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)

“…Results The averaged score of ZBI was (39. 15±7. 61) , which was higher than the norm (P＜0. 01). …”
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Evaluation of salt tolerance in hybrid progeny of apple rootstock Malus prunifolia × R3 by JIAO Caidi, WEI Jiangtong, JIA Xumei, LI Cuiying, LI Chao, MA Fengwang

“…The average membership function value of M26 was the lowest, indicating that its salt tolerance was the weakest. …”
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Design of 3 DOF hexapod leg movement using inverse kinematics: bridging gaps in multilegged robot kinematics literature by Heru Suwoyo, Nur Aziz Taufikurohman, Yingzhong Tian, Achmad Burhanudin

“…Designing the motion of a hexapod robot with 3 Degrees of Freedom (DOF) using the Inverse Kinematics method allows the robot to move by adjusting the angles of its leg joints according to the desired position and direction. …”
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Understanding the needs of undergraduate healthcare students in relation to suicide prevention training: A qualitative study. by Kerrie Gallagher, Ellen Walls, Clíodhna O'Brien, Eve Griffin, Grace Phillips, Michelle O'Driscoll

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Ethical approval was obtained to conduct focus groups with undergraduate healthcare students. …”
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Non-reciprocity of energy transfer derived from cubic stiffness-induced nonlinear phenomena by Na Kong, Min Sun, Jianen Chen

“…The semi-analytical solutions of the system are obtained using the complexification-averaging method and the least squares method. The results are compared against numerical solutions obtained by the Runge-Kutta method. …”
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Posterior vertebrodesis and Ponte osteotomies in surgical treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis type Lenke 1-4 by Adelin Ivanov

“…Patients with both hyperkyphosis reported in the T5-T12 segment and marked hypokyphosis in the same area of the thoracic zone were also included in the study. Material and methods The study encompasses 38 patients (men 11, women 27) with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis type Lenke 1-4 and has been conducted in the period 2010-2018 The patients, included in the study, were of the age between 10 and 18 years, average age: 14.2±0.5. …”
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Posterior vertebrodesis and Ponte osteotomies in surgical treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis type Lenke 1-4 by Adelin Ivanov

“…Patients with both hyperkyphosis reported in the T5-T12 segment and marked hypokyphosis in the same area of the thoracic zone were also included in the study. Material and methods The study encompasses 38 patients (men 11, women 27) with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis type Lenke 1-4 and has been conducted in the period 2010-2018 The patients, included in the study, were of the age between 10 and 18 years, average age: 14.2±0.5. …”
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Hand Flexibility Assessment System Based on Pneumatic Actuation and Sensing by XIA Yuanhao, GAO Ting, WANG Wanzhu, WANG Yalan, CHEN Shiqi, ZHANG Yue, CHEN Xinyuan

“…Based on the data collection needs of patients with varying degrees of hand dysfunction, four impedance evaluation modes with different intensities (mild, moderate, severe, and very severe) are designed. …”
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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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Anterior cruciate ligament tissue stiffness and anterior tibial translation are increased in patients with medial meniscus posterior root tear by Yavuz Selim Karatekin, Harun Altınayak, Ahmet Serhat Genç, Mirsad Yalçınkaya, Mehmet Seyfi Buruk, Orhan Balta

“…The tibial slope measurement was taken at 30 degrees of knee flexion on true lateral radiographs where the femoral condyles overlapped. …”
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Hand Flexibility Assessment System Study Based on Pneumatic Actuation and Sensing by XIA Yuanhao, GAO Ting, WANG Wanzhu, WANG Yalan, CHEN Shiqi, ZHANG Yue, CHEN Xinyuan

“…Based on the data collection needs of patients with varying degrees of hand dysfunction, four impedance evaluation modes with different intensities (mild, moderate, severe, and very severe) are designed. …”
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Evaluación del rol del equipo de coordinación de nefrología en la consulta externa específica de acceso vascular. ¿Qué podemos aportar de nuevo? by Néstor Fontseré, Gaspar Mestres, Xavi Yugueros, Daniel Gil, Carla Blanco, Valentín Lozano, Lidia María Rodas, Arantxa Gelabert, Paula Escarcena, Rosa Ramos, Francisco Maduell

“…Materials and methods: We analyzed VA created or surgically repaired between 2021 and 2022. …”
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Evaluation the role of the nephrology team in the specific vascular access outpatient clinic. What can we contribute new? by Néstor Fontseré, Gaspar Mestres, Xavi Yugueros, Daniel Gil, Carla Blanco, Valentín Lozano, Lida María Rodas, Arantxa Gelabert, Paula Escarcena, Rosa Ramos, Francisco Maduell

“…Materials and methods: We analyzed VA created or surgically repaired between 2021 and 2022. …”
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Evaluation of snow storage in Western Siberia based on the land-surface model SPONSOR simulation using reanalysis data by D. V. Turkov, V. S. Sokratov, T. B. Titkova

“…These correlation coefficients between observations and results of simulations using LSM SPONSOR for SWE, and especially for the snow depth are the best of all methods. Maps with high spatial resolution for SWE, obtained by different methods, were constructed for February averaged. …”
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Enhancing Thyroid Nodule Assessment With UTV-ST Swin Kansformer: A Multimodal Approach to Predict Invasiveness by Yufang Zhao, Yue Li, Yanjing Zhang, Xiaohui Yan, Guolin Yin, Liping Liu

“…By analyzing ultrasound video features using the Video Swin Transformer and clinical data using a text analysis module based on the KAN network, and then fusing these features, the model achieves a classification accuracy of 82.1% and an average AUC of 94.2%. These results surpass the performance of traditional methods, particularly in distinguishing different degrees of invasiveness, even under noisy conditions. …”
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Clinical Outcomes of Supraglottic Laryngeal Cancer: Insights from a Decade of Surgical Treatment by Yaşar Kemal Duymaz

“…Statistical analysis involved descriptive methods, frequencies, and ratios, with outcomes compared to existing literature.Results: The cohort primarily consisted of male patients (91.7%) with an average age of 58.04 years. …”
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Optimizing soybean variety selection for the Pan-African Trial network using factor analytic models and envirotyping by Maurício S. Araújo, João P. S. Pavan, André A. Stella, Bruno F. Fregonezi, Natally F. Lima, Erica P. Leles, Michelle F. Santos, Peter Goldsmith, Godfree Chigeza, Brian W. Diers, José B. Pinheiro

“…Additionally, we applied an environmental kernel approach and the XGBoost method to assess the number of mega-environments. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors of myopic maculopathy: a cross-sectional study in Han and Uygur adults in Xinjiang, China by Ke Wang, Jin Ma, Yong Zhong, Ting Chen, Fen Dong, Lin Ding, Guang-Liang Shan, Lize Pa, Limujiang Ke, Hebuli Mu, Senjiang Ya, Ning Tao

“…The participants consisted of 1256 (41.3%) men and 1788 (58.7%) women. The average age was 52.2±9.4 years, and the mean spherical equivalent (SE) was −0.18±2.31 dioptre (D). …”
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CORRELATION BETWEEN MUSCLE STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE WHEN USING SPECIALIZED FITNESS TRAINING FOR STUDENTS by P. Petkov

“…A total of 67 students from the Faculties of Agriculture, Veterinary Medicine and Economics at Trakia University, Stara Zagora, are the contingent of the survey. The average age of the surveyed students was 20.04 years. …”
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Sleep-disordered breathing: statistical characteristics of joint recurrent indicators in ЕЕG activity by Anton O. Selskii, Evgeniy N. Egorov, Rodion V. Ukolov, Anna A. Orlova, Evgeniya E. Drozhdeva, Sergei A. Mironov, Yurii V. Doludin, Mikhail V. Agaltsov, Oxana M. Drapkina

“…Material — The study used polysomnography data recorded in 30 patients with nocturnal respiratory dysfunction in the form of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Methods — Analysis of polysomnographic recordings was carried out using a joint recurrent indicator, for which further statistical characteristics were assessed: average value, geometric mean, cubic mean, median, dispersion, standard deviation, the coefficient of variation, asymmetry indicator, kurtosis indicator. …”
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