Experimental Investigation on Thermal Performance Optimization of Na₂HPO₄·12H₂O-Based Gel Phase Change Materials for Solar Greenhouse by Wenhe Liu, Gui Liu, Wenlu Shi, Xinyang Tang, Xuhui Wu, Jiayang Wu, Zhanyang Xu, Feng Zhang, Mengmeng Yang

“…In addition, characterization techniques such as DSC, SEM, FT-IR, and XRD were employed to analyze its thermal properties, microscopic morphology, chemical stability, and crystal structure. Based on the experimental results, the signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) was used to rank the influence of each factor on the quality characteristics, and the <i>p</i>-value from analysis of variance (ANOVA) was employed to evaluate the significance of each factor on the performance characteristics. …”
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Escala ECPP-FIM para evaluar las competencias profesionales psicomotrices en la formación inicial de maestros: evidencias de validez (ECPP-FIM an assessment tool for evaluating th... by Lurdes Martínez-Mínguez, Laura Moya Prados, Laura Arnau-Sabatés

“…The analysis of the internal structure revealed the presence of a simple five-factor solution explaining the 67.4% of the variance and with a very good fit to the theoretical structure: designing the psychomotor sessions, applying the attitude system of the adults, observing and evaluation the children and the session, analysing and reflecting on their own practice, and being in relation with the educational and scientific community. …”
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The Effectiveness of Instruction Based on the Four-Component Instructional Design (4C-ID) Model on Meaningful Learning and Critical Thinking in Sixth-Grade Students of Ardabil by Nader Heidari Raziabad, Vahid Rahimzadeh, Ali Khaleghkhah

“…The instruction accounted for 67% of the variance in meaningful learning and 77% of the variance in critical thinking (p<0.05). …”
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Assessing Patient-Reported Satisfaction With Care and Documentation Time in Primary Care Through AI-Driven Automatic Clinical Note Generation: Protocol for a Proof-of-Concept Study by Josep Vidal-Alaball, Carlos Alonso, Daniel Hugo Heinisch, Alberto Castaño, Encarna Sánchez-Freire, María Luisa Benito Serrano, Carla Ferrer Pascual, Ignacio Menacho, Ruthy Acosta-Rojas, Odda Cardona Gubert, Rosa Farrés Creus, Joan Armengol Alegre, Carles Martínez Querol, Marina Moreno-Martinez, Mercè Gonfaus Font, Silvia Narejos, Anna Gomez-Fernandez

“…This tool extracts relevant information from recorded conversations, structuring it in the medical record, and sending it to the Health Information System after the professional’s approval. …”
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Psychometric Analysis of the eHealth Literacy Scale in Portuguese Older Adults (eHEALS-PT24): Instrument Development and Validation by Sara Luz, Paulo Nogueira, Andreia Costa, Adriana Henriques

“…The exploratory factor analysis yielded a single-factor structure, explaining 58.3% of the variance in study 1 and 86.4% in study 2. …”
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The Effectiveness of Emotion-Focused Therapy on Pain Anxiety and Resilience in Patients with Migraine by Hamid Reza Arab Bafrani, Hasan Rezayi, Ahmad Sobhani

“…Additionally, Levene's test indicated homogeneity of variances for the dependent variables between groups. …”
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Niche and interspecific association of dominant arbor species in Quercus communities in the Qinling Mountains, China by Ruizhi Huang, Qi Wang, Jingyi Sun, Yipei Zhao, Shaowei Yang, Wenfa Xiao, Jianfeng Liu

“…The associations among dominant species were weak, resulting in a relatively loose community structure. Overall, the communities were in a relatively stable stage of middle-late succession. …”
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Application of HRCT-based radiomics to predict interstitial lung disease for juvenile dermatomyositis by Lingke Liu, Minfei Hu, Yun Zhou, Fei Zheng, Xiaohui Ma, Li Yang, Yiping Xu, Liping Teng, Bin Hu, Meiping Lu, Xuefeng Xu

“…The lung intelligence kit (LK) software was used to outline the bilateral lung tissue structure automatically. The radiomics score combining with clinical variables was used to establish a prediction model for JDM-ILD. …”
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Endurance running during late murine adolescence results in a stronger anterior cruciate ligament and flatter posterior tibial slopes compared to controls by Danielle N. Ochocki, Benjamin E. Loflin, Taeyong Ahn, Kaitlyn A. Colglazier, Andrew R. Young, Anna A. Snider, Elizabeth P. Bueckers, Edward M. Wojtys, Stephen H. Schlecht

“…Abstract Background Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury rates continue to rise among youth involved in recreational and competitive athletics, requiring a better understanding of how the knee structurally and mechanically responds to activity during musculoskeletal growth. …”
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Genetic correlation analysis of calving ease and gestation length of Korean Holstein cattle by Mahboob Alam, Jae-Gu Lee, Chang-Gwon Dang, Seung-Soo Lee, Sang-Min Lee, Ha-Seung Seong, Mina Park, JaeBeom Cha, Eun-Ho Kim, Hyungjun Song, Seokhyun Lee, Joonho Lee

“…Objective To investigate genetic correlation between calving ease (CE) and gestation length (GL) traits of Korean Holstein cattle to understand genetic structures of these two traits and their potential implications. …”
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Pre-breeding in alfalfa germplasm develops highly differentiated populations, as revealed by genome-wide microhaplotype markers by Cesar A. Medina, Dongyan Zhao, Meng Lin, Manoj Sapkota, Alexander M. Sandercock, Craig T. Beil, Moira J. Sheehan, Brian M. Irish, Long-Xi Yu, Hari Poudel, Annie Claessens, Virginia Moore, Jamie Crawford, Julie Hansen, Donald Viands, Michael D. Peel, Neal Tilhou, Heathcliffe Riday, E. Charles Brummer, Zhanyou Xu

“…Principal component analysis and discriminant analysis of principal components revealed significant population structure among the alfalfa populations based on geographical origin, while the check cultivars formed a central cluster. …”
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Rationale and methodology of a multicentric prospective cohort study on ‘Longitudinal Effects of Air Pollution Exposure on Adolescent Lungs (APEAL)’ in urban India: APEAL protocol... by George D’Souza, Anant Mohan, Padukudru Anand Mahesh, Amruta Nori-Sarma, Harish C Phuleria, Gregory Wellenius, Twinkle Agrawal, Rajesh Thimmulappa, Biligere Siddaiah Jayaraj, Minu Rose Mani, Swapnali Patil, Priya Samdarshi

“…Participants will complete a structured questionnaire covering sociodemographics, asthma and allergy history (International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood core questionnaire), dietary intake (24-hour recall and Food Frequency Questionnaire), Physical Activity-C Questionnaire and air pollution exposure. …”
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In-Season Automated Mapping of Xinjiang Cotton Based on Cumulative Spectral and Phenological Characteristics by Yongsheng Huang, Yaozhong Pan, Yu Zhu, Xiufang Zhu, Xingsheng Xia, Qiong Chen, Jufang Hu, Hongyan Che, Xuechang Zheng, Lingang Wang

“…Second, using the maximum between-class variance method (OTSU) and Sauvola algorithms, a new local adaptive threshold method (Otsu&#x2013;Sauvola) was developed for the automatic determination of the classification threshold. …”
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Assessing the impact of multi-source environmental variables on soil organic carbon in different land use types of China using an interpretable high-precision machine learning meth... by Feng Wang, Ruilin Liang, Shuyue Li, Meiyan Xiang, Weihao Yang, Miao Lu, Yingqiang Song

“…For the end, this study developed a tree-structured Parzen estimator-extreme gradient boosting (TPE-XGBoost) method based on SHapley additive explanations (SHAP) analysis to analyze the response of climate, human activities, soil properties and terrain for SOC (0-200cm) in different land use types of China. …”
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Comprehensive Analysis of Phenotypic Traits in Chinese Cabbage Using 3D Point Cloud Technology by Chongchong Yang, Lei Sun, Jun Zhang, Xiaofei Fan, Dongfang Zhang, Tianyi Ren, Minggeng Liu, Zhiming Zhang, Wei Ma

“…By using multi-view image sequences and structure-from-motion algorithms, 3D point clouds of 50 plants from each of the 17 Chinese cabbage varieties were reconstructed. …”
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Spatial Heterogeneity in the Photosynthetic Characteristics of Scleractinian coral Symbiodinium from the Northern South China Sea by Zhang Shuqi, Zhong Yu, Zheng Xiaoyun, Guo Pu, Zhao Meixia, Yan Hongqiang, Shi Qi

“…Under similar morphologies, significant interspecific differences in the density of symbiotic zooxanthellae in corals were also observed, which may be related to their unique skeletal structures and physiological characteristics. These findings reveal that the physiological responses of scleractinian corals and their symbiotic zooxanthellae to environmental changes are not fixed, and that coral morphology and interspecific differences have complex effects on their ecological adaptations.…”
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Factors influencing self-efficacy of healthcare professionals towards end-of-life care in acute care settings in Palestine: a cross-sectional study by Mohammed F. Hayek, Baraa F. Shayeb, Jamila Jalal Yaseen, Issa Hashim Othman, Abdulrahman Afif Taha, Amal Bilal Mustafa Naddaf, Mohammed Mays Njedat, Ruba Sayed Saleh, Nizar B. Said, Ahmad Ayed, Loai M. Zabin, Eman Alshawish, Jamal Qaddumi, Imad Thultheen

“…Data were collected through a structured questionnaire that included demographic information and the validated Self-Efficacy in Palliative Care Scale (SEPC-S), covering communication and patient management domains. …”
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Transcriptome characterisation and population genetics of Cunninghamia konishii Hayata – An endangered gymnosperm and implication for its conservation in Vietnam by Bich Hong Ha, Mai Phuong Pham, Quoc Khanh Nguyen, Thi Tuyet Xuan Bui, Giap Vu, Syed Noor Muhammad Shah, Dinh Duy Vu

“…This study aimed to identify simple sequence repeat markers within expressed sequence tags from C. konishii, develop markers from them and assess the potential of those markers for diversity and population structure analysis of the plant. The Illumina HiSeq™ 4000 sequencing technology was applied for the transcriptomic analysis of C. konishii and genetic differentiation and population structure of C. konishii in Vietnam. …”
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Associations between measures of network centrality and Johne's disease among dairy herds in Ontario, Canada by J. Reilly Comper, Karen J. Hand, Zvonimir Poljak, David Kelton, Amy L. Greer

“…The results presented here are at variance with some literature regarding network centrality and JD. …”
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Reliability of multi-site UK Biobank MRI brain phenotypes for the assessment of neuropsychiatric complications of SARS-CoV-2 infection: The COVID-CNS travelling heads study. by Eugene Duff, Fernando Zelaya, Fidel Alfaro Almagro, Karla L Miller, Naomi Martin, Thomas E Nichols, Bernd Taschler, Ludovica Griffanti, Christoph Arthofer, Gwenaëlle Douaud, Chaoyue Wang, Thomas W Okell, Richard A I Bethlehem, Klaus Eickel, Matthias Günther, David K Menon, Guy Williams, Bethany Facer, David J Lythgoe, Flavio Dell'Acqua, Greta K Wood, Steven C R Williams, Gavin Houston, Simon S Keller, Catherine Holden, Monika Hartmann, Lily George, Gerome Breen, Benedict D Michael, Peter Jezzard, Stephen M Smith, Edward T Bullmore, COVID-CNS Consortium

“…Over 2,000 Imaging Derived Phenotypes (IDPs), measuring both data quality and regional image properties of interest, were automatically estimated by customised UKB image processing pipelines (S2 File). Components of variance and intra-class correlations (ICCs) were estimated for each IDP by linear mixed effects models and benchmarked by comparison to repeated measurements of the same IDPs from UKB participants. …”
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