Foreground-Driven Contrastive Learning for Unsupervised Human Keypoint Detection by Shuxian Li, Hui Luo, Zhengwei Miao, Zhixing Wang, Qiliang Bao, Jianlin Zhang

“…Recently, unsupervised human keypoint detection has become prevalent due to concerns about data privacy. Most existing methods are based on a reconstruction process that extracts appearance and pose information from transformed image pairs and spatially aligns them to obtain a reconstructed image for detection. …”
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The role of ubiquitination and deubiquitination in the pathogenesis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by Lihui Zhang, Lihui Zhang, Lihui Zhang, Sutong Liu, Sutong Liu, Sutong Liu, Qing Zhao, Xiaoyan Liu, Qiang Zhang, Minghao Liu, Minghao Liu, Minghao Liu, Wenxiao Zhao, Wenxiao Zhao, Wenxiao Zhao

“…Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the most common chronic liver diseases and is closely associated with metabolic abnormalities. …”
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Effects of Papain Hydrolysis on the Pasting Properties of Wheat Flour by Jian-sheng CHEN, Ji-chun TIAN, Zhi-ying DENG, Ying-xiang ZHANG, Shou-li FENG, Zuo-chen YAN, Xin-ye ZHANG, Hui-qing YUAN

“…As one of the most effective enzymatic modification methods of protein, papain hydrolysis is applied widely in food production, accompanying starch pasting frequently in order to improve industrial quality. …”
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Osteopontin derived from hypoxia-induced M2 macrophages promotes osteosarcoma progression through modulation of EGR3/ISG15 signaling and RIG-I expression by Chunyang Xing, Wei Hu, Liyuan Zhao

“…Abstract Background Osteosarcoma (OS) is one of the most common malignancies arising in bone. Hypoxia and immune regulation are pivotal in tumor biology. …”
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Health literacy, myths and stigma among patients with Parkinson’s disease in the Republic of Moldova by Lilia ROTARU, Oxana GROSU, Mădălina CEBUC, Ghenadie CARAUSU, Victor VOVC, Stanislav GROPPA

“…A total of 103 PD patients (52.4% women, 47.6% men; mean age 65.5 years) participated and completed the Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices questionnaire. Results: Most PD patients attributed the disease to stress (61.2%), impaired brain blood flow (49.5%), poor brain oxygenation (44.7%), and exposure to toxic substances (13.6%), particularly among those with lower education (p=0.001). …”
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Peripheral Nervous System Complications after COVID-19 Vaccination by Seyed Sepehr Khatami, Samaneh Ghorbani Shirkouhi, Poul Flemming Høilund-Carlsen, Mona-Elisabeth Revheim, Abass Alavi, Morten Blaabjerg, Sasan Andalib

“…Even though pain at the injection site is one of the most common symptoms after COVID-19 vaccination, shoulder pain lasting more than 3 weeks should raise the suspicion of severe complications such as PTS. …”
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Prevalence and molecular determinants of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from Jazan, Saudi Arabia by Thamer Brek, Ahmed K Alghamdi, Turki S Abujamel, Muhammad Yasir, Elaf M Alattas, Maryam S Hazazi, Ibrahim A Al-Zahrani

“…The blaOXA-48 gene was the most predominant carbapenemase gene, detected in 65.1% (n = 56) of isolates. …”
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Capture—Incubate—Release: An Animal‐Friendly Approach to Assess Local Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Species Diversity Through Environmental DNA Metabarcoding by Mandy Sander, Arne J. Beermann, Dominik Buchner, Martina Weiss, Marie‐Thérése Werner, Florian Leese

“…Thus, our study demonstrates that it is possible to detect most locally occurring species via eDNA metabarcoding after shortly incubating them in water. …”
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Condições de drenagem relacionadas ao trânsito de máquinas em solo de várzea (RS-Brasil) Drainage conditions related with mechanization in flood plain soil (RS-Brazil) by José A. Louzada, Nelson Caicedo, Fernanda Helfer

“…Among several factors that contribute to that situation, the bad drainage conditions are one of the most important. In relation to irrigated rice, this situation promotes late planting and, consequently, productivity reduction. …”
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Nutrient Solution Selection Modulates Growth Patterns and Leaf Elemental Accumulation in Alfalfa (<i>Medicago sativa</i>) Grown by Jiaqing Li, Yingjian Zhu, Zhenwu Wei, Haowen Chen, Chuanjie Wang, Kai Cao, Xian Zhang

“…An elemental analysis revealed treatment-specific accumulation patterns, most notably 1.17-fold higher Fe and 1.48-fold higher Mn in the MS group versus control (<i>p</i> < 0.001). …”
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A decellularized and sterilized human meniscus allograft for off‐the‐shelf meniscus replacement by Janne Spierings, Wietske Velthuijs, Amal Mansoor, Manon E. Bertrand, Jorge Alfredo Uquillas, Keita Ito, Rob P. A. Janssen, Jasper Foolen

“…Abstract Purpose Meniscus tears are one of the most frequent orthopedic knee injuries, which are currently often treated performing meniscectomy. …”
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A novel brain MRI classification framework integrating tuned single scale retinex and empirical wavelet entropy features by Paravathanani Rajendra Kumar, Krishna Prakash, Buraga Ram Sai Teja, Kota Akhil Manoj, Adi Bhuvaneswar, Divvela David Syam Kumar, Shonak Bansal, Sandeep Kumar, Mohammad Rashed Iqbal Faruque, K. S. Al-mugren

“…Out of these various imaging systems, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is the most commonly used diagnostic modality because it is non-invasive and provides clear visualization of brain tissues. …”
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The Eyes: A Source of Information for Detecting Deepfakes by Elisabeth Tchaptchet, Elie Fute Tagne, Jaime Acosta, Danda B. Rawat, Charles Kamhoua

“…These defects result from the absence of physical and physiological constraints in most GAN models. We develop a two-level architecture capable of detecting these fake images. …”
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Specific anti-glycan antibodies are sustained during and after parasite clearance in Schistosoma japonicum-infected rhesus macaques. by Y Y Michelle Yang, Xiao Hong Li, Katarzyna Brzezicka, Niels-Christian Reichardt, R Alan Wilson, Angela van Diepen, Cornelis H Hokke

“…When incubating macaque serum with schistosomula in vitro, schistosomula death was positively correlated with the duration of infection of macaques; macaque serum taken 22 weeks post-infection caused most schistosomula to die, suggesting the presence of potentially protective antibodies. …”
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Risk Factors for Severe Hypocalcemia in Patients with Secondary Hyperparathyroidism after Total Parathyroidectomy by Ping Wen, Lingling Xu, Shasha Zhao, Wei Gan, Dawei Hou, Liang Zhang, Jinlong Cao, Mingxia Xiong, Lei Jiang, Junwei Yang

“…Background. Hypocalcemia is the most common complication of total parathyroidectomy in secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) and is associated with adverse consequences such as spasms, epilepsy, and arrhythmia and even death if the serum calcium level decreases rapidly. …”
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Deep learning-based automated segmentation and quantification of the dural sac cross-sectional area in lumbar spine MRI by George Ghobrial, Christian Roth

“…Bland-Altman analysis revealed that most discrepancies between predicted and actual DSCA values fell within the limits of agreement, further affirming the robustness of these models.DiscussionThis study demonstrates that deep learning models, particularly MultiResUNet, offer high accuracy and reliability in the automated segmentation and calculation of DSCA in lumbar spine MRIs. …”
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The Ecological Risks and Invasive Potential of Introduced Ornamental Plants in China by Haoyu Wang, Min Yang, Xiaohua Ma, Qingdi Hu, Lei Feng, Yaping Hu, Jiehui He, Xule Zhang, Jian Zheng

“…Using <i>ecospat</i> to perform climatic niche comparisons, we found significant unfilling and expansion (>50%) in most introduced ornamental plants, indicating strong invasiveness. …”
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Fertility-sparing treatment for atypical polypoid adenomyoma by Isabel Beshar, Susan Lang, Oliver Dorigo, Brooke E Howitt, Caroline Liu, Amer Karam

“…One in three patients (n = 37, 60.7 %) in our cohort opted for fertility-sparing treatment, especially among young (mean age 33.6), nulliparous patients. Most patients underwent hysteroscopic resection (70.8 %), compared to progesterone-only therapy (16.7 % with intrauterine device (IUD) and 12.5 % with oral progesterone). …”
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Imaging-based measures of synovitis in knee osteoarthritis: A scoping review and narrative synthesis by Robert S. Dima, Trevor B. Birmingham, Mary-Ellen Empey, C. Thomas Appleton

“…After removal of duplicates, abstract screening, and full text reading, 251 articles were included in the final review. MRI is the most common modality employed to assess knee synovitis, followed by US imaging. …”
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Seroprevalence of brucellosis in humans with non-specific clinical symptoms in Punjab, India by Deepali Gopal Kalambhe, Brindha Sundar, Jasbir Singh Bedi

“…Among symptomatic individuals (n = 92), fever was the most common symptom (n = 79), followed by joint pain (n = 13). …”
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