Multimodal medical image fusion combining saliency perception and generative adversarial network by Mohammed Albekairi, Mohamed vall O. Mohamed, Khaled Kaaniche, Ghulam Abbas, Meshari D. Alanazi, Turki M. Alanazi, Ahmed Emara

“…Compared to state-of-the-art methods, the framework achieves an 11.378% improvement in fusion accuracy and a 12.441% enhancement in precision. …”
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Fuzzy Masks for Correlation Matrix Pruning by Adam Dudas, Alzbeta Michalikova, Roman Jasek

“…Among statistical methods used in data analysis processes, correlation analysis holds one of the most significant places. …”
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CERUMENOLYTIC AGENTS FOR CERUMEN IMPACTION TREATMENT: A SCOPING REVIEW by Arsyada Hakama Syakuro, Asti Widuri, Rizka Fakhriani, Deoni Daniswara

“…Objective: This scoping review is to identify the current data on cerumenolytic drugs, emphasizing their effectiveness, safety profiles, and optimal treatment practices. Methods: Electronic databases were searched for medicinal treatment of cerumen impaction. …”
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Prevalence and morphological evaluation of dens invaginatus with associated palatogingival groove in maxillary anterior teeth using cone-beam computed tomography: A retrospective s... by P. Mondal, K. Mistry, T. Paul, K. K. Saha, D. Das, S. Das

“…This study aimed to determine the prevalence and characteristics of DI and associated PGG in maxillary anterior teeth among an Indian population. MATERIALS AND METHODS. A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted on 586 CBCT scans recorded for clinical purposes, of which 228 met the inclusion criteria. …”
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Mobile App for Pre- and Intraoperative Assessment of Astigmatism Correction with Toric Intraocular Lenses in Cataract Surgery by Francisco Aecio Fernandes Dias, Vinicius Jose Fernandes Dias, Barbara de Araujo Lima Dutra, Anna Christina Siqueira Marques, Edgar Marçal, Abrahao da Rocha Lucena, Joao Crispim Ribeiro

“…Methods. In this prospective case series study, a codesign methodology was chosen to develop the Eye Axis Check application. …”
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Development and validation of a prognostic nomogram for early hepatocellular carcinoma treated with microwave ablation by Jing Zhang, Guanya Guo, Tao Li, Changcun Guo, Ying Han, Xinmin Zhou

“…The aim of this study is to develop and validate a prognostic model specifically for these patients.MethodsBetween January 2008 and December 2018, 345 treatment-naïve patients with HCC conforming to the Milan criteria who underwent MWA were enrolled and randomly assigned to the training (n=209) and validation (n=136) cohorts. …”
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Topographic anatomy of the liver of children and adolescents according to intravital imaging by A. S. Lozinskiy

“…Material and methods. Abdominal computed tomograms of 88 children and adolescents without visible pathology of the abdominal organs were analyzed. …”
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Voxel-Based Digital Twin Framework for Earthwork Construction by Muhammad Shoaib Khan, Hyuk Soo Cho, Jongwon Seo

“…Earthwork construction presents significant challenges due to its unique characteristics, including irregular topography, inhomogeneous geotechnical properties, dynamic operations involving heavy equipment, and continuous terrain updates over time. Existing methods often fail to accurately capture these complexities, support semantic attributes, simulate realistic equipment–environment interactions, and update the model dynamically during construction. …”
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TNF-α -308 G/A Gene Polymorphism as a Risk Factor for Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Cirebon, Indonesia by Nurfithria Oktaviyati, Tiar Masykuroh Pratamawati, Donny Nauphar

“…Aims: To analyze the TNF-α -308 G/A gene polymorphism as a risk factor for the occurrence of pulmonary tuberculosis in Cirebon. Methods: A total of 64 participants joined part in an analytical observational study using a case-control design at the Biomolecular and Genetics Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Swadaya Gunung Jati, Indonesia. …”
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The Effect of High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) on Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Levels (BNDF): A Systematic Review by Milosz Mielniczek, Tore Kristian Aune

“…Bias was evaluated using visualization tools such as RobVis, and the review was conducted by a single researcher, which may limit its comprehensiveness. …”
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Realistic synthetic dataset generation for cyber-physical systems: a performance evaluation by Yaa Acquaah, Kaushik Roy

“…Furthermore, the synthetic datasets are compared to the real-world data through in-depth statistical analyses, visualization methods, and anomaly detection approaches. …”
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Morphological Analysis and Subtype Detection of Acute Myeloid Leukemia in High-Resolution Blood Smears Using ConvNeXT by Mubarak Taiwo Mustapha, Dilber Uzun Ozsahin

“…Automated AML subtype detection is especially important for underrepresented subtypes to ensure equitable diagnostics; (2) Methods: This study explores the potential of ConvNeXt, an advanced convolutional neural network architecture, for classifying high-resolution peripheral blood smear images into AML subtypes. …”
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Coping strategies during captivity: a qualitative study on released civilian abductees in Gaza by Inbar Levkovich, Zohar Elyoseph, Shiri Shinan-Altman

“…The aim of the research is to understand the dynamics of individuals who were liberated from captivity, focusing on the coping mechanisms. Methods This qualitative research study examined the coping resources of civilian abductees through thematic analysis of the testimonies of 33 Israeli civilians aged 18–85 who were abducted in the Israel- Hamas war, 2023, based on testimonies published in Israeli online news media platforms. …”
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Time Series Analysis of Daily Bed Costs and Consumption Ratio of Inpatients with CHD in a Children’s Hospital in Chengdu by Yang H, Xiang S, Yang Y

“…Honglin Yang, Siyu Xiang, Yuwei Yang West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Office of Operations Management and Evaluation, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610000, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Yuwei Yang, Email canbiezan555@163.comObjective: This study aims to examine the evolving trends in daily bed costs and the ratios of consumables costs for inpatients with congenital heart disease (CHD) at a pediatric hospital in Chengdu from 2019 to 2024 and to project these metrics for the year 2025.Methods: Utilizing SPSS version 23.0, we employed exponential smoothing and ARIMA models to analyze the daily bed cost data of CHD inpatients from 2019 to 2023, constructing predictive models accordingly. …”
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Dynamic magnetic resonance imaging of the cerebrospinal fluid flow within the cerebral aqueduct by different FISIP 2D sequences by Lučić Miloš A., Koprivšek Katarina M., Till Viktor, Vesić Zoran

“…A vast majority of current radiogical techniques, such as computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have great potential of visualization and delineation of cerebrospinal fluid spaces morphology within cerebral aqueduct. …”
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Recognition of Conus species using a combined approach of supervised learning and deep learning-based feature extraction. by Noshaba Qasmi, Rimsha Bibi, Sajid Rashid

“…In this report, we propose an ensemble learning strategy based on the combination of Random Forest (RF) and XGBoost (XGB) methods. We used 47,600 cone shell images of uniform size (224 x 224 pixels), which were split into an 80:20 train-test ratio. …”
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Affective-Computing-Driven Personalized Display of Cultural Information for Commercial Heritage Architecture by Huimin Hu, Yaxin Wan, Khang Yeu Tang, Qingyue Li, Xiaohui Wang

“…The display methods for traditional cultural heritage lack personalization and emotional interaction, making it difficult to stimulate the public’s deep cultural awareness. …”
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Characterization of In Vivo Retinal Lesions of Diabetic Retinopathy Using Adaptive Optics Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscopy by Sonja G. Karst, Jan Lammer, Salma H. Radwan, Hanna Kwak, Paolo S. Silva, Stephen A. Burns, Lloyd Paul Aiello, Jennifer K. Sun

“…To characterize hallmark diabetic retinopathy (DR) lesions utilizing adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (AOSLO) and to compare AOSLO findings with those on standard imaging techniques. Methods. Cross-sectional study including 35 eyes of 34 study participants. …”
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Epidemiology of hepatitis B and C among risk groups in Czechia by Iva Bendlova, Vojtech Simka, Ekaterina Ryzhova, Tereza Schovankova, Ondrej Holy

“…The research employed quantitative methods and descriptive data analysis. A spatial visualization of disease occurrence per 100,000 inhabitants in Czech districts was conducted for the years 2000, 2010, and 2020 to compare disease development and the risk group of IDUs across districts. …”
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Blockchain Technologies in Logistics and Supply Chain Management: A Bibliometric Review by Abderahman Rejeb, Karim Rejeb, Steve Simske, Horst Treiblmaier

“…This study enriches the extant blockchain literature, provides a timely snapshot of the current state of research, and examines the knowledge structure of blockchain research in logistics and SCM with the help of evidence-based scientometric methods.…”
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