Promising reagents for the extraction of strategic metals from difficult-to-enrich mineral raw materials by Tamara N. Matveeva, Nadezhda K. Gromova, Lyudmila B. Lantsova

“…The use of modern research methods (scanning electron and laser microscopy, UV spectrophotometry, XRF and chemical analysis) made it possible to visualize the adsorption layer of new reagents-collectors of a number of dithiocarbamates with different structures of a hydrocarbon radical and an organic modifier on the surface of gold-containing sulfides. …”
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Prefrontal Blood Flow Activity During Drawing Intervention in School-Age Children with Autism: An fNIRS Hyperscanning Study by Guanghui Li, Daren Wei, Ze Lyu, Yalong Xing, Yan Li, Wu Song

“…ASD participants exhibited distinct prefrontal connectivity patterns with visual, motor, and language-related regions, including the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, frontal eye field, and Broca’s area. …”
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Retrospective Analysis of Cushing’s Disease with or without Hyperprolactinemia by Cheng Huan, Chao Lu, Guang-ming Xu, Xin Qu, Yuan-ming Qu

“…We compared the characteristics of patients with Cushing’s disease alone with those of patients with Cushing’s disease and hyperprolactinemia. Methods. Eighty-four patients were enrolled between 2002 and 2011, in a hospital in China. …”
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Pectoral nerves block as a component of multimodal analgesia in breast cancer surgery by A. S. Buyanov, V. V. Stadler, D. V. Zabolotskiy, V. A. Koryachkin, M. O. Vozdvizhenskiy, A. P. Borisov, M. V. Tkachev

“…Objective: to evaluate the efficacy and safety of adding pectoral nerve block to anesthesia regimen in radical mastectomy.Subjects and methods. 65 female patients underwent unilateral radical mastectomy under general anesthesia. …”
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Value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in diagnosis of thrombus in inferior vena cava filter by ZHANG Jian, QIAN Weiqing, YI Xiaolei

“…Objective To evaluate the diagnostic value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in assessing thrombus of inferior vena cava filters before filters removal. Methods We analyzed 127 patients who scheduled for inferior vena cava filter extraction from June to November 2023, 53 of which underwent CEUS examination. …”
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Grape cluster detection based on spatial-to-depth convolution and attention mechanism by Shuai Rong, Xinghai Kong, Ruibo Gao, Zhiwei Hu, Hua Yang

“…Grape cluster detection is a crucial step in the visual tasks of automated grape harvesting. Background and occlusion lead to difficulty in detecting grape clusters under natural environments. …”
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Analysis of preoperative and postoperative depression and anxiety in patients with calcaneal fractures by JunKui Xu, ShiHang Cao, Dong Hu, Jun Lu, Yi Li, HongXing Zhang, Zhao Tian

“…Preoperative and final follow-up assessments were conducted using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), and the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) Score to evaluate patients. …”
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Surgical management and long-term follow-up of ocular hypotony associated with peripheral circumferential retinal detachment by Leandro Cabral Zacharias, Lívia da Silva Conci, Davi Paraguassu de Sousa Martins, Rony Carlos Preti, Leonardo Proveti Cunha, Mario Luiz Ribeiro Monteiro

“…Abstract Purpose This study aimed to evaluate the surgical management and long-term follow-up of hypotony related to post-vitrectomy peripheral circumferential retinal detachment (PCD). Methods Eyes diagnosed with hypotony secondary to PCD after pars plana vitrectomy were retrospectively reviewed. …”
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Temperature Assessment Through Decal Color in Microwave-Fired Porcelain by Tiago Santos, Luc Hennetier, Vítor A. F. Costa, Luís C. Costa

“…Color differences among different heating methods decrease as firing temperature increases. …”
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Radial Retinotomies with Endodiathermy for Severe Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy: Short-Term Results by Zhaoxin Jiang, Suo Qiu, Bingsheng Lou, Miaoli Lin, Junlian Tan, Xiaofeng Lin

“…Here, we preliminarily explored its feasibility, efficacy, and safety. Methods. Totally 9 eyes of 9 consecutive patients were included in a prospective noncomparative trial. …”
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Development of a Web-Based Analytical Framework for Soil Moisture Estimation Using Multipolarized SAR Data by D. H. Lee, D. W. Chung, S. G. Lee

“…This study developed a novel framework to estimate and visualize soil moisture using KOMPSAT-5 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data in a real-time web-based environment. …”
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Treating diabetic macular edema: comparative efficacy of 577 nm laser navigation exposure and threshold 532 nm laser coagulation combined with anti-angiogenic therapy by I. A. Krylova, N. V. Yablokova, O. L. Fabrikantov

“…To compare the results of threshold laser coagulation in the treatment of DME using a Navilas 577 laser and a Quantel Medical 532 nm device.Materials and methods. 64 patients aged 41–80 (64 eyes) with DME less than 350 μm high were examined after intravitreal administration of angiogenesis inhibitors and threshold lattice laser coagulation using Quantel Medical 532 and Navilas 577.Results. …”
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A Contribution to watershed restoration on native plant growth in the semi-desert steppe, Mongolia: Composition, life forms, and ecological groups by Enkhtuvshin Dechinperlii, Joe Zebrowski, Shantini Ramakrishnan

“…Private land managers in the region have developed methods to reverse degradation and restore biodiversity and ecosystem function. …”
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Educational multimedia design principles affect local and global information processing in functional brain networks by Mohammadhossein Ostadi, Masoumeh Golmohamadian, Alireza Bosaghzadeh, S. Hamid Amiri, Reza Ebrahimpour

“…Abstract Educational multimedia has become increasingly important in modern learning environments because of its cost-effectiveness and its ability to overcome the temporal and spatial constraints of traditional methods. However, the complex cognitive processes involved in multimedia learning present challenges for understanding its neural mechanisms. …”
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GeoMM-SSL: Integrating Geospatial Object Relations in Multimodal Self-Supervised Learning for Semantic Segmentation of Remote Sensing Images by Yang Liu, Tong Zhang, Yanru Huang

“…We conducted comprehensive experiments to compare GeoMM-SSL with 13 existing SSL methods on ten public semantic segmentation datasets, and the results show that GeoMM-SSL achieves optimal results.…”
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Lessonia-1 SAR time-series for identifying flooded areas by S. A. Lima, S. A. Lima, F. A. L. Costa, E. S. Bias, E. E. Sano

“…Additionally, the study employs false-color composition (R:after, G:before and B:normalization) to visualize the flooding curve in blue.…”
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A Machine-Learning-Based Approach for the Detection and Mitigation of Distributed Denial-of-Service Attacks in Internet of Things Environments by Sebastián Berríos, Sebastián Garcia, Pamela Hermosilla, Héctor Allende-Cid

“…Traditional detection methods often fail to efficiently identify and mitigate these threats in dynamic IoT/Cloud environments. …”
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GPTArm: An Autonomous Task Planning Manipulator Grasping System Based on Vision–Language Models by Jiaqi Zhang, Zinan Wang, Jiaxin Lai, Hongfei Wang

“…Leveraging GPT-4V’s reasoning and YOLOv10’s precise small-object localization, the system surpasses existing methods in accuracy and adaptability. Furthermore, GPTArm supports flexible natural language interaction via voice and text, significantly enhancing user experience in human–robot collaboration.…”
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Evaluation of Olfactory and Gustatory Function of HIV Infected Women by Ayotunde James Fasunla, Adekunle Daniel, Ukamaka Nwankwo, Kehinde Mobolanle Kuti, Onyekwere George Nwaorgu, Olusina Olusegun Akinyinka

“…To evaluate the olfactory and gustatory function of HIV infected women in Ibadan, Nigeria. Methods. A case control study of women comprising 83 HIV infected women and 79 HIV uninfected women. …”
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Comparing effectiveness of adding prolonged trimetazidine or isosorbide dinitrate to beta-adrenoblocker therapy in stable angina patients by M. G. Glezer, M. V. Novikova, I. V. Kiseleva, R. T. Saigitov

“…To study effects of adding isosorbide dinitrate (ID) and trimetazidine MB 35 mg (Tr) to beta-adrenoblocker therapy in stable angina (SA) patients. Material and methods. In total, 40 patients with Functional Class II-III SA were examined. …”
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