Longitudinal Changes in Kidney Solute Clearance in a Prospective Cohort of Patients Initiating Chronic Hemodialysis by Tammy L. Sirich, Zijian Tan, Benjamin R. Highland, Zhidong Lin, Gregory B. Russell, Mariana Murea

“…Urine volume declined at a steady rate with median (quartile 1, quartile 3) percentage change relative to baseline of −10% (−36 to 29) at week 6 and −47% (−76 to 5) by week 48. …”
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Mitigation of Optical Interference Noise by Optical Carrier Cancelation in Self-Coherent Reflective PON Uplink Transmission by Soo-Min Kang, Kyoung-Hak Mun, Sang-Min Jung, Sang-Kook Han

“…Under the conditions of higher fiber input power and longer transmission distance, a remarkable improvement in transmission performance in terms of the eye-pattern and bit-error-rate was achieved.…”
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Efficacy of switching from originator adalimumab to biosimilar adalimumab-AACF in patients with axial spondyloarthritis: a 12-month observational study by Fanny Alcira Reyes Neira, Barbara Bayeh, Karina Rossi Bonfiglioli, Nadia Emi Aikawa, Ana Paula Luppino Assad, Renata Miossi, Fernando Henrique Carlos de Souza, Carlos Emilio Insfrán, Henrique Ayres Mayrink Giardini, Emily Figueiredo Vieira Neves Yuki, Eloisa Bonfa, Carla Gonçalves Schahin Saad, Ana Cristina de Medeiros-Ribeiro, Julio Cesar Bertacini de Moraes, Andrea Yukie Shimabuco

“…Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS)-CRP remained stable when comparing T0 to T6 [1.56 (± 0.88) vs. 1.50 (± 0.82), P = 0.73] and T12 [1.56 (± 0.88) vs. 1.26 (± 0.86), P = 0.13]. A similar pattern was observed for ASDAS-erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR; P > 0.05) and Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI; P > 0.05). …”
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Modern Percutaneous Hallux Valgus Surgery for Revision of Recurrent Hallux Valgus by Andreas Kurt Toepfer MD PhD, Pawel Chomej MD, Pablo Mococain MD, Henryk Liszka MD PhD, Robbie Ray MBChB, ChM(TO), FRCSed(Tr&Orth), FEBOT, Tom Lewis MBChB (Hons) BSc. (Hons) MFSTEd FRCS(Tr&Orth), Peter Lam MBBS (Hons), FRACS, FAOA, David Gordon MB ChB, MRCS, MD, FRCS (Tr&Orth)

“…Results: The complication rate was 21%. Most complications could be managed non-surgically. …”
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Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes and Its Predictors among Tuberculosis Patients Registered at Tefera Hailu Memorial General Hospital, Sekota Town, Northeast Ethiopia: A Seven-Year R... by Habtu Debash, Jemberu Nega, Habtye Bisetegn, Gebru Tesfaw, Daniel Getacher Feleke, Hussen Ebrahim, Alemu Gedefie, Mihret Tilahun, Ousman Mohammed, Ermiyas Alemayehu, Melaku Ashagrie Belete, Abdurahaman Seid, Agumas Shibabaw

“…The overall treatment success rate among TB patients was 93.8%. The maximum number of successful treatment outcomes was 94.9% in 2021, while the lowest was 86.7% in 2020. …”
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Geochemical Characteristics and Thermal Evolution History of Jurassic Tamulangou Formation Source Rocks in the Hongqi Depression, Hailar Basin by Junping Cui, Wei Jin, Zhanli Ren, Hua Tao, Haoyu Song, Wei Guo

“…During the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, the Hongqi Depression experienced significant fault-controlled subsidence and sedimentation, with a maximum sedimentation rate of 340 m/Ma, accompanied by intense volcanic activity that created a high-temperature geothermal gradient of 40–65 °C/km, with paleotemperatures exceeding 140 °C and a heating rate of 1.38–2.02 °C/Ma. …”
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A ten-year trend analysis of malaria prevalence at Sunyani Municipal Hospital, Ghana by Antwi Joseph Barimah, Rebecca Dorcas Commey, Nyantakyiwaa Duah Salomey, James Dumba, Yaw Boakye Nketiah, Bernard Opoku Amoah, Larry Agyemang, Tweneboah Yvonne Ofosua, Deborah Arhinful, Gyamfi Opoku Sandra

“…Although there is a mixed but decreased trend, the region’s confirmed malaria case rate is nevertheless concerning and indicates a substantial public health burden. …”
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The Role of Axillary Lymph Node Dissection in Breast Cancer Patients With Residual Nodal Disease After Receiving Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy by Kristina Shaffer, Lilian Harris, Lori Gentile, Amelia Merrill, Lori Kellam, Michelle Fillion, Peter Turk

“…Conversely, there was a significantly increased rate of lymphedema in the ALND, 57.9%, vs the SLNB group, 35.3% ( P  = 0.03). …”
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A Novel Deployment Scheme Based on Three-Dimensional Coverage Model for Wireless Sensor Networks by Fu Xiao, Yang Yang, Ruchuan Wang, Lijuan Sun

“…Experimental results show that, compared with traditional random method, sensor nodes number is reduced effectively while coverage rate of monitor area is ensured using our coverage pattern and deterministic deployment scheme.…”
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Wide Field-of-View Air-to-Water Rolling Shutter-Based Optical Camera Communication (OCC) Using CUDA Deep-Neural-Network Long-Short-Term-Memory (CuDNNLSTM) by Yung-Jie Chen, Yu-Han Lin, Guo-Liang Shih, Chi-Wai Chow, Chien-Hung Yeh

“…Results revealed that the proposed air-to-water OCC system can support a transmission rate of 7.2 kbit/s through a still water surface, and 6.6 kbit/s through a wavy water surface; this satisfies the hard-decision forward error correction (HD-FEC) bit-error-rate (BER).…”
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Nosological aspects of hepatomegaly and splenomegaly at pediatric age by M. M. Kotovich, F. K. Manerov, E. V. Luchsheva

“…Frequency of hepatomegaly and/or splenomegaly of unspecified etiology was analyzed with correlation to outpatient clinic admission rate and results of routine inspections. Results. …”
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Evaluating the Clinico-biochemical Association between Stress and Chronic Periodontitis by Estimation of Serum Cortisol and Serum Chromogranin A Levels by Shilpa Duseja, Hiral Akshat Parikh, Sareen Duseja

“…The analysis of stress levels using the Social Readjustment Rating Scale and lifestyle evaluation using the Health Practice Index was done. …”
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Evolution of public broadcasting: TeleJurnal’s viewership trends and strategic implications for business sustainability by Săseanu Ramona, Stanomir Ruxandra, Bădulescu Andreea-Alexandra

“…By employing a time-series autoregressive moving-average model, this article assesses the stationarity and autocorrelation of audience data to evaluate the consistency of ratings amidst external factors such as changes in programming strategy, political events, and market competition. …”
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A GPT-Based Approach for Cyber Threat Assessment by Fahim Sufi

“…Notably, anomaly detection identified six significant deviations during the monitored timeframe, starting from 25 September 2023 to 25 November 2024, with a sensitivity of 75%, revealing critical insights into unusual activity patterns. The fully deployed automated model also identified 11 correlated factors and five unique clusters associated with high-rated cyber incidents. …”
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Dynamics of HBsAb persistence and associated BCR IgG-H CDR3 repertoire features in ultra-high versus extremely low responders to HBV vaccination by Ting-Wen Yang, Ting-Wen Yang, Li-Na Sun, Ting Zhang, Yu-Rong Pan, Jun Li, Yang-Yang Li, Zhi-Yong Han, Wan-Bang Sun, Xin-Sheng Yao, Xiao-Yan He

“…Additionally, the average mutation rate of the IgG-H CDR3 repertoire in Group H was slightly higher than that in Group L after the third vaccination. …”
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<i>ZmNLR</i><i>-7</i>-Mediated Synergistic Regulation of ROS, Hormonal Signaling, and Defense Gene Networks Drives Maize Immunity to Southern Corn Leaf Blight by Bo Su, Xiaolan Yang, Rui Zhang, Shijie Dong, Ying Liu, Hubiao Jiang, Guichun Wu, Ting Ding

“…Upon inoculating the <i>ZmNLR-7</i> EMS mutants with <i>Bipolaris maydis</i>, the disease index was increased to 33.89 and 43.33, respectively, and the lesion expansion rate was higher than that in the wild type, indicating enhanced susceptibility to southern corn leaf blight. …”
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Surgeon Sex and Postoperative Resource Utilization: A Population-Based Cohort Study by Kiyan Heybati, BHSc, Raj Satkunasivam, MD, MS, Khatereh Aminoltejari, MD, MSc, FRCSC, Hannah S. Thomas, MBChB, MS, Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD, Natalie Coburn, MD, MPH, Frances C. Wright, MD, Med, FRCSC, Lesley Gotlib Conn, PhD, Amy N. Luckenbaugh, MD, Sanjana Ranganathan, MD, Carlos Riveros, MD, Jason Sutherland, PhD, Colin McCartney, MBChB, PhD, FRCA, FFARCSI, FRCPC, Kathleen Armstrong, MD, MSc, FRCSC, Barbara Bass, MD, Allan S. Detsky, MD, PhD, CM, Angela Jerath, MD, MSc, Christopher J. D. Wallis, MD, PhD

“…Patients treated by male surgeons had higher use of postoperative resources versus those with female surgeons within 30 days (adjusted rate 33.1; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 28.0–39.2 versus 31.2; 95% CI: 25.8–37.7), 90 days, and 1 year. …”
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Genome-wide associations spanning 194 in-hospital drug dosage change phenotypes highlight diverse genetic backgrounds in concurrent drug therapy by Alexander Pil Henriksen, Cristina Leal Rodríguez, Hannah Currant, Ioannis Louloudis, Jorge Hernansanz Biel, Maria Herrero-Zazo, Ewan Birney, Thomas Folkmann Hansen, Gianluca Mazzoni, Amalie Dahl Haue, Henning Bundgaard, Christian Erikstrup, Khoa Manh Dinh, Liam Quinn, Mie Topholm Bruun, Henrik Hjalgrim, Erik Sørensen, Christina Mikkelsen, Michael Schwinn, Ole Birger Vestager Pedersen, Henrik Ullum, Sisse Rye Ostrowski, Karina Banasik, Søren Brunak

“…As populations get older and medicine consumption rises, the rate of concurrent drug use and polypharmacy among patients is increasing. …”
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Substrate Temperature Effect on Structural Properties Of Bi2Te3 Thin Films by B.S. Jariwala, D.V. Shah, Vipul Kheraj

“…All deposition conditions like thickness, deposition rate and pressure were maintained throughout the experiment. …”
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Lattice Boltzmann simulation for phase separation with chemical reaction controlled by ultrasound field. by Heping Wang, Ying Lu

“…In this work, the phase separation behavior and pattern formation in binary fluids with chemical reactions controlled by ultrasonic radiation were systematically investigated. …”
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