A Preclinical Model of Human Liver Using Precision Cut Tissue Slice Culture [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Laura Randle, Christopher Goldring, Hassan Malik, Stephen Fenwick, Mohammed Bosakhar, Maria-Danae Jessel, Timothy Gilbert, Owen McGreevy

“…The Millicell inserts maintained higher and more consistent viability and functionality over 15 days. …”
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Coronary heart disease and the course of newly detected prostate cancer by E. V. Pomeshkin, S. V. Popov, I. N. Orlov, A. I. Bragin-Maltsev, S. A. Pomeshkina, O. L. Barbarash

“…PCa patients with concomitant CHD are characterized by a higher waist circumference, they had lower indicators of erectile function, a more pronounced comorbid background, and more often had a history of stroke. …”
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Predicting the prognosis of diabetic patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: the value of the Naples prognostic score in a real-world clinical study by Mengzhu Zhou, Xue Zhang, Xiaohua Guo, Junying Duan, Haifeng Zhang, Xing Liu, Tong Liu, Kangyin Chen, Changle Liu

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About the Gibbs-Appel equations for multibody systems by Nguyen Van Khang

“…In this paper a matrix form of Gibbs-Appel function is recommended for multibody dynamics formulations. …”
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Behavioral Analysis of EEG Signals in Loss-Gain Decision-Making Experiments by Jiaquan Shen, Ningzhong Liu, Deguang Li, Binbin Zhang

“…In fact, the EEG before decision-making is more worthy of our attention. In this study, we introduce a new index based on the reaction time of subjects before decision-making, called the Prestimulus Time (PT), which have important reference value for the study of cognitive function, neurological diseases, and other fields. …”
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Solving Fuzzy Multiproduct Aggregate Production Planning Problems Based on Extension Principle by Shih-Pin Chen, Wen-Lung Huang

“…In contrast to the existing studies, the modelling in this work conserves the fuzziness such that the obtained APP is more effective. Based on Zadeh’s extension principle, the results obtained are fuzzy solutions described by membership functions, in contrast to results from previous studies. …”
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Meaning in Context and Contextual Meaning: A Perspective on the Semantics-Pragmatics Interface Applied to Modal Verbs by Ilse Depraetere

“…First, a clear distinction needs to be made between a use of the term pragmatics which is more ‘formal’ in nature and which refers to the linguistic and non-linguistic context (‘meaning in context’) and one which is more ‘functional’ and which captures a specific type of meaning (‘contextual meaning’). …”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors for Complications in Patients with Nontransfusion Dependent Alpha- and Beta-Thalassemia by Poramed Winichakoon, Adisak Tantiworawit, Thanawat Rattanathammethee, Sasinee Hantrakool, Chatree Chai-Adisaksopha, Ekarat Rattarittamrong, Lalita Norasetthada, Pimlak Charoenkwan

“…Overall, 83 patients had one or more complications. The three most common complications were cholelithiasis (35%), abnormal liver function (29%), and extramedullary hematopoiesis (EMH) (25%). …”
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Role of Electrophysiology in the Early Diagnosis and Follow-Up of Diabetic Retinopathy by Nicola Pescosolido, Andrea Barbato, Alessio Stefanucci, Giuseppe Buomprisco

“…The neurophysiological techniques help to assess retinal and nervous (optic tract) function. Electroretinography (ERG) and visual evoked potentials (VEP) allow a more detailed study of the visual function and of the possible effects that diabetes can have on the visual function. …”
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ErrorExplainer: Automated Extraction of Error Contexts from Smart Contracts by JongHyup Lee

“…The high information completeness (0.952) and matching fitness (0.954 and 0.604 at the function and trace levels, respectively) indicate that the extracted error context of ErrorExplainer can provide more understandable information to users on failed operations.…”
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Robust Semisupervised Nonnegative Local Coordinate Factorization for Data Representation by Wei Jiang, Qian Lv, Chenggang Yan, Kewei Tang, Jie Zhang

“…An efficient multiplicative updating algorithm is deduced to solve the novel loss function, followed by a strict proof of the convergence. …”
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Fault classification method for on-board equipment of metro train control system based on BERT-CNN by XU Qian, ZHANG Lei, OU Dongxiu, HE Yunpeng

“…In order to counteract the classification performance degradation brought by data category imbalance, word vectors are trained using a convolutional neural network (CNN) model with the focal loss function. According to the experimental results conducted by the dataset from an on-board signaling department, the proposed method has the best classification performance among models of BERT-CNN, single BERT and word to vector - CNN (word2vec-CNN) using cross-entropy loss function, and it is also better to correctly classify categories with few samples and contributes to the development of a more comprehensive library of fault cases for intelligent operation and maintenance.…”
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Controlling Vibration Speed in Tunnel Excavation Using Fine Blasting Method under Complex Environmental Conditions by Yingcai Zhang, Jiyun Zhang, Shuren Wang, Yubo Chen

“…With the increase of the blasting number, the attenuation of the particle vibration velocity shows a negative exponential function, and the dimensionless vibration velocity loss increases in a power function. …”
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Pelvic floor muscle training in women with urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse: A protocol study. by Maria Letícia A S de Carvalho, Lívia Oliveira Bezerra, Joyce Maria Pereira Oliveira, Maria Clara Eugênia Oliveira, Maria T A B C Micussi

“…All volunteers will be assessed and reassessed using the same protocol: assessment form, gynecological examination, functional evaluation of PFM, and questionnaires to assess quality of life, urinary function, and sexual function. …”
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Implementing artificial neural networks and support vector machines to predict lost circulation by Ahmed K. Abbas, Najim A. Al-haideri, Ali A. Bashikh

“…Then, the user-controlled parameters for ANNs (e.g., training function, number of hidden layers, transferring function, and number of neurons in each hidden layer) and SVMs (e.g., regularization factor, the type of kernel function, and its specific parameters) were optimized using the most common conventional performance criteria. …”
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Properties of standing balance control under noisy galvanic vestibular stimulation by Motomichi Sonobe, Tsubasa Mitsutake

“…Previous studies have indicated that noisy galvanic vestibular stimulation (nGVS) activates vestibular function and improves standing balance in many subjects. …”
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Application of physics-informed neural networks for two-phase flow model with variable diffusion and experimental validation by Daulet Kalesh, Timur Merembayev, Sagyn Omirbekov, Yerlan Amanbek

“…In contrast, the MLP is the more efficient in terms of training time with a speedup in the range of 7−13. …”
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Generalized volume-complexity for Lovelock black holes by Monireh Emami, Shahrokh Parvizi

“…By applying a specific condition, a more limited class can be chosen, whose time growth is equivalent to a conserved momentum. …”
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From Microcirculation to Aging-Related Diseases: A Focus on Endothelial SIRT1 by Martin Law, Pei-Chun Wang, Zhong-Yan Zhou, Yu Wang

“…Silent information regulator sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) is an NAD+-dependent deacetylase with potent anti-arterial aging activities. Its protective function in aging-related diseases has been extensively studied. …”
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La rêverie in Psicoanalisi e la teoria del Sé in Gestalt: un lavoro di integrazione attraverso lo studio delle esperienze immaginative in psicoterapia by 1 Marco Architravo, 2 Daniela Cantone

“…By putting together different models of the countertransference function, this work makes an attempt to describe how both approaches address this specific function of the mind, even if through different languages. …”
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