Chest wall restriction device for modeling respiratory challenges and dysfunction by Victoria Ribeiro Rodrigues, Lizuannette Mejia, Rafael G. Zucchi, Paul W. Davenport, Nicholas J. Napoli

“…Breathing relies on unrestricted movement of the chest wall to maintain O2 and CO2 balance. Understanding the effects of chest and abdominal restrictions on respiratory function is critical for studying conditions such as respiratory diseases, extreme environments, and load-induced impairments. …”
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Logistic Regression Analysis of Clinical Characteristics for Differentiation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Severity by Shuaixing Guo

“…The predictive factors of severe COPD were analyzed by univariate and multivariate logistic regression, and the nomogram model of severe COPD was constructed. The clinical variables, including gender, height, weight, body mass index (BMI), age, course, diabetes, hypertension, smoking history, WBC, NEUT, lymphocyte count (LY), MONO, eosinophil count (EOS), PLT, mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet distribution width (PDW), partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2), and PaCO2, were collected. …”
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Class Precarity and Solidarity in Education by Abdul Aziz Hafiz

“…The aim is to ground prosociality in co-operative social and educational practices rooted in the conscientisation of social and solidarity economy. …”
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A robust audio steganography algorithm based on differential evolution by Zhaopin SU, Chaoyong SHEN, Guofu ZHANG, Feng YUE, Donghui HU

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Class Precarity and Solidarity in Education by Abdul Aziz Hafiz

“…The aim is to ground prosociality in co-operative social and educational practices rooted in the conscientisation of social and solidarity economy. …”
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ANALYSIS OF CLIMATE-RELATED RISK AND MAIZE PRODUCTION IN SOUTHWEST, NIGERIA by Lawrence Olusola OPARINDE, Emmanuel Chilekwu OKOGBUE

“…Secondary data between 1981 and 2012 were collected on relevant variables and analysed using Growth Function, Co-integration Model (Autoregressive Distributed Lag Approach) and J-P Model. …”
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Treatment with combined exercise in patients with resistant major depression (TRACE-RMD): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Nagore Iriarte-Yoller, José Etxaniz-Oses, Cristobal Pavón-Navajas, Mikel Tous-Espelosin, Pedro M. Sánchez-Gómez, Sara Maldonado-Martín, Ana B. Yoller-Elburgo, Edorta Elizagarate-Zabala

“…Secondary outcome variables will include cardiorespiratory fitness (peak oxygen uptake through peak cardiopulmonary exercise test), body composition (bioimpedance and anthropometric variables), physical activity level (the International Physical Activity Questionnaire), health-related quality of life (the Short Form-36 Health Survey), functional outcome (the Sheehan Disability Scale and Quality of Life in Depression Scale), overall disease severity (the Clinical Global Impression Scale-Severity of Illness), and biochemical variables (a fasting blood sample). …”
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State Identification of Charging Module Based on SN‐EMD‐SSEE and DBO‐HKELM by Bingyu Li, Xianhai Pang, Xuhao Du, Ziwen Cai

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Neighborhood competition improves biomass estimation for Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) but not Pyrenean oak (Quercus pyrenaica Willd.) in young mixed forest stands by Eric Cudjoe, Ricardo Ruiz-Peinado, Hans Pretzsch, Shamim Ahmed, Felipe Bravo

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Effects of short-term heat stress on PSII and subsequent recovery for senescent leaves of Vitis vinifera L. cv. Red Globe by Kun ZHANG, Bai-hong CHEN, Yan HAO, Rui YANG, Yu-an WANG

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Output Feedback Adaptive Dynamic Surface Sliding-Mode Control for Quadrotor UAVs with Tracking Error Constraints by Guoqiang Zhu, Sen Wang, Lingfang Sun, Weichun Ge, Xiuyu Zhang

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Hydration Kinetics of Biochar-Enhanced Cement Composites: A Mini-Review by Shah Room, Ali Bahadori-Jahromi

“…Despite the benefits, there are some challenges such as variable BC properties, optimal dosage, and scalability. …”
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History and Activities Developed by Student Scientific Societies in Latin American Medical Education by Castro-Rodríguez, Yuri Alejandro

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Prevalence and correlates of metabolic syndrome in patients with initial-treatment and drug-naïve bipolar disorder: A large sample cross-sectional study. by Yilin Fang, Bingchuan Yan, Zhihua Liu, Lin Zhang

“…Patients with bipolar disorder (BD) are frequently prone to metabolic syndrome (MetS), and their co-morbidity adversely affects patient care outcomes. …”
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Multi-objective Predictive Control of Gas Turbine System Based on T-S Fuzzy Model by Guolian HOU, Xiaoyan DAI, Linjuan GONG, Haixin XU, Jianhua ZHANG

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Unifying human infectious disease models and real-time awareness of population- and subpopulation-level intervention effectiveness by Rachel L. Seibel, Michael J. Tildesley, Edward M. Hill

“…However, due to data limitations and inference challenges, infectious disease models usually omit these variables. We constructed a compartmental, deterministic Susceptible-Exposed-Infectious-Recovered (SEIR) disease model that includes a behavioural function with parameters influencing intervention uptake. …”
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A Research on Modification Method for NSM FRP-Concrete Bonded Joints Strength Models by Jing Li, Liwen Zhang, Yanggui Deng, Junping Zhang

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Oocyte and dietary supplements: a mini review by Hao Chen, Shuoqi Wang, Meiying Song, Dongxia Yang, Hongmei Li

“…Rising rates of infertility have stimulated interest in dietary supplements to improve oocyte quality through mitochondrial function, antioxidant activity, and epigenetically regulated metabolic pathways. …”
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Hyporheic Oxygen Dynamics in the East River, Colorado: Insights From an In‐Situ, High Frequency Time Series During Two Distinct Flow Seasons by Michael N. Gooseff, Ruby N. Ghosh, Erin Cantrell, M. Evan Matusz, Charles McIntire, Vivek Philip

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Reducing Building Energy Performance Gap: Integrating Agent-Based Modelling and Building Performance Simulation by Chi-Li Chiang, John Calautit

“…The building energy performance gap (BEPG) remains a significant challenge, undermining the accuracy of energy simulations and complicating efforts to design energy-efficient buildings. This study addresses this issue by developing an adaptive occupant behaviour framework for office buildings, integrating agent-based modelling (ABM) with a building performance simulation (BPS) platform. …”
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