An improved small object detection CTB-YOLO model for early detection of tip-burn and powdery mildew symptoms in coriander (Coriandrum sativum) for indoor environment using an edge... by Parwit Chutichaimaytar, Zhang Zongqi, Kriengkri Kaewtrakulpong, Tofael Ahamed

“…Early and accurate detection of these symptoms is critical for maintaining yield and quality, yet traditional visual inspection methods are subjective and prone to error. …”
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A clinical evaluation of variation in paediatric intracranial pressure waveforms by Amarah Saeed, Richard Boulton, Roddy O'Kane, Martin Shaw, Laura Moss

“…The pattern was defined through visual inspection of regions of interest by two reviewers. …”
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Ophthalmic Treatment and Vision Care of a Patient with Rare Ring Chromosome 15: A Case Report by Lidia Puchalska-Niedbał, Stanisław Zajączek, Elżbieta Petriczko, Urszula Kulik

“…The aim of this study is not only to describe a new patient, but also, for the first time, to present the results of nonoperative management of divergent strabismus. Material and Methods. We present an amblyopic patient with 46,XX, r(15) karyotype: treated conservatively for exotropia of 60 prism diopters. …”
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Automated speech therapy through personalized pronunciation correction using reinforcement learning and large language models by Ritika Lakshminarayanan, Ayesha Shaik, Ananthakrishnan Balasundaram

“…Further validation utilized datasets such as TIMIT, LibriTTS, SpeechOcean762, and the Ryerson Audio-Visual Database of Emotional Speech and Song (RAVDESS), enabling direct comparisons with contemporary methods. …”
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Cognitive Impairment after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Clinical Course and Impact on Outcome: A Swedish-Icelandic Study by Maud Stenberg, Alison K. Godbolt, Catharina Nygren De Boussard, Richard Levi, Britt-Marie Stålnacke

“…To assess the clinical course of cognitive and emotional impairments in patients with severe TBI (sTBI) from 3 weeks to 1 year after trauma and to study associations with outcomes at 1 year. Methods. Prospective, multicenter, observational study of sTBI in Sweden and Iceland. …”
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An Explainable Deep Learning Framework for Sorghum Weed Classification Using Multi-Scale Feature Enhanced DenseNet by Armaano Ajay, S. Sandosh, Aryan Saji, Harsh Agarwal

“…Accurate sorghum weed classification is crucial for efficient agricultural management, yet traditional methods are labour-intensive and resource-heavy. This research presents the first work on the sorghum weed classification dataset, introducing a novel deep-learning model using a customised DenseNet-169, enhanced with two innovative feature extraction blocks: Dimensional Convolutional Feature Fusion (DCFF) and Deformable Multi-Kernel Channel Fusion (DMKCF). …”
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Object and action naming in adults and aged people with Down syndrome by Cláudia Lopes Carvalho, Aline de Souza Gonçalves Gomes da Conceição, Andressa Rodrigues Ramos, Livea Carla Fidalgo Garcez Sant’Ana, Maria de Fátima Rebouças da Silva, Octávio Gonçalves Ribeiro, Orestes Vicente Forlenza, Marcia Radanovic

“…Objective: To evaluate naming alterations in adults and older individuals with DS using the Object and Action Naming Battery (OANB) and to identify the influence of age, educational attainment, and degree of intellectual disability (ID) on linguistic performance. Methods: This study included 26 individuals diagnosed with DS aged ≥20 years, assessed with the Cambridge Examination for Mental Disorders of Older Persons with Down Syndrome and Other People with Intellectual Disabilities (CAMDEX-DS) for cognitive evaluation and the OANB, a visual confrontation naming test including 162 objects and one hundred actions. …”
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An Open Data Platform for Traffic Parameters Measurement via Multirotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Video by Yuchuan Du, Cong Zhao, Feng Li, Xuefeng Yang

“…The proposed data platform also offers significant advantages over conventional methods that use historical and outdated data to run poorly calibrated traffic simulation models.…”
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Bibliometric analysis and description of research trends in the treatment of psoriasis with biologic agents in the past two decades (2004–2023) by Yingdong Wang, Junchen Li, Chenqi Guo, Guojing Yang, Haiyue Lin, Yu Zhang

“…This study aims to use bibliometrics to analyze the research status and development trends of biologics in psoriasis.Methods The bibliometric analysis of publications related to biologics in psoriasis from 2004 to 2023 was conducted using the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) database as the search data source. …”
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Treatment of periprosthetic knee joint infection using a spacer with a mixed carbonsilver antibacterial coating in the medium term by L. I. Malyuchenko, N. S. Nikolaev, V. Yu. Emel'yanov

“…In this work, we looked at the mid-term clinical outcomes of using spacers coated with linear chain carbon doped with silver ions (LC-Ag+) to treat PJI.Object and methods. The mid-term clinical results of 31 patients with LUP-Ag+ coated spacers were compared to 31 control patients groups utilizing tests of the functional and clinical scales KSS, visual analogue pain scale (VAS), EQVAS, and EQ-5D-5L 2 years following surgery.Results. …”
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Surgical outcomes of lamellar macular holes treatment using autologous platelet-rich plasma by D.O. Shkvorchenko, O.Yu. Vedernikova, A.A. Shpak

“…To evaluate the results of surgical treatment of lamellar macular holes (LMH) using autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP) in comparison with the standard surgical technique. Material and methods. The study included 71 patients (71 eyes) with LMH. …”
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Noise-immune zeroing neural dynamics for dynamic signal source localization system and robotic applications in the presence of noise by Yuxin Zhao, Jiahao Wu, Mianjie Zheng

“…Time angle of arrival (AoA) and time difference of arrival (TDOA) are two widely used methods for solving dynamic signal source localization (DSSL) problems, where the position of a moving target is determined by measuring the angle and time difference of the signal's arrival, respectively. …”
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Validation of Indonesian Graves’ Ophthalmopathy Quality of Life Questionnaire and Its Association with Clinical Activity and Severity of Graves’ Ophthalmopathy by Cecilia Anggraini, Syntia Nusanti, Dicky Levenus Tahapary, Levina Chandra Khoe

“…We aimed to provide a reliable Indonesian GO-QoL Questionnaire and identify an association between patient quality of life and clinical activity and the severity of GO. Methods: The process of questionnaire validation involves transcultural adaptation and a cross-sectional design. …”
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Randomized Controlled Trial to Compare the Safety and Efficacy of Tamsulosin, Solifenacin, and Combination of Both in Treatment of Double-J Stent-Related Lower Urinary Symptoms by Essam Shalaby, Abul-fotouh Ahmed, Aref Maarouf, Iman Yahia, Mohamed Ali, Ammar Ghobish

“…We evaluated the effectiveness and safety of tamsulosin, solifenacin, and combination of both in reducing double-J stent-related lower urinary symptoms. Materials and Methods. A total of 338 patients with double-J ureteral stenting were randomly divided, postoperatively, into 4 groups. …”
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Effects of group music sessions on cognitive and psychological functions in healthy older adults by Takamitsu Shinada, Michio Takahashi, Akari Uno, Keishi Soga, Yasuyuki Taki, Yasuyuki Taki

“…Our purpose, therefore, was to investigate the effects of group music sessions on cognitive and psychological functions among healthy older adults.MethodsIn this open-label randomized controlled trial, participants aged 65–74, who had no musical experience, were randomly assigned to either the intervention or control group. …”
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Hardware Module Design and Software Implementation of Multisensor Fire Detection and Notification System Using Fuzzy Logic and Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) by Robert A. Sowah, Kwaku Apeadu, Francis Gatsi, Kwame O. Ampadu, Baffour S. Mensah

“…Convolutional Neural Networks are mainstream methods of deep learning due to their ability to perform feature extraction and classification in the same architecture. …”
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Comparison of Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss with Tinnitus and Short-Term Tinnitus by Fang Qi, Liang Chaoqun, Yan Lin, Yang Jianming

“…The present study is aimed at exploring whether SSH can receive acoustic therapy and the factors that affect the efficacy of SSH acoustic therapy. Methods. A total of 162 patients were outpatients and inpatients, 86 were SSH, and 76 were short-term tinnitus (STT). …”
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Shade match, marginal adaptation and patient satisfaction: polymer infiltrated ceramic versus lithium disilicate glass ceramic anterior laminate veneers (Randomized Clinical Trial) by Nancy Sayed Abdel Aziz Abdel All Khalil, Hesham Alansary, Eman Ezzat Youssef

“… Objective: To evaluate the shade match, marginal adaptation and patient satisfaction of VITA ENAMIC multiColor anterior laminate veneers and compare it to that of IPS e.max CAD. Material and Methods: A total of twenty-two laminate veneers were fabricated from IPS e.max CAD and VITA ENAMIC multiColor in the anterior zone, eleven veneers for each group. …”
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SAMU-Net: A dual-stage polyp segmentation network with a custom attention-based U-Net and segment anything model for enhanced mask prediction by Radiful Islam, Rashik Shahriar Akash, Md Awlad Hossen Rony, Md Zahid Hasan

“…Our process produced a dice coefficient score of 0.94, which is very impressive and has a considerable improvement over the existing state-of-the-art polyp segmentation methods. Moreover, the qualitative results also visualize that the SAMU-Net is capable of accurately segmenting polyps of wide ranges, thus, it is a relevant tool for computer-aided detection as well as the diagnosis of colorectal cancer.…”
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Carbon Ion Beam Radiotherapy for Sinonasal Malignant Tumors Invading Skull Base by Nobuo Ohta, Yusuke Suzuki, Azusa Hasegawa, Masaru Aoyagi, Seiji Kakehata

“…A retrospective clinical study at the Yamagata University School of Medicine. Subjects and Methods. Three patients with sinonasal malignant tumors invading skull base were presented in present study. …”
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