Spatial distribution and determinants of children ever born among reproductive age women in Ethiopia: spatial and multilevel analysis of 2019 mini Ethiopian demographic health surv... by Ahmed Fentaw Ahmed, Bezawit Adane, Tilahun Degu Tsega, Mekides Nigusu, Kalaab Esubalew Sharew, Abebaw Molla, Mulugeta Tesfa

“…BackgroundUnderstanding population dynamics is essential since the number of children ever born (CEB) affects the growth, composition, and structure of a nation's population. The number of CEB has increased significantly, contributing to the world's rapid population growth. …”
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Category semantic and global relation distillation for object detection by Yanpeng LIANG, Zhonggui MA, Zongjie WANG, Zhuo LI

“…Knowledge distillation stands out as it transfers knowledge from large teacher models to compact student models without modifying the network structure, enabling the student models to perform nearly as well as their larger counterparts. …”
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Alleviating abnormal stress on compressed cranial sutures: a potential mechanism for treating and preventing deformational plagiocephaly by Xin Ye, Jianfeng Huang, Yuanqi Liu, Qianyi Sun, Fen Zhang, Wei Shen, Hongda Chen, Libin Liu, Sumei Chen, Ning Yang, Ming Yan, Zhen Liu

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Thyroid Parameters and Kidney Disorder in Type 2 Diabetes: Results from the METAL Study by Yi Chen, Wen Zhang, Ningjian Wang, Yuying Wang, Chiyu Wang, Heng Wan, Yingli Lu

“…We aimed to analyze the association of thyroid parameters with kidney disorders, especially in euthyroid participants. Methods. The data were obtained from a cross-sectional study, the METAL study. …”
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Diseño, aplicación y evaluación de unidades híbridas en Educación Física: un estudio basado en la teoría de la autodeterminación (Design, apply and evaluation of hybrid units in P... by Pablo Uria-Valle, Alexander Gil-Arias

“…Participants were 41 secondary school students (Mage = 12.78, SD = 0.69), who were taught through a hybrid SE/TGfU unit of 15 lessons. The structure of this unit was designed according to the characteristics of SE model, while learning tasks were designed using the pedagogical principles of TGfU model. …”
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the quality of life of post-stroke patients in the southern region of Kazakhstan by M.I. Assylbek, M. Anartaуeva, N. Zharkynbekova, G. Sarsenbayeva, K. Kemelbekov

“…The focus on the Turkestan region allowed to analyze the regional aspects of healthcare and social structure, as well as their impact on the availability of medical services and overall support for patients during the pandemic. …”
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Acoustic emission localization model of concrete material based on convolutional neural network by DENG Yongdong, ZHOU Jingren, LU Xiang, CHEN Jiangkang

“…In addition, the effect of the number of convolutional layers and the size of convolutional kernel on the localization accuracy is analyzed, and the optimal convolutional neural network structure is obtained. At the same time, in order to verify the localization performance of the constructed localization model, it is compared with the traditional iterative localization method, and the advantages of the constructed localization model in terms of localization accuracy and efficiency are analyzed.Results and Discussions　For the case of 8 sensors, the optimal number of convolutional layers is 4, and the optimal convolutional kernel size is 3×1. …”
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A Mobile App (Joint Effort) to Support Cannabis Use Self-Management and Reinforce the Use of Protective Behavioral Strategies: Development Process and Usability Testing by José Côté, Patricia Auger, Gabrielle Chicoine, Jinghui Cheng, Sylvie Cossette, Guillaume Fontaine, Christine Genest, Shalini Lal, Judith Lapierre, M Gabrielle Pagé, Marc-André Maheu-Cadotte, Geneviève Rouleau, Billy Vinette, Didier Jutras-Aswad

“…Six steps were followed: (1) focus groups were conducted to identify needs and preferences regarding CU interventions; (2) a matrix of change objectives was used to select target behaviors and determinants; (3) theory-based intervention methods and practical applications were selected; (4) focus groups were held to validate the intervention structure and examples of tailored messages; (5) preliminary intervention content was created; and (6) the intervention content was transposed into a mobile app prototype. …”
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Remodelación ósea a través del Modelo de Stanford // Bone remodeling through the Stanford´s Model. by H. Figueredo-Losada, V. González-Fernández, J. Batista-Aguiar, M. Muramatsu, Á. M. Felipe-Garmendia

“…</p><p>_____________________________________________________________________________</p><p>Abstract<br />The bone material is radically different to any other material tried by the classic mechanics, its<br />structure is heterogeneous and anisótropic, and its mechanical properties not vary alone among<br />different individuals, but also, for oneself bone. …”
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POSTMODERNISM AS PRESENTIMENT IN THE THEORY OF “AUTHORIAL CINEMA” AND THE FILMS OF THE FRENCH “NEW WAVE” / ПОСТМОДЕРНИЗМ КАК ПРЕДЧУВСТВИЕ В ТЕОРИИ «АВТОРСКОГО КИНО» И ФИЛЬМАХ ФРА... by REIFMAN B.V. / РЕЙФМАН Б.В.

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The impact of deprivation and neighbourhood food environments on home food environments, parental feeding practices, child eating behaviours, food preferences and BMI: The Family F... by Andrea D Smith, Alice Kininmonth, Kristiane Tommerup, David Boniface, Chiara Gericke, Tiffany Denning, Carolyn Summerbell, Christina Vogel, Clare Llewellyn

“…Greater deprivation was also associated with a more obesogenic home food environment (β = -0.19, p < 0.001) and lower meal structure (β = 0.17, p < 0.001). Exposure to less healthy neighbourhood food environments around and between home and school were associated with a more obesogenic home food environment (β = -0.07, p < 0.01), but no significant associations were found with feeding practices, child eating behaviours or child BMI. …”
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Risk Factors, Clinical Features of the Course of Myocardial Infarction and Treatment of Young Patients Based on Two Hospital Registries by O. L. Barbarash, D. Yu. Sedykh, I. S. Bykova, V. V. Kashtalap, A. D. Erlich

“…In a young age differences in the frequency and structure of outcomes in one year after referent MI were not found when comparing registries.…”
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Research on the Influence Mechanism of “Scenery-Relics” Landscape on Public Spatio-Temporal Behavior and Perception Preference in Industrial Wasteland: A Case Study of Shougang Ind... by Sijia QIU, Lige BAO, Jing XU, Fang WEI

“…This approach provides a theoretical reference for the design and transformation of post-industrial landscapes, the optimization of urban green space structure, and the organic renewal of industrial wastelands.…”
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Development and Psychometric Evaluation of an Instrument to Assess Physical Activity Participation Behavior Among Chinese Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Liao Y, Wang H, Zhan Y, Liu Y, Wang W, Ke H, Lan F, Zhi Q, Li W, Yu J

“…A sample of COPD patients diagnosed over a year was randomly divided into two groups for exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to test the factor structure. The scale’s content validity, internal consistency and test-retest reliability were further assessed.Results: 433 COPD patients from four hospitals in a city in China participated in this study. …”
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Organisation of physical education in universities for students with disabilities: Modular approach by L. V. Zakharova, O. N. Moskovchenko, U. Solimene, N. V. Tretyakova, N. V. Bannikova, N. V. Lyulina, O. A. Kattsin

“…Also, the authors used the methods of mathematical statistics to process the study results. The received data were processed with Microsoft Office Excel. …”
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Quality of Life after Brain Injury in children aged six and seven years (QOLIBRI-KIDDY) – development and scale analysis of the first disease-specific self-report instrument for yo... by Nicole von Steinbuechel, Marina Zeldovich, Fabian Bockhop, Ugne Krenz, Dagmar Timmermann, Anna Buchheim, Inga K. Koerte, Michaela Veronika Bonfert, Steffen Berweck, Matthias Kieslich, Knut Brockmann, Maike Roediger, Sven Greving, Axel Neu, Ulrike Wartemann, Joachim Suss, Christian Auer, Holger Muehlan, Katrin Cunitz

“…After item reduction based on a confirmatory scale analysis considering the six-factor structure of the questionnaire versions for older children, adolescents, and adults (Cognition, Self, Daily Life & Autonomy, Social Relationships, Emotions, Physical Problems), its reliability and validity were investigated. …”
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Urgent natural foci infections transmitted by ticks in Saint-Petersburg by V. V. Nechaev, A. A. Yakovlev, A. N. Uskov, L. E. Boburina, N. V. Lavrova, M. N. Pogromskaya, B. I. Aslanov, A. O. Shapar, S. V. Pavlenko, L. N. Pozhidaeva, A. K. Ivanov, A. I. Kravtsova, S. A. Leppik, E. I. Vitovich, M. I. Fedunyak

“…The clinical forms of both diseases did not differ in their structure from the country data, however after 2012 subclinical forms were more common in women. …”
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Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of phytochrome gene family in Aikang58 wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by Zhu Yang, Zhu Yang, Wenjie Kan, Wenjie Kan, Ziqi Wang, Caiguo Tang, Yuan Cheng, Yuan Cheng, Dacheng Wang, Dacheng Wang, Yameng Gao, Lifang Wu, Lifang Wu

“…In this study, we employed bioinformatics methods to identify eight TaAkPHY genes in the Aikang58 wheat variety. Based on gene structure, conserved domains, and phylogenetic relationships, the TaAkPHY gene family exhibits a high degree of conservation. …”
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The effect of sociodemographic, socioeconomic, and health factors on healthcare utilization in cardiovascular patients in Serbia: a part of National Health Survey by Tamara Lekovic, Tamara Lekovic, Nikoleta Janicijevic, Milos Potezica, Nela Djonovic, Nela Djonovic, Dragan Vasiljevic, Katarina Janicijevic, Melanija Tepavcevic, Snezana Knezevic, Jelena Vuckovic Filipovic, Jelena Vuckovic Filipovic, Amela Rastoder Celebic, Amela Rastoder Celebic, Svetlana Vukosavljevic, Svetlana Vukosavljevic, Maja Mirocevic Rotolo, Maja Mirocevic Rotolo, Dalibor Stajic

“…ObjectivesThis cross-sectional analytical study explores the predictors of the healthcare utilization in the adult population with cardiovascular diseases.MethodologyThe research was carried out as part of the fourth Serbian National Health Survey, in the period from October to December 2019, as a descriptive, cross-sectional analytical study and included the population of cardiovascular patients (N = 4,712) aged over 20 years; Descriptive and inferential statistical methods, including percentage-based structure indicators, Chi-square (χ2) tests for categorical variable differences, and prevalence ratio for examining relationships between dependent and independent variables, were used in the data analysis.ResultsThe analysis identified several significant contributors to cardiovascular healthcare utilization, emphasizing distinct and overlapping factors that impact various types of healthcare use. …”
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“Vaccinating a child is upon the woman”: implications for improving uptake for the recently introduced second dose of measles-containing vaccine based on a rapid community assessme... by Adelline Twimukye, Nessa Ryan, Flavia Vivian Najjuma, Yvette Wibabara, Judith Nanyondo, Shillah Nakato, Maria Sarah Nabaggala, Ciara Sugerman, Daniel Kadobera, Rita Atugonza, John Kamulegeya, Joseph Magoola, Racheal Beyagira, Mohammed Lamorde, Alex Riolexus Ario, Alfred Driwale, Shibani Kulkarni

“…We conducted a rapid analysis based of debriefing notes and in-depth thematic analysis of translated transcripts. Data were analyzed using NVivo version 12, wherein we used the framework analysis approach to define and structure codes deductively and inductively to identify themes. …”
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