Self-perception for teachers' digital competence in Latina University by Aleida Chavarría, Ramon Palau, Raul Santiago

“…The findings revealed that teachers, on average, possess a medium level of digital competence. …”
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Sports Orthopedics by Trinks S, Scheiff AB, Knipp M, Gotzmann A

“…This evaluation was targeted at providing the first evaluation of analgesics declared on Doping Control Forms (DCF) from football players in the highest German leagues, the Cup, and the A and B Juniors Bundesliga.Methods: The evaluation included a total of 8,344 DCF from doping controls performed by the National Anti Doping Agency Germany in the five football seasons from 2015/16 to 2019/20. …”
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Local Classification Guiding Attention for <italic>Malania Oleifera</italic> Recognition by Yongke Sun, Yong Cao, Weili Kou, Chunjiang Yu, Ning Lu, Yi Yang, Lei Liu, Juan Wang

“…By integrating the LCG module and the PIoU loss function, the average precision reached 0.979, average recall reached 0.836, and average F1-score reached 0.872. …”
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Temporal variations in health risk indices and combustion-derived components of PM1.0: Focus on terephthalate and levoglucosan by Myoungki Song, Seoyeong Choe, Sea-Ho Oh, Minyoung Sung, Ji Yun Jung, Jinsoo Choi, Joonyoung Ahn, Jungmin Park, Myungsoo Yoo, Jinsoo Park, Min-Suk Bae

“…This study emphasizes the need for targeted management of combustion emissions, particularly those from plastic and fuel combustion, to mitigate the health risks posed by PM1.0. …”
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Translation of the UK Pediatric Influenza Vaccination Programme in Primary Schools to 13 European Countries Using a Dynamic Transmission Model by Laetitia Gerlier, Judith Hackett, Richard Lawson, Sofia Dos Santos Mendes, Martin Eichner

“…The evaluated versus reference strategies were compared using odds ratios (ORs) for PCC in the target (aged 5–10-years) and non-target adult (aged >17 years) populations as well as number needed to vaccinate (NNV) with QLAIV to avert one PCC, hospitalization or ICU admission. …”
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Comparative analysis of liver cancer burden trends in China and worldwide between 1990 and 2021 by Chunrong Chen, Qianjie Xu, Tao Wang, Yuliang Yuan, Zuhai Hu, Xiaosheng Li, Xiaodong Zheng, Haike Lei

“…However, China still faces a higher burden compared to the global average. The earlier peak in liver cancer burden among Chinese males suggests the need for targeted prevention and control measures, especially in light of the impact of risk factors like hepatitis B and C, alcohol consumption, drug abuse, obesity, diabetes and tobacco use. …”
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The trends in stroke burden and its associated risk factors among Chinese residents from 1990 to 2019 by Xiangrui FU, Guanghan ZHU, Wenxin TIAN, Wen LI, Wenbo XIAO, Wenli LU, Yuan WANG

“…ObjectiveTo analyze the trends in the burden of stroke and its risk factors among Chinese residents from 1990 to 2019, and to provide a scientific basis for formulating targeted stroke prevention and control strategies. …”
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An airport apron ground service surveillance algorithm based on improved YOLO network by Yaxi Xu, Yi Liu, Ke Shi, Xin Wang, Yi Li, Jizong Chen

“…To assure operational safety in the airport apron area and track the process of ground service, it is necessary to analyze key targets and their activities in the airport apron surveillance videos. …”
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Pneumococcal Infection and Vaccination-Related Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Among Saudi Residents by Wed S. Althobaiti, Abeer D. Alnefaie, Kaifah M. Althaali, Ola M. Alsufyani, Yassmin M. Shebany, Ayman A. Atalla, Ibtihal M. Alotaibi, Eman Y. Santali, Sayed F. Abdelwahab

“…In addition, the average practices score was 68%, indicating a fairly good level of behaviors regarding vaccination practices. …”
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Knowledge among patients with Hepatitis C initiating on direct-acting antiviral treatment in rural Rwanda: A prospective cohort study by Dale A Barnhart, Innocent Kamali, Francoise Nyirahabihirwe, Carol Mugabo, Jean de la Paix Gakuru, Mariam Uwase, Esdras Nizeyumuremyi, Tumusime Musafiri, Jean de Dieu Gatete, Jean Damascene Makuza, Fredrick Kateera, Bethany Hedt-Gauthier, Jean d’Amour Ndahimana

“…Post-initiation, correct responses increased by an average of 2.0 statements (95% CI: 1.6, 2.4, p-value <0.001). …”
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Delivering a Group-Based Quality of Life Intervention to Young Adult Cancer Survivors via a Web Platform: Feasibility Trial by Rina S Fox, Tara K Torres, Terry A Badger, Emmanuel Katsanis, DerShung Yang, Stacy D Sanford, David E Victorson, Betina Yanez, Frank J Penedo, Michael H Antoni, Laura B Oswald

“…Future studies are needed to increase TOGETHER’s efficiency and explore its efficacy for improving targeted outcomes.…”
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Characteristics and trends of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease deaths among residents in Chongming District， Shanghai from 2002 to 2022 by SUN Xiaolei, WU Han, SHI Aiyu, DENG Hui, XU Yan, YANG Qundi

“…Joinpoint 5.0.2 software was adopted to analyze the annual percent change (APC) and average annual percent change (AAPC), followed by an analysis of trend changes.ResultsFrom 2002 to 2022, the average annual crude mortality rate and average annual standardized mortality rate of COPD among the residents of Chongming District were 73.49/100 000 and 34.00/100 000, respectively, and both were higher in males than those in females. …”
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Cost analysis of implementing a community health worker-led weight reduction randomized-controlled trial among prediabetic south asian patients at primary care sites in NYC by Avni Gupta, Laura C. Wyatt, Shinu Mammen, Jennifer M. Zanowiak, Sahnah Lim, Nadia S. Islam, Rashi Kumar, Susan Beane, Heather T. Gold

“…Results The average total 6-month implementation costs over 3 waves, each targeting seven practices was $215,420 (range: $158,620-$257,020). …”
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Burden of autism spectrum disorder in Japan from 1992 to 2021 and its prediction until 2050: results from the GBD study by Jiabo Liu, Xiaoyan Xie, Yunxi Li, Yiqi Pu, Yan Li, Lingling Yang

“…Japan’s ASD burden exceeds global averages, necessitating targeted interventions across the lifespan. …”
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Antibiotic and Surgical Treatment of Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis: The Histopathological Evidence by Roberto Da Ros, Roberta Assaloni, Andrea Michelli, Barbara Brunato, Cesare Miranda

“…Antibiotic therapy was administered orally for an average duration of 21 ± 9 days, aimed at improving the microbiological outcome. …”
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Personalized three-dimensional dose calculation method based on multi-modal images in dosimetry assessment of prostate cancer with skull metastasis: a Monte Carlo simulation study by Feng Tian, Huan Liu, Yingying Gu, Dandan Zhang, Lijun Tang

“…Results show that due to the targeting characteristics of 177Lu-PSMA-617, metastatic brain lesions of all patients can receive high radiation doses with the average dose of 0.05 mGy/MBq, and the dose distribution are relatively uniform with the average homogeneity index of 1.23. …”
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Experience with dupilumab in patients with atopic dermatitis by E. A. Glukhova, E. D. Kuvshinova, V. A. Revyakina

“…The SCORAD index dropped from an average of 78,8 points to 13,7. The average value of total IgE after 6 months decreased by 1518 kU/l. …”
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Benchmarking AlphaFold‐enabled molecular docking predictions for antibiotic discovery by Felix Wong, Aarti Krishnan, Erica J Zheng, Hannes Stärk, Abigail L Manson, Ashlee M Earl, Tommi Jaakkola, James J Collins

“…Computational docking approaches have been widely used to predict drug binding targets; yet, such approaches depend on existing protein structures, and accurate structural predictions have only recently become available from AlphaFold2. …”
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Regional distribution of HLA frequencies in the USA: implications for TCR-based therapies by Dirk Nagorsen, Christian Roy, Tomasz Sewastianik, Ileana Saenz, Gregory J Opiteck, Sean Stagg, Martin Maiers

“…HLA-A*11:01, which presents KRAS neoantigen mutations targeted by TCR T-cell therapies, showed 10–15% genotypic frequency (national average 11.2%), with western US states 1.5 times higher than average and local variations within California (10–19%). …”
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Population Size and Microhabitat Characteristics of the Endangered Endemic Plant <i>Pedicularis hallaisanensis</i> by Chang Woo Lee, Hwan-Joon Park, Jung Eun Hwang, Hyeong Bin Park, Young-Joong Kim, Seongjun Kim

“…General linear mixed models and Pearson’s correlation analysis showed a strong positive relationship between species richness and population size and between vegetation cover and stem height. The study area’s average temperature was 6.3 °C below Republic of Korea’s national average, suggesting that climate change could disrupt the microclimatic conditions necessary for this species’ survival. …”
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