Inclusive health for people with disabilities in Chile: a national health system assessment by Danae Rodríguez Gatta, Constanza Piriz Tapia, Elvira Tagle Schmidt, Jimena Luna Benavides, Daniel Vivar Jara, Rodrigo Moreno Celis, Gonzalo Tobar Carrizo, Judit Vilaró Cáceres, Phyllis Heydt, Lena Morgon Banks, Hannah Kuper

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Loop-mediated isothermal amplification assays for the detection of antimicrobial resistance elements in Vibrio cholera by Daniel Antonio Negrón, Shipra Trivedi, Nicholas Tolli, David Ashford, Gabrielle Melton, Stephanie Guertin, Katharine Jennings, Bryan D. Necciai, Shanmuga Sozhamannan, Bradley W. Abramson

“…Overall, 9 of the 16 tested LAMP assays had positive signal through visual and computer vision-based detection methods developed here. …”
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Unilateral Dual‐Plane Puncture Percutaneous Vertebroplasty Reduces Re‐Collapse in Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures by Advancing Cement Delivery by Huo‐Liang Zheng, Chang‐hai Liu, Lei‐Sheng Jiang, Xin‐Feng Zheng, Sheng‐Dan Jiang

“…Bone cement distribution, vertebral height, and segmental kyphotic angle were measured through postoperative x‐ray, while clinical outcomes were evaluated using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI). …”
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Assessing dynamic brain activity during verbal associative learning using MEG/fMRI co-processing by Sangeeta Nair, Jerzy P. Szaflarski, Yingying Wang, Diana Pizarro, Jeffrey F. Killen, Jane B. Allendorfer

“…Background: The abilities of individual neuroimaging methods to resolve spatial and temporal contributions of brain regions during cognitive processes are limited. …”
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The effect and permanence of corrective exercises on pain intensity, functional disability and kinematic parameters of bodybuilders with shoulder impingement syndrome by Mahdi Yousfvand, Masoud Golpayegani, Safoura Ghasemi

“…Visual Analog Scale (VAS) questionnaire was used for pain intensity. …”
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Tomato Leaf Disease Identification Framework FCMNet Based on Multimodal Fusion by Siming Deng, Jiale Zhu, Yang Hu, Mingfang He, Yonglin Xia

“…However, disease identification methods that rely on single-mode information often face the problems of insufficient accuracy and weak generalization ability. …”
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Modification of endovenous laser coagulation of great saphenous veins in patients with varicose: Stage of declined thrombophlebitis by M. V. Timerbulatov, T. M. Murasov, S. S. Kazbulatov, D. R. Ibragimov, M. A. Almuhametov, А. R. Galiakberov

“…At the same time, the implementation of endovenous treatment methods for thrombophlebitis lacks an evidence base regulating all aspects of this procedure. …”
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Self-esteem, Motivation, and Emotional Intelligence: Three Factors that influence the Successful Design of a Life Project of Middle-school Young Students by Andrea Magdalena Lomelí-Parga, María Guadalupe López-Padilla, Jaime Ricardo Valenzuela-González

“…This research was executed using mixed methods in order to identify the determining factors for young people who plan to have success in facing the daily life challenges, as well as today’s society demands, through a solid construction of their private vision of the future. …”
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The Evaluation of the Clinical Effects of Botulinum Toxin on Nocturnal Bruxism by Fatih Asutay, Yusuf Atalay, Hilal Asutay, Ahmet Hüseyin Acar

“…Evaluation was made by Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) values, complaint duration, onset of effect, and duration of effectiveness. …”
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Switching Overvoltages Protection of Power Electronics Converters with Gate Turn-off Thyristors by Yevhen Fediv, Olha Sivakova, Vladyslav Lysiak, Mykhailo Korchak

“…Using the developed models in the “Simulink” visual programming environment of the “Matlab” application package using the “SimPowerSystem” and “Simscape Electrical” libraries, a comparative analysis of methods and techniques for limiting switching overvoltages in power converters, which are controlled by unlocking two-operation thyristors, was performed. …”
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The influence of surgical treatment of vitreous opacities in the assessment of the quality of life of patients by A. V. Malyshev, O. V. Lysenko

“…Purpose: To study the effect of surgical treatment of vitreous opacities (VO) on the state of quality (QOL) of patient’s life.Methods: We examined 35 patients who underwent surgical treatment of VO. …”
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Enhancing user experience in online learning environments: Design, evaluation, and usability techniques by Yaw Ofosu-Asare

“…Various evaluation methods, including heuristic evaluation, guideline reviews, and cognitive walkthroughs, were employed. …”
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Anthropogenic transformation and natural potential of landscapes of Apanasenkovsky district by Daria Sergeevna Vodopiyanova, Evgeniya Andreevna Skripchinskaya, Maria Victorovna Nefedova, Pavel Anatolievich Didenko

“…The obtained results will allow to correct the land-use planning methods. The obtained results should be used for sustainable, balanced development of natural-anthropogenic geosystems that ensure the existence of nature and society in a state of equilibrium, which will allow for the equal consideration of ecological, economic and social criteria and the formation of an optimally balanced agricultural landscape with speciied parameters of functioning.…”
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Immunoassay of Glomalin by Quartz Crystal Microbalance Biosensor Containing Iron Oxide Nanoparticles by Miroslav Pohanka, Vitezslav Vlcek

“…Limit of detection of the assay was equal to 2.4 µg/g for a soil extract with a volume of 50 µl. …”
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Computational Construction of Sequential Efficient Designs for the Second-Order Model by Norah Alshammari, Stelios Georgiou, Stella Stylianou

“…Unlike traditional model-free SLHDs, our method optimizes a conditional A-criterion to improve efficiency, particularly in higher dimensions. …”
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The perception of code-switched vs. monolingual sentences in TTS voices by Tyler Méndez Kline, Georgia Zellou

“…Half of the sentences contained English-Spanish code-switches (equal number of English and Spanish target keywords), and half were monolingual sentences (half English, half Spanish). …”
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Adaptive Binaural Cue-Based Amplitude Panning in Irregular Loudspeaker Configurations by Shang Zhao, Yunjia Zhou, Zhibin Lin

“…The amplitude panning method is a prevalent technique for controlling sound image directions in stereophonic and multichannel surround systems. …”
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Multi-view Fusion 3D Model Classification by GAO Yuan, DING Bo, HE Yong-jun

“…At present, view-based 3D model classification is a research hotspot. However, current methods produce many redundant views, and all views are treated equally, ignoring their differences and importance. …”
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Influence of Heave Plate on the Dynamic Response of a 10 MW Semisubmersible Floating Platform by Haijun Wang, Yuhang Yang, Yaohua Guo, Jijian Lian

“…The platform’s structural behavior is analyzed in both frequency and time domains using numerical simulation methods. The study investigates the effects of the porosity and number of holes (with an equal porosity) of the inner heave plate and the opening angle (with the equal area) of the external heave plate on the platform’s hydrodynamic characteristics, ultimately obtaining the optimal arrangement for the inner and external heave plates. …”
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The Impact of Oil Revenue Fluctuations on Private Consumption Expenditures of Non-Durable and Durable Goods in Iran by Yazdan Gudarzi Farahani, Mojtaba Akbari, Omidali Adeli

“…The model used in this study was of ARDL and NARDL methods. The results obtained in the estimated linear model showed that the intensity of the effect of disposable income on the consumption expenditure of durable and non-durable goods was equal to 0.61 and 0.68, respectively. …”
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