Construction and validation of nomograms to predict central lymph node metastasis in clinical node-negative unilateral papillary thyroid carcinoma by Longqing Hu, Bei Qian, Junlin Zhu, Shuting Gao, Li Mei, Shengnan Ruan, Xincai Qu

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Design and Implementation of 3U CubeSat Platform Architecture by Sua Song, Hongrae Kim, Young-Keun Chang

“…The performance of KAUSAT-5 adopting standard platform was verified by mounting the VSCMG (Variable Speed Control Moment Gyro), which is one payload for technical demonstration, at the bottom of the platform and the infrared (IR) camera, which is the other payload for science mission, on the top. The 3U CubeSat equipped with the electronic optical camera is under development implementing the standard platform to reduce development cost and schedule by minimizing additional verification.…”
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Influence of Styrene-Acrylic Ester Dispersion on the Early Hydration of Cement by Ru Wang, Xiaoxin Shi

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Application of a deep learning algorithm for the diagnosis of HCC by Philip Leung Ho Yu, Keith Wan-Hang Chiu, Jianliang Lu, Gilbert C.S. Lui, Jian Zhou, Ho-Ming Cheng, Xianhua Mao, Juan Wu, Xin-Ping Shen, King Ming Kwok, Wai Kuen Kan, Y.C. Ho, Hung Tat Chan, Peng Xiao, Lung-Yi Mak, Vivien W.M. Tsui, Cynthia Hui, Pui Mei Lam, Zijie Deng, Jiaqi Guo, Li Ni, Jinhua Huang, Sarah Yu, Chengzhi Peng, Wai Keung Li, Man-Fung Yuen, Wai-Kay Seto

“…Methods: We developed four deep learning models for diagnosing HCC on computed tomography (CT) via a training–validation–testing approach. …”
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The Impact of Endovascular Repair of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm on the Gastrointestinal and Renal Function by R. R. Makar, S. A. Badger, M. E. O’Donnell, C. V. Soong, L. L. Lau, I. S. Young, R. J. Hannon, B. Lee

“…Consecutive patients with rAAA were repaired by OR or EVAR according to computerised tomographic (CT) findings. Renal function was monitored by estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), serum urea and creatinine, and urinary albumin creatinine ratio (ACR). …”
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Enhancing thyroid nodule assessment with deep learning and ultrasound imaging by Jatinder Kumar, Surya Narayan Panda, Devi Dayal, Manish Sharma

“…Developments in artificial intelligence (AI), particularly deep learning (DL), are helping to identify and measure patterns in clinical images because of DL's capacity towards pull out hierarchical attribute representations from images without the need for annotated images. …”
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Validation of Indigenous Knowledge Practices Among Teachers in Lower Secondary Schools in the Central Region of Uganda by Grace K. Baguma, Jesse Lukindo

“…Initially, the Indigenous Knowledge construct consisted of seven sub-constructs with a total of 45 items. Data from A sample of 732 respondents was further collected after a pilot study to facilitate a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of structural equation modelling (SEM). …”
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Identification of strengths and weaknesses of the healthcare system for persons living with rare diseases in Catalonia (Spain), and recommendations to improve its comprehensive att... by José Hernández-Rodríguez, Fernando Martínez-Valle, Xènia Acebes, Carmen Alerany, Jordi Antón, Gonzalo Calvo, Marian Corral, Jordi Cruz, M. Antònia Mangues-Bafalluy, José Mateo, Josefa Rivera, Albert Salazar, Roser Francisco, Cristina Mallol, Rita Reig-Viader, Ariadna Tigri-Santiña, Assumpta Ricart, Francesc Palau

“…Abstract Background Rare diseases (RDs) are a heterogeneous group of complex and low-prevalence conditions in which the time to establish a definitive diagnosis is often too long. In addition, for most RDs, few to no treatments are available and it is often difficult to find a specialized care team. …”
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Ergenlerde Öz-Şefkat Ölçeği Kısa Formu’nun Cinsiyete Göre Ölçme Değişmezliğinin İncelenmesi by Lokman Koçak

“…Araştırmada 2022-2023 öğretim yılında bir il merkezindeki farklı ortaokullarda öğrenim gören 105’i kadın (%55.3), 85’i erkek (%45.7) toplam 190 ortaokul öğrencisinden elde edilen veriler kullanılmıştır. …”
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Small Bowel Obstruction due to Migrated Intragastric Balloon: A Case Report and Literature Review by Min Yien Tan, Kar Yin Fok, Huong Nguyen, Senarath Edirimanne, Michael Devadas

“…We present the case of a 44-year-old woman who presented with a two-day history of upper abdominal pain, nausea, and obstipation, on the background of a Spatz3™ Balloon (Spatz FGIA, Great Neck, NY, USA) endoscopically placed seven months prior. Computed tomography scan confirmed small bowel obstruction due to a migrated IGB, requiring laparotomy and enterotomy for retrieval. …”
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Effect of marination with broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica) juice and soy sauce on physicochemical, structural and oxidative properties of beef steak by Ashkan Jebelli Javan, Fatemeh Mirhaj, Nasim Khorshidian, Mehrdad Mohammadi

“…The combined treatment showed higher pH, yellowness, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), myofibrillar fragmentation index, and total soluble protein compared to the control group (P < 0.05, 48 h). …”
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Physically based modelling of glacier evolution under climate change in the tropical Andes by J. D. Mackay, J. D. Mackay, N. E. Barrand, D. M. Hannah, E. Potter, E. Potter, N. Montoya, W. Buytaert

“…The ensemble mean simulation estimates that total glacier mass will decrease to 17 % and 6 % of that in 2000 by 2100 for Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) 4.5 and RCP8.5, respectively, which is more conservative than estimates from some other global glacier models.…”
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Numerical Analysis of Two I-shaped GFRP Composite Bridge with Corrugated Webs by Linjun Yan, Jingwei Zhang, Kui Luo

“…Further research efforts on the influence of parameters dimension variation in corrugated webs girder composite system are needed. A total of four variable parameters are selected to test, which are GFRP corrugated web width, thickness, height, and SFRCC top slab thickness, respectively. …”
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Editorial: Preclinical animal models and measures of pain: improving predictive validity for analgesic drug development - volume II by Anke Tappe-Theodor, Thomas J. Martin, S. Stevens Negus

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Modern conditions for reproduction of the educational potential of the Russian workforce by O. A. Komarova

“…The results of the analysis show that in Russia, the reproduction of the educational potential is hampered as a result of the demographic crisis manifested in the continuation of the trend towards natural population decline and an increase in the number of people of retirement age; increase in the scale of external migration of skilled labour; average level of Internet accessibility to the population, and, as a result, insufficient formation of its digital skills. …”
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Presenting a multi-objective decision-making model for cost-time trade-off considering the time value of money and solving it using particle swarm optimization by Mohammadreza Shahriari

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Serology of Viral Infections and Tuberculosis Screening in an IBD Population Referred to a Tertiary Centre of Southern Italy by Marco Ardesia, Giuseppe Costantino, Placido Mondello, Angela Alibrandi, Walter Fries

“…The aim of our study was to assess the immune status for hepatitis B, varicella, mononucleosis, and cytomegalovirus infection together with the determination of the hepatitis C and tuberculosis status in Southern Italy. …”
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Strongly Coupled 𝒫𝒯-Symmetric Models in Holography by Daniel Areán, David Garcia-Fariña, Karl Landsteiner

“…Non-Hermitian quantum field theories are a promising tool to study open quantum systems. These theories preserve unitarity if <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi mathvariant="script">PT</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula> symmetry is respected, and in that case, an equivalent Hermitian description exists via the so-called Dyson map. …”
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Neural Pathways Conveying Novisual Information to the Visual Cortex by Wen Qin, Chunshui Yu

“…Finally, the open question about the nature (stimulus-driven or top-down) of non-visual signals is also discussed.…”
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