Somatosensory Psychophysical Losses in Inhabitants of Riverside Communities of the Tapajós River Basin, Amazon, Brazil: Exposure to Methylmercury Is Possibly Involved. by Eliana Dirce Torres Khoury, Givago da Silva Souza, Carlos Araújo da Costa, Amélia Ayako Kamogari de Araújo, Cláudia Simone Baltazar de Oliveira, Luiz Carlos de Lima Silveira, Maria da Conceição Nascimento Pinheiro

“…When all subjects were divided in two groups independently of age-mercury-exposed and non-exposed-the following results were found: tactile sensation thresholds in mercury-exposed subjects were higher than in non-exposed subjects at all body parts, except at the left chest; vibration sensation durations were shorter in mercury-exposed than in non-exposed subjects, at all locations except in the upper sternum; two-point discrimination thresholds were higher in mercury-exposed than in non-exposed subjects at all body parts. There was a weak linear correlation between tactile sensation threshold and mercury concentration in the head hair samples. …”
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Unexplored strains and job satisfaction for individuals with visual and auditory impairments: an Italian study by Maria Donata Orfei, Desirée Estela Porcari, Gabriella Daneluzzi, Francesca Maggi, Emiliano Ricciardi, Davide Bottari

“…Methods A multidimensional web survey was administered across the Italian national territory to a sample of PwSD (n = 202) and a sample of PwTD (n = 2283). …”
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A Proof-of-Concept Study Aiming for the Integration of an Optical Biosensor in Advanced Microfluidic Devices for Alzheimer’s Disease Studies by Margarida O. Correia, Paulo Sousa, Raquel O. Rodrigues, Graça Minas

“…These results were used to guide subsequence microfluidic experiments, reducing sample volume while maintaining analytical reliability. …”
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Changes in postural stability induced by a ball-and-board game designed from a systems perspective by Anaëlle Cheillan, João Milho, Pedro Passos

“…Postural stability was assessed using both linear and nonlinear measures, which respectively capture the amount and structure of variability in the center of mass’ kinematics. …”
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The mediating role of learning engagement in the relationship between master's students' learning motivation and scientific research and innovation capability by Ke Hu, Dongmei Tang, Huan He

“…However, few studies have systematically examined the mediating function of learning engagement in this association.MethodsThis study employed a questionnaire survey method, collecting data from 3,301 master's students across eight universities in Fujian Province, with a final sample size of 3,050 valid responses. The data were analyzed using SPSS software through reliability and validity tests, descriptive statistics, and linear regression to explore the relationships among master's students' learning motivation, learning engagement, and scientific research and innovation capability.ResultsMaster's students in local colleges and universities demonstrate a relatively low level of scientific research innovation capability. …”
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TEAL-Seq: targeted expression analysis sequencing by Georgia Doing, Priya Shanbhag, Isaac Bell, Sara Cassidy, Efthymios Motakis, Elizabeth Aiken, Julia Oh, Mark D. Adams

“…Furthermore, we show that a linear pre-amplification step to increase the number of nucleic acids for analysis yielded consistent and predictable results when applied to complex samples and enabled profiling of expression from as little as 1 ng of total RNA. …”
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Perceived Social Status and Oral Health Among Medicaid Insured Adults in Iowa by Jennifer M.C. Sukalski, Natoshia M. Askelson, Julie C. Reynolds, Peter C. Damiano, Wei Shi, Xian Jin Xie, Susan C. McKernan

“…Results: The final adjusted sample size was 2,331. The mean PSS (range 1-10) was 5.3 (standard deviation 2.0). …”
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Research Progress on Identification and Extraction Methods of Soil and Water Conservation Measures by TIAN Pei, REN Yiling, CHEN Yan

“…It is necessary to further study the use of semi-supervised and weakly supervised learning methods, combined with multi-modal learning, small sample labels and other methods to obtain high-quality labeled sample data for soil and water conservation. …”
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Study of structural-mechanical properties of the ointment base by V. V. Rudenko

“…Also the composition of model samples at different ratios of emulsifier No.1 and the twin-80. …”
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Maternal urinary concentrations of bisphenol A during pregnancy and birth size in children from the Odense Child Cohort by Astrid L. Beck, Elvira V. Bräuner, Cecilie S. Uldbjerg, Youn-Hee Lim, Henriette Boye, Hanne Frederiksen, Anna-Maria Andersson, Tina Kold Jensen

“…Results BPA was detected above the limit of detection in 85% of the urine samples with a median concentration of 1.33 ng/ml. …”
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Effects of interpersonal relationships and forgiveness on post-traumatic growth in hemodialysis patients: a cross-sectional study by Yansheng Ye, Qin Xie, Yane Sun, Jianqing Xu, Linan Cheng, Linglin Kong

“…Data were analyzed using SPSS and multiple linear regression analysis was used to identify the variables associated with the scores of post-traumatic growth. …”
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Major Causes of Calf and Lamb Mortality and Morbidity and Associated Risk Factors in the Mixed Crop-Livestock Production System in Jamma District, South Wollo, Ethiopia by Atsbha Hadgu, Alemayehu Lemma, Tefera Yilma, Haben Fesseha

“…Besides, a total of 102 (81 fecal samples and 21 skin scrapings) were collected from 150 clinically ill and suspected animals to identify the cause of morbidity and mortality. …”
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Effect of Health Literacy on Quality of Life amongst Patients with Ischaemic Heart Disease in Australian General Practice. by David Alejandro González-Chica, Zandile Mnisi, Jodie Avery, Katherine Duszynski, Jenny Doust, Philip Tideman, Andrew Murphy, Jacquii Burgess, Justin Beilby, Nigel Stocks

“…Analyses were adjusted for confounders (sociodemographic variables, clinical history of IHD, number of CVD comorbidities, and CVD risk factors) using multiple linear regression.<h4>Results</h4>A total sample of 587 patients with IHD (mean age 72.0±8.4 years) was evaluated: 76.8% males, 84.2% retired or pensioner, and 51.4% with up to secondary educational level. …”
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Sleep among Brazilian adolescents before and after the COVID-19 pandemic: repeated cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses by Gabriel Pereira Maciel, Ricardo de Camargo, Marcus Vinicius Veber Lopes, Bruno Nunes de Oliveira, Bruno Galdino Gonçalves da Costa, Jean-Philippe Chaput, Kelly Samara Silva

“…Different sleep variables were obtained from wrist-worn accelerometers and validated questionnaires. Generalized linear mixed models with Gaussian distribution and identity link function were used to compare sleep variables between the survey years. …”
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Associations between testosterone and future PTSD symptoms among middle age and older UK residents by Hanyang Shen, Ciera Stafford, Joeri Meijsen, Lijin Zhang, Jacob Reiter, Rebecca B. Lawn, Alicia K. Smith, Mytilee Vermuri, Laramie E. Duncan

“…We evaluated the potential association between testosterone and subsequent development of PTSD symptoms using a large sample size, in a civilian context, inclusive of both males and females. …”
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Effects of Sequential Antimicrobial Phases on Root Canal Microbiome Dynamics in Two-Visit Treatment of Primary Apical Periodontitis: A Longitudinal Experimental Study by Bertan Kesim, Seda Tezcan Ülger, Gönül Aslan, Yakup Üstün, Ayşe Tuğba Avcı, Mustafa Öner Küçük

“…Sequencing data were analyzed with QIIME 2, and differentially abundant taxa were identified using linear discriminant analysis effect size (LEfSe). …”
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Calculating the true level of predictors significance when carrying out the procedure of regression equation specification by Nikita A. Moiseev

“…The paper is devoted to a new randomization method that yields unbiased adjustments of p-values for linear regression models predictors by incorporating the number of potential explanatory variables, their variance-covariance matrix and its uncertainty, based on the number of observations. …”
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Characteristics of knowledge and stigma of autism spectrum disorder among university students in Jordan: a nationwide cross-sectional study by Jehad Feras AlSamhori, Diala Ra’Ed Kamal Kakish, Layla Ellayyan, Tala Mohammad, Talin Hijazeen, Sewar Kheir, Ghala Bejad, Ritaj Boland, Ban Alkhaldi, Malek Aburahmeh, Mamoun Hamed Ali Abu-Suaileek, Radwan Banimustafa, Abdallah Barjas Qaswal

“…Medical students made up 811 (67.6%) of the sample, and 328 (27.3%) had prior knowledge of autism. …”
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Acute Effects of Foam Rolling and Stretching on Physical Performance and Self-Perceived Fatigue in Young Football Players by Elzan Bibić, Valentin Barišić, Borko Katanić, Andrii Chernozub, Nebojša Trajković

“…Players were tested for the following: linear sprints at 5 m, 10 m, and 20 m, squat jumps (SJs), countermovement jumps (CMJs), and arm-driven countermovement jumps (ACMJs). …”
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Resilience revisited: a systematic review and synthesis of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) and its relation with resilience by Daphne Weedage, Nienke Kool-Goudzwaard, Dwayne Meijnckens, Robert R. J. M. Vermeiren, Cyril Boonmann

“…Results Included were 17 studies with a total sample size of 12,273 participants (Mage = 17.56, range: 12.93–27.50, SD = 3.95; female: 59.5%) and a NSSI sample size of 4,767 (38.8%). …”
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