Acupuncture for chronic insomnia disorder: a systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis by Yi Yu, Yi Yu, Xinju Li, Zheng Zhu, Zheng Zhu, Yingdong Wang, Yingdong Wang, Qiang Xi, Jiwen Qiu, Yidan Xu, Ruonan Liang, Yi Guo, Mingxing Zhang

“…In terms of objective sleep indices, there was no statistically significant difference in total sleep time between acupuncture and sham acupuncture [MD = 11.92, 95% CI = (−20.25, 44.09), p = 0.47]. …”
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Comparison of Automated Point-of-Care Gram Stainer (PoCGS^®) and Manual Staining by Goh Ohji, Kenichiro Ohnuma, Kei Furui Ebisawa, Mari Kusuki, Shunkichi Ikegaki, Hiroaki Ozaki, Reiichi Ariizumi, Masakazu Nakajima, Makoto Taketani

“…However, staining quality parameters such as the uniformity and presence of artifacts showed statistically significant differences when compared to skilled and unskilled personnel. …”
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A Meta-analysis of the effect of five-element music therapy for patients with insomnia (五行音乐对失眠患者干预效果的Meta分析) by WU Yang (吴洋), GAI Haiyun (盖海云), MA Minghui (马明会)

“…There was no significant difference between five-element music therapy and conventional treatment in prolonging patients' sleep time and TCM integral score. …”
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Utility of advanced training skills among GPs: a systematic review by Hannah Mason, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Francis Albert, Emma Anderson, Faith Alele, Lawrie McArthur, Aaron Hollins, Paula Heggarty, Tarun Sen Gupta, Richard Hays, Bunmi Malau-Aduli

“…The challenges reported for those undertaking AST programs were barriers to inclusion on remote visits (eg transportation space, training space), time efficiency and management, workload fluctuation, gaps between training and use of skills, peer acknowledgement, and differences between the hospital settings in which training occurred and the rural contexts in which the skills would be applied. …”
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PHASE 2 MULTICENTER RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL: NEOADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY FOLLOWED BY D2 GASTRECTOMY AND ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH LOCALLY ADVANCED GASTRIC CANCER by V. Yu. Skoropad, S. G. Afanasyev, S. V. Gamayunov, N. K. Silanteva, T. A. Agababyan, P. V. Sokolov, S. A. Ivanov, A. D. Kaprin

“…Comparison of patients between the study and control groups showed that they were well balanced on the main prognostically important factors. The differences between all parameters were not statistically significant (p>0.05).…”
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KERAGAMAN DURIAN BERDASARKAN FRAGMEN INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACERS (ITS) DNA RIBOSOMAL MELALUI ANALISIS PCR-RFLP by R. U. Hikmah, A. Retnoningsih, N. A. Habibah

“…Polymerase Chain Reaction Restriction Fragment Length Polimorfism (PCR-RFLP) is a method to analyze the results of DNA fragment length difference that </em><em>digest</em><em> </em><em>using restriction enzyme with endonuclease. …”
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The Costs of Digital Health Interventions to Improve Immunization Data in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Multicountry Mixed Methods Study by Carlo Federici, Maria Verykiou, Marianna Cavazza, Willyhelmina Olomi, Piero Irakiza, Kizito Kayumba, Edith Rodriguez, Luis Enrique Castillo Mendoza, Stefano Malvolti, Claire Hugo, Nyanda Elias Ntinginya, Souleymane Camara, Issa Sabi, Nagnouma Sano, Hassan Sibomana, Jeanine Condo, Aleksandra Torbica, Claudio Jommi, Carsten Mantel, Viviana Mangiaterra

“…ConclusionsDigital health interventions such as eIR and eLMIS can potentially reduce costs and improve the efficiency of immunization data management and vaccine logistics in LMICs. …”
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Analyzing the Nature of Apparent Authority in Islamic Jurisprudence and Iranian Law by Hamid Reza Habibi, Behzad Pourseyyed

“…This question branches into several sub-questions:     How does the concept of apparent authority differ in its treatment within common law and Islamic jurisprudence?     …”
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Identification of a novel chromosome-encoded fosfomycin resistance gene fosC3 in Aeromonas caviae by Junwan Lu, Junwan Lu, Runzhi Zhang, Yan Yu, Hongqiang Lou, Dong Li, Qiyu Bao, Qiyu Bao, Chunlin Feng

“…However, fosC3 was not related with any MGE, which differs from many other fosfomycin thiol transferase genes. …”
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Healthcare workers' knowledge and attitudes regarding artificial intelligence adoption in healthcare: A cross-sectional study by Moustaq Karim Khan Rony, Khadiza Akter, Latifun Nesa, Md Tawhidul Islam, Fateha Tuj Johra, Fazila Akter, Muhammad Join Uddin, Jeni Begum, Md. Abdun Noor, Sumon Ahmad, Sabren Mukta Tanha, Most. Tahmina Khatun, Shuvashish Das Bala, Mst. Rina Parvin

“…These results suggest that policies and training programs must be tailored to address specific demographic differences, ensuring that all groups are equipped to engage with AI technologies. …”
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Decreased panicle N application alleviates the negative effects of shading on rice grain yield and grain quality by Huan-he WEI, Jia-lin GE, Xu-bin ZHANG, Wang ZHU, Fei DENG, Wan-jun REN, Ying-long CHEN, Tian-yao MENG, Qi-gen DAI

“…NDP improved NSC remobilization, harvest index, and sink-filling efficiency and alleviated yield loss under shading. …”
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Multiculturalitat a l'empresa. Emergència de la formació intercultural by Trinidad Donoso Vázquez, María Asunción Aneas Álvarez

“…Il en existe plusieurs modalités dont l’efficacité s’adapte à différents paramètres tels que l’expérience interculturelle préalable des stagiaires, la raison et la nature de la demande de formation, le temps et les ressources disponibles, etc. …”
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Late-gestation heat stress alters placental structure and function in multiparous dairy cows by L.T. Casarotto, H.N. Jones, P. Chavatte-Palmer, J. Laporta, F. Peñagaricano, V. Ouellet, J. Bromfield, G.E. Dahl

“…However, placental efficiency was higher in the HT versus CL group (11.5 vs. 8.52 ± 0.91%). …”
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Research on Model Reconstruction Methods for Partial Point Cloud Information Loss by Zhengping CHANG, Guoshuai YUAN, Jiuhua LI, Yang ZHAO, Zhongqi WANG

“…These points replaced the corresponding region points, resulting in the parts’ complete surface point cloud. The primary difference between the proposed method and traditional local point cloud reconstruction approaches was that the point cloud fitting surface was no longer used for substitution. …”
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Early diagnosis of mineral and bone disorders in patients with diabetic kidney disease on the background of type 2 diabetes by V.M. Yerokhovych, O.V. Karpenko, I.A. Paliienko, N.M. Kobyliak, M.I. Bobryk, L.V. Shuliarenko, O.A. Rudenko, D.V. Kyriienko, M. Bolanowski, Y.I. Komisarenko

“…Early detection of bone mineral disorders in diabetic kidney disease is important to increase the efficiency of managing patients with type 2 diabetes and timely treatment, prevention of cardiovascular complications and bone metabolism disorders…”
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Research progress and prospects of biodegradable Zn–Fe alloys by Zhangzhi SHI, Shanpeng ZHAO, Kewei GAO, Zhe XUE, Shenglian YAO, Yingzhi CHEN, Jin ZHANG, Luning WANG

“…The main second phase in Zn–Fe-based alloys is the FeZn13 phase, characterized by a bottom-centered monoclinic structure, which can form {110}<−1, 1, −2.81> type I twins, with an orientation difference of about 71° between the twin and parent crystals. …”
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Properties and sensory acceptability of creatine-fortified foods using ultra-micronized creatine monohydrate – the KREAFOOD Project by Julián Quintero-Quiroz, Sebastian Botero-Ramirez, Simon Jaramillo-Caro, Natalia Zuluaga, Diego A. Bonilla

“…In the mocaccino, sensory analysis revealed significant differences in granularity (P = 0.049), with lower granularity observed in the KreaFood product. …”
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Physical Information Neural Network-Based Seepage Behavior Analysis of Earth and Rock Dams by XUE binghan, HUANG zhenhua, LEI Jianwei, FANG Hongyuan

“…This substantially enhances computational efficiency.…”
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Violence prevention accelerators for children and adolescents in South Africa: A path analysis using two pooled cohorts. by Lucie D Cluver, William E Rudgard, Elona Toska, Siyanai Zhou, Laurence Campeau, Yulia Shenderovich, Mark Orkin, Chris Desmond, Alexander Butchart, Howard Taylor, Franziska Meinck, Lorraine Sherr

“…Policies promoting action on positive and supervisory caregiving and food security at home are likely to support further efficiencies in the delivery of INSPIRE.…”
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Can the remote sensing of combustion phase improve estimates of landscape fire smoke emission rate and composition? by F. Owsley-Brown, F. Owsley-Brown, F. Owsley-Brown, M. J. Wooster, M. J. Wooster, M. J. Wooster, M. J. Grosvenor, M. J. Grosvenor, M. J. Grosvenor, Y. Liu, Y. Liu

“…The first approach aims to estimate the sub-pixel “effective fire temperature”, which has been suggested to differ between flaming and smouldering combustion, and the second detects the potassium emission line (K-line) believed only to be present during flaming combustion. …”
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