Visual, clinical and quality of life outcomes of a new multifocal IOL with optimized diffractive grating: a non-randomized clinical trial by João Marcelo de Almeida Gusmão Lyra, Mariana Silva Gois de Almeida, Lucila de Albuquerque Barbosa Lira, Laís Oliveira dos Santos, Mateus Lins dos Santos, Jorge Artur Peçanha de Miranda Coelho

“…Abstract Background Multifocal intraocular lenses (IOLs) are designed to reduce dependence on spectacles by providing multiple focal points. However, they are associated with photic phenomena such as halos and glare, and may reduce contrast sensitivity. …”
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Qualitative exploration of determinants of active mobility and social participation in Urban neighborhoods: individual perceptions over objective factors? by Lukas Bollenbach, Martina Kanning, Christina Niermann

“…The focus groups were transcribed verbatim, followed by a thematic analysis of the content with deductive and inductive code categories, utilizing the MAXQDA software. Results Notable was the consensus of many perceived barriers and facilitators of active mobility and social participation along with their assignability to the same context (points-of-interest, infrastructure; safety, communication, community; topography, physical compositions, weather, aesthetics; personal / individual attitudes, influences, evaluations). …”
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Multi-Objective Automated Machine Learning for Inversion of Mesoscopic Parameters in Discrete Element Contact Models by Xu Ao, Shengpeng Hao, Yuyu Zhang, Wenyu Xu

“…Accurate calibration of mesoscopic contact model parameters is essential for ensuring the reliability of Particle Flow Code in Three Dimensions (PFC3D) simulations in geotechnical engineering. …”
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The effects of Leventhal’s self-regulation model-based educational intervention on stress, anxiety, and depression in women with multiple sclerosis: a randomized educational trial... by Mahsa Hosseini, Soheila Shamsikhani, Ali Jadidi, Fatemeh Rafiei

“…A repeated measures analysis of variance was conducted to assess the changes over three time points. Additionally, the Bonferroni post hoc correction was utilized. …”
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RISKS OF IMPLEMENTING AND USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BY OIL AND GAS SECTOR ENTERPRISES by V.B. Kochkodan, M.Yu. Petryna

“…The study revealed that most risks fall within a high threat level (6–9 points), requiring immediate response. The most critical risks were identified as increased vulnerability to cyberattacks, unreliability of algorithms, data breaches, and social risks related to job reductions and the need for personnel retraining. …”
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Survey of Hand Hygiene, High-Touch Device Use, and Proper Habits of Health Care Workers for Infection Risk Prevention: Protocol for a Cross-Sectional Study by Antonio Aprile, Giustino Morlino, Claudia Mosconi, Luca Guarente, Alessandra Messina, Mariachiara Carestia, Patrizia De Filippis, Francesca Pica, Massimo Maurici, Leonardo Palombi

“…The most important prevention methods are hand hygiene and the proper use of gloves and gowns. Recent literature points out that hand contact with mobile devices or potentially contaminated environments can promote an increased occurrence of health care–associated infections (HAIs). …”
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Patients Receiving Integrative Medicine Effectiveness Registry (PRIMIER) of the BraveNet practice-based research network: Results of the chronic pain cohort by Jeffery A. Dusek, Qi Gao, Ryung S. Kim, Donald I. Abrams, Benjamin Kligler, Natalie L. Dyer, Kathryn Hansen, Eric J. Roseen, M. Diane McKee

“…Diagnostic and billing codes were extracted data from patients’ health records. …”
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SpiNeRF: direct-trained spiking neural networks for efficient neural radiance field rendering by Xingting Yao, Xingting Yao, Qinghao Hu, Fei Zhou, Tielong Liu, Tielong Liu, Zitao Mo, Zeyu Zhu, Zeyu Zhu, Zhengyang Zhuge, Jian Cheng, Jian Cheng

“…To further improve training and inference efficiency, we adopt a hybrid volumetric representation that allows the predefinition and masking of invalid sampled points along pixel-rendering rays. However, this masking introduces irregular temporal lengths, making it intractable for hardware processors, such as graphics processing units (GPUs), to conduct effective parallel training. …”
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Long‐Term Outcomes of Peripheral Artery Disease in Veterans: Analysis of the Peripheral Artery Disease Long‐Term Survival Study (PEARLS) by Saket Girotra, Qiang Li, Mary Vaughan‐Sarrazin, Brian C. Lund, Mohammad Al‐Garadi, Joshua A. Beckman, Rohit Nathani, Richard M. Hoffman, Paul S. Chan, Subhash Banerjee, Shirling Tsai, Dharam J. Kumbhani, Nicole Minniefield‐Young, Kim G. Smolderen, Shipra Arya, Cathy Nguyen, Michael E. Matheny, Glenn T. Gobbel

“…Study end points include mortality, cardiovascular events (hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction or stroke) and limb events (hospitalization for critical limb ischemia or major amputation) and were identified using Veterans Affairs and non–Veterans Affairs encounters. …”
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Digitalising behavioural data collection through cloud-based technology in veterinary science and beyond by Michelle Braghetti, Liat Vichman, Nareed Farhat, Daniel Simon Mills, Claudia Spadavecchia, Anna Zamansky, Annika Bremhorst, Annika Bremhorst, Annika Bremhorst

“…Results indicated strong usability and clarity, although agreement with using the app in daily clinic life was lower among external testers, pointing to possible barriers to routine integration. …”
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AN INTIMATE DIALOGUE WITH GOD IN JOHN DONNE’S “HOLY SONNETS”: PETRARCHAN CONTEXT by Mariana M. Markova

“…The views of literary critics on the sources of the “Holy Sonnets” (Christian meditative practices, Bible books, traditions of English religious lyrics) have been reviewed, their connection with the Petrarchan poetic tradition has been pointed out and, in this context, one of the possible interpretations of J. …”
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Prevalence and coprevalence of chronic comorbid conditions in patients with type 2 diabetes in Catalonia: a population-based cross-sectional study by Josep Franch-Nadal, Manel Mata-Cases, Jordi Real, Marta Cedenilla, Didac Mauricio

“…Diagnoses were based on the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision codes recorded in the database or, for some entities, on the cut-off points for a particular test result or a specific treatment indicated for that entity. …”
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Healthcare utilization patterns before and after a long COVID diagnosis: a case-control study by Rick DeVoss, Elizabeth J. Carlton, Sarah E. Jolley, Marcelo C. Perraillon

“…Long COVID was identified using the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, U09.9 code in medical insurance claims. Analysis of healthcare utilization required one year of continuous enrollment before and after diagnosis. …”
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Bleeding Risk With Combining Antiplatelets and Anticoagulants for Secondary Stroke Prevention: A Propensity Score–Matched Analysis by Salia Farrokh, Krishna Nalleballe, Sanjeeva Onteddu, Jose I. Suarez, Julian Bösel, Vishank A. Shah

“…Gastrointestinal bleeding risk was elevated at all time points with combination therapies. Conclusions Combining antiplatelets with anticoagulants after AIS may be associated an increased risk of intracerebral hemorrhage in the long term, particularly beyond 12 months, but with an increased risk of acute gastrointestinal bleeding in the short and long term. …”
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The impact of Modernity on Physical and Spatial Transformation of Rural Settlements in Iran by Farhad Azizpour

“…In fact, structural-functional characteristics of ecological domains are affected by theories and paradigms that derived from ​​human thinking. As Marshall Berman points out, by the advent of modern thinking, a new human environment conception was created which replaced the old ones. …”
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Retrospective Analysis of Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) Scores in Diabetic Neuropathy Patients Receiving Gabapentin and Non-Gabapentin Therapies at an Indonesian Tertiary Hosp... by Rifky Alif Novianto, Hanik Badriyah Hidayati, Hermina Novida, Klára Bodová

“…Gabapentin administered as monotherapy (1×300 mg) was the predominant treatment (56.5%) and provided the greatest reduction in NPRS scores (7 points) after 4–12 weeks. Combination therapies showed smaller reductions. …”
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GEDTM30: global ensemble digital terrain model at 30 m and derived multiscale terrain variables by Yu-Feng Ho, Carlos H. Grohmann, John Lindsay, Hannes I. Reuter, Leandro Parente, Martijn Witjes, Tomislav Hengl

“…The GEDTM30 dataset and code are publicly available as Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFFs via Zenodo and the OpenLandMap STAC. …”
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SĄDOWE USTALENIE OJCOSTWA W FEDERACJI ROSYJSKIEJ by Elżbieta Holewińska-Łapińska

“… Judicial Establishing of Paternity in the Russian Federation Summary The article discusses the judicial establishing of paternity pursuant to the Family Code of the Russian Federation in force from March 1, 1996 against a background of former regulations of the Soviet Law starting from 1917. …”
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Correlation Analysis of Vertical Ground Movement and Climate Using Sentinel-1 InSAR by Francesco Pirotti, Felix Enyimah Toffah, Alberto Guarnieri

“…The precipitation and temperature datasets were processed to provide drought code (DC) maps calculated ad hoc for this study at a 1 km spatial resolution and daily temporal resolution. …”
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Identification of Loci under Selection by Combining Different Methods in Thoroughbred and Turkmen Horses by Milad Hosseini, Hossein Moradi-shahrbabak

“…One of the important points in identifying signature of selection is to consider subpopulations in each population, for this reason, the principal components in this section was obtained based on the kinship matrix. …”
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