Arouse-Net: Enhancing Glioblastoma Segmentation in Multi-Parametric MRI with a Custom 3D Convolutional Neural Network and Attention Mechanism by Haiyang Li, Xiaozhi Qi, Ying Hu, Jianwei Zhang

“…Glioblastoma, a highly aggressive brain tumor, is challenging to diagnose and treat due to its variable appearance and invasiveness. Traditional segmentation methods are often limited by inter-observer variability and the lack of annotated datasets. …”
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Can Highway Networks Promote Productivity? Evidence from China by Yumei Lin, Junpei Huang

“…Second, to further explore the mechanism at work, we apply market potential approach to examine its effect on productivity. It is found that on average, the enhanced market potential induced by highway construction in China positively affect enterprise productivity. …”
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Is the Family Health Center Professionals’ Knowledge Level About Child Abuse and Neglect Sufficent? A Comprehensive Field Study by Serdar Deniz, Muhammet Bayraktar, Tufan Nayir, Elçin Balcı, Feyza İnceoğlu

“…Materials and methods: In this study, a 67-item scale with a Cronbach’s alpha value of 0.92 was used. …”
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Potential to recover a record of Holocene climate and sea ice from Müller Ice Cap, Canada by David Armond Lilien, Niels Fabrin Nymand, Tamara Annina Gerber, Daniel Steinhage, Daniela Jansen, Laura Thomson, Madeline Myers, Steven Franke, Drew Taylor, Prasad Gogineni, Marcos Lemes, Bo Møllesøe Vinther, Dorthe Dahl-Jensen

“…Müller Ice Cap sits on Umingmat Nunaat (Axel Heiberg Island), Nunavut, Canada, ~ 80°N. Its high latitude and elevation suggest it experiences relatively little melt and preserves an undisturbed paleoclimate record. …”
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Preoperative chemotherapy usage experience for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma by A. N. Polyakov, D. A. Granov, Yu. I. Patyutko, I. A. Pokataev, A. A. Polikarpov, T. I. Kagacheva, I. S. Bazin, A. Sh. Umirzokov, D. Yu. Frantsev, V. N. Zhuikov, D. V. Podluzhny

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Plural Marking in Mahshahri, an Iranian Dialect on the Northern Coast of the Persian Gulf by Reza Amini, Yazdan Choubsaz

“…These variations, in many cases, align with the replacement of the marker with its standard Persian counterparts. Therefore, the variations that can be seen in the use of the plural marker of Mahshahri can be considered in line with other current changes that are underway in the direction of leveling the dialect with standard Persian in Iran.…”
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The Dynamic Response Law of Bank Slope under Water-Rock Interaction by Yinchai Zhang, Huafeng Deng, Wei Wang, Lingling Duan, Yongyan Zhi, Jianlin Li

“…During the reservoir operation process, the long-term security and stability of the bank slope is affected by dynamic response characteristics of its seismic action directly. Aimed at the typical bank slope existing in the actual reservoir environment, an experiment considering reservoir water level fluctuation and soaking-air-drying cyclic water-rock interaction has been designed and conducted while the cyclic loading test was performed in different water-rock cycles. …”
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The Relationship Between Serum 25 hydroxy Vitamin D Deficiency and Dietary Pattern in Baxshin Hospital, Sulaimani City by Mohammed I M Gubari, Jeza Muhamad Abdul Aziz, Fadhil Ahmed Mohialdeen, Khalid Anwar Hama-Ghareeb, Bakhtyar Kamal Muhamed, Hemn Abdalla Omer

“…A cross sectional study was implemented in Baxshen hospital in order to find the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its relation with dietary pattern among healthy participants. 1131 participants were enrolled in the current study male and female with age 18 – 65 years old, living in Sulaimani city and its districts have not used any supplement in the past 6 months before enrolling the study.  …”
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L’animal éducateur ? De la spéci-ficité de l’animal homme dans les écrits de Nietzsche by Julie Dumonteil

“…Nietzschean reflections on the nature of animal being are part of the philosophical anthropology, which inquires the human nature and its relationship to animals. The Darwinian evolution theory and life philosophy question the Aristotelian definition of the essence of a human being as an animal rationale. …”
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Insights from a Pilot Study of Naloxone Education

“…Methods: We used quantitative methods to gather and analyze data from both control (overdose education, n=15) and experimental (overdose and Naloxone education, n=57) participants, facilitated by educators in the North West of England and London, for opioid users (n=5), former users (n=19), carers/support workers (n=29), family members (n=31) or friends (n=12) (multiple response item). We measured self-reported confidence and willingness of participants using evaluation forms with Likert scales, and knowledge using open-ended questions. …”
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Microbial Translocation in Chronic Liver Diseases by Marilia Rita Pinzone, Benedetto Maurizio Celesia, Michele Di Rosa, Bruno Cacopardo, Giuseppe Nunnari

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Large Mucocele of the Appendix at Laparoscopy Presenting as an Adnexal Mass in a Postmenopausal Woman: A Case Report by Elvira Paladino, Maria Bellantone, Francesca Conway, Francesco Sesti, Emilio Piccione, Adalgisa Pietropolli

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Siphon-type hydroelectric plants: application for power generation in a low head dam in southern Brazil by Janaina Terhorst Pizutti, Carlos Henrique Pereira Assunção Galdino, Fernando Setembrino Cruz Meirelles, Alexandre Beluco

“…Among the simulations performed, the most promising optimal solution was hybrid, considering among its components a set of siphon turbines totaling 271 kW, plus 50 kW in photovoltaic modules and 140 kW in a diesel support system. …”
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The Impact of Ethnic-Immigrant Status and Obesity-Related Risk Factors on Behavioral Problems among US Children and Adolescents by Gopal K. Singh, Stella M. Yu

“…The 2007 National Survey of Children’s Health was used to develop an 11-item factor-based behavioral problems index (BPI) and a dichotomous serious behavioral problems (SBP) measure. …”
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Hereditary Xerocytosis due to Mutations in PIEZO1 Gene Associated with Heterozygous Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency and Beta-Thalassemia Trait in Two Unrelated Families by Elisa Fermo, Cristina Vercellati, Anna Paola Marcello, Anna Zaninoni, Richard van Wijk, Nadia Mirra, Cristina Curcio, Agostino Cortelezzi, Alberto Zanella, Wilma Barcellini, Paola Bianchi

“…We report the clinical, haematological, and molecular characteristics of four patients from two unrelated Italian families affected by HX, associated with beta-thalassemia trait and heterozygous pyruvate kinase deficiency, respectively. …”
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Unknown staurotheke-enkolpion of Prohegoumenos Matthaios (1645) from the Bachkovo Monastery in a private collection in Greece by Trifonova Alexandra Ph.

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Non-inferiority of minimally invasive rotational cutting in granulomatous mastitis treatment: a comparative trial by Fuman Zhang, Chengyi Li, Xinquan Wu, Kali Miao, Zhe Zhang, Jing Zhang

“…Abstract Granulomatous mastitis (GM) poses challenges in diagnosis and treatment due to its similarities with other breast diseases like cancer. …”
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Terminal-Dependent Statistical Inference for the Integral Form of FBSDE by Qi Zhang

“…This paper is concerned with the statistical inference for the integral form of Forward-Backward Stochastic Differential Equation (FBSDE). The reason why I use its integral form rather than the differential form is that the newly proposed inference procedure inherits the terminal-dependent characteristic. …”
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ABOUT THE EDUCATION AT THE MODERN UNIVERSITY: THE CHANGE OF THE RULES OF THE ACTING by Mikhail A. Gusakovsky

“…The paper examines the main meaning of the Care of the Self discourse and its main components as they are presented in M. …”
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Towards a framework for ‘significant’ learning in architectural education by Nikhil S. Kohale, Pradeep G. Kini, Ciraj Ali Mohammed

“…Architectural education often promises to question its intentions by aligning its methodologies to navigate through its dynamic environment and correspond to the contemporary requirements. …”
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