GUEST EDITORS’ NOTE by Piero Amodio, Edward W. Legg, Ljerka Ostojić

“…To combat the issues, the authors develop and test through simulations a new quality control tool – the BRAVO (Balanced Reliability Assessment of Video Observations) workflow. …”
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Collagenase injection versus limited fasciectomy surgery to treat Dupuytren’s contracture in adult patients in the UK: DISC, a non-inferiority RCT and economic evaluation by Joseph Dias, Puvan Tharmanathan, Catherine Arundel, Charlie Welch, Qi Wu, Paul Leighton, Maria Armaou, Belen Corbacho, Nick Johnson, Sophie James, John Cooke, Christopher Bainbridge, Michael Craigen, David Warwick, Samantha Brady, Lydia Flett, Judy Jones, Catherine Knowlson, Michelle Watson, Ada Keding, Catherine Hewitt, David Torgerson

“…None of these treatments cure the tendency to develop Dupuytren’s contracture (DC) and so the cords and contracture can recur over time. …”
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Invasive urodynamic investigations in the management of women with refractory overactive bladder symptoms: FUTURE, a superiority RCT and economic evaluation by Mohamed Abdel-Fattah, Christopher Chapple, Suzanne Breeman, David Cooper, Helen Bell-Gorrod, Preksha Kuppanda, Karen Guerrero, Simon Dixon, Nikki Cotterill, Karen Ward, Hashim Hashim, Ash Monga, Karen Brown, Marcus Drake, Andrew Gammie, Alyaa Mostafa, Rebecca Bruce, Victoria Bell, Christine Kennedy, Suzanne Evans, Graeme MacLennan, John Norrie

“…To estimate longer-term economic differences, a hybrid model with a decision tree describing short-term events and Markov processes describing long-term events was developed using external evidence that captures clinical and patient events beyond the end of the trial. …”
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High-flow nasal cannula therapy versus continuous positive airway pressure for non-invasive respiratory support in paediatric critical care: the FIRST-ABC RCTs by Padmanabhan Ramnarayan, Alvin Richards-Belle, Karen Thomas, Laura Drikite, Zia Sadique, Silvia Moler Zapata, Robert Darnell, Carly Au, Peter J Davis, Izabella Orzechowska, Julie Lester, Kevin Morris, Millie Parke, Mark Peters, Sam Peters, Michelle Saull, Lyvonne Tume, Richard G Feltbower, Richard Grieve, Paul R Mouncey, David Harrison, Kathryn Rowan

“…The average time taken to come off all breathing support was 5 hours longer with high-flow nasal cannula, judged as acceptable considering its benefits (fewer children on high-flow nasal cannula needed sedative medicines and developed pressure sores in the nose, and children spent a shorter time in hospital). …”
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A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Association Between ACTN3 R577X Genotypes and Performance in Endurance Versus Power Athletes and Non-athletes by El Mokhtar El Ouali, Benjamin Barthelemy, Juan Del Coso, Anthony C. Hackney, Ismail Laher, Karuppasamy Govindasamy, Abdelhalem Mesfioui, Urs Granacher, Hassane Zouhal

“…These data suggest that the RR genotype and R allele, which is associated with a normal expression of α-actinin-3 in fast-twitch muscle fibers, may offer some benefit in improving performance development in muscle strength and power.…”
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Stepping up to the moment: collaborating on a data management and sharing workshop series by Sara Samuel, Yulia Sevryugina, Mark MacEachern, Kate Saylor, Rachel Woodbrook

“…Within this environment, we—an interdisciplinary team of librarians and informationists at the University of Michigan (U-M)—recognized an opportunity to develop a series of data workshops that we then taught during the summer of 2023. …”
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Modeling of cost control systems for decision support in the management of the electric grid company by A. M. Kumaritov, A. E. Dzgoev, O. R. Babochiev, I. M. Huzmiev

“…Using the experiment design method an useful adequate model connecting the financial expenditure on data transference in terms of the electric energy consumption with the counting amount of various measuring devices was developed. The categories of the measuring devices registrating the energy expenditure were determined and the category having the greatest dependence of expenditure on the counting amount was revealed.…”
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Sistem Informasi Keanggotaan Aslab Studi Kasus GI-BEI Polinema PSDKU Di Kota Kediri Berbasis Web by Satrio Sarwo Utomo

“…The main purpose of developing this membership management information system is to make membership data management more efficient. …”
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Emotion state of operator subjected by electromagnetic noise radiation by A. V. Sidorenko, N. A. Solodyuho

“…These parameters were estimated as developed positive emotions.…”
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19ᵀᴴ CENTURY FRENCH ORGAN MUSIC by Bognár NOÉMI

“…The work also contains detailed information regarding the new types of registrations and interpretation techniques developed during this rebirth of the French organ music, which constitute the basis of the organ schools of the 20th century. …”
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A Tertiary lymphoid structures-based pathological score predicts survival and recurrence in colorectal Cancer patients by Marion Le Rochais, Marie Morvan, Servane Bouzeloc, Jean-Baptiste Nousbaum, Matthieu Guillard, Pierre Le Noac'h, Soizic Garaud, Arnaud Uguen

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The Healthy Minds, Thriving Kids Project: Educator perspectives on relevance and potential impact of a mental health skill building program. by David Anderson, Jeffrey Chapman, Janine Domingues, Gabriella Bobadilla, Mimi Corcoran, Harold Koplewicz

“…<h4>Background</h4>Healthy Minds Thriving Kids (HMTK) is a free to user mental health skill building program developed by the Child Mind Institute with the aim to normalize conversations about emotional health and provide educators with wellness tools. …”
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Variation in Hay Yield and Quality of New Triticale Lines by Mahmut Kaplan, Mehmet Yılmaz, Rukiye Kara

“…Objectives of the present study are to determine the variations in forage yield and quality of new triticale lines developed by cross-breeding methods and to develop better lines with superior characteristics over the current ones. …”
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A weighted and cumulative point system for accurate scoring of intestinal pathology in a piglet model of necrotizing enterocolitis by Simone Margaard Offersen, Nicole Lind Henriksen, Anders Brunse

“…Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a serious condition in premature infants, in which a portion of the intestine undergoes inflammation and necrosis. The preterm pig develops NEC spontaneously, making it a suitable model for exploring novel NEC treatments. …”
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Identifying Mild-to-Moderate Atopic Dermatitis Using a Generic Machine Learning Approach: A Danish National Health Register Study by Mie Sylow Liljendahl, Kristina Ibler, Christian Vestergaard, Lone Skov, Pavika Jain, Jan Håkon Rudolfsen, Ann Hærskjold, Mathias Torpet

“…The purpose of this study was to develop a machine learning model to identify all patients with atopic dermatitis by proxy, using data for contacts with primary care, prescription medication, and hospital contacts not related to skin diseases. …”
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Nasopalatine duct cyst by Matijević Stevo, Gazivoda Dragan, Marjanović Marjan, Udovičić Božidar

“…Nasopalatine duct cyst is a rare lesion which slowly develops. The diagnosis is mainly based on radiography, tooth vitality testing and histologic findings. …”
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Preliminary psychometric validation of patient-reported outcomes relevant to individuals with spinal muscular atrophy and their caregivers by Maria Grazia Cattinari, Samuel Ignacio Pascual-Pascual, Mencía de Lemus, Julita Medina, María Dumont, Pablo Rebollo, Juan Francisco Vázquez-Costa

“…Conclusions The ten questionnaires included in the PROfuture set were developed based on what people living with spinal muscular atrophy and their caregivers consider relevant. …”
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Scenarios for the deployment of automated vehicles in Europe by Louison Duboz, Ioan Cristinel Raileanu, Jette Krause, Ana Norman-López, Matthias Weitzel, Biagio Ciuffo

“…For this reason, a legal framework for their large-scale market introduction and deployment is currently being developed in the European Union. Despite the first steps towards road transport automation, the timeline for full automation and its potential economic benefits remains uncertain. …”
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From Selection to Success: Assessing the Impact of Student Admissions Strategies on the Quality of Education by Sugandi Sugandi, Shirin Kulkarni, Asep Mulyana, Amin Haedari, Casta Casta

“…This program is based on the vision of the madrasah, which is to develop students who are religious, intelligent, independent, and have good morals. …”
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Detection of change in vegetation cover using multi-spectral and multi-temporal information for District Sargodha, Pakistan / Detecção de alteração na cobertura vegetal com uso de... by Farooq Ahmad

“…This will support environmental planning to develop sustainable landuse practices.…”
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