Clinical outcomes following PD-1 inhibitor elective discontinuation in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: exploring treatment de-escalation by Itamar Averbuch, Nofar Edri, Nethanel Asher, Gal Markel, Daniel Hendler, Hadas Ditzian Kugler, Eyal Yosefof, Noga Kurman

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate the patterns of disease progression after anti-PD-1 therapy discontinuation in this group of patients. …”
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In Vitro and In Situ Evaluation of Fermented High Moisture Corn and Ear Corn as Alternative Feedstuffs for Feedlot Calves by H. Rajaei-Sharifabadi, D. Villalba, J. Mora, G. de la Fuente, J. Balcells, A. R. Seradj

“…HMG demonstrated the highest gas production rate and metabolizable energy content (12.2 MJ/kg), significantly higher than HME (10.1 MJ/kg). …”
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Spatial autocorrelation with environmental factors related to tuberculosis prevalence in Nepal, 2020–2023 by Roshan Kumar Mahato, Kyaw Min Htike, Alex Bagas Koro, Rajesh Kumar Yadav, Vijay Sharma, Alok Kafle, Suvash Chandra Ojha

“…Abstract Background Despite global efforts to reduce tuberculosis (TB) incidence, Nepal remains burdened by approximately 70,000 new cases annually, with an incidence rate of 229 per 100,000 people in 2022. This study investigated the geographic patterns of TB notifications in Nepal from fiscal year 2020 to 2023, focusing on environmental determinants such as land surface temperature (LST), urbanization, precipitation and cropland coverage. …”
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From west to east: dissecting the global shift in inflammatory bowel disease burden and projecting future scenarios by Kaiqi Yang, Changhao Zhang, Rui Gong, Wei Jiang, Yuchen Ding, Yang Yu, Jinlong Chen, Min Zhu, Jiaxuan Zuo, Xueping Huang, Lumei Wang, Peng Li, Xiujing Sun

“…This survey analyzed patterns and trends in the burden of IBD to aid future decision making. …”
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Serum metabolic profiling enables diagnosis, prognosis, and monitoring for brainstem gliomas by Keke Li, Ruimin Wang, Zhengying Gu, Wenyun Weng, Wanshan Liu, Yida Huang, Jiao Wu, Ziyue Zhang, Shouzhi Yang, Jun Su, Yujie Tang, Kun Qian, Mawei Jiang, Lin Huang, Jingjing Wan

“…Abstract Brainstem gliomas (BSG) is a highly malignant central nervous system childhood tumors with 5-year survival rate <10%. Metabolism during radiotherapy is a dynamic and precisely programmed process, improving clinical outcomes and guiding therapy decisions of BSG. …”
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The Neural Basis of Salt Perception: A Focus on Potassium Chloride as a Sodium Alternative by Emilia Iannilli, Raffaela Fürer, Antje Welge-Lüssen, Thomas Hummel

“…This study investigates the neural correlates of taste perception for NaCl, KCl, and their mixture using gustatory event-related potentials (ERPs) in a sample of 28 healthy young adults. Participants rated the intensity, saltiness, and pleasantness of the stimuli, which were matched for iso-intensity and iso-pleasantness. …”
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Optimizing jacket design for two-wheeler delivery workers during rainy conditions by Sujin Lim, Jisoo Ha

“…Also riders to make as many deliveries as possible and receive good ratings, most work more than 8 h. This complex work environment and long working hours expose them to physical fatigue, scrapes, bumps, falls, and other accidents, making it more necessary than ever to pay attention to the health and safety of delivery riders. …”
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Factors associated with the serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in adults by Sue-Hsien Chen, Shu-Ching Chen, Yo-Ping Lai, Pin-Hsuan Chen, Kun-Yun Yeh

“…A self-reported depression rating score; health beliefs; and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) factors were assessed with questionnaires. …”
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BERT-based network for intrusion detection system by Yong Yang, Xing Peng

“…After feature extraction is completed, we further perform classification using a classifier based on a bidirectional gated recurrent unit (GRU) network, which is able to efficiently process sequence data and reduce computational complexity while capturing temporal dependencies in the sequences. …”
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Electrospinning of Chitosan–Halloysite Nanotube Biohybrid Mats for Clobetasol Propionate Delivery by Natallia V. Dubashynskaya, Valentina A. Petrova, Igor V. Kudryavtsev, Andrey S. Trulioff, Artem A. Rubinstein, Alexey S. Golovkin, Alexander I. Mishanin, Anton A. Murav’ev, Iosif V. Gofman, Daria N. Poshina, Yury A. Skorik

“…The optimized composition of the electrospinning solution was determined: 2.4% solution of CS in 46% acetic acid with addition of PEO (10% of CS mass) and HNTs (5% of CS mass); CP was introduced as an ethanol solution at the rate of 2 mg CP per 1 g of the obtained nonwoven material. …”
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Spatial-temporal variations of stroke mortality worldwide from 2000 to 2021 by Siyi Xing, Xiaoliang Chen, Hong Zhu, Xinmei Li, Ge Zhang, Jie Li

“…Results The result showed that ① From 2000 to 2021, the number of stroke deaths increased worldwide, but the AMSR due to stroke showed a downward trend; ② The spatial distribution of the global AMSR due to stroke varies across geographic regions. with the highest in Asia and southern Africa, and the lowest in Europe and North America; ③ The spatial pattern of hot and cold spots of AMSR due to stroke remained relatively stable from 2000 to 2021, with the greatest changes in Africa and Asia; ④ Generally, countries belong to higher economic groups have lower stroke mortality rate, and this pattern persisted throughout the study period. …”
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Valor de alguns exames complementares na Coréia de Sydenha by Aron J. Diament

“…The following laboratory examinations have been made: a)"classical acute phase serum reagents" (APSR): sedimentation rate, differential blood count, Weltmann reaction, mucoproteins, C reactive protein, antistreptolysin-O titter, electrophoresis of serum proteins; b) copper and ceruloplasmin; c)magnesium; d)sulphur; e)electrophoresis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) proteins; f) electroencephalograms (EEG). …”
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Emotional and visual responses to trypophobic images with object, animal, or human body backgrounds: an eye-tracking study by Pengfei Yu, Li Yu, Li Yu, Yuting Li, Cheng Qian, Jia Hu, Weiyi Zhu, Fang Liu, Fang Liu, Qi Wang, Qi Wang, Qi Wang

“…Finally, participants rated the image’s disgust and arousal levels using a self-assessment rating scale. …”
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Heat and Mass Transfer of Boundary Layer Jeffrey Ternary Hybrid Nanofluid Flow Over Porous Wedge With Surface-Catalysed Chemical Reactions: An ANFIS Model by M. Shanmugapriya, A. S. Ashwinth Jeffrey, R. Sundareswaran

“…It is found that, on increasing φAg, φCuO,φSWCNT, the heat transfer and mass transfer rate gets enhanced in THNF than the hybrid nanofluid (HNF) and nanofluid (NF). …”
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Thalamic nuclei volumes are related to disease stage in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by Tianrui Wen, Tianrui Wen, Jun Zhu, Jun Zhu, Sujuan Sun, Sujuan Sun, Yujing Chen, Yujing Chen, Ninglu Gao, Ninglu Gao, Mingjie Ma, Xinyue Chen, Shuangwu Liu, Shuangwu Liu, Pengfei Lin, Yan Deng

“…We investigated patterns of thalamic atrophy in the patients and in 94 healthy controls (HCs). …”
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Wetland key habitat functional areas in China informed by flagship waterbirds: Past changes, present status and future trend with modeling scenarios by Hengxing Xiang, Dehua Mao, Ming Wang, Yeqiao Wang, Chi-Yeung Choi, Wenjuan Wang, Haitao Wu, Kaidong Feng, Zongming Wang

“…The results of this study establish conservation priorities that align with national goals of a 55 % wetland protection rate and the global biodiversity framework in protected areas and biodiversity, indicating that the spatial conservation optimization approach is an effective method for identifying wetland KHFAs.…”
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Enhancing agricultural commodity price forecasting with deep learning by R. L. Manogna, Vijay Dharmaji, S. Sarang

“…The results indicate that deep learning models, particularly Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) networks and Gated Recurrent Units (GRU), demonstrate superior performance in capturing complex temporal patterns. …”
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Integration Method with Backpropagation by Nidhal AL-Assady, Jamal Majeed, Shahbaa Khaleel

“…In this research, a new method is discovered (combined method) to accelerate the backpropagation network by using the expected values of source units for updating weights, we mean the expected value of unit by the sum of the output of the unit and its error term multiplied by the factor Beta to accelerate the algorithm and also adjust the value of learning coefficient continuously if the value of energy function E decreases the learning rate is increased by a factor , if the value of the energy function E increases , the value of the learning rate is decreased by a factor . …”
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The burden dynamics of leukemia in China from 1990 to 2021: an epidemiological analysis of trends, risk factors, and projections to 2036 by Renfang Zhang, Chunyue Guo, Yifang Liang, Siyu Qing, Ziyue Liang, Yongbin Wang, Chenguang Zhang

“…Objective: Leukemia is a key public health challenge in China, with epidemiological patterns shifting due to demographics, environment, and healthcare advances. …”
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Enhanced selective recovery of powder carrier-supported biofilms for enrichment of denitrifying functional bacteria by Chengxian Wang, Bin Lu, Boran Wu, Jin Chen, Zhigen Wu, Hongbo Han, Xiaohu Dai, Xiaoli Chai, Dian Hu

“…Compared to overflow sludge, underflow sludge (biofilm) exhibited a 33 % increase in particle size and a 0.51-fold increase in denitrification rate constants, leading to improvements of nitrogen and phosphorus removal efficiencies exceeding 73 %. …”
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