Using a 3D Chaotic Dynamic System as a Random Key Generator for Image Steganography by Mohammed Abod Husain, Saad Al-Momen

“…The security of the steganography approach is considerably improved by using this random procedure. A 3D dynamic system with nine parameters influencing its behavior was carefully chosen. …”
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Skills Acquired by Students in the Orthodontics Residence. Academic Year 2008-2009 by Clotilde de la Caridad Mora Pérez, Eduardo Maikel Curbeira Hernández, Amarelys Morera Pérez, Yuritza Hernández Núñez, Jorge A. Rodríguez López

“…<strong>Background</strong>: learning assessment involves the monitoring and evaluation of students’ knowledge, skills and habits as well as the action procedures they acquire along the educational process. …”
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Circulating Tumor DNA in a Breast Cancer Patient's Plasma Represents Driver Alterations in the Tumor Tissue by Jieun Lee, Sung-Min Cho, Min Sung Kim, Sug Hyung Lee, Yeun-Jun Chung, Seung-Hyun Jung

“…Tumor tissues from biopsies or surgery are major sources for the next generation sequencing (NGS) study, but these procedures are invasive and have limitation to overcome intratumor heterogeneity. …”
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Markedly Reduced Thermal Pain Perception in a Schizoaffective Patient with Tardive Dyskinesia by Stéphane Potvin, Emmanuel Stip, Serge Marchand

“…Compared to a large group of healthy volunteers that we tested in 3 previous studies using the same psychophysical procedure, the experimental temperature required to induce moderate pain was radically increased in this patient (z-score = 3.6). …”
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Digital Literacy and Administrative Autonomy in Adolescents in the Welfare System: Impact of a Socio-Educational Intervention by Cristina Sánchez-Martínez, Sara Martínez-Carrera, Isabel Martínez-Carrera, Alba Veiga Fernández

“…The aim of this project is to improve the digital literacy and autonomy of young people in carrying out procedures and formalities with public administrations and bodies, making them participants in their own learning process. …”
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A Mixed Methods Study of the Challenges and Prospects of Utilizing Telemedicine in the Delivery of Healthcare to Nigerian Children by Igoche David Peter, Kuyet Jemimah Danjuma-Karau, Ejemeirele M. Omokhuale, Joel Cherima Yakubu

“…Themes generated include resource constraints, standard operating procedures, and possible advantages.ConclusionTelemedicine is beneficial in terms of patient convenience and physical workspace decongestion. …”
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Subacromial-First Approach to Minimize Infraspinatus Damage for Massive Rotator Cuff Tears Repair by Wittawat Boonyanuwat, M.D., Chatchavan Charoenthamruksa, M.D., Adisak Nartthanarung, M.D., Pinkawas Kongmalai, M.D.

“…By accessing the subacromial space first, manipulation of retracted and weakened posterior cuff tissues is avoided, reducing the risk of further damage. The procedure is performed in the beach-chair position using 4 portals strategically placed for optimal visualization and precise anchor placement. …”
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Breathomics: A Non-Invasive Approach for the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer by Hélène Yockell-Lelièvre, Romy Philip, Palash Kaushik, Ashok Prabhu Masilamani, Sarkis H. Meterissian

“…Future research should prioritize standardizing sampling and analytical procedures and validating their clinical utility through large-scale clinical trials.…”
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Enhancing early depression detection with AI: a comparative use of NLP models by Bakir Hadzic, Parvez Mohammed, Michael Danner, Julia Ohse, Yihong Zhang, Youssef Shiban, Matthias Rätsch

“…It has been demonstrated that the current classical procedures for early detection of depression are insufficient, which emphasizes the importance of seeking a more efficient approach to overcome this challenge. …”
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Prospective assessment of the repercussions on the lipid profile of surgeries involving liposuction and dermolipectomies by Leonardo David Pires Barcelos, Jefferson Di Lamartine Galdino Amaral, Marina Borgatto, Gabriel Campelo dos-Santos, Amanda Costa Campos, Ronan Caputi Silva Dias, Juldasio Galdino de Oliveira

“…Introduction: Liposuction associated with dermolipectomies is the most commonly performed surgical procedure in plastic surgery. Although regarded as an extremely safe surgery, some considerations must be taken on the possible metabolic effects of these surgeries. …”
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Atypical viral exanthems associated with community-acquired respiratory viruses in immunocompromised pediatric patients: a case series by Andrea Michelerio, Andrea Michelerio, Alessandro Svizzero, Alessandro Svizzero, Valeria Brazzelli, Valeria Brazzelli

“…All rashes resolved spontaneously with no change in current therapy and no invasive procedures were required. These findings underscore the role of respiratory viruses such as rhinovirus and RSV in cutaneous manifestations and highlight the utility of noninvasive molecular testing to avoid misdiagnosis and overtreatment. …”
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International alliance of Urolithiasis (IAU) guideline on percutaneous nephrolithotomy by G. Zeng, W. Zhong, G. Mazzon, S. Choong, M. Pearle, M. Agrawal, C. M. Scoffone, C. Fiori, M. I. Gökce, W. Lam, K. Petkova, K. Sabuncu, N. K. Gadzhiev, A. Pietropaolo, E. Emiliani, K. Sarica

“…The recommendations, tips and tricks across the PCNL procedures would provide adequate guidance for urologists performing PCNLs to ensure safety and efficiency in PCNLs.…”
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Hologenomic data generation and analysis in wild vertebrates by Carlotta Pietroni, Nanna Gaun, Aoife Leonard, Jonas Lauritsen, Garazi Martin‐Bideguren, Iñaki Odriozola, Ostaizka Aizpurua, Antton Alberdi, Raphael Eisenhofer

“…Leveraging the first 2025 samples sourced from 151 wild vertebrate species analysed in the Earth Hologenome Initiative, we scrutinise hologenomic data generation steps, including laboratory and bioinformatic procedures. Comparisons across taxa and sample types provide novel insights into the relationships between laboratory quality metrics and derived data, the variation of host, prokaryotic and non‐prokaryotic fractions of shotgun data, and the relationship between data quality and quantity with genome and metagenome reconstruction. …”
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Open Abdomen Management and Candida Infections: A Very Likely Link by Savino Occhionorelli, Monica Zese, Rosario Cultrera, Domenico Lacavalla, Marco Albanese, Giorgio Vasquez

“…This is a single-centre retrospective case series of 47 cases admitted to our Department, which required laparostomy procedure; we analyzed the type of surgery, temporary abdominal closure, duration of open abdomen, complications, SOFA score, mortality with Candida infections, and empirical or targeted antifungal therapy. …”
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Determinants of adoption of quality protein maize varieties in Misrak Badewacho District, Southern Ethiopia: policy implications by Yilma Jambo, Alemu Daka, Berhanu Nega

“…A multistage sampling procedure was used to collect primary data from 143 sampled maize producers, which were analyzed using SPSS version 22. …”
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Ultra-low extracorporeal volume microfluidic leukapheresis is safe and effective in a rat model by Mubasher Iqbal, Alexandra L. McLennan, Anton Mukhamedshin, Mai T. P. Dinh, Qisheng Liu, Jacob J. Junco, Arvind Mohan, Poyyapakkam R. Srivaths, Karen R. Rabin, Thomas P. Fogarty, Sean C. Gifford, Sergey S. Shevkoplyas, Fong W. Lam

“…When connected to Sprague-Dawley rats, the devices removed large leukocytes with ~80% collection efficiency, reducing the leukocyte count in recirculating blood by nearly half after a 3-hour procedure. Evaluation of plasma biomarkers and end-organ histology revealed no adverse effects compared to sham control. …”
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Chemometrics of Wheat Composites with Hemp, Teff, and Chia Flour: Comparison of Rheological Features by Marie Hrušková, Ivan Švec, Ivana Jurinová

“…The mixolab, a rheological device developed recently, combines approved farinograph and amylograph test procedures. Analysing wheat flour composites with hemp, teff, or chia in terms of all three mentioned rheological methods, correspondence of farinograph, and amylograph versus mixolab features was examined by principal component analysis. …”
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Fenestration without rib resection for postoperative bronchopleural fistula by Masatoshi Kanayama, Yoshinobu Ichiki, Katsuma Yoshimatsu, Yusuke Takeda, Kasumi Kusanagi, Teruaki Ishida, Masataka Mori, Hiroki Matsumiya, Yusuke Nabe, Akihiro Taira, Shinji Shinohara, Taiji Kuwata, Masaru Takenaka, Ayako Hirai, Naoko Imanishi, Kazue Yoneda, Fumihiro Tanaka

“…However, usually, this procedure is required 9-cm mean length of the incision with rib resection. …”
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Agricultural Extension Services and Climate Adaptive Capacity of Smallholder Farmers in Ebonyi State, Nigeria by Emeka Emmanuel Osuji, Michael Olatunji Olaolu, Ngozi Eucharia Okereke-Ejiogu, Peter Agu Onoh, Chidinma Adanna Peter-Onoh, Lilian Chinaenye Emma-Okafor, Ogueri Chukwuma, Chizoma Olivia Osuagwu, Bernadine Ngozi Aririguzo, Alagba Rosemond Adaohuru

“…Sample sizes of 428 smallholder farmers were selected through multi-stage sampling procedure. Data collected using questionnaire were analysed using percentage, and multivariate probit model. …”
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A Hybrid Deep Learning Approach for Improved Detection and Prediction of Brain Stroke by Gayatri Thakre, Rohini Raut, Chetan Puri, Prateek Verma

“…Traditional diagnostic procedures, such as manually interpreting clinical images, are time consuming and error prone. …”
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