Dorsal epidural disc migration—MRI characteristics and surgical microdiscectomy treatment: Case report and review of the literature by Antonios Michailidis, MD, Ioannis Tsifountoudis, MD, PhD, Dimitrios Kitridis, MD, FEBOT, MSc, PhDc, Konstantinos Tasoulis, MD, Kostas Charatsis, MD, Giannetopoulos Dimitrios, MD

“…This unusual migration pattern presents unique diagnostic challenges, as it can mimic other serious spinal pathologies such as epidural abscesses, hematomas, and synovial cysts. …”
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Benefits of aldosterone receptor antagonism in chronic kidney disease: the BARACK-D RCT by F D Richard Hobbs, Richard McManus, Clare Taylor, Nicholas Jones, Joy Rahman, Jane Wolstenholme, Louise Jones, Jennifer Hirst, Sam Mort, Ly-Mee Yu

“…These higher rates of negative renal change reduced in scale over the study but did not equalise between arms. …”
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LLM based expert AI agent for mission operation management by Sobhana Mummaneni, Syama Sameera Gudipati, Satwik Panda

“…AI offers opportunities to reduce mission costs, improve success rates, and enhance the efficiency of space exploration programs. …”
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Numerical Flow Simulation in a Centrifugal Pump at Design and Off-Design Conditions by K. W. Cheah, T. S. Lee, S. H. Winoto, Z. M. Zhao

“…When the centrifugal pump is operating under off-design flow rate condition, unsteady flow developed in the impeller passage and the volute casing.…”
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EFEFCT OF KAOLIN ON GROWTH AND CLINICAL SIGNS IN COMMON CARP EXPOSED TO COPPER SULPHATE TOXICITY by Abdulmotalib J. Al-Rudainy, N. M. Salman, S.A. Mustafa

“…Specific growth rate, experienced the same previous pattern as they ranged between – 0.04 and  0.24%/day in C+ and C- treatments respectively. …”
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Younger Age Is an Independent Predictor for Poor Survival in Patients with Signet Ring Prostate Carcinoma by Jue Wang, Fen Wei Wang, George P. Hemstreet

“…The 1-, 3-, and 5-year cancer-specific survival rates were 94.6%, 89.6%, and 83.8%, respectively. …”
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Assessment of the Symmetry of the Ground Reaction Forces in Patient with ACL Rupture during Vertical Jump by Keyvan Sharifmoradi, Arash Raji

“…Conclusion: The pattern of vertical jump ground reaction forces changes in landing phase after ACL rupture. …”
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Multi-scale spatio-temporal graph neural network for urban traffic flow prediction by Hui Chen, Jian Huang, Yong Lu, Jijie Huang

“…Abstract The Urban traffic flow is affected by both internal supply and demand changes and external random disturbances, and during its continuous spatiotemporal propagation, these factors overlap with each other, presenting a highly non-linear and complex spatiotemporal pattern, which poses a huge challenge to traffic flow prediction. …”
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Three‒Dimensional Numerical Simulation of the Breaching Process of Landslide Dams with Heterogeneous Structures by HU Xianrui, PENG Ming, FU Xiaoli, YANG Ge, ZHU Yan, SHI Zhenming, ZHANG Gongding

“…The middle layer (V2) governed vertical incision rates: fine-grained layers accelerated downward erosion, whereas coarse layers formed headcuts that restricted further deepening. …”
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Factors associated with unfavourable treatment outcomes among patients with Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis receiving outpatients care by Maria Jose Vadakunnel, Vijayalakshmi Jawaharlal Nehru, Usharani Brammacharry, Venkateswari Ramachandra, Suganthi Palavesam, Anbazhagi Muthukumar, Balasundaram Revathi Mani, Gunavathy Pradhabane, S. R. Sriramkumar, Kanagavel Venkatchalam, Muthuraj Muthaiah

“…Patients with heteroresistant patterns had 2.72 times higher odds of unsuccessful treatment outcomes compared to those with inferred and true-resistant patterns. …”
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Where do new words like boobage, flamage, ownage come from? Tracking the history of ‑age words from 1100 to 2000 in the OED3 by Chris A. Smith

“…They also appear to be less likely to be lexicalized given this transparency. This low rate of lexicalization is a sign of high productivity and may also explain the high rates of obsolescence of historical ‑age words in the OED3.…”
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Real-world study of first-line immunotherapy combined with chemoradiotherapy in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by Xiaohan Zhao, Chengang Weng, Wuhan Yang, Hongmei Gao, Hesong Wang, Wenzhao Deng, Shuchai Zhu, Wenbin Shen

“…Primary outcomes included overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS), with secondary outcomes being objective response rate (ORR), disease control rate (DOR), treatment-related adverse events (trAEs), and treatment failure patterns. …”
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Understanding barriers and opportunities for fresh produce access in eThekwini Metro, Durban, South Africa by Scott Drimie, Mieke Faber, Lisanne du Plessis

“… South Africa faces a triple burden of malnutrition – undernutrition, hidden hunger and increasing rates of overweight and obesity driven by poor dietary choices. …”
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Training Rarámuri Criollo Cattle to Virtual Fencing in a Chaparral Rangeland by Sara E. Campa Madrid, Andres R. Perea, Micah Funk, Maximiliano J. Spetter, Mehmet Bakir, Jeremy Walker, Rick E. Estell, Brandon Smythe, Sergio Soto-Navarro, Sheri A. Spiegal, Brandon T. Bestelmeyer, Santiago A. Utsumi

“…The study found that Rarámuri Criollo cows can effectively adapt to virtual fencing technology, achieving over 99% containment rate while displaying typical diurnal patterns for grazing, resting, or traveling behavior. …”
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The Fracture Ankle Implant Review (FAIR) study: a national multicentre retrospective review of practice in implant choice, fixation methods, and outcomes in fixation of the fibula... by William G. Fishley, Thomas Baldock, Alan J. Hilley, Rory Morrison, Paul Baker, Dave Townshend, FAIR Study Collaborating Authors

“…A local pilot service evaluation previously identified variance in use of locking plates in all patterns with significant cost implications. The Fracture Ankle Implant Review (FAIR) study aimed to evaluate current practice and implant use across the UK, and review outcomes and complication rates between different fibula fixation methods. …”
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Malaria epidemics and its drivers in Uganda in 2022 by Maru W. Aregawi, Catherine Maiteki, John C. Rek, Bosco Agaba, Charles Katureebe, Mansour Ranjbar, Chunzhe Zhang, Samson Kiware, Jimmy Opigo

“…Provinces with bimodal rainfall patterns were more prone to epidemics, while unimodal regions had fewer epidemics but higher incidence rates. …”
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Gut Microbiome Alterations, Mental Health, and Alcohol Consumption: Investigating the Gut–Brain Axis in Firefighters by Ji Youn Yoo, Anujit Sarkar, Hyo-Sook Song, Sunghwan Bang, Gyusik Shim, Cary Springer, Morgan E. O’Brien, Yoonhwa Shin, Songhyun Ju, Sunhee Han, Sung Soo Kim, Usha Menon, Tae Gyu Choi, Maureen E. Groer

“…There were associations between alcohol consumption patterns and aspects of the gut microbiome. This study highlights the mental health challenges faced by firefighters, including elevated rates of PTSD, depression, and alcohol consumption, with specific microbial imbalances linked to PTSD and alcohol use, emphasizing the role of the gut–brain axis.…”
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Mapping of the Antinuclear Autoantibodies in Sudanese patients infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus after HAART receiving: A cross-sectional study by Nooh Mohamed Hajhamed, Salahaldeen Ismail Mohammed, Waleed Abdelateif Hussein, Abdullah M. Bakheit, Nouh Saad Mohamed, Ayman Azhary, Abdallah Elssir Ahmed, Abualgasim Elgaili Abdalla, Abubakar Abdelbagi, Hassan Babieker Said Khalf Allah, Mahjoob Osman Mahjoob Ali, Mohammed Elfatih Hamida

“…Interestingly, a high proportion of positivity for ANA were found in the older subject groups (aged 42-56 years and > 57 years), with rates of 80% for each. Furthermore, our study also showed that the predominant ANA patterns were nuclear fine-speckled (AC-4, 56.5%) followed by cytoplasmic fine granules (AC-20, 24.7%). …”
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Effects of high CO2 treatment on green-ripening and peel senescence in banana and plantain fruits by Mu-bo SONG, Lu-ping TANG, Xue-lian ZHANG, Mei BAI, Xue-qun PANG, Zhao-qi ZHANG

“…In contrast to the differentiated color changing patterns, the patterns of the softening, starch degradation and soluble sugar accumulation in the pulp of 20% CO2 treated bananas and plantains displayed similarly as the patterns in the fruits ripening in regular air, indicating that the pulp ripening was not inhibited by 20% CO2, and the abnormal ripening of bananas in 20% CO2 can be considered as green ripening. …”
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The Use of 3D Convolutional Autoencoder in Fault and Fracture Network Characterization by Feng Xu, Zhiyong Li, Bo Wen, Youhui Huang, Yaojun Wang

“…Conventional pattern recognition methods directly use 1D poststack data or 2D prestack data for the statistical pattern recognition of fault and fracture network, thereby ignoring the spatial structure information in 3D seismic data. …”
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