Perspectives of adult advanced pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease patients about kidney replacement therapy in three referral hospitals in Rwanda by Gloria Shumbusho, Darlene L. Nyenyeri, Jules Kabahizi, Darius Uwiragiye, Oswald Habyarimana, Gad Binayisa, Alice Nyirangirimana, Emile Twagirumukiza, Kara L. Neil, Negussie Deyessa, Alan Leichtman, Janvier Murayire, Erhard Dufatanye, Gerard Nkundimana, Emile Sebera, Ahmed M. Elbasha

“…Healthcare providers served as key information sources, while financial constraints and limited knowledge of CKD progression and management emerged as major barriers to optimal care. …”
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AI-driven epidemic intelligence: the future of outbreak detection and response by Jasleen Kaur, Jasleen Kaur, Zahid Ahmad Butt

“…The growing frequency of emerging infectious diseases highlights the urgency for more rapid and accurate surveillance methods. This perspective proposes a forward-looking conceptual framework for AI-driven epidemic intelligence, emphasizing the transformative potential of integrating large language models (LLMs), natural language processing (NLP), and optimization-based resource allocation strategies. …”
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http://journal.ie.asm.md/assets/files/07_03_44_2019.pdf by Tatarinova N.V., Sushchikh V.M.

“…Its relevance is due to the necessity to improve calculation methods for cogeneration turbine units since they are still the main source of thermal energy in centralized heat supply systems. …”
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Smart Packet Delivery in Mobile Underwater Sensors Networks (M-CTSP) by Abdul Khan, Miguel-Angel Luque-Nieto, Ali Akbar Siddique

“…This research is focused on leveraging the Travelling Salesman Problem (TSP) to establish the optimal route of getting from a source node to a destination node in an underwater dynamic location. …”
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Weak peak identification of gamma spectrum based on singular value decomposition by CHEN Feng, ZHOU Jianbin, LIU Yi

“…Finally, the γ spectrum of the radioactive source 152Eu was used as the experimental object, the peak finding performance of proposed method was compared with that of first-order derivative peak finding, symmetric zero-area peak finding, and singular value decomposition peak finding.ResultsComparison result show that the bidirectional circular matrix SVD peaking method has higher recall rate, precision rate, and F1 value, achieving 100%, 87% and 0.94, respectively.ConclusionsThe approach of this study can optimize weak peak detection and offer additional options for peak finding methods.…”
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Understanding and accessing the continuum of human/animal support services: A scoping review by Lisa Townsend, Grace Phillips, Janet Hoy-Gerlach, Heather Cammisa

“…Clearinghouses such as Pethelpfinder.org may be more efficient ways of identifying HA/SS than other sources. Further research is needed to optimize growth of HA/SS and facilitate collaboration across human and animal service sectors.…”
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MODERN VIEWS ON TOOTH WHITENING by O.S. Kyrmanov, A.V. Lemeshko

“…Purpose. Analysis of the sources of scientific and medical information about the features of tooth whitening by various methods and their effectiveness with the presentation of their own clinical examples. …”
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Abnormality-aware multimodal learning for WSI classification by Thao M. Dang, Qifeng Zhou, Yuzhi Guo, Hehuan Ma, Saiyang Na, Thao Bich Dang, Jean Gao, Junzhou Huang

“…Furthermore, these methods frequently rely on feature extractors pretrained on natural images, which are not optimized for pathology tasks, and overlook multimodal data sources such as cellular and textual information that can provide critical insights. …”
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Translatological features of online publications on evaluating the BTL technologies effectiveness in the aspect of marketing communications by E. V. Pivanova

“…Linguistic methods of the study included definition method to clarify the content of basic concepts; comparative analysis method to compare the terminological systems of the Russian and English languages; linguistic analysis to determine the parameters of a scientific text; translatological analysis to identify ways to translate units of the source text, comparative analysis and a method of generalization and induction to highlight marketing aspects of evaluating the effectiveness of BTL technologies. …”
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Sustainable technology for coconut processing: Biomass-powered dryer and performance evaluation by C. Naveen Prabhu, S. Dhanushkodi, K. Sudhakar

“…Additionally, these methods can be labor-intensive and susceptible to contamination. …”
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Systemic therapy for anaplastic thyroid cancer: a literature review by E. S. Dzhelialov, I. V. Sleptsov, R. A. Chernikov, N. I. Timofeeva, A. M. Belousov

“…Material and Methods. The literature search for the review was performed using the following databases: Web of Science, Scopus, Medline, the Cochrane library, and RSCI. …”
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Clinical approbation today: analysis of current problems and solutions by V. V. Omelyanovskiy, D. V. Lukyantseva, T. I. Alekseeva, Yu. V. Voropaeva, T. A. Tomilina, R. A. Teryan, A. O. Gadzhieva

“…Objective: description of the current problems concerning the development and conducting of a protocol of clinical approbation (CA) of methods of prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation to optimize the implementation of innovative medical technologies in practical health care through CA.Material and methods. …”
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Effective Machine Learning Techniques for Non-English Radiology Report Classification: A Danish Case Study by Alice Schiavone, Lea Marie Pehrson, Silvia Ingala, Rasmus Bonnevie, Marco Fraccaro, Dana Li, Michael Bachmann Nielsen, Desmond Elliott

“…Background: Machine learning methods for clinical assistance require a large number of annotations from trained experts to achieve optimal performance. …”
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Modern Aspects of Cataract Surgery from the Standpoint of the Medical and Social Health Model. Review by V. V. Neroev, N. I. Ovechkin

“…In this direction, the practical application of the «FEC-22» QOL assessment technique will ensure an increase in the level of clinical diagnostic research in cataract surgery when solving a number of urgent problems — comparative evaluation of IOLs, study of the effectiveness of postoperative rehabilitation methods for patients, selection of the optimal formula for calculating IOLs. …”
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Qualitative Performance Indicators of a Ripping-and-Separating Machine for Soil Cultivation by Yu. N. Syromyatnikov

“…The information for the study has been obtained as a result of the analysis of literary sources. (Conclusion) The experimental machine for optimizing the agrophysical properties of the ploughed soil layer allows increasing the structural coefficient by about 2.5 times as compared with traditional cultivators. …”
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Impact of glioma metabolism-related gene ALPK1 on tumor immune heterogeneity and the regulation of the TGF-β pathway by YaoFeng Hu, Sen Qin, RuCui Deng

“…Therefore, exploring the molecular subtyping of gliomas, identifying novel prognostic biomarkers, and understanding the characteristics of their immune microenvironments are crucial for improving treatment strategies and patient outcomes.MethodsWe integrated glioma datasets from multiple sources, employing Non-negative Matrix Factorization (NMF) to cluster samples and filter for differentially expressed metabolic genes. …”
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Biopolymer encapsulation for improved probiotic delivery: Advancements and challenges by Srirengaraj Vijayaram, Reshma Sinha, Caterina Faggio, Einar Ringø, Chi-Chung Chou

“…Through detailed comparative analysis of the effectiveness of various encapsulation methods, we identify key strategies for optimizing probiotic deployment in challenging conditions such as high-temperature processing, acidic environments, and gastrointestinal transit. …”
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Discriminative fault diagnosis transfer learning network under joint mechanism by Yuxuan Yang, Jiarui Jing, Jian Zhang, Ziyu Liu, Xueyi Li

“…Abstract Unsupervised fault diagnosis methods for rotating machinery are gaining attention but face challenges such as feature extraction from vibration signals, aligning distributions between source and target domains, and managing domain shifts. …”
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Health Benefits of (Poly)phenols from Cherries: A Review of Clinical Trials by Alessandro Colletti, Giancarlo Cravotto, Atanasio De Meo, Marzia Pellizzato, Enzo Luigi Riccardi, Marco Marchetti

“…Cherries are well known to be a rich source of (poly)phenols, especially anthocyanins, with exhibited antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. …”
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Advances in studies and applications of thick diamond films prepared by microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition by Fucheng LIU, Guanjie MA, Jiangtao HUANG, Zongyan ZHANG, Peigang HAN, Bin HE

“…Compared to other chemical vapor deposition (CVD) methods, the microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition (MPCVD) method is recognized as the best technology for depositing high-quality diamond films. …”
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