Comparison of external load and specific activities of starters vs. non-starters by position in men’s professional volleyball competition by Erxia Wang, Sewoon Yoon, Munku Song

“…Conclusions: These results emphasize the necessity of designing position-specific training programs tailored to the per-set load demands of starters, thereby optimizing player performance and managing training loads effectively.…”
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Anemia prevalence and associated factors among students benefiting from the rural compulsory education nutrition improvement program in Jilin province in 2023: a cross-sectional st... by Hongli CUI, Xingang ZHANG, Liwei ZHANG, Bo LUAN, Sijie LIU

“…MethodsA stratified cluster sampling method was used to select a total of 2 258 primary school students (grade 3 and above) and junior high school students from two key monitoring counties implementing the "Rural Compulsory Education Student Nutrition Improvement Program" in Jilin province in 2023. …”
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New approaches to unveil the unknown: oxygen depletion and internal eutrophication in a Baltic lagoon over decades by Gerald Schernewski, Gerald Schernewski, Thomas Neumann, Sarah Piehl, Mario von Weber

“…Oxygen is a key indicator for assessing the ecological condition of coastal waters, yet current monitoring programs often fail to adequately capture the occurrence and impact of hypoxia, anoxia, and their consequences. …”
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Smartphone Application–Based Voice and Speech Training Program for Parkinson Disease: Feasibility and Satisfaction Study With a Preliminary Rater-Blinded Single-Arm Pretest and Pos... by Sol-Hee Lee, Jiae Kim, Han-Joon Kim

“…The training program consisted of 20 sessions, with participants completing 1 session per day, 4 days per week. …”
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The effectiveness of Hope Groups, a mental health, parenting support, and violence prevention program for families affected by the war in Ukraine: Findings from a pre-post study by Susan Hillis, Sydney Tucker, Nicole Baldonado, Evgenia Taradaika, Lyudmyla Bryn, Svitlana Kharchenko, Tetiana Machabelii, Roisin Taylor, Phil Green, Philip Goldman, Isang Awah, Joshua Baldonado, Praveen Gomez, Seth Flaxman, Oliver Ratmann, Jamie M. Lachman, Andres Villaveces, Lorraine Sherr, Lucie Cluver

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Iris: A Next Generation Digital Pathology Rendering Engine by Ryan Erik Landvater, Ulysses Balis

“…Further, it is able to buffer and compute high-fidelity reduction-enhancements for viewing low-power cytology with increased visual quality at a rate of 100–160 μs per slide tile, and with a cumulative median buffering rate of 1.36 GB of decompressed image data per second. …”
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Survey of pesticide and pesticide metabolite residues in strawberries marketed in Uruguay by Fiamma Pequeño, Sofía Barrios, Horacio Heinzen, María Verónica Cesio, Natalia Besil

“…Aiming to check the safety of strawberries in Uruguay, a first monitoring program (2019-2023) of pesticide and pesticide metabolite residues was conducted. …”
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Physical and insecticidal durability of PermaNet® 3.0 and Olyset® plus piperonyl butoxide-synergist insecticide-treated nets in Sierra Leone: results of durability monitoring from... by Raymond Kiprop Sudoi, Keith Esch, Frederick Yamba, Laurent Iyikirenga, Charlene Youssef, Prince Nallo, Isabel Swamidoss, Carla Mapp, Dennis Marke, Samuel Juana Smith, Ronald Carshon-Marsh, Musa Sillah-Kanu, Dave Schnabel, Jacky Raharinjatovo, Jenny Carlson, Rebecca Levine, Evelyne Alyko, Ramlat Jose, Tony Hughes, Djenam Jacob, Yemane Yihdego, Kevin Opondo, Stephen Poyer

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Treatment outcomes and their associated factors among a cohort of children with wasting and severe wasting enrolled in the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) program in S... by Sabarish Prabhu, Srinivasan Ramalingam, Sendhilkumar Muthappan, Divya Saravanakumar, Arshi Chawla, Rizwan Suliankatchi Abdulkader

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Mixed Comparative Evaluation of a Training Program Dedicated to Cystic Fibrosis Reference Centers: Protocol for the Pilot Implementation of Shared Decision-Making in the Treatment... by Nora Moumjid, Constance Gotte, Sophie Hommey, Stéphanie Poupon Bourdy, Julie Haesebaert, Isabelle Durieu, Quitterie Reynaud

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A Nonrandomized Pilot Study to Investigate the Acceptability and Feasibility of LivR Well: A Multifaceted 28-Day Home-Based Liver Optimization Program for Acute-on-Chronic Liver Fa... by Natalie L.Y. Ngu, Edward Saxby, Thomas Worland, Patricia Anderson, Lisa Stothers, Jo Hunter, Alexander T. Elford, Phil Ha, Imogen Hartley, Andrew Roberts, Dean Seah, George Tambakis, Declan Connoley, Anita Figredo, Dilip Ratnam, Danny Liew, Benjamin Rogers, William Sievert, Sally Bell, Suong Le

“…LivR Well was acceptable with low attrition (8 of 59), adherence to the program including home visits (mean 8.4 ± 4.2) and consultations (mean 2.4 ± 1.5) per patient. …”
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Dietary Risk Assessment of Cadmium Exposure Through Commonly Consumed Foodstuffs in Mexico by Alejandra Cantoral, Sonia Collado-López, Larissa Betanzos-Robledo, Héctor Lamadrid-Figueroa, Betzabeth A. García-Martínez, Camilo Ríos, Araceli Díaz-Ruiz, Rosa María Mariscal-Moreno, Martha María Téllez-Rojo

“…Our study confirms the presence and risk of Cd in Mexican foodstuffs and highlights the importance of monitoring programs.…”
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Community-based sustainable vector management strategies in rural areas of Zhejiang Province: criteria development and long-term impact assessment of vector control toward “Four Pe... by Jinna Wang, Jun Xia, Wenrong Zhang, Tianqi Li, Mingyu Luo, Qinmei Liu, Junxiang Guo, Jimin Sun, Zhenyu Gong, Jianmin Jiang

“…The CDC light trap method and Breteau Index (BI) method were used to monitor the density of mosquito. The fly trap method, night trapping method, and sticky board method were used to monitor the density of fly, rodent, and cockroach, respectively. …”
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Electrical properties of the myocardium in patients with arterial hypertension combined with subclinical hypothyroidism by V. V. Syvolap, Ye. V. Novikov

“…All patients underwent 24-h BP monitoring and ECG (combined ECG and BP monitor “Kardiotechnica-04-AD-3”,St. …”
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Application of fuzzy logic in decision-making process for relocation of floating net cages in river fish farming by R. Pramana, B.Y. Suprapto, Z. Nawawi

“…Meanwhile, the program output recommends floating net cage owners to either "Stay in position" or "Move." …”
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Spatial variation and associated factors of home delivery among reproductive age group women in Ethiopia, evidence from Performance Monitoring for Action Ethiopia Survey 2019, spat... by Ermias Bekele Enyew, Kokeb Ayele, Lakew Asmare, Fekade Demeke Bayou, Mastewal Arefaynie, Yawkal Tsega, Abel Endawkie, Shimelis Derso Kebede, Abiyu Abadi Tareke, Kaleab Mesfine Abera, Natnael Kebede, Mahider Shimelis Feyisa, Mengistu Mera Mihiretu

“…In 2017, nearly 295,000 mothers died from various pregnancy and childbirth-related problems, accounting for approximately 810 maternal deaths per day. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the spatial distributions of home birth and associated factors in Ethiopia using the Performance Monitoring for Action Survey (PMAS) 2019) to get information that helps to take geographic-based interventions and can assist health planners and policymakers in developing particular measures to reduce home deliveries.MethodIn PMA-ET 2019, a community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in collaboration with Addis Ababa University, Johns Hopkins University, and the Federal Ministry of Health from September 2019 to December 2019, in Ethiopia. …”
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Strategic vegetable crop distribution in Himachal Pradesh for sustainable economic and environmental outcomes by Nikhil Chandel, S. A. Wani, Mushtaq A. Lone, Ohud A. Alqasem, Aafaq A. Rather, S. A. Mir, Danish Qayoom, M. Nagy, Getachew Tekle Mekiso, Oluwafemi Samson Balogun

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Integrating human biomonitoring exposure data into a primary care morbidity database: a feasibility study by Pieter Jansen, Elly Den Hond, Katleen De Brouwere, Endale Alemayehu Ali, Hamid Yimam Hassen, Ilona Gabaret, Gijs Van Pottelbergh

“…Abstract Background The detection of a local per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) pollution hotspot in Zwijndrecht (Belgium) necessitated immediate action to address health concerns of the local community. …”
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Patient-Generated Data as Indicators of Impact of Multidisciplinary and Multi-stakeholder Health Care Systems, in the Age of Personalised Medicine by Paola Zaratin, Per Soelberg Sørensen, Óscar Fernández, Giancarlo Comi

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Intelligent Technologies and Robotic Machines for Garden Crops Cultivation by I. G. Smirnov, D. O. Khort, A. I. Kutyrev

“…(Research purpose) The research aimed to develop an intelligent control system for horticulture industrial technologies and robotic techniques for yield monitoring and fruit harvesting. (Materials and methods) The research methodology was based on such modern methods as computer modeling and programming. …”
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