …”
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Online Occupational Therapy as a Rehabilitation Intervention for Parkinson’s Disease: A Systematized Review by Antigoni Kountoura, Thomas Tegos, Marianthi Arnaoutoglou, Magdalini Tsolaki

“…This review aimed to evaluate the effects of online OT interventions on functional outcomes and QoL of patients with PD. <b>Methods</b>: This review employed a systematized approach, guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) framework, though it did not constitute a full systematic review or meta-analysis. …”
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Inferring Mechanical Properties of Wire Rods via Transfer Learning Using Pre-Trained Neural Networks by Adriany A. F. Eduardo, Gustavo A. S. Martinez, Ted W. Grant, Lucas B. S. Da Silva, Wei-Liang Qian

“…The neural network’s input constitutes combined numerical and visual data, and its architecture primarily consists of seven dense layers and eight convolutional layers. …”
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Essential service accessibility and contribution to quality of life: a systematic review by Sarah M Wood, Kira Page, Emma Baker, Hannah Beks, Marley J Binder, Marcus Blake, Vincent L Versace, Neil T Coffee

“…However, there is currently a lack of consensus on what constitutes an essential service in Australia. This gap hinders a detailed spatial understanding of essential service provision, access, and influence on populations. …”
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Neural Network Ensemble to Detect Dicentric Chromosomes in Metaphase Images by Ignacio Atencia-Jiménez, Adayabalam S. Balajee, Miguel J. Ruiz-Gómez, Francisco Sendra-Portero, Alegría Montoro, Miguel A. Molina-Cabello

“…Further, dicentric chromosome scoring constitutes a bottleneck when several hundreds of samples need to be analyzed for dose estimation in the aftermath of large-scale radiological/nuclear incident(s). …”
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Nuclear receptor CAR represses TNFalpha-induced cell death by interacting with the anti-apoptotic GADD45B. by Yukio Yamamoto, Rick Moore, Richard A Flavell, Binfeng Lu, Masahiko Negishi

“…PB activates nuclear xenobiotic receptor Constitutive Active/Androstane Receptor (CAR; NR1I3) and this activation is shown to determine PB promotion of HCC in mice. …”
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Characterization of Novel Multifunctional Xylanase from Rumen Metagenome and Its Effects on In Vitro Microbial Fermentation of Wheat Straw by Moguang Zhang, Qinghua Qiu, Xianghui Zhao, Kehui Ouyang, Chanjuan Liu

“…The enzyme’s various functions responded uniquely to metal ions; notably, the addition of 5 mM K⁺ significantly boosted the activities of xylanase, exoglucanase, and endoglucanase by 55.5%, 53.5%, and 16.4%, respectively, without affecting its acetyl esterase activity. …”
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The impact of vision impairment on depressive symptoms among older adults: The mediating role of dispositional optimism. by Xi Ji, Yujie Zhang

“…<h4>Background</h4>Vision impairment, beyond constituting a sensory deficit, fundamentally disrupts older adults' autonomy, emotional regulation, and social participation. …”
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Maladaptive state reinforcement of greenspace in racially marginalized neighborhoods: lessons from Louisville, Kentucky’s failed cooperative extension partnership by Daniel A DeCaro, Emmanuel Frimpong Boamah, Mary A Rudolph, Gifty Amma Adusei

“…They impose responsibility on subordinate production agents under a guise of “polycentric self-governance,” without granting sufficient constitutional, administrative, or fiscal authority to function effectively. …”
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An Efficient Process for the Management of the Deterioration and Conservation of Architectural Heritage: The HBIM Project of the Duomo of Molfetta (Italy) by Enrique Nieto-Julián, Silvana Bruno, Juan Moyano

“…To make multidisciplinary conservation work more flexible, specific properties have been created for the identification and analysis of the degradation detected in the structures, with the HBIM project constituting a manager of the control and inspection activities. …”
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