Digital and socioeconomic inequalities in perceived mobility restrictions for activity participation: Captive users in Madrid by Segundo Paico-Saavedra, Alberto Rojas-Rivero, Raúl F. Elizondo-Candanedo, Aldo Arranz-López, Julio A. Soria-Lara

“…This study addresses this gap by investigating how structural vulnerabilities (e.g., transport mobility, digital access, and socioeconomic) shaped the ability to engage in work and educational activities during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Madrid Region. …”
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iMESc – an interactive machine learning app for environmental sciences by Danilo Cândido Vieira, Danilo Cândido Vieira, Fabiana S. Paula, Luciana Erika Yaginuma, Gustavo Fonseca

“…IMESc permits the customization of plots and saving the workflows into “savepoints” guarantying reproducibility. iMESc bridges the gap between the complexity of machine learning algorithms and the need for user-friendly interfaces in environmental research. …”
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Assessment of the Level of Expression Activity and Localization of Cd-Receptors in the Postmenopausal Period by Marina B. KHAMOSHINA, Dmitry P. PUGA, Bogdan O. SHCHEGLOV, Irina P. KOVAL, Ivan V. REVA, Svetlana N. SHCHEGLOVA, Galina V. REVA, Kirill V. STEGNIY

“…The cervical mucosa (CM) is a critical site in the female reproductive system, but despite extensive histological studies in reproductive-age women, there is a notable gap in our understanding of the local immune homeostasis in postmenopausal women. …”
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Teasing in Outpatient Clinical Interaction in China: Managing Epistemic and Deontic Authorities by Ying Gao, Shuai Zhang, Wen Ma

“…The responses to teases vary, reflecting the complexity of clinical communication and the need for a delicate balance between humour and professionalism. …”
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A Business Model Framework for Software as a Medical Device Startups in the European Union: Mixed Methods Study by Rahel Sophie Martjan, Sascha Noel Weimar, Orestis Terzidis

“…Business model frameworks are tools that reduce complexity by focusing on the key aspects of a business model. …”
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Fuzzyfortify: a multi-attribute risk assessment for multi-factor authentication and cloud container orchestration by Mohammad Hafiz Hersyah, Mohammad Hafiz Hersyah, Md. Delwar Hossain, Yuzo Taenaka, Youki Kadobayashi

“…Securing cloud-native infrastructures that integrate Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) via FIDO2, container orchestration with Kubernetes, and Dockerized microservices remains a complex challenge due to interdependent vulnerabilities and escalating adversarial threats. …”
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Modeling the herpes zoster disease burden and its potential health impact on older adults >50 years of age in Brazil by Ariel Bardach, Jamile Ballivian, Ângela Maria Bagattini, Michelle Quarti Machado da Rosa, Max Moura de Oliveira, Jorge A. Gomez, Agustín Casarini

“…As the Brazilian healthcare system constitutes a complex combination of public-private financing, estimating the true impact of HZ is challenging. …”
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Development of operational decision support tools for mechanized ski guiding using avalanche terrain modeling, GPS tracking, and machine learning by J. Sykes, J. Sykes, P. Haegeli, R. Atkins, P. Mair, Y. Bühler, Y. Bühler

“…Helicopter and snowcat ski guides are tasked with finding safe terrain to provide guests with enjoyable skiing in a fast-paced and highly dynamic and complex decision environment. Based on years of experience, ski guides have established systematic decision-making practices that streamline the process and limit the potential negative influences of time pressure and emotional investment. …”
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Trail-blazing and keeping pace: building, retaining and expanding image analysis expertise by David Kirchenbuechler, David Kirchenbuechler, Mariana De Niz, Mariana De Niz, Constadina Arvanitis, Constadina Arvanitis

“…Scientific studies are increasingly complex, involving quantification of many different experimental approaches and technologies. …”
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A qualitative exploration of barriers to narrative nursing practice among early-career nurses by Lulu Chen, Xiaorong Zhou, Yuan Wang, Shen Zhang, Shuang Li, Jin Li, Li Zhang

“…Results Four major themes and ten subthemes were identified: (1) weak narrative competence among early-career nurses, manifested as the gap between theory and practice, insufficient communication in complex situations, and difficulty in emotional regulation; (2) limited patient understanding and cooperation, including communication barriers and lack of trust; (3) constrained objective conditions, such as high workload, lack of training, and insufficient humanistic atmosphere; (4) sociocultural factors affecting narrative nursing implementation, including imbalance between treatment and humanistic needs and reduced nurse-patient interaction willingness due to negative events. …”
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Gut microbiome reveals the trophic variation and significant adaption of three sympatric forest-dwelling ungulates on the eastern Qinghai-Xizang Plateau by Haonan Zhang, Yichen Wang, Zhengwei Luo, Baofeng Zhang, Xianna Lan, Liancheng Xu, Xuxin Li, Zhixin Huang, Jin Bai, Defu Hu

“…Nevertheless, a significant gap persists in comparative studies on the variations in the gut microbiome among sympatric ruminants and their potential adaptive implications. …”
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Unleashing the Power of Multiomics: Unraveling the Molecular Landscape of Peripheral Neuropathy by Julie Choi, Zitian Tang, Wendy Dong, Jenna Ulibarri, Elvisa Mehinovic, Simone Thomas, Ahmet Höke, Sheng Chih Jin

“…While various conditions such as diabetes, metabolic disorders, trauma, autoimmune disease, and chemotherapy‐induced neurotoxicity have been linked to PN, approximately one‐third of PN cases remain idiopathic, underscoring a critical gap in our understanding of these disorders. Over the years, considerable efforts have focused on unraveling the complex molecular pathways underlying PN to advance diagnosis and treatment. …”
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Health and social service provider perspectives on challenges, approaches, and recommendations for treating long COVID: a qualitative study of Canadian provider experiences by Anh T. P. Nguyen, Chantal F. Ski, David R. Thompson, Susan E. Abbey, Stefan Kloiber, Natasha Yasmin Sheikhan, Peter Selby, Roslyn Shields, Susan L. Rossell, Gillian Strudwick, David Castle, Lisa D. Hawke

“…Conclusions Canadian health and social service providers are adopting personalized treatment approaches to address the symptom persistence of long COVID in the face of a considerable knowledge gap. A comprehensive, integrated care pathway is needed to support patients’ physical and psychosocial wellbeing while increasing provider preparedness to treat this complex condition.…”
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Exploring the adsorption behavior of N-octyl pyridinium ionic liquids on graphene: Insights into reactivity and stability by Kayim Pineda-Urbina, Gururaj Kudur Jayaprakash, Roberto Flores-Moreno, Ulises G. Reyes-Leaño, Zeferino Gómez-Sandoval, José Manuel Flores-Álvarez, Henry Nicole González-Ramírez, Bhavana Rikhari

“…In comparison to the isolated components, the G-OP-1 complex’s HOMO-LUMO energy gap (6.23kcal/mol) was considerably smaller, suggesting improved reactivity and effective electron transmission. …”
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ResilioMate: A Resilient Multi-Agent Task Executing Framework for Enhancing Small Language Models by Yubing Xiong, Mingrui Huang, Xuechen Liang, Meiling Tao

“…These developments illustrate ResilioMate’s efficacy in bridging the performance gap between SLMs and LLMs, offering a scalable solution for the deployment of efficient language agents in real-time and peripheral computing environments.…”
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Gut-eye axis by Weixin Zheng, Mingzhi Su, Ningxi Hong, Panpan Ye

“…Our work endeavors to catalyze interdisciplinary research and foster innovative clinical applications, thereby bridging the gap between the gut microbiota and the ocular well-being.…”
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Spiking Neural Networks Optimized by Improved Cuckoo Search Algorithm: A Model for Financial Time Series Forecasting by Panke Qin, Yongjie Ding, Ya Li, Bo Ye, Zhenlun Gao, Yaxing Liu, Zhongqi Cai, Haoran Qi

“…This work highlights that ICS-SNN provides a biologically plausible and computationally efficient framework for complex financial TSF, bridging the gap between neuromorphic principles and real-world financial analytics. …”
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‘Long journey to shelter’: a study protocol: a prospective longitudinal analysis of mental health and its determinants, exposure to violence and subjective experiences of the migra... by Amal R Khanolkar, Erica Mattelin, Frida Fröberg, Linda Jonsson, Laura Korhonen

“…Exposure to violence and mental health problems such as posttraumatic stress disorder are frequently reported among migrant children, but there is a knowledge gap in our understanding of the complex longitudinal interplay between individual, social and societal risk and resilience factors that impact mental health and well-being, quality of life and ability to function and adapt. …”
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How math shapes the world of life science animation by Rafael Oliveira, Evellyn Araujo Dias, Evellyn Araujo Dias, Ricardo Santos, Ricardo Santos, Vinicius Cotta-De-Almeida, José Aguiar Coelho Nt, José Aguiar Coelho Nt, José Aguiar Coelho Nt, Luiz Anastácio Alves

“…By bridging this knowledge gap, educators and students can make more effective and informed use of existing animation tools.…”
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Qualitative focus group study investigating experiences of accessing and engaging with social care services: perspectives of carers from diverse ethnic groups caring for stroke sur... by Geoffrey Cloud, Nan Greenwood, Jess Holley, Theresa Ellmers, Gill Mein

“…Many themes were common to all the included ethnic groups but some related to specific groups.Conclusions Across ethnic groups there were many similarities in the experiences of people caring for stroke survivors with complex, long-term care needs. Accessing services demands effort and persistence on carers’ part. …”
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