The health-related quality of life in children with IgA vasculitis by Juan Zhou, Juan Zhou, Min Nie, Zixia Song, Xing Shen

“…Emotional functioning scores were lower in children with self-funded medical care compared to those with Medicare. …”
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Performance evaluation of extreme value prediction methods for bridge traffic load effects by Miaomiao Xu, Xiao-Yi Zhou, Jie Shen, Deliang Ding, Sugong Cao, C. S. Cai

“…Abstract This study investigates six types of prediction methods for estimating extreme bridge traffic load effects, aiming to establish a correlation between prediction accuracy and data quality. Accurately determining the distribution functions of maximum values is crucial for assessing bridge safety under traffic loads. …”
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Behavioral Settings are Crucial for Assessing Sensorimotor, Anxiety, and Social Changes in Aging and Spinal Cord Injury by Chloé M. Gazard, Nacéra Douich, Eloïse Néel, Patrick Villette, Florence E. Perrin, Yannick N. Gerber

“…The choice of open field shape can vary across studies, either to address specific research objectives or to simplify data acquisition and analysis. Methods In this study, we investigated whether the shape of the open field arena influences mice's behaviors in an age‐ and sex‐dependent manner during physiological aging. …”
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An Ultrasound Prototype for Remote Hand Movement Sensing: The Finger Tapping Case by Stefano Franceschini, Maria Maddalena Autorino, Michele Ambrosanio, Vito Pascazio, Fabio Baselice

“…Specifically, by performing time–frequency analysis and applying specialized data processing, tapping rates and finger displacements can be estimated. …”
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Hybrid Framework To Exclude Similar and Faulty Test Cases In Regression Testing by Muhammad Asim Siddique, Wan M.N. Wan-Kadir, Johanna Ahmad, Noraini Ibrahim

“…Therefore, this paper presents a new Hybrid Framework to Exclude Similar & Faulty Test Cases in Regression Testing (ETCPM) that utilizes automated code analysis techniques and historical test execution data to identity and exclude redundant, similar and faulty test cases from the given regression suite. …”
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Designing a Digital Intervention to Increase Human Milk Feeding Among Black Mothers: Qualitative Study of Acceptability and Preferences by Loral Patchen, Jeannette Tsuei, Donna Sherard, Patricia Moriarty, Zoe Mungai-Barris, Tony Ma, Elina Bajracharya, Katie Chang, William Douglas Evans

“…Given the focus on cultural tailoring, team members who shared social identities with study participants completed data collection and coding. Two additional team members, 1 with expertise in social branding and 1 certified in lactation, participated in the thematic analysis. …”
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Introduction to Special Thematic Issue, part 2 "Microsaccades: Empirical Research and Methodological Advances“ by Rudolf Groner

“… Microsaccades are at the interface between basic oculomotor phenomena and complex processes of cognitive functioning, and they also have been a challenge for subtle experimentation and adequate statistical analysis. …”
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Genome-Wide Identification of the HSP Gene Family in Penaeus japonicus and Their Expression Characteristics During Development Stages by Xueqiong BIAN, Xianyun REN, Junxia WANG, Shaoting JIA, Jianjun GUO, Kuangcheng ZHAO, Ping LIU, Jian LI, Jitao LI

“…A few HSP family members were clustered first with HSP family members from Eriocheir sinensis, D. melanogaster, and other insects, and then with HSP family members from other species. Motif analysis showed that the hsp gene family was highly conserved; however, the functions of different families were quite different. …”
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Intelligent event trigger based sliding mode control in a marine current turbine with superconducting magnetic energy storage by Asit Mohanty, A. K. Ramasamy, Renuga Verayiah, Sthitapragyan Mohanty, Reji Kumar Rajamony, Haiter Lenin Allasi, Pragyan P. Mohanty

“…Additionally, a comprehensive analysis was conducted by comparing actual and simulated data in order to assess both the quantitative and qualitative aspects of the system.…”
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Artificial intelligence in decoding muscle–organ crosstalk: Unveiling myokine networks and therapeutic frontiers by Ehsan Arabzadeh, Fatemeh Khanzadeh, Arezoo Kalhor

“…Skeletal muscle functions as an endocrine organ, secreting myokines that mediate crosstalk with organs like the brain, liver, adipose tissue, and vascular system, influencing metabolism, inflammation, and disease progression. …”
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Optimization of SA-Gel Hydrogel Printing Parameters for Extrusion-Based 3D Bioprinting by Weihong Chai, Yalong An, Xingli Wang, Zhe Yang, Qinghua Wei

“…Extrusion-based 3D bioprinting is prevalent in tissue engineering, but enhancing precision is critical as demands for functionality and accuracy escalate. Process parameters (nozzle diameter <i>d</i>, layer height <i>h</i>, printing speed v₁, extrusion speed v₂) significantly influence hydrogel deposition and structure formation. …”
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Identifying and understanding the nonlinear behavior of memristive devices by Sahitya Yarragolla, Torben Hemke, Fares Jalled, Tobias Gergs, Jan Trieschmann, Tolga Arul, Thomas Mussenbrock

“…This study examines the response of two devices to increasing frequencies, revealing a shift in their nonlinear behavior characterized by a reduced hysteresis range Fourier series analysis utilizing a sinusoidal input voltage of varying amplitudes and frequencies indicates harmonics or frequency components that considerably influence the functioning of RRAMs. …”
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Audit Quality Model Based on Moral Atmosphere and Spirituality in Iran by alireza nasirpour, Saeed Jabbarzadeh Kangarloie, Jamal Bahri Sales, Younes Badavar Nahandi

“…The structural equation modelling by the SMART PLS method and the ratio test is used for data analysis. The obtained results show that personal dimensions, including (character, motivation, and piety); organizational dimensions (sociability and organizational commitment); psychological dimensions (spirituality in the workplace, moral atmosphere of the organization, psychological health of the workplace, job satisfaction, and personality type), and leadership dimensions (leadership style, spiritual leadership) have the highest impact on the audit quality based on spirituality and moral atmosphere in the Iranian workplace respectively. …”
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Participatory Intervention Development of a Peer-Guided Self-Help App for Anxiety Disorders: Mixed Methods Study by Laura Duddeck, Timo Stolz, Christian Zottl, Thomas Berger, Johanna Boettcher

“…The research team directly contacted the participants. Qualitative data were analyzed with inductive and deductive content analysis (interrater reliability Cohen κ=0.88), which informed the minimum viable product (MVP) development. …”
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Renewable Energy Sources and the New Paradigm in Energy Engineering by Eden Mamut

“…As a consequence, in the new paradigm, the optimization solutions are shifting from compliance with simple objective functions (as minimal cost or minimal impact) towards compliance with complex, dynamic, data driven solutions.…”
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ViralLink: An integrated workflow to investigate the effect of SARS-CoV-2 on intracellular signalling and regulatory pathways. by Agatha Treveil, Balazs Bohar, Padhmanand Sudhakar, Lejla Gul, Luca Csabai, Marton Olbei, Martina Poletti, Matthew Madgwick, Tahila Andrighetti, Isabelle Hautefort, Dezso Modos, Tamas Korcsmaros

“…However, the wide-ranging applicability and modularity of the workflow facilitates customisation of viral context, a priori interactions and analysis methods. Through a case study of SARS-CoV-2 infected bronchial/tracheal epithelial cells, we evidence the functionality of the workflow and its ability to identify key pathways and proteins in the cellular response to infection. …”
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Prospects of Using Distributed Ledger Technology to Automatize State Financial Control by A. V. Varnavskiy, A. O. Buryakova

“…In the process of research, general scientific empirical methods were used: observation, comparison, collection and study of data; analysis and synthesis, a method of scientific abstraction. …”
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Psychometric Properties of the Science Self-Efficacy Scale for STEMM Undergraduates by Jayashri Srinivasan, Krystle P. Cobian, Minjeong Jeon

“…Implications include ensuring that the scale functions consistently across diverse populations, enhancing the validity of conclusions that can be drawn from survey data analysis. …”
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Adequacy of pain management in HIV-positive patients by C Narasimooloo, S.S. Naidoo, B.M. Gaede

“…Results: Ninety-one per cent of participants reported pain with 83% experiencing significant pain, in other words a “worst pain” rating of five or above on the BPI (short form) questionnaire. The correlation analysis between the severity of pain and its interference with daily life suggests that moderate and severe pain interferes with the patients’ daily functioning. …”
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The role of paramedics in emergency medical teams responding to natural disasters: a scoping review by Estelle C. Seton, Tom Mallinson, Carl A. Webster

“…The databases CINHAL, MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, and Scopus were searched with the following terms: (“paramedics” OR “paramedic” OR “emergency medical service” OR “EMT” OR “EMS”) AND (“perceptions” OR “attitudes” OR “experience” OR “disaster response”) AND (“humanitarian disaster” OR “natural disasters”) NOT (“simulation”). 340 papers were screened; 8 studies met the inclusion criteria. RESULTS: Analysis of the selected studies revealed four prominent themes: operational and access challenges, healthcare delivery and infrastructure, communication and data management, and resource utilisation and team management. …”
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