HTLV-1 antibodies in serum and cerebrospinal fluid in tropical spastic paraparesis in Brazil by A. Spina-França, J. A. Livramento, L. R. Machado, H. R. Gomes, L. S. Vianna, L. H. M. Castro, J. P. S. Nobrega, L. A. Baciheschi

“…CSF patterns considered (cytology, protein content and gamma-globulins rate) were different between TSP group with HTLV-l antibodies in CSF and SP group with no HTLV-l antibodies detection either in serum or in CSF. …”
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Salter-Harris Type III and Type IV Combined Fracture of the Distal Femoral Epiphysis: A Case Report by Ali Aydin, Murat Topal, Kutsi Tuncer, Eyüp Şenocak

“…Distal femoral physeal fractures are not common but have a high rate of complications. They generally follow one of the patterns described in the Salter-Harris classification. …”
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Genome-Wide identification and salt stress-responsive expression dynamics of the HMGR gene family in Ziziphus jujuba var. spinosa. by Xiaohan Tang, Xiaojun Ma, Jun Cao, Xinhong Wang, Xuexiang Li, Xiaozhou Yang, Jing Shu

“…They also exhibit significant therapeutic potential in herbal medicine. 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (HMGR), a pivotal rate-limiting enzyme governing the initial stage of the mevalonate (MVA) pathway in triterpene saponin biosynthesis, remains uncharacterized in Ziziphus jujuba var. spinosa. …”
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Using online public animal price data as a signal for predicting an increase in animal disease outbreak reports: a pilot study on cross-correlation modeling in Thailand by Veerasak Punyapornwithaya, Supitchaya Srisawang, Chalita Jainonthee, Wengui Li, Ronello Abila, Bolortuya Purevsuren

“…For ASF, cross-correlations between farm-gate pig prices and ASF outbreak reports were detected at lag 0, lag 3, lag 4, and lag 5 in the primary dataset; however, no significant correlation was observed in the extended dataset. …”
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A novel model for accurate and fast prediction of cancer incidence by Mahmoud Hamed, Berlanty A. Zayed, Fotouh R. Mansour

“…The proposed model incorporated actual cancer incidence rates and yearly changes in RSVI. Results The model was applied to predict the rates of new cancer cases in fifty American states over four consecutive years (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020). …”
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Two-step skeletization of binary images based on the Zhang-Suen model and the producing mask by J., Ma, V. Yu. Tsviatkou, V. K. Kanapelka

“…The aim of the work is to limit excessive thinning and increase the resistance to contour noise of skeletons resulted from arbitrary binary image shape while maintaining a high skeletonization rate. The skeleton is a set of thin lines, the relative position, the size and shape, which conveys information of size, shape and orientation in space of the corresponding homogeneous region of the image. …”
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Revisiting biomarker discovery by plasma proteomics by Philipp E Geyer, Lesca M Holdt, Daniel Teupser, Matthias Mann

“…However, existing biomarkers are far from comprehensive and often lack specificity and new ones are being developed at a very slow rate. As described in this review, mass spectrometry (MS)‐based proteomics has become a powerful technology in biological research and it is now poised to allow the characterization of the plasma proteome in great depth. …”
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Estimating the Impact of Technical Barriers to Trade in WTO Regime: The Case of Pakistan by Amir Mustafa, Ihtsham Ul Haq Padda, Sadia Safdar

“…The findings depict that GDP of Pakistan and partners, exchange rate, tariff, distance, and contiguity are vital factors; along with TBT cases initiated by Pakistan have also impacted import from WTO members. …”
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NEW POSSIBILITIES OF RADIOLOGIC DIAGNOSTICS OF BREAST CANCER by A. B. Abduraimov, S. K. Ternovoy

“…Early breast cancer diagnosis is contemporary and actual problem due to the increase of breast cancer incidence and low detection rate of the disease.Multispiral computed tomography of mammary gland with intravenous contrast agent injection allows resolving diagnostic tasks aris- ing in patients with high density mammary gland tissue, considerable edema, fibrosis, postoperative conditions. …”
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LEFT VENTRICULAR WALL THICKNESS AND AUTONOMIC REGULATION IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY by O. Allaberganov, T. A. Abdullaev, G. A. Nagaeva

“…In addition, Group II patients demonstrated autonomic disbalance, sympathetic hyperactivity, and disturbed circadian patterns of heart rate.…”
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The Convallis rule for unsupervised learning in cortical networks. by Pierre Yger, Kenneth D Harris

“…Implementation of the rule caused a recurrent cortex-like network of simulated spiking neurons to develop rate representations of real-world speech stimuli, enabling classification by a downstream linear decoder. …”
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A Detailed Analysis of the Milky Way Warp Based on Classical Cepheids by Xiaoyue Zhou, Xiaodian Chen, Licai Deng, Shu Wang, Jiyu Wang, Jianxing Zhang

“…We analyze the impact of the adopted solar vertical velocity on the inferred warp precession rate and confirm the reliability of the measured precession rate. …”
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EFFECT OF THE EXTENT OF MEDIASTINAL LYMPHODISSECTION ON THE RESULTS OF COMBINED MODALITY TREATMENT FOR STAGE IIIA (N2 ) NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER by E. O. Mantsyrev, A. V. Vazhenin, O. A. Gladkov, A. A. Lukin, M. N. Mironchenko, Ya. A. Gnatyuk, S. N. Timofeev

“…The median disease progression-free survival was 31 months and 14.5 months and the overall 5-year survival rates were 43,4 % and 16 %, respectively (p<0,05). …”
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Study on the age and growth characteristics of Sepia esculenta in the East coast of China based on beak microstructure by Bilin Liu, Bilin Liu, Bilin Liu, Bilin Liu, Yuzhe Ou, Minhua Zhou, Hu Zhang, Yueyue Xiao, Kaiwei Zu, Chaowen Zhu, Haisheng Hu

“…The ML-age relationship fitted a linear growth model, while BW-age relationships followed an exponential model for females and a power function model for males. Growth rate analysis showed varied growth trajectories with age, with the highest absolute growth rate (AGR) of ML observed at 120–150 days for females (1.23 mm/d) and at 60–90 days for males (1.93 mm/d). …”
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Enhanced-Dueling Deep Q-Network for Trustworthy Physical Security of Electric Power Substations by Nawaraj Kumar Mahato, Junfeng Yang, Jiaxuan Yang, Gangjun Gong, Jianhong Hao, Jing Sun, Jinlu Liu

“…Empirical evaluation using synthetic data derived from historical incident patterns demonstrates the significant advantages of EDDQN over other standard DQN variations, yielding an average reward of 7.5, a threat prevention success rate of 91.1%, and a notably low false alarm rate of 0.5%. …”
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Multimodal versus non-contrast computed tomography for assessment of acute ischaemic stroke: the PRACTISE RCT by Keith W Muir, Salwa El Tawil, Alex McConnachie, Alicia Murray, Ian Ford, Grant Mair, Joanna Wardlaw

“…Multimodal scans did not delay treatment or change outcomes despite lower treatment rates. The high rate of clot-busting treatment may reflect less well-targeted treatment, as reported elsewhere. …”
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Unequal trends in coronary heart disease mortality by socioeconomic circumstances, England 1982-2006: an analytical study. by Madhavi Bajekal, Shaun Scholes, Martin O'Flaherty, Rosalind Raine, Paul Norman, Simon Capewell

“…However, this concealed contrasting patterns in underlying age-specific rates. From 2000, mortality rates levelled off in the youngest groups but accelerated in middle aged and older groups. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Survival Analysis of Patients with Supraclavicular Fossa Lymphadenopathy by Yi-Jou Kao, Wan-Lun Hsu, Yong-Chen Chen, Wu-Chia Lo, Ping-Chia Cheng, Li-Jen Liao

“…The malignant nodes were larger and had a greater short-to-long axis ratio, irregular margins, and abnormal vascular patterns (<i>p</i> < 0.01). The 5-year survival rate for patients with malignant SCLNs was 40%. …”
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Wear characteristics of armature surface and its thermal effects under different electromagnetic launch conditions by Luyao Liu, Hongshun Liu, Pengfei Lu, Haoxi Cong, Ali Mohammed Ali Abdo, Li Zhang, Qingquan Li

“…The optimal initial roughness range is 0.55–1.05 μm, with a wear rate of 0.21–0.25% and wear roughness of 7.91–8.31 μm. …”
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High Seroprevalence of Toxocara Infection among Mentally Retarded Patients in Hormozgan Province, Southern Iran by Mostafa Omidian, Mariye Diyaleh, Ali Pouryousef, Habibollah Turki, Fattaneh Mikaeili, Bahador Sarkari

“…The elevated seroprevalence rate of toxocariasis in the current study indicates that these subjects constitute a high-risk group for Toxocara infection, which may be attributed to their behavioral patterns.…”
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