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Open AccessDisease burden of stroke and its subtypes attributable to low dietary fiber in China, 1990–2019
This study aimed to assess the current status and changing trends of the disease burden of stroke and its subtypes due to low dietary fiber intake in China from 1990 to 2019. In cases of stroke and its subtype...
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Analyzing the Growth Patterns of GitHub Projects to Construct Best Practices for Project Managements
The Git platforms, such as GitHub, are big data providers that store various development histories. Then, many researchers analyze data from such platforms from various aspects. Recently, AI-based systems have...
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GFF-Net: Graph-based feature fusion network for diagnosing plus disease in retinopathy of prematurity
Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a retinal proliferative disorder, and it is the primary cause of childhood blindness. Accurate and convenient automatic diagnostic tools are required to assist ophthalmologi...
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Open AccessPrediction of lung papillary adenocarcinoma-specific survival using ensemble machine learning models
Accurate prognostic prediction is crucial for treatment decision-making in lung papillary adenocarcinoma (LPADC). The aim of this study was to predict cancer-specific survival in LPADC using ensemble machine l...
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Open AccessInvestigation of the influence of model control parameters on fracture characteristics of GPU parallel FDEM
Surrounding rock mass fracture characteristics play a significant role in the understanding of the CO2 geological storage and utilization (CGSU) engineering practices in abandoned mines. The combined finite discr...
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Hmmr Acts as a Key Regulator in the ADSCs Proliferation and Mitosis
Obesity is a common chronic health problem that requires lifelong efforts for the successful treatment. The proliferation of ADSCs is an essential step in the development of obesity. Identifying key regulators...
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Radio Spatiotemporal Pheromone for RSS-Based Device-Free Activity Recognition
For device-free activity recognition (DFAR) with a radio sensor network, one major challenge of accurate recognition is that the received signal strength (RSS) measurements of radio links suffer from unpredict...
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GCD Thresholding Function Applied on an Image with Global Thresholding
In this paper, we have developed and applied a new threshold function over an image globally and found the results to be quite promising. The method utilizes the feature of calculating the greatest common divi...
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Open AccessA method of pedestrian flow monitoring based on received signal strength
There is a wide demand for people counting and pedestrian flow monitoring in large public places such as scenic tourist areas, shop** malls, stations, squares, and so on. Based on the feedback from the pedes...
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IGCE: A Compositional Energy Concept Based Deep Image Generation Neural Network
Image generation (IG) aims to generate new images from existing dataset. Generation quality, diversity and stable training are three primary challenges in image generation task. This paper proposes a novel com...
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Selenium Regulation of the Immune Function of Dendritic Cells in Mice Through the ERK, Akt and RhoA/ROCK Pathways
Selenium levels can regulate the function of T cells, macrophages, B cells, natural killer cells and other immune cells. However, the effect of selenium on the immune function of dendritic cells (DCs) isolated...
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Prevention and Control of Water Inrushes from Subseam Karstic Ordovician Limestone During Coal Mining Above Ultra-thin Aquitards
Horizontal directional drilling technology was used to prevent and control water inrushes from the Ordovician limestone strata at the Sangshu** coal mine in the Hancheng mining area by drilling and grouting ...
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Open AccessAlternative splicing acts as an independent prognosticator in ovarian carcinoma
Alternative splicing (AS) events associated with oncogenic processes present anomalous perturbations in many cancers, including ovarian carcinoma. There are no reliable features to predict survival outcomes fo...
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Robust Sparse Bayesian Learning for Sparse Signal Recovery Under Unknown Noise Distributions
This paper considers the robust recovery problem of sparse signal with sparse Bayesian learning (SBL) in noisy environments. Most of the current SBL algorithms are constructed on the optimization problem using...
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Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome: Another FAT RN?
Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a member of a larger group called thrombotic-microangiopathies (TMA). HUS leads to endothelial injury, platelet activation, and vaso-occlusive fibrin and platelet thrombi acc...
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Internal Hernias: No Bulge, No Hernia?
Internal hernias are a rare and easily missed cause of small bowel obstruction that occur in patients who have previously undergone bariatric surgery. A high index of suspicion must be maintained, as imaging a...
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Central Retinal Artery Occlusion with Sudden Vision Loss—“Ay, Ay, My Eye!”
Sudden monocular blindness with or without macular sparing is a central retinal artery occlusion until proven otherwise. It has some characteristic findings that appear on funduscopic exam that can be pathogno...
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Stevens Johnson Syndrome – “Steven Who? And Why I Should Care About His Johnson?”
Diagnosing rashes in the emergency department can be challenging. If the rash is extensive and targetoid, include Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) on your differential and be sure to obtain a thorough history to...
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Tumor Lysis Syndrome: Cancer Toxic Dump
During chemotherapy, highly chemosensitive cancer cells can rapidly lyse, releasing intracellular content (purines, potassium, and phosphorous) into circulation, leading to the formation of uric acid crystals,...
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Acute Blast Crisis/Hyperviscosity Syndrome: Blasting Off!
Emergency providers are likely to encounter patients with acute and chronic leukemias. The first presentation to the ED may be for symptoms related to blast crisis and leukostasis. Making a timely diagnosis an...
