Relationship between insertions of the tibialis anterior and peroneus longus and first tarsometatarsal joint degeneration by Kodai Sakamoto, Mutsuaki Edama, Tomoki Hirai, Hirotake Yokota, Ryo Hirabayashi, Chie Sekine, Tomonobu Ishigaki, Makoto Komiya, Taku Toriumi, Ikuo Kageyama

“…The TAT was classified into 4 types based on attachment site area and number of fiber bundles: Type I, two fiber bundles with equal (within 20%) attachment site areas on the first metatarsal and medial cuneiform; Type II, with two fiber bundles and a larger (>20%) attachment site area on the medial cuneiform than on the first metatarsal; Type III, with two fiber bundles and a larger (>20%) attachment site area on the first metatarsal than on the medial cuneiform; and Type IV, with three fiber bundles. …”
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Dopamine and 24-Epibrassinolide Upregulate Root Resilience, Mitigating Lead Stress on Leaf Tissue and Stomatal Performance in Tomato Plants by Lohana Ribeiro Prestes, Madson Mateus Santos da Silva, Sharon Graziela Alves da Silva, Maria Andressa Fernandes Gonçalves, Bruno Lemos Batista, Ivan Becari Viana, Allan Klynger da Silva Lobato

“…For roots, both plant growth regulators maximized the epidermis, with increases in treatments Pb²⁺ − DOP + EBR (45%), Pb²⁺ + DOP − EBR (24%), and Pb²⁺ + DOP + EBR (36%), when compared with equal treatment without Pb²⁺. To leaves, the tested molecules improved the leaf structures, significantly increasing palisade parenchyma and spongy parenchyma. …”
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A Walk-In Screening of Dementia in the General Population in Taiwan by Chun-Hung Chen, Ling-Chun Wang, Tzu-Chiao Ma, Yuan-Han Yang

“…The ratio of suspected dementia patients, AD8 score greater than or equal to 2, was 13.6% of all recruited participants with their mean AD8 score being 2.9±1.3, mean age being 69.4±10.8 years old, and female predominance being 73.0%. …”
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Detecting gene copy number alterations by Oncomine Comprehensive genomic profiling in a comparative study on FFPE tumor samples by Fabio Bozzi, Elena Conca, Marco Silvestri, Gianpaolo Dagrada, Alice Ardore, Donata Penso, Daniele Lorenzini, Chiara Costanza Volpi, Desirè Viola Trupia, Adele Busico, Iolanda Capone, Federica Perrone, Elena Tamborini, Andrea Vingiani, Luca Agnelli, Giancarlo Pruneri

“…OCA+, a targeted DNA panel, showed lower CNAs detection sensitivity and equal specificity for gains and losses. According to proprietary software pipeline, OCA+ accurately identified gains characterized by CN ≥ 5,2. …”
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The Effects of Action Observation Speed on Motor Function in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain: From Observation to Execution by Mónica Grande-Alonso, Manuel Estradera-Bel, Carlos Forner-Álvarez, Ferran Cuenca-Martínez, Celia Vidal-Quevedo, Alba Paris-Alemany, Roy La Touche

“…Methods: Sixty individuals, divided equally between those with non-specific chronic low back pain (NSCLBP) and asymptomatic subjects, were enrolled. …”
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What do the CEOs’ LinkedIn posts reveal about their mindsets towards organisational culture? A discourse analysis of LinkedIn posts by the CEOs of Swedish unicorn startups by Ona Žeimytė, Giedrė Lapinskienė

“…The findings show that the mindsets of unicorn CEOs express their inclination towards innovation, growth orientation, visionary thinking, equality, hierarchy, and appreciation as elements of organisational culture. …”
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Effect of the epidemiological heterogeneity on the outbreak outcomes by Alina Macacu, Dominique J. Bicout

“…Three types of responses are observed: dilution, amplification or no effect, corresponding to lower, higher or equal attack rates, respectively, for a host population in an interacting multi-host system compared to the zero-mixing situation. …”
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Bone Mass and Strength and Fall-Related Fractures in Older Age by Kirsti Uusi-Rasi, Saija Karinkanta, Kari Tokola, Pekka Kannus, Harri Sievänen

“…Reduction of falls by improving physical performance, balance, mobility, and muscle power is equally important.…”
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Navigating from ‘heroic’ leadership to a distributed leadership model in a virtual community of practice by Ian Johnson, Ed Bickle, Ralitsa Kantcheva

“…We show how power was progressively and beneficially transferred away from the founding coordinator, yet also demonstrate how coordination remained equally important as the vCoP matured. Not least, we argue that a careful balance of coordination and distribution is required to allow a CoP to evolve while holding true to its initial values and purpose. …”
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Direct numerical simulation study on relationship between Ranque-Hilsch effect and turbulence in high-speed swirling flow inside a cylindrical vortex chamber by Taihei YAMAMOTO, Yuji HATTORI

“…The viscous coefficient of the working fluid is set equal to or larger than 100 times that of the air. …”
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The Interplay of Aging and PANoptosis in Osteoarthritis Pathogenesis: Implications for Novel Therapeutic Strategies by Liu S, Zhang G, Li N, Wang Z, Lu L

“…Shaoshan Liu,1,* Guifeng Zhang,2,* Nan Li,3 Zheng Wang,4 Liaodong Lu1 1Department of Joint Surgery, Liaocheng Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Liaocheng, 252000, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Neurology, Liaocheng People’s Hospital and Liaocheng Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Liaocheng, 252000, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Trauma Orthopedics, Liaocheng Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Liaocheng, 252000, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Neurosurgery, Liaocheng Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Liaocheng, 252000, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Zheng Wang, Email zhengyimingdao@gmail.com; Liaodong Lu, Email shuier_226@163.comAbstract: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common degenerative joint disease characterized by the progressive degradation of articular cartilage, synovial inflammation, and subchondral bone remodeling. …”
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Safety and Effectiveness of a Perturbation-based Neuromuscular Training Program on Dynamic Balance in Adolescent Females: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Alison Bulow, Judith E Anderson, Jeff R S Leiter, Peter B MacDonald, Jason D Peeler

“… # Methods Twenty-four healthy and an exploratory group of 10 ACL-injured females (ages 12-18) were equally randomized into a perturbation-based NM training or control group and evaluated before and after a five-week intervention period. …”
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Iron deficiency and symptoms in women aged 20–49 years and relation to upper gastrointestinal and colon cancers by Jean-Luc Szpakowski, Lue-Yen Tucker

“…Using symptoms rather than IDA as an indication for endoscopy found equal numbers of cancers with fewer procedures.…”
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Accuracy of Two Methods in Estimating Target Muscle Force During Shoulder Submaximal Isometric Contractions by Sean F. Griech, Christos Karagiannopoulos

“…Either method (RR or NR) can be equally useful for shoulder isometric exercise prescription when an ipsilateral reference cannot be determined…”
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Factors Associated With the Accuracy of Large Language Models in Basic Medical Science Examinations: Cross-Sectional Study by Naritsaret Kaewboonlert, Jiraphon Poontananggul, Natthipong Pongsuwan, Gun Bhakdisongkhram

“…ResultsThe study revealed that GPT-4 was the top-performing model, with an overall accuracy of 89.07% (95% CI 84.76%‐92.41%), significantly outperforming the others (P ConclusionsThe GPT-4 and Microsoft Bing models demonstrated equal and superior accuracy compared to GPT-3.5 and Google Bard in the domain of basic medical science. …”
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Erythrocyte Storage Lesion Improvements Mediated by Naringin Screened from Vegetable/Fruit Juice Using Cell Extract and HPLC-MS by Yuqi She, Qiong Liu, Xiyue Xiong, Ning Li, Jian Zhang

“…Currently, we attempt to analyze the potential bioactive components and test whether the compounds can improve the storage lesions of erythrocytes. Equal portions in wet weight of 20 fresh vegetables and fruits were blended with phosphate buffered solution (PBS), and clear solutions were produced as additive to the packed erythrocytes from consented blood donors at 1 : 10 ratio (ml : gram). …”
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A Finger Vein Recognition Algorithm Based on the Histogram of Variable Curvature Directional Binary Statistics by Min Li, Xue Jiang, Honghao Zhu, Fei Liu, Huabin Wang, Liang Tao, Shijun Liu

“…Extensive experiments were conducted on four widely utilized vein databases, and the results indicate that the proposed algorithm, compared with solely extraction of structural features, achieved higher recognition rates and lower equal error rates.…”
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The impact of cultural origin on the psychiatric expertise in Switzerland: a focus on sexual violence illustrated by two criminal cases by Marco De Pieri, Neva Suardi

“…Dominance, rather than sexual gratification, can lead to sexual violence, which could also be a “male backlash” against gender equality. Biological theories link sexual violence to genetic factors; a psychodynamic perspective suggests an unconscious social reproduction of masculine culture and delves into possible explanations for violent behavior. …”
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Comparison of two bolus doses of dexmedetomidine for prophylaxis against postoperative nausea and vomiting in highly susceptible patients: A randomized controlled trial by Maha Mohamed Ismail Youssef, Amr Raafat Mahmoud Seif, Kareem Nagy Abbass Ahmed, Ghada Abo Bakr, Gihan Mohamed Obayah, Mohamed Ramadan Ahmed Mohamed

“…Participants were randomly divided equally into three groups. At the end of the surgery, group C received 10 mL of normal saline; group D50 received a single bolus dose of 0.5 µ/kg Dex diluted in 10 mL of normal saline, and group D75 received a single bolus dose of 0.75 µ/kg Dex diluted in 10 mL of normal saline. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Efficacy and Safety of the Diode Laser (980 nm) and Sclerotherapy in the Treatment of Oral Vascular Malformations by Peeyush Shivhare, Naqoosh Haidry, Neha Sah, Ajay Kumar, Abhishek Gupta, Ankur Singh, Mohan Raju Penumatcha, Shalini Subramanyam

“…The patients were divided equally (20 in each) into two groups, i.e., the laser group and sclerotherapy group. …”
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