Artificial intelligence use in diagnosis, grading, and segmentation of neuro-oncology: a narrative review by Adham Al-Rahbi, Tariq Al-Habsi, Abir Al-Suli, Tariq Al-Saadi

“…Chattopadhyay's study, which diagnoses using MRI and CNN-based deep learning methods, has the highest sample size, 2473, among all included articles. …”
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Ocular bacterial flora and antibiotic sensitivity among Filipino patients undergoing routine cataract surgery by Terrence L. Cham, MD, Mario J. Valenton, MD, Ruben Lim Bon Siong, MD

“…The specimens were cultured using standard technique and those with bacterial growth were tested for antibiotic sensitivity and resistance using the disc-diffusion method. Results: Sixty eyes of 30 patients were sampled, 17 females (57%) and 13 males (43%), with a mean age of 61.4  12.5 years (range, 37 to 84). …”
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A comparison between general linear regression and quantitative robust regression (data for kidney patients as an example) by أسامة عبد العزيز كاظم القريشي, سما سعدي علي الهاشمي

“…Regression analysis is considered one of the statistical methods that are widely used  several papers because it describes the relationship between variables in the form of an equation and is defined as a statistical tool used to find out the relationship between the dependent variable and one or more independent variables. …”
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From Spectrum to Image: A Novel Deep Clustering Network for Lactose-Free Milk Adulteration Detection by Chong Zhang, Shankui Ding, Ying He

“…Traditional clustering methods are often ineffective in extracting relevant features from high-dimensional, nonlinear near-infrared (NIR) spectra, resulting in poor accuracy of detecting lactose-free milk adulteration. …”
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Genotoxic effects in blood cells of sturger (Acipenseridae) grown in conditions of cage farming of the Volga delta, Russia by A. V. Konkova, D. R. Faizulina, Yu. M. Shirina, I. A. Bogatov

“…To assess the physiological state of sturgeons, conventional hematological and biochemical methods were used.In the samples of fish blood smears studied, the average proportion of erythrocytes with micronuclei was 3.20 ± 1.24 ‰ in Russian sturgeon and 5.25 ± 1.18 ‰ in sterlet. …”
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The Importance of Store Image and Retail Service Quality in Private Brand Image-Building by Adi Alić, Emir Agić, Merima Činjarević

“…(2) How does consumer’s evaluation of the quality of the service delivered by a retailer affect the image of its private brand? Research Design & Methods: Data were collected through a field survey via the store-intercept method. …”
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Meta-analysis of pathway enrichment: combining independent and dependent omics data sets. by Alexander Kaever, Manuel Landesfeind, Kirstin Feussner, Burkhard Morgenstern, Ivo Feussner, Peter Meinicke

“…A popular method for the knowledge-based interpretation of single data sets is the (Gene) Set Enrichment Analysis. …”
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Standardization of the Denver Developmental Screening Test for children in Seoul: a validity study by Keun Lee

“…The Probit method was employed for statistical analysis. Results: Children from Seoul exhibited more rapid development than their counterparts in Denver and Tokyo across all four developmental domains: personal-social, fine motor-adaptive, language, and gross motor. …”
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Identifying and prioritizing the factors affecting the increase of earthquake risk in worn-out urban areas with a combined approach of fuzzy Delphi technique and BMW model by Ehsan Arkani, Hossein Hatami Nejad, Soheil Qare

“…The present study is applied in terms of purpose and in terms of analytical method based on multi-criteria approach. Library and field methods were used to gather information. …”
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Formula and Technology Development for Obtaining Biologically Active Natural Food Additives by Smirnov S., Fazullina O.

“…The advantage of the technology lies in the use of natural components and special processing methods of BAS preservation. The research included the method of water-activated granulation while 20% ethyl was used as a wetting agent. …”
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Collection and Morphological Characterization of Local Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) Genotypes in Northern Cyprus by Nihat Yılmaz, Turgut Alas, Handan Ş apcı Selamoğlu, Zeynep Arı, Hatice Bekci

“…Therefore, it is concluded that this method will be used in coordination with molecular characterization studies to provide more reliable results.…”
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Advancing Sustainable Textile Metrology: Reflectivity Measurement with Controlled Light Sources by Radostina A. Angelova, Elena Borisova, Daniela Sofronova

“…This study introduces an experimental method for evaluating the reflectivity of flexible textile materials under controlled lighting conditions. …”
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Improvement of Nanopore sequencing provides access to high quality genomic data for multi-component CRESS-DNA plant viruses by Daniel H. Otron, Denis Filloux, Andy Brousse, Murielle Hoareau, Babbitha Fenelon, Cécile Hoareau, Emmanuel Fernandez, Fidèle Tiendrébéogo, Jean-Michel Lett, Justin S. Pita, Philippe Roumagnac, Pierre Lefeuvre

“…The effectiveness of the method was demonstrated on two plant samples, one infected with the bipartite begomovirus African cassava mosaic virus (ACMV) and the other infected with the nanovirus faba bean necrotic stunt virus (FBNSV), a virus with eight genomic segments. …”
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An Examination and Critique of Bottom-Up Causation in the Interpretation of Free Will, Focusing on the Non-Reductionist Approach by Tayybhe Gholami, Zahra khazaei

“…Primary materials include scholarly articles, philosophical texts, and contemporary analyses of reductionist theories, sourced from databases such as JSTOR and Google Scholar.Participants in the study include notable philosophers, whose views on free will and reductionism have significantly influenced contemporary discourse. A purposive sampling method was utilized to select texts that encompass a range of perspectives, including those of Sam Harris and Daniel Dennett.Data collection involved a systematic literature review, focusing on published works from the last two decades to ensure relevance. …”
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Developing the Process of Value Estimation and Modeling the Project Cost by O. N. Kalinina

“…Constructive and cost parameters of power stations, which pass and distribute electric power were found and possibility to estimate the degree of parametric similarity of the project being devised with the analogues project by using the method of cluster analysis by homogeneity principle. …”
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Raman Laser Polymerization of C60 Nanowhiskers by Ryoei Kato, Kun'ichi Miyazawa

“…Short C60NWs with a mean length of 4.4 μm were synthesized by LLIP method (liquid-liquid interfacial precipitation method). …”
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Incorporating preference uncertainty in best worst scaling. by Francisco J Areal, Rubén Perez

“…Applying this novel extended BWS method to a sample of Argentinian wine consumers (n = 342), we aim to a) provide a more informative elicitation of consumers' relative preferences for 16 wine attributes; b) identify the level of uncertainty with each of the attributes, exploring differences between the most and least important wine attributes influencing purchasing wine; and c) compare the results of the extended BWS with the standard BWS. …”
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Combining whole genome sequencing and non-adaptive group testing for large-scale ethnicity screens by Elior Avraham, Noam Shental

“…Conclusions Our computational approach aims to reduce the costs of large-scale ancestry testing by up to 4-fold in many real-life scenarios while not compromising accuracy. We hope this method will allow more efficient large-scale ethnicity screenings.…”
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Expaining model of affecting factors on e-learning effectiveness in post graduate courses by Mahdi Kheyrandish

“…Regarding the aims, the present research is descriptive and regarding the application is practical. Data collection method is research made questioner. In order to reach this aim, 106 samples including deans, experts and lecturers of e-learning programs have been randomly chosen and by application of partial least square method five different factors affecting the effectiveness of e-leaning including university-related, student features and characteristics, lecturer’s features and characteristics, learning conditions and environmental factors have been determined. …”
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Perception of individual and group discrimination among LGB individuals in Puerto Rico: A descriptive study by Caleb Esteban, Juan Aníbal González-Rivera

“…Background: Discrimination is one or more unjustified negative behaviors towards a person based on one or more characteristics of that person. …”
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