Development of a Brief Assessment Tool to Evaluate Early Low Nutrition Risk in Community Elderly: Creation of the Tool and Examination of Its Reliability and Criterion-related Vali... by Shoji Shinkai, Miki Narita, Hiroshi Murayama, Akihiko Kitamura, Yoshinori Fujiwara

“…Results: Finally, we obtained a semantic coherence of four factors (named health beliefs, dietary status, physical activity, and food-related quality of life) totaling 13 items; confirmatory factor analysis of the four-factor solution yielded good model fit values, χ2 (59) = 275.4 (P < 0.001), comparative fit index = 0.930, and root mean square error of approximation = 0.056. …”
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Evaluating Curative Effects of Different Moxibustion Temperatures on Patients with Spastic Hemiplegia after Stroke by Liu YANG, Haili MA, Li GE, Qiaojing LIAO, Qiong HAN, Ling YE

“…Comparison of two groups showed that the major effects of time were statistically different (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05), but the major effects of intervention with no significant different (<italic>P</italic>&gt;0.05).After four treatments, two groups of motor function, daily life ability were greater than the corresponding minimum clinically important difference, with statistical significance (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05), thermal burning groups was more obvious.Conclusion:Different moxibustion temperature has a certain therapeutic effect on limb paralysis in patients with stroke, which can improve physical paralysis effectively, improve motor function and daily life ability, the thermal burning group is superior to the temperature-sensing group, and with low incidence of adverse events is low.…”
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Community radio and identity construction post-1994 by Tanja Bosch

“…The resultant listener loyalty results in increased sustainability; they serve the purpose of therapy or confession, giving listeners an outlet for frustrations; and finally, religious community radio stations become a virtual church, transcending physical boundaries and resulting in instantaneous religious community building. …”
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A nested case-control study evaluating the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and immune-mediated inflammatory disease in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging by Charles N Bernstein, Ruth Ann Marrie, Julia O'Mahony

“…ACE, including childhood maltreatment (physical, emotional and sexual abuse, neglect) and household dysfunction, were queried using questions from the Childhood Experiences of Violence Questionnaire-Short Form and the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health Wave III questionnaire.Primary and secondary outcome measures We first evaluated whether the association of maltreatment differed across diagnoses (IMID, diabetes, asthma, epilepsy, no chronic diseases). …”
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Effects of sodium polyphosphate usage on quality of chickcn salami having decreased salt levels by Servet Karaçam, Yusuf Doğruer

“…In conclusion reducing the salt ratios did not affect the physical, chemical and microbiological quality of the product excepl emulsion stability. …”
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Efficacy of the Foodbot Factory digital curriculum-based nutrition education intervention in improving children’s nutrition knowledge, attitudes and behaviours in elementary school... by Wendy Lou, Michael Farkouh, JoAnne Arcand, Jacqueline Marie Brown, Saman Tahir, Beatriz Franco-Arellano, Ann LeSage, Janette Hughes, Bill Kapralos, Ellen Vogel, Claire Tugault-Lafleur

“…Outcomes will be assessed at baseline, immediately postintervention, and 4 weeks and 3 months postintervention using the Nutrition Attitudes and Knowledge questionnaire, the Block Kids Food Screener, a modified Family Nutrition and Physical Activity screener and an acceptability questionnaire. …”
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Evaluating the adoption of agile project management practices in Chinese technology companies: Risk management implications by Lei Cheng

“…It reinforced for me the need to have a real physical workspace designed in an agile way and supported by technology. …”
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How interventions to maintain services during the COVID-19 pandemic strengthened systems for delivery of maternal and child health services: a case-study of Wakiso District, Uganda by Steven Ndugwa Kabwama, Rhoda K. Wanyenze, Neda Razaz, John M. Ssenkusu, Tobias Alfvén, Helena Lindgren

“…Future responses should also address the psychological and physical impacts suffered by health workers to maintain service delivery.…”
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Rehabilitation of An Analgesic Bracelet Based on Wrist-Ankle Acupuncture in Patients with Rotator Cuff Injury: A Randomized Trial by Wenjuan Song, Xin Wang, Jishen Zhou, Ping Shi, Wei Gu, Fanfu Fang

“…Both groups received conventional rehabilitation treatment including physical therapy, joint mobilization, interventional therapy, and family recovery training. …”
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Occupational Therapy Interventions and Their Impact on Work Performance and Activities of Daily Living in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis by Denis Arsovski

“…Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neurological disease that affects the central nervous system, leading to various physical, cognitive, and emotional challenges that significantly impact daily activities and work performance. …”
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Effect Of Caffeine On Exercise Performance: Current Review by Yusuf Buzdağlı, Günay Eskici, Erdinç Şıktar, Aslıhan Tekin

“…This current review article provides an analytical look at studies involving the use of caffeine for the physical, physiological, and cognitive performance of individuals, and discusses factors that may affect the ergogenic effects of caffeine on the different proposed activities. …”
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A cross-sectional survey on the effects of ambient temperature and humidity on health outcomes in individuals with chronic respiratory disease by Samantha Mekhuri, Shirley Quach, Caroline Barakat, Winnie Sun, Mika L Nonoyama

“… # Objectives To describe the reported effects of temperature and humidity extremes on the health outcomes, health status and physical activity (PA) in individuals living with COPD…”
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Preliminary analysis of patient assessment within a study on the impact of hydrokinetotherapy on body composition and metabolic disease risk in an adult population segment by Claudiu Cobuz, Sînziana Călina Silișteanu, Maricela Cobuz, Andrei-Ioan Costea, Elena Vizitiu Lakhdari

“…Weight loss through diet and physical exercise is proven to be the most effective treatment strategy for obese and overweight elderly subjects, facilitating the maintenance of muscle mass and promoting functional recovery…”
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Exploring the causal paths and longitudinal impact of telework on health: the TeleHealth survey–data linkage study protocol by Barbara Cagnie, Bas de Geus, Robby De Pauw, Eduardo Antonio Bracho Montes de Oca, Laura Int Panis, Mathieu Verbrugghe, Els De Waegeneer

“…This survey will mainly assess the effect of teleworking on mental (eg, depression and anxiety) and physical (eg, pain) health. Administrative data (eg, healthcare consumption contacts and socioeconomic status) will be extracted from Belgian administrative data sources (Statistics Belgium and the InterMutualistic Agency) for the same period. …”
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A novel non-invasive EEG-SSVEP diagnostic tool for color vision deficiency in individuals with locked-in syndrome by Ghada N. AlEssa, Saleh I. Alzahrani

“…Currently available diagnostic tests require a behavioral response, rendering them unsuitable for individuals with limited physical and communication abilities, such as those with locked-in syndrome. …”
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Jidoka-DT simulator programmed by hybridize XGboost-LSTM to evaluate helmets quality produced by Rice-Straw-alumina plastic dough to resist shocks and impenetrable by Ahmed M. Abed, Ahmed Fathy, Radwa A. El Behairy, Tamer S Gaafar

“…LSTM is used to determine the helmet weakness zones (WZ) and XGboost classifies product parts according to physical and mechanical property. The standard dough should have a density of between 1.16 and 1.4 g/cm3. …”
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Analysis of Illumination Generated by LED Matrices Distribution by P. S. Bogdan, E. G. Zaytseva, P. O. Baranov, A. I. Stepanenko

“…The aim of this work was to create a methodology for calculating the illumination created by LED matrices which does not require the use of specialized software products and is adapted to the possibility of varying the parameters of LEDs and illuminated rooms.The urgency of creating a room lighting system that simulates the conditions of natural lighting taking into account the need to change its spectral composition in time, in space taking into account the physical and psychological state of a person is substantiated. …”
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Application of a complex system for optical monitoring of technical condition of building structures with external composite reinforcement by M. Yu. Fedotov, A. A. Kalgin, E. E. Shmoilov, P. D. Kapyrin, O. A. Kornev

“…This paper presents experience in the application of fibre-optic monitoring systems, which generally include — a set of fibre-optic sensors (FOS), built on different physical principles, — multi-channel devices for their interrogation (interrogators), — built-in special software (Open source software) designed for collecting, processing and visualizing monitoring data. …”
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Atypical Sjögrenʼs Syndrome Initially Presenting as Lymphocytic Interstitial Pneumonitis followed by Immune Thrombocytopenia by Maham Mehmood, Abhishrut Jog, Masooma Niazi, Arlene Tieng, Giovanni Franchin

“…A 74-year-old man with hypertension was admitted with productive cough and fever. On physical examination, he had bilateral lower lung decreased breath sounds. …”
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Pondering Parotid Masses by Mark A Miller

“…Her most recent CD4 lymphocyte count was 336 cells/µL, with an HIV viral load of log102.6 copies/mL. Physical examination revealed a 4 cm fluid-filled mass in the left parotid gland. …”
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