A Wearable System for Experimental Knee Pain During Real-World Locomotion: Habituation and Motor Adaptation by Jesse M. Charlton, Liam H. Foulger, Calvin Kuo, Jean-Sebastien Blouin

“…In two experiments we established key information needed in the development of our system including 1) pain habituation patterns and motor adaptations to knee pain while walking; 2) a model of electrical stimulation magnitude as a function of pain perception; and 3) gait-phase-dependent modulation of pain intensity. …”
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Nonlinear Relationship Between the Elderly’s Perception of Green Spaces and Their Activity Characteristics by Yuanjing WU, Yongyi YOU, Wei ZHOU, Siren LAN

“…Compared to other age groups, the elderly show a higher demand for engaging in activities within green spaces, and their perception of these environments plays a key role in shaping their activity patterns. Understanding how these perceptions influence behavior is crucial for addressing the needs of aging populations in rapidly urbanizing societies. …”
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Antimicrobial resistance in the Nordics: mapping existing surveillance systems and assessing the impact of COVID-19 using regression models by Tam T. Tran, Adriana Krolicka, Ananda Tiwari, Tarja Pitkänen, Rolf Lood, Ásta Margrét Ásmundsdóttir, Odd-Gunnar Wikmark

“…Iceland had the highest human AMU, while Sweden had the lowest. Drug categories, countries, and sectors were significant predictors in the model used to fit human AMU. …”
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Large disagreements in estimates of urban land across scales and their implications by TC Chakraborty, Zander S. Venter, Matthias Demuzere, Wenfeng Zhan, Jing Gao, Lei Zhao, Yun Qian

“…Here, we analyze urban land cover patterns across spatiotemporal scales from several such current-generation products. …”
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Training protocol characteristics in studies comparing functional versus traditional training: systematic review of controlled trials by Jader Alfredo Beck, Jean Marlon Machado, Amandda de Souza, Cristiano Gomes Sanchotene, Fábio Hech Dominski, Caroline Ruschel

“…Discussion: This review highlights the methodological overlap between FT and TT, making it difficult to clearly distinguish these approaches. While FT originates in rehabilitation and aims to improve movement patterns relevant to daily life, TT follows structured load manipulation principles to enhance muscular strength. …”
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Sensitivity analysis of activity scheduling parameters with a parameter optimization framework by Matheus Moro Zamprogno, Domokos Esztergár-Kiss

“…The results can be useful for transportation planners and service providers in the adaptation of the existing network and transportation services to the travelers’ mobility patterns.…”
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Axial Tensile Experiment of the Lap-Type Asymmetric K-Shaped Square Tubular Joints with Built-In Stiffeners by Zhihua Zhong, Peiyu Peng, Zheweng Zhu, Xiang Ao, Shiwei Xiong, Jinkun Huang, Lihong Zhou, Xiaochuan Bai

“…Arranging more reinforcing ribs in the fittings makes the chord more uniformly stressed and absorbs more energy while increasing the flexural load capacity of the fittings’ side plates. …”
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Transcription factor interactions explain the context-dependent activity of CRX binding sites. by Kaiser J Loell, Ryan Z Friedman, Connie A Myers, Joseph C Corbo, Barak A Cohen, Michael A White

“…Our findings explain observed patterns of activity among genomic CRX-bound enhancers and silencers, and suggest that enhancers may require diverse TFBSs to overcome negative homotypic interactions between TFBSs.…”
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Impact of dietary habit changes on college students physical health insights from a comprehensive study by Ying Zhang

“…In addition, we investigated the patterns of dietary changes among adolescents and conducted an observational experiment on the impact of dietary changes on physical fitness. …”
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Effective defense against physically embedded backdoor attacks via clustering-based filtering by Mohammed Kutbi

“…In such attacks, adversaries embed malicious behaviors triggered by specific patterns in the training data, causing models to misclassify whenever the trigger is present. …”
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Overweight and obesity among Saudi university students and their relationships with various lifestyle habits: a cross-sectional study by Gamil Ghaleb Alrubaiee, Talal Ali Alqalah, Sameer A Alkubati, Nabil A Al-Rabeei

“…Unhealthy lifestyle habits, dietary patterns, and psychological factors have been identified as contributing factors to this issue. …”
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Validation of the Filipino Catquest-9SF Questionnaire for Cataract Patients by Gabriel Ignacio P. Alejo, MD-MBA, Rainier Victor A. Covar MD, MMed

“…The final Filipino version of the questionnaire was administered to 90 patients who were awaiting cataract surgery and fit the inclusion criteria. The response patterns as well as the overall construct of the Filipino questionnaire were evaluated using the Rasch model in terms of specific components for reliability and validity. …”
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Well-being trajectories and dynamic resource shifts in the transitions of retirement: a longitudinal study of Taiwanese older adults by Wan-Chen Hsu, Nuan-Ching Huang, Nuan-Ching Huang, Susan C. Hu

“…Policymakers should recognize this heterogeneity rather than implementing one-size-fits-all solutions. Given the crucial role of family support in early retirement and the growing importance of volunteering later, policies should strengthen family systems while expanding social participation opportunities.…”
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The impact of parental absence on the mental health of middle school students in rural areas of Western China by Xiaohong Ren, Cen Lin, Lu Pan, Qiuyue Fan, Dapeng Wu, JinLong He, Ping He, Jiaming Luo

“…To investigate the associations between various patterns of parental absence and psychological outcomes (depression, anxiety, and stress) among middle school students, binary logistic regression analysis was performed, while the model’s goodness-of-fit was evaluated by using the Hosmer-Lemeshow test, with a p > 0.05 indicating satisfactory model fit.ResultsThis cross-sectional study investigated mental health outcomes among a cohort of 8,606 middle school students, revealing notable prevalence rates of depressive symptoms (6.7%), anxiety (6.1%), and stress-related symptoms (8.1%). …”
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New bounded probability model: Properties, estimation, and applications by Ahmed M. Gemeay, Laxmi Prasad Sapkota, Yusra A. Tashkandy, M.E. Bakr, Oluwafemi Samson Balogun, Eslam Hussam

“…Two datasets are employed to apply the novel distribution, subjecting it to a comprehensive evaluation against established models utilizing a range of model selection criteria and goodness of fit tests. Notably, the article illustrates that the performance of the new distribution surpasses that of existing models in effectively capturing data patterns. …”
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Investigation into the Dynamic Parameter Characterization of Water-Lubricated Bearings Under Vibration Coupling by Hongtao Zhu, Yong Jin, Qilin Liu, Wu Ouyang, Tao He

“…A transient rotor dynamics numerical model is developed to research the effects of operating conditions and critical structural parameters on the variation patterns of the dynamic characteristic coefficients and journal orbit of WLBs. …”
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The effect of litter hierarchy and teat allocation on suckling piglets' growth by F. Mata, J. Araújo, J. Araújo, J. Araújo, A. Kowalczky, J. Cerqueira, J. Cerqueira, J. Cerqueira

“…<p>The objective of the current study was to adjust a growing curve to suckling piglets as a function of the hierarchical position achieved and of mammary gland allocation (anterior, medium, or posterior) for the investigation of, eventually, different growing patterns. For this purpose, 280 piglets from 20 sows (14 per sow) were weighed and observed from birth to weaning. …”
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Typology of Personalization in Recommender Systems by Marziyeh Nourahmadi, Hojjatollah Sadeqi

“…One of the critical issues in recommender systems is providing personalized advice that fits the users' mood.Methodology: In this research, with a bibliometric approach using the bibliometric library in R software, all the research done on applying recommended systems in personalization is reviewed.Findings: Using the bibliometrics approach while defining recommender systems and their types, we presented an overview of the personalization field and different kinds of personalization. …”
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The fourspine stickleback (Apeltes quadracus) has an XY sex chromosome system with polymorphic inversions on both X and Y chromosomes. by Zuyao Liu, Amy L Herbert, Yingguang Frank Chan, Marek Kučka, David M Kingsley, Catherine L Peichel

“…Notably, we observed inversions on both the X and Y chromosomes in different populations, resulting in distinctive patterns of differentiation between the X and Y chromosomes across populations. …”
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Assessing the accuracy of ancestral protein reconstruction methods. by Paul D Williams, David D Pollock, Benjamin P Blackburne, Richard A Goldstein

“…Inferred functional patterns that mimic reconstruction bias should be reevaluated.…”
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