A 20-week, randomized controlled trial to determine the efficacy of the Aging Well through Interaction and Scientific Education – Action Plan (AgeWISE-AP) program in older Veterans... by Maureen K. O’Connor, Julianne Szemko, Jaye E. McLaren, Lauren R. Moo, Emily E. Metcalf, Andrew Nguyen, Malissa L. Kraft, Brandon Frank, David Salat, John J. Randolph, Yorghos Tripodis

“…Linear mixed regression models will be used to test the effect of AgeWISE-AP. An exploratory outcome will focus on structural imaging data acquired from a subset of participants at baseline and one year to investigate potential volumetric changes in brain regions of interest. …”
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Improvements in the land surface configuration to better simulate seasonal snow cover in the European Alps with the CNRM-AROME (cycle 46) convection-permitting regional climate mod... by D. Monteiro, C. Caillaud, M. Lafaysse, A. Napoly, M. Fructus, A. Alias, S. Morin

“…We thoroughly evaluated these configurations on their ability to represent seasonal snow cover across the European Alps. …”
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A two phase differential evolution algorithm with perturbation and covariance matrix for PEMFC parameter estimation challenges by Mohammad Aljaidi, Pradeep Jangir, Arpita, Sunilkumar P. Agrawal, Sundaram B. Pandya, Anil Parmar, G. Gulothungan, Ali Fayez Alkoradees, Mohammad Khishe

“…These numerical results emphasize PCM-DE’s ability to outperform existing algorithms in accuracy, convergence speed, and consistency, showcasing its potential for advancing PEMFC modeling and optimization. …”
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FEATURES OF SURGICAL DENTISTRY INTERMEDIATE MEDICINE TEACHING AT THE POST-GRADUATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FOR DOCTORS OF UKRAINIAN MEDICAL STOMATOLOGICAL ACADEMY by O.V. Gurzhiy, S.V. Kolomiiets, V.L. Melnik, O.E. Berezhna

“…It contains not only relevant educational material, but also models of test control, situational tasks, the solution of which helps in mastering the topic and indicates the ways of the practical application of the acquired knowledge. …”
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Altered auditory brainstem responses are post-acute sequela of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC) by Christopher Niemczak, Erika Skoe, Samantha Leigh, Linda Zhang, Megan Dotzenrod, Annalise Kieley, Simon Stone, Jeffrey Parsonnet, Christina Martin, Christin Ealer, Odile Clavier, Jiang Gui, Angela Waszkiewicz, Robert Roth, Jay Buckey

“…Increased tinnitus, and decreased hearing in noise ability also occur with PASC, yet whether auditory manifestations of PASC are linked with the cognitive symptoms is not known. …”
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Effects of Aggregate-to-Binder Ratio on Mechanical Performance of Engineered Geopolymer Composites with Recycled Rubber Aggregates by Yiwei Li, Shuzhuo Zhi, Ran Chai, Zhiying Zhou, Jiarui He, Zizhao Yao, Zhan Yang, Genquan Zhong, Yongchang Guo

“…An appropriate increase in the ITZ width was found to be beneficial for enhancing tensile ductility, but it compromised the crack-control ability of the R-EGC, thereby reducing its durability. …”
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Application of Complex Wax Coating in Inhibiting Residual Amount of Viscous Fluid Foods by Yue SUN, Weizhuo LI, Yuetong LIU, Zixuan GUO, Xi WANG, Jumin HOU

“…The yogurt was chosen as typical viscous fluid food to be dropped onto the complex wax coating, which was used to test the yogurt contact angle and rolling angle for exploring the wettability, robust and suitable of the complex wax coating. …”
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Assessment of the Quality of Basic and Expanded Resuscitative Measures in a Multifield Hospital (Simulation Course) by A. N. Kuzovlev, S. N. Abdusalamov, K. A. Kuz'michev

“…During the second stage, their skills in expanded CPR and ability to work as a part of resuscitation teams were assessed. …”
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Privacy-Preserving Glycemic Management in Type 1 Diabetes: Development and Validation of a Multiobjective Federated Reinforcement Learning Framework by Fatemeh Sarani Rad, Juan Li

“…The model was trained and tested using simulated data from 30 simulated patients (10 children, 10 adolescents, and 10 adults) generated with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)–approved UVA/Padova simulator. …”
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Accurate prediction of mediolateral episiotomy risk during labor: development and verification of an artificial intelligence model by Tingting Hu, Liheng Zhao, Xueling Zhao, Lin He, Xiaoli Zhong, Zhe Yin, Junjie Chen, Yanting Han, Ka Li

“…The model evaluation results showed that the SVM model has the best prediction ability among the six models, with an accuracy of 0.793, a recall rate of 0.981, a precision rate of 0.790, and a F1 value of 0.875. …”
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Subchronic cyanuric acid treatment impairs spatial flexible behavior in female adolescent rats through depressing GluN2B-dependent neuronal and synaptic function by Wei Sun, Haiyang Yu, Xiaoliang Li, Yiwen Wan, Yazi Mei, Yang Yang, Lei An

“…We found that subchronic CA exposure impairs reversal learning ability with dose-dependent effects but did not affect spatial learning and memory, or learning strategy. …”
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Tillering and earing characteristics of middle-season indica hybrid rice under long-age seedlings by Lü Tengfei, Zhou Wei, Li Yinghong, Zhang Shaowen, Li Yue, Sun Yongjian, Ma Jun

“…The aim was to provide the theoretical and practical data for improving the grain yield of long transplanting seedling age in hilly areas.The results showed that the tillering capacity of the older-age seedlings was stronger, and the number of leaf positions of tillers and panicles were increased. And the tillering ability of different water-nitrogen management patterns was controlled alternate irrigation pattern > dry cultivation pattern > submerged irrigation pattern under 65 d seedling age. …”
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Individualized evaluation of risk and prognosis in uterine leiomyosarcoma patients with synchronous distant metastases: a real-world retrospective study by Zhongli Liu, Feng Gao, Tao Min, Qianqian Shang, Bin Wang, Jing Pu

“…Based on the median total point derived from the prognostic nomogram, patients were stratified into high- and low-risk groups. The differentiation ability of the prognostic nomogram was evaluated using Kaplan-Meier survival analysis with the log-rank test.ResultsThe study encompassed 1,362 patients diagnosed with uLMS, among whom 337 cases (24.7%) manifested synchronous distant metastases at the initial diagnosis. …”
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ANALISIS PROSES BERPIKIR KOMPUTASI SISWA PADA MATERI BARISAN ARITMETIKA BERDASARKAN KECERDASAN MAJEMUK by Rosevita Melati, Toto Nusantara, Mochammad Hafiizh

“…Computational thinking ability is a skill required in 21st-century learning. …”
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Potential antitumor activity of a new plant-derived alkaloid isolated from <i>Petasites hybridus</i> (L.), <i>in silico</i> and <i>in vitro</i> by E. Yu. Zlatnik, S. Yu. Filippova, Yu. S. Enin, T. V. Chembarova, F. F. Amirdzhanov, O. N. Burov, A. D. Zagrebaev, K. A. Onasenko, Yu. V. Dzigunova

“…Cells were cultured with various concentrations of the alkaloid, their viability was assessed in ХТТ-test and by direct count of alive and dead cells.Results. …”
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The relationship between immediate postmastectomy reconstruction modalities and survival benefits in patients with triple negative breast cancer by Luyao Dai, Hanxiao Cui, Yuanhang Bao, Liqun Hu, Zhangjian Zhou, Meng Wang, Shuai Lin, Hao Wu, Huafeng Kang, Xiaobin Ma

“…Moreover, the C‐indexes showed the good predictive ability of the nomograms. Conclusions Our results suggest that for TNBC patients, there is a survival benefit of immediate postmastectomy reconstruction compared with mastectomy alone. …”
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Chemical forms and stabilization of phosphorus in manures from large-scale livestock and poultry farms by Xie Guoxiong, Wu Chongshu, Kong Zhangliang, Jiang Mingbei

“…Six amendments, including alum, calcium carbonate, gypsum, fly ash and two soil materials, were used to test their effects on the stability of phosphorus in the manures. …”
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Spatiotemporal pattern and driving factors of atmospheric CO2 concentrations based on satellite remote sensing from 2001 to 2022 in central Yunnan plateau by Yunling He, Xiaohua Zhang, Ning Pu, Chunyan Wu, Wu Tang

“…Moreover, the analytical methods focus on using linear regression models exploring a single type of factor and limiting the ability to gain a deeper understanding. Therefore, this study constructs a comprehensive methodological framework by taking the Central Yunnan Plateau (CYP) in southwest China as an example. …”
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Dexamethasone-Functionalized PLLA Membranes: Effects of Layer-by-Layer Coating and Electrospinning on Osteogenesis by Flavia Gonçalves, Roberta Molisani Letomai, Marjory Muraro Gomes, Maria dos Remédios Aguiar Araújo, Yasmin Silva Muniz, Maria Stella Moreira, Leticia Cidreira Boaro

“…Data were analyzed using one or two-way ANOVA and Tukey test. Electrospun membranes with dexamethasone and those with 4 layers showed immediate drug release within 24 h, whereas 10 layers exhibited gradual release over 14 days. …”
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Graph Neural Network Learning on the Pediatric Structural Connectome by Anand Srinivasan, Rajikha Raja, John O. Glass, Melissa M. Hudson, Noah D. Sabin, Kevin R. Krull, Wilburn E. Reddick

“…Architecture exploration experiments were conducted to evaluate the impact of network depth, pooling techniques, and skip connections on the ability of GNN models to capture connectomic patterns. …”
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