Awareness About Epilepsy Among Schoolteachers in the Northern Border Region, Saudi Arabia by Shehab Ahmed Alenazi, Shmoukh Mushref M Alruwaili, Nuof Khalid J Alanazi, Dana Ahmed Albalawi, Nouf Faris Alanazi, Dimah Mulfi Alanazi, Ekramy Elmorsy

“…The majority were females (56%) and qualified by a bachelor’s degree. (82%). Knowledge questions showed an overall average knowledge score of 3.4 ± 1.3 (ranging from 1-6). 212 participants (57.9%) had satisfactory knowledge scores (>3). …”
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The Impact of Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disease in High-risk Kidney Transplant Recipients: Benefits of Prevention by Bryce A. Kiberd, MD, Christopher J.A. Daley, BscPharm, ACPR, PharmD

“…Preventive strategies may be cost-effective but would depend on the degree of effectiveness, safety, and cost.…”
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Education for Sustainable Development – An Evaluation of Students’ Perceptions within the Bucharest University of Economic Studie by Grigore Ioan Piroșcă, George-Laurențiu Șerban-Oprescu, Liana Badea, Grigore Ioan Piroșcă, George-Laurențiu Șerban-Oprescu, Liana Badea and Silvia Dedu

“…Also, the significant number of students enrolled in the bachelor's degree (27,598) places BUES among the largest universities with economic and business profile in the South-East of Europe. …”
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Effect of medial and lateral heel wedge changes On mechanical parameters of diabetic foot ulcers during gait by Ebrahim Abdi, Mansour Eslami, Mohand Taghipour

“…Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of internal and external wedge slope changes on the mechanical parameters foot ulcers. Methods: In this quasi-experimental study of 15 diabetic patients with an average age of 63.3±2.01 was used. …”
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Psychological readiness for innovative activity and the ability to self-management of the police chiefs by O. M. Voluiko

“…Krasnoryadtseva) and “Ability to Self-Management” (N. M. Peisakhov) methods. The sample consisted of 316 heads of police departments. …”
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Influence Maximization in Social Networks Using Improved Genetic Algorithm by Ali Chodari Khosroshahi, Saeid Taghavi Afshord, Bagher Zarei, Bahman Arasteh

“…In addition, a new local search method is presented that uses the selection score to search in the neighborhood of a given solution. …”
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Perspectives from program directors on the selection process for Saudi periodontics residency programs: a cross-sectional study by Yousef Alheraisi, Hussam M. Alqahtani, Eyad Tawfeeq

“…A degree of importance scale was used to measure the significance of each factor for PDs. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward cervical cancer among market women in the Nigerian federal capital territory, Abuja by Samuel O Azubuike, Patricia Azuh

“…Knowledge was assessed by computing the average scores assigned to each response item (1 for yes and 0 for No). …”
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Lightweight defect detection algorithm of tunnel lining based on knowledge distillation by Anfu Zhu, Jiaxiao Xie, Bin Wang, Heng Guo, Zilong Guo, Jie Wang, Lei Xu, SiXin Zhu, Zhanping Yang

“…Aiming at the problems of complex detection model, poor real-time performance and low accuracy of the current tunnel lining defect detection methods, the study proposes a lightweight defect detection algorithm of tunnel lining based on knowledge distillation. …”
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Integration of Convolutional Neural Network and Image Processing for Pulp Fibril Detection and Measurement by Tanachot Chirakitsakul, Pakaket Wattuya, Phichit Somboon, Panthira Jansakra, Chakrit Watcharopas

“…The patch-based classification approach effectively filters out irrelevant objects, especially those whose features visually resemble fibrils, thus improving fibril segmentation accuracy. The method was comprehensively validated against expert-labeled ground truth images and achieved a promising average error rate of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$0.4494~{\pm }~0.4187$ </tex-math></inline-formula>. …”
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Epidemiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the Krasnoyarsk region by E. A. Ermilov, N. V. Isaeva

“…The functional state and degree of neurological deficit were assessed using the ALS-FRS-R scale.Results. …”
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Effectiveness of neuromodulation in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy after failed surgical treatment by F. A. Efremov, R. V. Agaev, S. A. Kim, G. I. Moisak, E. D. Anisimov, E. A. Khabarova, J. A. Rzaev

“…The results after surgical interventions were assessed according to the Engel scale, VNS therapy – by the McHugh (MH) scale, DBS therapy – by the degree of reduced seizure rate as a percentage. The average follow-up was 56.5 months.Results. …”
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Time to pregnancy recognition among users of an FDA-cleared fertility application by Agathe van Lamsweerde, Jack T. Pearson, Rachel Urrutia, Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson, Helena Kopp Kallner, Anita Nelson, Eleonora Benhar, Carlotta Favaro, Elina Berglund Scherwitzl, Raoul Scherwitzl

“…Most participants (with non-missing information) identified as Non-Hispanic White, and one-third reported obtaining a university degree. We used two-tailed Welch’s t-test, Mann–Whitney U-test, and two-tailed Z-tests to compare time to pregnancy recognition between those using the app to conceive or contracept.Results Participants using an app to conceive recognised pregnancy on average at 31.3 days from last menstrual period (LMP) compared to 35.9 days among those using the app to prevent pregnancy.Conclusion Generalisability is limited, as all participants were using a fertility app and had relatively homogenous sociodemographic characteristics.…”
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Correlations between Intellectual Abilities and Features of the Motivational-Emotional Sphere in College-Age Boys and Girls by I.Yu. Churikov, E.S. Kagan, I.S. Morozova

“…Statistically significant differences were found in the two-factor analysis of variance. On average, girls have a higher motivation to achieve success, more often conditioned by external factors. …”
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Optical Coherent Tomography-Angiography in the Research of Myopia Complicated by Choroidal Neovascularization by E. A. Drozdova, O. V. Zhiliaeva

“…The phenotypic features of CNV before treatment, during anti-VEGF therapy (Ranibizumab) and at the end of the observation period were taken into account.Results. The average follow-up period is 26.12 (12.36; 35.02) months. …”
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Quality of life in overweight and obese children by М.Л. Аряєв, Д.С. Селімханова, І.М. Шевченко

“…The objective of this study is to examine the quality of life (QoL) in children with elevated body weight and obesity. Materials and methods. The study involved 151 children (71 girls and 80 boys) aged 12 to 17 years. …”
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Does institutional openness improve the trade efficiency of China’s agricultural products imported from Central Asian countries? A time-varying stochastic frontier gravity model by Fangfang Cao, Xiande Li, Zhexi Zhang

“…Secondly, regarding the impact of infrastructure, a higher efficiency of trade logistics clearance and a lower tariff are more beneficial for improving the trade efficiency. Thirdly, as for the degree of openness of the socio-economic system, a higher level of economic freedom in Central Asian countries societies are more conducive to promoting the export of agricultural products to China. …”
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Rhythm disturbances following rapid-deployment aortic valve replacementCentral MessagePerspective by Amalan Thuraisingam, MD, Andrew E. Newcomb, MBBS, FRACS

“…No significant changes were observed in the frequencies of atrial fibrillation, first-degree heart block, and right bundle branch block. …”
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Upper Eyelid and Eyebrow Dimensions in Adult Filipinos by Elaine Marie Y. Omaña, MD, MHA, DPBO, Maria Suzanne A. Sabundayo-Tiu, MD, DPBO, Lourdes T Ang, MD, DPBO

“…Among the female group, mean EBH was also observed to increase with age (p=0.02). A high degree of inter-eye correlation was observed (r = 0.94 to 1.00). …”
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Use of fibrates and cancer risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 17 long-term randomized placebo-controlled trials. by Stefanos Bonovas, Georgios K Nikolopoulos, Pantelis G Bagos

“…The degree of variability between trials was consistent with what would be expected to occur by chance alone. …”
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