Contemporary Management of Patients With Chagas Cardiomyopathy in Bolivia by Evan Czulada, BS, Sascha Bercovitch, BA, Yazan Alshawkani, MD, Natalia Noya Weise, MD, Adriana E. Hernani Rodrigo, BS, Ronald Gustavo Durán Saucedo, MD, Marcelo Buhezo Chamón, MD, Robert H. Gilman, MD, David T. Martin, MD

“…While pacemaker therapy was generally available to cardiologists (66%), patients received devices only through private insurance or philanthropy, with few physicians (28%) offering implantable cardioverter-defibrillators regularly. …”
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The role of music performance anxiety in musical training: four personal histories by Oscar Casanova, María Elena Riaño, Francisco Javier Zarza-Alzugaray, Santos Orejudo

“…However, to mitigate MPA, our informants generally recommend more rational strategies: a realistic focus on objectives coupled with reinforcement of self-esteem. …”
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Analysis the Spatial Dynamics of Aloe Vera Medicinal Plants in Climate Change condition. Case: Hormozgan Province by Shahrbanoo Ghanbari Adivi, Morteza Khodagholi, Amir Gandomkar

“…The results of the implementation of the Fuzzy Gama integration function in Hormozgan province showed that in the base period, 0.35 of the area of ​​the province has good and excellent culture for this plant. These areas are generally consistent with the lowlands of the southern sections of the southern province and are consistent with the soils with tissue and depth and drainage, namely, the arid soils of Sevil and anti-Seville, while in the northern parts of the province, the supply factor, supply The need for an aloe vera plant, tolerance in the year and nightly, the product performance is very weak and the development of aloe vera farms in these areas is not recommended. …”
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Sex-based disparities in the association between uric acid levels and anxiety: a cross-sectional analysis of nationwide data in Korea by Soohyun Park, Joo O. Kim, Gyu Nam Park, Jae Won Oh, San Lee

“…Presence of anxiety symptoms was defined as a Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale (GAD-7) score of ≥ 10. …”
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Chemical Fingerprint Analysis for Discovering Markers and Identifying Saussurea involucrata by HPLC Coupled with OPLS-DA by Qingdong Ma, Xiaoxiang Chen, Ke Zhang, Dahong Yao, Lu Yang, Hangyu Wang, Santai Bulemasi, Jian Huang, Jinhui Wang

“…., their dependence on personal experience and expertise, and it is a huge challenge to identify closely related species that share similar or identical morphological characteristics and chemical profiles. A novel and generally accepted identification strategy is urgently needed as a complement to regulations for protecting the public health interests. …”
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Effect of custom-designed transfection buffer on delivery of genome modification components into primary cells of buffalo, cattle, goats, and sheep by Shreya Malhotra, Priyanka Singh, Aseem Tara, Bosco Jose, Devika Gautam, Ram Prasad, Gaurav Tripathi, Sacchinandan De, Naresh L. Selokar

“…Electroporation efficiency depends on various physical parameters, of which cell type is considered a major factor for transfection efficiency. Primary cells are generally less susceptible to transfection than other cell types due to their finite lifespan and limited expansion capacity. …”
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Effectiveness of an HIV peer support precision matching platform: a randomized controlled trial protocol by Xin Xie, Shuyu Han, Yangfeng Wu, Tao Huang, Junyi Duan, Dongmei Li, Shuyu Chen, Bo Zhou, Jiangping Zhang, Lili Zhang

“…Linear mixed models or generalized linear mixed models will be applied to test the intervention effects. …”
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Multiscale Method for Seismic Response of Near-Source Sites by Shutao Li, Jingbo Liu, Zhou Yang, Xin Bao, Fei Wang, Xiaofeng Wang, Mohsen Saleh Asheghabadi

“…To solve problems such as an inefficient computation and challenging nonlinear simulation, a multiscale analysis method for the calculation of the seismic response of underground structures at near-source sites is developed. The generalized free-field seismic response of the near-source region is obtained by establishing a large-scale calculation model of the source site and is used to simulate the fracture mechanism of faults and the process of seismic wave propagation. …”
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Short‐Term Memory and Regional Climate Drive City‐Scale Water Demand in the Contiguous US by Wenjin Hao, Andrea Cominola, Andrea Castelletti

“…This enhanced interpretability facilitates discovery of urban water demand determinants and generalization of water demand forecasting.…”
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Ecological Stress Modeling to Conserve Mangrove Ecosystem Along the Jazan Coast of Saudi Arabia by Asma A. Al-Huqail, Zubairul Islam, Hanan F. Al-Harbi

“…Ecological stress was modeled via a generalized additive model (GAM) with key predictors, including trends in the NDVI, NDWIveg (vegetation water content), NDWIow (open water), and LST from 1991 to 2023, which were derived using surface reflectance (SR) products from Landsat 5 TM, Landsat 7 ETM+, and Landsat 8 OLI/TIRS sensors. …”
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Rib Spalling 3D Model for Soft Coal Seam Faces with Large Mining Height in Protective Seam Mining: Theoretical and Numerical Analyses by Shuai Liu, Ke Yang, Tong Zhang, Chunan Tang

“…Fully-mechanized mining of coal face with a large cutting height is generally jeopardized by rib spalling disaster in the working face. …”
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Impact of the Clinical Trials Act 2018 on clinical trial activity in Japan from 2018 to 2020: a retrospective database study using new and conventional Japanese registries by Hiroyuki Taruno, Mari S Oba, Osamu Takizawa, Kayoko Kikuchi, Kazuaki Matsui, Mayumi Shikano

“…The number of specific clinical trials increased immediately after the implementation of the CTA and stabilised in late 2019, whereas the number of clinical trials registered in the UMIN-CTR generally declined over time. Specified clinical trials that received industry funding and public grants were more likely to use designated staff in multidisciplinary roles.Conclusions The implementation of the CTA has not reduced the number of specified clinical trials, but has reduced the total number of intervention trials. …”
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Using the gene pool of CIMMYT cultivars and lines in spring durum wheat breeding in Western Siberia by V. S. Yusov, М. G. Evdokimov, M. N. Kiriakova, D. A. Glushakov

“…Field trials, disease resistance assessment and phenological observations were carried out on the experimental fields of the Institute in 2000–2020 according to generally accepted methods. Principal component analysis was carried out using the R version of the 4.0.3 package.Results. …”
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Osteoclastogenesis markers in craniofacial bone defects after demineralized dentin material membrane implantation as guided bone regeneration by Dedy Agoes Mahendra, Anita Yuliati, Masfueh Razali, Noor Hayaty Abu Kasim, Muhammad Alwino Bayu Firdauzy, Retno Indrawati Roestamadji, Pratiwi Soesilawati

“…The osteoclast cells count generally showed a critical period with the highest increase in the K(−) group on day 14 of 73.00±0.00. …”
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Analyzing factors of daily travel distances in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic by Masaya Mori, Yuto Omae, Yohei Kakimoto, Makoto Sasaki, Jun Toyotani

“…Furthermore, increasing the number of verified cases in countries and regions with insufficient reports is important to generalize conclusions. Therefore, in this study, a group-level analysis was conducted for Narashino City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, using a human flow prediction model based on machine learning. …”
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Effects of the Vivifrail-B multicomponent exercise program based on society ecosystems theory on physical function in community-dwelling frail older adults: A randomized controlled... by Yue Li, Shasha Li, Xu Weng, Xinyu Yang, Jianyi Bao, Shufang Liao, Yingxue Xi, Xiaofang Song, Guojing Guo

“…Exercise compliance assessments and satisfaction surveys were conducted at post intervention. Generalized estimating equations was used to compare outcome measures. …”
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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Older Primary Care Patients and Their Family Members by Tara Seibert, Matthew W. Schroeder, Anthony J. Perkins, Seho Park, Eleanor Batista-Malat, Katharine J. Head, Tamilyn Bakas, Malaz Boustani, Nicole R. Fowler

“…Mean scores on the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale-7 (GAD-7) were measured and compared before and during the pandemic. …”
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CFD Modelling of a Centrifugal Compressor with Experimental Validation through Radial Diffuser Static Pressure Measurement by Brett Dewar, Jonna Tiainen, Ahti Jaatinen-Värri, Mike Creamer, Mariana Dotcheva, Jovana Radulovic, James M. Buick

“…The results show that the CFD model generally slightly underpredicts the static pressure value as compared to the experimental results. …”
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Few-shot Remote Sensing Imagery Recognition with Compositionality Inductive Bias in Hierarchical Representation Space by Shichao Zhou, Zhuowei Wang, Zekai Zhang, Wenzheng Wang, Yingrui Zhao, Yunpu Zhang

“…In this case, the prior knowledge learned from these data-driven methods may exhibit dataset bias, resulting in inadequate generalization to the current recognition task. Different from the naive data-driven strategies mentioned above, we alternatively devote to delicate feature modeling by constraining the mapping behavior of deep neural networks. …”
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A Spatial–Temporal Difference Aggregation Network for Gaofen-2 Multitemporal Image in Cropland Change Area by Chuang Liu, Liyang Bao, Zhiqi Zhang

“…In addition, we conduct generalization experiments on the remaining three mainstream datasets, demonstrating that our method is equally applicable to other change detection scenarios.…”
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