A Literature Review of Virtual Reality Exergames for Older Adults: Enhancing Physical, Cognitive, and Social Health by Xiacheng Song, Nazlena Mohamad Ali, Mohamad Hidir Mhd Salim, Muhammad Yudhi Rezaldi

“…From an initial pool of 1705 articles, 12 studies met the inclusion criteria. …”
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A Scoping Review of Pain Management Education Programs (PMEPs): Do They Prepare Nurses to Deal with Patients’ Postoperative Pain? by Manaporn Chatchumni, Henrik Eriksson, Monir Mazaheri

“…After applying exclusion criteria, five relevant peer-reviewed articles were eventually selected for the final charting of the data. The search included articles published between January 2015 and March 2019. …”
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Numerical Optimization of Microperforated panel Absorbers: The Impact of Series-Parallel Configuration, Air Gap, and Porous Materials on the Sound Absorption Bandwidth by Mohammad Javad SheikhMozafari, Zahra Hashemi, Ali Mohsenian

“…To increase the bandwidth, techniques such as series-parallel configurations, symmetrical and asymmetrical air gap depths, and the incorporation of two porous absorbing materials in symmetric and asymmetric air gap layers were employed. In the initial phase, the best configuration was selected and retained for the subsequent stages. …”
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Impact of alcohol consumption, substance use, and smoking on treatment outcomes in tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Bahram Heshmati, Sanaz Omidi, Younes Mohammadi

“…To enhance TB treatment efficacy, preventive interventions aimed at reducing these behaviors before treatment initiation are recommended.…”
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Ethical Challenges of Applying Advanced Technologies in Medical Education: A Scoping Review by Shayan Khaje Hosaini, Mahdi Khayatan, Hossein Sadeghi, Feze Ebrahimi

“…The strategy follows a five-step framework: identifying the research question, identifying relevant studies, screening and selecting studies, extracting and processing data, and summarizing and reporting results. …”
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The implementation of teledentistry training in orthodontic practice: an explanatory sequential mixed-methods study by Supakit Peanchitlertkajorn, Charn Ngamdachakij, Boonsita Wongwatjana, Wichayaporn Jongpatranichpunth, Kawin Sipiyaruk

“…The participants were asked to complete an online questionnaire to provide initial overview of this topic. They were then purposively selected and recruited for a semi-structured interview, allowing the exploration of in-depth information. …”
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PREDICTION INDONESIA COMPOSITE INDEX USING INTEGRATION DECOMPOSITION- NEURAL NETWORK ENSEMBLE DURING VUCA ERA by Imelda Saluza, Ensiwi Munarsih, Faradillah Faradillah, Leriza Desitama Anggraini

“…First, the actual data is converted into three components; second, with the Neural Network Ensemble (NNE) approach where the initial step of decomposition results is trained using artificial NN with architecture, training data, and topology to produce individual networks; The output is selected using Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and becomes input to the ensemble model, then combined using a simple average and weighted average. …”
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Left Dislocation in Spoken Hebrew, it is neither topicalizing nor a construction by Ozerov Pavel

“…This choice more genuinely reflects utterance structuring processes of spoken language, where upon the production of the initial NP speakers do not have yet the rest of the utterance planned. …”
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Importance of early and deeper responses to long-term survival in CML patients: Implications of BCR-ABL testing in management of CML in Indian setting by Mohan B. Agarwal

“…The prognosis of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) has changed radically since the advent of imatinib mesylate, a selective inhibitor of BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase. Shortly thereafter, more potent BCR-ABL inhibitors (dasatinib and nilotinib) were introduced for use in patients resistant to or intolerant of imatinib. …”
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On the problem of estimating the snowiness of winters by different methods by the example of the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk city by E. N. Kazakova

“…It would also be worthwhile to select a methodology for estimating winter snowiness depending on the tasks set, and on the availability and reliability of the initial meteorological data for the analysis. …”
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An optimized solution for tackling effects of climate change on an educational building based on net zero energy technique by Kimiya Aram, Roohollah Taherkhani

“…In order to minimize the load of cooling, heating and the initial investment of the building for the current and future climate, the genetic algorithm with non-globe sorting was used in the jEPlus environment. …”
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The results of surgical treatment of sacral schwannomas with extension into pelvic cavity by I. V. Pendyurin, I. A. Vasilyev, I. S. Kopylov

“…The degree of radicality of tumor resection and clinical outcomes is directly related to the selected surgical approach.…”
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Utilizing Kernel Density Estimation and Butterfly Diagram to Characterize the Gait Variability in the Fallers: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Somayeh Mehrlatifan, Ali Fatahi, Davood Khezri

“…Methods Twenty active elderly individuals (including both fallers and non‐fallers) volunteered to participate in this study. Initially, the self‐selected walking speed of each subject was assessed using a treadmill. …”
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Home settings are associated with less functional decline among older adults compared to community-care foster homes and skilled nursing facilities in Hawaii. by Hua Zan, Yanyan Wu, Yan Luo, John P Barile, Joshua R Holmes, Joy Agner

“…These findings of the varying functional outcomes across care settings can inform policymakers, families, and caregivers in selecting effective care options.…”
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Cognitive flexibility: exploring students’ problem-solving in elementary school mathematics learning by Sri Rahayuningsih, Sirajuddin Sirajuddin, Nasrun Nasrun

“…The purposive sampling technique is used to select two out of 150 of 4th Grade students who have taken an initial test to measure their creative abilities. …”
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The MuLeCo project: A learner corpus of L1 German learners of romance languages by Stephan Lücke, Patricia de Crignis, Johanna Wolf, Florian Zacherl

“…The article concludes with initial analytical approaches and selected findings…”
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Geriatric Psoriasis: Evaluation of Clinical Features, Disease Course, and Treatment Modalities of Patients from a Tertiary Care Hospital by Elif Çalışkan, Yusuf Can Edek, Nuray Keskin, Petek Üstün, Esra Adışen

“…Systemic treatment was predominantly initiated as the first treatment agent in the elderly-onset group (p = 0.014). …”
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The 16-year psychological journey of amputee survivors of the Wenchuan earthquake: a qualitative study by Dirui Yan, Tingting Tang, Yixiu Liu

“…This study is a qualitative research, using purposive sampling to select individuals who suffered upper and/or lower limb amputations due to the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. …”
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Urbanisation and Education Development: A Case Study of Rock High School. by Abaho, Derick

“…Additionally, the findings showed that schools have experienced a 30% increase in student enrollment, initially leading to overcrowded classrooms and challenges in academic performance. …”
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Factors associated with delays in seeking tuberculosis treatment among patients at Muhima district hospital, Rwanda by Mercy Nwankwo, Chinenye, Yasmin Omar, Umubyeyi

“…Systematic sampling technique used to select 60 TB patients from target population. Data collected by researcher and trained research assistant, using a close- ended questionnaire through a translation in local dialect. …”
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