Handgrip weakness and overall life satisfaction decline: derivation of cutoff values and analysis of sex differences in older Chinese adults by Liangyu Yin, Lan Zhong

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Randomised controlled trial comparing different intersession intervals of intermittent theta burst delivered to the dorsal medial prefrontal cortex by Zafiris J Daskalakis, Daniel M Blumberger, Michelle S Goodman, Laura Schulze, Gerasimos N Konstantinou, Farrokh Mansouri, Alisson P Trevizol, Jonathan Downar

“…However, questions remain regarding the optimal time interval between treatment sessions.Objective The overall aim of this study was to compare the efficacy and tolerability of two accelerated bilateral iTBS protocols (ie, 30-min or 60-min intervals) and a once-daily bilateral iTBS protocol (ie, 0-min interval) while the number of pulses was held constant, in patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD).Methods 182 patients with TRD were randomised to receive two sessions per day of bilateral iTBS of the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (DMPFC) at 60-min, 30-min or 0-min intervals. …”
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Surfaces and interfaces analysis on different carboxymethylation reaction time of anionic cellulose nanoparticles derived from oil palm biomass by Manimaran Mageswari, Norizan Mohd Nurazzi, Kassim Mohamad Haafiz Mohamad, Adam Mohd Ridhwan, Abdullah Norli, Faiz Norrrahim Mohd Nor

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Comparative efficacy of different drugs in acute heart failure with renal dysfunction: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Qianyu Lv, Qian Wu, Yingtian Yang, Lanlan Li, Xuejiao Ye, Shihan Wang, Yanfei Lv, Manshi Wang, Yushan Li

“…ObjectiveThis network meta-analysis was to compare the efficacy of different drugs on cardiac function, renal function, and clinical outcomes in patients with acute heart failure (AHF) accompanied by renal dysfunction.MethodsPubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science were searched to screen all clinical trials of AHF between January 1st 2001 and March 31th 2024. …”
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Multi-criteria vehicle routing problem for a real-life parcel locker-based delivery by Radosław Idzikowski, Jarosław Rudy, Michał Jaroszczuk

“…Three solving methods, relying on the concept of Pareto-optimality, are proposed: a greedy constructive heuristic, a Tabu Search metaheuristic and a Genetic Algorithm. …”
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Fluoroscopy-assisted identification of the individual optimal antegrade entry point of the anterior column fixation corridor in pelvic and acetabular surgery: a novel perspective by Vedat ÖZTÜRK, Mustafa Gökhan BİLGİLİ

“…Materials and methods Pelvic computed tomography (CT) data from 500 healthy adults (250 men and 250 women) were collected. …”
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Relative effectiveness of different exercise interventions on cardiovascular events in individuals with prediabetes: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Chen Hua, Zhen Chen, Dongmei Cao, Juan Jia, Xiaomei Chen, Juan Yang, Limin Zhang

“…However, the relative effectiveness of different types of exercise interventions in reducing CVD risk in this population is unclear. …”
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Optimal dosage of group-based organized physical activity for enhancing social abilities in autistic children: insights from a multilevel meta-analysis by Jinrong He, Yikang Gong, Mingyue Yin, Lei Zhang, Xueping Wu

“…Abstract Background In response to current research trends emphasizing training programs to develop daily living skills in autistic children, this study employs a meta-analysis to explore the impact of group-based organized physical activity (GBOPA) on the social abilities of autistic children from multiple perspectives and further investigates its dose‒response relationship to define the “optimal” dose. Methods We searched the PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, and Cochrane Library databases to identify relevant studies and screen their references. …”
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Comparison of different timings of percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a network meta-analysis by Qi Wen, Jiuyu Yang, Guomin Xu, Da'an Wang

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Evaluating Optimal Deep Learning Models for Freshness Assessment of Silver Barb Through Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution with Linear Programming by Atchara Choompol, Sarayut Gonwirat, Narong Wichapa, Anucha Sriburum, Sarayut Thitapars, Thanakorn Yarnguy, Noppakun Thongmual, Waraporn Warorot, Kiatipong Charoenjit, Ronnachai Sangmuenmao

“…Three lightweight deep learning architectures, MobileNetV2, MobileNetV3, and EfficientNet Lite2, were analyzed across 18 different configurations, varying model size (Small, Medium, Large) and preprocessing methods (With and Without Preprocessing). …”
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Effectiveness of different treatment regimens of enhanced external counterpulsation in patients with stable coronary artery disease complicated by heart failure by A. S. Lishuta, O. A. Slepova, N. A. Nikolaeva, N. V. Khabarova, E. V. Privalova, Yu. N. Belenkov

“…To study the effect of various therapy regimens with enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) on exercise tolerance, quality of life, indices of structural and functional state of cardiovascular system in patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) complicated by chronic heart failure (CHF).Material and methods. The study included patients with stable CAD complicated by CHF with reduced and intermediate left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) from the randomized EXCEL trial (NCT05913778; n=120) and additionally patients with similar inclusion and exclusion criteria (n=90) who were randomized into groups with different EECP treatment regimens for 12 months: Group 1 (n=40): course of 35 hour-long procedures; Group 2 (n=40): course of 35 hourlong procedures every 6 months; Group 3 (n=30): course of 20 hour-long procedures then constantly 1 hour per week; Group 4 (n=30): constantly 2 hours per week; Group 5 (n=30): course of 20 hour-long procedures then constantly 2 hours per week; Group 0 (placebo ; n=40): course of 35 hour-long procedures with compression pressure 80 mm Hg. …”
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Novel Approach to Proficiency Testing Reveals Significant Variations in Biomarker Practice Leading to Critical Differences in Lung Cancer Management by Kassandra R. Bisson, MHSc, Andrea Beharry, MLT, Normand Blais, MD, Michael D. Carter, MD, PhD, Parneet K. Cheema, MD, Patrice Desmeules, MD, John G. Garratt, RT, Barbara Melosky, MD, Bryan Lo, PhD, Stephanie Snow, MD, Basile Tessier-Cloutier, MD, Edwin Tio, MD, Stephen Yip, MD, PhD, Jennifer R. Won, PhD, Brandon S. Sheffield, MD

“…This study reports the results of the first end-to-end biomarker EQA challenge in NSCLC. Methods: Three challenge specimens were made using NSCLC tissue and paired with clinical vignettes mimicking referred-in cases. …”
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Prediction of Winter Wheat Yield and Interpretable Accuracy Under Different Water and Nitrogen Treatments Based on CNNResNet-50 by Donglin Wang, Yuhan Cheng, Longfei Shi, Huiqing Yin, Guangguang Yang, Shaobo Liu, Qinge Dong, Jiankun Ge

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Post-resuscitation blood pressure management: Effects of different MAP targets on cerebral perfusion and inflammation in a porcine model by Andreas García Bardon, Jens Kamuf, Alexander Ziebart, Christian Breit, Karsten Sommer, Erik K. Hartmann, Maren Paul, Tanghua Liu, Petra Leukel, Victoria Albertsmeier, Isra Hale, Robert F. Kelm, Christoph Jänig, Laura Maria Schreiber, Willi Schmidbauer, Serge C. Thal

“…Methods: Thirty-five anesthetized pigs underwent a standardized protocol of 7 min of ventricular fibrillation, followed by standardized cardiopulmonary resuscitation. …”
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Evaluation of SSM-Wheat Model in Simulating the Growth and Development of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Cultivars in Different Planting Densities by Ali Rahemi karizki, Faramarz Sayyedi, Habib allah Soghi, Arazqlych Marfy, Mojtaba Salehi SHaikhi, Saeed Bagherikia

“…Materials and Methods This experiment was conducted in the cropping year 2021-2022 at the Gorgan Agricultural Research Station. …”
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Spatial Downscaling of TRMM Precipitation Data Using an Optimal Subset Regression Model with NDVI and Terrain Factors in the Yarlung Zangbo River Basin, China by Jinping Liu, Wanchang Zhang, Ning Nie

“…The objective of this study was to develop a reliable statistical downscaling algorithm to produce high quality, high spatial resolution precipitation products from Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission (TRMM) 3B43 data over the Yarlung Zangbo River Basin using an optimal subset regression (OSR) model combined with multiple topographical factors, the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), and observational data from rain gauge stations. …”
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Comparative Study of Water Rights Trade Price in Various Countrieswith Different Systems: A Case Study of Zhanjiang City by YE Changxin, SU Chunsheng, FANG Chunyan, CHEN Xiaohong

“…Taking ZhanjiangCity as an example, this paper studies the differences in the price of water rights between twodifferent countries——China and the United States by the method of full-cost pricing, analyzesthe adaptability of water rights trade on these two countries in terms of the pricing mechanism ofwater rights trade, and construction, supervision and management mechanism of water rights trademarket, and finally puts forward some suggestions for promoting the further development of waterrights trade in China.…”
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Spatio-Temporal Characteristics and Driving Forces of Landscape Ecological Risks in Highly Urbanized Areas: A Case Study of Suzhou City by Lingyue LU, Dawei SHAO, Dianming WU

“…The formation mechanism, spatio-temporal heterogeneous driving effect and scale response law of LER in highly urbanized areas still need to be systematically explored.MethodsUtilizing multi-source data spanning the period from 1995 to 2020, including Landsat TM/ETM imagery, digital elevation model (DEM) and NASA datasets, this research focuses on exploring the characteristics of spatio-temporal variability of LER and corresponding drivers in Suzhou at the optimal scale, utilizing the LER evaluation model and the geographically and temporally weighted regression (GTWR) framework.Results1) The landscape pattern of Suzhou City is scale-dependent, with significant variations in the landscape pattern index for each land type at the optimal scale. …”
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Development of several machine learning based models for determination of small molecule pharmaceutical solubility in binary solvents at different temperatures by Mohammed Alqarni, Ali Alqarni

“…Abstract Analysis of small-molecule drug solubility in binary solvents at different temperatures was carried out via several machine learning models and integration of models to optimize. …”
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Lifestyle factors and determination of optimal cut-off values for forward head posture in young adults with neck pain: a cross-sectional analysis by Jaeho Lee, Kyoungsik Jeong, Sujeong Mun, Siwoo Lee, Younghwa Baek

“…Methods In total, 200 men and women aged 35–44 years with persistent or recurrent neck pain with a numeric rating scale score of ≥ 3 in the previous week were included in the study. …”
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