The Effectiveness of Wisdom Training on Academic Emotions, Academic Motivation and Subjective Vitality in Students by Masoomeh Azizi, Abolghasem Yaghoobi

“…The results of mixed ANOVA revealed a significant main effect for time in all variables meaning that the mean scores related to motivation, academic emotions, and subjective vitality were significantly different from pretest to posttest and follow-up (p < 0.05). …”
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Associated Injuries in Ankle Fractures Involving the Tillaux-Chaput Fragment in Adults by Jafet Massri-Pugin MD, Gabriel Matamoros MD, Sergio Morales MD, MSc, María Jesús Lira MSc, Jorge Filippi MD, MBA

“…Logistic regression was performed to detect which variables had association with the TCF and their subtypes.P-value< 0.05 was considered significant. …”
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Patient Resilience, Is it Nature or Nurture? by Nathaniel Zona BA, Kenneth Hunt MD

“…Resilience is consistent over time, with little to no change at longest follow-up. …”
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Estimation of Amino Acid and Tea Polyphenol Content of Tea Fresh Leaves Based on Fractional-Order Differential Spectroscopy by Shirui Li, Rui Sun, Xin Li, Yang Li, Liang Zhao, Xinyu Huang, Yufei Xu

“…Amino acids (AAs) and tea polyphenols (TPs) are essential quality indicators in tea, impacting sensory attributes and economic value. Hyperspectral technology enables efficient, real-time detection of these compounds on field-grown tea leaves. …”
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Factors affecting the primary patency of native arteriovenous fistulas after ultrasound-guided percutaneous transluminal angioplasty by Xue Xing, Qing Li, Yi Yang, Yanan Wang, Xiaona Zhan, Cailin Zhang, Gang Xu, Fan He

“…Objective By analyzing the clinical history, laboratory test indexes, and intraoperative ultrasound imaging data of patients receiving ultrasound-guided percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (UG-PTA) for the first time, the application value of UG-PTA in the treatment of peripheral stenosis of autogenous arteriovenous fistula (AVF) and the related factors affecting postoperative patency were investigated.Methods A total of 381 patients with dysfunction of radio-cephalic AVF were treated with UG-PTA from June 2017 to September 2019. …”
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Hazelnut Yield Estimation: A Vision-Based Approach for Automated Counting of Hazelnut Female Flowers by Nicola Giulietti, Sergio Tombesi, Michele Bedodi, Carol Sergenti, Marco Carnevale, Hermes Giberti

“…A regression-based bias correction was applied to compensate for systematic counting deviations, further improving accuracy and reducing the mean absolute percentage error to 27.44%, a value comparable to the variability observed in manual counting. …”
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Validation cohort of a tool to predict proliferative histological class in lupus nephritis based on clinical and laboratory data: LUCAS Study (Lupus Nephritis Class Assessment Syst... by Emilia Inoue Sato, Fabio Jennings, Antonio Silaide Araujo, Alexandre Wagner Silva de Souza, Gianna Mastroianni Kirsztajn, Ricardo Sesso, Edgard Torres dos Reis-Neto

“…In this instrument, urinary sediment, anti-dsDNA antibody and serum creatinine were predictor variables. Secondary: To evaluate its accuracy in different cut levels of urinary red cell count and LN patient’s profile that may be useful to guide diagnosis and treatment, especially when kidney biopsy is not available.Methods A retrospective, cross-sectional study of 196 patients with SLE who underwent kidney biopsy, analysing sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values, accuracy, and positive and negative likelihood ratios.Results 81.6% of the patients were female, 60.2% were non-Caucasian and the mean age at the time of the biopsy was 31.2±10.4 years. 30 patients presented class III, 104 class IV, 36 class V and 26 mixed classes (7 class III+V and 19 class IV+V). …”
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Effects of Stumping and Meteorological Factors on Sap Flow Characteristics of <i>Haloxylon ammodendron</i> in Ulan Buh Desert, Northwestern China by Yingbin Ma, Yaru Huang, Jingbo Zhang, Xuting Hao, Zhiming Xin, Jian Cui, Xue Dong, Haoyi Wang, Chunxia Han, Jinlei Zhu, Qi Lu

“…The daily mean value and daily accumulation of sap flow followed the order: 50% stumping > control (no stumping) > 75% stumping > 100% stumping. …”
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Do Mechatronic Poles Change the Gait Technique of Nordic Walking in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease? by Agnieszka Szpala, Sławomir Winiarski, Małgorzata Kołodziej, Bogdan Pietraszewski, Ryszard Jasiński, Tadeusz Niebudek, Andrzej Lejczak, Dariusz Kałka, Karolina Lorek, Krzysztof Bałchanowski, Sławomir Wudarczyk, Marek Woźniewski

“…There was also an increase in the values for step length and step time regardless of the type of poles, stride length, and swing phase when using classical poles and stride time when using mechatronic poles. …”
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Investigating precise control pathway for haemostatic clip usage in laparoscopic cholecystectomy based on patient clinical variations: an exploratory retrospective observational st... by Yu Liu, Xiaodong Wang, Wei Du, Ang Li, Ling Yan, Ying Zhao, Xiru Yu, Jiao Su, Wenqi Zeng

“…The premodel included preoperative variables (acute cholecystitis and scarring/fibrotic atrophy), while the full model added intraoperative variables (anatomical variation and severe adhesions). …”
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Unveiling 10‐Year Dynamics of Pregnancy Termination Across Sub‐Saharan Africa: A Multilevel Study by Getayeneh Antehunegn Tesema, Sylvester R. Okeke, Michael Sarfo, Edward K. Ameyaw, Olanrewaju Oladimeji, Sanni Yaya

“…All analyses were performed using STATA version 17. Variables with a p‐value ≤ 0.2 in the bivariable multilevel analysis were included in the multivariable model. …”
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Analysis of risk factors for lower deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in patients over 60 years of age after total hip arthroplasty by Maimaitiyibubaji Abudukadier, Tianyi Yuan, Hongjiang Liu, Zhiheng Zhou, Maimaitituersun Tuerdi, Abuduwupuer Haibier, Qing Lv, Yong Cui

“…Based on the occurrence of lower extremity deep vein thrombosis during follow-up, patients were divided into a DVT group (n = 65) and a non-DVT group (n = 397). The following variables were retrospectively analyzed for both groups: gender, age, body mass index, smoking status, alcohol consumption, medical history, operative time, anesthesia method, and preoperative and postoperative laboratory indicators (including triglycerides, TC, fibrinogen, hemoglobin, red cell distribution width, albumin, platelet count, D-dimer, INR, and FDP). …”
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Biochemical, antioxidant activity, and phenological diversity among Berberis progenies in the F1 population by Amir Safari-Khozani, Mehdi Rezaei, Yazgan Tunç, Ali Khadivi

“…Biochemical evaluations indicated substantial and significant variability (p < 0.05) in total anthocyanin content (TAC), with values spanning from 133.37 mg/L (‘0203’) to 2063.55 mg/L (‘0601’). …”
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Towards an industry-wide, multilevel evaluation framework for pig meat inspection: potential applications and implementation challenges by A.I. Zisis, C. Kagerer, P. Schmidt, E. Rauch

“…Furthermore, we estimated the variability of key random effects derived. Across all years, SDs for farm and delivery levels remain relatively stable between the selected and full datasets, indicating consistent variability at these levels. …”
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Analysis of cognitive status of Alzheimer’s disease’s subjects and its association with biomarkers (amyloid beta and tau proteins) using NACC data by Vaghawan Prasad Ojha, Sheida Riahi, Richard Hunt Bobo, Seyedadel Moravveji, Lucien Meteumba, Shantia Yarahmadian

“…Likewise, higher variability in CSF Ptau, CSF Ttau, and CSF $$A\beta _{1-42}$$ A β 1 - 42 biomarkers were found in subjects with worsened cognitive status. …”
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Peculiarities of immunological manifestations in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in the presence of chronic infection with <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> variant encoding cytotoxin-... by A. V. Aleksandrov, L. N. Shilova, V. A. Aleksandrov, M. V. Levkina, O. V. Paramonova, N. V. Aleksandrova, I. A. Zborovskaya

“…In the group of RA patients with anti-CCP values exceeding the established threshold value of 20 U/mL (normal index), there was an increase in the proportion of patients infected with H. pylori (p &lt; 0.001), but not the proportion of CagA-positive patients (p = 0.06). …”
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Evolução de incapacidades físicas em pacientes com hanseníase associada ao nível de atenção à saúde by Fernanda Beatriz Ferreira Gomes, Rúbia Tauany Carneiro Lemos, Isabela Cristina Lana Maciel, Francisco Carlos Félix Lana

“…Independent variables: level of care at the time of notification and discharge. …”
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Optimizing ERAS protocols in robotic nephron-sparing surgery: a randomized trial by Yiqiang Wang, Mangmang He, Lulu Lou

“…Primary outcomes included operative time, estimated blood loss, and length of hospital stay. …”
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Determinants of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among residents of Ilorin metropolis, Nigeria, 2023: A community-based cluster survey by Abiodun Ebenezer Kolapo, Olufunmilayo Ibitola Fawole, Joshua Odunayo Akinyemi, Magbagbeola David Dairo, Muhammad Shakir Balogun

“…We used the chi-square test to evaluate associations between dependent and independent variables and conducted multivariate logistic regression to predict acceptance of a COVID-19 vaccine at a p-value of < 0.05. …”
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Optimising neonatal services for very preterm births between 27+0 and 31+6 weeks gestation in England: the OPTI-PREM mixed-methods study by Thillagavathie Pillay, Oliver Rivero-Arias, Natalie Armstrong, Sarah E Seaton, Miaoqing Yang, Victor L Banda, Kelvin Dawson, Abdul QT Ismail, Vasiliki Bountziouka, Caroline Cupit, Alexis Paton, Bradley N Manktelow, Elizabeth S Draper, Neena Modi, Helen E Campbell, Elaine M Boyle

“…We utilised an instrumental variable (maternal excess travel time between local neonatal units and neonatal intensive care units) to control for unmeasured differences. …”
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