Left to dry: unseen risks lurking on reusable medical devices by Terra A. Kremer, Gerald McDonnell, Jamie Fogarty, Cindy Rodriguez, Christopher H. Ratanski, Neil J. Rowan

“…All features were evaluated for cleaning performance under conditions where the soil was not allowed to dry, as well as replacing manual cleaning steps with non-manual methods, (i.e., substituting manual brushing and flushing with soaking and sonication). …”
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Towards a minimum universal features set for IoT DDoS attack detection by Osama Ebrahem, Salah Dowaji, Suhel Alhammoud

“…The minimal number of features are chosen by using feature selection methods (ANOVA, Variance Threshold, Information Gain, Chi Square) which performed on the IoT-23 dataset. …”
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The effect of pain intensity levels and clinical symptoms on the treatment preferences of patients with endodontically involved teeth: A preliminary cross-sectional study by Tan Fırat Eyüpoğlu, Fulya İlçin Gönenç

“…Purpose This study aimed to evaluate the effect of pain intensity levels and clinical symptoms on the treatment preferences of patients with endodontically involved teeth in a local Turkish population.Subjects and Methods A total of 30 patients with symptomatic teeth requiring non-surgical root canal treatment were included in the study. …”
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Assessment of Amnesic Effect and the Depth of Hypnosis During Therapeutic Inhalation of Xenon-Oxygen Mixture by I. A. Lisichenko, V. G. Gusarov, B. A. Teplykh, N. V. Chayanov, M. N. Zamyatin

“…Amnesia evaluation, EEG monitoring, and pain assessment on a visual analog scale (VAS) were performed.Results. …”
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Research activities of students as a basic component of future professional activities by E. A. Panina

“…This circumstance has updated the work on the implementation of the research, the problem of which is to study the research activities of students as a basic component of future professional activity.The goal of the research is to theoretically substantiate and experimentally confirm the importance of students’ research activities in the professional training of a university.The object and methods of the research are presented by the analysis of scientific literature, comparison, ranking, generalization, online questionnaires, and visual presentation of the results. …”
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Risk Factors for Chronic Pain Syndrome after Gynecological Surgery by M. Z Dugiyeva, S. V. Sviridov, N. I. Sleptsova, K. V. Morozova

“…Objective: to define risk factors for chronic postoperative pain syndrome (CPPS) in gynecological patients. Subjects and methods. The pre- and intraoperative examination data of 339 gynecological patients who had been operated on via only laparotomic approach and received postoperative traditional therapy (without adaptogens and antioxidants) were used to study the risk factors of CPPS. …”
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The bibliometric analysis of research on traditional Chinese medicine regulating gut microbiota for cancer treatment from 2014 to 2024 by Youfeng Lei, Yueqin Shan, Danfeng Zhou, Chunyan Chen

“…Objective This study aimed to systematically analyze global research trends, hotspots, and future directions related to TCM regulation of gut microbiota in cancer therapy from 2014 to 2024. Methods Publications were retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection. …”
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Automatic Classification of White Blood Cells Using a Semi-Supervised Convolutional Neural Network by Huihui Song, Zheng Wang

“…However, the performance of classical computer vision-based classification methods is heavily dependent on the features that should be carefully designed by trial and error. …”
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Conflict of real and digital personality in media communication: Results of the study by A. K. Mamedov, O. V. Smirnova, G. V. Denissova, O. V. Sapunova

“…The authors focus on identifying a statistically significant tendency towards cognitive dissonance of social network users as determined by the contradiction between their real and digital images. The methods of formalized survey and unfinished sentences were used, providing opportunities for self-analysis in the digital space. …”
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Effectiveness of Silver Diamine Fluoride in Arresting Caries in Adult Patients by Mohammed E. Rashid

“…While its use has been extensively studied in pediatric populations, there is limited evidence regarding its effectiveness in adults. Materials and Methods: This prospective study was conducted on 100 adult patients aged 25–60 years with active caries lesions in posterior teeth. …”
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Evaluating GPT-4's role in critical patient management in emergency departments. by Yavuz Yiğit, Serkan Günay, Ahmet Öztürk, Baha Alkahlout

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Conducted from April to May 2024, this study evaluated GPT-4 using twenty case scenarios sourced from PubMed Central and the OSCE sample question book. …”
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An effective brain stroke diagnosis strategy based on feature extraction and hybrid classifier by Maha Samir Elsayed, Gehad Ahmed Saleh, Ahmed I. Saleh, Abeer Twakol Khalil

“…These results demonstrate the robustness and reliability of the EBDS model, which outperforms several recent state-of-the-art methods. To enhance clinical trust, the model incorporates explainability techniques, such as Grad-CAM and LIME, which provide visual insights into its decision-making process. …”
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Patient Characteristics Are Associated with Appointment “No-Show” at a Tertiary Academic Glaucoma Service: A Cross-Sectional Study by Samantha Rosen, Julie Cassidy, Hai-Wei Liang, Lauren M. Wasser, Doowon Huh, Andrew M. Williams

“…This study investigates sociodemographic and clinical risk factors associated with NS at a tertiary academic eye center. Methods: A retrospective review of 100 glaucoma patients at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Vision Institute over 1 year was conducted. …”
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Proportion of refractive errors among undergraduate students of a medical college in South Kerala by S. N. Ajas, N. Asha Raby

“…Objectives: The objective of this study was to estimate the proportion of refractive errors among undergraduate students of a medical college in South Kerala and determine the factors associated with refractive errors. Materials and Methods: An Institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 375 medical students over 3 months (July to September 2024) using a semi-structured, expert-validated questionnaire. …”
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Spatial and Temporal Distribution Analysis of Traffic Accidents Using GIS-Based Data in Harbin by Meina Wang, Jing Yi, Xirui Chen, Wenhui Zhang, Tiangang Qiang

“…Finally, the results of these two methods are shown by using the comap technique. Areas of the city with a high frequency and severity of crashes in each season were identified. …”
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Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Deficiencies Under Service Loads by Yavuz Yardim, Erion Periku, Mehmet Alpaslan Köroglu

“…Although the existing condition of these bridges had not been clearly defined, after democratization and joining the European Council (the 1990s), new bridges were rapidly built and existing bridges were strengthened with different methods. In this context, the structural condition of existing reinforced concrete bridges in Albania was examined in this study. …”
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Charles Bonnet syndrome in patients with geographic atrophy secondary to age-related macular degeneration: a cross-sectional study by Nathalie Skovgaard Eriksen, Nabi Mousavi, Yousif Subhi, Torben Lykke Sørensen, Marie Krogh Nielsen

“…Design: Prospective cross-sectional study. Methods: A total of 149 patients with GA secondary to AMD were previously screened and examined for clinical studies. …”
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The phenomenon of queer strategy in female rock poetry of the 1990s (Based on the poetic texts by Diana Arbenina and Svetlana Surganova) by A.S. Afanasev

“…To fulfill this purpose, the following main methods have been used: structural, motivational, and biographical. …”
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Concurrent Validity of The Expanded Cutting Alignment Scoring Tool (E-CAST) by Lauren Butler, Alexa Martinez, Ashley Erdman, Dai Sugimoto, Alex Loewen, Eryn Milian, Charles Wyatt, Kristin Hayden, Amie DeVerna, Kirsten Tulchin-Francis, Sophia Ulman

“… # Study Design Cross Sectional # Methods Sixty female athletes (age 14.1 ± 1.5 years) who regularly participated in cutting/pivoting sports performed a sidestep cut with 2D video and 3D motion capture simultaneously recording. …”
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Refractive errors in Filipino eyes in a single-center study population by Karen B. Reyes, MD, Harvey S. Uy, MD

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