Effect of Muscle Energy Technology on Motor Dysfunction in Patients with Active Ankylosing Spondylitis by Hui OUYANG, Longbin SHEN, Xuechang HE, Zhenping LIN

“…Objective:To observe the effect of muscle energy technology (MET) on the pain, range of motion, muscle strength and inflammatory indicators in patients with active ankylosing spondylitis (AS), and to seek an effective physical therapy to improve dysfunction in AS patients.Methods:Twenty-four patients with active AS confirmed by the rheumatologists were randomized into experimental group (<italic>n</italic>=10) and control group (<italic>n</italic>=14). …”
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Report from the International Workshop on the Role of Public Administration in Public Policies’ Design & 15th Anniversary of the Central European Public Administration Review by Polonca Kovač, Tina Jukić

“…The workshop consisted of four parts: three sessions and one round table. In the first session, discussion was about evaluating public administration and public governance. …”
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Harnessing multivariate insights coupled with susceptibility indices to reveal morpho-physiological and biochemical traits in heat tolerance of cotton by Tahira Luqman, Manzoor Hussain, Muhammad Kashif Riaz Khan

“…Based on clustering, the genotypes were classified into four groups. Stress susceptibility indices indicated that NIAB-545 and FH-142 are promising genotypes for developing heat tolerance breeding strategies in cotton.…”
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Resilience in virtual education: Designing and validating a scale in higher education by Ghanizadeh Afsaneh, Yazdi Maryam Majidi

“…It consists of 27 items with four factors; the factors include sustainability, regularity adaptation, positive personal eligibility, and positive acceptance of academic life. …”
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Efficacy of Percutaneous Image-Guided Rupture of Lumbar Facet Cysts: A Retrospective Study by Yohei Ishihara, Masutaro Morishita, Koji Kanzaki

“…No successful rupture cases required subsequent surgical treatments, although four cases of LFC recurrence required additional percutaneous rupture treatment. …”
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Learning Slope and Position Effects in Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test: Diagnostic Value in Schizophrenia by M. Alfimova, V.V. Plakunova, V.E. Golimbet

“…Covariate analysis adjusted for sex and age showed a decrease in all four studied learning slope measures (all p&lt;0.001) and an increase in the recency effect (F=35.26; p&lt;0.001; &eta;&sup2;p=0.06) in schizophrenia patients compared to both control groups. …”
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A Current Overview of Next-Generation Probiotics and Their Prospects in Health and Disease Management by Ke-Yan Loo, Joanne Yuen Heng Thong, Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Vengadesh Letchumanan, Kok-Gan Chan, Learn-Han Lee, Jodi Woan-Fei Law

“…The literature search was conducted systematically across four databases with the keywords “next generation probiotics” and “gut health” or treatment” or “therapy”. …”
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Impact of cluster farming on smallholder farmers teff commercialization in Ethiopia by Birara Endalew, Asres Elias, Kumi Yasunobu

“…In light of this, the government of Ethiopia plans to promote cluster farming throughout the country based on the best practices of the four cluster farming priority regions and 10 high-value commodities. …”
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Compensation of Dynamic Phase Error in the Formation of Orthogonal Components of Input Signals in Microprocessor Protections by F. A. Romaniuk, Yu. V. Rumiantsev, V. Yu. Rumiantsev, I. V. Novash

“…The developed compensation method reduces the dynamic phase error of digital Fourier filters by three to four times.…”
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Variable power functional dilution adjustment of spot urine by Thomas Clemens Carmine

“…The generalizability of V-PFCRC was evaluated using large spot-urinary datasets for four additional metals and an extensive dataset of urinary iodine levels (n > 58,000) and blood iodine. …”
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Chromatin remodeling in oligodendrogenesis by E. V. Antontseva, N. P. Bondar

“…According to the domain arrangement of the ATP-hydrolyzing subunit, most of the identified ATP-dependent chromatin-remodeling complexes are classified into four subfamilies: SWI/SNF, CHD, INO80/SWR, and ISWI. …”
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Remote sensing assessment of dam impact on arid basins in Southern Saudi Arabia: A machine learning and space-for-time approach by Raid Almalki, Mehdi Khaki, Patricia M. Saco, Jose F. Rodriguez

“…Study region: This study focuses on four basins in southern Saudi Arabia: Hali, Baish, Yiba, and Reem. …”
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Long-term trends in the socio-economic development of Arab countries by V. A. Meliantsev

“…Abstract: The article analyzes a number of the most important trends, proportions and factors of the economic and social development of the Arab countries over the past four decades, associated with the modern stage of globalization, against the background of other countries and a deeper retrospective view. …”
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A comparative study between classically inverted and temporally inverted internal limiting membrane flap technique in the treatment of macular hole by Hassan M. Hegazy, Ashraf M. Gad, Ibrahim F.M. Ibrahim

“…The study’s objective was to compare the visual and anatomical results of using a temporal inverted internal limiting membrane (ILM) flap and a classical inverted ILM flap in the surgical closure of stage IV idiopathic macular holes. Patients and methods A prospective, randomized, interventional, comparative study was conducted at Al-Azhar University hospitals on 40 eyes of 40 patients with macular holes randomized to two groups: group I (20 patients) undergone pars plana vitrectomy with classic inverted ILM flap and group II (20 patients) undergone pars plana vitrectomy with the temporal inverted ILM flap technique. …”
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Metadata functional requirements for genomic data practice and curation by Hong Huang, Jian Qin

“…The study further investigated the metadata elements from four well-known genomic metadata schemes against the functional requirements for genome metadata. …”
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Tracing fineware production in the Neo-Assyrian empire: Neutron activation analysis of common and Palace Ware in the upper Tigris River Valley, Turkey. by Britt E Hartenberger, James A Davenport, Timothy Matney

“…Chemical composition of the samples fell into four main groups, and both Palace and common ware were found to have similar compositions. …”
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Effect of nanoemulsion carbonated hydroxyapatite-statin administration on Acp 5 and Runx-2 expression during orthodontic relapse in rats by Ananto Ali Alhasyimi, Niswati Fathmah Rosyida, Ika Dewi Ana

“…Materials &amp; methods: Forty-eight rats (n = 48) were assigned to four groups: control, CHA, statin, and CHA-statin, with 12 rats in each group. …”
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The fluctuation characteristics of typical lakes in arid areas by Shaotian Li, Xinguo Li, Changjiang Liu

“…Study focus: The study aims to investigate and contrast the spatio-temporal variation characteristics of three lake types in Xinjiang and to evaluate the accuracy of four water body indices: NDWI, MNDWI, AWEI, and MAWEI. …”
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Caveolin Gene, a Possible Risk Factor for Metabolic Syndrome in Humans: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Mohadeseh Arefian, Sadegh Mazaheri-Tehrani, Maryam Yazdi, Roya Kelishadi

“…Results: At the first step, 10313 papers were found, and at the final step, nine studies were included in the systematic review, and four studies entered the quantitative analysis. The result showed that metabolic syndrome is significantly associated with minor alleles in the following genes: CAV-1 rs1997623 (OR = 1.44 (95% CI: 1.2, 1.86)), CAV-1 rs11773845, 22375–22375 del AC, and CAV-1 rs3807992. …”
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A Data-Driven Approach to Engineering Instruction: Exploring Learning Styles, Study Habits, and Machine Learning by Lauren Genith Isaza Dominguez, Antonio Robles-Gomez, Rafael Pastor-Vargas

“…They completed the Learning Styles Index questionnaire on the first day of class, and each week, teaching methods and class activities were aligned with one of the four learning dimensions of the Felder-Silverman Learning Styles Model. …”
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