Association between perception of COVID-19 risk, confidence in health services and avoidance of emergency department visits: results from a community-based survey in Portugal by Silvia Lopes, Sónia Dias, Ana Gama, Pedro Laires, Carla Nunes, Patrícia Soares, Ana Rita Pedro, Marta Moniz, Ana Rita Goes

“…Of those, 242 reported avoiding ED visits.Outcome measures Logistic regression models for ED avoidance were conducted to estimate the effect of risk perception and confidence in health services, adjusted for sociodemographics, health status and time.Results The adjusted odds for ED avoidance were higher for participants lacking confidence in health service response to non-COVID-19 conditions (adjusted OR: 6.39; 95% CI 3.19 to 12.82) and COVID-19 (1.81; 1.19 to 2.77) and lower for those perceiving a low risk of being infected at a health provider (0.16; 0.07 to 0.38).Conclusion In our sample, confidence in health services and risk perception of infection at a health provider were associated with the decision to avoid the ED. …”
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Influence of Graphene Oxide on Mechanical and Morphological Properties of Nafion^® Membranes by Carlos Ceballos-Alvarez, Maziar Jafari, Mohamed Siaj, Samaneh Shahgaldi, Ricardo Izquierdo

“…The samples with GO presented remarkable mechanical properties when the annealing time and temperature increased; while the Nafion^® control samples failed at elongations of 95% and 98%, their counterparts with GO on the surface achieved elongations of 248% and 191% when annealed at 80 °C and 110 °C respectively, demonstrating that the presence of GO mechanically stabilizes the membranes under tension. …”
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Major adverse cardiovascular events among Black and White Veterans receiving androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer: a retrospective cohort study by Alexander R. Lucas, Dustin Bastiach, Bassam Dahman, Asit K. Paul, Samina Hirani, Vanessa B. Sheppard, W. Gregory Hundley, Bhaumik B. Patel, Rhonda L. Bitting, Michael G. Chang

“…Methods This retrospective cohort study examined time to diagnosis of MACE among Veterans with PC. …”
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A blind navigation guide model for obstacle avoidance using distance vision estimation based YOLO-V8n by EBERE CHIDI, Edward Anoliefo, Collins Udanor, Asogwa Tochukwu Chijindu, Lois Onyejere Nwobodo

“…In addition, a Distance Vision Estimation (DVE) algorithm was developed and applied to the Bi-FPN before connecting it to the head of the YOLO-V8n to facilitate simultaneous object detection and distance measurement in real-time video. Furthermore, the issue of bounding box overlap in the model was addressed by applying a Wise Intersection over Unit (WIoU) loss function. …”
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Pharmacokinetics of Immediate and Sustained Release Cephalexin Administered by Different Routes to Llamas (Lama glama) by Verónica Kreil, Luis Ambros, Ana Paula Prados, Lisa Tarragona, Agustina Monfrinotti, Guillermo Bramuglia, Marcela Rebuelto

“…Immediate release SC administration produced a significantly longer elimination half-life as compared with the IV and IM administration (1.3±0.2 versus 0.6±0.1 and 0.6±0.1 h, resp.) and higher mean absorption time as compared with the IM administration (1.7±0.5 versus 0.6±0.4 h). …”
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Intraoperative Hyperspectral Imaging Predicts Early Allograft Dysfunction and Overall Survival in Liver Transplantation by Andri Lederer, MD, Antonia Alina Geisler, MD, Robert Sucher, MD, Daniel Seehofer, MD, Hans-Michael Hau, MD, Uwe Scheuermann, PD, Sebastian Rademacher, MD

“…HSI is a promising, noninvasive tool, offering real-time, detailed graft perfusion assessment during LT. …”
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Permafrost Dynamics Observatory: 3. Remote Sensing Big Data for the Active Layer, Soil Moisture, and Greening and Browning by Elizabeth Wig, Kevin Schaefer, Roger Michaelides, Richard Chen, Leah K. Clayton, Brittany Fager, Lingcao Huang, Andrew D. Parsekian, Howard Zebker, Yingtong Zhang, Yuhuan Zhao

“…We analyze the distributions of these variables and use a space‐for‐time substitution to enable interpretation of the effects of climate trends. …”
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CRISPR/Cas13a combined with reverse transcription and RPA for NoV GII.4 monitoring in water environments by Yiqiang Sun, Weiwei Zhang, Houyun Zhang, Feng Zhao, Laijin Su

“…The entire process of our established method—from viral nucleic acid extraction to the output of the results—was completed in 30 min, much less than the time required for qPCR method. This suggests that the assay can be used as an alternative to qPCR for monitoring the change of NoV GII.4 concentration in water bodies, and shows high potential for application in the immediate detection of viruses in aqueous environments and resource-limited areas.…”
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Black Chokeberry (<i>Aronia melanocarpa</i>) Juice Supplementation Affects Age-Related Myocardial Remodeling in Rats by Elena Daskalova, Mina Pencheva, Slavi Delchev, Lyudmila Vladimirova-Kitova, Spas Kitov, Stoyan Markov, David Baruh, Petko Denev

“…The present study demonstrates for the first time that polyphenol-rich AMJ can positively influence age-related microvascular myocardial remodeling in rats, thus outlining its potential as a preventive agent for healthy cardiac aging.…”
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Predictors of plasma HDL-C concentrations in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study by James M. Shikany, John R. Bassler, Jared P. Reis, Pamela J. Schreiner, David T. Redden, John T. Wilkins, Cora E. Lewis

“…We performed multiple linear regression of HDL-C at each CARDIA exam in a cross-sectional analysis, and linear mixed-effects regression to assess the longitudinal change of HDL-C across exams, treating time as a linear predictor, separately in women and men. …”
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Orange sweet potato flour production: Comparative effects on ultrasound, drying, storage, and techno-economic assessment by Analaura Gómez-Cisneros, Alberto Ordaz, Liliana Santos-Zea, Anayansi Escalante-Aburto, Edith Ponce-Alquicira, Mariel Calderón-Oliver

“…Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the effects of 3 factors and their interaction: ultrasound treatment (40 kHz, 10 min at 25 °C), storage time after ultrasound (0–96 h), and drying methods (cabinet dehydration and freeze-drying) to obtain sweet potato flour without reducing bioactive compounds, color and antioxidant activity, as well as its techno-economic feasibility. …”
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Effects of message framing on self-management behaviour among patients with type 2 diabetes: a randomised controlled trial protocol by Xin Zhang, Feng Li, Hui Guo, Yue Pang, Yandi Liu, Ruitong Gao, Xiaoqian Lian, Tianyue Yu, Lanyu Zhu

“…However, with a rapid rise in the number of people with diabetes cases and the increasing burden on healthcare, it is often difficult for healthcare providers to find suitable time to provide health education to meet their needs. …”
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Optimizing the frequency of question items for bird species in quiz-style online training by Yui Ogawa, Keita Fukasawa, Akira Yoshioka, Nao Kumada, Akio Takenaka, Takashi Kamijo

“…We then evaluate the effectiveness of the algorithms in a randomized controlled trial, based on test scores and questionnaire responses. At the same time, we compare the new algorithms with the previous adaptive algorithm. …”
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Early and midterm efficacy of oxiplex gel on postoperative pain intensity, physical disability, and musculoskeletal power in patients undergoing lumbar discectomy by Alireza Tabibkhooei, Maziar Azar, Mohsen Nabiuni, Javad Jahandideh, Mohsen Benam, Farid Qoorchi Moheb Seraj, Feizollah Ebrahimnia, Ali Moradi

“…Results There was no significant difference found between the Oxiplex gel and control groups in terms of radicular and low back pain intensity, as well as disability scores, at different time points after surgery (p = 0.336, p = 0.65, and p = 0.336, respectively). …”
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Effectiveness of a personal health coaching intervention (diabetescoach) in patients with type 2 diabetes: protocol for an open-label, pragmatic randomised controlled trial by Oliver Faude, Fiona Streckmann, Lukas Zahner, Markus Gerber, Vivien Hohberg, Jan-Niklas Kreppke, Jan Kohl, Eleonora Seelig, Daniel König

“…The control group will receive access to the application for 1 year and a one-time written diet and exercise recommendation. The primary outcomes are objectively measured physical activity and glycated haemoglobin. …”
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Hybrid parking space prediction model: integrating ARIMA, Long short-term memory (LSTM), and backpropagation neural network (BPNN) for smart city development by Anchal Dahiya, Pooja Mittal, Yogesh Kumar Sharma, Umesh Kumar Lilhore, Sarita Simaiya, Mohd Anul Haq, Mohammed A. Aleisa, Abdullah Alenizi

“…Before analysis, data was pre-processed to remove noise from the dataset and real time information collected from different sensors to predict the results accurately. …”
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Agribusiness analysis of seed producer supports increased soybean production in East Java production centre areas by Ruly Krisdiana, Dian Adi Anggraeni Elisabeth, Moh Saeri, Yanti Rina Darsani, Rusli Burhansyah, Juliana Carolina Kilmanun, Umi Karomah Yaumidin, Made Jana Mejaya, Didik Harnowo, Arief Harsono

“…The strategy in developing soybean seed producer that can be proposed are: growing soybean seed farmers at each production centre location to meet the needs of seeds on time, quantity, variety, agroclimate, quality, and price, so as to meet the need of local farmers quickly, and reduce the risk of rapidly decreasing seed germination.…”
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Myocardium Assessment by Relaxation along Fictitious Field, Extracellular Volume, Feature Tracking, and Myocardial Strain in Hypertensive Patients with Left Ventricular Hypertrophy by Seyed Amir Mirmojarabian, Eveliina Lammentausta, Esa Liukkonen, Lauri Ahvenjärvi, Juhani Junttila, Miika T. Nieminen, Timo Liimatainen

“…Field Strength/Sequence. Relaxation time mapping (T1, T1ρ, and TRAFF2 with 11.8 μT maximum radio frequency field amplitude) was performed at 1.5 T using a Siemens Aera (Erlangen, Germany) scanner equipped with an 18-channel body array coil. …”
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The Determinants of Sexual Intercourse Before Age 16 Years Among Rural Jamaican Adolescents by Olaniyi J. Ekundayo, Joana Dodson-Stallworth, Michele Roofe, Inmaculada B. Aban, Laura H. Bachmann, Mirjam C. Kempf, John Ehiri, Pauline E. Jolly

“…Female gender (OR = 0.16, 95%CI = 0.07-0.36) and older age at time of survey were protective (OR = 0.40, 95%CI = 0.32-0.52). …”
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V2Va +: An Efficient SystemVerilog &#x0026; Verilog-to-Verilog-A Translator for Accelerated Mixed-Signal Simulation by Chao Wang, Yicong Shao, Jiajie Huang, Wangzilu Lu, Zhiwen Gu, Longfan Li, Yuhang Zhang, Jian Zhao, Wei Mao, Yongfu Li

“…It effectively manages a wide range of design complexities, maintains functional consistency during translation, and significantly reduces simulation time, achieving speed-ups of over <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$2{\times }$ </tex-math></inline-formula>. …”
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