Palliative Radiotherapy Near the End of Life: An Analysis of Factors Influencing the Administration of Radiotherapy in Advanced Tumor Disease by Nguyen-Son Le, Asli Zeybek, Klaus Hackner, Cornelia Gallauner, Josef Singer, Felix Schragel, Petra Georg, Sandra Gottsauner-Wolf, Martin Pecherstorfer, Gudrun Kreye

“…Furthermore, RT near the EOL was more likely administered at multiple sites (OR, 2.08 [95% CI, 1.00 to 4.29]) and with ≤5 fractions (OR, 2.37 [95% CI, 1.23 to 4.57]), while being associated with lower response rates (OR, 0.43 [95% CI, 0.21 to 0.86]) and increased therapy discontinuation (OR, 4.40 [95% CI, 1.45 to 13.37]).CONCLUSIONThese findings highlight varying RT patterns influenced by specific factors, demonstrating the complexity of EOL treatment decisions in advanced cancer care. …”
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Biomechanical stability and stress distribution before talus prosthesis design: effects of ligament removal and cartilage overlay thickness using finite element analysis by Gang Zeng, Yujun Sun, Min Liang, Wenzhou Liu, Yanbo Chen, Jionglin Wu, Jiayuan Zheng, Taolue Zhou, Huiying Zhao, Weidong Song, Yue Ding

“…Recent advancements, including patient-specific implants and improved biomaterials, show promise in enhancing long-term outcomes and reducing complication rates. Aim This study investigates the mechanical stability and stress distribution changes in a talus prosthesis after the sequential removal of surrounding ligaments and the application of varying thicknesses of cartilage overlays. …”
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Changes in influenza-associated excess mortality in China between 2012–2019 and 2020–2021: a population-based statistical modelling study by Xiaowei Deng, Jiangmei Liu, Minghan Wang, Nana Chen, Feiran Hao, Juan Yang, Maigeng Zhou, Hongjie Yu

“…Distinct pattern was observed for the AC and P&I outcomes. …”
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Assessing the implementation of ESG criteria in the frontrunners insurance companies in the Spanish market by Albert Marti, Ramon Bastida-Vialcanet, Frederic Marimon

“…Originality/value: This study contributes to the academic literature and managerial practice by offering a robust framework, model, and methodology for ESG assessment, as well as identifying patterns in ESG adoption. Additionally, the article explores how the combination of outstanding PSI principles achievements influences the ESG rating performance of insurance companies. …”
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A personalized reinforcement learning recommendation algorithm using bi-clustering techniques. by Muhammad Waqar, Mubbashir Ayub

“…Moreover, we introduced a novel strategy to predict item ratings within the RL framework. The validity of the proposed algorithm is evaluated on three datasets of movies domain, namely, ML100K, ML-latest-small and FilmTrust. …”
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Excessive or reduced rest-day sleep compensation linked to depression in Chinese adults by Yanliqing Song, Long Wang, Yue Liu

“…These findings highlight the importance of maintaining stable sleep patterns during special periods and provide scientific evidence for the development of targeted public health interventions.…”
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The Nature of Attachment Relationships and Grief Responses in Older Adults: An Attachment Path Model of Grief. by Yan Kho, Robert T Kane, Lynn Priddis, Josephine Hudson

“…<h4>Design</h4>Men (N = 21) and women (N = 68) aged 60 years and above who had lost a partner within the last 12 to 72 months were invited to participate. Participants rated their levels of yearning thoughts about the deceased, emotions and non-acceptance on the Texas Revised Inventory of Grief (TRIG-Present), and their type and level of general romantic attachment on the Experiences In Close Relationship questionnaire (ECR).…”
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REGULARITIES OF FORMATION OF FLOW OF COOLANT BEHIND THE TVS-KVADRAT MIXING SPACING GRID OF THE PWR-TYPE REACTOR by S. M. Dmitriev, D. V. Doronkov, M. A. Legchanov, V. D. Sorokin, A. E. Khrobostov

“…During the studies of the local fluid dynamics of the coolant, the transverse flow rates were measured; also, the coolant flow rates were measured by cells of the TVS-Kvadrat experimental model. …”
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Distinct brain atrophy progression subtypes underlie phenoconversion in isolated REM sleep behaviour disorderResearch in context by Stephen Joza, Aline Delva, Christina Tremblay, Andrew Vo, Marie Filiatrault, Max Tweedale, Jean-François Gagnon, Ronald B. Postuma, Alain Dagher, Johannes Klein, Michele Hu, Petr Dusek, Stanislav Marecek, Zsoka Varga, John-Paul Taylor, John T. O'Brien, Michael Firbank, Alan Thomas, Paul C. Donaghy, Stéphane Lehéricy, Marie Vidailhet, Jean-Christophe Corvol, ICEBERG Study Group, Richard Camicioli, Howard Chertkow, Simon Lewis, Elie Matar, Kaylena A. Ehgoetz Martens, Lachlan Churchill, Michael Sommerauer, Sinah Röttgen, Per Borghammer, Karoline Knudsen, Allan K. Hansen, Dario Arnaldi, Beatrice Orso, Pietro Mattioli, Luca Roccatagliata, Oury Monchi, Shady Rahayel, Isabelle Arnulf, Samir Bekadar, Eve Benchetrit, Alexis Brice, Vanessa Brochard, Alizé Chalançon, Benoit Colsch, Florence Cormier-Dequaire, Jean-Christophe Corvol, Virginie Czernecki, Bertrand Degos, Cécile Delorme, Pauline Dodet, Carole Dongmo-Kenfack, Marie-Odile Habert, Farid Ichou, Jonas Ihle, Cécile Galléa, Rahul Gaurav, Marie-Alexandrine Glachant, Manon Gomes, David Grabli, Elodie Hainque, Laetitia Jeancolas, Christelle Laganot, Stéphane Lehéricy, Suzanne Lesage, Smaranda Leu-Semenescu, Richard Levy, Valentine Maheo, Graziella Mangone, Louise Laure Mariani, Aurelie Méneret, Poornima Menon, Fanny Mochel, Vincent Perlbarg, Dijana Petrovska, Fanny Pineau, Nadya Pyatigorskaya, Sophie Rivaud-Pechoux, Emmanuel Roze, Sara Sambin, Julie Socha, Arthur Tenenhaus, Romain Valabregue, Marie Vidailhet, Lydia Yahia-Cherif

“…Distinct brain atrophy patterns may already be seen in iRBD; however, how brain atrophy begins and progresses remains unclear. …”
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Accurate hourly AQI prediction using temporal CNN-LSTM-MHA+GRU: A case study of seasonal variations and pollution extremes in Visakhapatnam, India by Sreenivasulu T, Mokesh Rayalu G

“…The framework amalgamates one-dimensional Convolutional Neural Networks (1D CNN) for the extraction of short-term patterns, Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) integrated with Multi-Head Attention (MHA) to encapsulate long-term dependencies, and Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU) for the refinement of residual errors. …”
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Integrated OVMD-BiGRU-SMAC Framework for Forecasting Construction Accidents in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by Badr T. Alsulami, Afaq Khattak

“…These IMFs are individually forecasted using Bidirectional Gated Recurrent Unit (BiGRU) models, which are capable of learning sequential patterns in both temporal directions. …”
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Memory-augment graph transformer based unsupervised detection model for identifying performance anomalies in highly-dynamic cloud environments by Huangyining Gao, Ruyue Xin, Peng Chen, Xi Li, Ning Lu, Peng You

“…Additionally, we introduce a novel dynamic gated memory module to guide the Transformer encoder in extracting hidden features, thereby enhancing the model’s robustness to varying data patterns in dynamic cloud environments. …”
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Culture Positivity of CVCs Used for TPN: Investigation of an Association with Catheter-Related Infection and Comparison of Causative Organisms between ICU and Non-ICU CVCs by Criona Walshe, J. Bourke, M. Lynch, M. McGovern, L. Delaney, D. Phelan

“…There was a nonsignificant trend of higher Gram negative Bacilli isolation in ICU CVCs (𝑃=0.1), ward CVCs were associated with higher rates of staphylococcal isolation (𝑃=0.01). A similar pattern of organisms were cultured from CRBSI and culture positive CVCs. …”
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Pautas de la movilidad en el área metropolitana de Madrid by Juan Carlos García Palomares, Javier Gutiérrez Puebla

“…On the other hand, Madrid presents some positive peculiarities that allow it to have higher rates of public transport than in the rest of European metropolitan areas. …”
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A Review on Biomechanics of Anterior Cruciate Ligament and Materials for Reconstruction by M. Marieswaran, Ishita Jain, Bhavuk Garg, Vijay Sharma, Dinesh Kalyanasundaram

“…The key conclusions of this review are as follows: (a) the highest shear forces on the anterior cruciate ligament occur during hyperextension/low flexion angles of the knee joint; (b) the characterization of the anterior cruciate ligament at variable strain rates is critical to model a viscoelastic behavior; however, studies on human anterior cruciate ligament on variable strain rates are yet to be reported; (c) a significant disparity on maximum stress/strain pattern of the anterior cruciate ligament was observed in the earlier works; (d) nearly all synthetic grafts have been recalled from the market; and (e) bridge-enhanced repair developed by Murray is a promising technique for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, currently in clinical trials. …”
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Development of lactation and breast/chestfeeding adverse event terminology (LaBAET) through a Delphi consensus approach by Katarzyna M. Maksym, Kinga Kalita-Kurzyńska, Diane Spatz, Melinda Boss, Maria Carmen Collado, Anna Gonciarz-Dytman, Bei Han, Asma Khalil, Joanna Kozakiewicz, Ernest Kuchar, Karolina Morze, Rebecca Powell, Natalie Shenker, Sławomir Wątroba, Anna L. David, Aleksandra Wesołowska

“…The lack of information on the safety of medications during lactation may lead to cessation of lactation in favor of treatments, therefore contribute to suboptimal breastfeeding rates. Inadequate terminology to define and grade adverse events for lactation and breast/chestfeeding limits the understanding of potential therapeutic harms. …”
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Predicting Financial Distress through Ranking Working Capital Management Components Using Random Forest Algorithm by Pouya Sadeghi, Daryush Farid, Hamid Reza Mirzaei, Abolfazl Dehghani

“…These scores, being close to 1, suggested that the model's estimations were performed with a high degree of accuracy.The analysis of the relative importance of each working capital management component in achieving this 85% accuracy rate revealed some key insights. The Average Collection Period (ACP) was identified as the most important factor in predicting financial distress. …”
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Child-therapist acoustic synchrony and response trajectories in autism intervention: an AI-based automated analysis using dynamic systems theory and affective computing by Giulio Bertamini, Silvia Perzolli, Arianna Bentenuto, Cesare Furlanello, Mohamed Chetouani, David Cohen, Paola Venuti

“…However, quantitatively studying fine-grained aspects such as the child-clinician synchrony patterns poses challenges, limiting translational research. …”
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Research on the Protection Status and Development Strategies for New Varieties of Lychee and Longan in China by Yingjie WEN, Zhixian TANG, Fachao SHI, Hailun LIU, Yonghua JIANG, Qian YAN

“…Of these, 21 litchi and 5 longan varieties were granted protection, yielding authorization rates of 33.3% and 19.2%. The average duration for examination and authorization was 30.5 months. …”
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Dravet Syndrome: A Rare Form of Epilepsy by Salwa Al Hosani, Sona Varghese

“…The majority of patients with this condition have mutations involving the voltage-gated sodium channel alpha (I) gene SCN1A. We present a detailed account of a two-year-old child with a history of recurrent seizures since the age of 4 months. …”
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