Clinical outcomes of Nice knot–assisted locking plate for preserving periosteum internal fixation in comminuted clavicle fractures: A retrospective study by Jingquan Guo, Bo Wu, Fei Xiao, Keke Cheng, Tianrun Lei

“…Although a statistically significant difference (P < 0.05) was observed in these scores between 6 and 12 months, all patients reported satisfactory recovery of shoulder function and upper limb mobility. No significant differences (P > 0.05) in fracture healing time or upper limb function recovery were observed across different types of clavicular fractures. …”
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De la campagne à la ville : échanges, exploitation et immigration dans le Maghreb médiéval by Tariq Madani

“…Marketing agricultural produces and products in the city, the natural function of an outlet for rural population, the function of a judicial and administrative center, and the function of a locus for acculturation of multiple ethnic groups, are aspects less conflictual of these relations that should be included in discussion, in order to recapture them at the stage of a synthesis.…”
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Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Overweight and Obese Children: Factors Influencing Quality of Life by Montaha Al‐Iede, Rahaf Rahal, Sondos Al‐Mashaqbeh, Mohannad Alajmi, Hadeel Al‐Rawi, Mohammed Alshrouf, Fareed Khdair Ahmad, Abeer Alassaf, Rasha Odeh, Iyad Almofleh, Nihad Almasri

“…There were significant differences across the emotional distress and daytime function domains across age groups (all p < 0.05). …”
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To Hunt or Patrol? Social Composition and Location Mediate Scent Marking Decisions of a Large Carnivore by K. Whitney Hansen, Neil R. Jordan, Megan J. Claase, J. W. McNutt, Alan Wilson, Christopher C. Wilmers

“…African wild dog packs were followed in the field across 2010–2021, where researchers recorded individual behaviors and pack composition, including scent marking behaviors. …”
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Survey of dysphagia and related medications in nursing home residents using the Eating Assessment Tool (EAT-10) applied by community pharmacists: A single-center retrospective stud... by Norio Watanabe, Minami Ebisujima, Takahiro Ichihara, Motozumi Ando, Masami Kawahara

“…Abstract Background This study aimed to assess the prevalence of dysphagia among nursing home residents and to examine the association between medication use and impaired swallowing function. Methods Between January and December 2023, we conducted a retrospective survey across 14 nursing homes visited by community pharmacists. …”
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Retrospective analysis of glomerular filtration rate estimated using different equations with and without adjustment to individual body surface area by Sara Armani, Julia Stingl, Thomas Forst, Josef Höfler, Hannah Wecker, Astrid Trion

“…For each volunteer, GFR as measure of renal function was calculated using six commonly used equations (MDRD2006, CKD-EPIcreat2009, CKD-EPIcreat2021, CKD-EPIcyst2012, CKD-EPIcreat/cyst2012, and CKD-EPIcreat/cyst2021) with and without adjustment to individual body surface area (BSA).The resulting distribution of individuals to renal function groups varied across equations. …”
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Menstrual cycle effects on cognitive performance: A meta-analysis. by Daisung Jang, Jack Zhang, Hillary Anger Elfenbein

“…To address this gap, we conducted a meta-analysis of cognitive performance across the menstrual cycle, including the domains of attention, creativity, executive functioning, intelligence, motor function, spatial ability, and verbal ability. …”
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The Use of Articles in Toponymic Phrases in English and Albanian by Marko Kukić, Anđela Marković

“…Given that the article is a complex grammatical category, acquired progressively across different linguistic levels, the paper aims to analyze and compare its role, grammatical function, and form, as well as the rules governing its use in toponymic phrases. …”
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Rehabilitation needs of adults after a brain tumour diagnosis: A scoping review. by Bernadine O'Donovan, Niamh Kavanagh, Ailish Malone, Frances Horgan, Kathleen Bennett

“…In addition, a variety of interventions to improve function after a brain tumour diagnosis, have been investigated across healthcare settings. …”
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Estimation of partially linear single-index spatial autoregressive model using B-splines by Lei Liu, Jun Dai

“…Possible dependence across spatial units is a relevant issue in many areas in practice. …”
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A Spatial–Temporal Model of House Prices in Northern Taiwan by Ya-Mei Chang, Yu-Ting Wang

“…The autoregressive model accounts for the temporal correlation in house prices. The global mean function is expressed as a linear combination of basis functions, and the non-stationary model combines basis functions with stationary processes. …”
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Impact of Microdosimetric Modeling on Computation of Relative Biological Effectiveness for Carbon Ion Radiotherapy by Shannon Hartzell, Keith M. Furutani, Alessio Parisi, Tatsuhiko Sato, Yuki Kase, Christian Deglow, Thomas Friedrich, Chris J. Beltran

“…Parameter optimization within the mMKM enables alignment across models. Our findings emphasize that microdosimetric function and domain geometry selection must be explicitly accounted for in microdosimetry-based RBE modeling, and that model parameters must be tuned accordingly to ensure consistent and biologically accurate predictions.…”
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A Novel Network for Choroidal Segmentation Based on Enhanced Boundary Information by Wenbo Huang, Chaofan Qu, Yang Yan

“…Furthermore, the channel enhancement mechanism further refines the expression of salient channel futures, while the adaptive activation function improves the sensitivity of the network to boundary futures. …”
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Seasonal recurrence and modular assembly of an Arctic pelagic marine microbiome by Taylor Priest, Ellen Oldenburg, Ovidiu Popa, Bledina Dede, Katja Metfies, Wilken-Jon von Appen, Sinhué Torres-Valdés, Christina Bienhold, Bernhard M. Fuchs, Rudolf Amann, Antje Boetius, Matthias Wietz

“…Leveraging metatranscriptomes from Tara Oceans, we also demonstrate the consistency in functional dynamics across the wider Arctic Ocean during similar temporal periods. …”
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Facial and prosodic emotion recognition deficits associate with specific clusters of psychotic symptoms in schizophrenia. by Huai-Hsuan Tseng, Sue-Huei Chen, Chih-Min Liu, Oliver Howes, Yu-Lien Huang, Ming H Hsieh, Chen-Chung Liu, Jia-Chi Shan, Yi-Ting Lin, Hai-Gwo Hwu

“…The current study aims to explore how emotion recognition ability across modalities and neurocognitive function correlate with clusters of psychotic symptoms in patients with schizophrenia.…”
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Optimising laboratory monitoring of chronic conditions in primary care: a quality improvement framework by Alex J Walker, Richard Croker, Jessica Watson, Andy Brogan, Darunee Whiting, Tom Lewis

“…This project set out to standardise the blood tests used for monitoring of chronic conditions in primary care across North Devon, and to measure and reduce the harms of unwarranted testing. …”
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Comparing cognitive impairment using MACFIMS in patients with multiple sclerosis and healthy controls: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Amirreza Nasirzadeh, Mohammad Mohammadi, Melika Arab Bafrani, Aynaz Mohammadi, Hossein Bakhtiari-Dovvombaygi

“…The meta-analysis revealed significant cognitive deficits in pwMS patients compared to HCs across all the MACFIMS subtests, including language, spatial processing, new learning and memory, processing speed, and executive function. …”
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Hand Dexterity Recovery Capacity for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy With Varying Levels of Impairment: A Prospective 1-Year Follow-up Study by Guoyan Liang, Tianying Liao, Yongyu Ye, Yi Cai, Junying Chen, Yunbing Chang

“…A total of 102 DCM patients were categorized into mild, moderate and severe group based on the preoperative 10s-G&R test result. Hand functional parameters were compared across the 3 groups. …”
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Ankyrin repeats in context with human population variation. by Javier S Utgés, Maxim I Tsenkov, Noah J M Dietrich, Stuart A MacGowan, Geoffrey J Barton

“…Here, we collate a high-quality alignment of 7,407 ankyrin repeats and examine for the first time, the distribution of human population variants from large-scale sequencing of healthy individuals across this family. Population variants are not randomly distributed across the genome but are constrained by gene essentiality and function. …”
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Expert Consensus on Full-Cycle Rehabilitation for Elderly Patients with Chronic Heart Failure by HE Jing, JIA Jie, CHEN Xin, DONG Anqin, DING Yipeng, LIAO Weijing, ZHENG Jiejiao, YU Binbing, CHEN Zuobing, FANG Yuan, YAO Liqing, ZHU Yiping, JIANG Zewu, LI Lei, ZHANG Xiu, REN Ling

“…The full cycle rehabilitation model emphasizes a holistic rehabilitation cycle that addresses the entire disease trajectory, involves all relevant stakeholders, integrates tiered diagnostic and treatment approaches, and is adaptable across various geographical settings. This consensus elaborates in detail on the characteristics of functional impairments in elderly patients with chronic HF (cardiac function, pulmonary function, motor function, cognitive function, mental function, pain, dysfunction of defecation and urination, sensory and cognitive dysfunction, etc.), as well as the rehabilitation assessment and treatment methods. …”
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