Introduction of mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercise as a mode of assessment for postgraduate students in medicine for examination of sacroiliac joints by Anuj Singhal, Shankar Subramanian, Sonal Singh, Arun Kumar Yadav, Anup Hallapanavar, B Anjali

“…We found a statistically significant improvement in the domain of medical interviewing (P < 0.001), physical examination (P = 0.003), professionalism (P = 0.001), clinical judgment (P = 0.003), counseling skills (P < 0.001), and organizing efficiency (P < 0.001). …”
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Measuring the condition of Tehran Metropolitan based on Ubiquitous city indicators by Haniyeh Asadzadeh, Afshar Hatami, Farzaneh Sasanpour

“…The ubiquitous city is a future city in which physical spaces and electronic spaces are convergent. …”
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Dynamic changes and influencing factors of quality of life of empty nest elderly in cadre ward by Chao Ding, Guangjin Qu

“…[Results] After two years of follow-up, the patients’ quality of life scores in the psychological domain and social relationship domain decreased (P<0.05), and there was no significant difference in the physical domain and environmental domain (P>0.05).Univariate analysis showed that there were significant differences in psychological domain and social relationship domain among the elderly with different monthly income, sleep status, self-care ability, history of chronic diseases, family relationship and whether their children were filial (P<0.05).Multiple linear regression analysis showed that the high risk factors affecting the psychological domain included monthly income, sleep status, self-care ability, history of chronic diseases and whether the children were filial (P<0.05), the high risk factors affecting the social relationship domain included monthly income, sleep status and history of chronic diseases (P<0.05). …”
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Knowledge, Awareness, and Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Students of Biomedical Faculties: A Cross-Sectional Study by Bruno Špiljak, Luka Šimunović, Ana Marija Miličević, Marko Granić, Lana Bergman, Jasminka Peršec

“…<b>Background/Objectives</b>: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on physical, mental, and social aspects of life worldwide. …”
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A generalized linear model of dynamics of thin elastic shells by E.Yu. Mihajlova, D.V. Tarlakovskii, G.V. Fedotenkov

“…In this case, distributed moments are added to standard external force factors. The physical law has been constructed for an anisotropic material that has symmetry relative to the median surface without adopting the commonly used static hypothesis of non-adherence of fibers. …”
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Recent advances in the application of Mendelian randomization to chronic kidney disease by Chaofan Wen, Lanlan Chen, Dan Jia, Ziqi Liu, Yidan Lin, Guan Liu, Shuo Zhang, Baoshan Gao

“…Surprisingly, variations in plasma glucose and glycated hemoglobin levels seem unaffected by genetically induced changes in the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), suggesting an independent pathway for renal function impairment.Results Furthermore, lifestyle factors such as physical activity and socioeconomic status emerge as significant influencers of CKD risk and kidney health. …”
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Clinical and Radiological Outcome of Anterior only Stabilization for AO Type B And C Subaxial Cervical Spine Injury: An Observational Study by Ram Sharma Subedi, Gaurav Raj Dhakal, Bhadra Hamal, Kabita Devi Baral, Badri Rijal, Mahesh Karmacharya, Prem Kumar Sah

“…The mode of injury was fall from height 14 (66.66%) followed by road traffic accident 6 (28.57%), and physical assault 1 (4.76%). Postoperatively there was 33% improvement in incomplete neurology by one grade on ASIA neurology. …”
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Work stress and caring intention among health care workers in Taiwan during the COVID-19 pandemic by Ken-Hui Fu, Hsiang-Fen Lai, Chia-Sui Weng, Wen-Hao Huang, Cheng-Chih Lin, Ying-Hui Wu

“…Results: The experience of caring for COVID-19 patients was significantly associated with eight stressors, including “frequent modification of infection control procedures,” “worrying about being negligent and endangering coworkers,” “worrying about lack of manpower,” “being without a properly fitted environment,” “protective gears being a drag in providing quality care,” “protective gears causing physical discomfort,” “worrying about inflicting COVID-19 on family” and “worrying about nosocomial spread.” …”
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Comparison of Heart Rate Variability and Heart Rate Recovery Indices in Healthy Young Adults after Submaximal Exercise with and without Music Intervention by Saravanan T, Prashanth K S

“… Background Physical exercise places significant demand on the cardiovascular system with heart rate HR increasing during activity and rapidly decreasing post-exercise. …”
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Kinetic simulation of uranium migration in granite fissure media of beishan, gansu, China: A case study based on the Laplace transform and inverse transform methods by Xianzhe Duan, Cong Du, Nan Li, Jiaxin Duan, Zhenping Tang

“…In this study, the granite rock masses in Beishan, Gansu were selected to construct a physical and mathematical model of U-238 migration using the Laplace transform and inverse transform methods. …”
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Experiences and practices of people categorised as being ‘at risk’ based on age during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study in the UK and Germany by Susannah Mayhew, Stephanie Drössler, Katharina Wabnitz

“…Inclusion criteria: to be at risk for a severe course of COVID-19 due to age ≥50 years (Germany) and ≥70 years (UK) based on official communication by the respective national public health authority.Exclusion criteria: any form of dementia, pre-existing mental health issues, congenital physical or mental disabilities, being resident in a care home, having a personal relationship to the principal investigator.Methods Semistructured in-depth interviews were conducted remotely. …”
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The impact of alcohol misuse in trauma patients: A scoping review protocol. by Chantae Garland, Nhayan Abdulla, Donghyun Lee, Rae Spiwak, Sarvesh Logsetty, Jordan Nantais

“…There is conflicting evidence on the impact of alcohol use at the time of physical trauma on severity of injury and hospital course. …”
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Barriers to Low-Vision Rehabilitation Services for Visually Impaired Patients in a Multidisciplinary Ophthalmology Outpatient Practice by Karima S. Khimani, Carissa R. Battle, Lauren Malaya, Aaleena Zaidi, Mary Schmitz-Brown, Huey-Ming Tzeng, Praveena K. Gupta

“…Reported patient barriers included mental health issues (76%), denial of need for low-vision aid (71%), poor physical health (67%), lack of transportation (57.1%), and lack of referrals (36%). …”
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Advanced shooting target with bullet collector, semi-automatic bulls-eye paper positioning and automatic shooting score by Dena Hendriana, Yunita Umniyati, Erikson Ferry Soonggalon, Isaac Hansen Averino, Mohammad Rizky Gartina, Rakhmad Aryo, Iwan Iwan, Prima Kharisma Indra Yahya

“…The image from the same camera is used for image processing with the OpenCV library and Python scripts to calculate the shooting score automatically. Several physical tests have been conducted and the system proves to perform reasonably well in the tests with some errors of around 3% for single bullet holes and simple multiple bullet holes. …”
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Naming the untouchable – environmental sequences and niche partitioning as taxonomical evidence in fungi by Faheema Kalsoom Khan, Kerri Kluting, Jeanette Tångrot, Hector Urbina, Tea Ammunet, Shadi Eshghi Sahraei, Martin Rydén, Martin Ryberg, Anna Rosling

“…We conclude that in the case of abundantly and frequently observed species, environmental sequences can support species recognition in the absences of physical specimens, while rare taxa remain uncaptured at our sampling and sequencing intensity.…”
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Development of a TSR-based method for understanding structural relationships of cofactors and local environments in photosystem I by Lujun Luo, Tarikul I. Milon, Elijah K. Tandoh, Walter J. Galdamez, Andrei Y. Chistoserdov, Jianping Yu, Jan Kern, Yingchun Wang, Wu Xu

“…Conclusions The structural analyses of redox cofactors and their binding sites provide a foundation for understanding the unique chemical and physical properties of each redox cofactor in PS I, which are essential for modulating the rate and direction of energy and electron transfers.…”
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Mechanism of steel slag powder stabilization and improvement of expansive clay by Yinlei SUN, Chuan YU, Lei LIAO, Zhifei LI

“…By reducing the particle size of SSP, adding alkaline exciters or compound modification can improve its cementation activity and hydration rate. (3) SSP as a soil conditioner can significantly improve the performance of expansive clay, including expansion and contraction and mechanical properties. (4) The studies on the interaction mechanism between SSP and clay and the application effect of composite exciters remain insufficient and requires further investigation. (5) Future research should consider the chemical and physical properties under the coupling of different factors, including the chemical-mineral composition and the microstructure evolution law of the soil, as well as the mechanical properties of the soil under the water-chemical-force interactions. …”
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Research on Organic Nanopore Adsorption Mechanism and Influencing Factors of Shale Oil Reservoirs by Yanfeng He, Guodong Qi, Xiangji Dou, Run Duan, Nan Pan, Luyao Guo, Zhengwu Tao

“…The heat of adsorption is CO2, C12H26, C8H18, and C4H10 in descending order. All are physical adsorption. Moreover, the adsorption quantity of all four components mixed fluid in the organic matter nanopores is positively correlated with the heat of adsorption.…”
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Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy in Ischemic Heart Disease by Sonia María Sánchez Valcarcel, Katia Ravelo Llanes, Iván Rodríguez Cortina, Geovedy Martínez García, Cesia Rivera Garmendia

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> the 53.3 % of the patients were men and 78.3 % suffered from arterial hypertension. The physical stress test was performed to detect ischemia at 76.1 %. …”
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Use of a bioresorbable polylactide sheet (OrthoWrap® Bioresorbable sheet) on tendon healing after extensor tendon repair: a controlled clinical trial by Abbas Abdoli Tafti, Hamidreza Mohammadi, Morteza Rezaei, Seyyed Hossein Saeed Bonadaki

“…One common strategy to prevent adhesion formation is the use of physical barriers. This study aimed to compare the outcomes of extensor tendon repair with and without the application of the OrthoWrap® bioresorbable Sheet, specifically in terms of adhesion prevention. …”
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