Conjugacy of yield and its structural elements in spring soft wheat samples by Irina F. Demina

“…The analysis showed the degree of influence of various elements of productivity on the formation of yield of spring soft wheat variety samples that provides a more targeted selection in the breeding process.…”
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Effectiveness of second step program in fostering social-emotional skills in young children: a study in Japan by Rikuya Hosokawa, Riho Tomozawa, Megumi Fujimoto

“…Conclusions The social-emotional learning Second Step program implemented on a classroom basis may be effective in early childhood. An early approach targeting kindergarten-aged children is necessary to prevent school maladjustment.…”
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Emotional, informational and instrumental support needs in patients with breast cancer who have undergone surgery: a cross-sectional study by Tingting Cai, Qingmei Huang, Changrong Yuan

“…Early and regular screenings for high-risk patients will help nurses identify those who are likely to benefit from targeted preventive interventions aimed at emotional, informational and instrumental support issues.Trial registration number ChiCTR2000035439; ClinicalTrials.gov registry.…”
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Performance Evaluation and Optimization of 3D Gaussian Splatting in Indoor Scene Generation and Rendering by Xinjian Fang, Yingdan Zhang, Hao Tan, Chao Liu, Xu Yang

“…Finally, to meet the specific requirements of indoor scene modeling and rendering, targeted parameter tuning is performed on the algorithm. …”
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Genetic mapping and validation of QTL controlling fruit diameter in cucumber by Wenjiao Wang, Zhaoying Xu, Linna Qian, Shuo Hang, Yijie Niu, Chengcheng Shen, Yuping Wei, Bin Liu

“…Based on this, we inserted the European cucumber EU224 into the qfd1.1 range and targeted widening the fruit diameter of the 9930 cucumber variety, further indicating that qfd1.1 is a new locus regulating the fruit diameter of cucumber. …”
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Demographic, risk factors, and management practices of patients with acute coronary syndrome: an observational study in a tertiary care hospital in Central India by Chinmay Guralwar, Harshwardhan Khandait, Prabhav Tekam, Antara Agrawal, Rashi Mahajan, Nandita Gawande, Vinod Khandait

“…This study underscores the need for a streamlined referral process, enhanced EMS infrastructure, reduced door-to-needle time, and targeted interventions to mitigate financial barriers to ACS care in India.…”
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Risk factors associated with sexually transmitted infections among HIV infected men who have sex with men. by Yun Xian, Bowen Zhu, Xuan Zhang, Ping Ma, Ye Wei, Hongli Xia, Wenjie Jiang, Changqing Yang, Xiaojun Meng, Peng Peng, Yue Yang, Liying Jiang, Minjie Chu, Xun Zhuang

“…Our study highlights a pattern of STI-HIV co-infection among MSM in China and indicates that targeted interventions aimed at encouraging TDR monitoring in MSM with early HIV infection are warranted.…”
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A pre-clinical MRI-guided all-in-one focused ultrasound system for murine brain studies by Tarana Parvez Kaovasia, Sarah Duclos, Dinank Gupta, Kourosh Kalayeh, Mario Fabiilli, Douglas C. Noll, Jonathan Sukovich, Aditya Pandey, Zhen Xu, Timothy L. Hall

“…For hyperthermia, an MRI-compatible insert was designed to fit inside the 80 mm imaging coil of a 7-Tesla small-animal MRI-system, with T2-weighted MR-images used to confirm targeting, and MR-thermometry used to monitor the thermal dose delivered.…”
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Nationwide Household Food Waste Generation Rates in Rural and Urban Settings: Evidence in Thailand by Vilasinee Krutprong, Chanathip Pharino

“…The study revealed an average food waste generation rate of 0.332±0.003 kg per capita per day when liquids were included and 0.228± 0.002 kg per capita per day when liquids were excluded. …”
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SFMattingNet: A Trimap-Free Deep Image Matting Approach for Smoke and Fire Scenes by Shihui Ma, Zhaoyang Xu, Hongping Yan

“…However, due to the lack of smoke and fire image matting datasets for model training, existing image matting methods exhibit significant errors in predicting the alpha values of smoke and fire targets, leading to unrealistic composite images. …”
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Application of Overall Equipment Effectiveness for Optimizing Ventilator Reliability in Intensive Care Units and Emergency Departments by Khelood A. Mkalaf, Rami Hikmat Al-Hadeethi, Peter Gibson

“…The study found that the average OEE for ventilator devices in Intensive Care Units and Emergency Departments was 63%. …”
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Global burden of thyroid cancer in adolescents and young adults (aged 15-39 years) from 1990 to 2021: A systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. by Zijian Qiu, Shengjian Yu, Lin Zheng, Ying Lou, Xiuxia Chen, Feng Xuan

“…Joinpoint regression was employed to determine average annual percentage change (AAPC), with frontier analysis revealing regions for improvement. …”
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Adolescent Engagement With a Multicomponent mHealth Tool: Identifying Usage Patterns, Determinants, and Health Behavior Change in an Intervention Trial by Carmen Peuters, Ann DeSmet, Laura Maenhout, Greet Cardon, Dries Debeer, Geert Crombez

“…Linear mixed-effects regression was used to analyze the effect of engagement style on health behavior change. ResultsAverage time in the app was 26 minutes (SD 26) over the 12-week period, with usage decreasing substantially after the first week. …”
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Improved YOLOv8n Method for the High-Precision Detection of Cotton Diseases and Pests by Jiakuan Huang, Wei Huang

“…This method builds upon the YOLOv8 baseline model and incorporates a Multi-Scale Sliding Window Attention Module (MSFE) within the backbone architecture to enhance feature extraction capabilities specifically for small targets. Furthermore, a Depth-Separable Dilated Convolution Module (C2f-DWR) is designed to replace the existing C2f module in the neck of the network. …”
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Analysis of clinical nurse educators’ mentoring feedback on new nurse journals at a tertiary hospital in South Korea: utilizing text network analysis by Shinhye Ahn, Hye Won Jeong

“…The keyword network had average centrality measures of degree (.15), closeness (.43), and betweenness (.05). …”
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Quantifying spatio-temporal changes in the ecological environment quality and their implications for surface mass movement after a high-magnitude earthquake by Ming Chen, Chuan Tang, Yu Yang, Jiang Xiong

“…Our study will contribute important information and decision-making references for policymakers to carry out more targeted environmental protection, ecological recovery, and sustainable development efforts.…”
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Diarrhea in Yemeni children under five: A multi-level analysis of population-based surveys, 1991-2022. by Zahir M Tag, Laith J Abu-Raddad, Hiam Chemaitelly

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>Using a three-level modeling approach and analyzing trends over a three-decade period, this study revealed a persistent and worsening burden of childhood diarrhea in Yemen, with prevalence more than twice the global average. Urgent action is needed to improve water and sanitation infrastructure and implement targeted programs to reduce diarrhea prevalence.…”
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Spatial differentiation and influencing factors of heavy metals in soils of typical counties in Lhasa river basin by Haichuan Lu, Xin Yuan, Cang Gong, Jiufen Liu, Youchang Shi, Xiang Xia

“…Correlation analysis and geodetector models revealed that traffic pollution and soil texture characteristics were the main environmental factors affecting the spatial variation of soil HMs content, and the distance from national highways and urban roads had a particularly significant relationship with Sc and TK.The study provided a scientific basis for the prevention and control of HMs pollution in soil in high-altitude and cold areas, and recommends targeted environmental management and restoration measures.…”
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Reducible burden of laryngeal cancer in men aged 50 and older attributable to smoking and alcohol use: insights from the global burden of disease study 2021 by Ru Chen, Jing Deng, Yao Sun, Dongxun Sun, Haibin Lu, Guoqi Sima

“…To address the rising burden, targeted public health actions are urgently required. …”
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Impact of a specialized care program in the prevention and managing of skin integrity disorder in pediatric patients after open heart surgery by Faramarz Kalhor, Mayam Mlekpour, Ahmadreza Yazdannik, Hamid Bigdelian

“…The intervention group received targeted care program measures, while the control group followed standard care procedures. …”
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