Ukrainian Educational and Scientific Potential After the Full-Scale Invasion: Socieconomic Challenges and Prospects by Maryna Iurchenko, Maryna Ponomarenko

“…The article explores the prospects for the post-war recovery of the country's scientific and innovative potential, emphasizing the need for investments in education, science, and the development of technological infrastructure. …”
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Dynamic Optimization of Xylitol Production Using Legendre-Based Control Parameterization by Eugenia Gutiérrez, Marianela Noriega, Cecilia Fernández, Nadia Pantano, Leandro Rodriguez, Gustavo Scaglia

“…Unlike traditional optimization approaches based on piecewise parameterization, which produce discontinuous control profiles and require post-processing, this method generates smooth profiles directly applicable to real systems. …”
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INFLUENCE OF QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERISTICS ON MRI-GUIDED FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION OF UTERINE FIBROIDS: THE POTENTIAL USE OF SIGNAL INTENSITY VALUES FROM FIBROID IN T2-WI AS A CRI... by E. S. Zagvozdkin, V. E. Sinitsyn, E. A. Mershina

“…We evaluated the relation between MR-type of fibroids, NPV ratio and SSI.Results. Post treatment NPV ratio was 57.1 ± 22.5%. NPV for 1 type fibroids (n=67) was 63.4 ± 19.7%, for 2 type (n=20) – 46.8 ± ± 19.5% and for 3 type (n=7) – 26.4 ± 21%. …”
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Detecting Migraine in Patients with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Using Three Different Headache Measures by Kirsten Anderson, Simon Tinawi, Julie Lamoureux, Mitra Feyz, Elaine de Guise

“…This study examined the effectiveness of the self-administered Nine-Item Screener (Nine-Item Screener-SA), the Headache Impact Test- 6 (HIT-6), the 3-Item Migraine Screener, and the Rivermead Post-Concussion Questionnaire (RPQ) at discriminating between mTBI patients with (n = 23) and without (n = 20) migraines. …”
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Selective TCRαβ+ and CD45RA+ T-cell depletion of hematopoietic stem cell graft: An analysis on factors that affect depletion performance by Chieh Hwee Ang, Gina Gan, Ren How Ho, Kee Khiang Heng, Yeh Ching Linn

“…Although statistically significant correlation exists between pre-depletion cell composition and depletion performance for some cell subsets, the post-depletion product still met pre-specified threshold without being affected to a clinically relevant extent, over a wide range of input cell numbers. …”
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Investigating the Effect of an Intervention based on the Leventhal\'s Self-Regulation Model on the Sexual Function and Sexual Satisfaction of Women with Diabetes: A Randomized Clin... by leila ghorbani, Zainab Alimoradi, Sima Hashemipour, Nasim Bahrami

“…Sexual function, sexual satisfaction, and illness perception were examined in both groups before the intervention, after, and one, two, and three months post-intervention.  Results: The mean difference in sexual satisfaction scores (95% CI) between the intervention and control groups in the first, second, and third follow-ups was 8.47 (3.15; 13.80), 8.98 (3.20; 14.76), 9.59 (3.78; 15.41), respectively. …”
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Investigation of seasonal water quality in wetlands of Jhajjar district (Haryana), India and suitability for drinking and agricultural use by Surender Singh Gulia, Abhishek Nandal, Sunita Rani, Surender Singh Yadav

“…Seventy-five water samples were collected from 25 locations during the pre-monsoon, monsoon, and post-monsoon seasons and tested for physicochemical parameters such as pH, electrical conductivity (EC), total dissolves solids (TDS), turbidity, sodium (Na+), potassium (K+), calcium (Ca2+), magnesium (Mg2+), chloride (Cl−), sulphate (SO42–), carbonate (CO32–), and bicarbonate (HCO3–) ions. …”
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Dimensions of hospital resilience emphasized during the COVID‐19 pandemic response: A systematic review by Golrokh Atighechian, Alireza Rahimi, Mohammad Sattari, Mahan Mohammadi

“…The text mining on pre‐COVID papers resulted in six clusters, with the highest weight (0.65) belonging to general resilience and disaster preparedness, while in the post‐COVID text mining phase, including 70 papers, 8 clusters have been identified, with the highest weight cluster (0.78) focusing on the mental and psychological aspects of resilience among healthcare workers. …”
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Cough Test during Tension-Free Vaginal Tape Procedure in Preventing Postoperative Urinary Retention by Jian Kang, Xin Gou, Qing-hua Zhao, Wei-yang He, Ming-zhao Xiao, Ming Wang, Yuan-zhong Deng

“…So there is no benefit of the cough test during tension-free vaginal tape procedure in preventing post-operative urinary retention.…”
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Developmental and toxicological effects of butylated hydroxytoluene metabolites on zebrafish larvae by Won Noh, Yeong-Jin Kim, Sung-Gil Choi, Jin-Woo Park, Ji-Young An, Jong-Su Seo, Jong-Hwan Kim

“…To this end, embryos were exposed to BHT metabolites, including 3,5-di-tert-butyl-4 hydroxybenzaldehyde (BHT-CHO), 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-(hydroxymethyl) phenol (BHT-OH), 3,5-di-tert-butyl-4 hydroxybenzoic acid (BHT-COOH), 2,6-di-tert-butyl-P-benzoquinone (BHT-Q), and 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-4-methylcyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-one (BHT-quinol), from 1–120 h post-fertilization (hpf). BHT-CHO, -OH, -COOH, -Q, and -quinol were toxic to zebrafish larvae with 96 h LC50 values of > 0.10, 15.85, 4.51, > 1.30, and 3.46 mg/L, respectively. …”
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Assessing Building Seismic Exposure Using Geospatial Technologies in Data-Scarce Environments: Case Study of San José, Costa Rica by Javier Rodríguez-Saiz, Beatriz González-Rodrigo, Juan Gregorio Rejas-Ayuga, Diego A. Hidalgo-Leiva, Miguel Marchamalo-Sacristán

“…This approach is essential for quick pre- or post-disaster seismic risk assessment, allowing time and cost-effective data collection and analysis. …”
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An Integrated Approach for Emergency Response and Long-Term Prevention for Rainfall-Induced Landslide Clusters by Wenxin Zhao, Yajun Li, Yunfei Huang, Guowei Li, Fukang Ma, Jun Zhang, Mengyu Wang, Yan Zhao, Guan Chen, Xingmin Meng, Fuyun Guo, Dongxia Yue

“…The R.avaflow simulations captured the spatial extent and depositional features of landslides, assisting post-disaster operations. The Gradient Boosting-based susceptibility model achieved an accuracy of 0.870, with 8.0% of the area classified as highly susceptible. …”
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Abdominal complications due to collapse of a large mesenteric hematoma after rupture of a right colic artery aneurysm: a case report by Taro Ikeda, Masaaki Mitsutsuji, Takuya Okada, Isamu Yamada, Ryunosuke Konaka, Yukari Adachi, Akiko Matsumoto, Takahiro Wada, Naoki Harada, Masahiro Samizo

“…As the patient had no symptoms, we elected to pursue conservative treatment. However, on day 16 post-onset, he developed right lower abdominal pain. …”
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Safety and early outcomes of simultaneous bilateral TKA in patients with BMI > 40: A retrospective comparative study by Le Guen Alexandre, Azmi Zakee, Fritz Jesper, Alqazzaz Aymen, Parratte Sébastien

“…Data on complication rate, operation time, blood loss, and preoperative and post-operative function KSS at one year were compared. …”
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The Impact of Opening a Private Hospital Emergency Department on the Hospital and Patient Characteristics by Christiana Mustac, John Maxwell, Paola Chivers, Gordon Laing, Terry Bayliss

“…The investigation compared the periods 01 January to 30 June 2021 (2021) and 01 January to 30 June 2022 (2022) to identify differences pre and post the ED opening. Results: Overall, the number of inpatient admissions was similar from 2021 to 2022 (31,061 and 31,706 respectively). …”
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Temporal trend and attributable risk factors of ischemic stroke burden in China, 1990–2021 by Zhengqi Lian, Yikun Gao, Jiali Xiong, Yang Shen, Xiaoxing Xiong, Lijuan Gu

“…China needs to take appropriate prevention and treatment measures for key populations, and pay attention to changes in IS management in the post-epidemic era.…”
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Biochar-enhanced soil pH and nutrient retention in Sudan Savanna agricultural soils of Nigeria by Nafiu Abdu, Yusuf Abubakar Sarki, Jerry Joseph, Yusuf Shehu, Sharhabil Musa Yahaya

“…The investigation into the soil pH alterations post-biochar incubation highlighted a dose-dependent relationship, revealing variations in acidity and alkalinity. …”
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Experimental assessment of the interaction between indoor air quality and thermal comfort in naturally ventilated secondary classrooms in southern Spain by R. Escandón, C.M. Calama-González, R. Suárez

“…In the Mediterranean climate, most school buildings lack suitable ventilation systems, due to either their age or a reluctance to use mechanical ventilation systems.This study provides a quantitative analysis of current behavioural and environmental factors affecting pollutant exposure, covering the gap in the existing literature on simultaneous assessment on indoor air quality conditions (CO2, PM2.5, PM10), and hygrothermal comfort (temperature and relative humidity) in a post-COVID scenario in existing secondary school buildings in southern Spain. …”
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Comparison of clinical effects of endoscopic powered osteotome and endoscopic powered drill for UBE-TLIF surgery by Wanlong Xu, Haipeng Si, Yulin Zhao

“…Both groups showed significant improvement in VAS and ODI scores at 3 and 12 months post-surgery (P < 0.05), with no significant differences between groups (P > 0.05). …”
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Association of blood urea nitrogen to creatinine ratio and long-term outcome among women with coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: filling gaps in female by Kai Zhang, Rong Zhang, Bo Li, Dan Cui

“…The primary outcome was long-term mortality at one, two, three, four, and five years post-surgery. The relationship between BUN/Cr and the risk of long-term mortality in patients with CABG was evaluated using Cox proportional hazards and restricted cubic spline models. …”
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