Mechanical Medical Devices in Intensive Care and End-of-life: Unanswered Questions by Tariq Janjua, Masood Kisana, Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar

“…To make the point more clear, the below-mentioned case may help with the questions to follow.…”
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A 3D Most Vulnerable Path Search Method for Physical Protection Systems Based on the EASI Model by Aiguo Li, Yanfeng Deng

“…The search efficiency is improved by restricting the intermediate points and the angle between the start and target points and improving the heuristic function. The improved algorithms are simulated and compared, and the results show that the paths generated by the improved algorithms are more reasonable, and the algorithms consume less time and have shorter path lengths.…”
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COVID-19 Experience of Higher Education Students in Urban and Rural Areas by Yahya Aydın, Mustafa Köse

“…In this study, students living in the city center stated that they experienced more psychological, social and economic difficulties in order to overcome this pandemic. …”
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Hypothetical Art and Art Education: The Educational Role of the Method of Hypothetical Artwork Modelling by Jurij Selan

“…On the one hand, it is only fictitious, but, on the other hand, it tries to function as a real token, persuading the reader to trust it as if it were a real artwork. …”
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A metaheuristic approach to model the effect of temperature on urban electricity need utilizing XGBoost and modified boxing match algorithm by Nihuan Liao, Zhihong Hu, Davud Magami

“…The proposed MBM algorithm was tested on 23 well-known classical benchmark function methods, and the results indicate that the recommended technique is more accurate and robust. …”
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Mechanical Behavior and Energy Evolution of Sandstone considering Slenderness Ratio Effect by Bibo Dai, Xingdong Zhao, Shuwen Zhang, Qian Kang, Zhonghua Zhu

“…Besides, the AE ringing counts are more obvious with a higher slenderness ratio, D, at the initial compression stage due to the greater body volume and more defects in the sandstone. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Fixed and Variable Step Size Methods for Solving Ordinary Differetial Equations: A Case Study of Runge-Kutta Order 4 and Dormand Prince. by Byonaneebye, Darius

“…The Dormand-Prince method is a technique similar to the Runge-Kutta method for solving ordinary differential equations (ODEs). It uses six function evaluations to compute solutions with fourth and fifth-order accuracy. …”
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Lung volumes, gas transfer and oscillometry after preterm birth: systematic review and meta-analysis by James T.D. Gibbons, Michael L. Beaven, Christopher W. Course, Sarah J. Kotecha, Thomas Hixson, Melissa Zuidersma, Andrew C. Wilson, Sailesh Kotecha, Shannon J. Simpson

“…Static lung volumes, diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO) and oscillometry provide a more precise characterisation of these conditions. …”
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FFMI: A Pivotal Indicator Bridging Pulmonary, Sleep, and Systemic Factors in COPD–OSA Overlap Patients by Wang L, Shen YY, Qian RQ, Zhang XQ, Shen XR, Chen C

“…Correlation analysis revealed that in the OVS group, FFMI positively correlated with FEV1%pred and FEV1/FVC, and negatively with AHI, MMRC, exacerbation/hospitalization frequency.Conclusion: OVS patients had distinct features like more exacerbations, and lower lung function. The OVS subgroup with different FFMI showed significant differences in lung function and sleep indices. …”
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Ginsenoside Rb1 attenuates neuroflammation via activating Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway to exert neuroprotective effect on cerebral ischemic-reperfusion injury by Ruo-jing Liu, Ruo-jing Liu, Xue Zhao, Yi-zhen Zhu, Ling-Ling Fu, Ling-Ling Fu, Guo Ge, Guo Ge, Jun-de Zhu, Jun-de Zhu

“…The neuroprotective effect of G-Rb1 in vivo and in vitro was evaluated by measuring nerve function deficit, cerebral blood perfusion recovery, infarct volume and cell viability. …”
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Bacterial Diversity and Community Composition in the Pyloric Ceca of Acanthaster solaris in the Xisha Islands by Yu Jiaoyang, Yu Xiaopeng, Yu Kefu, Ma Yuling

“…The results of bacterial function predict that their genome function was mainly focused on metabolism. …”
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Significance of heterogenity in endothel-dependent vasodilatation occurrence in healthy individuals with or without coronary risk factors by Polovina Marija, Potpara Tatjana, Giga Vojislav, Ostojić Miodrag

“…The routinely used measurement time-points for FMD assessment may not be adequate for the detection of true peak vasodilation in individual persons. More precise evaluation of endothelial function can be achieved with sequential measurement of arterial diameter after hyperemic stimulus.…”
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Influence of cognitive, neuropsychiatric, and diagnostic factors on financial capacity: A longitudinal analysis of the ADNI cohort by Milap A. Nowrangi, Jeannie Marie Leoutsakos, Haijuan Yan, Arnold Bakker, Kevin J. Manning, George W. Rebok, Paul B. Rosenberg, Vidyulata Kamath

“…Discussion There is a multifaceted interaction between poorer cognition and everyday financial function where executive function, memory, and visuospatial cognition are related to FC. …”
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ATRIBUT PENATAAN RUANG-DALAM PADA CO-WORKING SPACE BERDASARKAN PILIHAN KONSUMEN by Ulfaizah Ulfa Sahril Nurfadhillah, Diananta Pramitasari

“…The results show that in doing work in coworking  spaces, users tend to like contemporary architectural styles, with spaces that maximize natural lighting, namely windows and the use of tall and large glass walls, workspaces that are dominated by plant decorations, providing work space and furniture with a more private function and quiet area, the use of furnitures such as chairs and work desks with a more relaxed function and form and the provision of space by maximizing the use of natural ventilation in the form of semi-open workspaces and outdoor workspaces. …”
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3T BOLD and DW magnetic resonance imaging quantitative parameters for prediction of early diabetic nephropathy by Omnia Ezz Eldin, Yahya Bashir Ali, Noha Mohamed Elkholy, Yasser Mazloum, Ashraf Naguib Ettaby

“…Conclusions BOLD and DWI MRI sequences show promise in evaluating renal function in diabetic patients. BOLD-MRI, particularly through the assessment of M-R2*, demonstrates significant potential for detecting early renal function alterations by identifying hypoxic changes more sensitively than DWI and ADC parameters, which typically indicate later fibrotic changes. …”
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Truncated Modular Exponentiation Operators: A Strategy for Quantum Factoring by Robert L. Singleton Jr

“…In this way, we fill the circuits for the ME operators with more and more gates, and the correlations between the various composite operators $U^p$ (where $p$ is a power of two) compensate for the missing levels. …”
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C-Band 200 Gbit/s/λ PS-PAM-8 Transmission Over 2-km SSMF for Optical Interconnections by Xuancheng Huo, Meng Xiang, Gai Zhou, Jilong Li, Jianping Li, Yuwen Qin, Songnian Fu

“…Driven by the exponential increase of network traffic, the demand for the capacity enhancement of photonic data-center interconnection (DCI) becomes more and more urgent. The utilization of high-order modulation format is ideally preferred to enhance the transmission capacity, considering the bandwidth constraint of optoelectrical devices. …”
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Surgical versus non-surgical treatment for vertebral compression fracture with osteopenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. by Jia-Bao Guo, Yi Zhu, Bing-Lin Chen, Bin Xie, Wen-Yi Zhang, Yu-Jie Yang, Yu-Shan Yue, Xue-Qiang Wang

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>Compared to conservative treatment, surgical treatment was more effective in decreasing pain in the short,mid and long terms. …”
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Knowledge and beliefs about dietary inorganic nitrate among UK-based nutrition professionals: development and application of the KINDS online questionnaire by John C Mathers, Oliver M Shannon, Giorgia Grisotto, Abrar Babateen, Andrea McGrattan, Kirsten Brandt, Mario Siervo

“…The majority believed that nitrate consumption can improve sports performance (59%) and reduce blood pressure (54%), but were unsure about effects on cognitive function (71%), kidney function (80%) and cancer risk (70%). …”
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Small-molecule inhibitors of the CD40–CD40L costimulatory interaction are effective in pancreatic islet transplantation and prevention of type 1 diabetes models by Sung-Ting Chuang, Oscar Alcazar, Brandon Watts, Midhat H. Abdulreda, Midhat H. Abdulreda, Midhat H. Abdulreda, Midhat H. Abdulreda, Peter Buchwald, Peter Buchwald

“…SMI-treated mice maintained the structural integrity and function of their islet allografts with concomitant reduction in immune cell infiltration as evidenced by direct longitudinal imaging in situ. …”
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