Comparative microbial metagenomic analysis of drinking water plants and wastewater treatment plants in Istanbul by Mehmet Demirci, Cankut Çubuk, Ferhat Dasdemir, Abdulkerim Suat Saribas, Esra Billur Balcıoglu, Dogukan Ozbey, Dogu Yorulmaz, Tugba Olmez Hanci, Safak Basa, Bekir Sami Kocazeybek, Bekir Sami Kocazeybek

“…The aim of this study was to detect the microbiome profiles of waters from both DWTPs and WWTPs under the Istanbul Water and Sewerage Administration (ISKI), identify the antimicrobial resistance profiles in all these facilities, and observe the differences in the microbiome between the inlet and outlet of different WWTPs.MethodsA total of 52 samples were examined, comprising 18 samples from DWTPs and 34 samples from WWTPs. …”
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Assessment of prostate cancer aggressiveness through the combined analysis of prostate MRI and 2.5D deep learning models by Yalei Wang, Yuqing Xin, Baoqi Zhang, Fuqiang Pan, Xu Li, Manman Zhang, Yushan Yuan, Lei Zhang, Peiqi Ma, Bo Guan, Yang Zhang

“…This study therefore aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a 2.5D deep learning model based on prostate MRI to assess prostate cancer aggressiveness.Materials and methodsThis study included 335 patients with pathologically-confirmed prostate cancer from a tertiary medical center between January 2022 and December 2023. …”
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Gene and genotype frequencies of immunoglobulin-like natural killer cell receptors in the population of Samara region by D. Yu. Klyuchnikov, Yu. Yu. Teterina, O. V. Tyumina, I. L. Davydkin

“…To study the frequencies of KIR genes and genotypes in the population of Samara region and to compare the data with previously described Russian populations.Materials and methods. To study the frequencies of KIR genes and genotypes, molecular genetic typing of 142 CBUs from the public cord blood bank of the Samara Regional Medical Centre “Dynasty” was performed. …”
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Utilizing bioinformatics to identify biomarkers and analyze their expression in relation to immune cell ratios in femoral head necrosis by Dongchen Li, Dongchen Li, Zhilong Huang, Teng Ma, Yu Su, Yu Su, Zhao Li, Zhao Li, Liang Sun, Ming Li, Zhong Li, Yao Li, Qian Wang, Yao Lu

“…This study employs bioinformatics analysis of publicly available RNA sequencing databases to elucidate the pivotal molecules and pathways implicated in NFH progression.MethodsThe NFH-related dataset GSE123568 was obtained from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO). …”
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Preliminary study on the mechanism of Huangqi Decoction in treating slow transit constipation by Chen Huaxian, Yang Chaoxin, Xiao Guozhong, Zheng Yihui, Lei Mingyuan, Lin Hongcheng

“…[Objectives] To explore the mechanism of Huangqi Decoction in the treatment of slow-transit constipation (STC) is based on network pharmacology, molecular docking technology and Western blot. [Methods] TCMSP and SymMap databases were used to screen the active ingredients and potential targets of Huangqi Decoction. …”
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Molecular characteristics of human adenovirus isolated from the 2024 influenza-like illness outbreaks in Suzhou City, China by Jia Zang, Yueping Xing, Hongkai Zhang, Yanshi Wu, Xuerong Ya, Qiang Shen, Zefeng Dong

“…This study aimed to elucidate the molecular characteristics of HAdV implicated during ILI outbreaks in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province in 2024. Methods Throat swab samples were gathered from settings with ILI outbreaks in Suzhou between March 2024 and January 2025. …”
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Optimizing Monkeypox Lesions Detection With a Lightweight Hybrid Model by Mehdhar S. A. M. Al-Gaashani, Reem Ibrahim Alkanhel, Dina S. M. Hassan, Abduljabbar S. Ba Mahel, Ahmed Aziz, Mashael M. Khayyat, Ammar Muthanna

“…Although deep learning has advanced medical image analysis, diagnosing diseases with complex lesions, such as monkeypox, remains challenging in resource-limited settings. Existing methods often rely on large architectures that demand high computational resources and lack interpretability. …”
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Ocean Remote Sensing Image Quality Assessment via Multidirectional Perception Fusion and Deviation-Aware Processing by Chunjiang Liu, Jingchun Zhou, Bing Long, Tianyuan Li, Dehuan Zhang, Weishi Zhang, Gemine Vivone

“…To address this issue, we propose a novel ocean remote sensing quality assessment method that accurately captures diverse image quality deviations and aligns with human visual perception. …”
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Heart rate variability: a practical review for the beginner by Ștefan-Claudiu MIRESCU, Andreea Loredana CIOCOIU, Leontin DAVID, Corneliu TARBA

“…HRV can be evaluated by visual methods (the beat-to-beat tachogram, the histogram and the Poincaré diagram) or by statistically computed parameters. …”
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An Improved Deep Learning Unsupervised Approach for MRI Tissue Segmentation for Alzheimer’s Disease Detection by Karan Kumar, Isha Suwalka, Adaora Uche-Ezennia, Celestine Iwendi, Cresantus N. Biamba

“…The analysis compares various mapping approaches to identify features linked to Alzheimer’s disease. The proposed method achieves a classification accuracy of 95.75% on the Open Access Series of Imaging Studies (OASIS) MRI brain image database, outperforming existing methods.…”
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Differentiation between bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder based on AMPA receptor distribution by Sakiko Tsugawa, Sakiko Tsugawa, Yuichi Kimura, Junichi Chikazoe, Hiroki Abe, Tetsu Arisawa, Mai Hatano, Waki Nakajima, Hiroyuki Uchida, Tomoyuki Miyazaki, Tomoyuki Miyazaki, Yuuki Takada, Akane Sano, Kotaro Nakano, Tsuyoshi Eiro, Akira Suda, Takeshi Asami, Akitoyo Hishimoto, Hideaki Tani, Nobuhiro Nagai, Teruki Koizumi, Shinichiro Nakajima, Shunya Kurokawa, Yohei Ohtani, Kie Takahashi, Yuhei Kikuchi, Taisuke Yatomi, Taisuke Yatomi, Ryo Mitoma, Shunsuke Tamura, Shunsuke Tamura, Shingo Baba, Osamu Togao, Yoji Hirano, Yoji Hirano, Yoji Hirano, Hirotaka Kosaka, Hidehiko Okazawa, Masaru Mimura, Takuya Takahashi, Takuya Takahashi

“…An accurate diagnostic method using biological indicators is critically needed for bipolar disorder (BD) and major depressive disorder (MDD). …”
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CLINICAL PROBLEMS OF DIRECT DOSIMETRY (IN VIVO) IN CONTACT RADIATION THERAPY by V. A. Titova, D. A. Kokontsev, T. S. Belle

“…The use of multicomponent methods of special treatment (surgery, polychemotherapy, radiation therapy, laser photodynamic therapy) in oncology requires the control of doses in the tumor and healthy organs with high accuracy. …”
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Urban Land Use Classification Model Fusing Multimodal Deep Features by Yougui Ren, Zhiwei Xie, Shuaizhi Zhai

“…The adaptive KNN graph construction method achieves accuracy comparable to that of the empirical threshold method. …”
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Application of Teledermoscopy in the Diagnosis of Pigmented Lesions by C. B. Barcaui, P. M. O. Lima

“…To evaluate the feasibility and reliability of the technique for the diagnosis of pigmented lesions. Methods. Through the storage and routing method, 41 pigmented lesions were analyzed. …”
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Underwater Image Enhancement Based on Transformer, Attention, and Multi-Color-Space Inputs by Liqiong Lu, Dong Wu, Liuyin Wang, Wanzhen Zhang, Tonglai Liu

“…The comparison of image quality evaluation metrics, visual enhancement performance evaluation and impact on the performance of underwater object detection with other underwater enhancement methods on datasets including SUIM-E, UIEB, EUVP, RUIE-RIQS, RUIE-UCCS and URPC-2018 prove the good performance of our underwater image enhancement method.…”
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Scratch Scoring by a Sheet-shaped Body Vibrometer in Nocturnal Sleep: A Pilot Study Compared with Infrared Video Recording by Saori Toyota, Takamasa Kogure, Eitaro Kondo, Ken-ichi Yasuda, Yozo Ishiuji, Toshiya Ebata

“…Scratching time was then used as the gold standard, which was determined visually from the infrared video. The proposed method of detecting vibration was compared with the conventional method using the activity score measured by a sheet-shaped body vibrometer. …”
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Selecting the appropriate speed for rotational elements in human-machine interfaces: A quantitative study by Mu Tong, Shanguang Chen, Yu Zhang, Chengqi Xue

“…Experiment one measured the JNDS over eight-speed levels using a constant stimulus method, achieving a range of 14.9-29%. Building on this, experiment two proposed a sequence of speeds within the given range and used a rating scale method to assess observers ' subjective perception of the speed series' rapidity. …”
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Autologous Platelet-Rich Fibrin in the Treatment of Refractory Macular Holes by Arif Koytak, Fadime Nuhoglu, Havvanur Bayraktar, Rukiye Ercan, Hakan Ozdemir

“…Purpose. To describe a novel method for the treatment of refractory macular holes. …”
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Reconstructing a High Dynamic Range Image With a Deeply Unsupervised Fusion Model by Xinglin Hou, Junchao Zhang, Peipei Zhou

“…According to the experimental results on both the benchmark dataset and the image sequences captured by ourselves, it is demonstrated that the proposed method outperforms the state-of-the-art methods in terms of both objective metrics and visual quality.…”
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High-quality one-shot interactive segmentation for remote sensing images via hybrid adapter-enhanced foundation models by Zhili Zhang, Xiangyun Hu, Yue Yang, Bingnan Yang, Kai Deng, Hengming Dai, Mi Zhang

“…However, existing interactive segmentation methods, such as SAM, are primarily designed for natural images and show inefficiencies when applied to remote sensing images. …”
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