Attitude and Challenges of Indian Medical Undergraduate Students in Learning Ophthalmology at Puducherry, Southern India: A Mixed-method Study by VS Naggalakshmi, Lalithambigai Chellamuthu, K Srikanth, V Jyothi

“…Conclusion: While students expressed a generally positive attitude toward ophthalmology education, challenges remain in clinical exposure and interactive teaching methodologies. …”
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Personalized and collaborative use of digital measurement-based care tools enhances engagement among young adults: a mixed-methods study by Min K. Chong, Ian B. Hickie, Mahalakshmi Ekambareshwar, Adam Poulsen, Sarah McKenna, Alexis Hutcheon, Samuel J. Hockey, Elizabeth M. Scott, Frank Iorfino

“…Participants expressed that generalized interpretation of data that does not consider individual context, and the use of standard measures that were perceived to be irrelevant to their personal treatment goals discouraged their future engagement with MBC. …”
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Enhancing <i>Morchella</i> Mushroom Yield and Quality Through the Amendment of Soil Physicochemical Properties and Microbial Community with Wood Ash by Kai Huang, Ling Li, Weijun Wu, Kunlun Pu, Wei Qi, Jianzhao Qi, Minglei Li

“…Against this backdrop, this study investigates the effects of different amounts of wood ash (WA) application on the yield and quality of <i>Morchella</i>, and conducts an in-depth analysis in conjunction with soil physicochemical properties and microbial communities. …”
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Application of the Montgomery Equation in Morphometric Analysis of Tepals: A Case Study of <i>Liriodendron</i> × <i>sinoamericanum</i> by Zhuyue Shi, Jinfeng Wang, Guohong Sun, Wenjing Yao, Peijian Shi, Honghua Ruan

“…These findings indicate that the ME is effective in predicting the tepal area. Furthermore, there was a difference between the MPs of the two types of tepals. …”
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Experiences with a guided trauma-focused internet- and mobile-based intervention: a qualitative study of youth’s perspectives by Christina Schulte, Cedric Sachser, Rita Rosner, David Daniel Ebert, Anna-Carlotta Zarski

“…The IMI’s efficacy was most often perceived in its effects on improved coping with trauma and symptoms.Discussion: The study identified key themes for the feasibility of a trauma-focused IMI for youth, showing general acceptance of its design, structure, and technology. …”
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The optimal system of care for the management of delayed sleep onset in adult ADHD in the UK: a modified Delphi consensus by Philip Asherson, Giovanni Giaroli, Paul Gringras, Heidi Phillips, Hugh Selsick, Michael Smith, Dietmar Hank

“…This should include effective treatments, such as melatonin, which could be initiated in primary care and monitored by general practitioners for newly diagnosed patients. …”
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Seasonal variations in soil erosion resistance under tap and fibrous root systems grasslands on the Chinese Loess Plateau by JianFang Wang, YanFen Yang, Bing Wang, GuoBin Liu

“…The τc increased with increasing bulk density as a power function. Finally, Kr was effectively predicted from using water-stable aggregates content and root surface area density. …”
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Weed detection based on deep learning from UAV imagery: A review by Lucía Sandoval-Pillajo, Iván García-Santillán, Marco Pusdá-Chulde, Adriana Giret

“…However, these face a significant challenge due to the morphological similarities between weeds and crops, such as color, shape, and texture, which makes their practical and effective differentiation and implementation difficult. …”
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Intra-serotype variation of Streptococcus pneumoniae capsule and its quantification by Hannes Eichner, Cindy Wu, Michael Cammer, Elizabeth N. H. Tran, Timothy R. Hirst, James C. Paton, Jeffrey N. Weiser

“…Quantification of either CPS amount or capsule thickness predicted the effectiveness of immune serum in opsonophagocytic killing assays for isogenic strains. …”
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Understanding barriers and opportunities for fresh produce access in eThekwini Metro, Durban, South Africa by Scott Drimie, Mieke Faber, Lisanne du Plessis

“…While nutrition knowledge was generally good, affordability rather than education emerged as the primary constraint. …”
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Trait dissociation in borderline personality disorder: influence on immediate therapy outcomes, follow-up assessments, and self-harm patterns by Ana Macchia, David Mikusky, Cedric Sachser, Annabel Sandra Mueller-Stierlin, Sandra Nickel, Niklas Sanhüter, Birgit Abler

“…Background: Dissociative symptoms are suggested to compete with the effectiveness of psychotherapeutic treatment and frequently co-occur with early life trauma and self-harm patterns, including self-injury, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts, which are characteristic for borderline personality disorder (BPD).Objective: We explore the connections between dissociation and other BPD features like self-harm and childhood traumatization and examine the impact of trait dissociation on both immediate and follow-up psychotherapy outcomes.Method: In this naturalistic prospective evaluation study, we investigated psychopathology including general psychological distress (SCL-90), depression (BDI-II), and borderline-specific pathology (BSL) in 131 patients with BPD pre and post of a certified 8-week inpatient Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), as well as 3- and 6-month post inpatient treatment. …”
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Development and validation of a pragmatic measure of context at the organizational level: The Inventory of Factors Affecting Successful Implementation and Sustainment (IFASIS) by Hélène Chokron Garneau, Hannah Cheng, Jane Kim, Maryam Abdel Magid, Lia Chin-Purcell, Mark McGovern

“…Predictive validity was evaluated using generalized estimating equations (GEE) for longitudinal data on three implementation outcomes: reach, effectiveness, and implementation quality. …”
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Boundedness and Sobolev-Type Estimates for the Exponentially Damped Riesz Potential with Applications to the Regularity Theory of Elliptic PDEs by Waqar Afzal, Mujahid Abbas, Jorge E. Macías-Díaz, Armando Gallegos, Yahya Almalki

“…To highlight the novelty and practical relevance of the proposed operator, we conduct a comparative analysis demonstrating its effectiveness in addressing convergence, regularity, and stability of solutions to partial differential equations. …”
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Impact of Indian Ocean Vortices on Convective Activities in Western Indonesian Maritime Continent by Alya Fitri Syalsabilla, Erma Yulihastin, Syifa Alifia Azzahra, Maldiva Hafiza Anjarika Suhendar

“…This study investigates the characteristics and atmospheric effects of 30 cyclonic vortex events over the Indian Ocean during the eastern monsoon period (May–September) from 2018 to 2022. …”
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PhenoVision: A framework for automating and delivering research‐ready plant phenology data from field images by Russell Dinnage, Erin Grady, Nevyn Neal, Jonn Deck, Ellen Denny, Ramona Walls, Carrie Seltzer, Robert Guralnick, Daijiang Li

“…These data gaps limit broader generalizations and forecasting improvements in the face of continuing disturbance. …”
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Features of environments for cage fish farming in the Astrakhan Region on example of the Khurdun River by O. V. Pyatikopova, I. N. Bedritskaya, S. A. Diakova, D. A. Popov, O. G. Tarasova, E. V. Makarova, E. V. Minakova, O. V. Zhatkina, R. D. Kashin

“…Cage aquaculture is a relatively low-cost and quite effective method of fish farming, particularly important for the Astrakhan Region in recent times. …”
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Combination of spatial and temporal de-noising and artifact reduction techniques in multi-channel dry EEG by Milana Komosar, Gabriella Tamburro, Gabriella Tamburro, Uwe Graichen, Silvia Comani, Silvia Comani, Jens Haueisen

“…The EEG signal quality after application of each denoising method was calculated by means of standard deviation (SD), signal to noise ratio (SNR), and root mean square deviation (RMSD), and a generalized linear mixed effects (GLME) model was used to identify significant changes of these parameters and quantify the changes in the EEG signal quality.ResultsThe grand average values of SD improved from 9.76 (reference preprocessed EEG) to 8.28, 7.91, 6.72, and 6.15 μV for Fingerprint + ARCI, SPHARA, Fingerprint + ARCI + SPHARA, and Fingerprint + ARCI + improved SPHARA, respectively. …”
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Assessment of Machine Learning Models for Predicting Aboveground Biomass in the Indian Subcontinent by S. Mamgain, B. Ghale, H. C. Karnatak, A. Roy

“…RF emerged as most accurate, with an R&sup2; value of 0.834 &amp; r value of 0.913, effectively capturing the spatial variability in AGB across subcontinent&rsquo;s diverse ecosystems, which was then used to predict AGB for 2023. …”
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The impact of <i>LEP</i> gene polymorphisms located at exon 2 (<i>LEP</i>-<i>Hin</i>fI) and intron 2 (<i>LEP-Sau</i>3AI) on growth and reproductive traits in Saanen goats by N. Senturk, T. N. Selvi, M. Demir, H. Ustuner, H. Samli, S. Ardicli

“…The general linear model procedure's least-squares methods were used for the statistical analysis. …”
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Combination of drug-eluting bead transarterial chemoembolization and PD-1 inhibitor for treatment of unresectable head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: an initial, short-term clin... by Bo Sun, Jin Qi Gao, Ruo Jie Li, Lei Song, Na Li, Fei Gao

“…One month after the first treatment, the scores of physical function, emotional function and general health status increased, and the scores of pain, insomnia and anorexia decreased, and quality of life was significantly improved.DiscussionCombination of DEB-TACE with PD-1 inhibitors is safe and effective for treatment of unresectable HNSCC, significantly improves quality of life, and warrants clinical promotion and application.…”
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