Person-centred health outcomes in the routine care for people with progressive pulmonary fibrosis: the COCOS-IPF project’s European survey on healthcare professionals’ views and pr... by Vivien Somogyi, Anouk Delameillieure, Silja Schenk, Liesbet Van Bulck, Sofie Breuls, Nazli Üçkuyu, Zehra Nur Töreyin, Nikola Stenzel, Nesrin Moğulkoç, Wim Wuyts, Steve Jones, Liam Galvin, Jeanette Boyd, Thomy Tonia, Fabienne Dobbels, Michael Kreuter

“…The survey was programmed in QualtricsXM, piloted and distributed via the networks of the COCOS-IPF consortium. We used content analysis to create an overall list of outcome domains mentioned in the survey, classified these according to the COMET (Core Outcome Measures in Effectiveness Trials) taxonomy and calculated the frequency of all outcomes mentioned. …”
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Eco‑friendly biosynthesis of gold nanoparticles from Amphimedon compressa with antibacterial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-biofilm, and insecticidal properties against dise... by Alsayed E. Mekky, Ebrahim Saied, Mahmoud M. Al-Habibi, Zeinab A. Shouaib, Ahmed I. Hasaballah, Mohammed E. Rashed, Ashjan F. Khaled, Amal Naif Alshammari, Fady Sayed Youssef, Ahmed M. Al-Shahat, Mohammad Y. Alfaifi, Serag Eldin I. Elbehairi, Mohammed Aufy, Tharwat A. Selim

“…In conclusion, the marine sponge A. compressa serves as an effective biological source for the synthesis of AuNPs, which demonstrate significant antibacterial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-biofilm, and insecticidal activities, highlighting their potential in biomedical and environmental fields.…”
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Design and verification of energy balance actuation system for fishbone morphing wings by Yan ZHAO, Chen WANG, Ziyi HE, Jixu CAI, Yu ZHANG, Xing SHEN, Jiaying ZHANG

“…In addition, it was verified that the stiffness-tuning mechanism can adjust the structural stiffness by tuning the connection point position, which can improve the effectiveness of the energy-balancing system.…”
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Rеgаrding the standаrdіzаtion of glycine and thiotriazoline in the model mixture by high-performance liquid chromatography by O. V. Khromylova, M. О. Avramenko, H. R. Nimenko, E. Yu. Hura

“…Therefоre, the urgent task of modern pharmacy is to create new highly effective drugs for the trеаtment of these pаthоlоgies. …”
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Transfer learning‑based attenuation correction in 99mTc-TRODAT-1 SPECT for Parkinson’s disease using realistic simulation and clinical data by Wenbo Huang, Han Jiang, Yu Du, Haiyan Wang, Hao Sun, Guang-Uei Hung, Greta S. P. Mok

“…Abstract Purpose Dopamine transporter (DAT) SPECT is an effective tool for early Parkinson’s disease (PD) detection and heavily hampered by attenuation. …”
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Pragmatic questionnaire-based evaluation of auditory function in individuals with major neurocognitive disorders and hearing loss in diverse contexts by Panagiotis Alexopoulos, Panagiotis Alexopoulos, Panagiotis Alexopoulos, Panagiotis Alexopoulos, Antonios Alexandros Demertzis, Panagiotis Biris, Polychronis Economou, Eric Frison, Piers Dawes, Iracema Leroi

“…An exploratory data analysis was utilized to provide a comprehensive understanding of the data structure and the characteristics of the sample. …”
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Congenital Epidermolysis Bullosa Epidemiology among Children of Russian Federation by Nikolay N. Murashkin, Roman V. Epishev, Olga S. Orlova, Alena А. Kuratova, Victoriya S. Polenova

“…This study demonstrates the significance and necessity to create and maintain registers for rare (orphan) diseases. …”
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Theoretical and applied problems of interaction between the international and national legal systems by O. A. Kiseleva

“…Such a situation will inevitably lead to attempts to create a semblance of a norm, an escalation of confrontation, and an inability to reach agreement on issues on the agenda. …”
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The State of Artificial Intelligence and its Prospects in Pakistan's Medical Sector by Rohail Akhtar Habib, Yumna Sattar Khan

“…The introduction of AI into Pakistani healthcare marks a revolutionary turn toward more effective, easily accessible, and individualized treatment. …”
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Operationalizing Human Health Indicators to Link with Ecosystem Changes of Water Streams: An OneAquaHealth Protocol by Marilena ANASTASAKI, Catherine CHRONAKI, Anne MOEN, Eleni KOKINOU, Stratos KOKOLAKIS, Matenia KARAGIANNIDOU, May-Linn MØRK, Silje HENNI

“…Indicator selection will be relevant to levels of granularity, meaning the degree of details or specificity, the degree of precision depending on how the values were collected, the time distance between the data collection and the effective use and the correlation (known or expected) with aquatic ecosystem health indicators (e.g biodiversity, pollutant levels, water pH). …”
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Influence of Cryopreservation on the Acrosome Reaction in Hucul Stallion Spermatozoa by Monika Bugno-Poniewierska, Monika Bielecka, Natalia Pietras, Barbara Kij-Mitka, Zenon Podstawski, Bogusława Długosz

“…The cryopreservation of semen is essential for creating gene banks, but its effect on the acrosome reaction in Hucul stallions has not yet been investigated. …”
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Outcome in patients undergoing postponed elective surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic (TRACE II): study protocol for a multicentre prospective observational study by Markus W Hollmann, Gert Jan Scheffer, Wolfgang Buhre, Sander van Kuijk, Seppe Koopman, Dianne de Korte-de Boer, Peter G Noordzij, Alice C Werger, Jennifer Breel, Carolien S E Bulte, Bas A in ‘t Veld, Carin G C L Wensing

“…Introduction During the COVID-19 pandemic many non-acute elective surgeries were cancelled or postponed around the world. This has created an opportunity to study the effect of delayed surgery on health conditions prior to surgery and postsurgical outcomes in patients with postponed elective surgery. …”
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Prognostic value of the Naples Prognostic Score in adult chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: NHANES 2005–2018 by Yue Kang, Yue Kang, Yingjian Tan, Yongxin Tie, Yujing Zhang, Chenyu Cui, Yuanyuan Zhao

“…After assigning participants to groups 0, 1, and 2, with NPS values of 0, 1–2, and 3–4, respectively, the survival curves were created, and the Cox regression analysis was carried out. …”
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Intention to use digital-based psychosocial counseling and its predictors among students in University of Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia, 2023: Using modified unified theory of accepta... by Deje Sendek Anteneh, Jenberu Mekurianew Kelkay, Henok Dessie Wubneh, Miftah Abdella Beshir, Kassahun Dessie Gashu

“…Data were exported to SPSS 20 for descriptive analysis and Analysis of Moment and Structure version 23 for structural equation modeling analysis to assess the significance of relationships between variables using a path coefficient and a p -value of <0.05. …”
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The impact of parental absence on the mental health of middle school students in rural areas of Western China by Xiaohong Ren, Cen Lin, Lu Pan, Qiuyue Fan, Dapeng Wu, JinLong He, Ping He, Jiaming Luo

“…Multivariate analysis demonstrated that different forms of parental absence exerted substantial effects on mental health severity, with statistically significant associations for depression, anxiety, and stress (all p &lt; 0.001). …”
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Numerical simulation of the casting process of an AZ91D magnesium alloy under a rotating-pulsed combined electromagnetic field by Liang Z., Bai Q.-W., Tian Y.-C., Liu Y., Zhang K.-H., Lai H.-M.

“…Using an AZ91D magnesium alloy as the research object, a three-dimensional (3D) numerical model was created and simulated using simulation analysis software. …”
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The Assessment of Utility and the Role of Rural Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in West Azerbaijan Province by ali Gholami, Fatemeh Moohamadzadeh

“…As the second step, the role of each subsystems in the occurrence of existing conditions was analyzed using the factor analysis method in the LISREL software. It is observed that sub-ecosystems of "commercial and legal infrastructure" and "government programs for entrepreneurship" have maximum effect (by 91% and 75%), and the sub-ecosystem of "social norms" has the minimum effect (by 43%) on the performance of rural entrepreneurship ecosystem. …”
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Developing a density functional theory model of glassy carbon via carbon defect induction and relaxation by K. Meerholz, A. Falch, C.G.C.E. van Sittert

“…Multiple GC slab models were created for comparative analysis. Validation involved comparing theoretical X-ray diffraction data with published data, confirming the model's accuracy in representing the GC's structure. …”
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Evaluation of Classification Possibility of Coke Breeze by Drag Force by Ji-A Lee, Bong-Min Jin, Jeong-Whan Han

“…After falling, the distribution of coke particle size according to the horizontal travel distance was confirmed, and a fall trajectory prediction formula model was created through the drag model of polydisperse system and compared with the experimental and analysis results.…”
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Improvement of a long random skin flap survival by application of vascular endothelial growth factor in various ways of local administration in a rat model by Spyridon A. Vourtsis, Apostolos E. Papalois, George D. Agrogiannis, Petros K. Spyriounis, Efstratios Patsouris, Mihai Ionac

“…Background: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a heparin-binding glycoprotein which plays a significant role in angiogenesis and vascular permeability. The effect of various ways of local administration of VEGF on random skin flap survival was studied, using flaps with a relatively high length (L) to width (W) ratio (5:1). …”
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