Integrating Virtual Reality Simulations in Clinical Skill Training for Medical Students: A Comparative Effectiveness Study by Zaineb Qamar, Zubia Waqar, Laraib Qamar, Ramila Khan, Bilal Masood, Komal Zara Khan

“…SPSS (Version 27.0) was used to display the demographic data of study participants. Paired t-tests and chi-square tests were used to examine differences in skills acquisition and retention stability between the two groups, with statistical significance set at a p-value below 0.05.   …”
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Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue using zinc vanadate nanomaterials with structural and electrochemical properties by N. Matinise, N. Botha, A. Fall, M. Maaza

“…Abstract The development of Zn₃(VO₄)₂ nanomaterials was successfully achieved via a green chemistry method utilizing Moringa Oleifera extract. …”
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The impact of tractor drawbar height on performance and optimization using response surface methodology by Ali Yavuz Şeflek, Nuri Orhan, Mete Özkan

“…Present experiments were conducted on a special pulling power test track under controlled conditions at the Directorate of Agricultural Equipment and Machinery Test Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Data were collected at different tractor forward speeds and performance parameters were modeled and optimized using Response Surface Methodology (RSM), a statistical approach widely used for multi-factor optimization. …”
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FlowMRI-Net: A generalizable self-supervised 4D flow MRI reconstruction network by Luuk Jacobs, Marco Piccirelli, Valery Vishnevskiy, Sebastian Kozerke

“…ABSTRACT: Background: Image reconstruction from highly undersampled four-dimensional (4D) flow magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data can be very time-consuming and may result in significant underestimation of velocities depending on regularization, thereby limiting the applicability of the method. …”
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Un nuevo cuestionario para evaluar la procrastinación en la actividad físico-deportiva: PAFD (A new questionnaire to assess procrastination in physical-sports activity: PAFD) by Guillermo Infante Borinaga, Ana Zuazagoitia Rey-Baltar, Ibon Echeazarra Escuero

“…The data obtained in the present study confirm the multidimensionality of the procrastination in physical-sports activity construct, constituted by the cognitive, affective, and behavioral dimensions. …”
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Emergency obstetric care in a rural district of Burundi: What are the surgical needs? by E De Plecker, R Zachariah, A M V Kumar, M Trelles, S Caluwaerts, W van den Boogaard, J Manirampa, K Tayler-Smith, M Manzi, K Nanan-N'zeth, B Duchenne, B Ndelema, W Etienne, P Alders, R Veerman, R Van den Bergh

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A retrospective analysis of EmOC data (2011 and 2012).<h4>Results</h4>A total of 6084 women were referred for EmOC of whom 2534(42%) underwent a major surgical procedure while 1345(22%) required a minor procedure (36% women did not require any surgical procedure). …”
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Study the Effect of Exogenous Iodine on the Thyroid Transcription Factors during Pregnancy in Rat Model by Ghina Hamoodi Hussein, Ehab R. Muhssa, Alaa T. Shakir

“…Background: This study was designed to evaluate whether a mother’s iodide supplement would be correlated with embryonic thyroid gland development. Objective: Thyroid transcription factors were be measured by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay technique in all studied samples. …”
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Immediately Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery: the Opinion of Russian Ophthalmologists by D. F. Pokrovsky, I. B. Medvedev

“…At the same time, the analysis of possible answers was carried out by summing up two possible options — “Negative” opinion (“Not important” + “Matters”) and “Positive opinion” (“Important” + “Very important”). …”
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Comprehensive profiling of genomic invertons in defined gut microbial community reveals associations with intestinal colonization and surface adhesion by Xiaofan Jin, Alice G. Cheng, Rachael B. Chanin, Feiqiao B. Yu, Alejandra Dimas, Marissa Jasper, Allison Weakley, Jia Yan, Ami S. Bhatt, Katherine S. Pollard

“…Metagenomic sequencing holds promise for detecting inversions without isolation and culturing, but ambiguity in read alignment limits the accuracy of the resulting inverton predictions. Results Here, we developed a customized bioinformatic workflow—PhaseFinderDC—to identify and track invertons in metagenomic data. …”
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Collision Risk Perception Models Using Physiological and Eye-Tracking Signals by Hyowon Lee, Ocktaeck Lim, Amandeep Singh, Siby Samuel

“…By integrating physiological data with environmental perception sensors, these models offer a promising approach to enhancing safety in semi-autonomous driving systems.…”
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Climatic Impacts on Drug Therapy Usage: A Comparative Study of Kurdish Populations in Sulaimani, Iraq, and Stockholm, Sweden by Shena Ali Faris, Pakiza Aziz Saied

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Physician Attributes That Matter Most: Results from a Qualitative Inquiry of Oncologists, Patients Receiving Oncological Care, and Medical Students by Kimberly McMillan, Deborah Akurang, Paul Wheatley-Price

“…We adopted a qualitative approach, conducting semi-structured interviews with patients (N = 11), doctors (N = 11), and medical students (N = 12), for a total sample of 34. Results: Thematic analysis of data resulted in the following five themes: caring, communicator, expert, professional, curiosity and open-mindedness. …”
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Genome Instability-Related miRNAs Predict Survival, Immune Landscape, and Immunotherapy Responses in Gastric Cancer by Yaqiong Liu, Lin Cheng, Wei Huang, Xin Cheng, Weijun Peng, Dazun Shi

“…Methods. An analysis of somatic mutation data on 434 gastric cancer cases from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database was performed, thereby generating genome stability (GS) and GI groups. …”
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Research on Early Diagnosis Methods for Broiler Chicken Diseases Based on Swarm Intelligence Optimization Algorithms and Random Forest by X Peng, C Chen, L Yu, X Kong, B Sun

“…The RF_WOA_DBO hybrid model achieved an accuracy of 98.29%, representing a 4.28% improvement over the baseline RF model. Comparative analysis revealed that traditional PCA methods risk losing essential pathological features by disregarding nonlinear data relationships, whereas deep learning requires substantial computational resources and high-quality datasets. …”
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Modeling climate variability and global sugarcane production: Empirical consideration for collective policy action by Hepziba Headley, Stephan Moonsammy, Harold Davis, Devin Warner, Ashley Adams, Temitope D. Timothy Oyedotun

“…The study conducted a trend analysis with time series data for sugarcane production, productivity per hectare of sugarcane lands, annual temperature and annual rainfall recorded for the top sugarcane exporters across the world. …”
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Upstream interventions to promote oral health and reduce socioeconomic oral health inequalities: a scoping review protocol by Richard G Watt, Eleanor R Dawson, Michelle Stennett, Blánaid Daly, Lorna M D Macpherson, Paul Cannon

“…Identification and extraction of data will be performed by two pairs of reviewers. …”
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Treatment of laryngeal paresis after thyroid surgery by R. M. Zakhokhov, Z. N. Lovpache, A. A. Teuvov, A. M. Baziev, I. S. Teunikova

“…A frequent complication during operations on the thyroid gland is damage to the lower or upper laryngeal nerves, followed by the development of laryngeal paresis, with changes in breathing, phonation and impaired swallowing. …”
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Evaluation of Ecological Sensitivity and Its Topographic Gradient Characteristics in Qinling-Bashan Mountains by ZHANG Jing, QIN Gongwei, SU Xuemng, XU Zengrang, CHENG Shengkui

“…[Methods] Based on the data of land use / cover, climate, terrain and soil type, the linear weighted sum method, entropy weight method and spatial overlay analysis method have been used to evaluate its ecological sensitivity, and the sensitive function zoning and ecological protection countermeasures have been put forward. …”
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Analyzing the Meaning in the Historical and Contemporary Architecture of Semnan, Focusing on the Phenomenological Views of Norberg-Schults by Seyed Mahyar Hashemi Hezaveh, Faramarz Hassan Pour, Saeed Kamyabi

“…Archival and field methods were used to collect data, and the opinions of phenomenological philosophers, especially Christian Norberg-Schultz, and related literature were examined. …”
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Temporal trends and future projections of cysticercosis-induced epilepsy: insights from the global burden of disease study 2021- a cross-sectional study by Siyuan Yang, Xiaoyu Ji, Xuebo Sun

“…This research sought to clarify the temporal patterns and forecast the future prevalence and years lived with disability (YLDs) associated with Cysticercosis-induced epilepsy (CIE), providing crucial information for the development of targeted prevention and treatment strategies.MethodsData from the 2021 Global Health database were used to measure the global, regional, and national burden of CIE by country, region, age, gender, and sociodemographic index (SDI). …”
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