Clinical and economic constituents of the application of dexamethasone and tocilizumab in the therapy for severe conditions in patients with COVID-19 by O. V. Zhukova, A. L. Khokhlov

“…The statistical tools included methods of the attribute-based statistic (attribute-based efficiency, relative efficiency (RE), populational attributive efficiency (PAE)). …”
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AI-assisted anatomical structure recognition and segmentation via mamba-transformer architecture in abdominal ultrasound images by Shih-Fang Chang, Shih-Fang Chang, Po-Yi Wu, Ming-Chang Tsai, Ming-Chang Tsai, Vincent S. Tseng, Chi-Chih Wang, Chi-Chih Wang

“…Recent artificial intelligence (AI) segmentation methods employing deep neural networks (DNNs) and transformers encounter computational efficiency challenges to balance the preservation of feature dependencies information with model efficiency, limiting their clinical applicability.MethodsThe anatomical structure recognition framework, MaskHybrid, was developed using a private dataset comprising 34,711 abdominal ultrasound images of 2,063 patients from CSMUH. …”
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Analysis of cognitive status of Alzheimer’s disease’s subjects and its association with biomarkers (amyloid beta and tau proteins) using NACC data by Vaghawan Prasad Ojha, Sheida Riahi, Richard Hunt Bobo, Seyedadel Moravveji, Lucien Meteumba, Shantia Yarahmadian

“…We utilized statistical techniques (ANOVA, Seive Plot, Logistic Regression) and visualization methods (Boxplot, Barplot, Violin Plot) to understand the relationships. …”
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Applying Augmented Reality to Convey Medical Knowledge on Osteoclasts to Users of a Serious Game: Vignette Experiment by Jascha Grübel, Julia Chatain, Claudio Schmid, Violaine Fayolle, Fabio Zünd, Reinhard Gruber, Bernd Stadlinger

“…AR-based learning may particularly benefit curious students, who often struggle with text-heavy methods. As students are increasingly accustomed to brief, engaging content, teaching approaches must adapt.…”
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Economic Logistics Optimization in Fire and Rescue Services: A Case Study of the Slovak Fire and Rescue Service by Martina Mandlikova, Andrea Majlingova

“…<i>Objective</i>: The objective of this paper was to evaluate the structure, performance, and reform potential of the logistics system supporting HaZZ, with a focus on procurement efficiency, lifecycle costing, digital integration, and alignment with EU civil protection standards. <i>Methods</i>: A mixed-methods design was applied, comprising the following: (1) Institutional analysis of governance, budgeting, and legal mandates based on semi-structured expert interviews with HaZZ and the Ministry of Interior officers (<i>n</i> = 12); (2) comparative benchmarking with Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, and the Netherlands; (3) financial analysis of national logistics expenditures (2019–2023) using Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) principles, completed with the visualization of cost trends and procurement price variance through original heat maps and time-series graphs. …”
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Construction and evaluation of a triage assessment model for patients with acute non-traumatic chest pain: mixed retrospective and prospective observational study by Xuan Zhou, Gangren Jian, Yuefang He, Yating Huang, Jie Zhang, Shengfang Wang, Yunxian Wang, Ruofei Zheng

“…A nomogram was built based on the predictors, and an internal evaluation was performed using bootstrap resampling methods. The model was also externally validated in this center. …”
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Driving innovations in cancer research through spatial metabolomics: a bibliometric review of trends and hotspot by Shupeng Chen, Yuzhe Zhang, Xiaojian Li, Ye Zhang, Yingjian Zeng

“…Despite its growing significance, a systematic and visualized analysis of spatial metabolomics in cancer research remains lacking, particularly in the integration of multi-omics data and the standardization of methodologies for comprehensive tumor metabolic mapping.ObjectivesThis study aims to conduct a bibliometric analysis to systematically evaluate the development trends, key contributors, research hotspots, and future directions of spatial metabolomics in cancer research.MethodsA bibliometric approach was employed using data retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection. …”
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Image information optimization processing based on fractional order differentiation and WT algorithm. by Qiong Long

“…As one of the most important ways for humans to perceive the world, images contain a wealth of visual information. Digital image processing is a technology that uses computer methods to process and enhance photographs in order to extract meaningful information and improve image quality. …”
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DWT-SVD Based Watermarking for High-Resolution Medical Holographic Images by Fahrettin Horasan, Muhammed Ali Pala, Ali Durdu, Akif Akgül, Ömer Faruk Akmeşe, Mustafa Zahid Yıldız

“…Finding the optimal location to hide the watermarking is one of the most challenging tasks in these methods and affects the method’s performance. In this article, sample identification information is processed with the method of watermaking on the hiding environment created by using a chaos-based random number generator on biomedical data to provide solutions to problems such as visual attack, identity theft, and information confusion. …”
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Multiple Instance Learning With Instance-Level Positive-Unlabeled Learning in Anomaly Detection by Ryosuke Matsuo, Shinya Yasuda, Hiroshi Yoshida

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Medical Image Classification Algorithm Based on Weight Initialization-Sliding Window Fusion Convolutional Neural Network by Feng-Ping An

“…Therefore, this paper starts from the perspective of network optimization and improves the nonlinear modeling ability of the network through optimization methods. A new network weight initialization method is proposed, which alleviates the problem that existing deep learning model initialization is limited by the type of the nonlinear unit adopted and increases the potential of the neural network to handle different visual tasks. …”
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A Novel Intensity-Corrected Blue Channel Compensation and Edge-Preserving Contrast Enhancement Using Laplace Filter and Sigmoid Function for Sand-Dust Image Enhancement by Muhammad Khawaja Kashif Masood, Enrique Nava Baro, Pablo Otero Roth

“…The evaluation results confirm that the proposed method outperforms all previous and advanced deep learning methods in terms of visual quality, metrics, time complexity, and energy efficiency, making it a promising solution for sand-dust image enhancement in real-world applications.…”
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Smart grid stability prediction using Adaptive Aquila Optimizer and ensemble stacked BiLSTM by Safwan Mahmood Al-Selwi, Mohd Fadzil Hassan, Said Jadid Abdulkadir, Mohammed Gamal Ragab, Alawi Alqushaibi, Ebrahim Hamid Sumiea

“…It is utilized for feature selection by identifying and excluding irrelevant and redundant features and methodically evaluates seven key hyperparameters to fine-tune the model's performance. …”
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A standardized framework for robust fragmentomic feature extraction from cell-free DNA sequencing data by Haichao Wang, Paulius D. Mennea, Yu Kiu Elkie Chan, Zhao Cheng, Maria C. Neofytou, Arif Anwer Surani, Aadhitthya Vijayaraghavan, Emma-Jane Ditter, Richard Bowers, Matthew D. Eldridge, Dmitry S. Shcherbo, Christopher G. Smith, Florian Markowetz, Wendy N. Cooper, Tommy Kaplan, Nitzan Rosenfeld, Hui Zhao

“…Our results clarify the variations from library preparation and feature quantification methods. We design the Trim Align Pipeline and cfDNAPro R package as unified interfaces for data pre-processing, feature extraction, and visualization to standardize multi-modal feature engineering and integration for machine learning.…”
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Bacterial Keratitis. Part 2. Topical Aspects of Treatment by O. V. Shilovskikh, V. O. Ponomarev, V. N. Kazaykin, K. A. Tkachenko

“…Autoconjunctival keratoplasty is the oldest method of treatment of progressive corneal ulcers and this method should be considered rather as temporary or preparatory before through keratoplasty, due to the lack of visual functions. …”
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Enhancing Adversarial Defense via Brain Activity Integration Without Adversarial Examples by Tasuku Nakajima, Keisuke Maeda, Ren Togo, Takahiro Ogawa, Miki Haseyama

“…These methods also lead to a trade-off between robustness to adversarial examples and accuracy for clean images. …”
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In Vivo Reflectance Confocal Microscopy Applied to Acral Melanocytic Lesions: A Systematic Review of the Literature by Camilla Chello, Simone Cappilli, Luca Pellegrino, Simone Michelini, Gerardo Palmisano, Giuseppe Gemma, Marisa Salvi, Carmen Cantisani, Alessandro Di Stefani, Ketty Peris, Giovanni Pellacani

“…The aim of this review is to explore the applicability of RCM for the diagnosis of nevi and melanoma on the acral sites. <b>Methods</b>: Study selection was conducted based on the application of RCM for acral melanocytic lesions. …”
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Noise reduction in brain magnetic resonance imaging using adaptive wavelet thresholding based on linear prediction factor by Ananias Pereira Neto, Ananias Pereira Neto, Fabrício J. B. Barros

“…In image processing, particularly in medical imaging like MRI, noise reduction is vital for improving visual quality and accurate analysis. While existing methods offer noise reduction, they often suffer from limitations like edge and texture loss, poor smoothness, and the need for manual parameter tuning.MethodsThis study introduces a novel adaptive wavelet thresholding technique for noise reduction in brain MRI. …”
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WEGAN: a web-based community ecology platform by Gina P. Sykes, Gina P. Sykes, Louisa Normington, Jenna Poelzer, Shiyang Zhao, Dana Allen, Samuel Stuart, Eponine Oler, Komal Jot, Vasuk Gautam, Xin Zhao, Jianguo Xia, Glen C. Jickling, David S. Wishart, David S. Wishart, David S. Wishart, David S. Wishart

“…Specifically, WEGAN provides a wide range of community ecology methods to support the analysis and visualization of trends in dispersal, diversity, and taxonomy as well as univariate and multivariate statistics for clustering, classification, correlation, and ordination analysis. …”
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Comparative Antimicrobial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized by Corynebacterium glutamicum and Plant Extracts by Mohammad et al.

“…As a result, in the present study Ag NPs were synthesized by two methods biosynthetic technique using supernatant of Corynebacterium glutamicum that isolated from soil and green synthesis method by using plant extracts of fresh green plants.Ag NPs which synthesized by two methods were investigated visually by monitoring the color shift of reaction mixture from pale yellow to brown color, UV-Visible spectrophotometer was used to measure maximum absorbance of synthesized Ag NPs. …”
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