Recognition of pepper plant and ridge characteristics using an ultrasonic sensor for smart upland crop production by Mohammod Ali, Md Rejaul Karim, Md Sazzadul Kabir, Md Asrakul Haque, Kyu-Ho Lee, Sun-Ok Chung

“…Estimation values were strongly correlated with the measured values, with simple linear coefficients of determination (r2) of 0.95, 0.93, 0.88, and 0.81 for height, canopy volume, row spacing, and ridge spacing, respectively. …”
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Maternal Metabolic Health and Mother and Baby Health Outcomes (MAMBO): Protocol of a Prospective Observational Study by Sarah A L Price, Digsu N Koye, Alice Lewin, Alison Nankervis, Stefan C Kane

“…MethodsThis will be a prospective cohort study of 500 women recruited in early pregnancy. …”
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Price transmission and market integration analysis of black gram (urad dal) across major Indian states by Sukhvir Singh, Amit Guleria, Parvender Sheoran, Pankaj Sood, Vishal Mahajan, Dharminder Kumar, Satbir Singh, Gurdeep Singh, Rajesh K. Rana

“…Strong price integration among states is evident, with high correlation coefficients and long-run equilibrium relationships. …”
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Factors influencing the agreement between teachers and students in the assessment of preclinical endodontics using a rubric by B. Baracco, N. Escribano, D. Da Silva, V. Belliard, L. Ceballos, V. Fuentes

“…This study aimed to evaluate the influence of various factors (anatomical difficulty, type of instrumentation system, and training level) on the assessments of root canal treatments (RCT) by teachers and students using a rubric, and to determine the degree of agreement between them. Methods 144 RCT were performed on extracted human molars by 36 dental students using two mechanized systems and subsequently evaluated using a rubric by both the students and four teachers. …”
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Relationship Between Physical Fitness Attributes and Dynamic Knee Valgus in Adolescent Basketball Athletes by Aleksandar Stojiljkovic, Eleni Karagianni, Varsamo Antoniou, Garyfallia Pepera

“…This study aims to examine the relationship among LLMP, CRF, and DKV in adolescent basketball athletes. (2) Methods: A total of 104 adolescent basketball athletes (63.5% boys), 12 to 17 years old (13.87 ± 1.46 years) participated in this study. …”
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Correlation of GPA with Final MBBS Examination Scores Among Students on Three Campuses of the University of the West Indies by Kumar A, Krishnamurthy K, Campbell MH, Connell KL, Lashley PM, Motilal S, Majumder MAA

“…Pearson correlation coefficients were used to measure the strength of association between GPA and scores on various components of the final examination, as well as to determine the predictive value of GPA for overall performance on the examination.Results: GPA showed a strong positive correlation (> 0.7) with the written Medicine and Therapeutics exam scores in cohort 1, and a moderate positive correlation (0.5– 0.7) in cohorts 2 and 3. …”
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Can the MRI based AMADEUS score accurately assess pre‐surgery chondral defect severity according to the ICRS arthroscopic classification system? by Tizian Heinz, Felix Meller, Karsten Sebastian Luetkens, Konstantin Horas, Thomas Schäfer, Maximilian Rudert, Stephan Reppenhagen, Manuel Weißenberger

“…The clinical practicability, its correlation with arthroscopically assessed grading systems (ICRS – International Cartilage Repair Society) and thereby its clinical value in terms of decision making and guiding prognosis was yet to determine. Methods From 2008 to 2019 a total of 89 individuals were indicated for high tibial valgus osteotomy (HTO) due to tibial varus deformity and concomitant chondral defects of the medial compartment of the knee. …”
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Assessment of Pelvic Motion During Single-Leg Weight-Bearing Tasks Using Smartphone Sensors: Validity Study by Yu Xi, Zhongsheng Li, Surendran Vatatheeswaran, Valter Devecchi, Alessio Gallina

“…MethodsOverall, 52 healthy participants performed single-leg squats and step-down tasks from heights of 15 and 20 cm. …”
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Identifying Optimal Wearable Devices for Monitoring Mobility in Hospitalized Older Adults: Feasibility, Acceptability, and Validity Study by Paulo Nascimento, Renata Kirkwood, Lauren E Griffith, Mylinh Duong, Cody Cooper, Yujiao Hao, Rong Zheng, Samir Raza, Marla Beauchamp

“…MethodsParticipants were recruited for this observational study in the acute medical care unit of an academic hospital in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. …”
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The effect of different gelling agents as part of culture medium on the rate of cucumber (<i>Cucumis sativus</i> L.) unpollinated ovules gynogenic development by S. N. Belov

“…The aim: investigate the effect of various gelling agent in the nutrient medium on the induction of gynogenesis and the development of cucumber unpollinated ovules.Materials and methods. There are two promising collection specimens of cucumber №58 and №831 of the laboratory of cucurbits crop breeding and seed production of FSBSI FSVC were included into research. …”
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Exploring Inflammatory Bowel Disease Discourse on Reddit Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic Using OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 Turbo Model: Classification Model Validation and Case Study by Tyler Babinski, Sara Karley, Marita Cooper, Salma Shaik, Y Ken Wang

“…ObjectiveThis study aims to analyze community posts from 3 of the largest IBD support groups on Reddit between March 1, 2020, and December 31, 2022, using a pretrained transformer model, and to validate the classification system’s results via comparison to human scoring. MethodsWe collected posts (N=53,333) from subreddits r/CrohnsDisease, r/UlcerativeColitis, and r/IBD and classified them using OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 Turbo model to determine sentiment, categorize topics, and identify demographic information and mentions of the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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SIGLEC1 has the potential to be an immune-related prognostic indicator in colon adenocarcinoma: a study based on transcriptomic data and Mendelian randomization analysis by Jue Gu, Yaxuan Wang, Hui Zhang, Haijuan Gu, Haixia Zhu

“…There are currently no specific studies indicating the mechanism of action of TME in COPD patients. Methods The percentage of tumor-infiltrating immune cells (TIC) in 512 COAD cases from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database was calculated using CIBERSORT and ESTIMATE. …”
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The association of public health interventions regarding both infant sleep position and pertussis immunization with sudden infant death syndrome rates: an ecological study by Jacqueline Müller-Nordhorn, Amir Hakimhashemi, Stefan N. Willich, Sylvia Binting, Thomas Keil

“…The objective was to analyze the association of SIDS and infant pertussis hospitalization rates over time, comparing a previously unvaccinated population (West Germany) versus a predominantly vaccinated population (East Germany). Methods We calculated SIDS rates per 1000 live births per state. …”
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Comparison of preoperative aortic valve imaging techniques for patients with aortic insufficiency undergoing aortic valve repair surgeryCentral MessagePerspective by Kyle A. McCullough, MD, Zuyue Wang, MD, John B. Eisenga, MD, Ghadi Moubarak, MD, Tsung-Wei Ma, PhD, Denise Espinoza, CCRC, Payton Conway, BS, Shannon Connelly, CCRC, Sarah M. Hale, CCRC, Amro Alsaid, MD, J. Michael DiMaio, MD, William T. Brinkman, MD

“…Methods: This is a prospective, observational study of preoperative AV imaging for AV repair surgery. …”
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Reliability and validity of a Japanese version of life-space assessment in institutionalized settings by Tomoyuki Shinohara, PhD, Shota Saito, MS, Ayumi Maruyama, Yuta Yabana, Yosuke Tomita, PhD, Klaus Hauer, PhD

“…For test-retest reliability, the same assessor evaluated the LSA-IS-J within two days. Correlation coefficients were calculated to determine the construct validity. …”
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Preterm oral feeding scale to assist in deciding initial oral feeding of preterm infants in neonatal intensive care units by Yu-Jung Chang, Grace Hao, Anpin Ni, Thomas Layton, Jing-Yang Huang, Shun-Fa Yang, Shiuan-Chih Chen

“…Scale scores, physician orders, and smooth oral intake of 5 mL of milk were analyzed. Kappa coefficients were examined to determine concordances within the results. …”
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Caffeine’s influence on vertical jump height: a real-life collegiate student-athlete approach by Zacharias Papadakis, Vassilios Panoutsakopoulos, Antonella Schwarz, Jose Antonio

“…This study examined whether acute caffeine ingestion at this threshold improves squat jump (SJ) and countermovement jump (CMJ) performance in NCAA Division II student-athletes, while exploring sex-specific responses and trial-to-trial variability.Methods Forty NCAA Division II athletes (18 females, 22 males; 21.3 ± 2.4 years) participated in a single-blind, randomized, crossover trial. …”
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Detection of prostate cancer in the PSA gray zone using prostate-specific antigen mass ratio combined with PI-RADS score by Weilin Li, Zhiqi Wang, Weihong Zhao, Gaobo Zhou, Miaomiao Peng, Zhicheng Su, Tao-Hsin Tung

“…Background: The study aimed to assess the diagnostic performance of prostate-specific antigen mass ratio (PSAMR) in combination with the Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS) score for detecting prostate cancer (PCa) in patients presenting with mildly elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels (4–10 ng/mL). Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted involving 208 patients with PSA levels between 4 and 10 ng/mL who underwent multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) and transrectal ultrasound-guided transperineal prostate biopsy. …”
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Effects of β-Mannanase Alone or Combined with Multi-Carbohydrase Complex in Corn–Soybean Meal Diets on Nutrient Metabolism and Gut Health of Growing Pigs by Gabriela Miotto Galli, Ines Andretta, Camila Lopes Carvalho, Thais B. Stefanello, Bruna Souza de Lima Cony, Alícia Zem Fraga, Karine Ludwig Takeuti, Aline Beatriz da Rosa, Marcos Kipper

“…The feces samples were collected from all the pigs to determine fecal biomarkers using commercial ELISA tests. …”
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Potential applications of a low-cost gas sensor to monitor enteric methane emission from ruminant animals by Mulisa F. Dida, Milad Bagheri Shirvan, Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Sergio C. Garcia, Luciano A. Gonzalez

“…However, accurately and economically measuring CH4 emissions from individual animals remains challenging due to current methods' high cost, slow speed, and labor intensity. …”
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