Exploring the Essential Competencies for Medical Education in the Post-COVID-19 Pandemic Era: A Mixed-Methods Investigation at a Japanese Medical School by Misaki Onodera, Zaiya Takahashi, Hajime Kasai, Hidetaka Yokoh, Kiyoshi Shikino, Yasuhiko Kimura, Ikuo Shimizu, Kazuyo Yamauchi, Mayumi Asahina, Shoichi Ito

“…The crisis generated by the pandemic in medical practice, education, and evolving technology has led to changes in the skills of medical professionals. …”
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A Novel Adaptive Propulsion Enhancement eXperience (APEX) System: Development and Preliminary Validation for Enhancing Gait Propulsion in Stroke Survivors by Seoung Hoon Park, Hyunje Park, Jooeun Ahn, Beom-Chan Lee

“…This study presents the development and preliminary validation of a novel system, called APEX (Adaptive Propulsion Enhancement eXperience), which aims to enhance gait propulsion in stroke survivors. …”
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Exploring bovine brucellosis in Bangladesh: Current scenario and future outlook by Md. Zaminur Rahman, Palash Bose, Tanvir Ahamed, Papia Sultana, Md. Mukteruzzaman, Kazi Abdus Sobur, Mst. Minara Khatun, Md. Ariful Islam

“…We considered 29 published documents and analyzed them thoroughly to evaluate the current status of bovine brucellosis for the present comprehensive review. We also suggest policy and other frameworks to mitigate and control the disease on a national scale. …”
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Risk of atrial fibrillation and association with other diseases: protocol of the derivation and international external validation of a prediction model using nationwide population-... by Chris P Gale, Jianhua Wu, Ramesh Nadarajah, Ronen Arbel, J Campbell Cowan, Moti Haim, Doron Zahger, Talish Razi Benita, Lior Rokach

“…The results will be submitted as a research paper for publication to a peer-reviewed journal and presented at peer-reviewed conferences.Trial registration number A systematic review to guide the overall project was registered on PROSPERO (registration number CRD42021245093). …”
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Rehabilitation outcomes for people with lung cancer (UNITE): protocol for the development of a core outcome set by Linda Denehy, Lara Edbrooke, Catherine L Granger, Bronwen Connolly, Jill J Francis, Tom John, Nasreen Kaadan, Emma Halloran

“…Dissemination in peer-reviewed journals and conference presentations.…”
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Bridging human and machine intelligence: Reverse-engineering radiologist intentions for clinical trust and adoption by Akash Awasthi, Ngan Le, Zhigang Deng, Rishi Agrawal, Carol C. Wu, Hien Van Nguyen

“…Yet, the ''black box'' nature of AI models often limits their integration into clinical practice, where transparency and interpretability are important. …”
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A community health worker-delivered intervention (STEPS) to support chronic pain self-management among older adults in an underserved urban community: protocol for a randomized tri... by Mary R. Janevic, Rebecca Lindsay, Elizabeth Brines, Kimberlydawn Wisdom, Sheria G. Robinson-Lane, Robin Brewer, Susan L. Murphy, John Piette, Leslie Grijalva, Michael Anderson, Jaye Clement, Courtney Latimer

“…It is a 7-week intervention that includes (a) brief videos presenting pain self-management skills; (b) weekly telephone calls with a CHW to support the practice of new skills and goal setting; and (c) tracking daily step counts using a wearable activity tracker. …”
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GPU Accelerated Trilateral Filter for MR Image Restoration by Suthir Sriram, Nivethitha Vijayaraj, T. Srilekha, M. Praveena, Thangavel Murugan

“…Reduction of noise becomes essential for both clinical diagnostic procedures and computer-assisted medical analysis practices which require tissue classification and registration and segmentation algorithms. …”
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Outcomes of HIV treatment from the private sector in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review protocol by Siyan Yi, Gitau Mburu, Ewemade Igbinedion, Sin How Lim, Aung Zayar Paing, Stefan Elbe, Grace W Mwai

“…Results will inform quality improvement strategies, replication of identified good practices, potential policy changes, and future research.PROSPERO registration number CRD42016040053.…”
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Fatigue life prediction of hoist drum-rail contact pair based on digital twin by Michael A Zhuravkov, Mikhail A Nikolaitchik, Zengcheng Wang, Guangbin Yu

“…The solutions developed were tested and implemented in the practice of one of the operating mining enterprises and showed their high efficiency.…”
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Ameliorating arsenic and PVC microplastic stress in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) using copper oxide nanoparticles: an environmental bioremediation approach by Haifa Abdulaziz Sakit Alhaithloul, Suliman Mohammed Suliman Alghanem, Ibtisam Mohammed Alsudays, Zahid Khorshid Abbas, Siham M. AL-Balawi, Baber Ali, Tabarak Malik, Sadia Javed, Shafaqat Ali, Sezai Ercisli, Doaa Bahaa Eldin Darwish

“…These outcomes provide new insights into sustainable agricultural practices and offer significant potential in addressing the critical challenges of heavy metal contamination in agricultural soils.…”
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Antimicrobial Agent Utilization Pattern among Footballers in Eastern India: Classifying Using Access, Watch, and Reserve by Shambo S Samajdar, Shatavisa Mukherjee, Santi R Dasgupta, Parbati Panda, Santanu Tripathi

“…Background: Vigorous training, practice-related injuries coupled with inadequate resting time puts athletes at risk of bacterial infections, which begets the use of antimicrobial agents. …”
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Evaluating the Usability of a Remote Ischemic Conditioning Device for Pre-Hospital Stroke Management: Insights from Paramedic Simulations by Bogna Anna Drozdowska, Kaden Lam, Cody Doolan, Efrem Violato, Aravind Ganesh

“…Background/Objectives: In acute stroke, often-prolonged hospital transport times present an opportunity for early interventions to salvage brain tissue. …”
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Self compacting concrete with recycled aggregate compressive strength prediction based on gradient boosting regression tree with Bayesian optimization hybrid model by Emad A. Abood, Zainab Abdulrdha Thoeny, Noralhuda M. Azize, Hamza Imran, Viroon Kamchoom, Kennedy C. Onyelowe, Krishna Prakash Arunachalam

“…The problem becomes even more complex when recycled aggregates are added to the mixture to promote eco-friendly and sustainable construction practices. In our research we presented a new hybrid model, GBRT, that was integrated with Bayesian Optimization. …”
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Assessment of the impact of a new sequential approach to antimicrobial use in young febrile children in the emergency department (DIAFEVERCHILD): a French prospective multicentric... by Elsa Tavernier, Elise Launay, Christèle Gras Le Guen, Gaelle Hubert, Cécile Feildel Fournial, Anne Chauvire-Drouard, Fleur Lorton

“…Results will be submitted to international peer-reviewed journals and presented at international conferences.Trial registration number NCT03607162; Pre-results.…”
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Overview of Molecular Diagnostics in Irish Clinical Oncology [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Patrick Gillespie, Maeve Lowery, Seán O. Hynes, Tyler Medina, Cathal Seoighe, Walter Kolch

“…In Ireland, the National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP) develops cancer therapy regimens, which include relevant information on molecular indications. Here, we present a collated overview of the current molecular indications of all NCCP systemic anti-cancer therapy regimens and the funding statuses of their associated drugs. …”
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Impact of proactively inviting people with advanced cancer to talk about the end of life: a randomised clinical trial protocol by Albert Balaguer, Iris Crespo, Cristina Monforte-Royo, Joaquim Julià-Torras, Aina García-Salanova, María Jimeno Ariztia

“…Results will be disseminated through peer-reviewed open access publications, academic conferences and presentations to clinical audiences.Trial registration number NCT06420609.…”
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Improved soil moisture retrieval during crop growing season using passive microwave data at L-band by Minfeng Xing, Kai Cui, Taifeng Dong, Ming Ma, Xin Zhou, Yi Zhang

“…Efficient and accurate SM monitoring is essential for advancing sustainable agricultural practices. The zero-order radiative transfer model (τ-ω), widely used for SM estimation from passive microwave satellites, simplifies the characterization of vegetation-covered surfaces by neglecting multiple scattering effects. …”
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Options for optimizing noninvasive respiratory support in the development of hypoxemic acute respiratory failure by A. G. Koryakin, A. V. Vlasenko, E. P. Rodionov, V. I. Makovey, V. V. Erofeev, S. A. Osipov, E. A. Evdokimov

“…Despite of widespread use of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in clinical practice, at present systematic scientific data about possibilities for optimizing the use of these methods of RS in patients with hypoxemic ARF development is absent. …”
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Pediatric maxillofacial and dental trauma: A retrospective review of pediatric emergency management in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by Saleh Zaid Al Shehri, Razan A. Ababtain, Randa Al Fotawi, Mohammed Alkindi, Sangeetha Premnath, Maryam Alhindi, Darshan Devang Divakar

“…Results: Of the 223 pediatric patients presenting to the emergency unit, 116 (52%) were under the age of 5 years. …”
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