Evaluation of the Performance of an Ocular Surface Modulator Containing ST-Lysyal Versus Hyaluronic Acid Eyedrops in Patients with Dry Eye Disease: A Pilot Study by Stefano Barabino, Andrea Rosa, Sara Marini, Carlo Domenico Bianchi, Maurizio Rolando

“…Inclusion criteria were a diagnosis of DED with symptoms lasting ≥ 6 months, Symptom Assessment in Dry Eye (SANDE) score ≥ 30, and at least one of the following: fluorescein staining of the cornea (score ≥ 3, NEI scale), conjunctival staining (Lissamine Green, score ≥ 3), or tear breakup time (T-BUT) ≤ 10 s. Data from the right eye were used for statistical analysis. …”
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Sustainable development of the company on the basis of soft total quality management by Yuliia Prus

“…The research used general scientific and special methods of cognition: structural-logical, systemic and process approaches, the method of generalisation and comparison, questionnaires, methods of correlation and regression analysis, logical method, method of tabular presentation of data, scientific generalisation. …”
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Increasing the efficiency of osseointegration in dental implantation in patients with diabetic osteopathy by remodeling bone tissue and intensifying its density. by O.O. Gudarian, D.O. Cherednyk

“…Our research and received data from laboratory studies showed that in patients with rapidly progressing generalized periodontitis with and without diabetic osteopathy, there is an inhomogeneity and imbalance in the functioning of bone remodeling, which negatively affects the process of osseointegration of dental implants and requires a complex approach in the selection of antiresorptive therapy. …”
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Effectiveness of digital health applications on the quality of life in patients with overweight or obesity: a systematic review by Melanie Mäder, Tonio Schönfelder, Ria Heinrich, Carsta Militzer-Horstmann, Patrick Timpel

“…CONSORT-EHEALTH checklist was used for data extraction of qualitative and quantitative data (study characteristics and study results) and the Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool (version 2) for quality assessment independently by two researchers. …”
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An empirical study of the naïve REINFORCE algorithm for predictive maintenance by Rajesh Siraskar, Satish Kumar, Shruti Patil, Arunkumar Bongale, Ketan Kotecha, Ambarish Kulkarni

“…For the REINFORCE, a basic hyperparameter sensitivity and interaction analysis is conducted to better understand the dynamics and present results for the hyperparameters learning rate, discount factor $$\gamma$$ γ and the network activation functions (ReLU and Tanh). …”
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Earthquake rupture variability along the central seismic gap segment (78°– 82°E) of the Himalayan Frontal Thrust, Western and Central Himalaya by Shreya Arora, Natalie Meenan, Eshaan Srivastava, Drew Cochran, Gurvinder Singh, Alana Williams, Mitthu Dhali, Monika Kumaiya, Ramon Arrowsmith, Javed N. Malik, Hisao Kondo

“…Analysis of age probability density functions (PDFs) indicate three significant events: Earthquake 1 dated between calAD1320 and calAD1412, likely ruptured 259–360 km of the HFT. …”
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Measuring attitudes towards ethnic minority patients: the revalidated REMP-3 instrument for graduate healthcare practitioners by Stijn Schelfhout, Robin Vandecasteele, Sara Willems, Eva Derous, Stéphanie De Maesschalck

“…As theoretically predicted, the REMP-3 also functions as a measure of intercultural attitudes in an intercultural competence framework. …”
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Summarizing Online Patient Conversations Using Generative Language Models: Experimental and Comparative Study by Rakhi Asokkumar Subjagouri Nair, Matthias Hartung, Philipp Heinisch, Janik Jaskolski, Cornelius Starke-Knäusel, Susana Veríssimo, David Maria Schmidt, Philipp Cimiano

“… BackgroundSocial media is acknowledged by regulatory bodies (eg, the Food and Drug Administration) as an important source of patient experience data to learn about patients’ unmet needs, priorities, and preferences. …”
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Factors Influencing Primary Care Physicians’ Adjustment of Oral Anti-Diabetic Drugs in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Qualitative Research Study by Natasha Sheng Yeng Leng, Shera Chaterji, Aminath Shiwaza Moosa, Patricia Ching Yen Chia, Lay Geok Lian, ZhengHua Li, Natalie Ming Foong Hooi, Beth Shin Rei Lau, Ngiap Chuan Tan

“…The data was managed using Nvivo qualitative management software. …”
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Clinical and cost-effectiveness of lithium versus quetiapine augmentation for treatment-resistant depression in adults: LQD a pragmatic randomised controlled trial by Jess Kerr-Gaffney, Zohra Zenasni, Kimberley Goldsmith, Nahel Yaziji, Huajie Jin, Alessandro Colasanti, John Geddes, David Kessler, R Hamish McAllister-Williams, Allan H Young, Alvaro Barrera, Lindsey Marwood, Rachael W Taylor, Helena Tee, Anthony J Cleare

“…Sensitivity analyses examined cost-effectiveness when (1) the generic unit cost of the trial drugs were used instead of the cheapest (as in the primary analysis), (2) covariate dependent MAR was assumed for missing data, and (3) the analysis was modified to adjust for the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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UniMap: Type‐Level Integration Enhances Biological Preservation and Interpretability in Single‐Cell Annotation by Haitao Hu, Yue Guo, Fujing Ge, Hao Yin, Hao Zhang, Zhesheng Zhou, Fangjie Yan, Qing Ye, Jialu Wu, Ji Cao, Chang‐Yu Hsieh, Bo Yang

“…Here, a multiselective adversarial network is introduced for the first time and present UniMap, which functions as a “discerner” to identify and exclude interfering cells from various data sources during dataset integration. …”
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Advancements in Optical Fiber Sensors for pH Measurement: Technologies and Applications by Alaa N. D. Alhussein, Mohammed R. T. M. Qaid, Timur Agliullin, Bulat Valeev, Oleg Morozov, Airat Sakhabutdinov, Yuri A. Konstantinov

“…Recent advancements have also enabled automation in data analysis and improvements in remote sensing capabilities. …”
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Antimicrobial activity of carbon dots against aquatic spoilage Bacteria synthesized from Banana Peel waste by Yueyue Meng, Huiyu Zhu, Xinyi Li, Shuang Zhao, Kun Ma, Tingting Li

“…Furthermore, the nitrogen-containing, oxygen-containing and sulfur-containing functionalities on/in the surface of carbon structure were observed in the resulting CDs. …”
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A novel phosphocholine‐mimetic inhibits a pro‐inflammatory conformational change in C‐reactive protein by Johannes Zeller, Karen S Cheung Tung Shing, Tracy L Nero, James D McFadyen, Guy Krippner, Balázs Bogner, Sheena Kreuzaler, Jurij Kiefer, Verena K Horner, David Braig, Habiba Danish, Sara Baratchi, Mark Fricke, Xiaowei Wang, Michel G Kather, Bernd Kammerer, Kevin J Woollard, Prerna Sharma, Craig J Morton, Geoffrey Pietersz, Michael W Parker, Karlheinz Peter, Steffen U Eisenhardt

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Health profiles of families with young children: observational study by Inês Fonseca, Vanessa Monteiro, Jóni Madureira, Jacinta Dantas, José Reduto, Zaida Charepe, Henriqueta Figueiredo

“…The analysis included cluster formation based on the "Total Family Functioning Ratio" and employed descriptive and inferential statistical techniques. …”
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Development of a clinical decision support tool for Primary care Management of lower Urinary tract Symptoms in men: the PriMUS study by Adrian Edwards, Ridhi Agarwal, Janine Bates, Alison Bray, Sarah Milosevic, Emma Thomas-Jones, Michael Drinnan, Marcus Drake, Peter Michell, Bethan Pell, Haroon Ahmed, Natalie Joseph-Williams, Kerenza Hood, Yemisi Takwoingi, Chris Harding

“…Multiple imputation by chain equations was used to handle missing data and fractional polynomial functions were used to fit continuous variables. …”
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Melanoma-derived cytokines and extracellular vesicles are interlinked with macrophage immunosuppression by Shankar Suman, Wendy K. Nevala, Alexey A. Leontovich, James W. Jakub, Liyi Geng, Sarah A. McLaughlin, Svetomir N. Markovic

“…Therefore, our objective was to investigate the connection between tumor-promoting macrophages and melanoma-derived EVs. The analysis from altered cytokine profile data showed that melanoma-derived EVs upregulate Th2 cytokine expression in naïve macrophages, thereby contributing to the promotion of tumor-supporting functions. …”
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A Three-Way Challenge Faced by Patients Living with Diabetic Foot Ulcers at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana: A Qualitative Study by Ajaratu Lampinley, Isaac Hayford Budu, Abigail Kusi-Amponsah Diji, Alberta Yemotsoo Lomotey, Olivia Nyarko Mensah, Saviour Yao Davor, Felix Apiribu

“…Methods: In-depth interviews were conducted among 11 purposively sampled individuals living with DFU at KATH to the point of data saturation and analysed using content analysis. …”
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Conformational changes in the motor ATPase CpaF facilitate a rotary mechanism of Tad pilus assembly by Ian Y. Yen, Gregory B. Whitfield, John L. Rubinstein, Lori L. Burrows, Yves V. Brun, P. Lynne Howell

“…Among these, the tight adherence (Tad) pilus performs both functions using a single bifunctional ATPase, CpaF. …”
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Precise Crop Pest Detection Based on Co-Ordinate-Attention-Based Feature Pyramid Module by Chenrui Kang, Lin Jiao, Kang Liu, Zhigui Liu, Rujing Wang

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