Extracellular volume fraction and native T1 mapping in diabetic cardiomyopathy: a comprehensive meta-analysis by Ahmed Marey, Ali Alabdullah, Hossam Ghorab, Fatima Ali, Jawdat Abdulla, Akhil Narang, Muhammad Umair

“…Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR), specifically extracellular volume fraction (ECV) and native T1 mapping, offers a non-invasive approach to quantify MF. This study aims to evaluate the utility of ECV and native T1 mapping as biomarkers for cardiac fibrosis and to assess their relationship with diabetes severity, measured by hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C), in patients with T2DM. …”
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Evaluating the Accessibility of Urban Public Open Spaces Based on an Improved 2SFCA Model: A Case Study Within Chengdu’s Second Ring Road by Ling Jian, Xiaojiang Xia, Yinbing Zhao, Yang Zhang, Yuanqiao Wang, Yi Tang, Jie Chang, Changliu Wang

“…Traditional Two-Step Floating Catchment Area (2SFCA) models often lack sufficient quantitative analysis regarding the supply of urban public service facilities and population demand. …”
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Feeding Food Wastes to Swine by M. L. Westendorf, Robert O. Myer

“… The feeding of food waste or garbage to swine and other livestock animals is a common practice throughout the world and is often concentrated around metropolitan centers. Food plate waste (formerly referred to as garbage) may be fed to other livestock species, but has most often been used as a source of feed for swine. …”
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Rare Earth Doped Lanthanum Calcium Borate Polycrystalline Red Phosphors by H. H. Xiong, C. Zhu, X. Zhao, Z. Q. Wang, H. Lin

“…The Eu3+ fluorescence in the red spectral region is applied as a spectroscopic probe to reveal the local site symmetry in the host lattice and, hence, Judd-Ofelt parameters Ωt  (t=2, 4) of Eu3+ in the phosphor matrix are derived to be 3.62×10-20 and 1.97×10-20 cm2, indicating a high asymmetrical and strong covalent environment around rare earth luminescence centers. …”
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Learning beyond borders: lifelong learning and learning culture in Islamic institutions in the pursuit of quality education by Nur Hanisfatin Rushami Zien, Nurul Azma Abu Bakar, Rohaizah Saad

“…Originality/value – This study's contributions extend beyond academia, offering insights for educators and policymakers alike. …”
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Incidence and Predictors of Structural Valve Deterioration after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Yu-Xiang Long, Zeng-Zhang Liu

“…Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), widely used as an alternative therapy in patients with severe aortic stenosis, is expected to be offered to low-risk patents with a longer life expectancy. …”
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Application of deep learning for real-time detection, localization, and counting of the malignant invasive weed Solanum rostratum Dunal by Shifeng Du, Yashuai Yang, Hongbo Yuan, Man Cheng

“…Thus, the TrackSolanum supports real-time SrD detection, offering crucial technical support for hazard assessment and precise management of SrD.…”
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Effect of Physically Realistic Potential Energy Form on Spatial Pattern Complexity in a Collective Motion Model by Austin M. Marcus, Hiroki Sayama

“…Collective motion models most often use self-propelled particles, which are known to produce organized spatial patterns via their collective interactions. …”
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A Real-Time Safe Navigation Proposal for Mobile Robots in Unknown Environments Using Meta-Heuristics by Micael Balza, Mateus A. Goldbarg, Sergio N. Silva, Lucileide M. D. Silva, Marcelo A. C. Fernandes

“…Thus, the proposed approach offers an efficient and safe solution for autonomous navigation in mobile robots, contributing to the advancement of this field in real-world applications. …”
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Single-Resistance-Controlled Sinusoidal Oscillator Using Single VD-DIBA by K. L. Pushkar, D. R. Bhaskar, Dinesh Prasad

“…The proposed configuration offers the following advantageous features: (i) independent control of condition of oscillation and frequency of oscillation, (ii) low active and passive sensitivities, and (iii) a very good frequency stability. …”
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Exhibiting the West at the Paris Exposition of 1867: Towards a New American Aesthetic Identity? by François Brunet, Jessica Talley

“…This paper seeks to identify aesthetic concerns and, more generally, an ambition to seduce the gaze of French and international viewers through the general organization and specific displays of the American exhibition, concentrating on exhibits offered by the Western states and territories. Images and objects from this region—particularly between the Rocky Mountains and California—played a significant, if perhaps unexpected, role in shaping a new aesthetic identity that potentially extended to the entire US exhibition. …”
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Die Kerkbode as primêre bron vir kerkhistoriese navorsing 1860-1883 by J.J. Lubbe

“… One of the primary sources of research into the history of the Dutch Reformed Church, is Die Kerkbode, official organ of this church. In this article the author stresses the need for a contextual and theological interpretation of the source. …”
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Role of comprehensive geriatric assessment in healthcare of older people in UK care homes: realist review by Claire Goodman, Tom Dening, Neil H Chadborn, Maria Zubair, Lídia Sousa, John R F Gladman, Adam, L Gordon

“…Care planning needed to accommodate visiting clinicians and there was evidence that a core MDT often used care planning as a mechanism to seek external specialist support. …”
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Reduction of Pressure Pulsations over a Wide Frequency Range in Hydrostatic Systems by Michał Stosiak, Irina Yatskiv (Jackiva), Olegas Prentkovskis, Mykola Karpenko

“…It was pointed out that the frequency of the resulting pressure pulsation can vary depending on the type of forcing. Often, the frequency range of pressure pulsation is wide. …”
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Metabolomics in COPD Acute Respiratory Failure Requiring Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation by Spyridon Fortis, Elizabeth R. Lusczek, Craig R. Weinert, Greg J. Beilman

“…Since COPD exacerbation is often overdiagnosed, we focused on those COPD exacerbations that were severe enough to require noninvasive mechanical ventilation. …”
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Early Detection of Seasonal Outbreaks from Twitter Data Using Machine Learning Approaches by Samina Amin, Muhammad Irfan Uddin, Duaa H. alSaeed, Atif Khan, Muhammad Adnan

“…The experimental results show that the RF classifier has outperformed the comparison models in terms of improved accuracy, precision, recall, F1-measure, and Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve. The proposed work offers favorable performance with total precision, accuracy, recall, and F1-measure ranging from 84% to 88% for conventional machine learning techniques.…”
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Design and Analysis of Nanoscaled Recessed-S/D SOI MOSFET-Based Pseudo-NMOS Inverter for Low-Power Electronics by Anjali Priya, Nilesh Anand Srivastava, Ram Awadh Mishra

“…., threshold voltage, subthreshold slope, and on-off current ratio. These structures are investigated with the TCAD numerical simulator from Silvaco ATLAS. …”
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Diabetes and tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analyis of mendelian randomization evidence by Ivaan Pitua, Raafidha Raizudheen, Mark Muyanja, Joseph Nyero, Morrish Okello Obol

“…Mendelian randomization (MR) offers a method to assess causality by leveraging genetic variants as instrumental variables, mitigating biases from confounding and reverse causation. …”
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Investigating the Effects of Debt Convergence of Companies on the Speed of Capital Structure Adjustment Considering the Time Horizon by Sayed Mojtaba Ahmadi, Mehdi Agha Beik Zadeh, Afsaneh Soroushyar

“…Specifically, the adjustment tends to start off at a slower pace in the beginning and then accelerate in the later years of the adjustment process. …”
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Apathy in Parkinson’s Disease: An Electrophysiological Study by Stéphane Mathis, Jean-Philippe Neau, Claudette Pluchon, Marie-Noëlle Fargeau, Stéphane Karolewicz, Anna Iljicsov, Roger Gil

“…We have found a correlation between the apathy score and amplitude of novelty P300 during the ON period and also a correlation of the apathy score with a decrease in amplitude of P300 during the OFF period. In a linear regression model, changes in the P300a predicted the severity of apathy independently of any other variable. …”
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