Benefits of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography to the Differential Diagnosis of TI-RADS 4-5 Thyroid Nodules by Ping Yu, Sihua Niu, Shuang Gao, Hui Tian, Jiaan Zhu

“…The sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, and positive and negative predictive values of conventional ultrasonography (US) and conventional ultrasonography combined with contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (US + CEUS) in the diagnosis of benign and malignant thyroid nodules were compared by referring to the results of the surgical pathology report, which is seen as the “gold standard” for diagnosis, followed by the construction of receiver operating characteristic curves (ROCs). …”
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Bacterial Pathogens and Antibiotic Resistance in Bloodstream Infections in Tunisia: A 13-Year Trend Analysis by Lamia Kanzari, Sana Ferjani, Khaoula Meftah, Mariem Zribi, Sonda Mezghani, Asma Ferjani, Yosra Chebbi, Manel Hamdoun, Hajer Rhim, Yosr Kadri, Siwar Frigui, Emna Mhiri, Asma Ghariani, Nour Ben Ayed, Faouzia Mahjoubi, Yomna Ben Lamine, Salma Kaoual, Basma Mnif, Habiba Naija, Manel Marzouk, Sarra Dhraief, Hela Karray, Jaya Prasad Tripathy, Bobson Derrick Fofanah, Safa Bouwazra, Hajer Battikh, Ramzi Ouhichi, Lamia Thabet, Jalel Boukadida, Farouk Barguellil, Sophia Besbes, Leila Slim, Maha Mastouri, Olfa Bahri, Wafa Achour, Adnene Hammami, Hanen Smaoui, Ilhem Boutiba-Ben Boubaker

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Experimental study on the long-term conductivity of self-support fracture in deep shale reservoirs by Yu Sang, Yintong Guo, Haoyong Huang, Debin Xia, Liqing Chen, Zhen Zhang, Junchuan Gui

“…In experiments examining the impact of closure stress on the long-term infiltration capacity of flat plate cracks, there remains a pattern in the infiltration capacity. Initially, the crack infiltration capacity decreases relatively quickly before 20 h. …”
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Spatiotemporal evolution of landscape ecological risk and its driving factors of the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei major mineral belt, 1985–2022 by Yilin Wang, Xiaohong Wang, Wei Zhang, Weidong Man, Mingyue Liu, Linlin Jiao

“…Furthermore, the findings are of considerable importance in terms of maintaining ecological security patterns.…”
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Integrating Geodetector and GTWR to Unveil Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity in China’s Agricultural Carbon Emissions Under the Dual Carbon Goals by Huae Dang, Yuanjie Deng, Yifeng Hai, Hang Chen, Wenjing Wang, Miao Zhang, Xingyang Liu, Can Yang, Minghong Peng, Dingdi Jize, Mei Zhang, Long He

“…Key findings: (1) temporally, total ACEs exhibit fluctuating growth, while emission intensity has significantly decreased, indicating the combined effects of policy regulation and technological advancements; (2) spatially, emissions display an “east-high, west-low” pattern, with an increasing number of hotspot areas and a continuous shift of the emission centroid toward the northwest; and (3) mechanistically, agricultural gross output value is the primary driving factor, with its influence fluctuating in response to economic and policy changes. …”
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Transparent memory tests with even repeating addresses for storage devices by V. N. Yarmolik, I. M. Mrozek, V. A. Levantsevich, D. V. Demenkovets

“…The maximum diagnostic ability of new tests is shown for the case of the simplest faults, such as constant (SAF) and transition faults (TF), as well as for complex pattern sensitive faults (PNPSFk). There is a significantly lower time complexity of the March_pA_1 and March_pA_2 tests compared to classical transparent tests, which is achieved at the expense of less time spent on obtaining a reference signature. …”
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Adaptive Gap-Filling of Multispectral Images at Coarse and Fine Spatial Resolution by Seyedkarim Afsharipour, Li Jia, Massimo Menenti, Hamid Reza Ghafarian Malamiri

“…The specific combination of methods is orchestrated to adapt to each image, mainly on the basis of the fractional abundance and spatial pattern of cloud cover. To evaluate the performance, experiments were conducted using MODIS (coarse-resolution) and Landsat/OLI (fine-resolution) images with artificial gaps (10% –90% ) introduced at varying positions in cloud-free reference images. …”
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Machine Learning Algorithm for Assessing Photovoltaic Panels Partial Shading Losses based on Inverter Data by Armando Luís Sousa Araujo, Tiago Francisco Pires

“…Experimental data from both models are presented, with the K-means model achieving a closer approximation to the reference values. However, the Long Short-Term Memory model demonstrated flexibility and scalability without requiring prior dataset knowledge from the end user. …”
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Bridging the Gap: Using Wild African Elephant Metabolic, Reproductive, and Stress Hormone Profiles to Enhance Management in Human Care by Kaitlyn M. Campbell, Chelsi J. Marolf, Peter E. Buss, Kari A. Morfeld

“…Understanding hormone patterns in free-ranging African elephants can provide critical insights for the management of elephants in human care, particularly in addressing reproductive anomalies and the rising prevalence of obesity in zoo populations. …”
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State of Methods More Than Mere Words: Applying Linguistic Analysis Methods to Qualitative Projects by Felice D. Billups

“…Whitcomb and Deshler’s (1983) three levels of thematic, emotional-barometer, and cultural values clusters enable researchers to uncover cultural patterns in the language participants choose, probing cultural conditions where the importance of context, setting, organizational fit, and the culture bearer’s frame of reference are pivotal (Schein, 2010a). …”
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Dependence of Indicators of Daily Blood Pressure Monitoring on Activity of Pathological Process in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Abrahamovych O., Abrahamovych U., Kushyna A., Guta S., Synenkyi O.

“…In patients with SLE the indices of DMAT depend on the activity of the pathological process – the blood pressure increases significantly with its rise on almost all parameters (except the maximum DBP), with the change of the physiological circadian rhythm due to its insufficient decline in the night period and with an increase of frequency of episodes in which the blood pressure exceeds the permissible limits. The identified patterns of changes of DMAT are also preserved throughout the period of 24 hours, and according to the results of their separate evaluation during a nighttime and daytime so that during a passive periods these figures are significantly more often lower than the reference values, especially in patients of first and second groups.…”
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Acute muscle excitation response across various bench press ranges of motion by Josef Fischer, Christian Burger, Josefina Andrea Manieu Seguel, Coşkun Rodoplu, Florian Kurt Paternoster, Markus Tilp, Andreas Konrad

“…Given the limited research on upper-body muscle excitation across ROMs, this study aimed to establish reference values for muscle excitation in distinct bench press ROMs. …”
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Stability Analysis of the Shiliushubao Landslide Based on Deformation Characteristics and External Trigger Factors in the Three Gorges Reservoir by Guilin Luo, Guangming Ren, Xiaojun Bao, Xili Yang, Teng Liu

“…The subject provides a certain reference value on the landslide stability analysis and the risk assessment within a similar engineering geological condition.…”
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Influence of Water–Cement Ratio on Performance of Concrete Using Waste Concrete Aggregates by Md. Asraful Alam, Mohammad Al Amin Siddique

“…The compressive strength of WAC was reduced by 17.9%~31.03% without the superplasticizer and 10.43%~28.57% with the superplasticizer of concrete mixes at 28 days from the reference mixes. A similar pattern was shown for concrete tensile and flexural strengths. …”
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A cosine similarity-based method for improving the accuracy of GIS discharge spectrum recognition by CHEN Xiaoxin, ZHOU Tonghao, LIU Jiangming, DAI Pengfei, LIU Yanqi, LI Wendong, ZHANG Guanjun

“…The resulting phase reference values are incorporated into the network structure for training. …”
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Photovoltaic Panel Efficiency Estimation with Artificial Neural Networks: Samples of Adiyaman, Malatya, and Sanliurfa by Yasin Icel, Mehmet Salih Mamis, Abdulcelil Bugutekin, Mehmet Ismail Gursoy

“…Being aware of the behaviour patterns of the panels to be used in project and planning works regarding photovoltaic applications will set forth a realistic expense form; therefore, erroneous investments will be avoided, and the country budget will benefit from added value. …”
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Spatiotemporal Stability Responses of Tunnel Excavation Under Cyclical Footage Impact: A FLAC^3D-Based Numerical Study by Shang Li, Bing Dai, Yuzhou Hou, Danli Li

“…To investigate the underlying mechanisms by which different cyclical footage values influence the stability of deeply buried tunnels, the Fast Lagrangian Analysis of Continua in Three Dimensions (FLAC^3D) was employed to simulate the spatiotemporal evolution of tunnel responses during excavation. …”
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Market persistence amidst financial crisis: an Indian investigation by Anindita Bhattacharjee, Jaya M. Prosad, Bikramaditya Ghosh

“…Financial advisors can refer to HE values, assisting the investors with decisions such as ‘buy’, ‘sell’ or ‘hold’. …”
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Comparative analysis of different hydrological models in flood forecasting for the upper Juma River basin by Ting Li, Shilong Hao, Fuxin Chai, Kuang Li, Haoqiang Tong

“…When flood discharge is high and exhibits a single-peak pattern, the simulation performance of all runoff models improves. …”
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Congruency and phenotypic plasticity of immune and nervous systems in children with autism spectrum disorders compared to schizophrenia spectrum disorders”, Medical Immunology (Rus... by A. L. Burmistrova, Yuliya Yu. Filippova

“…The following results were obtained: (1) absence  of differences in proinflammatory cytokines between  ASD and TD children; (2) patients with SSD  have significantly  higher  values of IL-6  and IFNγ, and lower values of IL-1β, TNFα and IL-10  in blood plasma compared to children with ASD and TRD; (3) the level of neurohormones in children with ASD is in accordance with physiological reference values. …”
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