Biomechanical evaluation of novel construct for stabilizing subcapital femoral neck fractures: a synthetic bone model by Anjan R. Shah, Miguel A. Diaz, Douglas L. Cerynik, Blake Schultz

“…Abstract Background High complication rates continue to be reported for femoral neck fractures, where moderate to severe shortening has been associated with pain and inferior functional outcomes. …”
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Preoperative Bowel Preparation in Minimally Invasive and Vaginal Gynecologic Surgery by Michail Diakosavvas, Nikolaos Thomakos, Alexandros Psarris, Zacharias Fasoulakis, Marianna Theodora, Dimitrios Haidopoulos, Alexandros Rodolakis

“…Taking into consideration the fact that in most gynecologic cases there is minimal probability of bowel intraluminal entry and, thus, low surgical site infection rates, most scientific societies have issued guidelines against the use of any bowel preparation regimen before laparoscopic or vaginal surgery. …”
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Copper and Temperature Interactions Induce Differential Physiological and Metal Exclusion Responses in the Model Brown Macroalga <i>Ectocarpus</i> by Alex Santillán-Sarmiento, Paula S. M. Celis-Plá, A. John Moody, Claudio A. Saez, Murray T. Brown

“…In this study, we exposed the model brown seaweed <i>Ectocarpus</i> to different Cu concentrations (0, 0.8, 1.6, and 3.2 μM) at two different temperatures (15 and 25 °C). Relative growth rates decreased at 25 °C for the two highest Cu concentrations after 8 days of exposure, but a contrasting pattern was observed in the photosynthetic maximum quantum yield (<i>F_v</i>/<i>F_m</i>) and photosynthetic efficiency (<i>α</i>), where reductions were observed at 15 °C for the same Cu concentrations. …”
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Systemic Immunomodulatory Therapy in Uveitis Related to Beh&amp;ccedil;et&amp;rsquo;s Disease: A 10-year Profile by Almeida M, Ferreira AM, Araújo JR, Figueira L

“…The median treatment duration was 63.5 months, significantly reducing relapse rates from 2 ± 2.0 to 1 ± 1.2 per year (p &lt; 0.001). …”
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Antimicrobial Resistance Profile and Biofilm Formation of <i>Listeria monocytogenes</i> Isolated from Meat by Joana Paiva, Vanessa Silva, Patrícia Poeta, Cristina Saraiva

“…Introduction: <i>Listeria monocytogenes</i> is the causative agent of listeriosis, a serious infectious disease with one of the highest case fatality rates among foodborne diseases affecting humans. …”
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Treatment for Paget’s disease: surgical approaches by E. Yu. Fetisova, A. D. Zikiryakhodzhaev, N. N. Volchenko

“…Breast cancer (BC) ranks first in the pattern of female malignancies (20.7 %) and remains the top cancer among women. …”
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Ten-year outcomes of IMRT with chemotherapy versus IMRT alone for stage II–IVa nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a retrospective study by Xiao-li Wang, Da-qing Sun, Hui Yang, Yang Li, Xiu-feng Li, Xiao-long Chang, Xiang-di Meng, Ya-nan Zhang, Yun-xiang Zhang, Fu-rong Hao, Jian-wen Li

“…The 10-year OS, PFS, LRFS, and DMFS rates were 66.6%, 75.3%, 91.9%, and 81.2%, respectively. …”
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Dual smart sensor data-based deep learning network for premature infant hypoglycemia detection by Muhammad Shafiq, J. Kavitha, Dhruva R. Rinku, N. K. Senthil Kumar, Kamal Poon, Amar Y. Jaffar, V. Saravanan

“…Based on features, the sorted-out data gets evaluated through a GRU-LSTM (Gated Recurrent Unit - Long Short-Term Memory) network to identify the state of the infant as usual and suggestive of hypoglycemia—blood glucose below 70 mg/dL, pale complexion, profuse perspiration. …”
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Transfer learning for securing electric vehicle charging infrastructure from cyber-physical attacks by Ahmad Almadhor, Shtwai Alsubai, Imen Bouazzi, Vincent Karovic, Monika Davidekova, Abdullah Al Hejaili, Gabriel Avelino Sampedro

“…The study also provides a comparison with different DL models such as Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN), Long Short-Term Memory-Recurrent Neural Networks (LSTM-RNN), and Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU). The CICEVSE2024 (EVSE-A and EVSE-B) datasets are used to assess the framework, where one dataset is used to train and store weights, and the second is used to evaluate the learned patterns using transfer learning. …”
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An Adaptive Convolutional Neural Network With Spatio-Temporal Attention and Dynamic Pathways (ACNN-STADP) for Robust EEG-Based Motor Imagery Classification by Aaqib Raza, Mohd Zuki Yusoff

“…The proposed model integrates a Dynamic Pathway Convolution Network (DPCN) for adaptive feature extraction, incorporating a Dynamic Gating Controller (DGC) and Dynamic Adaptive Spatio-Temporal (DAST) blocks to efficiently capture multi-scale spatial and temporal dependencies. …”
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Intraspecific and Intracolonial Variation in the Profile of Venom Alkaloids and Cuticular Hydrocarbons of the Fire Ant Solenopsis saevissima Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Eduardo Gonçalves Paterson Fox, Adriana Pianaro, Daniel Russ Solis, Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie, Bruno Cunha Vairo, Ednildo de Alcântara Machado, Odair Correa Bueno

“…Some fire ant species are top-rated pests spreading throughout the world by trade vessels. …”
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fNIRS evidence of abnormal frontotemporal cortex activation and functional connectivity in depressed patients after stroke: neuromodulatory mechanisms from mild to moderate depress... by Shanshan Zhou, Xiaodie Liu, Mengyuan Chen, Wenyi Chen, Yawen Pan, Yinghao Zhi

“…In contrast, the mild-PSD group displayed no notable connectivity differences between the two groups.ConclusionThis study presents distinct patterns of frontotemporal cortex activation and functional connectivity alterations associated with varying severity levels of PSD. …”
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A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Oil Pulling on YouTube Shorts by Jun Yaung, Sun Ha Park, Shahed Al Khalifah

“…., dentist, hygienist, influencer), engagement metrics, stated benefits, oil type and regimen, the use of disclaimers or citations, and stance toward oil pulling rated on a 5-point Likert scale. Speaker background and nationality were determined through publicly available channel descriptions or linked websites, with user identities anonymized and ethical approval deemed unnecessary due to the use of publicly available content. …”
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The Ethical Significance of Brain-Computer Interfaces as Enablers of Communication by Toma Gruica

“…Intracortical BCIs, by contrast, can restore communicative capacity by directly decoding neural signals associated with intended speech or movement.[5] One landmark study documented an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patient who, after entering CLIS, learned to use an implanted BCI speller to construct sentences at a rate of approximately one character per minute. The patient’s communications ranged from the mundane, such as requesting music, to expressions of existential significance involving care preferences.[6] Importantly, when researchers were asked how they would respond if the patient spelled “unplug my ventilator,” they emphatically stated that BCI output would not determine decisions regarding life support withdrawal. …”
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Content-Based Brain Magnetic Resonance Image Retrieval and Classification With the Proposed Deep Learning and Tissue-Based System by Bedriye Dogan, Hursit Burak Mutlu, Muhammed Yildirim, Sercan Yalcin, Serpil Aslan, Niranjana Sampathila, Ozal Yildirim, Edward J. Ciaccio, Ru-San Tan, U. Rajendra Acharya

“…Notably, existing machine architectures already published in the literature have struggled to achieve comparable success rates in discerning such closely related yet distinct disease groups. …”
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A Long-Term Overview of Elasmobranch Fisheries in an Oceanic Archipelago: A Case Study of the Madeira Archipelago by Mafalda Freitas, Filipa Pinho-Duarte, Madalena Gaspar, Pedro Ideia, João Delgado, Sara C. Cerqueira, Ricardo Sousa

“…Management measures currently in place need to be updated and ought to be based on studies on the type and size of hooks for each fishery, to ultimately infer about species-specific survival rates, as well as the fishing gears’ soak time. Moreover, studies on the enhancement of food supply through fisheries discards are still missing, even though it is highly likely that this input may alter the dynamics of marine food webs.…”
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The large and central Caligo martia eyespot may reduce fatal attacks by birds: a case study supports the deflection hypothesis in nature by Iserhard, Cristiano Agra, Malta, Shimene, Penz, Carla, Fraga, Brenda Barbon, Costa, Camila Abel, Schwantz, Taiane, Bordin, Kauane Maiara

“…Eyespots did not appear to reduce attack rates, suggesting that local bird species were not intimidated. …”
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Stem introducer designs and surgical technique play a significant role in achieving the optimal implant-cement interface by Bernard H. van Duren, Kevin Ilo, Sophie Walker, Mark Higgins, Benjamin V. Bloch, Andrew R. Manktelow, Hemant G. Pandit

“…A significant variation exists between PTS stem designs, associated fractured rates among them, and the design of introducers used. …”
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Impact of oral hygiene on the development of oropharyngeal neoplasms by D. G. Kiparisova, Yu. S. Kiparisov, N. S. Nurieva

“…The patient hygiene performance (PHP) index (Podshadley, Haley, 1968) was used to estimate his/her baseline ability. The rates of initial visits made by patients with oropharyngeal tumors to physicians of different specialties were also analyzed.Results. …”
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Meningitis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus: a case report by Yifei Zhang, Yu Ma, Rushuang Yue, Yuan Meng, Yue Jin, Chengwei Yin, Qianmei Zhou, Rong Shi

“…Conclusion A. fumigatus meningitis represents a rare but life-threatening infection characterized by diagnostic challenges and alarmingly high mortality rates. Stringent diagnostic vigilance is essential to avoid diagnostic errors in these cases. …”
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