On Your Mark, Get Set, Choose! A Randomized Cross-Over Study Comparing Fixed and Self-Selected Rest Periods in Interval Running Among Professional Female Soccer Players by Asaf Ben-Ari, Yedidya Silverman, Uri Obolski, Israel Halperin

“…In both conditions, the between-interval rest duration per block amounted to 270 s. In the fixed condition, the rest was uniformly allocated to 90 s between each interval, whereas in the SS condition, the athletes chose how to allocate the entirety of the 270 s of rest. …”
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Genetic analysis and heterosis breeding of seed yield and yieldattributing traits in Indian mustard (Brassica juncea (L.) Czern & Coss.) by Sanghamitra Rout, Suvendu Kumar Roy, Rupsanatan Mandal, Saurav Singla, Mehdi Rahimi, Bijaya Sur, Naderla Umamaheswar, Moumita Chakraborty, Lakshmi Hijam, Sahanob Nath, Manoj Kanti Debnath, Tulsi Saran Ghimiray

“…Hybrid combinations such as SKJM-05 × Kranti, RW-85-59 × SKJM-05, and NPJ-194 × SKJM-05 exhibited notable GCA effects of parents, per se performance and SCA effects of hybrids for seed yield plant−1. …”
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A brief instrument measuring the water, sanitation and hygiene domain of menstrual health among women who inject drugs. by Alhelí Calderón-Villarreal, Lourdes Johanna Avelar Portillo, Daniela Abramovitz, Shira Goldenberg, Shawn Flanigan, Penelope J E Quintana, Alicia Harvey-Vera, Carlos F Vera, Gudelia Rangel, Steffanie A Strathdee, Georgia L Kayser

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We constructed a MH-scale based on access to twelve WASH-related items: (1) menstrual products, (2) body hygiene (bathing per week), (3) water sources for bathing, (4) improved, (5) non-shared, (6) available, (7) private, (8) nearby, (9) and safe sanitation facilities, (10) availability of soap, (11) water source for handwashing, and (12) handwashing facilities with soap/water. …”
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Pulmonary aspiration during pregnancy or immediately postpartum in the UK: A population-based case-control study [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Ruth Tunn, Marian Knight, Alison Gooda, Nuala Lucas

“…Results We identified 12 cases of pulmonary aspiration, giving an incidence of 5.2 per 1,000,000 maternities (95% CI 2.69-9.09). Cases were significantly less likely than controls to be multiparous (unadjusted odds ratio [uOR] 0.255, 95% CI 0.069-0.946), and significantly more likely to undergo caesarean section (uOR 24.89, 95% CI 3.18-194.85) and to receive general anaesthetic for caesarean section (p<0.001). …”
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脂蛋白a水平与CHD患者PCI术后1年内主要不良心血管事件的相关性 by 梁塑臻, 黄卓山, 凌叶盛, 刘金来, 钱孝贤

“…使用Cox风险比例回归模型进行多因素校正，作为定量变量Lp（a）升高是CHD患者PCI术后1年MACE发生的危险因素［hazard ratio（HR） per 1-SD increase 1.76， 95% confidence interval（CI）： 1.41～2.19， <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.001］，作为分类变量Lp（a）＞300 mg/L也与CHD患者PCI术后1年MACE发生正相关（HR 2.25， 95%CI： 1.38～3.67， <italic>P</italic>=0.001）。…”
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Incidence of HTLV-1-associated myelopathy in the UK from 1991 to 2024: a longitudinal observational cohort study by Carolina Rosadas, Jerico Baylon, Claire Greiller, Adine Adonis, Divya Dhasmana, Nicholas W. S. Davies, Graham P. Taylor, Graham P. Taylor

“…At the first visit, the HTLV-1 proviral load was compared between incident cases and those who remained asymptomatic during follow-up.ResultsIn a cohort with up to 33 years of follow-up of individuals living with HTLV-1 in the UK, the cumulative incidence of HTLV-1-associated myelopathy (HAM) was found to be 1.35% (4/297), with an incidence rate of 1.98 per 1,000 person-years. All people who developed HAM had a high proviral load at the first clinic visit. …”
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Deep Learning and Automatic Detection of Pleomorphic Esophageal Lesions—A Necessary Step for Minimally Invasive Panendoscopy by Miguel Martins, Miguel Mascarenhas, Maria João Almeida, João Afonso, Tiago Ribeiro, Pedro Cardoso, Francisco Mendes, Joana Mota, Patrícia Andrade, Hélder Cardoso, Miguel Mascarenhas-Saraiva, João Ferreira, Guilherme Macedo

“…The sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive and negative predictive value (PPV and NPV), area under the conventional receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC-ROC), and precision–recall curve (AUC-PR) were calculated per run. The model’s diagnostic performance was assessed using the median and range values. …”
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Availability in ECMO Reduces the Failure to Rescue in Patients With Pulmonary Embolism After Major Surgery: A Nationwide Analysis of 2.4 Million Cases by Johannes Diers, MD, Nikolas Baumann, MD, Philip Baum, MD, Konstantin L. Uttinger, MD, Johanna C. Wagner, MD, Peter Kranke, MD, Patrick Meybohm, MD, Christoph-Thomas Germer, MD, Armin Wiegering, MD

“…The availability of and experience in ECMO therapy (defined as at least 20 ECMO applications per year; ECMO centers) are associated with a significantly reduced FtR in patients with PE after high-risk surgical procedures. …”
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Structural Disruption of Cilia and Increased Cytoplasmic Tubulin in Biliary Atresia—An Exploratory Study Focusing on Early Postoperative Prognosis Following Portoenterostomy by Patrícia Quelhas, Rui Oliveira, Carlos Kieling, Sandra Vieira, Jorge dos Santos

“…<b>Results:</b> HIF-1α positivity in cholangiocytes was observed in 42.8% of BA patients. While the PC ratio per biliary structure (cilia ratio status, CRs) was similar between BA patients and controls, PC length was decreased in BA patients. …”
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The effect of different feed on the spawning performance of mud crab Scylla serrata broodstock by Bethsy J. Pattiasina, Endang Jamal, Agapery Y. Pattinasarany

“…Tank was equipped with sand as a substrate as high as 15 cm and seawater system with flow rate of 1 L per six minutes and 25 cm high water. Treatments were consisted of: 1. …”
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An AI-Based Digital Scanner for <i>Varroa destructor</i> Detection in Beekeeping by Daniela Scutaru, Simone Bergonzoli, Corrado Costa, Simona Violino, Cecilia Costa, Sergio Albertazzi, Vittorio Capano, Marko M. Kostić, Antonio Scarfone

“…The results highlighted the high repeatability of the measurements (R² ≥ 0.998) and the high accuracy of the BeeVS device; when at least 10 mites per sheet were present, the device showed a cumulative percentage error below 1%, compared to approximately 20% for human visual observation. …”
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Dietary index for gut microbiota and its protective role against kidney stones: evidence of diabetes as a mediator from NHANES cross-sectional data by Lei Wang, Junjun Wu, Ziwen Jiang, Chao Wang, Fuxiang Lin, Yuxiang Zhong, Pengpeng Zhao, Wei Wei, Jianhua Huang, Zhanping Xu

“…Mediation analysis evaluated diabetes’s contribution to this relationship, and subgroup analyses were conducted based on sex, race/ethnicity, and alcohol consumption.ResultsHigher DI-GM scores were associated with lower KS prevalence (adjusted OR: 0.78, 95% CI: 0.65–0.92 per SD increase). Diabetes mediated 9.27% of this relationship. …”
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Standardization of breeding and rearing of the endangered Indian catfish Clarias magur (Hamilton, 1822) for juvenile production by Kamal Sarma, Bavithra R., Jaspreet Singh, S.K. Ahirwal, Ujjwal Kumar, Tarkeshwar Kumar, Maneesh Kumar Dubey

“…Four hormone doses were selected (0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 ml/kg body weight of female), and results indicated that the total weight of stripped eggs and spawning fecundity were the highest (p < 0.05) when females were injected with 1.0 ml of WOVA-FH hormone per kg of body weight. In the rearing experiment, the weight gain of larvae obtained from fishes injected with different hormone doses did not differ significantly (p > 0.05). …”
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A real-world analysis of antidepressant medications in US veterans aged 60 years and older: a comparative analysis by Ryan D Pittman, S Scott Sutton, Joseph Magagnoli, Tammy H Cummings

“…The corresponding incidence rate was 544, 124 and 122 events per 1000 person-years. Compared with sertraline, mirtazapine users had the highest AD change risk (aHR 1.34, 95% CI: 1.29–1.40), while duloxetine users had the lowest (aHR 0.87, 95% CI: 0.83–0.92). …”

Germ cell quantification in human fetal and prepubertal testis tissues: a comparison of current methodologies by Emma Kearney, David Greenald, Gabriele Matilionyte, Sheila Lane, Melissa D Tharmalingam, Jill Davies, Jan-Bernd Stukenborg, Grace Forsyth, Rod T Mitchell

“…Germ cells were quantified by tubular germ cell density (Method 1), which was compared to methods that require round tubules, including spermatogonial number per round tubular cross section (S/T) (Method 2), fertility index (Method 3) and round tubular germ cell density (Method 4). …”
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OPTIMASI NILAI h1/d PADA KEBERLAKUAN PERSAMAAN BERNOULLI by Hindaresmi Hindaresmi, Moh. Toifur

“…The video generated from the water leak recording is then tracked using the tracker application to get the h1 value per unit of time. The results obtained from this study were found a relationship between the rate of decrease in water and the diameter of the leak hole, namely the larger the diameter of the leak hole, the greater the rate of water reduction that occurred on the surface of the vessel and a relationship was obtained between the speed of water reduction (efflux speed) and the flow rate. water in the leak hole, namely the greater the efflux velocity, the greater the rate of water leakage on the side of the vessel.   …”
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ICU Admission, Invasive Mechanical Ventilation, and Mortality among Children and Adolescents Hospitalized for COVID-19 in a Private Healthcare System by Maria da Gloria Cruvinel Horta, Geraldo Jose Coelho Ribeiro, Nelson Otavio Beltrao Campos, Douglas Ribeiro de Oliveira, Lelia Maria de Almeida Carvalho, Karina de Castro Zocrato, Daniel Pitchon dos Reis, Mariana Ribeiro Fernandes, Ricardo Mesquita Camelo, Fernando Martin Biscione, Silvana Marcia Bruschi Kelles

“…The median monthly rate of index hospitalization was 2.7 (interquartile range [IQR], 1.6-3.9) per 100,000 clients aged 21 years or less. The median age of the patients was 4.5 years (IQR, 1.4-14.1). …”
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Study on the evolution of the spatial patterns and driving factors of national agricultural cultural heritage in China. by Lifei Xu, Yuyu Liao, Jun Liu

“…During the study period, the number of LL and HH type areas has been increasing, indicating that the positive spatial correlation between China's national agricultural cultural heritage sites is gradually strengthening.③In terms of influencing factors, the spatial pattern of China's national agricultural cultural heritage is affected by factors such as regional economic development level, policy guarantee, transportation accessibility, cultural environment, per capita economic development level, population status, primary industry economic development level, secondary industry economic development level, tourism resource endowment, temperature, precipitation, terrain, and rivers. …”
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Electrosynthesis of ethylene glycol from biomass glycerol by Haoyuan Chi, Zhanpeng Liang, Siyu Kuang, Yaxin Jin, Minglu Li, Tianxiang Yan, Jianlong Lin, Shuangyin Wang, Sheng Zhang, Xinbin Ma

“…Abstract Ethylene glycol, a widely used chemical, has a large global capacity exceeding 40 million tons per year. Nevertheless, its production is heavily reliant on fossil fuels, resulting in substantial CO2 emissions. …”
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Types and cost of wellness services provided by a neighborhood-based academic nursing center by Hae-Ra Han, Hae-Ra Han, Yoon-Jae Lee, Yoon-Jae Lee, Jennifer J. Lee, Chun-An Sun, Ophelia Dapaah-Gyimah, Patty Wilson, Catherine Ling, Eric Slade, Eric Slade

“…Cost analysis revealed varying expenses per encounter, with medium costs ranging from $5.45 to $14.91 across sites, considering service type and duration, including staff salaries, encounter numbers, and service hours.ConclusionThe COMPASS Center delivers essential wellness services supplementing traditional healthcare to disadvantaged community members through student engagement and academic support. …”
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