Why do patients take part in research? An updated overview of systematic reviews of psychosocial barriers and facilitators by Peter Knapp, Peter Bower, Amber Lidster, Hugh O’Hare, Laura Ferreira Sol, Su Golder, Chris Keyworth, Adwoa Parker, Rebecca Sheridan

“…Abstract Background Efficient, equitable health research depends on understanding why people decide to take part. …”
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2dSpAn-Auto: an automated tool for analysis of two-dimensional dendritic spine images by Shauvik Paul, Rahul Pramanick, Nirmal Das, Ewa Baczynska, Zeinab Bedrood, Tapabrata Chakraborti, Subhadip Basu, Jakub Wlodarczyk

“…Abstract Background Quantitative analysis of dendritic spine morphology and density is crucial for understanding synaptic plasticity and its role in neuropsychiatric disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease and schizophrenia. …”
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APAKAH FINTECH PAYMENT MEMPENGARUHI JUB? BUKTI DARI STUDI DI INDONESIA PASCA TERJADINYA COVID-19 by Siti Fatimah Azzahro, Handy Nugraha

“…This study uses a quantitative approach with the VECM (Vector Error Correction Model) method. …”
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Gray Brick Wall Surface Damage Detection of Traditional Chinese Buildings in Macau: Damage Quantification and Thermodynamic Analysis Method via YOLOv8 Technology by Liang Zheng, Jianyi Zheng, Yile Chen, Yuchan Zheng, Wei Lao, Shuaipeng Chen

“…To address the inefficiencies and low accuracy of traditional manual inspections, this study proposes an automated recognition and quantitative detection method for wall surface damage based on the YOLOv8 deep learning object detection model. …”
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Optimization of The Budget of The Industrial Complex Transformation Strategy Based on Neural Network Modeling by A. G. Boev, A. G. Puzakov, Yu. P. Anisimov

“…The methods of neural network modeling and budgeting, comparative quantitative and structural analysis, index approach and other tools are used in the work.The results of the study. …”
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Oil-Painting Style Classification Using ResNet with Conditional Information Bottleneck Regularization by Yaling Dang, Fei Duan, Jia Chen

“…We implement this conditional term using a matrix-based Rényi’s entropy estimator, thereby avoiding costly variational approximations and ensuring computational efficiency. We evaluate our method on two public benchmarks: the Pandora dataset (7740 images across 12 artistic movements) and the OilPainting dataset (19,787 images across 17 styles). …”
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Environmental impacts and nitrogen-carbon-energy nexus of vegetable production in subtropical plateau lake basins by Yousheng He, Ruifeng Su, Yuan Wang, Shunjin Li, Qi Huang, Xinping Chen, Wei Zhang, Zhi Yao, Zhi Yao

“…Globally, vegetables account for 13% of the harvested area but consume 25% of the fertilizer, leading to serious environmental impacts. However, the quantitative evaluation of vegetable production systems in subtropical plateau lake basins and the establishment of optimal management practices to further reduce environmental risks are still lacking. …”
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Perception of Space in the Traditional and Virtual Classroom by T. G. Nikitina

“…Students of a higher educational institution were offered a questionnaire, the results of which were processed using a statistical method. Quantitative trends were then interpreted in the application to the learning process. …”
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Effects of Hmcn1 on osteogenic differentiation, migration and proliferation of MC3T3-E1 cells in vitro by ZHOU Tao, WANG Zuolin

“…The relative expression of Hmcn1 was detected by real‐time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT‐qPCR) at 0, 3, 7 and 14 d respectively. …”
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Statistical analysis of the financial state of the banking sector by O. G. Tretyakova, T. I. Chinaeva

“…The main indicators of the bank resource base and efficiency of its use are considered. The main trends of changes in  the structure of bank liabilities and assets are analyzed, and the  analysis of the ratios of loans and deposits is given. …”
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Dietary milk phospholipids increase body fat and modulate gut permeability, systemic inflammation, and lipid metabolism in mice by Albert Lihong Zhou, Robert E. Ward

“…Hepatic expression of genes associated with lipid metabolism was assessed by real-time quantitative PCR. The MPL diet increased the efficiency of converting food into body fat and facilitated body fat accumulation compared with CO. …”
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Estimation of aerosol and cloud radiative heating rate in the tropical stratosphere using a radiative kernel method by J. Gao, J. Gao, Y. Huang, J. S. Wright, K. Li, T. Geng, Q. Yu

“…However, quantitative understanding of these effects is still very poor. …”
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Copy number variations at the Rhg1 locus and their relationship with resistance to soybean cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines) by Dinesh Poudel, Guiping Yan, Carrie Miranda, Gustavo Fernando Kreutz, Intiaz Amin Chowdhury

“…To determine CNVs at the Rhg1, a SYBR Green-based quantitative PCR (qPCR) assay was optimized and validated using 12 soybean accessions with known copy numbers. …”
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Adapting Vision Transformer-Based Object Detection Model for Handwritten Text Line Segmentation Task by Osman Furkan KARAKUŞ, Ayla GULCU, Ali Can KARACA

“…We show that the DETR model which requires only a single fine-tuning phase for adapting to line-segmentation task, not only simplifies the training and implementation process but also improves accuracy and efficiency in detecting and segmenting handwritten text lines. …”
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Th1 and Th2 cytokine response of peripheral blood macrophages-lymphocyte co-culture on challenge with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin and Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37RV in different cat... by Surangana Saha, Urmita Chakraborty, Avranil Goswami, Nishith Kumar Pal

“…Background: The quantitative analysis of Th1 and Th2 cytokines by in vitro challenged macrophages from tuberculosis (TB) patients of different clinical setting and healthy controls would enlighten our knowledge of macrophage efficiency at different ages and status of disease, facilitating new treatment feasibility by immunotherapy. …”
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Biases from Oxford Nanopore library preparation kits and their effects on microbiome and genome analysis by Ziming Chen, Chian Teng Ong, Loan To Nguyen, Harrison J. Lamb, O. González-Recio, M. Gutiérrez-Rivas, Sarah J. Meale, Elizabeth M. Ross

“…Due to longer reads, ligation kits showed increased taxonomic classification efficiency compared to the rapid protocols. Rumen microbial profile at different taxonomic levels and mock community profile showed significant variation due to the library preparation method used. …”
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Rethinking Macramé Instruction: A Mathematical Approach to Sustainable Cord Usage in Textile Education by Fatimatu Hajia Ibrahim, Boakye Antwi, Karim Azumah, Issah Mohammed Seini

“…A combination of descriptive and inferential statistical analyses was employed to evaluate quantitative data collected from participants. Findings: The results revealed statistically significant improvements in student engagement, motivation, and overall learning outcomes post-intervention. …”
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ELECTROMYOGRAPHY AS A METHOD FOR ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ORTHOPEDIC TREATMENT OF PATHOLOGICAL ABRASION OF HARD TISSUES OF TEETH by G.M. Balia, I.M. Tkachenko, D.M. Korol, V.M. Dvornyk

“…The EMG data of the research groups before treatment showed a different degree of the rhythm of chewing movements, a clear alternation of the phases of activity and rest, uneven inclusion of motor units in the contraction process compared to healthy patients, the habitual side of chewing was determined, as a result of which an extension of chewing time, a decrease in its rhythm and chewing efficiency. Thirty days after the appropriate treatment, the electromyographic study showed morphological and functional changes in the maxillofacial apparatus of the patients of the experimental groups, which were reflected in the quantitative indicators of the EMG of the masticatory muscles. …”
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A systematic review of computational simulation methods for predicting the toxicity of chemical compounds by Akram Tabrizi, Fatemeh Paridokht, Yaser Khorshidi Behzadi, Rezvan Zendehdel

“…Introduction: With the rapid development of new chemicals across various industries and the growing need for efficient and accurate toxicity assessments, in silico methods have emerged as a screening tool due to their cost-effectiveness, time efficiency, and reduction in animal testing. …”
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River total dissolved gas prediction using a hybrid greedy-stepwise feature selection and bidirectional long short-term memory model by Khabat Khosravi, Salim Heddam, Changhyun Jun, Sayed M. Bateni, Dongkyun Kim, Essam Heggy

“…Model performance was compared using multiple quantitative and qualitative metrics, including the Nash–Sutcliffe Efficiency and uncertainty coefficient. …”
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