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Production and Shelf-Life Study of Probiotic Caja (Spondias mombin L.) Pulp Using Bifidobacterium animalis ssp. Lactis B94

Foods, 2022
The highly nutritional caja fruit (Spondias mombin L.) is an accessible source of vitamins and antioxidants that are indispensable for the human diet.
Thais Jaciane Araujo Rodrigues, Aline Pacheco Albuquerque, Antônio Vinícius Silva de Azevedo, Layanne Rodrigues da Silva, Matheus Augusto de Bittencourt Pasquali, Gilmar Trindade de Araújo, Shênia Santos Monteiro, Wanessa Dayane Leite Lima, Ana Paula Trindade Rocha   +8 more
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A Novel Statistic-Based Corpus Machine Processing Approach to Refine a Big Textual Data: An ESP Case of COVID-19 News Reports

Applied Sciences, 2020
With developments of modern and advanced information and communication technologies (ICTs), Industry 4.0 has launched big data analysis, natural language processing (NLP), and artificial intelligence (AI).
Liang-Ching Chen, Kuei-Hu Chang, Hsiang-Yu Chung   +2 more
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Effect of Direct-Acting Antiviral Agents on Gastroesophageal Varices in Patients with Hepatitis C Virus-Related Cirrhosis

Medicina, 2022
Aim: In patients with hepatitis C virus-related liver cirrhosis (LC) who achieve sustained virological responses (SVRs) through treatment with direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs), it remains unclear whether there are improvements in gastroesophageal ...
Hiroshi Hisanaga, Hidetoshi Takedatsu, Keigo Emori, Hiroto Inoue, Yasuhumi Kunitake, Tomoyuki Nakane, Shuhei Fukunaga, Tatsuya Ide, Keiichi Mitsuyama, Takuji Torimura   +9 more
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Comparing the Robustness of ResNet, Swin-Transformer, and MLP-Mixer under Unique Distribution Shifts in Fundus Images

Bioengineering, 2023
Background: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the leading cause of visual impairment and blindness. Consequently, numerous deep learning models have been developed for the early detection of DR.
Kazuaki Ishihara, Koutarou Matsumoto
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Consistency of the Estimator for the Common Mean in Fixed-Effect Meta-Analyses

Axioms, 2023
Fixed-effect meta-analyses aim to estimate the common mean parameter by the best linear unbiased estimator. Besides unbiasedness, consistency is one of the most fundamental requirements for the common mean estimator to be valid.
Nanami Taketomi, Takeshi Emura
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Enhanced broadband near-IR luminescence and gain spectra of bismuth/erbium co-doped fiber by 830 and 980 nm dual pumping

AIP Advances, 2017
A dual 830 and 980 nm pumping scheme is proposed aiming at broadening and flattening the spectral performance of bismuth/erbium codoped multicomponent fiber (BEDF).
Qiancheng Zhao, Yanhua Luo, Wenyu Wang, John Canning, Gang-Ding Peng   +4 more
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Efficacy of Anti-CD38 Monoclonal Antibodies for Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma in Stem Cell Transplant-Ineligible Patients Aged over 65 Years: A Propensity Score-Matched Study

Hematology Reports
Background: The development of newer agents, including anti-CD38 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), has significantly improved overall survival (OS) in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM). However, the treatment of older patients with
Satoshi Yamasaki, Michitoshi Hashiguchi, Nao Yoshida-Sakai, Hiroto Jojima, Koichi Osaki, Takashi Okamura, Yutaka Imamura   +6 more
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Short-Term Load Forecasting on Individual Consumers

Energies, 2022
Maintaining stability and control over the electric system requires increasing information about the consumers’ profiling due to changes in the form of electricity generation and consumption.
João Victor Jales Melo, George Rossany Soares Lira, Edson Guedes Costa, Antonio F. Leite Neto, Iago B. Oliveira   +4 more
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Soluble Immune Checkpoint Molecules as Predictors of Efficacy in Immuno-Oncology Combination Therapy in Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma

Current Oncology
Immuno-oncology (IO) combination therapy is the first-line treatment for advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC). However, biomarkers for predicting the response to IO combination therapy are lacking.
Kosuke Ueda, Keiichiro Uemura, Naoki Ito, Yuya Sakai, Satoshi Ohnishi, Hiroki Suekane, Hirofumi Kurose, Tasuku Hiroshige, Katsuaki Chikui, Kiyoaki Nishihara, Makoto Nakiri, Shigetaka Suekane, Sachiko Ogasawara, Hirohisa Yano, Tsukasa Igawa   +14 more
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Adverse Audio-Vestibular Effects of Drugs and Vaccines Used in the Treatment and Prevention of COVID-19: A Review

Audiology Research, 2022
(1) Background: The purpose of this article is to review pharmacological treatments for COVID-19 (currently approved by the EMA (European Medical Agency) and FDA (Food and Drug Administration)) and highlight their potential audio-vestibular side-effects ...
Magdalena B. Skarzynska, Monika Matusiak, Piotr H. Skarzynski   +2 more
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