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Open AccessSurvivorship of the fixed-bearing medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: mean 14-year follow-up in a single medical center
This study aimed to report the long-term survival of fixed-bearing medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) with a mean of 14-year follow-up, and to determine possible risk factors of failure.
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Advantages of retrograde intrarenal incision versus laparoscopic surgery in management of pararenal cysts: a single-center experience
Renal cysts are typically a benign condition, and parapelvic cysts are a type of renal cyst that occur adjacent to the renal pelvis or renal sinus. Parapelvic cysts can increase the risk for injury to adjacent...
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Facile synthesis of SnO2 nanopowders on laser-patterned ITO electrodes for fast response NO2 gas sensors
This research focused on the synthesis of tin oxide (SnO2) by a facile sol–gel method because its advantage had a low-cost process. SnO2 was then annealed from 300℃ to 700℃ to obtain crystal nanopowders with diff...
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Open AccessDevelopment of a modified 3D region proposal network for lung nodule detection in computed tomography scans: a secondary analysis of lung nodule datasets
Low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) has been shown useful in early lung cancer detection. This study aimed to develop a novel deep learning model for detecting pulmonary nodules on chest LDCT images.
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Open AccessEngineered extracellular vesicles carrying let-7a-5p for alleviating inflammation in acute lung injury
Acute lung injury (ALI) is a life-threatening respiratory condition characterized by severe inflammation and lung tissue damage, frequently causing rapid respiratory failure and long-term complications. The mi...
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Characteristic of school injuries in Asia: a cross-national, multi-center observational study
To prevent school injuries, thorough epidemiological data is an essential foundation. We aimed to investigate the characteristics of school injuries in Asia and explore risk factors for major trauma.
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Investigating the Leisure Patterns and the Well-being of Healthcare Workers in High-Risk Environments: Insights from a Pandemic Landscape
The role of healthcare workers in safeguarding public health, especially during high-risk events such as a pandemic, is paramount. This research explores the impact of leisure patterns on the well-being, risk ...
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Point-of-Care Ultrasound Assists in Diagnosis of Necrotizing Enterocolitis in a Newborn
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Effectiveness of Technology-Assisted Medication Reminder Systems in Neurodegenerative Diseases: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Neurodegenerative diseases are currently irreversible conditions. As these diseases often occur in older people, the patients often have other chronic diseases, leading to the possibility of multiple medicatio...
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Open AccessCombined model integrating deep learning, radiomics, and clinical data to classify lung nodules at chest CT
The study aimed to develop a combined model that integrates deep learning (DL), radiomics, and clinical data to classify lung nodules into benign or malignant categories, and to further classify lung nodules i...
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Open AccessErratum to: Search for exclusive Higgs and Z boson decays to ϕγ and ργ with the ATLAS detector
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Management strategies for intracranial progression in ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer: a real-world cohort study
ALK-positive NSCLC patients exhibit a particularly high propensity for the development of brain metastases. Current guidelines suggest transit to next-line therapy (SysTx) or local radiotherapy (RadTx) includi...
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Open AccessThe association between the workload of emergency physicians and the outcomes of acute myocardial infarction: a population-based study
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is the second leading cause of mortality in Taiwan. The correlation between the workload of emergency physicians and the outcome of AMI remains unknown. To determine the effec...
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Open AccessHigh diet quality indices associated with lower risk of lipid profile abnormalities in Taiwanese kidney transplant recipients
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and its risk factors seem to be linked with deteriorated graft function and persists as the major cause of mortality in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). Diet quality is associa...
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Oriented lateral growth of two-dimensional materials on c-plane sapphire
Two-dimensional (2D) semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) represent the ultimate thickness for scaling down channel materials. They provide a tantalizing solution to push the limit of semicon...
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Process parameters optimization of rotary friction welding of polylactic acid-containing glass fiber and polylactic acid-containing carbon fiber using the Taguchi method
In practice, the fused deposition modeling technique is widely used for producing various plastic functional components in the research and development stage. In particular, adhesive bonding is capable of bond...
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Volatile and non-volatile additives for Polymer Solar cells from Fullerene to non-fullerene systems
In recent years, the progress of polymer solar cells (PSCs) has been greatly improved, with power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) exceeding 19%. In addition to major breakthroughs in the development of p-type a...
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Open AccessStatistically unbiased prediction enables accurate denoising of voltage imaging data
Here we report SUPPORT (statistically unbiased prediction utilizing spatiotemporal information in imaging data), a self-supervised learning method for removing Poisson–Gaussian noise in voltage imaging data. S...
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Mortality rate and its determinants among people with dementia receiving home healthcare: a nationwide cohort study
People with dementia (PwD) who receive home healthcare (HHC) may have distressing symptoms, complex care needs and high mortality rates. However, there are few studies investigating the determinants of mortali...
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Distinct effects of hepatic steatosis and metabolic dysfunction on the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in chronic hepatitis B
Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) and metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) are the leading causes of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We aim to explore the impact of concurrent MAFLD on the risk...