The attitudes of medical students towards rare diseases: A cross-sectional study by Medić Branislava, Divac Nevena, Stopić Bojan, Savić-Vujović Katarina, Glišić Andreja, Cerovac Nataša, Stojanović Radan, Srebro Dragana, Prostran Milica

“…In this cross-sectional study, two samples of students were questioned for a survey: 350/446 (78.48%) students of the 3rd year, and 242/517 (46.81%) students of the 6th year. …”
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Ketamine treatment for depression in elderly inpatients: an observational case series by Benedikt Römer, Stian Maroni, Espen Fevang, Henrik Bjørgaas Helle, Lowan H. Stewart, Dag Aarsland, Audun Osland Vik-Mo

“…Introduction: Treatment-resistant depression (TRD) in elderly patients is a challenging issue, with limited options beyond electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). …”
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Impact of the aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) gene testing on alcohol drinking behaviors among the Chinese Han population: study protocol of a single-center, open-label, randomize... by Dongli Lu, Yingneng Wen, Kaijun Liao, Qiulian Lu, Shiqin Wu, Lin Fang, Zhenghua Jiang, Zhaochun Wu

“…All participants are randomized into the interventional and control groups, and both groups are given alcohol consumption health education. In addition, blood samples are collected from participants in the interventional group for ALDH2 gene testing, with testing reports issued, while ALDH2 gene testing is not performed in the control group. …”
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Enhancing the Properties of Concrete with the Incorporation of Recycled Polypropylene Plastic by Jasim Alnahas, Abderrahim Lakhouit, Majed Alnchiwati, Masaud Albalawi, Abdelrahman Elrazzaz, Naif Alanzi, Abdulaziz Alghamdi, Ahmed H. A. Yassin, Hassan M. Hijry

“…This study explores the integration of recycled polypropylene (PP) plastic (PL) pellets into concrete mixtures, to evaluate their impact on compressive strength, workability, and weight reduction. Concrete samples were prepared by replacing conventional aggregates with PL pellets at varying percentages (1%, 3%, and 5%) by weight. …”
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Unraveling metabolic shifts in peach under agrochemical treatments during flower bud endodormancy in the context of global warming by Jesús Guillamón Guillamón, José Enrique Yuste, Jesús López-Alcolea, Federico Dicenta, Raquel Sánchez-Pérez

“…IntroductionIn Mediterranean areas like Spain, global warming has endangered stone fruit production by reducing chill accumulation, leading to significant agronomical and economical losses. To mitigate this issue, agrochemicals have been applied for decades to promote endodormancy release and initiate flowering. …”
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Isolation, Characterization, and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Escherichiacoli from Breeder Superior Native Chicken (KUB)in Yogyakarta, Indonesia by Widodo Suwito, Andriani, Roza Azizah Primatika, Elisabet Tangkonda, Roza Primatika

“…Colibacillosis remains a prevalent issue in breeder superior native chickens (KUB). …”
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Urinary Tract Infections, Associated Risk Factors and Antibacterial Susceptibility Profile Among Pregnant Women in Central Ethiopia by Ketema Bizuwork Gebremedhin, Haile Alemayehu, Girmay Medhin, Wondwossen Amogne, Katarina Slaba, Girma Belay, Shubhada Bopegamage, Tadesse Eguale

“…In addition to anemia, urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common pregnancy issue that affects the health of the mother and her fetus. …”
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Extraction of Building Construction Time Using the LandTrendr Model With Monthly Landsat Time Series Data by Tengyun Hu, Meng Zhang, Xuecao Li, Tinghai Wu, Qiwei Ma, Jianneng Xiao, Xieqin Huang, Jinchen Guo, Yangchun Li, Donglie Liu

“…However, acquiring building construction time remains challenging due to limited observations with multiple changes. To address this issue, we applied a monthly time series of remote sensing images and the LandTrendr change detection algorithm to extract building construction times. …”
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LncRNA C5orf64 polymorphisms (rs12518552 and rs2950218) decreases pulmonary tuberculosis susceptibility by Shilin Xu, Baoping Hu, Dongfeng Zhang, Jing Wang, Xue He, Yongjun He, Yuhe Wang

“…Background Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) remains a significant global health issue, with genetic factors playing a crucial role in susceptibility. …”
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Structural Explanation of Urban Tourism Development Challenges in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Cities by Arash Fazeli, Nafiseh Marsousi, Mohsen Saghaei

“…Using Cochran's formula, a sample size of 270 participants was determined and selected through accessible sampling methods. …”
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Predicting Suspended Sediment Transport in Urbanised Streams: A Case Study of Dry Creek, South Australia by Tesfa Gebrie Andualem, Guna A. Hewa, Baden R. Myers, John Boland, Stefan Peters

“…Sediment transport in urban streams is a critical environmental issue, with significant implications for water quality, ecosystem health, and infrastructure management. …”
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Impacts of trehalose supplementation on ruminal microbiota and productivity of Japanese Black heifers under heat-stressed conditions by Yasuhiro Morita, Akihisa Mukaiyama, Seiji Inoue, Kazuhisa Mukai, Shuichi Matsuyama, Satoshi Ohkura

“…Improving cattle management under such conditions is an urgent issue. Trehalose can ameliorate volatile fatty acid production and the diversity of ruminal microbiota in dairy cattle. …”
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Jurassic Terrestrial Shale Gas Potential of the Northern Kashi Sag in the Tarim Basin, Northwestern China by Wei Wu, Zhiwei Liao, Honghan Chen, Shaohu Li, Ao Su, Irshad Hussain, Niubin Zhao

“…Evaluation of terrestrial shale gas resource potential is a hot issue in unconventional oil and gas exploration. …”
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The Effect of Bi Addition on the Electromigration Properties of Sn-3.0Ag-0.5Cu Lead-Free Solder by Huihui Zhang, Zhefeng Xu, Yan Wang, Caili Tian, Changzeng Fan, Satoshi Motozuka, Jinku Yu

“…As electronic packaging technology advances towards miniaturization and integration, the issue of electromigration (EM) in lead-free solder joints has become a significant factor affecting solder joint reliability. …”
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Optimizing IoT intrusion detection with cosine similarity based dataset balancing and hybrid deep learning by Arvind Prasad, Wael Mohammad Alenazy, Naved Ahmad, Gauhar Ali, Hanaa A. Abdallah, Sadique Ahmad

“…Training models on such skewed data leads to a bias toward majority-class patterns, reducing their ability to detect intrusions effectively. To address this issue, this work introduces CSMCR (Cosine Similarity-based Majority Class Reduction), a novel technique that selectively removes redundant majority-class samples while preserving dataset integrity. …”
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Weight bias in mental health settings: a scoping review by Samantha R. Philip, Erin C. Standen, Jordan Schueler, Sherecce A. Fields, Sean M. Phelan, Sean M. Phelan

“…Qualitative studies from client samples revealed experiences of weight stigma during treatment, including MHPs’ expressions of implicit and explicit weight bias, assumptions and misattributions based on the clients’ weight, unsolicited (direct or subtle) weight loss advice, and differential treatment based on size. …”
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High-precision lung cancer subtype diagnosis on imbalanced exosomal data via Exo-LCClassifier by Siyu Zhan, Siyu Zhan, Hao Yu, Shuang Liu, Ke Qin, Lu Guo

“…Next, the enhanced WGAN was applied to augment the dataset, addressing the issue of sample imbalance and increasing the diversity of effective samples. …”
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Construction and Validation of a PCA-Based Prediction Model for Preterm Infant Stunting Risk: A Retrospective Study by Kun Dai, Rong Yu, Yushi Meng, Xiaomeng Yang, Yixin Jiang, Jing Luo, Kui Fang, Suqing Wang, Zhihui Rong

“…Objectives: Developmental delay in preterm infants is a critical clinical issue, and early risk identification and prediction are essential. …”
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Biodiverse Green Schoolyards on Child BMI z-Score and Physical Metrics: A Pilot Quasi-Experimental Study by Bo H. W. van Engelen, Lore Verheyen, Bjorn Winkens, Michelle Plusquin, Onno C. P. van Schayck

“…<b>Background:</b> Childhood obesity is a significant public health issue linked to poor diet, low physical activity, and limited access to supportive environments. …”
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MRA-YOLOv8: A Network Enhancing Feature Extraction Ability for Photovoltaic Cell Defects by Nannan Wang, Siqi Huang, Xiangpeng Liu, Zhining Wang, Yi Liu, Zhe Gao

“…Moreover, to tackle the issue of data imbalance, we propose generating synthetic defect data via generative adversarial networks (GANs), which can supplement the limited defect samples and improve the model’s generalization ability.…”
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