Restauración volumétrica autóloga en pacientes con hemiatrofia adiposa facial by Alicia María Tamayo-Carbón, MD, Gloribeth Carrasco, MD, Melvis Anaya-Blanco, MD, Zainela Labordes-López, MD, Miguel del Toro-Pazos, MD, Diana Katherine Cuastumal-Figueroa, MD

“…Both sexes were included, between 19 and 75 years old, with facial asymmetry due to unilateral decrease in subcutaneous cellular tissue. Results: The average age was 47.9 years. Women predominated with 79.3%. …”
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Sociological Explanation of the Impact of Power Structure in Family on Social Cynicism with Emphasis on the Moderating Role of Social Class (Case Study: Citizens Aged 18 years and... by Zahra Tork Ladani, Hamid Dehghani, Vahid Ghasemi

“…The theoretical framework for this study drew upon the theories of Dahrendorf, Turner, Collins, Kemper, and Weber.     Materials & Methods This research employed a survey-based approach, targeting citizens aged 18 years and older in Isfahan. …”
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Serum Zinc in Patients with Protein-Energy Malnutrition Retrospective Assessment of Levels by Neriman Akdam, Melike Emiroğlu, Halil Haldun Emiroğlu, Alaaddin Yorulmaz, Hasan Özen

“…There was no difference between PEM grades which calculated according to BGA and YGB criteria and serum zinc level averages. Although the relationship between the PEM grade calculated according to the BGA scale and the serum zinc level averages was not statistically significant degree, contrary to the increase in PEM grade, the mean decrease in serum zinc levels was noteworthy. …”
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StratLearn-z: Improved photo-$z$ estimation from spectroscopic data subject to selection effects by Chiara Moretti, Maximilian Autenrieth, Riccardo Serra, Roberto Trotta, David A. van Dyk, Andrei Mesinger

“…We present an application of the StratLearn method to the estimation of photo-z (StratLearn-z), validating against simulations where we enforce the presence of covariate shift to different degrees. …”
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Evaluation of the idiopathic scoliosis of varying severity treatment effectiveness with transpedicular systems by Yu. L. Zeynalov

“…Introduction Significant success has been achieved in the development of new methods of treatment and rehabilitation of patients with idiopathic scoliosis, however, in many aspects of this problem there is no unambiguous approach to the choice of a correction method, assessment of treatment results.Objective To study the results of treatment of patients with idiopathic scoliosis according to X-ray and MSCT data, as well as according to the questionnaire – the SRS-30, depending on the degrees of the deformity, the type of scoliosis.Material and methods The study is retrospective, single center. …”
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Investigation into the Hyperparameters of Error-Based Adaptive Sampling Approach for Surrogate Modeling by Leonid Legashev, Sergey Tolmachev, Irina Bolodurina, Alexander Shukhman, Lyubov Grishina

“…The best results were shown by the composite Mixed Sampling method with a data refining window the size of 70% and a LightGBM regression model. …”
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Variation analysis of fruit traits of jujube seedlings and screening of excellent germplasm by JI Yinzhong, CHEN Youfu, YAN Fenfen, WANG Jiurui, LIU Mengjun

“…[Objective] The study aimed to explore the segregation characteristics and genetic variation of fruit traits in jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) seedlings in order to provide a theoretical basis for jujube seedling selection and cultivar breeding. [Methods] 112 jujube seedling trees of Dongzao and Yuhongas were used as research materials, 37 traits such as fruit maturity, high yield, appearance quality, sensory quality, nutritional quality and resistance were identified for investigation. …”
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Intervertebral Lumbar Spine Kinematics in Chronic Low Back Pain Patients Measured Using Biplane Radiography by William Anderst, C. James Kim, Kevin M. Bell, Tom Gale, Cate Gray, Carol M. Greco, Clarissa LeVasseur, Gina McKernan, Sabreen Megherhi, Charity G. Patterson, Sara R. Piva, Caroline Pellegrini, Michael J. Schneider, Joseph Shoemaker, Patrick Smith, Nam V. Vo, Gwendolyn A. Sowa

“…The purpose of this study was to provide a quantitative description of intervertebral motion in the lumbar spine during flexion/extension (F/E) and lateral bending (LB) in individuals with cLBP. Methods Data from 125 individuals is included in this analysis (M: 53; F: 72; n = 66 < 60 years of age; average BMI: 25.7 ± 3.6 kg/m2). …”
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Genetic Profiles of Purine, Uric Acid, Superoxide Dismutase, and Growth in Thai Slow-Growing Chickens by Wuttigrai Boonkum, Vibuntita Chankitisakul, Srinuan Kananit, Veeraya Tuntiyasawasdikul, Vatsana Sirisan, Wootichai Kenchaiwong

“…A multiple-trait animal model and an average information-restricted maximum likelihood (AI-REML) were used to estimate the variance components and genetic parameters. …”
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Investigating the accuracy of adjusting for examiner differences in multi-centre Objective Structured Clinical Exams (OSCEs). A simulation study of video-based Examiner Score Compa... by Peter Yeates, Gareth McCray

“…Given this, we aimed to investigate the accuracy of adjusted scores produced by VESCA under a range of plausible operational parameters. Methods Using statistical simulation, we investigated how: 1/proportion of participating examiners, 2/ number of linking videos, 3/baseline differences in examiner stringency between schools (i.e. whether examiners in School A are, on average, more stringent than the examiners in School B), 4/number of OSCE stations and 5/different degrees of random error within examiners’ judgements influenced accuracy of adjusted scores. …”
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3D-printed model combined with the Ilizarov technique in the treatment of genu varum in children with hypophosphatemic rickets by Shu Chen, Bin Gao, Qiang Shi

“…During the last follow-up, no complaints of pain, no restriction of motion of the knee joints, or recurrence was found. The average preoperative mLDFA was 98.8 degrees (89–113 degrees), and the average mLDFA at the final follow-up was 93.4 degrees (85–101 degrees). …”
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Research on Soybean Seedling Stage Recognition Based on Swin Transformer by Kai Ma, Jinkai Qiu, Ye Kang, Liqiang Qi, Wei Zhang, Song Wang, Xiuying Xu

“…The field environment and shooting equipment directly affect the quality of the captured images, and in order to test the anti-interference ability of different models, the Gaussian blur method was used to blur the images of the test set to different degrees. …”
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Course on Educational Web-Content Accessibility: Analysis of Online Learning Results by Ye. A. Kosova

“…The paper deals with the analysis of the learning outcomes of non-degree students in the first online course in the Russian Federation on the development of accessible educational webcontent. …”
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Global research on the utilization of population pharmacokinetic model: a bibliometric analysis from 2000 to 2024 by Yucheng Yao, Yucheng Yao, Liyuan Zhang, Dan Chen, Shiran Qin, Shiran Qin, Mingyu Meng, Qiuyan Guo

“…This study aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the research progress and hotspots in the field of PPK model research through bibliometric methods.MethodsA systematic search of the Web of Science database was conducted to collect articles and reviews related to the PPK model between 2000 and 2024. …”
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Analysis on the level of care burden and its influencing factors in caregivers of patients with intracranial aneurysms (颅内动脉瘤患者照顾者照顾负担水平及影响因素分析)... by SUI Jianfei (隋健飞), YUAN Qiaoling (袁巧玲)

“…Objective To investigate the care burden and its influencing factors in caregivers of patients with intracranial aneurysms. Methods The convenience sampling method was used to select 144 patients with intracranial aneurysms and their primary caregivers in the neurosurgery department as the research objects, and the caregivers were surveyed by Zrait Burden Scale (ZBI), Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS), Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale(HADS). …”
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Influence of Personal Respiratory and Visual Protective Equipment on the Development and Progression of Dry Eye Syndrome by A. V. Kuroyedov, P. Ch. Zavadski, A. Yu. Brezhnev, V. V. Gorodnichii, I. R. Gazizova, A. V. Seleznev, O. N. Onufriichuk, Yu. I. Razhko, Z. M. Nagornova

“…A decrease in the Schirmer I test score at the end of a 7–8 hour work shift was found by an average of 3 mm (from 13 (9; 16) mm to 10 (6; 15) mm, p &lt; 0.001). …”
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Improvement of Technological Indicators of Semi-Finished Products of Sugar Production from Bacterially Infected Sugar Beet by Lubov I. Belyaeva, Michail K. Pruzhin, Alla V. Ostapenko, Valentina N. Gurova

“…The research objective was to establish the patterns of change in the technological indicators of semi-finished products obtained from bacterially infected sugar beets with the combined use of an enzyme preparation, antimicrobial agent, and defoamer. Study objects and methods. The study involved such semi-finished products as juice (diffusion, pre-defecated, first and second saturation) and syrup, the quality of which was determined according to standard methods. …”
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Attitude of Healthcare Providers Towards Care of People with Disabilities, in Hail Region, Saudi Arabia by Saleh KA, Alrubaiee GG, Alqalah TAH, Almoliky MA, Alrashedi H, Alkubati SA, Ahmed WA

“…Older providers (over 35 years old) exhibited the highest positivity rate (92.57), although differences in age, sex, educational level, years of experience, and professional role were not statistically significant. Master’s degree holders had the highest average score (93.52), but the differences remained statistically insignificant.Conclusion: The study concludes that while healthcare providers generally have positive attitudes towards people with disabilities, there is a critical need for comprehensive training programs to enhance the quality of care provided. …”
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From Narratives to Diagnosis: A Machine Learning Framework for Classifying Sleep Disorders in Aging Populations: The <i>sleepCare</i> Platform by Christos A. Frantzidis

“…Traditional diagnostic methods, such as polysomnography, are resource-intensive and limited in accessibility. …”
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Novel Multicriteria Decision Making Approach for Interactive Aggregation Operators of q-Rung Orthopair Fuzzy Soft Set by Rana Muhammad Zulqarnain, Imran Siddique, Aiyared Iampan, Jan Awrejcewicz, Maksymilian Bednarek, Rifaqat Ali, Muhammad Asif

“…But, the prevailing MCDM methods habitually deliver incompatible outcomes. …”
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