Acupuncture for somatosensory deficits after stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Shumeng Ren, Yuhang Chen, Yu Liu, Qiuyi Lv, Jing Peng, Lei Song, Yihuai Zou, Hua Zhang, Xing Chen

“…The acupuncture also showed an improvement in the ability of daily living [MD = 12.19, 95% CI (8.50, 15.87), I2 = 97.2%, P < 0.001] and the symptoms of neurological deficit [Standardized Mean Difference (SMD) = −1.53, 95%CI (−2.04, −1.03), I2 = 89.7%, P < 0.001].ConclusionsThe current best evidence shows that acupuncture has advantages in raising the effective rate, alleviating sensory disturbance, relieving pain, enhancing the ability of daily living, and improving the symptoms of neurological deficits for somatosensory deficits after stroke compared with the control group. …”
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Investigating the Impact of Environmental, Social, and Governance Performance on Financial and Non-Financial Performance of Companies: The Moderating Role of Structural Management... by Ghareibeh Esmailikia, Hosna Fathinia

“…However, management entrenchment, board independence, board diversity, and managerial ability all strengthen the positive impact of environmental, social, and governance performance on non-financial performance. …”
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Anticancer effects of ABTL0812, a clinical stage drug inducer of autophagy-mediated cancer cell death, in glioblastoma models by Andrea Mancini, Alessandro Colapietro, Loredana Cristiano, Alessandra Rossetti, Vincenzo Mattei, Giovanni Luca Gravina, Giovanni Luca Gravina, Héctor Perez-Montoyo, Marc Yeste-Velasco, Jose Alfon, Carles Domenech, Claudio Festuccia

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Predicting incident type 2 diabetes in a Japanese cohort: an 8-year analysis of the NAGALA database by Yangchun Wang, Fei Liu, Ruixiang Tong, Zhonghua He, Qin Fang, Jie Feng, Hongliang An, Junjun Liu

“…A combined risk model incorporating these factors including age, waist circumference, alanine transaminase, HbA1c, fasting plasma glucose, the presence of fatty liver, current smoking, heavy alcohol consumption, 1/HDL-C achieved an AUC of 0.90 (95% CI 0.88-0.92, P < 0.001), signifying robust discriminatory ability. …”
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Clinical Progress in Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy: A Focus on Rheumatic Diseases by Helal F. Hetta, Alaa Elsaghir, Victor Coll Sijercic, Abdulrahman K. Ahmed, Sayed A. Gad, Mahlet S. Zeleke, Fawaz E. Alanazi, Yasmin N. Ramadan

“…ABSTRACT Background Rheumatic diseases are chronic immune‐mediated disorders affecting multiple organ systems and significantly impairing patients' quality of life. Current treatments primarily provide symptomatic relief without offering a cure. …”
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In-Situ Measurement of Gas Permeability for Membranes in Water Electrolysis by Shuaimin Li, Chuan Song, Li Xu, Yuxin Wang, Wen Zhang

“…The two porous membranes, Zirfon and PPS, are more affected by the current density and KOH concentration, while the dense FAA-3-PK-75 and BILP-PE membranes have a stronger ability to hinder H₂ permeation. …”
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Spatiotemporal patterns in precipitation whiplash over China during 1901–2100 based on CMIP6 simulations by Honghao Luo, Nergui Nanding, Fuying Deng, Huan Wu, Zhijun Huang, Junxu Chen, Jiabin Peng, Bin Zhang

“…Multi-source observational datasets were also used to analyze the trend of precipitation whiplash indices for the current climate and to assess the ability of the CMIP6 ensemble model for reproducing the characteristics of precipitation whiplash events. …”
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Warning! This is not your typical mentor training: an invitation to explore a video-based mentor training to prepare mentor teachers for their roles in the classroom by Jamie Silverman, Michelle Pasko

“…Via the scenarios and questions that follow each thematically driven module, mentors are able to independently reflect on their current practices and ways to improve their roles. …”
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Assessing training needs of primary care pharmacists: a cross-sectional survey in China by Qingran Sun, Yanan You, Kejia Cao, Yuankai Huang, Xiaoyu Xi

“…This study aimed to explore the current status of training content, training approaches and unmet training needs from the perspective of primary care pharmacists. …”
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Successful Treatment of Pasteurella multocida -Related Invasive Infections with a Beta-Lactamase Inhibitor-Sparing Combination Antibiotic Regimen: A Case Series by Antonio Mastroianni, Valeria Vangeli, Maria Vittoria Mauro, Roberto Manfredi, Sonia Greco

“…Pasteurella multocida , a Gram-negative, penicillin-sensitive coccobacillus that is frequently a member of the normal respiratory microbiota of different animals, remains a clinically important pathogen with the ability to cause severe disease. Few case reports have involved P. multocida infections without animal bites. …”
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Understanding Post-Translational Modifications in Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus Infection by Xiaoyong Chen, Jianlong Zhang

“…Furthermore, we summarize the current understandings of how PTMs facilitate the ability of virus to evade the host immune system, enabling it to establish persistent infections. …”
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On Characterization of Norm-Referenced Achievement Grading Schemes toward Explainability and Selectability by Thepparit Banditwattanawong, Masawee Masdisornchote

“…Grading is the process of interpreting learning competence to inform learners and instructors of the current learning ability levels and necessary improvement. …”
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PCSK9-D374Y Suppresses Hepatocyte Migration through Downregulating Free Cholesterol Efflux Rate and Activity of Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase by Lei Huang, Ying Cheng, Yulian Mu, Kui Li

“…Current studies have primarily focused on the relationship between PCSK9 and blood lipid metabolism; however, the biological function of PCSK9 in hepatocytes is rarely addressed. …”
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Application of GIS Technique to Evaluate the Groundwater Quality for Irrigation Purposes by Mufid Alhadithi

“… Geographic Information System (GIS) technique has been applied in the current study to produce irrigation water quality index (IWQI) map for the Karbala provenience in Iraq. …”
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How Do Particles with Complex Interactions Self-Assemble? by Lara Koehler, Pierre Ronceray, Martin Lenz

“…Because of this complexity, protein self-assembly results from a competition between a large number of distinct interaction energies, of the order of one per pair of patches. However, current self-assembly models typically ignore this aspect, and the principles by which it determines the large-scale structure of protein assemblies are largely unknown. …”
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A Multistrategy-Based Multiobjective Differential Evolution for Optimal Control in Chemical Processes by Bin Xu, Xu Chen, Xiuhui Huang, Lili Tao

“…To solve such problems, we put forward a multistrategy-based multiobjective differential evolution, in which (1) a hybrid selection strategy is incorporated from the motivation of no single strategy outperforming all other ones in every stage; (2) a multipopulation strategy is applied to represent the main population and current optimum, and a cyclic crowding estimation is developed to maintain these optimum; and (3) a multimutation strategy is constructed to improve both exploration and exploitation ability. …”
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Effects of Insecticides on Honey Bee Behavior and Physiology by Berkant İsmail Yıldız, Kemal Karabağ

“…This review aims to reveal the current situation by examining the effects of insecticides on honey bee behavior and physiology.…”
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What and why is the "evolutionary scale" in Swiss Animal Welfare Law? Putting the Platypus in its Place by Kirsten Persson, Christian Rodriguez Perez, Sebastian Hartstang, Peter Kunzmann, Bernhard Hiebl, David Shaw

“…Shifting from general species-specific animal properties such as the ability to feel pain to study-specific aspects such as being harmed by living in isolation or by being handled by humans in a particular way could lead to criteria that promote a selection of animal models that differs to some extent from the current research practice. …”
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A music structure analysis method based on beat feature and improved residual networks. by Bing Lu, Qianxue Zhang, Yi Guo, Fuqiang Hu, Xuejun Xiong

“…The method is evaluated on the dataset SALAMI-IA, and experiments show that it is 3 percentage points higher than the current optimal method on HR3F. It is better than the most advanced methods on PWF and Sf.…”
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Caractérisation biophysique des milieux situés à l’amont des seuils en rivière : l’écotone retenue de seuil by Francesco Donati, Laurent Touchart, Pascal Bartout, Quentin Choffel

“…The weir pools are the spaces formed by the raising of the water line and the slowing of the current caused by weirs, overflowing hydraulic structures, generally of small dimensions, very widespread in contemporary rivers. …”
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