Assessment of the Quality of Smartphone-Based Applications and Games for Teaching Medical Terminology Using the Mobile Application Rating Scale (MARS) by Seyyedeh Fatemeh Mousavi Baigi, Reyhaneh Norouzi Aval, Masoumeh Sarbaz, Khalil Kimiafar

“…Background and Aim: Proficiency in medical terminology is a basic competency of most medical students, which ensures communication with other healthcare providers. …”
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A novel hybrid fuzzy analytical hierarchy process–game theory model for prioritizing factors affecting the deterioration of water pipelines by Eslam Mohammed Abdelkader, Tarek Zayed, Nehal Elshaboury

“…It was also inferred that water pressure (6.64%) is the most significant factor influencing water pipe deterioration followed by internal corrosion and protection method (6.11%), and then soil corrosivity (6.05%). …”
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Targeted next-generation sequencing of 50 cancer-related genes in Japanese patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma by Takafumi Nakagaki, Miyuki Tamura, Kenta Kobashi, Akina Omori, Ryota Koyama, Masashi Idogawa, Kazuhiro Ogi, Hiroyoshi Hiratsuka, Takashi Tokino, Yasushi Sasaki

“…Of the 80 oral squamous cell carcinoma specimens from Japanese patients, including formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded samples, 56 specimens presented at least one somatic mutation among the 50 investigated genes, and 17 of these samples showed multiple gene somatic mutations. TP53 was the most commonly mutated gene (50.0%), followed by CDKN2A (16.3%), PIK3CA (7.5%), HRAS (5.0%), MET (2.5%), and STK11 (2.5%). …”
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A novel adaptive multi-scale wavelet Galerkin method for solving fuzzy hybrid differential equations by V. Murugesh, M. Priyadharshini, Yogesh Kumar Sharma, Sultan Mesfer Aldossary, Shakti Kundu, Saksham Malik, Kedir Botamo Adem, Arshad Hashmi

“…The selective refinement approach enables the method to utilise minimal computational efforts where they are most needed, resulting in a significant order of magnitude reduction in computational cost with no loss in solution accuracy. …”
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Short-term outcome of physiotherpy and surgical treatment of obstetrical brachial plexus palsy by Krishna Priya Das, Rumpa Mani Chowdhury, Sk. Murad Ahmed, Md. Moniruzaman, Mohammod Shahidullah

“…Conclusion: Treatment initiated within six months have ensured nearly full recovery of most upper trunk and incomplete OBPP cases, but outcomes of severely affected lower trunk and panpalsy cases was poor. …”
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Persistent COVID-19 symptoms and associated factors in a tertiary hospital in Thailand by Dujrath Somboonviboon, Pattanapol Aramareerak, Amornchai Lertamornpong, Kunchit Piyavechviratana, Pattarin Pirompanich

“…Conclusions: There was a high prevalence of persistent COVID-19 symptoms. The most common symptom was dyspnea. Female gender and oxygen supplementation were independent associated factors. …”
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The first UK case of congenital Zika syndrome by Dominic A Haigh, Lynne Warrander, Philip Bullen, Philip Veal, Christina Petridou

“…Background: Following the 2015–2016 Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic in the Americas and Caribbean, cases have globally declined but persist in endemic regions like the Americas and Southeast Asia. While most infections are mild or asymptomatic, ZIKV during pregnancy can cause congenital Zika syndrome (CZS), leading to severe fetal malformations, including microcephaly. …”
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Machine learning models based on routine blood and biochemical test data for diagnosis of neurological diseases by Wanshan Ning, Zhicheng Wang, Ying Gu, Lindan Huang, Shuai Liu, Qun Chen, Yunyun Yang, Guolin Hong

“…The nervous system disease prediction model constructed by XGBoost possessed the best performance (AUC: 0.9782). And the most models of distinguishing various nervous system diseases also had good performance, the model performance of distinguishing neuromyelitis optica from other nervous system diseases was the best (AUC: 0.9095). …”
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A Lightweight Method for Detecting Bearing Surface Defects Based on Deep Learning and Ontological Reasoning by Xiaolin Shi, Haisong Xu, Han Zhang, Yi Li, Xinshuo Li, Fan Yang

“…Aiming at the different sizes and textures of the defect types on the surface of the outer ring of the bearing, and the fact that most of the target detection algorithms relying on deep learning show low speed and low precision in the detection of defects on the surface of the bearing, this paper presents a lightweight method for detecting the defects on the surface of the bearing based on deep learning and ontological reasoning. …”
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Treatment of Early Cesarean Scar Pregnancy with Double Balloon Catheter: A Systematic Review of the Literature by Irene Passerini, Francesco Marasciulo, Federico Prefumo, Anna Fichera, Nicola Fratelli, Filippo Alberto Ferrari, Federico Ferrari, Franco Odicino

“…The gestational age at treatment ranges from 5 + 0 to 10 + 1 gestational weeks, with variable human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) levels (433–64.700 IU/mL). Most of the patients (73%) received adjuvant systemic methotrexate (MTX) and the catheter dwell time ranges from 1 to 5 days. …”
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Diagnostic Performance of Infrared Thermography, Quantitative Sudomotor Axonal Reflex Testing, and 3-Phase Bone Scintigraphy for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Diagnosis: A Retrosp... by Noh C, Lee J, Choi HY, Park E, Shin YS, Hong B, Ko Y, Oh C, Lee SY

“…The three positive results exhibited the highest specificity (0.933) and positive predictive value (0.917).Conclusion: Among the three laboratory tests for CRPS, infrared thermography was the most useful. QSART and 3-phase bone scintigraphy did not show a significant diagnostic performance; however, combining the results of all three tests may provide additional diagnostic confidence in certain cases.Keywords: complex regional pain syndrome, infrared thermography, quantitative sudomotor axonal reflex testing, 3-phase bone scintigraphy…”
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Risk Communication and Public Health Emergency Responses During COVID-19 Pandemic in Rural Communities in Kenya: A Cross-Sectional Study by Wilberforce Cholo, Fletcher Njororai, Walter Ogutu Amulla, Caleb Kogutu Nyaranga

“…A significant portion of participants wore face masks (85.3%), practiced hand hygiene (78.9%), and avoided close contact behaviors (66.6%). Most respondents received information through mass media (86.1%) and health workers (72.9%). …”
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TBFH: A Total-Building-Focused Hybrid Dataset for Remote Sensing Image Building Detection by Lin Yi, Feng Wang, Guangyao Zhou, Niangang Jiao, Minglin He, Jingxing Zhu, Hongjian You

“…In particular, the accurate detection of tall buildings is essential for reliable modeling and analysis. However, most existing building-detection methods are primarily trained on datasets dominated by low-rise structures, resulting in degraded performance when applied to complex urban scenes with high-rise buildings and severe occlusions. …”
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Identification of Dicrocoelium dendriticum isolated from small ruminants of east Azerbaijan province using ITS2 and Nad1 gene markers by Abbas Imani Baran, Salar Alidoost, Ahmad Nematollahi, Masoomeh Firouzamandi, Behzad Ghorbanzadeh

“…Background and purpose: Dicrocoelium dendriticum is the most important liver fluke of the domestic and wild herbivores. …”
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Fish Biodiversity at Kawadighi Haor of Northeastern Bangladesh: Addressing Fish Diversity, Production and Conservation Status by Md. Abu Hena Mostofa Kamal, Md. Abu Kawsar, Debasish Pandit, Mrityunjoy Kunda, Khushnud Tabassum, Md. Tariqul Alam

“…Among the recorded species, Cypriniformes, having 34 species, had the most species, followed by Siluriformes (20), Anabantiformes (11), Ovalentaria (4), Synbranchiformes (4), Clupeiformes (3), Decapoda (3), Osteoglossiformes (2), Anguilliformes (1), Beloniformes (1), Cyprinodontiformes (1), Gobiiformes (1), Mugiliformes (1), and Tetraodontiformes (1). …”
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Study of the Electrical Conduction Mechanism in Low-Frequency Field for CuMnO₂ Crednerite-Type Materials Obtained by Microwave-Assisted Hydrothermal Synthesis by Catalin N. Marin, Maria Poienar, Antoanetta Lungu, Cristian Casut, Paula Sfirloaga, Iosif Malaescu

“…The experimental data were analysed based on three theoretical models, demonstrating that the most appropriate theoretical model to explain the electrical conduction mechanism in the samples is Mott’s variable range hopping (VRH) model. …”
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Effects of COVID-19 vaccination on irAEs and prognosis in lung cancer patients receive PD-(L)1 inhibitors by Ping Luo, Jiasi Liu, Zhan Wang, Chenwei Liao, Lei She, Ting Zou, Juan Chen, Zhaoqian Liu

“…Among the 394 patients, 44% (171 cases) experienced multiple irAEs, 29% (114 cases) had a single type of irAE, and 27% (108 cases) reported no adverse reactions. The most common irAEs included thyroid-related events (hypothyroidism: 18%, hyperthyroidism: 11%), skin toxicity (16%), cardiovascular toxicity (14%), skeletal muscle toxicity (8%), glycemic endocrine toxicity (7%), and pneumonia (6%). …”
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Temporal Reduction in Chronotropic Index Predicts Risk of Cardiovascular Death Among Healthy Middle‐Aged Men: a 28‐Year Follow‐Up Study by Kristian Engeseth, Christian Hodnesdal, Irene Grundvold, Knut Liestøl, Knut Gjesdal, Sverre E. Kjeldsen, Jan E. Erikssen, Johan Bodegard, Per Torger Skretteberg

“…The participants were divided into quartiles of temporal change in chronotropic index, with quartile one having the most negative value. Cox proportional hazard regression models were used to estimate risks and adjusted for classical cardiovascular risk factors. …”
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Patients’ experiences of atrial fibrillation and comorbidity management in clinical practice: a pan-European qualitative descriptive interview study by Stylianos Tzeis, Edward Baker, Bart A Mulder, Hein Heidbüchel, Geraldine Lee, Lien Desteghe, Rana Önder, Rafal Dabrowski, Stavros Karanikas, Miguel Jauregui-Abularach, Daniel Merino

“…Objective The objective is to explore patients’ perceptions on the management of atrial fibrillation (AF) and associated comorbidities.Design A descriptive qualitative study involving in-depth individual interviews, analysed using Braun and Clarke's approach to Reflexive Thematic Analysis.Setting Cardiology departments in teaching hospitals in five geographically diverse European countries—Belgium, Greece, Poland, Spain and the Netherlands.Participants 30 adults aged 65 years or older, diagnosed with AF, with two or more confirmed comorbidities were interviewed.Results The average age was 73 years, 37% were women and the most common comorbidity was hypertension (n=26, 87%), followed by hypercholesterolaemia (n=12, 40%), obesity (n=10, 33%), hypothyroidism (n=9, 30%) and diabetes (n=7, 23%). …”
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Thermal Desorption Kinetics, Binding Energies, and Entrapment of Methyl Mercaptan Ices by Suchitra Narayanan, Elettra L. Piacentino, Karin I. Öberg, Mahesh Rajappan

“…Organosulfur species are potential major carriers of sulfur in the interstellar medium, as well as interesting ingredients in prebiotic chemistry. The most fundamental question regarding these species is under which conditions they reside in the gas versus solid phase. …”
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