Changing Clinical Presentation, Current Knowledge-Attitude-Practice, and Current Vision Related Quality of Life in Self-Reported Type 2 Diabetes Patients with Retinopathy in Easter... by Taraprasad Das, Batriti Wallang, Preeti Semwal, Soumyava Basu, Tapas R. Padhi, Mohd Hasnat Ali

“…The KAP-25 questions were designed after literature review. The National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI-VFQ; including optional items) was validated by Rasch analysis. …”
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Effects of modified reverse sural neurocutaneous flap repair on wound healing in patients with soft tissue defects of the foot and ankle by Shun Hong Luo, Yong Ping Li, Man Hua Liu, Yu Xie, Jian Li, Hao Yu, Chun Hua He

“…Island fasciocutaneous flaps were designed along the sural nerve and lesser saphenous vein, elevated subfascially, rotated 180 degrees, and inset without tension. …”
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The leishmaniases in Kenya: A scoping review. by Grace Grifferty, Hugh Shirley, Katherine O'Brien, Jason L Hirsch, Adrienne M Orriols, Kiira Lani Amechi, Joshua Lo, Neeharika Chanda, Sarra El Hamzaoui, Jorja Kahn, Samantha V Yap, Kyleigh E Watson, Christina Curran, Amina Atef AbdelAlim, Neeloy Bose, Alissa Link Cilfone, Richard Wamai

“…This knowledge is instrumental in identifying existing research gaps and designing appropriate interventions for diagnosis, treatment, and elimination.…”
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Biomarkers of racism-based stress injury: A feasibility and correlation study by Rachel Wangari Kimani, Jonathan N. Tobin, Steven W. Cole, Ann Campbell, Erich D. Jarvis

“…Objective: This study aims to evaluate the feasibility of recruiting African American volunteers for a pilot study of race-based stress, the acceptability of a mindfulness intervention designed to reduce racism-induced stress, and to evaluate preliminary associations between race-based stress and clinical, psychosocial, and biological measures. …”
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Using Targeted Virotherapy to Treat a Resistant Ewing Sarcoma Model: From the Bedside to the Bench and Back by Hesham Abdelbary, Christopher W. Brown, Joel Werier, John Bell

“…This study has been designed to implement a translational link between the bedside and the bench, where a specific challenging clinical scenario guided this basic science research. …”
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MEDIATIZATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CONCEPT IN THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE MEDIA DISCOURSE: CORPUS-BASED APPROACH by Elena Yu. Ilyinova, Larisa A. Kochetova

“…Corpus-assisted discourse analysis comprises aims to extract the quantitative parameters of texts and establish their correlations with content parameters; define the themes of narratives about AI, which determine its discursive interpretation, and describe their distribution across the Russian-language news digital corpus; define discursive strategies used for designing the image of AI. The quantitative characteristics of the texts construing AI imagery in the corpus under study point to the prevalence of small and moderate size texts, which is explained by the pragmatics of informing a broad lay audience on advancement and development of AI without initiating any public discussions. …”
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Research on water and fertilizer irrigation system of tea plantation by Xuetao Jia, Ying Huang, Yanhua Wang, Daozong Sun

“…Wireless sensor network node and gateway node are designed and deployed in the tea plantation for collecting soil moisture in real time. …”
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Characterizing the most demanding passages of kinematic and mechanical activity in elite football: a multifactorial approach by Farzad Yousefian, Abdullah Zafar, Dan Fransson, Magni Mohr, João Brito, Bruno Travassos

“…Practitioners should consider the methods of identifying the MDP, as the selection of univariate and multifactorial kinematic and mechanical performance variables can impact MDP characterization, which can qualify the designing of bespoke training protocols.…”
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Transcatheter ventilation with a modified Rapid-O2 oxygen insufflation device by Jaewon Jang, Hye Jin Kim, Hyun Joo Kim, Wyun Kon Park

“…Background The Rapid-O2 oxygen insufflation device® (Rapid-O2) was designed primarily for rescue oxygenation in cannot intubate, cannot oxygenate (CICO) events; thus, hypercapnia is inevitable. …”
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Multiplex real-time PCR for detection of <i>qac A/B</i> and <i>smr</i> genes in Gram-positive bacteria by Svetlana N. Kovalchuk, Anna L. Arkhipova, Svetlana Yu. Kovylkova, Elena N. Ilina, Lyudmila S. Fedorova

“…Conserved regions of qacA, qacB and smr genes were searched, and primers and probes were designed using BLASTN, GeneRunner, and Multiple Primer Analyzer programs. …”
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Transcreating BMT4me: A protocol for adapting an mobile health medication adherence app for Spanish-speaking caregivers in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant by Ashley Benhayoun, Mark Wang, Melissa Beauchemin, Emre Sezgin, Micah A. Skeens

“…This study aims to transcreate the BMT4me adherence app originally designed for English-speaking caregivers for Spanish-speaking caregivers and evaluate the feasibility and usability. …”
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The evolving roles of geophysics in environmental assessment, monitoring, and management of landfill leachate contaminant plumes: An overview by Joseph Omeiza Alao

“…Future research should focus on developing advanced data interpretation techniques, integrating geophysical data with other environmental monitoring data, and exploring the use of artificial intelligence for automated analysis and prediction of LLP behaviour, which ultimately aiding the environmental decision-makers in addressing ecological challenges and designing/managing landfill sites.…”
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Effects of Seaweed Polysaccharide on the Growth and Physiological Health of Largemouth Bass, <i>Micropterus salmoides</i> by Dongyu Huang, Jiaze Gu, Hualiang Liang, Mingchun Ren, Chunyu Xue

“…A seven-week trial was designed to evaluate the effects of dietary seaweed polysaccharide (SP) supplementation on the growth performance and physiological health of largemouth bass. …”
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Fine-tuning GBS data with comparison of reference and mock genome approaches for advancing genomic selection in less studied farmed species by Daniel Fischer, Miika Tapio, Oliver Bitz, Terhi Iso-Touru, Antti Kause, Ilma Tapio

“…Results DdRAD data generation was designed for a reliable estimation of relatedness and is scalable to up to 384 samples. …”
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Delayed-release prednisone improves fatigue and health-related quality of life: findings from the CAPRA-2 double-blind randomised study in rheumatoid arthritis by Frank Buttgereit, Rieke Alten, Amy Grahn, Robert J Holt, Patricia Rice

“…Delayed-release (DR) prednisone is designed for evening administration (approximately 22:00) and releases 4 h later to coincide with the rise of nocturnal inflammatory cytokines associated with development of morning stiffness. …”
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Short-Circuit Performance Analysis of Commercial 1.7 kV SiC MOSFETs Under Varying Electrical Stress by Shahid Makhdoom, Na Ren, Ce Wang, Yiding Wu, Hongyi Xu, Jiakun Wang, Kuang Sheng

“…These findings underscore the critical importance of robust gate drive designs and effective thermal management. By surpassing the shortcomings of lower voltage classes, 1.7 kV SiC MOSFETs can be a more reliable, and efficient choice for operating at higher voltages in next-generation power systems.…”
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The role of climate change in the movement of climatic seasons in Iran by mahnaz Aziz Ebrahim, Mohammad Saligheh, Mohammad hossein Nassrzadeh, Bohlol Alijani

“…Daily temperature data for each clustering time series were determined, then by considering 7-day sequences, the beginning and end of the seasons. The designated times were tested using the Rayman model. …”
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Intellectual code analysis in automation grading by Denys Seliutin, Elena Yashyna

“…The suggested instruments can be incorporated into the Intelligent Tutoring System designed for IT majors.…”
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Two chromatographic methods for analyzing paracetamol in spiked human plasma with its toxic metabolite, N-acetyl parabenzoquinone imine and its antidote, N-acetyl-l-cysteine by Omar M El-Abassy, Michael Gamal Fawzy, Ebraam B. Kamel

“…Additionally, the achievement of the eco-friendliness profile of the designed procedures was assessed. Both techniques passed the ICH validation tests.…”
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Performance of the Illumina GGP Bovine 100K SNP array for buffalo populations genotyping in Colombia by William Burgos-Paz, Yolanda Gómez-Vargas, Edison J. Ramírez-Toro

“…Therefore, we conducted an evaluation of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) arrays originally designed for cattle to determine their potential applicability in genetic evaluation of Colombian buffalo populations. …”
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