Analysis of the spatiotemporal evolution and driving factors of land use change in Jinan springs area of the Northern Karst region, China from 1986 to 2022 by Shenting Gang, Xiaoyun Kong, Tao Jia, Minghui Lv, Lixia Li

“…It delineates the area, morphology, structure, and spatial patterns of seven land use types, including arable land, forest land, grassland, and built-up land. …”
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Bacteremia in the Gulf Cooperation Council Region: A Review of the Literature 2013–2023 by Al-Musawi T, Al-Agha R, Al-Khiami S, Al-Shamari H, Baghdadi M, Bosaeed M, Abdel Hadi H, Mady A, Sabra N

“…In conclusion, the lack of structured surveillance programs and networks to monitor microbiological phenotypic and genotypic patterns as well as clinical outcomes across the region means there is paucity of uniform data on BSIs across the GCC region. …”
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Identifying Drug Prescription in Newly Diagnosed Hypertension Patients in India by Thomas Alexander, Jagdish S. Hiremath, Jitendra P. S. Swahney, Subhash Chandra, Peeyush Jain, Praveen Chandra, Nakul Sinha, T. Sashikanth, Yugandhar Bachhu, Anil Balachandran, Pathiyil Balagopalan Jayagopal, T. Govindan Unni, Tiny Nair, Kumaresan Kannan, Dorairaj Prabhakar, M. Chenniappan, Ajay U. Mahajan, Rajiv D. Karnik, Chandrashekhar K. Ponde, Prashant Advani, Idris Ahmed Khan, Brij Mohan Goyal, P. R. Vaidyanathan, Hiren Prajapati, Willem J. Verberk

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Exploring Brain-Body Interactions in Parkinson’s Disease: A Study on Dual-Task Performance by Maryam Sousani, Raul Fernandez Rojas, Elisabeth Preston, Maryam Ghahramani

“…Parkinson’s disease (PD) leads to impairments in cortical structures, resulting in motor and cognitive symptoms. …”
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Subcortical Brain Segmentation Based on a Novel Discriminative Dictionary Learning Method and Sparse Coding by Xiang Li, Ying Wei, Yunlong Zhou, Bin Hong

“…However, a precise segmentation of brain subcortical structures in a magnetic resonance image is still difficult since (1) brain MRI typically suffers low tissue contrast; and (2) image patterns around the boundary of a structure are similar such that similarity-based and reconstruction-based label fusion methods achieve inaccurate results. …”
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Development and Assessment of a New Multichannel Electrocutaneous Device for Non-Invasive Somatosensory Stimulation for Magnetic Resonance Applications by Carolina Travassos, Alexandre Sayal, Paulo Fonte, Bruno Direito, Luis Lopes, Nuno Carolino, Sonia Afonso, Tania Lopes, Teresa Sousa, Miguel Castelo-Branco

“…Subsequently, safety and compatibility were evaluated in a 3 Tesla Magnetom Prisma fit scanner using a phantom. …”
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The study for asthma in older adults: a combined analysis of the effects of occupational asthmagens, high body-mass index and smoking by Jia-Qi Wang, Jia-Qi Wang, Yuan-Yu Liang, Yuan-Yu Liang, Zhong-Xue Zhao, Zhong-Xue Zhao, Wei Xie, Wan-Ning Sun, Wan-Ning Sun, Ji-Yu Zou, Ji-Yu Zou, Xiao-Dong Lv, Xiao-Dong Lv, Youfu He, Li-Jian Pang, Li-Jian Pang

“…Despite global advances in asthma control, little attention has been paid to the evolving composition and geographic disparity of modifiable risk factors in this age group.MethodsWe utilized data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 to evaluate the long-term trends (1990–2021) in asthma burden attributable to high body-mass index (BMI), smoking, and occupational asthmagens among adults aged 60 years and older. …”
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Risk Assessment of UAS Events From the Perspective of Heterogeneous Graphs by Yu An, Qingpei Yang, Hao Liu, Liang Geng

“…Furthermore, a meta-path-based filter module is designed to evaluate the key factors contributing to UAS accident risk by comparing the contributions of different meta-paths under various path patterns. …”
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Strengthening Family Bonds: A Systematic Review of Factors and Interventions That Enhance Family Cohesion by Nicolette V. Roman, Tolulope V. Balogun, Letitia Butler-Kruger, Solomon D. Danga, Janine Therese de Lange, Anja Human-Hendricks, Fundiswa Thelma Khaile, Kezia R. October, Olaniyi J. Olabiyi

“…This systematic review examines global evidence on factors influencing family cohesion and evaluates intervention strategies designed to strengthen familial relationships. …”
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A numerical investigation into the strength of offshore jacket platforms considering time-variant zonal corrosion subjected to alternative ship impacts by Reza Zendehdel, Mohammad Reza Khedmati

“…This paper performs a nonlinear dynamic analysis using ABAQUS software to evaluate the ultimate strength of a wellhead jacket platform and to investigate its structural response to two consecutive impacts from a 2700-ton ship. …”
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DNA familial binding profiles made easy: comparison of various motif alignment and clustering strategies. by Shaun Mahony, Philip E Auron, Panayiotis V Benos

“…Prediction of the identity or the structural class of a protein that binds to a given DNA pattern will enhance the analysis of microarray and ChIP-chip data where frequently multiple putative targets of usually unknown TFs are predicted. …”
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Assessment of the Stress Distribution in Internal Resorption Cavities Filled with MTA and Biodentine in Mature Teeth: A Finite Element Analysis Study by Basam Ram Chowdary, Tsalla Krishna Ravali, Vemuri Sayesh, Bolla Nagesh, Veeramachaneni Kavyasri, Garlapati Roopadevi, BS Anila, Aameena Banu Mayana

“…Aim: To evaluate and compare the stress distribution patterns in tooth models with IRR restored with MTA and Biodentine at the apical, middle and coronal thirds, employing FEA. …”
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Emerging Diagnostic Approaches for Musculoskeletal Disorders: Advances in Imaging, Biomarkers, and Clinical Assessment by Rahul Kumar, Kiran Marla, Kyle Sporn, Phani Paladugu, Akshay Khanna, Chirag Gowda, Alex Ngo, Ethan Waisberg, Ram Jagadeesan, Alireza Tavakkoli

“…Technological developments in imaging, including photon-counting detector computed tomography, quantitative magnetic resonance imaging, and four-dimensional computed tomography, have enhanced the ability to visualize structural and dynamic musculoskeletal abnormalities with greater precision. …”
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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF FORMATION, CLINICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS, COURSE AND ASSESSMENT OF THE DEGREE OF GRAVITY OF DAMAGE IN CASES OF FACIAL INJURIES... by В. Мішалов, С. Козлов, О. Гуріна, М. Гараздюк, П. Плевінскіс, М. Зубко

“…This underscores the need for evaluating permanent disabilities when assessing forensic implications for pediatric facial trauma. …”
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The Effectiveness of Emotion-Focused Therapy on Pain Anxiety and Resilience in Patients with Migraine by Hamid Reza Arab Bafrani, Hasan Rezayi, Ahmad Sobhani

“…Mixed ANOVA was used to evaluate the efficacy of EFT on pain anxiety and resilience. …”
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Influence of livelihood functional diversity on agro-food systems in rural communities from different macro regions of Brazil by Rodrigo Jesus Silva, Gabriela Bielefeld Nardoto, Luiz Antônio Martinelli

“…This study was conducted in three macro regions of Brazil, through semi-structured questionnaire interviews conducted in 1012 households to verify details about food patterns, self-consumption farms, and socioeconomic conditions. …”
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Analysis of bearing characteristics of cantilever anti-slip pile based on cohesion model in acid rain corrosion environment by Yanping Jia, Qingyang Ren, Songqiang Xiao, Senlin Gao, Wenhao Xie

“…Abstract To investigate the response of cantilever anti-slip pile structures throughout the entire process of cracking and failure under acid rain corrosion, as well as the degradation mechanisms that affect their bearing capacity, a numerical simulation method based on cohesive elements is proposed. …”
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Study on negative friction of pile foundation in homogeneous layered soil in collapsible loess area by Zhiquan Wang, Liangliang Xin, Shuaihua Ye, Jian Wu, Weina Ye, Jingbang Li

“…By considering the boundary conditions, the pile side friction resistance, axial force, and pile displacement were calculated, and the nonlinear patterns of load transfer for single piles in layered soil foundations were obtained. …”
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Mind to move: Differences in running biomechanics between sensing and intuition shod runners. by Cyrille Gindre, Aurélien Patoz, Bastiaan Breine, Thibault Lussiana

“…According to the definition of each category provided by the MBTI, sensing individuals tend to focus on concrete facts and physical realities while intuition individuals emphasize abstract concepts and patterns of information. These results suggest that runners with sensing and intuition personality traits differ in their ability to use their lower limb structures as springs. …”
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Clinical and dermoscopic assessment of angiosarcoma: a diagnostic classification for early detection by Vincenzo De Giorgi, Biancamaria Zuccaro, Giovanni Cecchi, Gabriella Perillo, Ignazio Stanganelli, Piero Covarelli

“…Dermoscopy has emerged as a useful noninvasive tool that can aid in diagnosing cutaneous tumors, including CMA, by providing magnified images of the skin surface and subsurface structures. However, to date, little is known about the dermoscopic patterns of CMA. …”
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