Adoption of the Polish Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Care Standards: a nationwide survey by Mateusz J. Świerz, Karolina Majdak, Andrzej Budzyński, Wiesław Tarnowski, Piotr Major, Małgorzata M. Bala

“…Introduction: Metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) is the most effective treatment for severe obesity, providing substantial weight loss and improvement in obesity-related comorbidities. In 2020, the MBS Chapter of the Association of Polish Surgeons issued the Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Care Standards to guide patient management. …”
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Editorial by Christian Gütl

“… Icaro Prado Fernandes and Luiz Eduardo Galvão Martins from Brazil propose in their article a method to prioritize test cases based on human knowledge using a combination of factors evaluated in an assessment answered by 29 software industry professionals and 5 academics.…”
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Academic and non-academic life stressors and perceived levels of stress in Brazilian undergraduate health professions students by Karolina Murakami, Maria Paula Panuncio-Pinto, Jair Lício Ferreira Santos, Luiz Ernesto de Almeida Troncon

“…These findings highlight the need for institutional interventions that provide students with financial support, improve the academic educational environment, and help them develop and improve their coping skills and resilience. …”
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Road traffic injuries: psychological and social aspects by N. G. Petrova

“…Only 26.9 % of the respondents confidently answered that they could provide first aid for the victims. …”
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Successes and Failures of the Implementation of the Rural Development Programme 2014–2020 Measure “Agri-Environment and Climate” in Lithuania by Aistė Galnaitytė, Irena Kriščiukaitienė, Virginia Namiotko

“…The research has revealed areas for improvement in Measure M10, and suggestions for improvement were prepared to better achieve environmental and climate objectives.…”
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Pelvic floor and sexual function 3 years after hysterectomy – A prospective cohort study by Ulrika Johannesson, Martina Amato, Catharina Forsgren

“…Material and methods In a prospective clinical cohort study, we included 260 women scheduled for hysterectomy who answered validated questionnaires; pelvic floor impact questionnaire (PFIQ‐7), pelvic floor distress inventory (PFDI‐20) and female sexual function index (FSFI). …”
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Knowledge about first aid of childhood emergency conditions among caregivers attending primary care centers in Bahrain – A cross-sectional study by Hasan Ali Al Haddad, Mahmood Alawainati, Hawra Fawzi Hasan, Hasan Abduljabbar Husain, Sadiq Mubarak, Ali Husain Sanad

“…Practical first aid courses are encouraged to improve knowledge of childhood emergencies. Furthermore, enhanced educational programs focusing on areas of low knowledge could significantly improve outcomes for children in emergencies.…”
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Analysis of the quality of education activities conducted using telemedicine technologies by O. M. Drapkina, I. Yu. Volkova, R. N. Shepel, L. M. Zhamalov, S. Yu. Astanina, T. V. Vakhovskaya

“…The results obtained will improve the process of managing educational events held by the National Medical Research Center for Therapy and Preventive Medicine using telemedicine technologies, and improve their quality.…”
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The Role of Humanitarian Organizations in Promotion of The Rights of Refugees in The Host Communities: A Case Study of Nyakabande Reception Centre. by Nyirabavakure, Catherine

“…The researcher used the descriptive research design as appropriate for the study because the study was concerned with finding answers to a key question regarding the research topic under study. …”
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Telemedicine use among neurologists before and during COVID-19 pandemic by Emanuelle Roberta da Silva Aquino, Renan Barros Domingues, Carlos Eduardo Mantese, Francisca Goreth Malheiro Moraes Fantini, Ricardo Nitrini, Gilmar Fernandes do Prado

“…Results: One hundred sixty-two neurologists from all regions of Brazil answered the online questionnaire. The survey showed that 18.5% of participants worked with telemedicine before the pandemic, while 63.6% reported working with telemedicine during the pandemic. …”
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A Multimodal Large Language Model Framework for Intelligent Perception and Decision-Making in Smart Manufacturing by Tianyu Wang, Bowen Zhang, Daqi Jiang, Dong Li

“…Additionally, a novel Transformer-based model is introduced for generating both images and text, significantly improving real-time decision-making capabilities. Experiments on relevant industrial datasets show that this method consistently performs better than current state-of-the-art approaches in tasks like image–text retrieval and visual question answering. …”
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The Effect of Telephone Health Training on Perceived Stress of Mothers with Premature Infants Discharged from Hospital by Hossein Tavangar, Marjan Alichi, Zahra Pourmovahed

“…Background: Premature birth is a global health issue leading to major stress in mothers that will be able to get answers to many of their questions at home through a phone call. …”
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The Knowledge of Pediatricians About Pediatric Palliative Care by Nilgün Harputluoğlu, Senem Alkan Özdemir, Tanju Çelik

“…Introduction:Pediatric palliative care is the highest level of care aiming to improve the quality of life of all children and families with life-limiting and threatening diseases. …”
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CFB：Financial Large Models Evaluation Methods by LI Yi, LI Hao, XU Xiaozhe, YANG Yifan

“…Instruction fine-tuning improves LLMs’ performance in text analysis but offers limited benefits for complex tasks.…”
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A sociological Analysis on the Modes of Science Production by Ali Rabbani Khorasgani, Vahid Ghasemi, Rasol Rabbani, Mehdi Adibi Sadeh, Nader Ofoghi

“…In the final section, mode an efforted to answered this question that what doctrines can be concluded from these discourse in order to improve the conditions in Iran.…”
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Asymmetries in global building envelope air infiltration and tightness data: Exploring knowledge gaps for accurate energy analyses by Rana Raafat, Sherif Goubran, Nahla N. Makhlouf, Mohsen Aboulnaga

“…The proposed questions and answers aim to build upon existing knowledge, provide valuable insights for ongoing and future research, and inspire exploration into innovative strategies for improving building energy efficiency and occupant well-being. …”
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Evolution of non-treated restless legs syndrome Síndrome das pernas inquietas: evolução após um ano sem tratamento by Raimundo Nonato Delgado Rodrigues, Aída Alexandra Alvim de Abreu e Silva Rodrigues, Jorge Faber, Jeana T. Corso, Thaisa F. Peixoto

“…Serum ferritin was determined at baseline. An improvement index (%improvement) was established through the formula: irls_1- irls_2/irls_1 ' 100. …”
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Predicting learners' engagement and help-seeking behaviors in an e-learning environment by using facial and head pose features by Guan-Yun Wang, Yasuhiro Hatori, Yoshiyuki Sato, Chia-Huei Tseng, Satoshi Shioiri

“…Features obtained from facial videos are useful in improving e-learning education.…”
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Nanofat injector: a low-cost disposable device for standardization and optimization of grafting time by João Maximiliano, Mirian Pedron, Antonio Carlos Pinto Oliveira, Eduardo Madalosso Zanin, Daniele Walter Duarte, Ciro Paz Portinho, João Luiz Martins, Marcus Vinicius Martins Collares

“…Introduction: Nanofat graft improves skin quality in damage secondary to aging and scar sequelae. …”
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Sustainable science or business as usual? Exploring awareness and actions in German University Laboratories by Caterina Baars, Patrycja Karwasiecka, João Henrique Paulino Pires Eustachio, Andrea Dobri, Jelena Barbir, Sven Kannenberg, Walter Leal Filho

“…For this purpose, a mixed-method approach was applied, consisting of a quantitative survey answered by 81 laboratories, and a qualitative interview conducted within 9 different universities. …”
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