Prospective observational study to evaluate the feasibility of the mobile app for mild cognitive impairment detection and screening by Reo Hamaguchi, Seiji Hongo, Naoto Doi, Hisamitsu Ide, Ryozo Saito, Junji Kishimoto, Nobuhiro Handa, Shigeo Horie

“…Further studies with larger sample sizes are necessary to validate these findings and refine the app for broader clinical use.…”
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The effects of cosmetic care on body image, social avoidance and distress in young Chinese breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy by Shengqun Hou, Zhenqi Lu, Jiajia Qiu, Xiaoju Zhang, Jialing Huang, Yun Li, Cuixia Fu

“…Methods: This was a 2-arm quasi-experimental study based on a single-center. A convenience sample of 76 hospitalized young female breast cancer patients, stage 0-III breast cancer diagnosis was recruited. …”
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The Role of Applied Behavior Analysis to Improve Knowledge on Oral Hygiene Practices among Cooperative Autistic Children: A Cross-Sectional Study from Jazan, Saudi Arabia by Hytham N. Fageeh, Manawar A. Mansour, Hatim Y. Thubab, Mohammed B. Jarab, Ahmed Y. Juraybi, Hassan H. Zakri, Abdullah M. Bahri

“…The mean knowledge score was then calculated for children and their parents and compared using paired sample t-test. Results. Poor knowledge regarding oral hygiene practices was revealed among the study participants. …”
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Determinants of smallholder farm income under the Recapitalization and Development Programme: A case study from Gauteng Province, South Africa by Unity Chipfupa, Magauta A. Mokoena, Aluwani Tagwi, Michael A. Antwi

“…Data was collected from a randomly selected sample of 100 farms using a semi-structured questionnaire. …”
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Low Vitamin D and Its Association with Cognitive Impairment and Dementia by Sadia Sultan, Uzma Taimuri, Shatha Abdulrzzaq Basnan, Waad Khalid Ai-Orabi, Afaf Awadallah, Fatimah Almowald, Amira Hazazi

“…The biggest issue of the existing RCTs is their small sample size, lack of consensus over the dose, and age of initiation of vitamin D supplements to prevent cognitive impairment. …”
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Evidence‐based management strategies for endocrine complications after pituitary adenoma surgery by Xiaoju Miao, Zhongmin Fu, Xian Luo, Jun Wang, Zhangzhu Ren, Yuanyuan Wang, Guoping Mei, Shunwu Xiao

“…Future research should involve large sample sizes, long‐term follow‐ups, and multicenter studies to further clarify the protocols for fluid restriction, diet, and hormone use.…”
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Evaluation of the efficacy and safety of cytoflavin as a neuroprotector based on a systematic review by E. K. Krasova, I. A. Titovich, K. O. Sidorov, S. V. Okovityi

“…However, many studies have low statistical power due to the small sample sizes of patients, their heterogeneity and incompleteness of providing treatment data and the lack of randomization.Conclusion. …”
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The effect of ischemic preconditioning on the cardiac autonomic nervous system after exercise: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Chuan qiu shui Wang, Kun Wang, Hengxu Liu, Shi qi Liu, Yi Yang, Jiong Luo

“…Limitation: Given the limited number of included studies, the small sample size, and the unclear definition of some experimental procedures, it is essential to design more rigorous and comprehensive high-quality randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in the future to investigate the effects of ischemic preconditioning on cardiac autonomic control nerves following exercise. …”
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Introducing a novel sham acupuncture method for double-blind trials: A validation study by Sung Min Lim, Eunji Go, Jungsup Lee, Go Eun Lee, Chihyoung Son

“…Sixty-six healthy participants were randomly assigned to verum or sham acupuncture groups. …”
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Machine-Learning-Based Integrated Mining Big Data and Multi-Dimensional Ore-Forming Prediction: A Case Study of Yanshan Iron Mine, Hebei, China by Yuhao Chen, Gongwen Wang, Nini Mou, Leilei Huang, Rong Mei, Mingyuan Zhang

“…Combined with spectral and elemental analysis, the universality of alteration features such as chloritization and carbonation, which are closely related to the mineralization process, was further verified. (3) Based on the spectral and elemental grade data of rock and mineral samples, a training model for ore grade–spectrum correlation was constructed using Random Forests, Support Vector Machines, and other algorithms, with the SMOTE algorithm applied to balance positive and negative samples. …”
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Identification and validation of diagnostic biomarkers and immune cell abundance characteristics in Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection by integrative bioinformatics analys... by Junhong Shi, Li Shen, Yanghua Xiao, Cailing Wan, Bingjie Wang, Peiyao Zhou, Jiao Zhang, Weihua Han, Rongrong Hu, Fangyou Yu, Hongxiu Wang

“…First, after overlapping the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in S. aureus infection samples from GSE33341-human and GSE33341-mice samples, we detected 63 overlapping genes. …”
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Challenges of smoking cessation in users of non-invasive stimulation technologies in Iran: a parallel convergent mixed-methods study by Mojgan Mirghafourvand, Parvin Sarbakhsh, Mohammad Hasan Sahebihagh, Hossein Nemati, Mina Hosseinzadeh

“…In the quantitative component, a cross-sectional study involved 400 participants, randomly and proportionally sampled from clinics offering non-invasive stimulation technologies for smoking cessation. …”
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Efficacy of insecticides against wheat thrips Haplothrips tritici Kurd. in winter wheat crops by Iu. Klechkovskyi, V. Klychko, G. Khorohorina

“…The plots were arranged by the method of randomized blocks. The pest was counted by sampling 20 ears of wheat, which were placed in paper bags, tightly closed, delivered to the laboratory and counted live and dead adults by analyzing each ear for all samples from each experiment. …”
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Effect of a tannin and saponin blend feed additive on greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions from lactating dairy cows by A.V. Carrazco, A.S. Rocha, E.G. Ross, Y. Zhao, Y. Pan, P.K. Pandey, A.R. Castillo, E.J. DePeters, F.M. Mitloehner

“…After the enteric emission sampling period concluded, collected urine and manure were combined into a manure slurry at 1:1.7 (urine wt:feces wt) per cow. …”
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Factors associated with willingness to receive the COVID-19 vaccine among residents of Hoima District, Mid-Western Uganda by John Turyagumanawe, Winfred Kansiime, Aggrey Byaruhanga, Juliet Babirye

“…We used multi-stage sampling to randomly select 379 adult participants from 13 systematically sampled villages in two rural sub-counties in Hoima District. …”
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IDENTITAS ARSITEKTUR MANDAR PADA BANGUNAN TRADISIONAL DI KABUPATEN MAJENE by Nurmiati Zamad, Alfiah Alfiah

“…Sampling was done randomly from one kelurahan representing the research location. …”
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Heterogeneous effects of horticulture commercialization and gender-based decision-making on smallholder farmers’ income: Evidence from a quasi-experimental study in Jimma zone, Eth... by Asmiro Abeje Fikadu, Hisako Nomura, Girma Gezimu Gebre, Payal Shah, Yoshifumi Takahashi, Mitsuyasu Yabe

“…Then, a total of 610 farmers were randomly sampled; among these, the treated group included farmers who were participants in the Smallholder Horticulture Empowerment and Promotion (SHEP) project between December 2022 and February 2023. …”
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Geographic factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 prevalence during the first wave − 6 districts in Zambia, July 2020 by Stephen Longa Chanda, Tadatsugu Imamura, Warren Malambo, Rommel Bain, Chisenga Musuka, Nyambe Sinyange, Jonas Z. Hines

“…In each district, 16 Standard Enumeration Areas (SEAs) were randomly selected and 20 households from each SEA were sampled. …”
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Plasma cholinergic markers are associated with post-stroke walking recovery—revisiting the STROKEWALK study by Sumonto Mitra, Taher Darreh-Shori, Erik Lundström, Staffan Eriksson, Staffan Eriksson, Staffan Eriksson, Tommy Cederholm, Maria Eriksdotter, Maria Eriksdotter, Birgit Vahlberg

“…Plasma samples were collected at baseline (n = 28) and at 3-month follow-up (n = 28) and analyzed for Brain-Derived-Neurotrophic-Factor (BDNF) protein as a primary outcome. …”
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The sero-epidemiology of Rift Valley fever in people in the Lake Victoria Basin of western Kenya. by Elizabeth Anne Jessie Cook, Elysse Noel Grossi-Soyster, William Anson de Glanville, Lian Francesca Thomas, Samuel Kariuki, Barend Mark de Clare Bronsvoort, Claire Njeri Wamae, Angelle Desiree LaBeaud, Eric Maurice Fèvre

“…Individuals were recruited from randomly selected homesteads and a census of slaughterhouses. …”
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