Computer Aided Diagnostic System for Blood Cells in Smear Images Using Texture Features and Supervised Machine Learning by Shakhawan Hares Wady

“…Identification and diagnosis of leukemia earlier is a contentious issue in therapeutic diagnostics for reducing the rate of death among people with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). …”
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Probing the Impact of Seed Coat Removal on the Germination Performance of Bitter Gourd (<i>Momordica charantia</i>) Using an Image Analyzer by Roopashree Byregowda, Nethra Nagarajappa, Kadurappa Madhusudan, Thimmappa Krishnappa Nagarathna, Sharankumar Ashok Kesaratagi

“…This was shown as a correlation between the mean germination rate and the perimeter of seeds.…”
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Visible Light Channel Modeling for Gas Pipelines by Farshad Miramirkhani, Murat Uysal, Omer Narmanlioglu, Mohamed Abdallah, Khalid Qaraqe

“…We further investigate the maximum achievable link range to ensure a given bit error rate.…”
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The Gaseous Blowout of the 30 Doradus Starburst Region in the LMC by Suraj Poudel, April Horton, Jo Vazquez, Kathleen A. Barger, Frances H. Cashman, Andrew J. Fox, Nicolas Lehner, Scott Lucchini, Dhanesh Krishnarao, N. M. McClure-Griffiths, Elena D’Onghia, Jason Tumlinson, Ananya Goon Tuli, Lauren Sdun, Stone Gebhart, Katherine Anthony, Bryce Cole, Jacco Th. van Loon, Julia Roman-Duval, Yik Ki Ma, Callum Lynn, Min-Young Lee, Denis Leahy

“…We estimate an outflow mass of M _outflow, Si _ii  ≈ (5.7–8.6)  × 10 ^5 M _⊙ , outflow rate of ${\dot{M}}_{{\rm{outflow}}}\gtrsim 0.02{M}_{\odot }\,{\,\rm{yr}\,}^{-1}$ , and mass loading factor of η  ≳ 0.10 within Δ θ  ≲ 0 $\mathop{.}…”
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Anaesthetic profile of thymol and menthol in zebrafish larvae model by Raquel S.F. Vieira, Diana Sousa, Luís M. Félix, Carlos A.S. Venâncio

“…Following the determination of the effective anaesthetic concentration, three concentrations (100, 200 and 300 mg/L for thymol and 200, 400 and 500 mg/L for menthol) were further tested by focusing on mortality rate, heart rate, behaviour features of induction and oxidative effects in comparison to MS-222 and eugenol. …”
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Disuse-Induced Muscle Loss and Rehabilitation: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Bed Rest Study by Jessica M. Scott, PhD, Meghan Downs, PhD, Roxanne Buxton, MS, Elizabeth Goetchius, MS, Brent Crowell, MS, Robert Ploutz-Snyder, PhD, Kyle J. Hackney, PhD, Jeffrey Ryder, PhD, Kirk English, PhD, Lori L. Ploutz-Snyder, PhD

“…Upper (rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, quadriceps, hamstrings, adductors) and lower leg (medial gastrocnemius, lateral gastrocnemius, and soleus) MRI scans were obtained once before, nine times during, and three times after bed rest to assess muscle cross-sectional area. The magnitude and rate of muscle atrophy and recovery were determined for each muscle. …”
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Association of vancomycin trough levels, AUC and AUC/MIC ratios with clinical outcomes in patients with enterococcal bacteremia: a prospective cohort study by Eda Kubra Sel, Berfu Tufan, Gundag Kupra Atagun, Vildan Avkan Oguz, Ozgen Alpay Ozbek, Mukaddes Gumustekin, Serife Reyhan Ucku, Ayse Gelal

“…The 30-day all-cause mortality rate was 28.3%. Regarding treatment efficacy, only the AUCss cutoff value was found to be statistically significant; patients with AUCss<616 µg·h/mL had a higher rate of efficacy compared to those with AUCss≥616 µg·h/mL (p = 0.031). …”
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Bifurcation analysis of multistability and hysteresis in a model of HIV infection by I. V. Mironov, M. Yu. Khristichenk, Yu. M. Nechepurenko, D. S. Grebennikov, G. A. Bocharov

“…The macrophage activation rate constant is considered as a bifurcation parameter. …”
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Cervical malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors: A case report and literature review by SUN Shuohui, LIU Qinyao, MA Junli, LI Xiao, WANG Zhifa

“…As a kind of tumor with a high degree of malignancy, the recurrence rate of MPNST is determined by the design of surgical method, the size of resection, and whether to further radiotherapy and chemotherapy after surgery.…”
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Finger Vein Recognition Using Optimal Partitioning Uniform Rotation Invariant LBP Descriptor by Bang Chao Liu, Shan Juan Xie, Dong Sun Park

“…In this paper, we proposed two block selection methods which are based on the estimate of the amount of information in each block and the contribution of block location by looking at recognition rate of each block position to reduce feature extraction time and matching time. …”
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Influence of Previous Emergency Department Visit Information on Care of Current Patients by Ricardo X. Noriega, Juan Nañez, Emily Hartmann, Scott B. Crawford, Chantel D. Sloan-Aagard

“…The primary outcome was the influence of knowledge from prior records on interactions during the most recent visit, measured with 11 Likert-scale ratings. Reviewer agreement was used as an indicator of confidence. …”
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The influence of exercise self-efficacy and gender on the relationship between exercise motivation and physical activity in college students by Jiazhi Sheng, Indang Ariati Binti Ariffin, Jacquline Tham

“…Abstract This study examined the relationships among exercise motivation, exercise self-efficacy, and physical activity rating, as well as the role of exercise self-efficacy in the above relationship. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors of the most common multimorbidity among Canadian adults. by Obed Mortey, Gerald Mugford, Kris Aubrey-Bassler, Hensley H Mariathas, Ugochukwu Odimba, Zhiwei Gao

“…The results from multivariate analysis showed that seven factors were significantly associated with increased odds of the MCM, which included increasing age, being retired from work (retired vs not retired), poorer rating of perceived health, (very good, good, poor vs excellent), increasing problems with sleep quality (satisfied, dissatisfied vs neutral), and abnormal body-mass index (underweight, overweight, obese vs normal). …”
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New Programming Modes of Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review of Outcomes with Burst and High-Frequency Technology by Jeffrey J. Bergman, Derrick A. Dupré, Nestor D. Tomycz

“…Burst SCS and HF10 SCS have been subjected to randomized controlled studies and have used similar patient pain score reporting on a visual analog scale (VAS) and numeric rating scale (NRS). Results from these studies have reported significant reductions in axial back pain and limb pain in patients sustained for up 20 months with burst SCS treatment and up to 36 months with HF10 SCS. …”
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Spatiotemporal evolution and multi-scenario simulation of the land-use cover change and habitat quality in arid and semi-arid areas: a case study of the urban agglomeration along t... by Tianle Ma, Wenhao Cheng, Wenxuan Yao

“…These findings demonstrate (Hall, Wiley on behalf of the Wildlife Society, 1997, 25(1), 173–82) a reduction in ecological land coverage during the previous period, which correlates with a decrease in the mean HQ. The value ratings in 2010, 2015, and 2020 were 0.4919, 0.4730, and 0.4654, respectively. …”
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Cholera-Related Hypochondriasis and Sleep Effort Among Lebanese General Population by Atifa Nazih Kamaleddine, Sondos Mohamad Naous, Sana Ahmad Tantawi, Lama Ali Alhajj, Nafez Nazih Kamaleddine, Sung Woo Joo, Seockhoon Chung

“…All 472 participants completed the e-survey, including rating scales adapted to assess psychological response to cholera: Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemic-6 items (SAVE-6), Obsession with COVID-19 scale (OCS), Coronavirus Reassurance-Seeking Behaviors Scale (CRBS), Insomnia Severity Index, Glasgow Sleep Effort Scale, and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 items. …”
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Assessment of Tourism Development in Belarus: A Comprehensive Analysis of Infrastructure, Cultural Heritage and Natural Resources by Viktoryia Kauchun, Anna Michalska, Walery Zukow

“…Results: The findings indicate moderate tourism development in Belarus (39% rated it as average, 42% as high). Infrastructure quality shows significant regional variation (χ2(4)=31.50, p<0.001, V=0.56). …”
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Is guideline-driven prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism common practice in the South African private hospital setting? by Melissa van der Merwe, Marlene Julyan, Jesslee M. du Plessis

“…This study evaluated prescribing patterns of VTE prophylaxis in one of the largest South African (SA) private hospital groups. …”
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Muscle Activity Onset Prior to Landing in Patients after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. by Daniel Theisen, Isabel Rada, Amélie Brau, Paul Gette, Romain Seil

“…Six studies meeting inclusion criteria underwent quality assessment, data extraction and re-computing procedures for the meta-analysis. The quality was rated "moderate" for 2 studies and "poor" for 4. …”
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Reading English-Language Haiku: Processes of Meaning Construction Revealed by Eye Movements by Hermann J Mueller, Thomas Geyer, Franziska Günther, Jim Kacian, Stella Pierides

“…To examine this process, we recorded readers’ eye movements, and we obtained measures of memory for the read poems as well as subjective ratings of comprehension difficulty and understanding achieved. …”
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