Using SPIN for Verification of Multi-agent Data Analysis by N. O. Garanina, E. V. Bodin, E. A. Sidorova

“…The paper presents an approach to formal verification of multi-agent data analysis algorithms for ontology population. The system agents correspond to information items of the input data and the rule of ontology population and data processing. …”
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Reliability and Validity Measurement of Sagittal Lumbosacral Quiet Standing Posture with a Smartphone Application in a Mixed Population of 183 College Students and Personnel by George A. Koumantakis, Maria Nikoloudaki, Sara Thacheth, Kalliroi Zagli, Konstantina Bitrou, Andreas Nigritinos, Leon Botton

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Alcohol-related mortality by ethnic origin of natives: a prospective cohort study based on multigenerational population register data from Finland and Sweden by Jan Saarela, Martin Kolk

“…Objectives The aim was to assess alcohol-related mortality of persons with mixed and uniform ethnic origins in two national contexts.Setting Data were from the multigenerational population registers of the total population of Finland and Sweden observed from 1971 to 2017. …”
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Health impacts and economic costs of residential fires (RESFIRES study): protocol for a population-based cohort study using linked administrative data by Lara A Harvey, Nargess Ghassempour, Mark Whybro, W Kathy Tannous

“…Summary reports in formats designed for policy audiences in parallel with scientific papers will be produced.…”
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Comparing opportunistic and population-based breast cancer screening programs in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis on 12.98 million women by Mengdan Li, Hongying Wang, Haozhe Piao, Bo Zhu

“…The cancer detection rate (CDR) in the opportunistic screening group with a sample size of 224,240 was 11.99‰ (95% CI: 5.14‰–21.57‰), and in the population screening group with a sample size of 12,760,718 was 1.32‰ (95% CI: 1.10‰–1.56‰) In subgroup analysis, the CDR of population screening was higher in the urban group (2.28‰, 95% CI: 1.70‰–2.94‰), in the breast ultrasonography (BUS) in parallel with mammography (MAM) group (3.29‰, 95% CI: 2.48‰–4.21‰), and in the second screening follow-up group (2.47‰, 95% CI: 1.64‰–3.47‰), and the proportion of early-stage breast cancer was 85.70% (95% CI: 68.73%–97.29%), 88.18% (95% CI: 84.53%–91.46%), and 90.05% (95% CI: 84.07%–94.95%), respectively. …”
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Seroprevalence of hepatitis B among the general population in Shandong Province, Eastern China, an update 30 years after the implementation of the neonatal vaccination program by Bingyu Yan, Xiaomeng Zhang, Jingjing Lv, Yi Feng, Xin Meng, Xiaojuan Lin, Yan Zhang, Suting Wang, Feng Ji, Meng Chen, Xinyu Yuan, Zexin Tao, Li Zhang

“…Methods We determined prevalence of HBV infection from the remaining serum samples collected through a population-based survey, which was originally intended for a seroepidemiological survey of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies conducted in 2023. …”
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Comparative effectiveness of missed dose protocols of opioid agonist treatment in British Columbia, Canada: protocol for a population-based target trial emulation by Paul Gustafson, Robert W Platt, Bohdan Nosyk, Jeong Eun Min, Md Belal Hossain, Mohammad Ehsanul Karim, Shaun Seaman, Paxton Bach, Megan Kurz, Maria Eugenia Socías, Momenul Haque Mondol, Michelle Zanette

“…We will specify parallel hypothetical trials, known as target trials, for methadone interruptions of 1–3 days, 4 days and 5–14 days, and buprenorphine/naloxone interruptions of 1–5 days and 6–14 days. …”
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Enhancing Robotic-Assisted Lower Limb Rehabilitation Using Augmented Reality and Serious Gaming by Calin Vaida, Gabriela Rus, Paul Tucan, José Machado, Adrian Pisla, Ionut Zima, Iosif Birlescu, Doina Pisla

“…This study proposes an innovative rehabilitation system that combines serious gaming and augmented reality (AR) with the LegUp parallel robot, developed for the spatial rehabilitation of the hip, knee, and ankle in bed-ridden patients. …”
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Heterogeneity and efficacy of immunotherapy in multiple cancer: insights from a meta-analysis by Weidong Wu, Bin Liu, Qing Zhang, Xiaojuan Zhang, Pengya Feng, Yongliang Jia, Xia Xue

“…Continued studies from more trials with different populations are needed to optimize their efficacy in further cancer treatment and precision medicine.…”
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Evaluation of Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Imeglimin Hydrochloride SR Tablets 1000 mg in Participants with Inadequately Controlled Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Phase III, R... by Prashant Kumthekar, Mihir Upadhyay, Vijay Kranti, Sanjiv Maheshwari, Arindam Ray, Raja Bhattacharya

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Global burden and cross-national inequalities of tobacco-attributable cancers in adults aged 40 and above, 1990–2021: a population-based study by Yi Li, Hui Li, Lirui Tang, Chuanben Chen, Chaoxiong Huang

“…Decomposition analyses determined the impact of population growth, aging, and epidemiological changes on disease burden. …”
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Comparative abundance and diversity of populations of the Pseudomonas syringae and Soft Rot Pectobacteriaceae species complexes throughout the Durance River catchment from its Fren... by Morris, C.E., Lacroix, C., Chandeysson, C., Guilbaud, C., Monteil, C., Piry, S., Rochelle Newall, E., Fiorini, S., Van Gijsegem, F., Barny, M.A., Berge, O.

“…River-borne populations of SRP were composed mainly of Pectobacterium versatile and P. aquaticum that have little known epidemiological importance. …”
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Reclaiming Radicalism: Discursive Wars and the Left by Giorgos Charalambous

“…These are laid out in terms of imperative discursive articulations, which are, however, paralleled by particular political actions on the ground that can either confirm or undermine any terminological claims. …”
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Randomised controlled trial in an experimental online supermarket testing the effects of front-of-pack nutrition labelling on food purchasing intentions in a low-income population by Pilar Galan, Camille Buscail, Sandrine Péneau, Serge Hercberg, Chantal Julia, Raphaël Porcher, Philippe Ravaud, Isabelle Boutron, Emmanuelle Kesse-Guyot, Mathilde Touvier, Manon Egnell, Pauline Ducrot

“…Background The Nutri-Score, a front-of-pack nutrition label, has been adopted in 2017 in France but its impact on low-income populations is unknown, and they are more at risk of having unhealthy diets. …”
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Identités des Grecs pontiques et caucasiens : le rapport aux lieux et aux territoires by Michel Bruneau

“…Abstract: the Pontic Greeks and Caucasians came from a very mountainous region on the shores of the Black Sea, characterized by a fragmentation into parallel north-south valleys. The strong geographical specificity of their territory of origin weighed on the choices of their new settlements in the Georgian or Armenian Caucasus, or in northern Greece following the Exchange of Populations of 1923. …”
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Shifting Financial Privileges from Dynasty to Parliament In the Emergence of Modern Turkiye by Barış Bahçeci

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Associations of weight change patterns with hyperuricemia risk in U.S. adults by Yadan Zou, Fang Li, Qiya Huang, Zhongxing Zhao, Shengguang Li, Huanxian Liu

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Evaluating the Use of Drones Equipped with Thermal Sensors as an Effective Method for Estimating Wildlife by Jared T. Beaver, Robert W. Baldwin, Max Messinger, Chad H. Newbolt, Stephen S. Ditchkoff, Miles R. Silman

“…However, their accuracy and reliability as a valid population technique have not been adequately tested. …”
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Effects of poly-bioactive compounds on lipid profile and body weight in a moderately hypercholesterolemic population with low cardiovascular disease risk: a multicenter randomized... by Rosa Solà, Rosa-M Valls, José Puzo, José-Ramón Calabuig, Angel Brea, Anna Pedret, David Moriña, José Villar, Jesús Millán, Anna Anguera

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Longitudinal determination of seroprevalence and immune response to SARS-CoV-2 in a population of food and retail workers through decentralized testing and transformation of ELISA... by Abdelhadi Djaïleb, Megan-Faye Parker, Étienne Lavallée, Matthew Stuible, Yves Durocher, Mathieu Thériault, Kim Santerre, Caroline Gilbert, Denis Boudreau, Mariana Baz, Jean-Francois Masson, Marc-André Langlois, Sylvie Trottier, Daniela Quaglia, Joelle N Pelletier

“…This study investigates the humoral response elicited by SARS-CoV-2 infection and by vaccination in the poorly studied population of food and retail workers. These occupations were classified as essential by the Public Health Agency of Canada, potentially placing this population at greater risk of infection. …”
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