The performance of a machine learning model in predicting accelerometer-derived walking speed by Aleksej Logacjov, Tonje Pedersen Ludvigsen, Kerstin Bach, Atle Kongsvold, Mats Flaaten, Tom Ivar Lund Nilsen, Paul Jarle Mork

“…Results: Total recording time was ∼600 min (∼25 min per participant). Performance metrics for predicting walking speeds (i.e., slow, moderate, brisk) and jogging were largely similar for the dual and single accelerometer set-ups as well as for the different window lengths. …”
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Results of surgical treatment of patients with acute destructive diverticulitis of the colon using minimally invasive technologies by O.B. Tymchuk, S.L. Malinovskyi

“…Among the diseases of the colon, diverticular disease occupies one of the leading positions, the frequency of which is currently 1.2 cases per 1000 people. Complications in this condition develop in 5% of cases and account for 3-5% of all patients with acute abdominal diseases. …”
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Using a Clinical Decision Support System to Improve Anticoagulation in Patients with Nonvalve Atrial Fibrillation in China’s Primary Care Settings: A Feasibility Study by Xueying Ru, Tianhao Wang, Lan Zhu, Yunhui Ma, Liqun Qian, Huan Sun, Zhigang Pan

“…The mean age of these subjects was 75.71 years, the median time of clinical visits was six times per person, and the follow-up duration was 15 months. …”
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The effects of wind farm wakes on freezing sea spray in the mid-Atlantic offshore wind energy areas by D. Rosencrans, D. Rosencrans, J. K. Lundquist, J. K. Lundquist, J. K. Lundquist, M. Optis, M. Optis, N. Bodini

“…Over the 2019–2020 winter season, results suggest that sea-spray-induced icing can occur up to 67 <span class="inline-formula">h</span> per month at 10 m at higher latitudes. Icing events during this season typically occur during cold air outbreaks (CAOs), which are the introduction of cold continental air over the warmer maritime surface. …”
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Accuracy of Large Language Models for Infective Endocarditis Prophylaxis in Dental Procedures by Paak Rewthamrongsris, Jirayu Burapacheep, Vorapat Trachoo, Thantrira Porntaveetus

“…Each model underwent five independent runs per question using two prompt strategies: a pre-prompt as an experienced dentist and without a pre-prompt. …”
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Dietary incorporation of biological curcumin nanoparticles improved growth performance, ileal architecture, antioxidative status, serum lipid profile, and humoral immune response o... by Abdel-Moneim Eid Abdel-Moneim, Noura M. Mesalam, Bing Yang, Mohamed Farouk Elsadek

“…A total of 400 one-day-old Ross-308 broiler chicks were randomly distributed into five groups, each consisting of eight replicates with ten birds per replicate. The chicks were fed a basal diet containing CurNPs at concentrations of 0, 100, 200, 300, or 400 mg/kg feed, designated as 0CurNPs, 100CurNPs, 200CurNPs, 300CurNPs, and 400CurNPs, respectively. …”
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Effects of Different Types of Pinching in Growth and Yield of Two Varieties of Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) in Pokhara, Kaski, Nepal by Prajjwal Koirala, Rijwan Sai, Pratikshya Subedi, Chiranjibi Khadka

“…P1 also exhibited the highest number of pods per plant (15.90). Varieties and pinching methods exhibited notable interactions in average pod weight, diameter, and length. …”
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Comprehensive agrobiological assessment and analysis of genetic relationships of promising walnut varieties of the Nikitsky Botanical Gardens by Yu. V. Plugatar, I. I. Suprun, S. Yu. Khokhlov, I. V. Stepanov, E. A. Al-Nakib

“…Six (for WGA089) to eleven (for WGA276) alleles per locus have been identified. A total of 70 alleles were identified for the eight DNA markers used, with an average value of 8.75. …”
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Blockade of Erythropoietin-Producing Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma Receptor B1 in Spinal Dorsal Horn Alleviates Visceral Pain in Rats by Chen-Li Sun, Cheng-Wen Li, Nong He, Yuan-Zhang Tang, Xiu-Liang Li, Fu-Shan Xue, Jia-Xiang Ni

“…Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into three groups receiving different treatments (n = 16 per group): intracolonic vehicle (control group), intracolonic 2, 4, 6-trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS) (TNBS group), and intracolonic TNBS and intrathecal EphB1 receptor blocking reagent (TNBS + EphB2-Fc group). …”
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Anxiety, depression, and their association with unintentional injury risk among older adult populations in Guangxi, China: a cross-sectional study by Li Niu, Jie Zhang, Chun-liu Lu, Yong Zhang, Xin-xin Mo, Rong Xu, Hong-ye Luo

“…Exercise frequency was inversely related to UI risk, with those exercising 1–2 times per week having reduced odds (adj. OR = 0.46, 95% CI: 0.22–0.98, p = 0.044). …”
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Changes in quality of life 5 years after sleeve gastrectomy: a prospective cohort study by Karl Ove Hufthammer, Tone Merete Norekvål, Grethe S Tell, Ronette L Kolotkin, Tone Nygaard Flølo, Anny Aasprang, Villy Våge, John Roger Andersen

“…The main exposure was weight loss after SG, assessed as per cent excess body mass index (kg/m2) loss (%EBMIL). …”
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INTERPROFESSIONAL COLLABORATION AND HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION: an exploratory investigation into the challenges and opportunities for rehabilitation professionals. by Simone Sottana, Andrea Vianello, Matteo Tognin, Deborah Mazzarotto, Marco Ceccato, Daria Visintin, Riccardo Martignon, Francesca Magaton Rizzi, Noemi Pasquon, Lucia Savietto

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Clinical Burden and Healthcare Resource Use of Asthma in Children in the UK by Gouia I, Joulain F, Zhang Y, Morgan CL, Khan AH

“…Severe exacerbation and re-exacerbation rates per patient-year (PPY), all-cause healthcare resource utilization (HCRU), and HCRU-related costs were assessed in asthma patients versus matched non-asthma controls, stratified by severity.Results: Among 5950 patients, severe exacerbation rate was 0.06, 0.17 and 0.31 PPY for mild, moderate, and severe asthma, respectively. …”
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Effects of ursolic acid on growth performance, serum biochemistry, antioxidant capacity, and intestinal health of broilers by X.W. Zhang, X. Li, Y. Yin, M. Wang, Y.F. Wang, J.Y. Chen, Y.R. Zhao

“…Each group had six replicates, with 10 broilers per replicate. The broilers were fed either the corn-soybean meal−basal diet (CON group) or the corn-soybean meal−basal diet supplemented with 450 mg/kg UA (UA group). …”
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Validation of a method for estimating pulmonary dead space in ventilated beagles to correct exhaled propofol concentration in mixed air by Xiaoxiao Li, Pan Chang, Xing Liu, Zhongjun Zhao, Yixiang Duan, Wensheng Zhang

“…Additionally, the predicted CONCAN values from mixed exhaled air (5.11 parts per billion by volume (ppbv) for beagle A, 5.93 ppbv for beagle B, and 2.56 ppbv for beagle C) showed strong agreement with the actual CONCAN values, with an ICC of 0.996 (P = 0.002) and Pearson’s r of 0.994 (P = 0.046). …”
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Prevalence of complications and comorbidities associated with obesity: a health insurance claims analysis by Jay P. Bae, David R. Nelson, Kristina S. Boye, Kieren J. Mather

“…This study assessed the prevalence of various comorbidities among people diagnosed with obesity (as per ICD-10 diagnosis code) across age cohorts and compared how they differ from people without obesity. …”
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Configurable Multi-Layer Perceptron-Based Soft Sensors on Embedded Field Programmable Gate Arrays: Targeting Diverse Deployment Goals in Fluid Flow Estimation by Tianheng Ling, Chao Qian, Theodor Mario Klann, Julian Hoever, Lukas Einhaus, Gregor Schiele

“…Moreover, for low-power and energy-constrained deployments, a five-layer, 30-neuron MLP accelerator quantized to 8 bits on the iCE40UP5K achieved an inference latency of 83.37 <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mo>μ</mo></semantics></math></inline-formula>s, a power consumption of 2.06 mW, and an energy consumption of just 0.172 <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mo>μ</mo></semantics></math></inline-formula>J per inference. These results confirm the workflow’s ability to identify optimal FPGA accelerators tailored to specific deployment requirements, achieving a balanced trade-off between precision, inference latency, and energy efficiency.…”
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Levilactobacillus brevis CD2 as a multifaceted probiotic to preserve oral health: results of a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial in healthy adults by Serena Altamura, Francesca Lombardi, Francesca Rosaria Augello, Antonella Barone, Mario Giannoni, Benedetta Cinque, Davide Pietropaoli

“…Methods Thirty consenting healthy adults were randomized to receive four lozenges per day of L. brevis CD2 probiotic (n = 15) or placebo (n = 15) over four weeks. …”
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OSSERVARE E INSEGNARE L’ESPRESSIONE DELL’APPROSSIMAZIONE NELL’ITALIANO PARLATO ACCADEMICO: L’USO DI LISTE ED ECCETERA by Elisa Fiorenza

“…Seguendo il modello del GARS per la rappresentazione della lingua parlata, le liste analizzate sono trascritte in “griglie”, un sistema di rappresentazione che permette di distinguere l’asse sintagmatico e l’asse paradigmatico, al fine di evidenziare il processo di produzione del parlato, nonché le funzioni associate a specifiche configurazioni del discorso. …”
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Enhancing growing rabbit heat stress resilience through dietary supplementation with natural antioxidants by Ibrahim Talat El-Ratel, Aml Mekawy, Sara H.M. Hassab, Sameh Abdelnour

“…The rabbits were fed a basal diet (control group) or supplemented with 40 mg of vitamin E (VE40), 5 mg of vitamin C (VC5), 150 mg of lycopene (LYC150), or 150 mg of allicin (AL150) per kg of diet, respectively, under summer Egyptian conditions. …”
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