Non-Immersive Virtual Reality Exercise Can Increase Exercise in Older Adults Living in the Community and in Long-Term Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Sheehy L, Bharadwaj L, Nissen KA, Estey JL

“…Lisa Sheehy,1 Lalita Bharadwaj,2 Kelsey Annie Nissen,2 Justine L Estey2 1Bruyère Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; 2Centre for Innovation and Research in Aging, Fredericton, New Brunswick, CanadaCorrespondence: Lisa Sheehy, Bruyère Health Research Institute, 43 Bruyère St, Ottawa, ON, K1N 5C8, Canada, Tel +01 613 562 6262 ext. 1593, Email lsheehy@bruyere.orgPurpose: To assess the impact of an 8-week non-immersive virtual reality exercise program for older adults on 1) balance, physical function, community integration and quality of life; 2) falls, emergency room visits, hospital and long-term care admissions; 3) quantity of exercise performed; and 4) acceptance of non-immersive virtual reality.Patients and Methods: This prospective, assessor-blinded, randomized controlled trial was carried out on two separate samples of older adults: those living in their own homes (“home-based”) and those living in long-term care (“facility-based”). …”
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Changes of Narrative: Osvald Sirén’s Photographic Modeling of Modern Research on Chinese Garden by Jiuwen GU, Yuanfeng SHI, Shan JIA

“…ObjectivePhotography, as an innovative method of recording Chinese gardens in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, has a significant impact on the research on gardens both then and in later generations. …”
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Segmentasi Citra X-Ray Dada Menggunakan Metode Modifikasi Deeplabv3+ by Rima Tri Wahyuningrum, Maughfirotul Jannah, Budi Dwi Satoto, Amillia Kartika Sari, Anggraini Dwi Sensusiati

“…Computer Aided Diagnosis (CAD) is a computer assisted diagnosis system that can be used as supporting information in making a diagnosis. To make it easier to make a diagnosis, we need a deep learning model that can help with this. …”
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Editorial by Daniel Halliday

“…Again, such hierarchies might not be so profound in a society where all incomes were due to individuals’ own efforts. On the other hand, there are reasons to defend intergenerational wealth transfers as a means through which families can retain important assets, like a cherished home, and so that parents can exercise a degree of partiality towards their offspring or other chosen recipients. …”
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Identification and Spatial Mapping of Locality of Streetscapes in Shanghai Hengfu Historic and Cultural Preservation Area by Yuhan SHAO, Sinan YIN, Dongbo MA, Yuting YIN

“…Taking Shanghai Hengfu Historic and Cultural Preservation Area (hereinafter referred to as the “Area”) as an example, the research adopts the semantic segmentation method and an AI-based evaluation model to analyze the locality of the Area, with the specific process being visualized using the Geographic Information System (GIS). The current spatial expression of streetscape locality characteristics in the Area is then discussed considering factors such as land use on both sides of a street, architectural styles, and traffic hierarchies.ResultsResults suggest that in the aspect of physical locality, the indicators of enclosing degree, green visibility and sky visibility are consistent in spatial distribution. …”
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Influencing Mechanisms of Ecosystem Services on Net Carbon Sink Efficiency and Spatial Differentiation Thereof: A Case Study of the Shanghai Metropolitan Area by Haoyang SONG, Min WANG

“…In addition, the spatial spillover effects of ecosystem services are innovatively revealed according to ecosystem service flow conduction mechanisms.ResultsResearch results are summarized as follows. 1) During the 11 years from the 2010 to 2020, the growth of carbon dioxide emissions in the Shanghai Metropolitan Area gradually slowed down, while the net primary productivity of vegetation continued to increase, and the areas with high carbon emissions and high carbon sinks were partially overlapped; in addition, the net carbon sink efficiency of some core nodes, such as Shanghai City, maintained a steady improvement, effectively driving neighboring cities to reduce carbon emissions and increase carbon sinks; meanwhile, the areas with improved net carbon sink efficiency have some similar characteristics and can be divided into 2 types: areas with high production value, high carbon emissions, and high carbon sinks, and those with medium-high production value, low carbon emissions, and medium-high carbon sinks. 2) The four ecosystem services have significant spatial heterogeneity and relatively stable changes over the 11-year period, with the high values mainly distributed in the southwestern part of the area with high vegetation cover and the area around the Taihu Lake with concentrated water resources, while the low values mainly distributed in the concentrated urban construction areas and near the regional traffic arteries, and the total amount of the four ecosystem services has shown fluctuating characteristics. 3) Regarding the spatial decomposition effects of ecosystem services on net carbon sink efficiency, there are differences in the coefficients, directions and significance of the spatial effects of different ecosystem services. …”
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Editorial by Thomas Duve

“…Das stellt Elizabeth Papp Kamalis Beitrag zur rechtlichen Bedeutung von intoxication im mittelalterlichen englischen Recht heraus. …”
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Transcriptomic profiles of monocyte-derived macrophages exposed to SARS-CoV-2 VOCs reveal immune-evasion escape driven by delta by Alessia Gallo, Josè Camilla Sammartino, Roberta Vazzana, Roberto Giambruno, Claudia Carcione, Nicola Cuscino, Salvatore Castelbuono, Vitale Miceli, Matteo Bulati, Daniele Lilleri, Irene Cassaniti, Pier Giulio Conaldi, Fausto Baldanti

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The diagnostic value of the combined application of blood lipid metabolism markers and interleukin-6 in osteoporosis and osteopenia by Liping Fan, Jiahao Chen, Chong Chen, Yongwei Zhang, Yeqing Yang, Zhe Chen

“…Methods Data from 276 patients treated in the orthopaedics department were retrospectively analysed. Their general information was collected, and the relationships among the blood lipid profile, IL-6 with bone turnover markers, and bone mineral density (BMD) were analysed. …”
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Evaluation of Southern African wild edible plants for potential herb-drug interactions through ex vivo p-glycoprotein and in vitro cytochrome P450 3A4 inhibitory effects by P.S. Kheoane, K.C. Mokhetho, S. Mokhele, K.C. Mbara, C.M. Leonard, T.H. Gadaga, C. Tarirai

“…Background: Wild edible plants (WEPs) including herbs provide staple foods as well as income for local communities on the African continent. …”
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Presenting a Framework of Effective Factors on the Implementation of Policies in the Field of Protection and Exploitation of Forests in the North of the Country by Davoud Hosseinpoor, Seyed Mahdi Alvani, Hossein Aslipour, Aghil Ghorbani Paji

“…Results The analysis of the collected data yielded a substantial amount of valuable information. Specifically, 473 open codes (representing initial concepts) were identified, which were further distilled into 390 basic themes. …”
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Potential impact and mechanism of aged polyethylene microplastics on nitrogen assimilation of Lactuca sativa L. by Xiaoli Mou, Hedong Zhu, Renrui Dai, Li Lu, Shengqi Qi, Min Zhu, Yuyang Long, Nan Ma, Chao Chen, Jiali Shentu

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A prospective cohort study on the impact of healthy lifestyles on all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality among adult residents in Guizhou province by Jie ZHOU, Ling LI, Ji ZHANG, Lisha YU, Yujin REN, Wei JI, Yingjiao MU, Tao LIU

“…After excluding participants with incomplete baseline lifestyle information and loss to follow-up, 9 085 adult residents were finally included. …”
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Network Meta-Analysis of Factors Influencing the Carbon Sink Capacity of Urban Park Green Spaces by Yutong JI, Tianyi LIN, Lian LIU, Xiong LI

“…While habitat composition and planting strategies offer substantial localized benefits, their variability necessitates tailored interventions informed by specific ecological and social contexts. …”
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Off-the-shelf CAR-NK cells targeting immunogenic cell death marker ERp57 execute robust antitumor activity and have a synergistic effect with ICD inducer oxaliplatin by Jichao Sun, Dinglan Wu, Liuhai Zheng, Huifang Wang, Jihao Zhou, Guangwei Shi, Jingbo Ma, Yuke Jiang, Zhiyu Dong, Jiexuan Li, Yuan-Qiao He, Chengchao Xu, Zhijie Li, Jigang Wang

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Characteristics of the Volunteer Service Management System for National Parks in the United Kingdom by Tianyi REN, Chuanbo HONG, Yinglin WANG

“…Second, in order to realize the public welfare of national parks, the volunteer service management system has set up a wide range of volunteer participation methods, which are embodied in the following two aspects. 1) Publicly available volunteer recruitment information; 2) classified recruitment and management method that cover a wide range of volunteers. …”
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Estimation of yield and nitrogen use efficiencies in hybrid maize varieties through site specific nitrogen management based on leaf color chart (LCC) by Suhail Fayaz, Raihana Habib Kanth, Tauseef A. Bhat, Eajaz Ahmad Dar, Zahoor Ahmad Shah, Moneesa Bashir, Aijaz Nazir, Bilkees Jamsheed, Mohd. Salim Mir, Zahoor A. Dar, Shailja Sharma, Aabid Hussain Lone, Dawood Yousuf, Nadhir Al-Ansari, Mohamed A. Mattar, Ali Salem

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Solid Predominant Histology and High Podoplanin Expression in Cancer-Associated Fibroblast Predict Primary Resistance to Osimertinib in EGFR-Mutated Lung Adenocarcinoma by Yuji Uehara, MD, Hiroki Izumi, MD, PhD, Tetsuro Taki, MD, PhD, Tetsuya Sakai, MD, PhD, Hibiki Udagawa, MD, PhD, Eri Sugiyama, MD, PhD, Shigeki Umemura, MD, PhD, Yoshitaka Zenke, MD, PhD, Shingo Matsumoto, MD, PhD, Kiyotaka Yoh, MD, PhD, Shoko Kubota, MD, PhD, Keiju Aokage, MD, PhD, Naoya Sakamoto, MD, PhD, Shingo Sakashita, MD, PhD, Motohiro Kojima, MD, PhD, Michiko Nagamine, MD, PhD, Yukio Hosomi, MD, PhD, Masahiro Tsuboi, MD, PhD, Koichi Goto, MD, PhD, Genichiro Ishii, MD, PhD

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Student Engagement and Feedback on Online Learning and Facilitation: A Case Study of the National Open University of Nigeria by Adewale Adesina, Dorothy Ofoha, Olufemi A. Peters, Isaac S. Butswat

“…Mots-clés : Engagement des étudiants, retour d'information, facilitation en ligne, apprentissage en ligne, NOUN …”
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Çin Siyasi Düşüncesi ve Siyasi Tarihi Bağlamında Çinli Siyasi Elitler by Tuğrul Keskin

“…The comparative approach, while innovative, sometimes overemphasizes similarities between Chinese and Turkish contexts, occasionally glossing over critical differences in cultural, historical, and geopolitical realities. …”
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