Use of Vision Transformer to Classify Sea Surface Phenomena in SAR Imagery by Junfei Xia, Roland Romeiser, Wei Zhang, Tamay Ozgokmen

“…This comparative analysis also underscores the limitations of CNNs, which perform well on texture-based features but struggle with structural classifications, such as rain cells and oceanic fronts, where ViTs excel. …”
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Prognostic Value of Blood Pressure Rhythmicity for Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate in Male Hypertensive Patients Aged 55 and Older by Lulu Wang, Han Tian, Xinxin Xu, Xinyan Gu, Liu Li, Hui Zheng, Jie Xu, Chunsun Dai, Lei Jiang

“… Introduction: Blood pressure (BP) exhibits a circadian rhythm characterized by higher levels during wakefulness and lower levels during sleep; however, the functional and structural impact of the rhythms of BP remains uncertain. …”
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CASCADE: a community-engaged action model for generating rapid, patient-engaged decisions in clinical research by Bridgette L. Kelleher

“…Opportunities for further development will include exploring best-practice structural procedures, enhancing greater opportunities for pre-panel input by community interest-holders, and determining how to best standardize CASCADE outputs. …”
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Public satisfaction with Healthy China Action Plan implementation: a web-based cross-sectional survey in southwest China by Li Pan, Yi Chen, Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong, Dongyang Liu, Wuzhao Chen, Xinyu Bai

“…Therefore, we intend to conduct an assessment based in southwest China.Design A population-based, cross-sectional survey was performed between 1 June 2023 and 31 July 2023.Setting Community members of all 14 prefecture-level cities within Guangxi, China, during June 2023 to July 2023.Participants A total of 62 4016 participants were included for analysis based on exclusion criteria, with 44.4% aged 18–35 and a male to female ratio of 3:2.Primary outcome measure ‘Public satisfaction with the Healthy China (Guangxi) Action Plan implementation’ was measured by the combination of ‘Willingness to join health promotion’ and ‘Satisfaction to overall medical implementation measures and services’ using a structural equation model with a multiple-indicator, multiple-cause approach in R software.Results The study proposed a comprehensive five-factor model to evaluate the public satisfaction with Healthy China (Guangxi) Action Plan implementation. …”
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Development of postbiotic supplemented polylactic acid films for improving quality and shelf life of rainbow trout by Fatemeh Mosallaie, Fereshteh Falah, Farideh Tabatabaei Yazdi, Seyed Ali Mortazavi, Alireza Vasiee

“…The fabricated films were characterized in terms of physicochemical, optical, mechanical, structural, and morphological characteristics. Additionally, the effect of the coating on the quality and shelf life of rainbow trout fillets during the seventh day of refrigerated storage was examined. …”
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Childhood psychological maltreatment subtypes and depression among Chinese college students: the role of self-compassion and perceived negative attention bias by Yufei Xie, Xin Tian, Xici Wan, Yuting Zhang, Ying Guo

“…Methods Using a questionnaire survey, a total of 587 college students completed the self-report questionnaires, including childhood psychological maltreatment and its subtypes, self-compassion, perceived negative attention bias, and depression. This study used structural equation models to examine the serial mediating role and gender differences by Amos 24.0. …”
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Experimental analysis of the damping characteristics of longmaxi shale under graded cyclic loading with different confining pressures by Jiajun Shu, Tao Li, Yue Li, Bingni Wu, Zhengding Deng, Jingzhu Huang, Fausto Molina-Gómez, Rubén Galindo

“…This trend indicates a transition in the material’s response mechanism—from being dominated by structural compaction to being governed by microscopic damage processes.…”
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Concurrent prescriptions for opioids and benzodiazepines and risk of opioid overdose: protocol for a retrospective cohort study using linked administrative data by Kristian B Filion, Robyn Tamblyn, David L Buckeridge, Erin Y Liu

“…Opioid overdose will be measured using diagnostic codes documented in the hospital discharge abstract database, physician billing claims from emergency department visits and death records. Using a marginal structural Cox proportional hazards model, we will compare the hazard of overdose during intervals of concurrent opioid and benzodiazepine use to intervals of opioid use alone, adjusted for sociodemographics, medical and psychiatric comorbidities, and substance use disorders.Ethics and dissemination This study is approved by the McGill Faculty of Medicine Institutional Review Board and the Commission d’access à l’information (Québec privacy commission). …”
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The effect of physical activity and life events on mental health of college students: the mediating role of psychological vulnerability by Zhifeng Wang, Fengyun Wang, Baolei Ma, Haihong Xue, Botao Liu, Dongmei Wang

“…On the basis of hierarchical comparison, correlation analysis, logistics regression analysis and structural equation model method were further used to explore the effect of physical activity and life events on mental health and the relationship between variables, and to test the research hypotheses in sequence. …”
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Designing a gingerbread product based on gluten-free vegetable compositions by G. E. Rysmukhambetova, K. E. Beloglazova, Yu. V. Ushakova, I. V. Ziruk

“…Thus, the studies conducted have shown that the use of non-traditional types of raw materials (rice and corn flour) allows one to make gluten-free products with high quality indicators, including organoleptic, structural-mechanical properties and enriched in nutritional value.…”
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Identification of an immunodominant region on a group A Streptococcus T-antigen reveals temperature-dependent motion in pili by Jeremy M. Raynes, Paul G. Young, Natalie Lorenz, Jacelyn M.S. Loh, Reuben McGregor, Edward N. Baker, Thomas Proft, Nicole J. Moreland

“…This suggests that there is motion within the pilus at physiological temperature, with structural analysis of a covalently linked T18.1 dimer indicating “knee-joint” like bending occurs between T-antigen subunits to expose this immunodominant region. …”
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Organoprotection and quality of life in elderly hypertensive patients receiving indapamide treatment by M. E. Statsenko, T. G. Shcherbakova, A. O. Osipova

“…The authors assessed dynamics of 24-hour blood pressure monitoring (BPM), structural and functional cardiac parameters, heart rate variability (HRV), renal function, carbohydrate, lipid, and purine metabolism, potassium level, as well as cognitive-mnestic function and quality of life (QoL), during 12-week indapamide monotherapy (Indap, PRO MED CS Praha, Czech Republic) in elderly patients with arterial hypertension (AH). …”
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Neurocysticercosis in Ecuador: Spatial clustering, social determinants, and epidemiological trends (2017-2023). by Andrés Fernando Vinueza-Veloz, Marlon Fabricio Calispa-Aguilar, Pamela Vinueza-Veloz, Tannia Valeria Carpio-Arias, Jefferson Santiago Piedra-Andrade, María Fernanda Vinueza-Veloz, Belkys Galindo-Santana

“…Despite available sanitary infrastructure and healthcare access, structural inequalities seem to undermine NCC control efforts in endemic regions. …”
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EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF LOCAL HYDRODYNAMICS AND MASS EXCHANGE PROCESSES OF COOLANT IN FUEL ASSEMBLIES OF PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS by S. M. Dmitriev, A. A. Barinov, A. N. Pronin, V. D. Sorokin, A. E. Khrobostov

“…The results of experimental studies of local hydrodynamics and mass exchange of coolant flow behind spacer and mixing grids of different structural versions that were developed for fuel assemblies of domestic and foreign nuclear reactors are presented in the article. …”
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Choroid plexus enlargement correlates with subcortical tau deposition in progressive supranuclear palsy by Na Wang, JiaYing Lu, XueLing Liu, JianPeng Liu, YuCheng Lu, ChengLing Xu, SiRong Piao, LiQin Yang, FengTao Liu, YuXin Li

“…Methods A total of 204 participants (92 PSP, 78 PD, 34 healthy controls (HC)) underwent structural MRI, with 63 PSP patients receiving 18F-Florzolotau positron emission tomography. …”
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Approach to Complementary Feeding and Infant Language Use: An Observational Study by Claire Farrow, Jacqueline Blissett, Shefu Islam, Rachel Batchelor, Rebecca Norman, Charlotte Webber, Elsa Addessi, Francesca Bellagamba, Amy T. Galloway, Laura Shapiro

“…Greater observed infant self‐feeding was significantly associated with greater observed exposure to language from caregivers (r = 0.312 percentage of infant self‐feeding correlated with caregiver word types directed at the child) and a greater number of infant vocalisations (r = 0.320 percentage of infant self‐feeding correlated with number of child vocalisations produced). Structural Equation Modelling showed the relationship between infant self‐feeding and infant vocalisations to be significantly mediated by enhanced quality and quantity of caregiver child‐directed speech (model fit: χ2 [5] = 5.01, p = 0.415, CFI = 1.00 [NF = 0.98], RMSEA = 0.006). …”
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Chromolaena odorata and male fertility: evidence from the testes and epididymis of Wistar rats by Eguono Raphael Uwejigho, Felix O Enemali, Victor Oghenekparobo Emojevwe, Jesuyomike Marvellous Oluremi, Israel Olorunsola Adeyomoye

“…Histomorphological analysis of groups D and E revealed severe structural distortions in the testes, presence of inflammatory cells, collapsed lumen with reduced luminal content, degenerating epithelium, loss of stereocilia cells and poorly arranged connective tissue fibers. …”
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First Principle Study of Uranium Nitrides UN and UN2 Using DFT and DFT + U by T. Zergoug, S.E.H. Abaidia, A. Nedjar

“…The functional are developed for the Vienna Abinitio Simulation Package (VASP) and were used with the projector-augmented wave (PAW) pseudo potentials. The structural and elastic-mechanical UN and UN2 properties were calculated within DFT and DFT + U methods. …”
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Theoretical Study of Elliptic Drum of Vertical Spindle Cotton Picker by Shavkat Ravutov, Abdumalik Rakhimov, Gafurjan Ibragimov

“… The article focuses on the structural optimization of the planetary mechanism of the spindle drum of a vertical-spindle cotton-picking machine in Uzbekistan and discusses the problems of synthesizing a new vertical-spindle drum that significantly enhances the efficiency of using spindles and increases the productivity of the machine. …”
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Advances and trends of modern and contemporary research on the geology of coal-measure minerals in China by Yong QIN

“…Advances Based on textual research and the analysis of logical relations, this study generalized the advances in research on the geology of CMMs in China into four aspects. (1) Increasingly improved geological theory system of CMMs: China’s classic theoretical system of coal field geology was formed in the second half of the 20th century, and the geological theory system focusing on coals, coal-measure gas, and coal-measure critical metals has been gradually developed since the 21st century. (2) Research on the origin and genesis of coals, advancing the international coal geology: The advancements include the development of the new coal metamorphism theory, the discovery of the world's youngest soft lignite, the reveal of late-stage coalification jumps, the establishment of the ordinary organic petrology, and the comprehensive ascertainment of the formation and evolutionary mechanisms of coals. (3) The unique CMM accumulation, distribution, and metallogenic theory: The specific outcomes include the establishment of multiple sedimentary and structural coal-controlling patterns, the reveal of the fundamental framework of coal accumulation in sea areas, the identification of deposits of various coal-measure critical metals, and the determination of the division schemes for coal-controlling geotectonic units and the metallogenic zones of coal-measure critical metals, and the development of a geological theory system for coalbed methane. (4) Significant achievements in the geological surveys and assessment of special coal resources: Specifically, the methodological system for the geological prediction and assessment of special coal types and high-quality, eco-friendly, and clean coal resources has been developed, the methodological system for the resource potential assessment of tar-rich coals and underground coal gasification has been formed, and the coal resources for related purposes have been preliminarily investigated. …”
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