Association of crop commercialization and rural households' multidimensional poverty using targeted maximum likelihood estimation by Anteneh Mulugeta Eyasu, Temesgen Zewotir, Zelalem G. Dessie

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Integrating generative artificial intelligence into higher education: A framework for different types of reviews by M. A. Segooa, F. S. Modiba, I. Motjolopane

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Anger De-escalation: A Standardized Patient Workshop for Third- and Fourth-Year Medical Students by Kaylee Gouge, Aric Schadler, Kristen E. Fletcher

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Economic burden of breast cancer in India, 2000–2021 and forecast to 2030 by Rakesh N Pillai, Aleena Alex, Narassima M.S., Vivek Verma, Ajil Shaji, Keechilat Pavithran, D. K. Vijaykumar, Denny John

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Language Models for Multilabel Document Classification of Surgical Concepts in Exploratory Laparotomy Operative Notes: Algorithm Development Study by Jeremy A Balch, Sasank S Desaraju, Victoria J Nolan, Divya Vellanki, Timothy R Buchanan, Lindsey M Brinkley, Yordan Penev, Ahmet Bilgili, Aashay Patel, Corinne E Chatham, David M Vanderbilt, Rayon Uddin, Azra Bihorac, Philip Efron, Tyler J Loftus, Protiva Rahman, Benjamin Shickel

“…Annotation consistency was measured using the Cohen κ statistic. Data were preprocessed to include only the description of the procedure. …”
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Stiffness characteristics of the lower extremities in Women’s Chinese Basketball Association competition athletes: normative values and position differences by Dan Wang, Zhihai Wang, Mingming Yang, Kaiyuan Qu, Xinyu Mao, Xin Yang, Zhiye Zhang, Che Shao, Eamonn Delahunt, Eamonn Delahunt, Wenxuan Fang

“…Therefore, this study aims to establish normative data for lower extremity stiffness characteristics of players in the Women’s Chinese Basketball Association (WCBA) and compare the characteristics based on position.MethodsA total of 124 WCBA athletes (over 70% of the WCBA teams) were recruited for this study, including 63 forwards, 22 centres and 39 guards. …”
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Assessment of the Adequacy of Electrical Energy Demand Forecast Model for the Nigeria Power Distribution System via Stationarity Test by Olanike Ade-Ikuesan, Isaiah Adejumobi, Ibrahim Adebisi, Ganiyu Dawodu

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The impact of extended reality cognitive behavioral therapy on mental disorders among children and youth: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. by Madeline Li, Jamin Patel, Tarun Reddy Katapally

“…The primary outcome will be the change in symptoms of mental disorders, measured using standardized instruments (e.g., PHQ-9, GAD-7, PSS). Data will be extracted on post-intervention means, standard deviations, and 95% confidence intervals. …”
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Fall risk screening: Audiologists’ perceived knowledge, views and reported practice by Kayla J. McFarlane, Amisha Kanji, Alida Naude

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How to design effective educational videos for teaching evidence-based medicine to undergraduate learners – systematic review with complementing qualitative research to develop a p... by Lukas Niekrenz, Cord Spreckelsen

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Epidemiological assessment of trends and health inequalities in rates of Group C and G Streptococcal bacteraemia in England, 2015 to 2022 by Mr Jamie Thomas Rudman, Dr Juliana Coelho, Ms Karen Broughton, Dr Christopher Jones, Dr Mariyam Mirfenderesky, Dr Colin Brown, Dr Theresa Lamagni, Ms Rebecca Guy

“…Data were augmented through linkage to Office for National Statistics and Hospital Episode Statistics to capture socioeconomic deprivation score (index of multiple-deprivation, IMD) based on residential location, and ethnicity. …”
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Perioperative handover using ISBAR at two sites: A quality improvement project by Patricia Kitney, David Bramley, Raymond Tam, Koen Simons

“…Additionally, this study collected baseline data for all other handover points of care. Implications for practice: Results suggest an augmented education program over time produced statistically significant (p < 0.001) results for compliance with ISBAR principles for handover from anaesthetist to PACU nurse. …”
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Can Artificial Intelligence Create an Accurate Colonoscopy Bowel Preparation Prompt? by Marni H. Wilkoff, Nicholas R. Piniella, Rashmi Advani

“…A Research Electronic Data Capture survey was then distributed to all participants and analyzed using descriptive statistics. …”
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Mixed Reality and Artificial Intelligence: A Holistic Approach to Multimodal Visualization and Extended Interaction in Knee Osteotomy by Andrea Moglia, Luca Marsilio, Matteo Rossi, Maria Pinelli, Emanuele Lettieri, Luca Mainardi, Alfonso Manzotti, Pietro Cerveri

“…Methods: Two preclinical test sessions were performed with 11 participants (eight surgeons, two residents, and one medical student) executing three times six tasks, corresponding to a number of holographic data interactions and preoperative planning steps. …”
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Accounting for contact network uncertainty in epidemic inferences with Approximate Bayesian Computation by Maxwell H. Wang, Jukka-Pekka Onnela

“…In this paper, we propose the use of Network-augmented Mixture Density Network-compressed ABC (NA-MDN-ABC) to learn informative summary statistics for the available data. …”
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EFFECTS OF AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA: A CO -INTEGRATION ANALYSIS (1980-2019) by Ahmed Olugbenga BUSARI, Adetunji Lawrence KEHINDE, Abolupe Oluyemi AYANBOYE

“…Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Augmented Dickey-Fuller statistics, Johansen’s co-integration method, and vector error correction mechanism (VECM). …”
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Investigating the feasibility and acceptability of the HOLOBalance system compared with standard care in older adults at risk for falls: study protocol for an assessor blinded pilo... by Matthew Liston, Christoph Maurer, Doris-Eva Bamiou, Dimitris Kikidis, Gregory Genna, Dimitris Gatsios, Dimitris Fotiadis, Marousa Pavlou

“…The aims of this proof-of-concept study are to (1) determine the safety, acceptability and feasibility of providing HOLOBalance to community dwelling older adults at risk for falls and (2) provide data to support sample size estimates for a future trial.Methods A single (assessor) blinded pilot randomised controlled proof of concept study. 120 participants will be randomised to receive an 8-week home exercise programme consisting of either: (1) HOLOBalance or (2) The OTAGO Home Exercise Programme. …”
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The Effects of Remimazolam and Inhalational Anesthetics on the Incidence of Postoperative Hyperactive Delirium in Geriatric Patients Undergoing Hip or Femur Surgery Under General A... by Jimin Kim, Sangseok Lee, Byung Hoon Yoo, Yun Hee Lim, In-Jung Jun

“…POD occurs in 19–65% of patients after hip surgeries, with notable risks associated with augmented morbidity, mortality, and prolonged hospitalization. …”
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Oral and gut microbiota in gingivitis subtypes: a causal inference study using Mendelian randomization by Jichao Lin, Qingjiang Xu, Wei Bi, Youcheng Yu, Qinglian Wang

“…Nonetheless, it remains uncertain whether there is a direct causal relationship between the oral and gut microbiomes and gingivitis, especially in distinguishing between acute and chronic gingivitis. Methods We performed a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis using GWAS summary statistics from FinnGen data (149 acute gingivitis cases, 850 chronic gingivitis cases, and 195,395 controls) to explore the causal role of oral and gut microbiota. …”
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Recapitulation of physiologic and pathophysiologic pulsatile CSF flow in purpose-built high-throughput hydrocephalus bioreactors by Ahmad Faryami, Adam Menkara, Shaheer Ajaz, Christopher Roberts, Ryan Jaroudi, Blake Gura, Tala Hussini, Carolyn A. Harris

“…Non-parametric data were analyzed using Kruskal-Wallis test. For all tests, a confidence interval was set at 0.95 (α = 0.05). …”
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