Effect of hypnotherapy on paediatric cancer pain management in Indonesia: A quasi-experimental study by Sri Hartini M.A, Nafisatun Nisa, Satriya Pranata, Mudy Oktiningrum, Sri Puguh Kristiawati

“…Pain scores were compared using ANCOVA, but pain categories were compared using the chi-square test.Results: The mean age of the subjects was 8.8 (standard deviation, 4.2) years; 60% were boys. …”
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Estimating the Pile Settlement Using a Machine Learning Technique Optimized by Henry's Gas Solubility Optimization and Particle Swarm Optimization by Saravana Kumar, Savarimuthu Robinson

“…While the RMSE of SVR-PSO appeared more than two-fold of SVR-HGSO, 0.46 and 0.29 mm, respectively. Also, test phase results showed the better performance of SVR-HGSO with an MAE index of 0.278, which is 57.10% lower than the other one. …”
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Making respiratory care safe for neonatal and paediatric intensive care unit staff: Mitigation strategies and use of filters by Bradley G Carter, Edward Harcourt, Alexandra Harris, Michael Zampetti, Trevor Duke, David Tingay

“…The steps we took consisted of auditing our equipment and processes to identify risk through sources of potentially contaminated gas that may contain aerosolized virus, seeking advice and liaising with suppliers/manufacturers, devising mitigation strategies using indirect and direct approaches (largely filtering), performing tests on equipment to verify proper function and the absence of negative impacts and the development and implementation of relevant procedures and practices. …”
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Peri Cholecystectomy Bile Analysis for Fasciola hepatica Eggs in Sulaimani Teaching Hospital by Seerwan Hama Shareef, Taher Abdullah Hawramy, Osman jamal nasrulla, Karwn Hama amin, Dara Ahmed Mohammed, Raz Seerwan Hama

“…Diagnosis is made on clinical background with imaging studies or laboratory (like stool and examinations biliary aspirate, intradermal test or ELISA to detect antibody). It must be taken into consideration as newly emerging infestation in our country. …”
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Investigating the Prevalence, Antibiotic Resistance Pattern, and Serotyping of Shigella Isolates from Traditional and Industrial Olivier Salads by Shiva Jahanbakhshi, Mohammad Mehdi Soltan Dallal, Abbas Rahimi Foroushani, Katayoun Samimi-Rad, Seyedeh Zohre Mirbagheri, Ahmad Nasser, Mohammad Reza Mohammadi

“…No resistance was observed for other tested antibiotics. Conclusion: The difference between the level of contamination in both traditional and industrial samples of salad well indicates familiarity with sanitary protocols and standards provided to reduce the microbial load.…”
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Identification of Plasma Proteins Associated with Alzheimer's Disease Using Feature Selection Techniques and Machine Learning Algorithms by Zakaria Mokadem, Mohamed Djerioui, Bilal Attallah, Youcef Brik

“…The SBFS technique generated all possible combinations of protein groups from the 146 proteins, which were then trained and tested using five machine learning models: Decision Tree, Random Forest, Extremely Randomized Trees, Extreme Gradient Boosting, and Adaptive Boosting. …”
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Assessment of Physicochemical Properties and Heavy Metals in Borehole Water Used For Drinking In Okada Town, Edo State, Nigeria by W.A. Raji, C.E. Anih, P.O. Obeta

“…Ten water samples labeled A-J were collected from boreholes at different locations in Okada community and subjected to laboratory test to determine the pH, biological oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD),  dissolved oxygen (DO), hardness, turbidity, total organic carbon, total dissolved solids, electrical conductivity, and concentration of phosphates, nitrates, lead, sodium, calcium and chloride. …”
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Working experiences of remote interpreters in health care settings—insights from Austria and Germany by Sophie Klomfar, Sophie Klomfar, Anna Teufel, Gernot Gerger, Maria Kletečka-Pulker, Maria Kletečka-Pulker, Klara Doppler, Klara Doppler, Magdalena Eitenberger, Magdalena Eitenberger, Sabine Völkl-Kernstock, Sabine Völkl-Kernstock

“…We hypothesize that interpreters’ work experience and supervision attendance mitigate negative effects. We tested this hypothesis using a quantitative approach. …”
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Geographical Diversity in the Age Specific Anti Müllerian Hormone Levels in Infertile Women: A Hospital Based Cohort Study by Mir Jaffar, Syed Nawaz Ahmad, Monica, Mohammed Ashraf, Sabiha Anjum Shaik, Muhammed Asif

“…Statistical Analysis Used: Comparison of the AMH data between North and South regions was done by independent t-test. For each age, seven empirical percentiles (3rd, 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, 90th and 95th) were applied. …”
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Evaluation of the Results of Patients Who Were Treated with Laparoscopic Simple Tunnel Hysterosacropexy Method to Prevent Uterine Prolapse: A New Approach by Erdal Seker, Evindar Elci

“…Results were analyzed using Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test and Based on positive ranks. Data are presented as mean, minimum, maximum or percentage according to variables. …”
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Synovial Fluid Alpha-defensin Lateral Flow Assay is Specific but Not Sensitive for Periprosthetic Joint Infection in Revision Arthroplasty: A Propensity Score-matched Analysis by Sze Hon Yu, Chiu Kwong Yuen, Constance Wong, Cheung Amy, Cheung Man Hong, Chan Vincent Wai Kwan, Luk Michelle Hilda, Chan Ping Keung, Henry Fu

“…Background: Synovial fluid alpha-defensin lateral flow assay (ADLFA) is a quick adjunctive test in diagnosing periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) after primary arthroplasty. …”
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Üniversite Öğrencileri Üzerinde Sosyal Medya Influencerlarının Etkisi by Müzeyyen Çatkafa, Özlem Altunsu Sönmez

“…Araştırmada betimsel analiz olarak; frekans tabloları, ortalama ve standart sapma sonuçlarına yer verilirken, cinsiyete dayalı ve faktör analizi ile belirlenen influencer etki alt boyutları ile farklılıkların tespitinde ise Independence sample T-test analizi kullanılmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda Z kuşağı üniversite öğrencileri üzerinde influencerların olumlu ve olumsuz etkileri olduğu, internette geçirilen sürenin çoğunluğunun sosyal medyada geçirildiği, en fazla Instagram kullanıldığı, kişisel gelişim, çevre ile ilişkiler, eğitim hayatı ve kültürel-siyasi-dini etkiler alt boyutlarında erkeklerin kadınlardan anlamlı düzeyde farklılaştığı tespit edilmiştir.…”
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Markers of chronic hepatitis B at patients with HIV-infection and treatment approaches by S. I. Maksimov, S. P. Tsarenko, A. V. Kravchenko, N. Yu. Gankina, N. D. Yushchuk

“…It is recommended to determine markers of transferred CHB-infection at HIV-infected patients and their presence to test blood for HBV DNA. Observation of patients with combined CHB/HIV infection, not requiring in antiretroviral treatment and CHBs receiving telbivudine treatment, revealed effective suppression of HBV replication and did not influence HIV viral load.…”
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The Effects of Foot Reflexology Massage on the Sleep Quality of Nurses Working in the Selected Hospitals of Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences by Mojgan Gholitabar Omrani, mohammad Reza Ghasemi, Mohammad Gholizadeh Gerdrodbari, Roghayeh Javan, Neda Mahdavifar

“…Data were analyzed using SPSS 24 using descriptive and deductive tests. The mean sleep score in the control and intervention groups was 9.22±3.30 and 9.90±3.47, which was 9.05±3.35 and 6.97±2.68 after the intervention, indicating a significant difference in reducing the overall score of the intervention group compared to the control (p=0.000). …”
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Human-like face pareidolia emerges in deep neural networks optimized for face and object recognition. by Pranjul Gupta, Katharina Dobs

“…We hypothesized that face pareidolia results from the visual system's optimization for recognizing both faces and objects. To test this hypothesis, we used task-optimized deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs) and evaluated their alignment with human behavioral signatures and neural responses, measured via magnetoencephalography (MEG), related to pareidolia processing. …”
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TUBERCULOUS ARTHRITIS OF THE ANKLE MIMICKING SYNOVITIS IN CHILD - A CASE REPORT by Erick Yudistira Christanto, Sulis Bayusentono

“…Discussion: Radiologic examination revealed peripheral osseous erosions, reduced bone mineral content, and soft tissue swelling. A Mantoux test was positive with 15 mm induration and 25 mm erythema. …”
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Funcionalidad familiar y depresión en estudiantes universitarios en el Departamento del César by María Margarita Tirado Vides, Miladys Paola Redondo Marín, Gloria Hernández Mieles, Luz Karine Jiménez Ruiz, Martha Esther Guerra Muñoz

“…El objetivo de esta investigación fue establecer la relación entre funcionalidad familiar y depresión en estudiantes universitarios del departamento del César. Para esto se llevó a cabo una metodología cuantitativa transversal de alcance correlacional. …”
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The effects of maternal health literacy, family functioning and self-efficacy on antepartum depression in pregnant women in China: a moderated mediation model by Ling Zhang, Li Ren, Hongyu Li, Haiyan Qiu, Hong Yang, Xiaolan Shi, Honghui Rong, Chuanfen Zheng, Fengju Li, Ting Luo, Lu Lu, Enyu Lei, Dali Yi, Ji-an Chen

“…Structural equation modeling(SEM) was used to test the hypothesized relationships among the variables. …”
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Effect of Various Preparation Designs on Pull-Out Bond Strength of Endocrown by Naveen Thangarasu, K. Vijay Venkatesh

“…Pull-out bond strength was calculated using the universal testing machine at a crosshead speed of 1 mm/min. …”
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Health Behavior Study in Natural Disaster Vulnerability in Palu City (Case Study of Tondo Huntap, Palu City) by Arwan Arwan, Sadly Syam, Muhammad Zikra, Firmansyah Firmansyah, Muhammad Sabri Syahrir, Muhammad Aji Satria

“…Result: This study shows that the chi-square test results indicate a significant relationship between attitude, subjective norms, behavioral control, and mental health (<0.05) with health behavior. …”
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