Predicting Cognitive Decline in Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome Using Machine Learning Approaches by Jin-Siang Shaw, Ming-Xuan Xu, Fang-Yu Cheng, Pei-Hao Chen

“…<b>Methods</b>: This study included 80 participants aged 60 and older with MCR who underwent baseline assessments including plasma biomarkers (β-amyloid, tau), dual-task gait measurements, and neuropsychological tests. Participants were followed for one year to monitor cognitive changes. …”
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Body Dysmorphic Symptoms and its Clinical Correlates in Young Adults at a Medical College of Western India: A Cross-sectional Study by Lakhan R. Kataria, Nisheet Maheshkumar Patel, Grishma V. Savaliya, Apoorva M. Bang, Dharti D. Shah

“…Statistical analysis was done using Epi Info software, and statistical tests applied were mean and standard deviation, Chi-square test, and t-test. …”
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The Effect of Progressive Muscle Relaxation with Self Instruction Training (SIT) Techniques in Video Media on The Sleep Quality of Hemodialysis Patients by Dhian Luluh Rohmawati, Endri Ekayamti, Sandy Wahyu Pratama, Asrina Pitayanti

“…Introduction: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global public health problem whose prevalence continues to increase every year. CKD is when the kidneys experience structural and functional disorders lasting over 3 months. …”
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Exercise training influence on cognitive capacity and mental health within chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – A pilot study by Cheng-Siao Hong, Yu-Chih Shen, En-Ting Chang, Hui-Chuan Hou, Yi-Jen Chen

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The Impact of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Interventions to Control Cholera: A Systematic Review. by Dawn L Taylor, Tanya M Kahawita, Sandy Cairncross, Jeroen H J Ensink

“…This paper presents a systematic literature review investigating the function, use and impact of WASH interventions implemented to control cholera.…”
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Vegetative growth drives the negative effects of an invasive species on resident community diversity and is not limited by plant–soil feedbacks: A temporal assessment by Emily M. Holden, Karina Salimbayeva, Charlotte Brown, Gisela C. Stotz, James F. Cahill Jr.

“…To do so, we combined data from a 6‐year field study documenting the rate and impacts of invasion with a short‐term greenhouse experiment quantifying PSF as a function of time since invasion in the field. …”
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Endophyte Initiation Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vullemin (Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae) in Reduction of Aphis glycine Matsumura (Hemiptera: Aphididae) Investation in Soybean (Gly... by Mufidah Afiyanti, Rina Rachmawati, Achmad Faisal Akbar, Rose Novita Sari Handoko, Bambang Tri Rahardjo

“…Its production has decreased each year. A major problems is a pest known as Aphis glycine Matsumura (Hemiptera: Aphididae) which caused the decline of yield up to 40%. …”
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Clinicopathological features and surgical treatments of intraductal papillary neoplasm of the bile duct: a case report and literature review by Chang Fu, Hengwei Jin, Yongxin Wang, Hongji Xu

“…The liver function tests and tumor markers were normal. Imaging findings revealed a 2.6 cm mass in the common hepatic duct, accompanied by dilatation of both intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile ducts. …”
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CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY WITH OR WITHOUT AN IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR IN DIFFERENT GROUPS OF HEART FAILURE PATIENTS by Perisic Zoran, Kostic Tomislav, Ilic Stevan, Koracevic Goran, Djindjic Boris, Milic Dragan, Vladimir Mitov, Salinger Martinovic Sonja, Stanojevic Dragana, Golubovic Mladjan

“…Patients with heart failure have poor prognosis and mortality rate is between 15–60% per year. Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy have been shown to improve survival, decrease hospital readmissions and mortality, and improve functional status and quality of life in patients with heart failure and left ventricular systolic dysfunction. …”
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A preliminary study on developing statistical distribution table of hearing threshold deviation for otologically normal Chinese adults by Linjie WU, Yang LI, Haiying LIU, Anke ZENG, Jinzhe LI, Wei QIU, Hua ZOU, Meng YE, Meibian ZHANG

“…Based on the pure tone audiometry data and power function operation formula, the relevant parameters of the median and percentile calculation formula of ISO 7029 were adjusted. …”
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Fatness, fitness and the aging brain: A cross sectional study of the associations between a physiological estimate of brain age and physical fitness, activity, sleep, and body comp... by David Wing, Lisa T. Eyler, Eric J. Lenze, Julie Loebach Wetherell, Jeanne F. Nichols, Romain Meeusen, Job G. Godino, Joshua S. Shimony, Abraham Z. Snyder, Tomoyuki Nishino, Ginger E. Nicol, Guy Nagels, Bart Roelands

“…Introduction: Changes in brain structure and function occur with aging. However, there is substantial heterogeneity both in terms of when these changes begin, and the rate at which they progress. …”
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Thyroid Eye Disease due to Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome as a Consequence of Antiretroviral Therapy in the Setting of AIDS by Ravali Nallu, Parvathy Madhavan, Lisa Chirch, Pooja Luthra

“…He was treated with methimazole and a short course of high-dose prednisone for GO. Thyroid function tests normalized, and eye symptoms eventually stabilized. …”
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The prognostic role of albumin-bilirubin grade in the mortality of extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma patients by Fatemeh Dayyan, Farhad Zamani, Hossein Ajdarkosh, Mahmoodreza khoonsari, Amirhossein Faraji, Mehdi Nikkhah, Akram Nourian, Fahimeh Safarnezhad Tameshkel, Elham Sobhrakhshankhah

“…The average survival time of patients was 13.9 ± 16.4 months, and the 1-year, 3-year, and 5-year survival rates of patients were 36.6%, 27.1%, and 15.8%, respectively. …”
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Associations between milk infrared-predicted plasma biomarkers of stress resilience and fertility in dairy cattle: Insights for enhancing breeding programs and herd management by Alessio Cecchinato, Hugo Toledo-Alvarado, Lucio Flavio Macedo Mota, Vittoria Bisutti, Erminio Trevisi, Riccardo Negrini, Sara Pegolo, Stefano Schiavon, Luigi Gallo, Giovanni Bittante, Diana Giannuzzi

“…The 2 databases were merged according to the milk test day (and thus, the MIR spectrum) closest to the date of insemination. …”
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A Rare Cause of Acute Hepatopancreatitis in a Nepalese Teen by Swastika Adhikari, Ashish Lal Shrestha, Sanjay Raj Thapa, Amrit Ghimire

“…Blood work-up revealed deranged liver function tests (LFTs) and elevated pancreatic enzymes. …”
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Fever of Unknown Origin as a Sole Presentation of Subacute Thyroiditis in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report with Literature Review by Rishi Raj, Srujana Yada, Aasems Jacob, Dileep Unnikrishnan, Wael Ghali

“…Physical examination and laboratory studies remained unremarkable; however a follow-up CT scan of chest, abdomen, and pelvis with contrast done to rule out malignancy as an underlying cause of FUO revealed heterogeneous thyroid gland with surrounding hazy changes suggestive of thyroiditis. Thyroid function tests confirmed the diagnosis of subacute thyroiditis. …”
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Manual lymphatic drainage and therapeutic ultrasound in liposuction and lipoabdominoplasty post-operative period by Igor F. B Masson, Bruna D. A de Oliveira, Aline Fernanda Perez Machado, Thiago Saikali Farcic, Ivaldo Esteves Júnior, Cristiano Schiavinato Baldan

“…Background: Physiotherapy in the plastic surgery post-operative (PO) is essential to provide means for an adequate and fast recovery as it restores function through the use of physiotherapeutic procedures. …”
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Acute and Short-Term Effects of Dry Needling in Patients with Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain and Hamstring Tightness: A Pilot Study by Mahnaz Bazzaz-Yamchi, Soofia Naghdi, Amin Nakhostin-Ansari, Monavar Hadizadeh, Noureddin Nakhostin Ansari, Ehsan Moghimi, Scott Hasson

“…The outcome measures were the visual analog scale (VAS), passive knee extension (PKE) test, finger-floor distance (FFD) test, and functional rating index (FRI). …”
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The effect of transcranial random noise stimulation on the movement time and components of noise, co-variation, and tolerance in a perceptual-motor task by Fatemeh Salehi, Mohammadreza Doustan, Esmaeel Saemi

“…The participants executed the specified motor task during three sequential phases, namely, the pre-test, intervention, and post-test phases. Statistical analyses showed that training with tRNS has a significant effect on noise cost, co-variation, and movement tolerance (p ≤ 0.05). …”
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Comparison of Spatiotemporal Gait Variables Between Healthy Individuals and Patients with Heel Spur During Walking by Mohamad amin Shahbazi, Ali Jalalvand

“…Spatiotemporal gait parameters were recorded using Vicon high-speed cameras at a sampling frequency of 100 Hz during walking trials. Data were tested for normality using the Shapiro-Wilk test, and statistical differences between groups were analyzed using the independent t-test in SPSS software, with a significance level set at p ≤ 0.05. …”
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