Risk factors for low knowledge and negative attitudes among caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder in Iraq: a multi-centre cross-sectional study by Hiba Qahttan Khaleel Al-Juhaishi, Hiba Qahttan Khaleel Al-Juhaishi, Osamah Abbas Jaber, Osamah Abbas Jaber, Faris Lami, Faris Lami, Shatha Mohammed Jasim, Shatha Mohammed Jasim, Nahid Dehghan Nayeri, Nahid Dehghan Nayeri, Mahdi Shafiee Sabet, Mahdi Shafiee Sabet, Ghaith Al-Gburi, Ghaith Al-Gburi

“…However, this difference was only significant before adjusting for multiple testing (adjusted p-value = 0.286).ConclusionEducational programmes should be implemented to enhance knowledge and address treatment expectations, especially among caregivers with low income and lower education. …”
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Soil organic carbon stocks as driven by land use in Mato Grosso State: the Brazilian Cerrado agricultural frontier by Chukwudi Nwaogu, Bridget E. Diagi, Chinonye V. Ekweogu, Adedoyin Samuel Ajeyomi, Christopher C. Ejiogu, Enos I. Emereibeole, Patrick S. U. Eneche, Onyedikachi J. Okeke, David O. Edokpa, Enyinda Chike, Famous Ozabor, Obisesan Adekunle, Vremudia Onyeayana Wekpe, Osademe Chukwudi Dollah, Eshenake Ogaga, Hycienth O. Nwankwoala, Edwin Wallace, Chinedu Onugu, Temiloluwa Fajembola, Mauricio R. Cherubin

“…Simultaneously, it is crucial to promote the dissemination of best practices for implementing and sustaining conservation efforts, thereby safeguarding the carbon stocks established to prevent their depletion. …”
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Optimising Psychological Well-Being in Chinese-Australian Adolescents: A 24-Hour Movement Guidelines Approach by Wei-Cheng Chao, Asaduzzaman Khan, Jui-Chi Shih, Wen Li, Ching-Lin Wu, Kuan-Chung Chen, Bill Cheng

“…These results highlight the importance of promoting healthy behaviours and implementing public health strategies to enhance education on exercise and sleep, particularly at the school and family levels, to support adolescents’ psychological well-being.…”
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Associations between exercise and university students’ depression during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown: the mediating role of relative deprivation and subjective exercise expe... by Chao Chen, Jie Ma, Jinzhuang Song, Chuang Yan, Minghao Yan

“…In the first wave of data collection, we implemented a simple random sampling to recruit participants from five universities in Hebei Province. …”
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Modelado de Control de Nivel en Molde para Vaciado Continuo de Palanquillas de Acero by Guillermo González Yero, Mercedes Ramírez Mendoza, Boris Luis Rustán Téllez

“…For hydraulic servo system achieved a gray box model contributes to a better understanding of the process and evaluates incidence of the multi-frequency implemented under conventional outline. Obtained the model can be studied scale simulation system operation and the effectiveness of advanced control solutions. …”
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Prevalence and influencing factors of anxiety, depression, and burnout among teachers in China: a cross-sectional study by Lulu He, Lingling Huang, Yuanyuan Huang, Hehua Li, Ziyun Zhang, Junhao Li, Shisong Lin, Kai Wu, Dongchang Huang, Fengchun Wu, Fengchun Wu, Fengchun Wu

“…In Dongguan, a city actively implementing educational reforms, teacher mental health may be particularly concerning. …”
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First Results of Our Local Practice Guide Used During the Late Phase of Resuscitation in Patients with Refractory VF in Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest by Slagt C, Van Kuijk SM, Bruhn J, Van Geffen GJ, Mommers L

“…Based on the available evidence and expertise, our Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) team developed a local practice guide for the prolonged resuscitation of patients in rVF and implemented this as standard HEMS care in March 2022.Methods: This database study contains all patients treated with our local practice guide during out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) with rVF beyond the fifth regular ALS shock-block. …”
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Acceptability of an online peer support group as a strategy to improve antiretroviral therapy adherence among young people in Kampala district, Uganda: qualitative findings by Yerusa Kiirya, Sabrina Kitaka, Joan Kalyango, Joseph Rujumba, Gloria Adobea Odei Obeng-Amoako, Mathew Amollo, Joan Nangendo, Charles Karamagi, Philipa Musooke, Anne Katahoire

“…Conclusion Online peer support groups are acceptable to Ugandan YPLHIV and hold promise in enhancing psychosocial support and improving treatment adherence in this sub-population. In implementing online support groups, due consideration should be given to software tools with high privacy standards and zero-rated data use for new apps. …”
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A Computational Analysis Based on Automatic Digitization of Movement Tracks Reveals the Altered Diurnal Behavior of the Western Flower Thrips, <i>Frankliniella occidentalis</i>, Su... by Chunlei Xia, Gahyeon Jin, Falguni Khan, Hye-Won Kim, Yong-Hyeok Jang, Nam Jung, Yonggyun Kim, Tae-Soo Chon

“…These results suggest that PKG is associated with implementing the diurnal behavior of <i>F. occidentalis</i> by interacting with expressions of the circadian clock genes.…”
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A Comparative Study of Machine Learning and Deep Learning Models for Automatic Parkinson’s Disease Detection from Electroencephalogram Signals by Sankhadip Bera, Zong Woo Geem, Young-Im Cho, Pawan Kumar Singh

“…Using (a) the UC San Diego Resting State EEG dataset and (b) IOWA dataset, we extract a standardized EEG feature from five key frequency bands—alpha, beta, theta, gamma, delta (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>α</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>β</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>θ</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>γ</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>δ</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>) and employ an SVM (Support Vector Machine) classifier as a baseline, achieving a notable accuracy. Furthermore, we implement a deep learning classifier (CNN) with a complex multi-dimensional feature set by combining power values from all frequency bands, which gives superior performance in distinguishing PD patients (both with medication and without medication states) from healthy patients. …”
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Performance of Large Language Models ChatGPT and Gemini on Workplace Management Questions in Radiology by Patricia Leutz-Schmidt, Viktoria Palm, René Michael Mathy, Martin Grözinger, Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, Hyungseok Jang, Sam Sedaghat

“…Three 4-point scores were used to assess the quality of the responses: (1) overall quality score (OQS), (2) understandabilityscore (US), and (3) implementability score (IS). The mean quality score (MQS) was calculated from these three scores. …”
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Depletion of tumor-derived CXCL5 improves T cell infiltration and anti-PD-1 therapy response in an obese model of pancreatic cancer by Prabhakar Chalise, Richard McKinnon Walsh, Joseph Ambrose, Jarrid L Jack, Austin E Eades, Bailey A Bye, Mariana Tannus Ruckert, Fanuel Messaggio, Appolinaire A Olou, Dong Pei, Michael N VanSaun

“…Background CXCR1/2 inhibitors are being implemented with immunotherapies in PDAC clinical trials. …”
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cigFacies: a massive-scale benchmark dataset of seismic facies and its application by H. Gao, X. Wu, X. Sun, M. Hou, M. Hou, H. Gao, G. Wang, H. Sheng

“…Guided by the graph, we then implement the three strategies of field seismic data curation, knowledge-guided synthesization, and generative adversarial network (GAN)-based generation to construct a benchmark dataset of 8000 diverse samples for five common seismic facies. …”
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Molecular and genomic investigation of an urban outbreak of dengue virus serotype 2 in Angola, 2017-2019. by Zoraima Neto, Pedro A Martinez, Sarah C Hill, Domingos Jandondo, Julien Thézé, Marinela Mirandela, Renato Santana Aguiar, Joilson Xavier, Cruz Dos Santos Sebastião, Ana Luísa Micolo Cândido, Filipa Vaz, Gisel Reyes Castro, Joana Paula Paixão, Nicholas J Loman, Philippe Lemey, Oliver G Pybus, Jocelyne Vasconcelos, Nuno Rodrigues Faria, Joana de Morais

“…Increasing dengue awareness in healthcare professional, expanding the monitorization of arboviral epidemics across the country, identifying most common mosquito breeding sites in urban settings, implementing innovative vector control interventions and dengue vaccination campaigns could help to reduce vector presence and DENV transmission in Angola.…”
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Influence of shaped charge jet state on its interaction with ERA flying plate by Nicolas Reboul, Ashwin Chinnayya, Frédéric Paintendre, Simon Dalle Piagge, Vincent Jaulin, Jérôme Limido, Anthony Collé, Fabien Rondot

“…In this article, we focus on this jet disturbance and its consequences on the SCJ/MP interaction.An experimental set-up was built to implement the interaction between a SCJ and a moving plate for different collision points, at different stand-off distances. …”
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Efectos de la actividad física en estudiantes universitarios con trastornos de salud mental: una revisión sistemática con Metaanálisis (Effects of physical activity on university s... by Francisco Amú-Ruiz, Jersson Andrés Coronado-Amaya, Diego Fernando Afanador-Restrepo, Jessica Alejandra Revelo-Cano

“…All studies incorporated at least one intervention group engaging in physical activities, with interventions varying in terms of frequency, duration, and types. The diversity in implemented protocols likely contributed to the range of observed outcomes. …”
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Home-Based Intervention Tool for Cardiac Telerehabilitation: Protocol for a Controlled Trial by Francesca Mastorci, Maria Francesca Lodovica Lazzeri, Lamia Ait-Ali, Paolo Marcheschi, Paola Quadrelli, Massimiliano Mariani, Rafik Margaryan, Wanda Pennè, Marco Savino, Giuseppe Prencipe, Alina Sirbu, Paolo Ferragina, Corrado Priami, Alessandro Tommasi, Cesare Zavattari, Pierluigi Festa, Stefano Dalmiani, Alessandro Pingitore

“…The secondary aims are to implement the system in a “real-life” context of postcardiac surgical rehabilitation, and to create a data set and a data collection methodology to prototype data analytics algorithms and artificial intelligence techniques for customizing the rehabilitation pathway. …”
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Association Between Low Triglyceride-Glucose Index and Mortality in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Patients Without Diabetes by Zhang Q, Xu Y, Sun S, Ding X, Wang G, Jiang S, Zheng J, Gao P, Lin J, Wu Y

“…Therefore, it is important to pay close attention to low TyG index levels and implement appropriate measures in clinical practice.Keywords: acute decompensated heart failure, all-cause death, cardiovascular death, retrospective study, triglyceride glucose product index…”
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Dairy cows' responses to 2 separation methods after 3 months of cow-calf contact by Anina Vogt, Susanne Waiblinger, Rupert Palme, Uta König von Borstel, Kerstin Barth

“…Taken together, results showed that cows experienced distress during separation with the GR method, when implemented over 3 wk in 3 steps, as well as with the NF method, but differences between individuals were considerable.…”
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On-farm welfare assessment of semi-extensively managed sheep using Animal Welfare Indicators (AWIN) protocol by S. Koçak, Z. Bozkurt, Ö. G. Hacan, K. Çelikeloğlu, M. Tekerli, M. Demirtaş, S. Çinkaya, M. Erdoğan

“…<p>As in the European Union, new sets of animal welfare standards have been implemented in Türkiye, a candidate country for EU membership. …”
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