Exploring short-term memory and listening effort in two-talker conversations: The influence of soft and moderate background noise. by Chinthusa Mohanathasan, Cosima A Ermert, Janina Fels, Torsten W Kuhlen, Sabine J Schlittmeier

“…In Experiment 1, this secondary task was a visual number-judgment task, whereas in Experiments 2 and 3, it was a vibrotactile pattern recognition task. …”
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Exploring patient preferences for intraocular lenses selection in age-related cataract: a discrete choice experiment study by Qiaolin Zhu, Qiaolin Zhu, Qiaolin Zhu, Qianqian Sun, Qianqian Sun, Qianqian Sun, Yujia Huo, Yujia Huo, Yujia Huo, Xiaoling Yang, Xiaoling Yang, Xiaoling Yang, Hehe Huang, Hehe Huang, Hehe Huang, Shanshan Qian, Shanshan Qian, Shanshan Qian, Wenjing Lin, Wentao Yan, Wentao Yan, Wentao Yan

“…High cost and a higher probability of adverse visual phenomena negatively affected preferences. …”
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Parent skills training for parents of children or adults with developmental disorders: systematic review and meta-analysis protocol by Corrado Barbui, Chiara Servili, Brian Reichow, Cary Kogan, Isaac Smith, M Taghi Yasamy

“…We will present a narrative synthesis including visual displays of study effects on child and parental outcomes and conduct a quantitative synthesis of the effects of parent skills training programmes using meta-analytic techniques.Ethics and dissemination No ethical issues are foreseen and ethical approval is not required given this is a protocol for a systematic review. …”
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Illusory finger stretching and somatosensory responses in participants with chronic hand-based pain. by Kirralise J Hansford, Daniel H Baker, Kirsten J McKenzie, Catherine E J Preston

“…Subjective illusory experience data showed significantly greater experiences of the illusion in the multisensory (visuotactile) condition compared to non-illusion conditions and a unimodal visual condition, replicating findings from participants without chronic hand-based pain. …”
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THE COLLABORATIVE DESIGNING OF A PERSONALIZED HYBRID LMS USING A VIRTUAL MACHINE IN A CLOUD ENVIRONMENT by Lina Čeponienė, Péter Galambos, Tamás Haidegger, Dariusz Mikulowski, Branislav Mišota, Oliver Moravcik, Enikő Nagy, Mariya P. Shyshkina, Pavel Smolka, Stefan Svetsky

“…Part of current and future research is the development of the PIKS internet application, which operates as a multi-functional communication channel for e-Learning purposes (including use for the visually impaired). . …”
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Silent magnetic resonance angiography diagnostic value of intracranial unruptured aneurysms by Bin Lv, Tingyang Zhang, Ning Wang, Lu Liu, Mingyu Li, Meng Li, Mingguang Sun, Xiao Zang, Xinfeng Liu, Rongju Zhang, Xiangyu Cao, Zhihua Du, Jun Wang, Jinhao Lyu, Xueyang Wang, Qi Duan, Fangfang Guo, Xin Lou, Chenglin Tian

“…Abstract Silent magnetic resonance angiography (S-MRA) is primarily utilized to assess the blood flow in aneurysms and parent vessels of treated intracranial aneurysms. This study aimed to compare the diagnostic value of S-MRA and three-dimensional time of flight (3D-TOF) MRA for unruptured intracranial aneurysms. …”
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The role of music performance anxiety in musical training: four personal histories by Oscar Casanova, María Elena Riaño, Francisco Javier Zarza-Alzugaray, Santos Orejudo

“…To deal with symptoms of anxiety, several approaches were pursued: visualization, cognitive analysis, and self-medication. …”
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Individualized prediction of multi-domain intelligence quotient in bipolar disorder patients using resting-state functional connectivity by Xiaoyu Li, Wei Wei, Linze Qian, Xiaojing Li, Mingli Li, Ioannis Kakkos, Qiang Wang, Hua Yu, Wanjun Guo, Xiaohong Ma, George K. Matsopoulos, Liansheng Zhao, Wei Deng, Yu Sun, Tao Li

“…Regarding the contributed FCs, we observed a widespread distribution of internetwork FCs across somatomotor, visual, dorsal attention, and ventral attention networks, demonstrating their correspondence with aberrant FCs correlated to cognition deficits in BD patients. …”
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The Effect of Exosomes Derived from Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stromal/Stem Cells on the Regeneration of Human Pulpectomized Tooth: A Case Report by Nazanin Jafari, Mina Seyed Habashi, Alireza Afshar, Mohammad Ghasemi, Madina A. Kurmanalina, Nadiar M. Mussin, Asset A. Kaliyev, Shahrokh Zare, Zahra Khodabandeh, Nader Tanideh, Amin Tamadon

“…Clinical evaluations, including visual inspection, palpation, pulp vitality tests, radiography, and cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) imaging, were conducted over 24 weeks post-treatment. …”
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Long-term Measurements of Carbonaceous Aerosol at Cape Hedo, Okinawa, Japan: Effects of Changes in Emissions in East Asia by Kojiro Shimada, Akinori Takami, Takatsugu Ishida, Yuta Taniguchi, Shuichi Hasegawa, Chak K. Chan, Yong Pyo Kim, Neng-Huei Lin, Shiro Hatakeyama

“…We obtained the EC and OC concentrations by conducting semi-real-time measurements using a carbon monitor, and performing an offline thermal/optical filter analysis according to the Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments (IMPROVE) protocol. The annual average concentration of the EC remained constant between 2004 and 2013, but that of the OC decreased at a rate of 0.11 µg C m−3 y−1 (α > 0.05). …”
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La toponimia glífica nahua y sus reminiscencias gráficas en los mapas nativos e indoespañoles del Acolhuacan meridional, ca. 1579-1613 by Daniel Martínez González

“…Asimismo, busca hacer notar el proceso mediante el cual ciertos topónimos glíficos en algunos otros mapas de tierras (también de la región) dejaron de pintarse y escribirse a la manera tradicional y comenzaron una suerte de fosilización gráfica a través de los últimos años del siglo xvi y las primeras décadas del xvii. La evidencia visual contenida en las creaciones cartográficas aquí apenas mencionadas sugiere que, aunque las formas nativas de nombrar los lugares —incluyendo mapas, planos indígenas, pintores, cuerpos de conocimiento y saberes teórico-prácticos—seguían vigentes incluso en fechas tardías respecto al siglo del contacto europeo-mesoamericano, en un lapso breve de tiempo los topónimos glíficos en los mapas de tierras dejaron de pintarse como signos de un sistema de escritura de tipo logosilábico. …”
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Individualized resting-state functional connectivity abnormalities unveil two major depressive disorder subtypes with contrasting abnormal patterns of abnormality by Keke Fang, Lianjie Niu, Baohong Wen, Liang Liu, Ya Tian, Huiting Yang, Ying Hou, Shaoqiang Han, Xianfu Sun, Wenzhou Zhang

“…We identified a set of extreme functional connections that were predominantly between the visual network and the frontoparietal network, the default mode network and the ventral attention network, with the key regions in the anterior cingulate cortex, bilateral orbitofrontal cortex, and supramarginal gyrus. …”
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Assessment of Selected Health Determinants among <i>Almajiri</i> Students in Gwadabawa Local Government, Sokoto State, Nigeria by Y. Sarkingobir, M.S. Nahantsi, Z. Shehu, A.A. Sadiq, N. Malami, A. Saadu, A. Hamza

“…This paper determined the factors that affect the health of Almajiri in their system of study in Gwadabawa local government of Sokoto state, Nigeria. Interview and visual observation were used to collect data, which was analyzed by thematic networks method. …”
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Risk factors and prevention strategy for patient dissatisfaction after transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: a single-center retrospective study by Lixin Yang, Zhao Guo, Yuhao Qiao, Jichao Guo, Jiaqi Li, Wei Wang

“…Univariate analysis showed that body mass index (BMI), preoperative pain time, postoperative visual analog scale (VAS)-back, intraoperative bleeding volume, postoperative rehabilitation training, feel depression and symptom recurrence were related with patient's level of satisfaction 2 years after discectomy. …”
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Effects of non-contact electric fields on the kidneys and livers of tumour-bearing rats [version 6; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations, 1 not approved] by Luthfi Nurhidayat, Ahmad Ghitha Fadhlurrahman, Firman Alamsyah, Warsito Purwo Taruno, Nisrina Firdausi, Subekti Evi Dwi Nugraheni, Rarastoeti Pratiwi

“…Histological scoring used the post-examination masking method with 100 visual fields per group. Results There was no significant damages to the tubules, glomeruli, and interstitial of the kidneys, including congestion, after exposure to non-contact electric fields. …”
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The Impact of Stone Quarrying on Socio Economic Status of Households in Nyakyibigi Ntungamo Municipality. by Natweeta, Elvason

“…The study recommended there should be strengthening of security in quarrying areas in order to protect the quarrying activities which leads to improvement at the quarrying site, there should be carefully pre-planning of the project to ensure that the quarrying process takes place well and in its actual state because when this one is done, then the activity also goes on well to facilitate the desires of the community and there should be fitting of drills with dust collection systems and purchasing additional land surrounding the mine to act as a buffer zone and trees planted in these buffer zones can also minimize the visual impact of quarrying operations on local communities.…”
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CAG Expansion in Androgen Receptor Gene of Infertile Men in Erbil Governorate by Dashne Abdulla Salih, Karim Jalal Karim

“…Polyglutamine effect on increasing sperm abnormal morphology and immotility which is the reason for infertility but statistically not significant and it will not affect hormonal assay in infertile men. …”
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Analysis of long noncoding gene expression and its interactions with protein-coding genes in vascular endothelial cells in keloids by Yunxiang Luo, Zi Ye, Yi Li, Chau Wei Wong, Shuqia Xu, Yu Deng, Zhicheng Su, Xueqing Li, Yingxiong Huang, Bing Han

“…The hub relationship between the upregulated lncRNA‒mRNA interaction was lncRNA LINC01546–RASAL3/COL13A1, while the downregulated hub was lncRNA LOC101929787–PRKAA2/KRT71/SSTR1. qPCR verification result showed no obvious statistical differences. …”
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La pertinencia de la Cumbre de Belém de Pará para implementar el Tratado de Cooperación Amazónica by Carlos A. Salinas Montes

“…La Amazonía fue el centro de atención debido a su importancia mundial como la cuenca hidrográfica más vasta y el bosque tropical más extenso y diverso del planeta. …”
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New insights into the mechanism of triphenyl phosphate and its metabolite diphenyl phosphate in diabetic kidney disease by Ting Fang, Qiaoyan Liu, Xinxin Huangfu, Hongkai Zhu, Hongwen Sun, Liming Chen

“…This study aims to investigate the potential impact of TPHP and its metabolite diphenyl phosphate (DPHP) on diabetic kidney disease using various methods, including network toxicology, molecular docking, and cell experiments like CCK8 assay and real-time-PCR. The research examined the relationship between urinary DPHP levels and kidney function in American adults using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2017 to March 2020. …”
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