SECrackSeg: A High-Accuracy Crack Segmentation Network Based on Proposed UNet with SAM2 S-Adapter and Edge-Aware Attention by Xiyin Chen, Yonghua Shi, Junjie Pang

“…Crack segmentation is essential for structural health monitoring and infrastructure maintenance, playing a crucial role in early damage detection and safety risk reduction. …”
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Community-based surveillance of Chagas Disease: Characterization and use of Triatomine Information Posts (TIPs) in a high-risk area for triatomine reinfestation in Latin America. by Valéria Carla Faria Amaral, Millena Vieira Simões de Freitas, Gustavo Libério de Paulo, Silvia Ermelinda Barbosa, Janice Maria Borba de Souza, Bruno Silva Amaral, Liléia Gonçalves Diotaiuti, Raquel Aparecida Ferreira

“…For the first time in the scientific literature, a study is dedicated to characterizing TIPs operationally, structurally, and functionally, as well as understanding the factors that hinder their sustainability.…”
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Peripheral Microcirculation and Endothelial Function in Comas Induced by Acute Cerebrovascular Accident by S. L Kan, Yu. A. Churlyaev, D. G Dantsiger, A. A. Kosovskikh, A. V. Ekimovskikh, P. G. Sitnikov

“…Throughout the study, the patients with coma induced by ACA were found to have microcirculatory disorders consisting in higher microperfusion along with the markedly increased influence of active modulators of vascular tone, as well as endothelial functional structural changes. Conclusion. The data obtained in the study suggest that there were uniform changes in the state and regulation of systemic microcirculation in patients with ACA irrespective of the type of stroke (hemorrhagic or ischemic). …”
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Digital traps: How technology fuels nomophobia and insomnia in Taiwanese college students by Yi-Ching Lin, Po-Ching Huang

“…The interaction of cognitive overstimulation, emotional dysregulation, blue light exposure, time displacement, and reward-driven dependency on these digital platforms promotes compulsive behaviors, which subsequently lead to the onset of insomnia. Utilizing Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), the study illustrates that nomophobia precipitates problematic digital behavior, which in turn results in sleep disturbances, thereby elucidating a clear pathway from digital dependency to insomnia. …”
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Knowledge, attitude, and practice of orthopedic, vascular surgery, and anesthesiology doctors regarding postoperative deep vein thrombosis prevention in surgical patients by Yajuan Lei, Wenzhi Guo, Yannan Zhang, Yong Fan, Huimin Xu

“…Demographic information and KAP data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire. …”
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A comparison of clinical communication skills between two groups of final-year medical students with different levels of communication skills training by Marietjie R. de Villiers, Martie van Heusden

“…The 2004 group was statistically significantly better in structuring the consultation by using signposting (p value = 0.02). …”
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Wnt4 and LAP2alpha as pacemakers of thymic epithelial senescence. by Krisztian Kvell, Zoltan Varecza, Domokos Bartis, Sebastian Hesse, Sonia Parnell, Graham Anderson, Eric J Jenkinson, Judit E Pongracz

“…In the present work structural and molecular changes of the murine thymic stroma were investigated during aging. …”
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Non-targeted metabolomic study in plasma in rats with post-traumatic osteoarthritis model. by Peng-Fei Han, Xi-Yong Li, Chang-Peng Zhang, Chang-Sheng Liao, Wei-Wei Wang, Yuan Li

“…The samples were divided into three groups: the surgically induced mild PTOA group (Group A: 3 weeks postoperative using the modified Hulth model; age 2 months), the surgically induced severe PTOA group (Group B: 5 weeks postoperative using the modified Hulth model; age 2 months), and the normal control group (Group C: healthy rats aged 2 months). Metabolites were structurally identified by comparing the retention times, molecular masses, secondary fragmentation spectra, collision energies, and other metabolite data with a database (provided by Shanghai Applied Protein Technology Co., Ltd.). …”
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Causal Relationship between Creativity-Oriented Intrinsic Motivation and Creative Achievements: Mediated by Mediation of Self-Actualization by Omolbanin Sheibani, Alireza Haji Yakhchali, Gholam Hossein Maktabi, Naser Behroozi

“…., 2012), Creative intrinsic motivation scale (Taylor & Kaufman, 2021) and Ahvaz self-actualization questionnaire (IsmailKhani et al., 2010). Data analysis was conducted using the Structural Equation Modeling approach and AMOS software. …”
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Development and validation of a physical activity-sleep-academic performance model for students by Zhanguo Su, Yiping Su, Junyan Meng

“…Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) assessed variable relationships, while qualitative interviews provided contextual insights. …”
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Haydar Tatlıyay and the Movie “Ben Bir Günahsızım” in Arabesque Music Discussions in Turkey by Emre Üstgül, Sıtkı Bahadır Tutu

“…In the qualitative research focusing on the arabesque elements in Tatlıyay’s music, literature review and document analysis methods were used. The structural analysis of the film was conducted through qualitative evaluations, and the similarities between the melodrama technique and arabesque f ilms were identified. …”
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Does the dispute resolution mechanism influence investment trust in free trade zones? Insights from business managers in Vietnam by Ha Nguyen Son, Hai Phan Thanh

“…The results of the Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) analysis indicate that the dispute resolution mechanism influences trust in the investment climate within FTZs through the mediating roles of two key factors: trust in the dispute resolution mechanism and perceived risks in business management. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of healthcare professionals regarding neuropathic pain in spinal cord injury in Hunan, China by Lan Luo, Zhenhua Ming, Yuliang Huang, Lifang Huang, Jiawei Cao

“…The questionnaire was self-designed (Cronbach’s α = 0.954) to collect demographic and KAP data. A structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis was performed to determine the relationships among KAP dimensions. …”
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The Relationship Between Opium Smoking and Sway Back Posture and Spinal Musculoskeletal Disorders by Omid Massah, Amir Masoud Arab, Ali Farhoudian, Mehdi Noroozi, Fahimeh Hashemirad

“…It seems that plasticity and structural and functional adaptations of the posture occur due to opium smoking. …”
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Knowledge, attitude, and practice of family members of children infected with Mycoplasma pneumoniae: a cross-sectional study by Shuchang Liang, Hui Yin, Li Wang

“…This cross-sectional study collected demographic data and KAP scores from family members of children with M. pneumoniae infection at the People’s Hospital of Dongxihu, Wuhan, from March to July 2024. …”
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White matter integrity and functional connectivity in adolescents with a parental history of substance use disorder by Xiaofu He, Diana V. Rodriguez-Moreno, Yael M. Cycowicz, Keely Cheslack-Postava, Huilan Tang, Zhishun Wang, Lawrence V. Amsel, Megan Ryan, Lupo Geronazzo-Alman, George J. Musa, Adam Bisaga, Christina W. Hoven

“…We acquired diffusion tensor-imaging (DTI) and resting state fMRI data across the whole brain. Structural connectivity was examined by measuring fractional anisotropy (FA) using DTI, to indicate integrity of the white matter tracts. …”
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Neuroplastic changes in patients with functional seizures following neurobehavioral therapy by Ayushe A. Sharma, Jane B. Allendorfer, Stephen Correia, Tyler E. Gaston, Adam Goodman, Leslie E Grayson, Noah S. Philip, W. Curt LaFrance, Jr, Jerzy P. Szaflarski

“…TBI-FS participants underwent up to 12 sessions of NBT between scans. Structural MRI data were analyzed using voxel-based morphometry. …”
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Macular Telangiectasia Type 2: Long-Term Disease Progression and Management of Complications by Merve Özbek, Özgür Artunay, Rümeysa Koçak, İlker Hoşver, Metehan Şimşek

“…MH formation occurred in 8 eyes (4.3%), with 6 undergoing successful surgical closure. Structural retinal changes, including ellipsoid zone disruption and pigmentation, significantly progressed over time (p<0.001). …”
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A short pragmatic tool for evaluating community engagement: Partnering for Health Improvement and Research Equity by John G. Oetzel, Blake Boursaw, Lenora Littledeer, Sarah Kastelic, Page Castro-Reyes, Juan M. Peña, Patricia Rodriguez Espinosa, Shannon Sanchez-Youngman, Lorenda Belone, Nina Wallerstein

“…Confirmatory factor analysis and a structural equation model of the original data set resulted in the validation of eight higher-order scales with good internal consistency and structural relationships (TLI &gt; 0.98 and SRMR &lt; 0.02). …”
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Using Natural Language Processing to Explore Patient Perspectives on AI Avatars in Support Materials for Patients With Breast Cancer: Survey Study by Eleanor Cheese, Raouef Ahmed Bichoo, Kartikae Grover, Dorin Dumitru, Alexandros Zenonos, Joanne Groark, Douglas Gibson, Rebecca Pope

“…We applied and evaluated different NLP machine learning techniques to draw insights from these unstructured data, namely sentiment analysis, topic modeling, summarization, and term frequency–inverse document frequency word clouds. …”
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