Physical Activity and Obesity in Iraqi Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study of Social and Demographic Correlates and BMI Associations by Duaa Salman Abd Ali, Amean Ajeel Yasir

“…Pearson’s correlation coefficients and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used to examine the associations. …”
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Construction of a TTN Mutation-Based Prognostic Model for Evaluating Immune Microenvironment, Cancer Stemness, and Outcomes of Colorectal Cancer Patients by Lei Zhao, Weiwei Fan, Kunpeng Luo, Siqi Xie, Rui Wang, Jingming Guan, Zhendong Chen, Shizhu Jin

“…Least absolute shrinkage and selection operator regression was used to identify the genes for constructing the immune feature-based prognostic model and to determine their coefficients. Result. A gene prognostic model was then constructed to predict patient outcomes; the model was then externally validated using data from the Gene Expression Omnibus. …”
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Psychometric Features of the Emotional Climate Scale for Couples in Divorce Applicants by Mohammad Hossein Sorbi, Nahid Ardian, Saeedeh Qane-Mokhlesoon, Shah Ehsan Habib

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Reliability of an Instrumented Pressure Walkway for Measuring Walking and Running Characteristics in Young, Athletic Individuals by Alyx Jorgensen, Matthew McManigal, Austin Post, David Werner, Christopher Wichman, Matthew Tao, Elizabeth Wellsandt

“… # Study Design Cross-Sectional Laboratory Study # Methods Individuals (n=38) in this cross-sectional study walked and ran at self-selected comfortable speed on a pressure-sensitive Zeno^TM^ Walkway. …”
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The accuracy of a simple, low-cost GPS data logger/receiver to study outdoor human walking in view of health and clinical studies. by Bénédicte Noury-Desvaux, Pierre Abraham, Guillaume Mahé, Thomas Sauvaget, Georges Leftheriotis, Alexis Le Faucheur

“…Methods. Healthy subjects performed two experiments that consisted of different prescribed outdoor walking protocols. …”
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Statistical Study of the Impact of Digitalization of Organizations on Lending Activity: Regional Level by I. K. Zarov

“…The purpose of this study is to develop statistical indexes to assess the impact of digitalization of organizations on their credit activity by Russian regions, and to analyze interdependence of suggested indexes to find out the patterns of such an impact.Methods. The source data array is a set of values of statistical indexes, proposed for the purposes of the study, published by Rosstat. …”
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Graph-Driven Deep Reinforcement Learning for Vehicle Routing Problems with Pickup and Delivery by Dapeng Yan, Qingshu Guan, Bei Ou, Bowen Yan, Hui Cao

“…The single-head attention decoder then applies a computationally efficient compatibility layer to sequentially determine the next node to visit. …”
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Financial Planning and Self-control on Retirement Well-being through Financial Behaviour: Evidence from a Developing Country by P. A. N. S. Anuradha, T. Udayangani, G. S. Jayarathna

“…Results highlight the critical role that financial behaviour plays in determining retirement well-being, with efficient financial planning having a greater impact than self-control. …”
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Psychometric evaluation of the NoMAD instrument in cancer care settings: assessing factorial validity, measurement invariance, and differential item functioning by Maja Kuharic, James Lorenz Merle, David Cella, Sandra A. Mitchell, Lisa DiMartino, Jennifer L. Ridgeway, Don S. Dizon, Roshan Paudel, Jessica D. Austin, Sandra L. Wong, Ann Marie Flores, Andrea L. Cheville, Justin D. Smith, the IMPACT Consortium

“…Differential item functioning (DIF) was evaluated using ordinal logistic regression and item response theory methods (ΔR2 ≥ 0.02 indicative of meaningful DIF). …”
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Optimization of the Pedagogical Process in Teaching Chemistry to First-Year Students of the Ural State Medical University by E. Yu. Ermishina, N. A. Naronova, N. N. Kataeva, K. O. Golitsyna, N. A. Belokonova

“…The purpose of research is to determine directions for optimizing the educational process with the introduction of new methodological approaches. …”
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Evaluación del efecto del ultrasonido en la homogenización del helado a base de leche by Yesenia Campo-Vera, Nidia Yazmín Luna-Granados, María Fernanda Silva-Pinto

“…This research aims to evaluate the effect of ultrasound at different frequencies (40 and 80 kHz) for 30 min on the viscosity and crystallization parameters of milk-based ice cream at the laboratory level. Methods. For which, the ice cream making process was carried out applying US (40-80 kHz / 30 min) in the homogenization stage. …”
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Rotavirus in Water Environments: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Aaron Awere-Duodu, Eric S Donkor

“…Further research is needed to find more efficient methods that can effectively eliminate rotavirus to insignificant levels in water environments.…”
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THE CLIMATE VARIABILITY OF THE AGRICULTURAL YEAR 2016- 2017 CASE STUDY: THE SOUTH-WEST OLTENIA REGION, ROMANIA by Dana Maria (OPREA) CONSTANTIN, Ion MARINICĂ, Nicoleta IONAC, Andreea Floriana MARINICĂ, Elena GRIGORE, Elena BOGAN, Florina TATU

“…The variability of the main thermic and water parameters, of each agricultural year, determines the fluctuation of the crops. The analysis of these resources represents the sine qua non conditions for an efficient agricultural management.…”
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Objective Identification of Tropical Cyclone Systems With Potential for Storm Surge Impact in the Western North Pacific by Xiaoqi Zhang, Gregor C. Leckebusch, Kelvin S. Ng

“…This can be addressed by constructing physically consistent large tropical cyclone event sets, for example, from ensemble simulations. To allow efficient construction of these event sets, we propose a combination (M&S‐WiTRACK) of two objective tracking methods relying solely on near‐surface information and validate the performance of the combination on detecting tropical cyclones with potential for storm surge impact using ERA5. …”
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A Review on New Frontiers in Drug-Drug Interaction Predictions and Safety Evaluations with In Vitro Cellular Models by Lara Marques, Nuno Vale

“…These interactions can lead to altered drug exposure, potentially compromising efficacy or increasing the risk of adverse drug reactions (ADRs), thereby posing significant clinical and regulatory concerns. Traditional methods for assessing potential DDIs rely heavily on in vitro models, including enzymatic assays and transporter studies. …”
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Post-Disaster Building Damage Segmentation Using Convolutional Neural Networks by Revaldi Rahmatmulya, Agung Teguh Wibowo Almais, Mokhamad Amin Hariyadi

“…To address this issue, this research proposes a system capable of performing segmentation to determine the level of building damage post-natural disaster using convolutional neural network methods. …”
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Relationship between nerve conduction studies and risk of fall in elderly by K G Palani, L D Parmar

“…Methods Using purposive sampling 18 elderly subjects reported healthy were selected and underwent BBS, TUS& TUG. …”
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Physician Review Websites: Understanding Patient Satisfaction with Ophthalmologists Using Natural Language Processing by Jason J. Jo, Christopher P. Cheng, Stephanie Ying, James G. Chelnis

“…Methods. Healthgrades is a PRW where patients submit verified reviews, containing a star rating and a narrative review, of US-based ophthalmologists. …”
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RESPONSE OF SOFT WINTER WHEAT VARIETIES ON SOILCLIMATIC CONDITIONS OF DIFFERENT ZONES OF UKRAINE by A. L. Ulich

“…The other varieties showed better characteristics in the other subzones and microzones. To determine and select the mutually complementary varieties, which can more efficiently realize their agro ecologic and genetic potentials with the different resource and technical supply, it’s necessary to study the peculiarities of the variety response on the agro ecologic conditions in the soil-climatic macroand microzones using the scientifically substantiated methods.…”
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Adopting Technological Innovations in the Air Cargo Logistics Industry in South Africa by Adedotun Joseph Adenigbo, Joash Mageto, Rose Luke

“…The specific objective is to emphasise the effects of technologies on air cargo logistics operations to address the reluctance to adopt technological innovations in the industry. <i>Methods:</i> A questionnaire survey was conducted randomly on three hundred and seventy-three (373) cargo agents at the OR Tambo International Airport. …”
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