Development and Validation of a Machine Learning Method Using Vocal Biomarkers for Identifying Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Cross-Sectional Study by Taehwan Kim, Jung-Yeon Choi, Myung Jin Ko, Kwang-il Kim

“…Voice recordings were collected with a tablet device during the Korean version of the PDT, and we preprocessed audio data to remove background noise before feature extraction. Three artificial intelligence (AI) models were developed for identifying frailty status: SpeechAI (using speech data only), DemoAI (using demographic data only), and DemoSpeechAI (combining both data types). …”
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‘Coming out’/self-disclosure in LGBTQ+ adolescents and youth: International and Indian scenario - A narrative review of published studies in the last decade (2012-2022) by Swapnajeet Sahoo, Velprashanth Venkatesan, Rahul Chakravarty

“…Materials and Methods: An extensive literature search in electronic databases, PUBMED, Web of Science, EMBASE, Medline, Scopus, and search engine ‘Google Scholar’ using specific search terms and assessment of all published articles until 20th May 2023 was done. Results: Twenty-three studies were found eligible for data extraction, which discussed the problems faced during the CO process. …”
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Ecological analysis of the fish trematode fauna of the Lower Kura by Y.V. Shakaraliyeva

“…In 2007-2022, in three sections of the lower reaches of the Kura River, 933 cyclostomes and fish belonging to 38 species were subjected to complete parasitological dissections, and 40 species of trematodes were discovered. …”
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LA DIFUSIÓN DE LA TECNOLOGÍA RELACIONADA CON EL COMERCIO ENTRE EL NORTE Y EL SUR. Círculos virtuosos de crecimiento en la América Latina by Maurice Schiff, Yanling Wang

“…Los principales hallazgos son los siguientes: i) el efecto de la educación y la gobernabili-dad en la NRD es significativamente mayor en ALC que en otros países en desarrollo, mientras que sucede lo contrario en el caso de la NRD; ii) la educación, la gober-nabilidad y la NRD tienen efectos adicionales en la PTF en las industrias de ALC que se caracterizan por una intensa inversión en ID, de la interacción con las otras dos variables, y iii) dado que la NRD aumenta con la apertura hacia el Norte y con los acervos de ID del Norte, ambas variables aumentan la PTF del Sur tanto de manera directa como por medio de la interacción con la educación y la gobernabilidad. …”
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Disparities in Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Admissions in the United States by Peter J. Mallow, Michael Mercado, Michael Topmiller

“…Model covariates included patient demographics and socioeconomic characteristics. Three different models were performed to assess the influence of covariates of the outcomes. …”
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Acoustic Analysis of Mandarin Chinese Vowels Produced by Young Adults by Zhenni WANG, Yang CHEN, Manwa L. NG, Liqun YAO, Weiming ZHANG

“…When/ɔ/was produced with level tone, the tongue was more advanced and depressed than with other three tones. For/e/with rising tone the tongue was more retracted, compared to the tongue for/e/with dipping tone.…”
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Eficácia e Segurança do Isolamento Adjuvante da Parede Posterior em Pacientes com Fibrilação Atrial Persistente: Uma Revisão Sistemática e Metanálise by João Vitor Levindo Coelho Novaes, David de Pádua Brasil, Flavia Maria de Freitas Faria, Isadora Soares Bicalho Garcia, Camila Ribeiro Pimenta, Nathalia Sernizon Guimarães, Marcus Vinicius Bolivar Malachias

“…Os desfechos foram (i) recorrência de FA; (ii) recorrência de arritmias atriais, isto é, FA, taquicardia atrial, ou flutter atrial); (iii) complicações clínicas importantes (isto é, derrame ou tamponamento pericárdico; disfunção do nó sinusal ou fístula atrioesofágica); (iv) tempo médio de ablação. …”
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A Comparison of Resting Scapular Posture and the Davies Closed Kinetic Chain Upper Extremity Stability Test by John D Heick, Jenna Haggerty, Robert C Manske

“…The average number of CKUEST touches, a normalized score, and a power score were calculated for each participant. Three trials were performed and participants were required to take a 45-second rest break between each CKCUEST trial…”
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A (DES)HUMANIDADE DO PROCEDIMENTO DE PERÍCIA MÉDICA NO BENEFÍCIO POR INCAPACIDADE: LÓGICA IMUNITÁRIA QUE REQUER REFLEXIVIDADE FRATERNA by Claudine Costa Smolenaars, Daniela Regina Pellin, Sandra Regina Martini

“…Como objetivos específicos (i) contextualizar o funcionamento atual do sistema previdenciário, especialmente a perícia médica para a obtenção de benefícios por incapacidade; (ii) demonstrar que a técnica da burocracia e da legalidade estrita em nome da segurança jurídica causam tratamento desumano e judicialização; e, (iii) apresentar a metateoria do Direito Fraterno como hábil a nortear o raciocínio ecológico sistêmico como pressuposto procedimental abrandando a dicotomia amigo/inimigo. …”
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The LIFTMOR-M (Lifting Intervention For Training Muscle and Osteoporosis Rehabilitation for Men) trial: protocol for a semirandomised controlled trial of supervised targeted exerci... by Benjamin K Weeks, Belinda R Beck, Amy T Harding, Steven L Watson

“…Secondary outcomes, assessed at baseline and 8 months, will include: DXA-derived whole-body, bilateral proximal femur and lumbar spine areal bone mineral density; proximal femur bone geometry and volumetric density extracted using three-dimensional hip analysis software; anthropometry; body composition; kyphosis; vertebral fracture assessment; physical function; safety (adverse events and injuries); and compliance. …”
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Pengukuran Niat Penggunaan Virtual Reality sebagai Alat Simulasi Pelatihan by Riski Arifin, Adithya Sudiarno

“…The built model shows that the three variables have an effect of 50% for the intention to use virtual reality while therefore there are still unknown variables for the intention to use virtual reality. …”
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On the nature of picobirnaviruses by A. Yu. Kashnikov, N. V. Epifanova, N. A. Novikova

“…This hypothesis is based on the presence of Shine–Dalgarno sequences in the genome of all PBVs before three reading frames (ORF) at the ribosomal binding site, with which the prokaryotic genome is saturated, while in the eukaryotic genome such regions occur with low frequency. …”
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Материалы раннего Тулхарского могильника в свете гипотезы о миграции андроновского населения на Юг: проблемы хронологии... by Сотникова Светлана Владимировна

“…Тулхарские погребения с кремацией, вероятно, появились гораздо раньше, по крайней мере, в конце III тыс. до н.э. Следует также поставить под сомнение миграцию населения бишкентской культуры на юг и его участие в формировании культуры Свата в Северо-Западном Пакистане. …”
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Forecasting Foreign Exchange Volatility Using Deep Learning Autoencoder-LSTM Techniques by Gunho Jung, Sun-Yong Choi

“…Methodologically, we employ the Foreign Exchange Volatility Index (FXVIX) as a measure of FX volatility. In particular, the three major FXVIX indices (EUVIX, BPVIX, and JYVIX) from 2010 to 2019 are considered, and we predict future prices using the proposed hybrid model. …”
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Bio-reinforcement for improving shear strength in road embankments towards eco-friendly soil stabilization and sustainable infrastructure by S. Chezhiyan, K. Sudalaimuthu

“…The bio-reinforced samples were collected three months after Vetiver grass was planted on the slopes of the Rasipuram bypass road embankment. …”
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An analysis of cohesive Devices in Sa'di's Būstān and its aesthetic impact within the framework of Halliday's systemic functional theory by Omid Azad

“…In this descriptive-analytical research, adopting Halliday's theory of cohesion, one verse anecdote from the Būstān (The Fox and the Dervish) is selected to analyze the use of cohesive devices across three linguistic layers. Although cohesion in Sa'di's ghazals has been widely acknowledged, the reasons behind the cohesive strength of the verse anecdotes in the Būstān have not been thoroughly examined from a systemic functional perspective. …”
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The association between health literacy, private health insurance, and medical expenditure in South Korea by Jeehye Lee, Hye Sook Min, Dong-Hee Ryu

“…Individuals with indemnity insurance spent 36% more on OOP medical expenditure compared to those without (p < 0.01), and OOP medical expenditure increased with the number of insurance policies (39.1%, 71.6%, and 107.5% higher for one, two, and three or more policies, respectively, all p < 0.01). …”
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Klasifikasi Kebutuhan Jumlah Produk Makanan Customer Menggunakan K-Means Clustering dengan Optimasi Pusat Awal Cluster Algoritma Genetika by Yudi Istianto, Shofwatul 'Uyun

“…In this study used 210 data from product sales for three weeks. Data will be processed by applying data mining method with preprocessing before going through classification. …”
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Exploring the Determinants of Long-Term Physical Activity Maintainenance from a Maintainers Perspective: What do they say? by Livia Kellerhals, Claudio R. Nigg

“…These 21 themes were organized into six broad categories for PAM: the fundamental factor of priority; three core factors for PAM that determine priority – well-being, adaptability, and enjoyment; and two supporting factors of organization and community that are a result of and support continued PAM. …”
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The use of Geographic Information Systems as innovative tools for sustainable development strategies and enhancing the efficiency of forest sector entities by Lutsiv Nataliia, Pavlo Chukhna

“…The findings of ecological-and-economic modeling of three management scenarios (intensive logging, sustainable development, and conservation) demonstrated that the sustainable development strategy provides an optimal balance between economic and ecological efficiency in forestry while preserving up to 80% of biodiversity and increasing carbon accumulation by 10%. …”
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