Analysis of Spiders’ Joint Kinematics and Driving Modes under Different Ground Conditions by Xin Hao, Wenxing Ma, Chunbao Liu, Yilei Li, Zhihui Qian, Luquan Ren, Lei Ren

“…The duty factor was greater than 60% in all three pavement environments, which was minimal when walking on the sloped soft pavement. …”
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Long-Term Dynamic Monitoring of Post-Tensioning External Tendons: Temperature Effect Evaluation by Luis Chillitupa-Palomino, Carlos M. C. Renedo, Jaime H. García-Palacios, Iván M. Díaz

“…Finally, the selected frequency estimates, which show variations from 1 to 2% for all analyzed frequencies, are used for the long-term assessment of the tension force.…”
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Experimental Investigation on Permeability and Mechanical Deformation of Coal Containing Gas under Load by Runsheng Lv, Bing Li, Zhimin Song, Gaofeng Liu

“…At a constant confining pressure, the strains in different directions almost all increased with increasing axial stress and decreased with increasing pore methane pressure during the prefracture stage. …”
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Analysis of Daily Visual Habits in a Presbyopic Population by Filomena Ribeiro, Tiago B. Ferreira, Diana Silva, Ana Cláudia Matos, Sylvia Gaspar, David P. Piñero

“…A complete ophthalmological examination was performed in all patients including visual, refractive, an ocular biometric analysis. …”
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Challenges in Diagnosis and Management of SLE in Africa: An Online Survey by Farhanah Paruk, Dzifa Dey, Anisa Mosam, Oluwaytoyin Amira Christina, Mohammed Tikly

“…Glucocorticoids and antimalarials were readily available across all regions, with variable availability of immunosuppressants from 93.7% for methotrexate to 65% for calcineurin inhibitors and only 58.4% for the biologic rituximab. …”
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Counterfactual thinking in psychiatric and neurological diseases: A scoping review. by Sofia Tagini, Federica Solca, Silvia Torre, Agostino Brugnera, Andrea Ciammola, Ketti Mazzocco, Roberta Ferrucci, Vincenzo Silani, Gabriella Pravettoni, Barbara Poletti

“…Furthermore, it would be recommendable to extend this investigation to all the clinical conditions possibly at risk of fronto-executive dysfunction. …”
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Evaluating cognitive bias in clinical ethics supports: a scoping review by Louise Giaume, Antoine Lamblin, Nathalie Pinol, Frédérique Gignoux-Froment, Marion Trousselard

“…Methods We searched five electronic databases (Pubmed, PsychINFO, the Web of Science, CINAHL, and Medline) to identify articles describing cognitive bias in the context of committees that deliberate on ethical issues concerning patients, at all levels of care. We charted the data from the retrieved articles including the authors and year of publication, title, CES reference, the reported cognitive bias, paper type, and approach. …”
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Investigation of nutritional content and aflatoxin B1 in landraces and varieties of Ethiopian groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) by Syraji Yonas, K. Gobikanila, P. R. Jeyaramraja

“…The groundnut varieties from Haramaya exhibited significantly higher mean ISW. All five varieties from Haramaya showed zero percent kernel colonization by A. flavus, indicating certain level of resistance. …”
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Wearable non-invasive neuroprosthesis for targeted sensory restoration in neuropathy by Noemi Gozzi, Lauren Chee, Ingrid Odermatt, Sanne Kikkert, Greta Preatoni, Giacomo Valle, Nikolai Pfender, Felix Beuschlein, Nicole Wenderoth, Carl Zipser, Stanisa Raspopovic

“…Our system partially restored lost sensations in all participants through a purposely calibrated neurostimulation, despite PN nerves being less sensitive than healthy nerves (N = 22). …”
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Snail coprophagy: the encounter filter, food preferences, and rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) prevalence by Rollins Randi L., Griffin Chasen D., Cowie Robert H.

“…Additionally, P. martensi showed a significantly higher preference (RIR) than all other species. The correlation between feces preference and A. cantonensis prevalence among species was weakly positive. …”
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One Health, One Hive: A scoping review of honey bees, climate change, pollutants, and antimicrobial resistance. by Etienne J de Jongh, Sherilee L Harper, Shelby S Yamamoto, Carlee J Wright, Craig W Wilkinson, Soumyaditya Ghosh, Simon J G Otto

“…A total of 22 articles met the inclusion criteria, with half of all articles being published in the last five years (n = 11/22). …”
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Ethnicity and health-related quality of life in the post stroke population: a systematic review by Ying Xing Lee, Cornelie D. Andela, Korné Jellema, Johannes W. Schoones, Thea P. M. Vliet Vlieland, Henk J. Arwert

“…Results: Eleven studies were included, comprising 12,430 patients. All but 1 study found ethnic disparities in post-stroke health-related quality of life. …”
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Nitric Oxide Concentration and Other Salivary Changes after Insertion of New Complete Dentures in Edentulous Subjects by Maria de Lourdes Breseghelo, Lídia Andreu Guillo, Túlio Eduardo Nogueira, Cláudio Rodrigues Leles

“…Clinical parameters were assessed during all clinical visits. Results. Functional adaptation to the dentures progressively improved, with no complaints at the long-term follow-up. …”
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Distinguishing glioblastoma from brain metastasis; a systematic review and meta-analysis on the performance of machine learning by Mohammad Amin Habibi, Reza Omid, Shafaq Asgarzade, Sadaf Derakhshandeh, Ali Soltani Farsani, Zohreh Tajabadi

“…The meta-analysis model results revealed a pooled sensitivity and specificity estimate of 0.83 [0.80–0.86] and 0.87 [0.83–0.90], respectively, indicating a commendable overall diagnostic accuracy across all the studies. ResNet50 and ResNet50-LSTM have shown promising results with single-study sensitivities of up to 88.9% and 88.2%, respectively. …”
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Cystic Kidney Diseases in Sudanese Children: Pattern, Clinical Presentation, and Outcome by Maali Alwathig Alameen, Ebtihal Eltyeb, Rashid Ellidir

“…Results: A total of 105 cases of CKD were identified out of 3050 medical records reviewed in this study, resulting in a prevalence of 3.4% among all pediatric admissions to the renal unit. Male represents 57.1%, and the mean age at presentation was 36.5 ± 4.5 months. …”
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Factors associated with unplanned readmissions for patients with mental and behavioural disorders in China: a quantitative analysis by Sha Lai, Zechen Wang, Chi Shen, Junfei Feng, Yawei Huang, Xiaolong Zhang, Li Lu, Zhongliang Zhou

“…Additionally, individual-level factors, including demographic information (e.g. gender, age, marital status, and occupational status), disease-related factors (e.g. primary diagnostic group, condition at admission, and other diagnoses), and clinical characteristics (e.g. length of stay and medical costs), were associated with unplanned readmissions across all subgroups. Conclusion The study emphasises collaborative efforts from health systems, hospitals, and patients to reduce unplanned readmissions for MDBs. …”
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Lung Cancer Mortality Attributed to Air Pollution in Türkiye in 2019 by Didem Han Yekdeş, Ali Cem Yekdeş, Ülfiye Çelikkalp, Pelin Sarı Serin, Miraç Çağlayan, Galip Ekuklu

“…Except two Nomenclature d’Unités Territoriales Statistiques (NUTS) regions (TR1, TR7) all other regions have statistically significant one joinpoint. …”
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The short-term and long-term results of three-stage surgical treatment of ulcerative colitis with formation of ileal J-pouch by P. V. Tsarkov, A. Yu. Kravchenko, I. A. Tulina, Yury Ye. Kitsenko

“…The average duration of conservative treatment was 32,8±42,5 months. All patients at the first stage underwent operations related to the emergency state, at the second stage - reconstructive surgery with formation of the ileal J-pouch followed by closure of ileostoma. …”
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Spatio-temporal changes of glaciers, geomorphology, and meteorological influences on debris flow in the alpine environment: insights from a case study in the Hopar Nagar Valley, No... by Abrar Hussain, Jingfeng Liu, Muzaffar Ali, Wajid Hassan, Chengyuan Wang

“…Our analysis revealed a significant snow glacier recession from 1993–2023. All glaciers have experienced slightly negative mass balance of −0.03 ± 0.1 m w.e. a−1 from 2000–2020. …”
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Use of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists Does Not Increase the Risk of Cancer in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Mijin Kim, Seung Chan Kim, Jinmi Kim, Bo Hyun Kim

“…The primary outcome was newly diagnosed cancer, and the median follow-up duration for all participants was 8 years. Results After propensity score matching, 7,827 participants were analyzed; 2,609 individuals each were included in the GLP-1 RA, diabetes mellitus (DM) control, and non-DM control groups. …”
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