A Classical and Bayesian Approach for Parameter Estimation in Structural Equation Models by Naci Murat, Mehmet Ali Cengiz

“…The advantage of MCMC is that there is no need to rely on broad sample assumptions because exact posterior distributions can be estimated for any function of the model unknowns. In small to moderate samples, these exact posteriors can provide a more realistic measure of model uncertainty. …”
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Robot Visual Tracking Model Based on Improved GOTURN-LD Algorithm by Lijuan Xu, Dalong Liu, Huanjian Ma

“…At the same time, three strategies for the attention mechanism, multi-level feature fusion, and regional overlap loss function are introduced to improve the visual tracking model. …”
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Sling exercise for chronic low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis. by Yu-Shan Yue, Xu-Dong Wang, Bin Xie, Zhong-Han Li, Bing-Lin Chen, Xue-Qiang Wang, Yi Zhu

“…Based on two trials, SE was more effective than thermomagnetic therapy at reducing pain (short-term: WMD -13.90, 95% CI -22.19 to -5.62; long-term: WMD -26.20, 95% CI -31.32 to -21.08) and improving function (short-term: WMD -10.54, 95% CI -14.32 to -6.75; long-term: WMD -25.75, 95% CI -30.79 to -20.71). …”
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Exosomes as Emerging Regulators of Immune Responses in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Wei Zheng, Xin Ji, Qiao qiao Yin, Chensi Wu, Chengan Xu, Hongying Pan, Chun Wu

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OPTIMIZATION OF IMID-BASED THERAPIES by Murat Çınarsoy

“…Although there are classical findings such as anemia, bone disease, loss of renal function, hypercalcemia, a significant proportion of patients suffer from sleep disorders, anxiety and depression, pain, malnutrition, which are not less common than classical signs and symptoms and lead to serious deterioration in the patient's quality of life.Due to the advanced age of most patients, polypharmacy, defined as the use of 4 or more drugs, can reach 80% in multiple myeloma patients, while inappropriate drug complications can reach 50%.Treatment compliance was 68% and treatment discontinuation rate was 36%. …”
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Characterization of visual cognition in pre-manifest, manifest and reduced penetrance Huntington’s disease by Rocio Del Pino, Maria Ángeles Acera, Amaia Ortiz de Echevarrría, Beatriz Tijero, Marta Ruiz-Lopez, Johanne Somme, Javier Ruiz-Martínez, Andrea Gabilondo, Ioana M. Croitoru, Lara Pardina, Naia Ayo-Mentxakatorre, Ane Murueta-Goyena, Iñigo Gabilondo, Rosario Sanchez-Pernaute, Tamara Fernández-Valle, Juan Carlos Gómez Esteban

“…Age, education, CAG repeats, motor status, executive function, and verbal fluency, accounted for up to 72.8% of the variance in general and visual cognitive functions, with motor status having the strongest impact on visual domains in HD carriers. …”
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Characterization of Field of View in Visible Light Communication Systems for Intelligent Transportation Systems by Marco Seminara, Tassadaq Nawaz, Stefano Caputo, Lorenzo Mucchi, Jacopo Catani

“…Our results could be very relevant in the near future to assess a most suited solution in terms of acceptance angle when designing a VLC system for real applications, where angle-dependent misalignment effects play a non-negligible role, and we argue that they could have more general implications with respect to the pristine I2V case mentioned here.…”
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Exploring Motor–Cognitive Interference Effects and the Influence of Self-Reported Physical Activity on Dual-Task Walking in Parkinson’s Disease and Healthy Older Adults by Thomas Jürgen Klotzbier, Nadja Schott, Soo-Yong Park, Quincy J. Almeida

“…More intensive or DT-specific exercise may be required to reduce interference effects. …”
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The main trends of dynamics of incomes of Russians in times of economic crisis by O. L. Petryakova

“…The majority of families in Russia, according to sociological researches, don’t hope for bystry improvement of an economic situation (both own, and the countries in general), are afraid of further deterioration in a situation that, in turn, breaks psychological climate in a family, affecting performance of the functions by her. …”
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Tinnitus and cardiovascular disease: the population-based Tromsø Study (2015–2016) by Laila A Hopstock, Bo Engdahl, Norun Hjertager Krog, Bente Oftedal, Jannike Heyerdahl-Larsen Ausland, Magnar Johnsen

“…We used three separate tinnitus variables as exposures in analyses: (1) ‘tinnitus status’, measured with the question ‘During the last 12 months, have you experienced ringing in your ears lasting more than five min?’; (2) ‘tinnitus symptom intensity’, generated as a function of tinnitus frequentness and tinnitus bother; and (3) ‘tinnitus bother’, analysed only among participants with tinnitus. …”
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Ten-Year Outcomes after Acute STEMI Treated with Primary PCI – the Role of Acute Biomarkers and Other Parameters in Predicting Clinical Severity and Prognosis by Marko Mornar Jelavić, Zdravko Babić, Dorijan Babić, Diana Balenović, Ronald Lipovšćak, Hrvoje Pintarić

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T-Follicular Helper Cells and Their Role in Autoimmune Diseases by Michalis Christodoulou, Eleni Moysidou, Georgios Lioulios, Stamatia Stai, Christina Lazarou, Aliki Xochelli, Asimina Fylaktou, Maria Stangou

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Co-Design of a Health Screening Program Fact Sheet by People Experiencing Homelessness and ChatGPT: Focus Group Study by Nóra Radó, Orsolya Németh, Sándor Békási

“…They shared their insights on how to make the text variants more appealing for the target audience. Moreover, the involvement of generative AI technology revealed that the participants have heard about the concept of AI and text generation as a potential function, and they have not rejected its use in health care settings.…”
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Brain stimulation enhances dispositional mindfulness in PTSD: an exploratory sham-controlled rTMS trial by Kaveh Rayani, Andrea Grabovac, Peter Chan, Peter Chan, Stefanie Montgomery, Mohammad-Reza Ghovanloo, Matthew D. Sacchet

“…Moreover, application of this neurostimulation modality for improving mental illness and well-being more generally merits further exploration.Clinical trial registrationhttps://clinicaltrials.gov/study, identifier NCT01806168.…”
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Monitoring handgrip strength to motivate lifestyle choices for patients with diabetes type 2 – a pragmatic randomised controlled trial by Lena Bornhöft, Susanne Bernhardsson, Lena Nordeman, Anna Grimby-Ekman, Maria Dottori, Maria E. H. Larsson

“…Physical strength can be an important parameter to monitor for patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 (T2DM) to promote healthy lifestyle choices. Functional measurements can contribute to healthcare advice and possibly motivate more active lifestyles. …”
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EEG Oscillations as Neuroplastic Markers of Neural Compensation in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation: The Role of Slow-Frequency Bands by Guilherme J. M. Lacerda, Lucas Camargo, Marta Imamura, Lucas M. Marques, Linamara Battistella, Felipe Fregni

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Sedentarismo, actividad física y salud: una revision narrativa (Sedentary lifestyle, physical activity and health: a narrative review) by Julián Camilo Garzón Mosquera, Luis Fernando Aragón Vargas

“…Some recent strategies to help people become more physically active are discussed. The latest information on the interaction between regular physical activity and health from the perspective of cognitive function, cancer, excess weight, mortality, cardiovascular disease, pregnancy, diseases in older adults, hypertension, and osteoarthritis is summarized. …”
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Inspiratory crackles—early and late—revisited: identifying COPD by crackle characteristics by Cristina Jácome, Hasse Melbye, Juan Carlos Aviles Solis, Hans Pasterkamp

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Outcomes of total hip replacement in adults with septic arthritis of the native hip joint: A systematic review by Teddy Cheong, Surya Varma Selvakumar, Ryan Kwang Jin Goh, Ing How Moo

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Effect of Post-Acute Kidney Injury Use of Renin-Angiotensin Inhibitors on Long-term Mortality and Major Adverse Kidney Events: A 5-year Retrospective Observational Cohort Study by Byorn W.L. Tan, Bryce W.Q. Tan, K. Akalya, Wei-Zhen Hong, Yi Da, Sanmay Low, Wan-Ying Ng, Horng-Ruey Chua

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