Image rain removal network based on checkerboard transformer and CNN hybrid mechanism. by Yutian Yang, Jianyu Lin, Xinyue Dai, Zhipei Zhang, Shuijin Zhang, Yingyu Chen, Guangxin Kong, Xin Li

“…Experimental results show that ChessFormer outperforms existing methods in terms of quantitative metrics and visual quality on multiple benchmark datasets, achieving state-of-the-art performance with fewer parameters.…”
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Inspection of Wooden Poles in Electrical Power Distribution Networks in Artvin, Turkey by Engin Derya Gezer, Ali Temiz, Turan Yüksek

“…In this study, the suggestions for enhancing the service life of treated-wood utility poles in Artvin vicinity were listed by determining the deteriorations and degradations using both visual inspection and nondestructive test methods. …”
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Cytomegalovirus Retinitis Associated with Lenalidomide Use for Multiple Myeloma in an Immunocompetent Patient by Matthew K. Adams, Christina Y. Weng

“…The aim of this report is to present a case of cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis in an immunocompetent patient using lenalidomide. Methods. Case report with fundus photography, spectral-domain optical coherence tomography, and fluorescein angiography imaging. …”
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An Objective Assessment of Long-term Postoperative Hyperpigmentation in Patients With Apocrine Gland-eliminated Osmidrosis Surgery by Wen-Tsao Ho, MD

“…Methods:. Twenty female patients with Fitzpatrick skin type III–IV who had undergone osmidrosis surgery were included in this study. …”
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Cognitive rehabilitation of naming deficits following viral meningo-encephalitis by Eliane C. Miotto

“…It shows the implementation and outcome of two techniques adapted to the patient's individual characteristics and context providing a more ecologically valid approach. METHODS: In the first technique, "verbal semantic association", the patient was required to describe what she knew about an object as a strategy to help her retrieve its name. …”
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Modernization of Shakespeare’s Macbeth: A Discourse Analysis by Yasaman Yassipour Tehrani

“…It examines the ways in which new methods are employed to present socio-historical elements in the context of the primary source of the adaptation using Robert Stam’s intertextual dialogism model which helps us to find the relation between images and concepts presented in the film. …”
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Safety and Efficacy of Different Sedation Protocols in Managing Dental Anxiety in Adult Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial by GL Georgeno, Madhuri Shinde, Praveen Kumar Varma Datla, Shanthi Malleedi, Abhishek Jahagirdar, Sai Prannoy Nagella, Rahul Maria, Shanaya Singh

“…Various sedation protocols are utilized to manage this anxiety, but comparative data on their safety and efficacy are limited. Methods: This randomized controlled trial compared the safety and efficacy of oral midazolam, nitrous oxide, and intravenous (IV) sedation in managing dental anxiety in adult patients. …”
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Comparison between kinesiotherapy and back school in the treatment of low back pain in older adults by Sonia Maria Marques Gomes Bertolini, Maria Lúcia Ziroldo

“… Objective: to compare the efficacy of physiotherapy treatment involving kinesiotherapy and back school in older adults’ lowback pain. Methods: study of the case-series type. The pain visual analog scale and the WHOQOL-bref were used for assessingquality of life, and the Timed Up and Go Test was used for testing agility. …”
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Network analysis of comorbidity patterns in heart failure patients using administrative data by Francesca Ieva, Daniele Bitonti

“…The high mortality and readmission rate of HF strongly depends on the complicated morbidity scenario often characterising it. Methods: Data were retrieved from the healthcare administrative datawarehouse of Lombardy, the most populated regional district in Italy. …”
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Researching in prison education-spaces: Thinking-with Posthuman, Post Qualitative, Feminist Materialism ‘beings’ to disentangle methodology. by Lucy Harding

“…Through an imagined conversation with these 3 concepts as abstract ‘beings’, I have answered provocative questions about my research methods, apparatus, and ethics. Working at the intersections of abstractness (imagined conversations) and materialisms (creative, stitched outcomes and physical prison spaces), we think and feel-through the use of walking interviews, a visual matrix, and diffractive analysis to research the experiences of teachers working in prisons. …”
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THE IMPORTANCE OF USING CIRCUIT TRAINING IN PERFORMANCE ATHLETES by Enea(căs. Ungureanu)Laura Cristina

“…Over the years, a number of physical training methods have emerged that aimed to improve the game of tennis by increasing physical performance.The present research aims to verify the increase in individual physical performance of young tennis players following the implementation of a circuit-type training program. …”
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Building proactive law competence with systems intelligence by Toivonen Nina

“…The paper argues that understanding the mechanisms of the reactive-law generators and mitigating their negative effects should be the focus of proactive law research and suggests that systems intelligence philosophy, as well as other systems-awareness building methods, such as visual and co-creative design techniques, can provide strategies and tools to support this work.…”
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Breeding aksaray malaklısı in folklore of aksaray province by Gökhan Aslım, Çağrı Çağlar Sinmez

“…<p> <b>Materials and Methods:</b> In this survey, it was used to interview technique with interviewees. …”
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Using machine learning to simultaneously quantify multiple cognitive components of episodic memory by Soroush Mirjalili, Audrey Duarte

“…We found that this multidimensional treatment of memory decoding improved prediction performance compared to traditional, unidimensional, methods, with each cognitive domain explaining unique variance in decoding of successful encoding-related neural activity. …”
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Depression, sexuality and fibromyalgia syndrome: clinical findings and correlation to hematological parameters by Bruna Alves, Telma M Zakka, Manoel J. Teixeira, Helena H. Kaziyama, Jose T. T. Siqueira, Silvia R. D. T. Siqueira

“…Objective To investigate sexuality and depression in women with FM compared with controls and to correlate the findings with hematological parameters. Methods 33 women with FM and 19 healthy women were included and evaluated with the following instruments: Female Sexual Function Index, Beck Inventory, Visual Analogue Scale, medical history and laboratory exams. …”
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Secondary Plasmacytoma of The Orbit In A Patient With Refractory Ig G Kappa Multiple Myeloma by Aruna Turaka

“…Aim: To report the image findings and treatment response of orbital plasmacytoma in a patient with Durie-Salmon Stage IIIA recurrent refractory multiple myeloma (MM). Methods: A case report Results: A 52 year old woman with 2 years prior history of relapsed refractory Ig G kappa MM presented with exophthalmia, restricted motility and poor vision in left eye. …”
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Reptiles and amphibians of a poorly known region in southwest Amazonia by Frederico Gustavo Rodrigues França, Nathocley Mendes Venâncio

“…The inventory was carried out in two periods, a sampling during the middle of the rainy season and another one at the end of the rains. Diverse survey methods were employed, such as pitfall traps, diurnal and nocturnal visual searches, car searches on the BR 317 highway, and opportunistic registrations. …”
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Cascaded Dual-Inpainting Network for Scene Text by Chunmei Liu

“…The proposed network achieves an average recognition accuracy improvement of 11.94% compared to baseline methods for incomplete scene text recognition tasks.…”
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Frosted-branch angiitis with central-retinal-vein occlusion: angiographic and OCT findings by Harvey S. Uy, MD

“…Objective: To report angiographic and optical-coherence-tomography findings in a case of frosted-branch angiitis (FBA) with central-retinal-vein occlusion (CRVO). Methods: This is a case report. Results: A healthy Japanese female presented with monocular blurring of vision. …”
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Tight control is a way of optimizing the treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis by Elvira Nikolayevna Otteva

“…Objective: To evaluate the time course of changes in the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and its activity index during tight control in routine clinical practice. Subjects and methods. One hundred and twelve Khabarovsk outpatients with the valid (by the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria) diagnosis of RA (88 females and 24 males; their mean age 37,8±1,9 years) were followed up. …”
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