A Comparative Evaluation of Bubble Breath Play Therapy and Hand-held Video Gaming Used in Reducing Dental Anxiety among Children by Shital Kiran Davangere Padmanabh, Omkar R Bhise

“…Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of bubble breath therapy and hand-held video gaming in reducing the anxiety in children aged 6–12 years. Materials and methods: Randomized control trial was conducted on 75 healthy children aged 6–12 years. …”
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Prevalence and factors associated with seizures among patients with dementia: A retrospective clinic‐based study by Liz Edenberg Quiles, Prima Kristina Paola Quintay, Adrian Espiritu, Viel Mendoza, Veeda Michelle Anlacan

“…Methods This descriptive, retrospective, cumulative prevalence study included 245 patients diagnosed with dementia at a tertiary hospital in Manila from February 2010 to February 2020, according to DSM‐5 criteria. …”
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Effect of Covid-19 on maternal and child health services utilization in Ghana. Evidence from the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). by Yaw Nyarko Opoku-Boateng, Emmanuel Opoku-Asante, Mylene Lagarde, Edward Nketiah-Amponsah

“…<h4>Methods</h4>The study uses secondary data obtained from the four (4) Claims Processing Centres of the National Health Insurance Authority. …”
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Selection of memory clinic patients for CSF biomarker assessment can be restricted to a quarter of cases by using computerized decision support, without compromising diagnostic acc... by Hanneke F M Rhodius-Meester, Ingrid S van Maurik, Juha Koikkalainen, Antti Tolonen, Kristian S Frederiksen, Steen G Hasselbalch, Hilkka Soininen, Sanna-Kaisa Herukka, Anne M Remes, Charlotte E Teunissen, Frederik Barkhof, Yolande A L Pijnenburg, Philip Scheltens, Jyrki Lötjönen, Wiesje M van der Flier

“…We evaluated computerized decision support to select patients for CSF biomarker determination.<h4>Methods</h4>We included 535 subjects (139 controls, 286 Alzheimer's disease dementia, 82 frontotemporal dementia and 28 vascular dementia) from three clinical cohorts. …”
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Effect of Pinus pine wood sylvestris on cow's milk chemical composition by Mukhtarova Olga, Feyzullaev Feyzullah, Mkrtchyan Gayane, Krovikova Anna, Lashneva Irina

“…Statistical processing of data was carried out to determine the reliability of differences between the groups. …”
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Predictive value of resting-state fMRI graph measures in hypoxic encephalopathy after cardiac arrest by Puck Lange, Marlous Verhulst, Anil Man Tuladhar, Prejaas Tewarie, Hanneke Keijzer, Catharina J.M. Klijn, Cornelia Hoedemaekers, Michiel Blans, Bart Tonino, Frederick J.A. Meijer, Rick C. Helmich, Jeannette Hofmeijer

“…Introduction: Current multimodal prediction models can determine the prognosis of about half of comatose cardiac arrest patients. …”
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Research Progress of the Preparation of Cellulose Ethers and Their Applications: A Short Review by Meng He, Yanmei Lin, Yujia Huang, Yunhui Fang, Xiaopeng Xiong

“…This review presents an overview of the preparation methods of various CEs and the applications of CEs especially in concrete and mortars as well as corresponding mechanisms. …”
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Comparative efficacy evaluation for various anticonvulsant drugs to restraint epileptiform states in rats by R. G. Paronikyan, R. Sh. Sargsyan, J. S. Sarkissyan, G. G. Avakyan, V. M. Avakyan, V. R. Sargsyan, A. V. Margaryan

“…Objective: development of a simple algorithm to comparatively evaluate effectiveness of various anticonvulsant drugs (ACDs) for restraining epileptiform states in rats.Material and methods. The experiments were conducted with 120 white male rats weighing 180–220 g. …”
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Crashing Fault Residence Prediction Using a Hybrid Feature Selection Framework from Multi-Source Data by Xiao Liu, Xianmei Fang, Song Sun, Yangchun Gao, Dan Yang, Meng Yan

“…This task plays a crucial role in software quality assurance by enhancing debugging efficiency and reducing testing costs. This study introduces SCM, a two-stage composite feature selection framework designed to address this challenge. …”
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Inventory and Financial Performance selected Publicly listed Manufacturing Indonesian and German Companies by S. P.D. Anantadjaya, P. W. Carmelita, S. Juhara, S. Irdiana, I. Moridu, E. Susanti, I. M. Nawangwulan

“…Inventory management is a fundamental supply chain management phase that affects the country’s economy.The purpose of the study is to determine the effectiveness of inventory management and its impact on the financial performance in the factoring industry, as it has become one of the leading sectors in boosting the development of the national economy.Descriptive and quantitative methods were used, which mainly relied on financial data for 2013–2017 on the selected publicly listed manufacturing companies in Indonesia and Germany based on the LQ45 and DAX stock index, respectively. …”
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Assignment of the cutting mode when boring holes on CNC machine by Yuri Petrakov, Mariia Danylchenko

“…The application of the system’s approach made it possible to obtain a mathematical model in the form of state variables, which is acceptable for the use of numerical modeling methods in both time and frequency space. An applied engineering program for determining the stability diagram in "cutting depth - spindle speed" coordinates has been created. …”
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The Effect of Continuous Care Model on Quality of Life of women with Endometriosis: A Quasi -Experimental Study by fatemeh jalalinezhad, khadijeh shadjoo, roghieh bayrami, vahid alinezhad

“…Materials and Methods: This non-parallel semi-experimental study was conducted from December 2022 to September 2023 on 60 people (30 people in each group) of women with endometriosis with convenience sampling at Avicenna Clinic in Tehran. …”
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Maize production in Mali: microdosing and mechanization for better yields, profits, and labor reduction by Woumou Kamkam, Adama Coulibaly, Jens B. Aune

“…The labor analysis showed that mechanized sowing and fertilization saved 10 man-days/ha compared to manual methods, ensuring timely planting. Given the labor intensity, farmers are unlikely to adopt manual microdosing without mechanization. …”
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The effect of six weeks of resistance training and blood flow restriction with active and passive rest on the level of growth hormone and physical fitness of soldiers by Vahid Fekri Kourabbaslou, Ali Fakourian, Mohsen Heydarian

“…Materials and methods: Totally, 24 healthy young people were divided into three groups of eight subjects: traditional resistance training (RT), resistance training, and blood flow restriction with passive (BFR+PR) and active rest (BFR+AR). …”
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End-to-end deep learning pipeline for real-time Bragg peak segmentation: from training to large-scale deployment by Cong Wang, Valerio Mariani, Frédéric Poitevin, Matthew Avaylon, Jana Thayer

“…Using this integrated approach, our pipeline achieves accuracy comparable to traditional methods tuned by human experts while eliminating the need for experiment-specific parameter tuning. …”
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Cost of radiofrequency ablation for chronic venous insufficiency: a pilot study of 9 cases at a teaching hospital in Brazil by Ana Luiza Carvalho Sartoreli, Henrique Capistrano dos Santos, Thais Keltke Santos Felippe, Júlio César Souza Diniz, Luiz Baldini Neto, Gustavo Muçouçah Sampaio Brandão, Michel Nasser

“…Methods Nine single-use RFA catheters were purchased by the teaching hospital affiliated with our institution and used in this pilot study. …”
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Pharmaco-epidemiological, clinical and laboratory characteristics of drug-induced liver injury in tuberculosis by M. V. Koroleva

“…Objective: improving the efficiency of pharmacotherapy of drug-induced liver injury in tuberculosis by clarifying pharmaco-epidemiological, clinical and laboratory features.Materials and Methods: A retrospective analysis of primary medical records of 250 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis, patients «Volgograd Regional Clinical TB Dispensary № 1». …”
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Visualization of Critical Limits and Critical Values Facilitates Interpretation by Ania Shah, Jenna Dohner, Kaifeng Cheng, Maria Garcia, Gerald J. Kost

“…<b>Background/Objectives:</b> This study aimed to analyze critical limit and critical value test lists from major US medical centers, identify changes in quantitative critical limit thresholds since 1990, document notification priorities for qualitative and new listings, and visualize information alongside clinical thresholds and pathophysiological trends. <b>Methods:</b> A systematic search was conducted, acquiring 50 lists of critical limits and critical values from university hospitals, Level 1 trauma centers, centers of excellence, and high-performing hospitals across the US. …”
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Enhancing Cloud Job Failure Prediction With a Novel Multilayer Voting-Based Framework by Ahmed Elkaradawy, Ayman Elshenawy, Hany Harb

“…In modern cloud data centers, accurately predicting job failures before they occur is essential for ensuring system reliability, availability, and efficiency. To address this challenge, researchers have progressively developed machine learning and deep learning techniques that examine cloud logs to identify patterns linked to such failures. …”
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Performance Evaluation of An Innovative-Vapor- Compression-Desalination System by Mirna R. Lubis, Mark T Holtzaple

“…Abstract – Two dominant desalination methods are reverse osmosis (RO) and multi-stage flash (MSF). …”
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