High hamstring stiffness and flexibility with comparable spinopelvic morphometry in amateur footballers: a multimodal study by Numan Mercan, Nurzat Elmali, Serdal Çitil, Kerem Bilsel, İbrahim Tuncay

“…Abstract Background Football’s repetitive lower-extremity biomechanics may drive functional adaptations in the hamstrings and spinopelvic alignment. …”
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Hybrid design of optimal shunt capacitor allocation and reconfiguration of radial distribution systems considering techno-economic benefits by Ifeoluwa Olajide Fajinmi, Gafari Abiola Adepoju, Sunday Adeleke Salimon, Kareem M. AboRas, Oluwaseyi Wasiu Adebiyi, Olubunmi Onatoyinbo, Mohammad Khishe, Pradeep Jangir, Wulfran Fendzi Mbasso

“…Technical benefits include real power loss, Average Voltage Stability Index (AVSI), and Voltage Profile Index (VPI), while economic benefits involve evaluating cost reductions due to decreased power purchased and losses, as well as the SC and switching costs spanning a 20-year planning period. Tests were conducted on IEEE 33- and 69-bus RDNs using the suggested methodology under various scenarios, including reconfiguration, SC integration, and synchronous reconfiguration with SC allocation, and the model was simulated using MATLAB software. …”
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Transformer-based structural connectivity networks for ADHD-related connectivity alterations by Liting Shi, Lei Shi, Zhijun Cui, Chengting Lin, Rui Zhang, Jiayi Zhang, Yechen Zhu, Wei Shi, Jianlin Wang, Yanlong Wang, Dongxing Wang, Haihong Liu, Xin Gao

“…The structural networks also reveal significant differences in connectivity patterns (paired t-test: P = 0.81 × 10−6), particularly involving regions responsible for motor and executive function. …”
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ISPANet: A Pyramid Self-Attention Network for Single-Frame High-Resolution Infrared Small Target Detection With a Large-Scale Dataset SHR-IRST by Wenjing Wang, Chengwang Xiao, Haofeng Dou, Ruixiang Liang, Huaibin Yuan, Guanghui Zhao, Zhiwei Chen, Yuhang Huang

“…In recent years, the imaging resolution of infrared detection equipment has gradually increased, and higher resolution infrared detection equipment has been used in various fields. …”
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O jogo como sistema de avaliação no idoso institucionalizado – um estudo piloto (El juego como sistema de evaluación en ancianos institucionalizados - estudio piloto) (Game perfo... by Marlene Rosa, Raquel Marinho, Sara Gordo, Ricardo Pocinho

“…Methods: A convenience sample of 10 institutionalized participants (aged 81-92 years old) and cognitively preserved (according to Six Item Cognitive Impairment Test - 6CIT result) was recruited. …”
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CHANGES IN REGIONAL PRECIPITATION DISTRIBUTION IN RESPONSE TO GLOBAL WARMING by A. A. Tashilova

“…Linear trends characterizing the trend of the value under consideration for the entire observation period from 1961 to 2018 were constructed using the built-in Excel LINEST worksheet function, which returns the values of the slope coefficients, the errors in their calculation, the coefficient of determination of the model R2 (D, %), F- Fisher's test to determine the significance of the coefficient of determination R2. …”
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Genetic variants associated with sepsis-associated acute kidney injury. by Nicholas J Douville, Lisa Bastarache, Emily Bertucci-Richter, Snehal Patil, Elizabeth S Jewell, Robert E Freundlich, Miklos D Kertai, Milo C Engoren

“…Variants in the suppressor of fused homolog (SUFU) gene, previously shown to be correlated with renal function in bacteremic patients, consistently exceeded the P<0.05 threshold in our models.…”
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A prospective, multicentre study evaluating safety and efficacy of a fixed dose combination of Remogliflozin etabonate, Vildagliptin, and Metformin in Indian patients with type 2 d... by Prabhat K Agarwal, Divendu Bhushan, Amit Bhate, Sunil Naik, Shailesh Adwani, J S Kushwaha, Sumit Bhushan, Abhishek Mane, Rujuta Gadkari, Sanjay Choudhari, Saiprasad Patil, Hanmant Barkate

“…Statistical analysis was conducted using paired t-tests and the Wilcoxon signed-rank test for within-group comparisons, and the Bonferroni correction was applied to adjust for multiple comparisons. …”
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Validation of the German Life-Space Assessment (LSA-D): cross-sectional validation study in urban and rural community-dwelling older adults by Paul Gellert, Sandra Angelika Mümken, Malte Stollwerck, Julie Lorraine O'Sullivan, Joern Kiselev

“…Objectives To develop a German version of the original University of Alabama at Birmingham Study of Aging Life-Space Assessment (LSA-D) for measurement of community mobility in older adults within the past 4 weeks and to evaluate its construct validity for urban and rural populations of older adults.Design Cross-sectional validation study.Setting Two study centres in urban and rural German outpatient hospital settings.Participants In total, N=83 community-dwelling older adults were recruited (n=40 from urban and n=43 from rural areas; mean age was 78.5 years (SD=5.4); 49.4% men).Primary and secondary outcome measures The final version of the translated LSA-D was related to limitations in activities and instrumental activities of daily living (ADL/iADL) as primary outcome measure (primary hypothesis); and with sociodemographic factors, functional mobility, self-rated health, balance confidence and history of falls as secondary outcome measures to obtain construct validity. …”
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Prosthetic valve thrombosis in a patient secondary to COVID-19: a case report by L. V. Rasputina, D. V. Didenko

“…The patient was followed-up after aortic valve replacement for 2 years. During the visits, a general clinical examination, laboratory examinations – clinical blood test, blood glucose, urea, creatinine, bilirubin, INR, NT-proBNP, echocardiography were performed. …”
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Vitamin E and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Adults: Results from the Health Survey of São Paulo with Focus on Nutrition (ISA-Nutrition) by Marcela Larissa Costa, Cristiane Hermes Sales, Paula Victoria Felix, Jaqueline Lopes Pereira, Marcelo Macedo Rogero, Flavia Mori Sarti, Regina Mara Fisberg

“…Methods: Data from 198 individuals aged 18 to 59 years were obtained from the 2015 Health Survey of São Paulo, a population-based cross-sectional study. …”
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Ectopic thyroid gland in parotid region: a case report and literature review by ZHANG Lei, CHEN Xibo, HENG Wei, WANG Xuefeng, WANG Yangyang, LIU Rui

“…The male patient was 20 years old. The chief complaint was the discovery of a painless mass gradually increasing under the left earlobe for one month. …”
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Correlation between serum inflammatory factors and psychosomatic syndrome in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an observational study by Wenjing Zhang, Yujuan Cui, Ling Sun, Chunlin Tu, Yanfang Yu

“…After obtaining consent, we collected demographic data, blood routine results, albumin, prealbumin, lung function metrics, mMRC, CAT scores, and other parameters. …”
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The Evaluation of Serum KIM-1 in a Pediatric Cohort of Renal Transplantation—A Pilot Study by Paul Luchian Aldea, Roxana Andreea Turbuleasa-Jurje, Bogdan Bulata, Dan Delean, Florin Ioan Elec, Lorena Ciumarnean, Andreea Liana Bot (Rachisan)

“…Patients and Methods: We included 21 patients who had their first kidney transplantation (8 females, 13 males), with a follow-up period from transplantation of 3.14 years, without prior immunization, having complete HLA typing and a negative cross-match test before transplantation. …”
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In vitro machine learning-based CAR T immunological synapse quality measurements correlate with patient clinical outcomes. by Alireza Naghizadeh, Wei-Chung Tsao, Jong Hyun Cho, Hongye Xu, Mohab Mohamed, Dali Li, Wei Xiong, Dimitri Metaxas, Carlos A Ramos, Dongfang Liu

“…The optimal function of cytotoxic lymphocytes (including CTL and NK) depends on IS quality. …”
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Hubungan Tingkat Pengetahuan Ibu dengan Pemberian Imunisasi Dasar Lengkap pada Bayi di Kelurahan Parupuk Tabing Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Lubuk Buaya Kota Padang Tahun 2013 by Atika Putri Dewi, Eryati Darwin, Edison .

“…The population of this study is all of mothers with babies aged 1-2 years in the Village of Parupuk Tabing. The number of samples taken 63 Random Sampling. …”
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Can electronic monitoring with a digital smart spacer support personalised medication adherence and inhaler technique education in patients with asthma?: Protocol of the randomised... by Job F. M. van Boven, Boudewijn H.J. Dierick, Maria Achterbosch, Sandra Been-Buck, Titia Klemmeier, Susanne J. van de Hei, Paul Hagedoorn, Huib A.M. Kerstjens, Janwillem W.H. Kocks

“…At t=−1, patients with asthma ≥18 years using inhaled corticosteroids±long-acting beta-agonists±short-acting beta-agonists administered with a pressurised-metered-dose-inhaler and spacer (n=40) will use a smart spacer for 1 month. …”
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Feasibility of teleyoga for people with post COVID-19 condition– a mixed method design by Marie Lundberg, Leonie Klompstra, Lotti Orwelius, Mirjam Schimanke, Cecilia Olsson, Anna Strömberg

“…After 7 weeks of teleyoga there was a significant improvement in cognitive function (p-value = 0.048). No differences were found in the physical tests, health-related quality-of-life, anxiety and depression, sleep or in exercise motivation. …”
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A teenage girl with giant multilocular mucinous ovarian cystadenoma complicated by right-sided hydronephrosis: a case report by M. V. Kalaytanov, A. S. Vavilov, M. V. Maminova, S. P. Yatsyk, I. V. Poddubny, V. V. Sytkov, A. L. Tikhomirov, V. V. Kazenashev

“…Physical examination revealed a local abdominal pain in the umbilical region as well as increased abdominal volume. General blood test found signs of mild iron deficiency. Blood screening tests for serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) and cancer antigen-125 (CA-125) levels allowed to exclude oncological pathology.Results. …”
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Feasibility, usability and acceptability of a lifestyle-integrated multicomponent exercise delivered via a mobile health platform in community-dwelling pre-frail older adults: a sh... by Na Li, Chuxin Liu, Nan Wang, Siyang Lin, Yin Yuan, Feng Huang, Pengli Zhu

“…Study endpoints were feasibility (retention rate, compliance rate, adverse events), usability (system usability scale), acceptability (qualitative interviews), changes in physical function (timed up and go (TUG), handgrip strength (HGS), and 30-second chair rise tests), PA and SB. …”
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