Effects of Prehabilitation With Advanced Technologies in Patients With Musculoskeletal Diseases Waiting for Surgery: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Stefania Guida, Jacopo Antonino Vitale, Eva Swinnen, David Beckwée, Silvia Bargeri, Federico Pennestrì, Greta Castellini, Silvia Gianola

“…We found different prehabilitation programs: mindfulness-based stress reduction, exercise, education, or a combination thereof. …”
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The impact of land use/land cover change on ecosystem services in Golestan province by Hamidreza Kamyab, Nasim Shabani

“…Markov Chain Analysis is a convenient tool for modeling land use change, when changes and processes in the landscape are difficult to describe. …”
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Changes in Physical Activity, Heart Rate, and Sleep Measured by Activity Trackers During the COVID-19 Pandemic Across 34 Countries: Retrospective Analysis by Bastien Wyatt, Nicolas Forstmann, Nolwenn Badier, Anne-Sophie Hamy, Quentin De Larochelambert, Juliana Antero, Arthur Danino, Vincent Vercamer, Paul De Villele, Benjamin Vittrant, Thomas Lanz, Fabien Reyal, Jean-François Toussaint, Lidia Delrieu

“…The statistical methods used included descriptive analyses, time-trend analysis, and mixed models to evaluate the impact of restriction measures, controlling for potential confounders such as sex, age, and seasonal variations. …”
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The epidemiology of infectious meningitis in Ghana: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Samuel A. Akwetey, Abdul-Halim Osman, Fleischer C. N. Kotey, Aaron Awere-Duodu, Alex Odoom, Bismark Opoku-Asare, Eric S. Donkor

“…Studies that exclusively reported on meningitis in animal models, in vitro or in vivo were excluded. Studies with a sample size of less than ten were excluded from the analysis. …”
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The impact of weather and extreme events on malaria transmission in the Brazilian Amazon: a case-crossover and population-based studyResearch in context by Nicholas J. Arisco, Cassio Peterka, Joel Schwartz, Marcia C. Castro

“…Generalized additive quasi-Poisson models were used to assess the influence of ENSO events on malaria cases. …”
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Neuroinflammation, body temperature and behavioural changes in CD1 male mice undergoing acute restraint stress: An exploratory study. by Veronica Redaelli, Alice Bosi, Fabio Luzi, Paolo Cappella, Pietro Zerbi, Nicola Ludwig, Daniele Di Lernia, John Vincent Roughan, Luca Porcu, Davide Soranna, Gianfranco Parati, Laura Calvillo

“…<h4>Background</h4>Animal models used to study pathologies requiring rehabilitation therapy, such as cardiovascular and neurologic disorders or oncologic disease, must be as refined and translationally relevant as possible. …”
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Clinical efficacy of perampanel for partial-onset and primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures by Besag F, Patsalos P

“…For PGTCS, the median seizure reduction was 76.5% for perampanel and 38.4% for placebo. …”
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Enhancing Port Energy Autonomy Through Hybrid Renewables and Optimized Energy Storage Management by Dimitrios Cholidis, Nikolaos Sifakis, Nikolaos Savvakis, George Tsinarakis, Avraam Kartalidis, George Arampatzis

“…By bridging the gap between theoretical modeling and practical implementation, it offers a scalable and adaptable solution for improving cost efficiency and energy resilience in port operations.…”
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Hepatoprotective potential of goutweed (aegopodium podagraria l.): screening by О. О. Koyro, С. Yu. Shtrygol

“…These results demonstrate protective effects of the goutweed leaves preparations and biologically active substances against carbon tetrachloride-induced liver injury and indicate the need for the further in-depth investigation of their hepatoprotective activity mechanisms on the other models of liver injury that differ in pathogenesis.…”
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Development of the composition and technology of a combined gel for the treatment of osteoarthritis with a pharmacological rationale for the content of components by U. V. Nogaeva, Ju. M. Kotsur, E. V. Flisyuk, D. Yu. Ivkin, E. D. Semivelichenko, I. A. Titovich, I. A. Narkevich, V. G. Antonov

“…The concentrations of active substances were selected based on the results of preclinical studies. OA was modeled by the combined administration of 0.1 ml of a mixture of Freund's complete adjuvant with a 10 % talc suspension in isotonic sodium chloride solution in a ratio of 1 : 10 into the hock (tarsus) joint cavity. …”
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A Unified Optimization Framework for Cost-Effective and Voltage-Stable Operation of Renewable Energy-Based Microgrids Using Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming by Peter Anuoluwapo Gbadega, Yanxia Sun, Olufunke Abolaji Balogun

“…However, frequent and rapid charging of BESS highlights the need for improved modeling of real-world storage constraints to prevent performance degradation. …”
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Numerical Simulation of the Impact of Oxygen Enrichment Technology on Fuel Combustion and CO Emissions During Sintering by Zhen LI, Zhengjian LIU, Jianliang ZHANG, Yaozu WANG

“…Against the backdrop of China′s "Dual Carbon", CO emission reduction technologies are crucial in the sintering process. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden and projections to 2050 of occupational carcinogen-attributable nasopharyngeal and laryngeal cancer: a comprehensive analysis from the GBD 202... by Hao Zhang, Rong Xue, Xinru Kong, Manyi Zhao, Zhanguo Jin

“…Efforts such as expanding occupational health surveillance systems, tailoring region-specific exposure controls, and improving early-warning prediction tools will be essential to mitigating future occupational cancer risks.…”
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Impact of fertilisers on drinking water quality in Europe: implications for sustainable agriculture by Aleksandra Kuzior, Maksym Huzenko, Nataliya Stoyanets, Olena Churikanova, Tetiana Vasylieva

“…Pooling models indicated fertiliser consumption reduced water safety overall (β = -0.0143, p = 0.0026). …”
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Comparing the effectiveness of pterostilbene and sitagliptin on modulating inflammatory levels and inducing autophagy to improve atherosclerosis outcome: A preclinical study in rab... by Wisam J Mohammed, Azhar Al-Shaibany, Anil K Philip, Hussam H Sahib, Hayder A Al-Aubaidy, Najah R Hadi, Dina A Jamil, Bassim I Mohammad

“…This study aims to evaluate the protective and autophagy induction properties of pterostilbene and sitagliptin on modulating the degree of atherosclerosis in rabbit models treated with an atherogenic diet. Methods 80 rabbits were randomly placed into one of four study groups (20 in each group): normal control diet (NC) fed normal diet for eight weeks, atherogenic control (AC) fed atherogenic diet for eight weeks, pterostilbene treated group (PT) fed atherogenic diet with pterostilbene (at 10 mg/kg/day) orally daily for eight weeks, and sitagliptin treated group (ST) fed atherogenic diet with sitagliptin (at 12 mg/kg/day) orally daily for eight weeks. …”
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Deep learning for property prediction of natural fiber polymer composites by Ivan P. Malashin, Dmitry Martysyuk, Vladimir Nelyub, Aleksei Borodulin, Andrei Gantimurov, Vadim Tynchenko

“…Best DNN model architecture (four hidden layers (128–64–32–16 neurons), ReLU activation, 20% dropout, a batch size of 64, and the AdamW optimizer with a learning rate of $$10^{-3}$$ ) obtained through hyperparameter optimization using Optuna, delivered the best performance (R $$^2$$ up to 0.89) and MAE reductions of 9–12% compared to gradient boosting, driven by the DNN’s ability to capture nonlinear synergies between fiber-matrix interactions, surface treatments, and processing parameters while aligning architectural complexity with multiscale material behavior.…”
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Boundary complexity of cortical and subcortical areas predicts deep brain stimulation outcomes in Parkinson’s disease by Devin Schoen, Skyler Deutsch, Juhi Mehta, Sarah Wang, John Kornak, Philip A. Starr, Doris D. Wang, Jill L. Ostrem, Ian O. Bledsoe, Melanie A. Morrison

“…This model aimed to explain variance and predict changes in medication following DBS. …”
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Effects of pruning on canopy microenvironment, branch composition and nut quality in Xinjiang walnut by HAN Liqun, ZHAO Yu, ZHAO Guoqing, ZHANG Hui, MA Kai

“…[Methods] The 15-year-old Xinfeng trees, primary walnut cultivar in Xinjiang, were taken as the experimental materials. Three models including mechanical pruning, mechanical and manual-assisted pruning, and manual pruning were adopted, with unpruned trees as the control. …”
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Genetically proxied therapeutic inhibition of antihypertensive drug targets and risk of common cancers: A mendelian randomization analysis. by James Yarmolinsky, Virginia Díez-Obrero, Tom G Richardson, Marie Pigeyre, Jennifer Sjaarda, Guillaume Paré, Venexia M Walker, Emma E Vincent, Vanessa Y Tan, Mireia Obón-Santacana, Demetrius Albanes, Jochen Hampe, Andrea Gsur, Heather Hampel, Rish K Pai, Mark Jenkins, Steven Gallinger, Graham Casey, Wei Zheng, Christopher I Amos, International Lung Cancer Consortium, PRACTICAL consortium, MEGASTROKE consortium, George Davey Smith, Richard M Martin, Victor Moreno

“…Summary genetic association estimates for these SNPs were obtained from GWAS consortia for the following cancers: breast (122,977 cases, 105,974 controls), colorectal (58,221 cases, 67,694 controls), lung (29,266 cases, 56,450 controls), and prostate (79,148 cases, 61,106 controls). …”
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Trends and projections of gallbladder and biliary tract cancer in China: a comprehensive analysis from 1990 to 2030 based on the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Zhouwei Zhan, Bijuan Chen, Wenhao Teng, Rui Huang, Hanchen Zheng, Sijing Zhou, Jingjie Xu, Jiami Yu, Hui Lin, Xiaojie Wang, Zengqing Guo, Xiaoyan Lin

“…Decomposition analysis indicated that rising incidence was driven by epidemiological changes and population growth, while mortality reduction was linked to medical improvements. BAPC models projected a continued rise in incidence, particularly among males. …”
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