Role of Combined Use of Adiponectin and hsCRP in Cardiovascular Risk in Pediatric Neurogenic Bladder by Joanna Bagińska-Chyży, Alicja Szymańska, Agata Korzeniecka-Kozerska

“…While adiponectin levels were also altered, their association with cardiovascular risk appears more complex and may involve additional metabolic mechanisms.…”
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Clinical features of Behcet’s uveitis in patients with herpesvirus reactivation by V. V. Neroev, E. S. Sorozhkina, G. I. Krichevskaya, N. V. Balatskaya, G. A. Davydova, T. A. Lisitsyna

“…To study the possible impact of human herpes viruses (HHV) reactivation: herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV 1), type 2 (HSV 2), cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Epstein — Barr virus (EBV) on the clinical course of uveitis in Behcet's disease (BD). Material and methods. Serum samples of 106 BD patients (ave. age 39) with uveitis were examined for the presence of antibodies — serological markers of chronic HHV infection and reactivation. …”
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Adsorption and Desorption Characteristics of Cd(II) Ions onto the Adsorbent Derived from Algae by Shunsuke Aizawa, Ryusei Machida, Yoshimasa Amano, Motoi Machida

“…Then, practicality and reusability of CBA were examined by researching the adsorption/desorption performance of Cd(II) in batch and column methods. In batch method, the amount of 1st adsorption in CBA-S was highest (0.95 mmol/g) and more than twice CBA-Z series. …”
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Influence of clinical risk factors for preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) on the elastic strength of fetal membranes at term: A prospective study. by Amaury Robin, Nicolas Tessier Doyen, Sami Ben Rhaiem, Nancy Valette, Véronique Fermeaux, Pierre-Marie Preux, Sophie Martinez, Jean-Luc Eyraud, Chahrazed El Hamel, Didier Riethmuller, Perrine Coste Mazeau

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>Primiparous patients have lower membrane mechanical strength than patients who have had one or more deliveries. Mechanically, the thicker membranes are less rigid and less resistant.…”
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Stress on external hexagon and Morse taper implants submitted to immediate loading by Caroline H. Odo, Marcele J. Pimentel, Rafael L.X. Consani, Marcelo F. Mesquita, Mauro A.A. Nóbilo

“…Background/Aims: This study aimed to evaluate the stress distribution around external hexagon (EH) and Morse taper (MT) implants with different prosthetic systems of immediate loading (distal bar (DB), casting technique (CT), and laser welding (LW)) by using photoelastic method. Methods: Three infrastructures were manufactured on a model simulating an edentulous lower jaw. …”
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Perception of the organization's safety culture by medical staff in Germany and Russia by K. N. Tsaranov

“…To compare the perception of the safety culture of the organisation by medical staff in Germany and Russia.Materials and methods. In the study carried out in Germany (Bohmann F. …”
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Genetic predisposition to digital device use and the risk of five psychiatric disorders by Qi Liu, Zhen Zhang

“…We aimed to uncover the causal links between digital device use and five psychiatric disorders risk utilizing the two-sample Mendelian Randomization method.MethodsWe obtained genetic variants related to digital device use from the UK Biobank’s genome-wide association study and psychiatric disorders data from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium. …”
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Leveraging commonality across multiple tissue slices for enhanced whole slide image classification using graph convolutional networks by Sakonporn Noree, Willmer Rafell Quinones Robles, Young Sin Ko, Mun Yong Yi

“…Conclusion By efficiently establishing information across slices, our approach offers a more accurate and efficient method for WSI classification, with promising implications for clinical applications. …”
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Moving toward the digitalization of neuropsychological tests: An exploratory study on usability and operator perception by Maria Grazia Maggio, Fabio Mauro Giambò, Martina Barbera, Paolo De Pasquale, Francesca Bruno, Andrea Calderone, Angelo Quartarone, Amelia Rizzo, Rocco Salvatore Calabrò

“…A Wilcoxon signed-rank test showed a statistically significant difference between the two conditions ( p  = 0.0003), indicating that participants found the digital tools to be more usable compared to the traditional assessment format. …”
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The effect of platinum-aluminide coating features on high-temperature fatigue life of nickel-based superalloy Rene®80 by Barjesteh M.M., Zangeneh-Madar K., Abbasi S.M., Shirvani K.

“…The results of microstructure investigations performed by scanning electron microscope and X-ray diffraction phase analysis indicated a three-layer structure for the coating (bi-phase (Ni,Pt)Al+PtAl2, single-phase (Ni,Pt)Al and interdiffusion zone) with different chemical compositions at both thicknesses of the platinum layer and using both aluminizing methods. Also, the results of low cycle fatigue tests at 871°C, R=0 and strain rate of 2×10 -3 s-1 showed a decline in fatigue properties in coated specimens as compared to uncoated sample, at total strains of 0.4, 0.8, and 1.2%. …”
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A Scale-Aware and Discriminative Feature Learning Network for Fine-Grained Rigid Object Recognition by Yangte Gao, Chenwei Deng, Liang Chen, Zicong Zhu

“…Rigid targets in remote sensing scenes usually retain relatively stable scale information and apparent structure, providing an adequate basis for their discrimination. However, existing methods need to more reasonably utilize the scale information and apparent structure, which results in scale neglect and insufficient discriminative feature extraction (DFE). …”
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Contemporary Update on the Microbiology of Paranasal Sinusitis by Margaret B. Mitchell, Alan D. Workman, Richard Lu, Neil Bhattacharyya

“…Results: A total of 2302 culture samples were collected: 2012 (87%) bacterial, 287 (13%) fungal, and 3 (0.1%) mycobacterial cultures. …”
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“Healthcare professionals’ attitudes towards euthanasia in the Balearic Islands.” by Daniel Lerma-García, Juan Carlos Muñoz-Camargo, Laura Cervantes-Torres, Sandra Martínez-Rodríguez, María Dolores Onieva-Zafra

“…Objective This study aims to analyze the sociodemographic factors influencing attitudes toward euthanasia among healthcare professionals in the Balearic Islands and examine the correlation between two scales measuring these attitudes. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample of 746 healthcare professionals from the Balearic Health Service. …”
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Mineralization of Azo Dye from Aqueous Solution via Electro-Activated Persulfate: A Case Study on Direct Red 89 by Behnam Hatami, Arezo Rezaie, Maryam Malekbala

“…The concentration of DR 89 in the samples was measured using a UV-visible spectrophotometer. …”
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A Systematic Review of Hospital-to-School Reintegration Interventions for Children and Youth with Acquired Brain Injury. by Sally Lindsay, Laura R Hartman, Nick Reed, Caron Gan, Nicole Thomson, Beverely Solomon

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>Cognitive, behavioral, and problem-solving interventions have the potential to improve school reintegration for youth with ABI. However, more comprehensive interventions are needed to help link rehabilitation clinicians, educators, adolescents, and families.…”
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Near-field extremely large-scale MIMO data rate prediction based on deep learning by Guozhi Rong, Rugui Yao, Yifeng He

“…This study utilized the CsiNet-LSTM (Long Short-Term Memory) model to realize the channel capacity prediction. This method combined the efficient CSI compression technique of CsiNet model with the temporal prediction capability of LSTM network, which could more accurately capture the dynamic characteristics of near-field extremely large-scale MIMO channels, thereby improving the accuracy of channel capacity prediction. …”
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A randomized clinical trial comparing retention of complete dentures and oral health quality of life of patients with conventional and bioelectric impressions by Sapna Rani, Pankaj Dhawan, Vidushi Saxena

“…Conclusions: Although, there was no significant difference in retention and OHRQoL between both groups. However, more clinical trials with large samples and longer follow-ups are required to reach a conclusive result.…”
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The impact of weight self‐stigma on weight‐loss treatment engagement and outcome by Samantha J. Schram, KayLoni L. Olson, Emily Panza, Jason Lillis

“…Discussion These findings highlight the complexity of understanding how self‐stigma affects treatment engagement and outcome in behavioral weight loss and the need for more targeted research in this understudied area. …”
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Health risk behaviours among people with severe mental ill health during the COVID-19 pandemic: Analysis of linked cohort data. by Emily Peckham, Victoria Allgar, Suzanne Crosland, Paul Heron, Gordon Johnston, Elizabeth Newbronner, Panagiotis Spanakis, Ruth Wadman, Lauren Walker, Simon Gilbody

“…Understanding how health risk behaviours have changed during the pandemic is important when developing strategies to mitigate future increases in health inequalities.<h4>Methods</h4>We sampled from an existing cohort of people with SMI. …”
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Real-Time Detection of Varieties and Defects in Moving Corn Seeds Based on YOLO-SBWL by Yuhang Che, Hongyi Bai, Laijun Sun, Yanru Fang, Xinbo Guo, Shanbing Yin

“…Detecting seeds in motion is more difficult than at rest, and many models pursue high accuracy at the expense of model inference time. …”
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