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Psoriasis (Auckl)
January 2025
Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Purpose: Patients' treatment expectations significantly influence the effectiveness of medical and pharmacological treatments. This clinical proof-of-concept study aimed to enhance treatment outcomes by targeting positive treatment expectations of psoriasis patients beginning systemic anti-psoriatic therapy with secukinumab, an interleukin (IL)-17A antagonist.
Patients And Methods: We randomly assigned patients to three groups: a treatment as usual (TAU) group receiving the standard 300mg dose of secukinumab, a dose-control (DC) group with 75% dose reduction and an experimental (EXP) group receiving the same reduced dose along with a "cover story" designed to positively influence treatment expectations.
Sci Rep
December 2024
The Third Construction Co., Ltd of China Construction Third Engineering Bureau, Wuhan, 430073, China.
Structural health monitoring based on vibration signal analysis has been extensively employed for damage identification. Mainstream machine learning techniques, such as convolutional neural networks (CNN), often rely on single-domain inputs, which may provide limited information for accurate damage identification. To overcome this limitation, this study proposes a novel approach that combines an inner product matrix (IPM) with a parallel CNN (IPM-PCNN) to extract multidimensional features for detecting structural damage in a steel frame structure.
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January 2025
ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Assam, Gogamukh, Dhemaji, Assam, India. Electronic address:
Abiotic stresses arising as consequences of climate change pose a serious threat to agricultural productivity on a global scale. Most cultivated crop varieties exhibit susceptibility to such environmental pressures as drought, salinity, and waterlogging. Addressing these abiotic stresses through agronomic means is not only financially burdensome but also often impractical, particularly in the case of abiotic stresses like heat stress.
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December 2024
Norwalk Nagarote Sister City Project, Norwalk, Connecticut.
While many student leadership educators facilitate trainings, research has shown most never actually learn how to design and deliver impactful experiences. This article provides a proven framework for consistently designing and delivering high-impact, high-engagement, and high-enjoyment trainings that leverage experiential learning and reflective dialogue. The "Training Story" method is based on the dramatic structure introduced by German playwright Gustav Freytag (1895).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrevious work has suggested that problems with placental development might lead to congenital heart defects. However, little is known about the mechanisms that might underpin this relationship between the placenta and the heart. A new paper in Development leverages conditional mouse knockouts to explore this link in detail.
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