Both walls and embankments: Flood control construction strategies and characteristics of Yellow River floodplain cities in the Ming Dynasty by Ke Li, Yang Shen, Yumo Wang

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Assessment of the Safety and Efficiency of a Preperitoneal Continuous Infusion Using Bupivacaine after Abdominal Laparotomy in Digestive Carcinology by Hayat Ben-Saghroune, Mohammed Abdessadek, Sanae Achour, Youssef Kfal, Abderrahim El Bouazzaoui, Nabil Kanjaa, Hicham Sbai

“…The pain was assessed by using the visual analog scale (VAS) in both groups. Plasma bupivacaine concentration was measured by high-performance liquid chromatography. …”
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Speech recognition using an english multimodal corpus with integrated image and depth information by Bing Wang

“…Abstract Traditional English corpora mainly collect information from a single modality, but lack information from multimodal information, resulting in low quality of corpus information and certain problems with recognition accuracy. …”
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Reliability of postfire surveys for eastern box turtles by Tracy A. Melvin, Gary J. Roloff

“…For these 12 surveys, we found that average detection probability per survey was low (0.11, SE = 0.09) and highly variable among observers (range = 0.00–0.50). …”
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An experimental study of drainage properties of fibrillar-structured materials for glaucoma surgery by N. S. Khodzhaev, M. N. Kolomeytsev

“…This phenomenon, regarded as adaptive hydrodynamic properties, in addition to reducing the level of the intraocular pressure (IOP), can contribute to smoothing of diurnal fluctuations, thereby enabling the stabilization of visual functions. In the experiment, the optimal structure was determined, which corresponds to the conditions of physiological hydrodynamics of the eye and ensuring the maintenance of intraocular pressure in the low-norm region. …”
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High-Order and Interactive Perceptual Feature Learning for Medical Image Retargeting by Mingjuan Ma, Yuehong Zhang

“…Each identified object-aware patch is then described using multi-channel low-level features. To model human attention and its perception of important elements within a CT image, a locality-preserved and interactive active learning (LIAL) approach is introduced. …”
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Clinical and radiological outcomes of posterior lumbar interbody fusion with titanium cage by Ehab A.E. Elshal, Amer A. Mostafa, Mohammed A.E.B.A. Elfattah

“…Results Preoperatively, 1 day after surgery and 3 months later, patients were evaluated for the severity of their low back pain using a percentage value as determined by their visual analog scale score. …”
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Analyzing the Economic Performance of a TLS-Based Structural Safety Diagnosis Process by Taewan Kim, Kyungsoo Wee, Namhyuk Ham, Jae-jun Kim

“…In a construction industry characterized by rapid change and increasing complexity, traditional labor-intensive methods of structural safety inspection suffer from numerous limitations, including low productivity, extended project duration, and high costs. …”
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Examining Fall Risk and Related Factors in Rural Older Adults: A Cross-sectional Study in Yazd Province, Iran by Masoumeh Abbasi-Shavazi, Sara Jambarsang, Zainab Anbari-Nogyni, Hosseinali Sadeghian, Vida Sadat Anoosheh

“…Results: The results showed that 38.1% of the participants presented a high fall risk, 20.5% demonstrated medium risk and 41.4% showed a low fall risk. Gender, age and visual status had a significant relationship with the risk of falls in the elderly (P<0.05). …”
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Tenon Capsule Grafting versus Autologous Scleral Graft in Ahmed Glaucoma Valve Surgery by Faried M. Wagdy

“…Tenon capsule resection with grafting showed relatively low incidence of tube exposure and hypertensive phase.…”
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Clinical Profile and a Comparison of Intravenous Methylprednisolone and Oral Prednisolone for Acute Attack of Optic Neuritis Attending at a Tertiary Care Hospital – A Hospital-Base... by Sujit Das

“…Association with multiple sclerosis (MS) was low and visual outcome over 6/9 or more seemed quite good with lower recurrence rates. …”
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Comparison of the effects of IMRT and IMPT on MRI features of normal brain tissue: a retrospective study by Jian Xu, Lili Zhang, Tingting Liu, Qingzeng Liu, Jian Zhu

“…Dose regions (90%, 70%, 50%, 30% of the total dose) were segmented and classified into high (70–90%), medium (50–70%), and low (30–50%) dose regions as volumes of interest (VOI). …”
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Comparison of clinical efficacy and radiological findings of interspinous dynamic stabilization system versus unilateral biportal endoscopy for lumbar spinal stenosis: a retrospect... by Dongyue Li, Yunzhong Cheng, Xuanyu Chen, Peng Yin, Qingjun Su

“…Clinical outcomes were evaluated using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) for low back and leg pain and the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) at four intervals: Preoperative, 1-month postoperative, 3-month postoperative, and the final follow-up. …”
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Clinical Outcomes Comparison of Combined Small Incision Lenticule Extraction with Collagen Cross-Linking Versus Small Incision Lenticule Extraction Only by Ayoub Chabib, Massimo Mammone, Chiara Fantozzi, Rebecca R. Lian, Natalie A. Afshari, Michael H. Goldbaum, Marco Fantozzi

“…The study comprised 70 eyes (35 patients); 40 eyes were corrected using SMILE and 30 eyes were corrected using SMILE Xtra using a low energy protocol. The outcomes were compared at 1, 6, 12, and 24 months postoperatively. …”
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Deep sequencing of 16 Ixodes ricinus ticks unveils insights into their interactions with endosymbionts by Paulina M. Lesiczka, Tal Azagi, Aleksandra I. Krawczyk, William T. Scott, Ron P. Dirks, Ladislav Simo, Gerhard Dobler, Bart Nijsse, Peter J. Schaap, Hein Sprong, Jasper J. Koehorst

“…Notably, the genetic diversity of R. helvetica was found to be very low, except for the rickA virulence gene, where the presence of up to 13 insertions of a 33 nt-long repeat led to significant variability. …”
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Pathogen Distribution, Drug Resistance, and Postoperative High-Quality Nursing Intervention Effectiveness in Knee Osteoarthritis Patients After Knee Arthroplasty With Postoperative... by Tang Y, Fu B, Tong Q

“…Gram-negative bacteria showed high resistance to ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, gentamicin, and tobramycin, but low resistance to cefepime, imipenem, meropenem, gatifloxacin, and amikacin. …”
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Effect of an Internet-Based Pilates Telerehabilitation Intervention in People With Multiple Sclerosis: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial by Andrea Tacchino, Michela Ponzio, Paolo Confalonieri, Letizia Leocani, Matilde Inglese, Diego Centonze, Eleonora Cocco, Paolo Gallo, Damiano Paolicelli, Marco Rovaris, Loredana Sabattini, Gioacchino Tedeschi, Luca Prosperini, Francesco Patti, Edoardo Sessa, Elisabetta Pedrazzoli, Mario Alberto Battaglia, Giampaolo Brichetto

“…People with MS with mild disability, low risk of falling, preserved cognitive functions, and low anxiety and depression are potential eligible participants. …”
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Developing adaptive digital book (ADB) in enhancing students’ numeracy literacy ability by Yerizon Yerizon, Arnellis Arnellis, Suherman Suherman, I Made Arnawa, Cholis Sa'dijah, Lathiful Anwar

“…However, students' numeracy literacy skills remain low, necessitating innovative learning resources. …”
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Guided Texture Transfer Network for Mid-Infrared Satellite Image Super Resolution by Yeji Jeon, Youkyung Han, Kwang-Jae Lee, Yeseul Kim, Hanul Kim

“…However, its inherently low spatial resolution limits its utility for detailed spatial analysis. …”
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Secondary sulcus IOL implantation for presbyopia correction following Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty by Luiza Moschetta Zimmermann, Guilherme Vieira Peixoto, Júlia Margoni Biluca, José Maurílio Tavares de Lucena, Ricardo Menon Nosé

“…Observations: A 52-year-old female presented with corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA) of 20/40 in both eyes with low ametropia. …”
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