Accelerated phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging with use of resolution enhancement generative adversarial neural network by Manuel A. Morales, Fahime Ghanbari, Ömer Burak Demirel, Jordan A. Street, Tess E. Wallace, Rachel Davids, Jennifer Rodriguez, Scott Johnson, Patrick Pierce, Warren J. Manning, Reza Nezafat

“…In a prospective validation study of 38 participants (57 ± 15 years; 14 men) and 16 healthy individuals (42 ± 16 years; 6 men), CRISPFlow was applied to phase-contrast images collected with 7.5 × 1.9 mm2 resolution with use of GRAPPA and was compared to GRAPPA-accelerated images collected with 2.3 × 1.9 mm2 resolution. …”
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Intranasal delivery of hMSC-derived supernatant for treatment of ischemic stroke by inhibiting the pro-inflammatory polarization of neutrophils by Yixiang Jiang, Ning Wang, Jingyi Liu, Haoran Ren, Wenkang Jiang, Yanting Lei, Xidan Fu, Miao Hao, Xiujuan Lang, Yumei Liu, Xijun Liu, Rui Li, Hulun Li

“…Conclusions Intranasal delivery of hMSC-L and hMSC-M effectively ameliorates cerebral ischemic injury in mice, comparable to traditional administration routes like intravenous delivery. …”
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Serum ALT activity and its isoenzymes as potential biomarkers for diagnosis of Sarcopenia in older adults: a retrospective, cross-sectional study by Jiangping Zeng, Nannan Li, Jiaying Ge, Huihui Ma, Siqi Sun, Yujie Jing, Chunhua Qian, Ran Cui, Shen Qu, Hui Sheng

“…Results Older adults with sarcopenia exhibited a lower serum ALT activity and a higher ALT1/ALT2 ratio compared to those without sarcopenia. ALT activity tertiles, but not ALT1 or ALT2 tertiles alone, correlated with HGS, gait speed, FTSST, and appendicular skeletal muscle mass index (ASMI), serving as independent protective factors for low HGS, low physical performance, low ASMI, and sarcopenia. …”
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Thiol-Disulfide Homeostasis in Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in Rats by Enes Aydın, Serpil Mungan Durankaya, Osman Yilmaz, Günay Kirkim, Safiye Aktaş, Salim Neşelioğlu, Özcan Erel, Yüksel Olgun, Abdullah Dalgıç

“…Results: Intergroup comparisons by frequency on day 5 of noise exposure showed statistically significantly lower responses in ABR measurements at 8 kHz, 12 kHz, and 16 kHz in group 2 compared to group 3 (P = .003, P=.006, and P=.002). …”
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Advances and Prospects in Smart Border Studies Based on a Bibliometric Analysis by Yang Danxuan, Li Cansong, Hu Wei, Lai Zulan, Ge Xurui

“…A smart border management model with Chinese characteristics should be constructed, emphasizing data sharing, technological interoperability, and coordination and cooperation among all parties. Secondly, with a view toward enhancing border management efficiency, it is recommended that interdisciplinary cooperation be strengthened, international best practices be drawn upon, and technological innovations be promoted. …”
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A synthesis of <i>Sphagnum</i> litterbag experiments: initial leaching losses bias decomposition rate estimates by H. Teickner, H. Teickner, E. Pebesma, K.-H. Knorr

“…</p> <p>We conclude that comparing results of litterbag experiments between experimental treatments and between studies and accurately estimating decomposition rates may only be possible if initial leaching losses are explicitly considered.…”
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Technical note: Towards atmospheric compound identification in chemical ionization mass spectrometry with pesticide standards and machine learning by F. Bortolussi, H. Sandström, F. Partovi, F. Partovi, J. Mikkilä, P. Rinke, P. Rinke, P. Rinke, P. Rinke, M. Rissanen, M. Rissanen

“…We then trained two machine learning methods on these data: (1) random forest (RF) for classifying if a pesticide can be detected with CIMS and (2) kernel ridge regression (KRR) for predicting the expected CIMS signals. We compared their performance on five different representations of the molecular structure: the topological fingerprint (TopFP), the molecular access system keys (MACCS), a custom descriptor based on standard molecular properties (RDKitPROP), the Coulomb matrix (CM) and the many-body tensor representation (MBTR). …”
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Study on the Deformation Mechanism of the Bottom Plate along the Empty Lane of Deep Mining and the Control Technology of the Bottom Drum by Dongdong Pang, Xingang Niu, Kai He, Chuanming Li, Dawei Pang, Tao Hu, Zhongqi Chen, Xiaolong Luo

“…Constructing the mechanical structure model of the top plate of the cut top pressure relief and the uncut top pressure relief along the empty lane, the stress change characteristics of the active protective rock surrounding rock along the hollow top of the cut top pressure relief were calculated, and after the technical scheme of the blasting cut top active pressure relief and protection lane was adopted, the deformation along the empty roadway was significantly weakened, the stability of the surrounding rock of the roadway after the blasting of the cut roof was significantly improved, the maintenance state along the section of the empty roadway was good, and the cross-sectional convergence rate was reduced by 37.3% compared with the original section. Cutting the roof active pressure relief and protective lane can effectively improve the stability of the surrounding rock.…”
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أسلوب التعامل مع الخلافات الفقهية: مراجعة كتاب الموافقات للإمام الشاطبي. دار الكتب العلمية، ٢٠٠٥، ٥٨٠ صفحة، ISBN: ٢-٧٤٥١-١٥٣٠-٨، (غلاف صلب)... by Muhammad Najib Abdullah, Muhammad Nazir Alias, Syaryanti Hussin, Ibrahim Zakariyya Moosa

“…This study employs an inductive-analytical approach, tracing and analyzing the relevant content in al-Shātibī's al-Muwāfaqāt, as well as a comparative method to contrast Imam al-Shatibi's views with those of others, in order to highlight his contributions and limitations, and validate the findings. …”
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Dealing with Complexity – Knowledge, design, and management of the built environment by Cesare Sposito, Francesca Scalisi

“…How do we deal with the complex issues that concern the knowledge, the design, and the management of the built compared to the now essential pragmatic indicators of environmental, social, and economic sustainability? …”
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Elliptic and Quadrangular Flow of Protons in the High-Baryon-Density Region by Shaowei Lan, Zuowen Liu, Like Liu, Shusu Shi

“…Our results show that the inclusion of baryonic mean-field potential in the model successfully reproduces experimental data from the HADES experiment, indicating that baryonic interactions play an important role in shaping anisotropic flow. In addition to comparing the transverse momentum (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi>p</mi><mi>T</mi></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula>), rapidity, and centrality dependence of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>v</mi><mn>4</mn></msub><mo>/</mo><msubsup><mi>v</mi><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow><mn>2</mn></msubsup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> between HADES data and model calculations, we also explore its time evolution and energy dependence across <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msqrt><msub><mi>s</mi><mrow><mi>N</mi><mi>N</mi></mrow></msub></msqrt><mo>=</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> 2.4 to 4.5 GeV. …”
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System Evaluation of Buyang Huanwu Decoction in Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke by TANG Qiang, ZHANG Shiqiang, ZHU Luwen, TANG Yizhou, LI Hongyu

“…The results of meta-analysis showed that, compared with the control group, the total clinical effective rate of the experimental group was higher［<italic>RR</italic>=1.21, 95% <italic>CI</italic> (1.17, 1.26), <italic>Z</italic>=9.73, <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.000 01］, the FMA score was higher [<italic>MD</italic>=6.88，95% <italic>CI</italic> (5.48, 8.27), <italic>Z</italic>=9.67, <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.000 01], the content of D-dimer was lower [<italic>MD</italic>=-0.42, 95% <italic>CI</italic> (-0.53, -0.32), <italic>Z</italic>=7.96, <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.000 01], and the content of plasma fibrinogen was lower [<italic>MD</italic>=-0.50, 95% <italic>CI</italic> (-0.61, -0.40), <italic>Z</italic>=9.40, <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.000 01], Hcy level was lower [<italic>MD</italic>=-2.78, 95% <italic>CI</italic> (-3.60, -1.96), <italic>Z</italic>=6.64, <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.000 01]. …”
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Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) in People Living With HIV Attending Centre of Excellence in HIV Care at a Tertiary Level Teaching Hospital in North... by Ragini Ram, Anuradha Subramanian MD, MSc, FRCP, Rajeshwari K. MD, PhD, FRCPCH

“…However, a higher median CD4 count was associated with MASLD as compared to the group without fatty changes on USG. …”
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Role of 18F-PSMA-1007 PET/CT-derived quantitative volumetric tumor parameters in cytoreductive radical prostatectomy selection for patients with low-volume metastatic hormone-sensi... by Junjie Fan, Ke Xu, Zhangdong Jiang, Chaosheng Gan, Hao Song, Guoqiang Gao, Guojing Wang, Qiyuan Kang, Liang Luo, Zhuonan Wang, Dalin He, XiaoYi Duan, Kaijie Wu

“…Moreover, among patients with higher prostate PSMA-TV and prostate PSMA-TV/whole-body PSMA-TV, cRP also significantly prolonged PFS compared with those without cRP (HR: 3.49; 95% CI: 1.49–8.18, P = 0.004; HR: 8.54; 95% CI: 2.47–29.50, P = 0.013). …”
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Percentage of primiparous water buffalo cows becoming pregnant in the first 90 days postpartum by Héctor Nava-Trujillo, José Colmenares-Duque, Frank Díaz-Huerta, Adriana Morgado-Osorio, Armando Quintero-Moreno

“…In the first experiment, water buffalo cows from one commercial farm located in Coloncito, Tachira, Venezuela, were grouped into primiparous (n=77) or multiparous (n=341), and the percentage of pregnant buffaloes at day 90 postpartum was compared with Chi-square. In a second experiment, the effect of the treatment with GnRH intramuscular (21 μg of Buserelin acetate, Gestar®, OVER, Argentina) on the rate of pregnant primiparous buffaloes for day 90 postpartum was evaluated. …”
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Effects of transitional care model on postpartum depression of primiparas (产后延续护理对初产妇产后抑郁的影响) by ZHANG Yongqiang (张勇强), YANG Jingying (杨晶莹), LIU Huiling (刘会玲), XU Yuanle (许远乐), ZHU Kunkun (朱坤坤)

“…Score of PSQI was decreased in both two groups after intervention, and score of PSQI in the observation group was lower than that in the control group(P＜0. 01). Compared with those in the control group, A lower incidence of postpartum depression and higher satisfaction degree were reported in the observation, with a significant difference(P＜0. 01). …”
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Geometric Feature Characterization of Apple Trees from 3D LiDAR Point Cloud Data by Md Rejaul Karim, Shahriar Ahmed, Md Nasim Reza, Kyu-Ho Lee, Joonjea Sung, Sun-Ok Chung

“…Accuracy was assessed by comparing the estimated outputs from the point cloud with the corresponding measured values. …”
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Cohort retention in a pandemic response study: lessons from the SARS-CoV2 Immunity & Reinfection Evaluation (SIREN) study by Anna Howells, Katie Munro, Sarah Foulkes, Atiya Kamal, Jack Haywood, Sophie Russell, Dominic Sparkes, Erika Aquino, Jennie Evans, Dale Weston, Susan Hopkins, Jasmin Islam, Victoria Hall

“…Retention was highest in the Asian and Black ethnic groups compared to White in the 12 (OR = 1.38; 95% CI: 1.23–1.56; p < 0.001, and OR = 1.64; 95% CI: 1.30–2.08; p < 0.001) and 24-month (OR = 1.78; 95% CI: 1.42–2.25; p < 0.001, and OR = 2.12; 95% CI: 1.41–3.35; p < 0.001) cohort. …”
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The triglyceride-glucose index trajectories are associated with cardiovascular diseases in people living with HIV: evidence from a prospective cohort study in China, 2005–2022 by Yinsong Luo, Liqin Sun, Yun He, Fang Zhao, Duo Shan, Fan Bu, Lingyun Ge, Xiaorui Li, Yiyao Hu, Xi Xiao, Hongzhou Lu, Jiaye Liu

“…After multivariate adjustment, the high-increasing trajectory group had a 2.92-fold (95% CI 1.68, 5.05) increased risk of CVD compared to the low-stable group. The restricted cubic spline plot showed an upward trend between the baseline TyG index and the CVD occurrence (P < 0.001), with the threshold at 8.479 for all HIV patients. …”
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Mental health and well-being in adolescent and young adult refugees in Sweden: A cross-sectional study of accompanied and unaccompanied individuals by Erica Mattelin, Amal R. Khanolkar, Johan Andersson, Hania Kutabi, Laura Korhonen

“…Interpretation: In this sample, we found lower prevalence rates for all psychiatric diagnoses compared to earlier published studies. Being an unaccompanied refugee individual was a risk factor for all adverse outcomes. …”
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