Upper Limb Orthoses: Integrating Topology Optimization and 3D Printing for Custom Fit and Function by Stefanos Voulgaris, Charoula Kousiatza, George Kazakis, Konstantinos-Iason Ypsilantis, Dimitrios Galanis, Chara Ch. Mitropoulou, Maria Gkara, Stelios K. Georgantzinos, Konstantinos Soultanis, Nikos D. Lagaros

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A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF SISAL FIBRE AND WASTE PLASTIC STRIPS IN STRUCTURAL STRENGTH IMPROVEMENT OF TROPICAL BLACK CLAY by YOHANNA PAUL, BADAMASI ABDULRAHMAN, ISHOLA KAZEEM, ODOH KELVIN CHUKWUEBUKA, ABDULKADIR MOHAMMED NYAKO, FWANGSHAK GAYUS MIJE

“… A study on the effect of sisal fibre and waste plastic strips on tropical black clay (also called Black cotton soil, BCS) was carried out. Tests piloted on the natural and treated soil consist of California bearing ratio (CBR), Atterberg limits and compaction for different percentages inclusion of sisal fibre (0, 0.5, 1, 1.5 and 2%) and waste plastic strips (0, 0.5, 1, 1.5 and 2%) by dry weight of soil. …”
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Analysis of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes of Pregnant Women with Syphilis and Maternal-Infant Serological Association in Changzhou, China, 2015–2019 by Chaorong Bian, Zhiqiang Qin, Jieying Zhang, Mengtao Sun, Manman Gu, Kejin Chen

“…Demographic characteristics, laboratory tests, and medication were collected to describe adverse pregnancy outcomes and the distribution of non-pale leptospiral antibody titers during pregnancy. …”
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Predição da Propensão à Cardiopatia Atrial e Fibrilação Atrial Paroxística em Pacientes com Acidente Vascular Cerebral Embólico de Origem Indeterminada (ESUS) by Ahmed Kishk, Mohamed E. Abdeldayem, Mohamed A. Khalil, Mohammed Elbarbary

“…Métodos Inscrevemos setenta e cinco pacientes ESUS que estavam em ritmo sinusal no momento do diagnóstico de acidente vascular cerebral para serem submetidos a monitoramento Holter de 7 dias no hospital, teste para Pro-BNP e um exame ecocardiográfico padrão. …”
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Evaluation of a pilot family planning educational seminar and subsequent attitudes towards family planning among Muslim communities in Tanzania. by Alexandra A Cordeiro, Hajirah Gumanneh, Aneth Nzali, Valencia J Lambert, Amina Yussuph, Albert Kihunrwa, Yassin Mchondo, Ramadhan Mtita, Hidaya Yahaya, Samuel E Kalluvya, Joyce Wamoyi, Mehrunisha Suleman, Jennifer A Downs, Agrey H Mwakisole

“…This study employed a mixed-methods approach to pilot-test a one-day educational seminar about social, medical, and theological aspects of FP. …”
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Designing an intervention to improve cognitive evaluations in primary care by Kyra S. O’Brien, Kristin Harkins, MaryAnne Peifer, Melanie Kleid, Cameron Coykendall, Judy Shea, Jason Karlawish, Robert E. Burke

“…Facilitators included the presence of an informant or caregiver and having additional staff to conduct cognitive testing. Implementation mapping resulted in a list of 15 candidate strategies. …”
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Prevalence of prolonged transitional neonatal hypoglycemia and associated factors in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Solomon Demis Kebede, Amare Kassaw, Tigabu Munye Aytenew, Kindu Agmas, Demewoz Kefale

“…Heterogeneity among the studies was assessed using a forest plot, I2 statistics, and Egger's test. Data extraction was conducted from May 20 to May 27, 2023, for studies published since 2020. …”
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Traditional medicine use and associated factors in chronic patients in Jamalpur, Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study by Mahmuda Akter Poli, Md Jamil Hossain, Ibrahim Kholil, Sumaya Yasmin, Bishwjit Bhowmick, Lakshmi Rani Kundu

“…Data was collected through face-to-face interviews. The Chi-square test was used to determine the association between categorical variables and multinomial logistic regression models to identify the factors associated with the use of traditional medicine.ResultsThe mean age of the participants was 43.7 (SD = 15.9) years. …”
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Morphological and molecular analysis of rose cultivars from the Grandiflora and Kordesii garden groups by S. S. Yudanova, O. V. Dorogina, O. Yu. Vasilyeva

“…These cultivars proved themselves during many years of testing in harsh climatic conditions. The objectives of the study were to determine the genetic relationship within the groups and to assign phenotypically different cultivars to one or another garden group. …”
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Hubungan Pola Makan dengan Kejadian Depresi pada Penderita Dispepsia Fungsional by Yuriko Andre, Rizanda Machmud, Arina Widya Murni

“…Data collection was conducted during the period of June to November 2012 and the data processing used correlation test by computerized system. The result was the probability odds ratios (OR) with 95% Confidence Interval (CI) in patients with depression were 4,500 times more likely to have irregular diet compared with non-depressed ones and showed a strong degree of correlation with the significance of correlation (p) 0.025 (p <0.05). …”
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Comparison of the Accuracy of Fixture-Level Implant Impression Making with Different Splinting Techniques by Mehrdad Nateghi, Ramin Negahdari, Sahar Molaei, Ali Barzegar, Sepideh Bohlouli

“…The data were analyzed using SPSS 17 using the Kruskal–Wallis test. Results. The mean distance measured in group 1 was 19.14 ± 0.029 mm, which was significantly lower than the main model. …”
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Extent and pattern of burden of care and its associated factors among Eritrean families of persons living with schizophrenia: a cross-sectional study by Xiaofeng Li, Tesfaldet Habtemariam Hidru, Mohammed Hamid Osman, Sainyugu Lolokote

“…Descriptive statistics, independent t-tests, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and multiple regression analysis was employed to analyse the data.Results In this study, 84 (57.5%) were males and 62 (42.5%) were females. …”
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Analisis Sentimen Maskapai Penerbangan Menggunakan Metode Naive Bayes dan Seleksi Fitur Information Gain by Arif Bijaksana Putra Negara, Hafiz Muhardi, Indira Melinda Putri

“…The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of selecting the Information Gain feature on classification accuracy and prove that the Naïve Bayes method with Information Gain can be used for the classification of sentiment analysis. The results of the tests that have been done show that the average value of accuracy, precision, recall after adding Information Gain shows better results of 0.865 compared to the addition of information gain which is equal to 0.81. …”
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Genetic and Plasma Proteomic Approaches to Identify Therapeutic Targets for Graves’ Disease and Graves’ Ophthalmopathy by Ke C, Yu Y, Li J, Yu Y, Sun Y, Wang Y, Wang B, Lu Y, Tang M, Wang N, Chen Y

“…Colocalization analysis and the Heidi test were used to examine whether the identified proteins and diseases shared the same variant. …”
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The WF1 (White Flower 1) gene controlling the white color of petals and flowering time in lines from a mapping population of flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) by N. B. Brutch, I. I. Matvienko, E. A. Porokhovinova, A. V. Pavlov

“…More than 200 lines of the 6th generation of inbreeding were obtained from the plants of the hybrid population. Their field testing under  the long-day  conditions showed that  although the majority of the lines with white petals  flowered early and had a small number of leaves, some of them bloomed later and were leafier. …”
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Evaluation of Sialic Acid Levels in the Umbilical Cord Blood of Newborns of Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Mothers and the Relation with Poor Neonatal Outcome by Yuksel Kurban, İbrahim Uyar, Koza Murat, Murat Alan

“…The inclusion criteria were participants should have an oral glucose tolerance test, patients should not have rheumatic or metabolic diseases, and the follow-up visits during whole pregnancy should be in our hospital. …”
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Effectiveness and Safety of Four Aerobic Exercise Intensity Prescription Techniques in Rehabilitation Training for Patients with Coronary Heart Disease by Tao Chen, Huiying Zhu, Qingyuan Su

“…A retrospective study was conducted on all patients with CHD who were admitted to CR and completed cardiopulmonary exercise tests (CPET) in Guangdong Hospital of traditional Chinese medicine. …”
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Gender beliefs and norms underlying intimate partner violence stigma among women living in Botswana: Results of an exploratory factor analysis. by Ari Ho-Foster, Mercilene Tanyaradzwa Machisa, Lorato Ruth Moalusi, Nicola Christofides

“…We explored women's agreement with statements about gendered power dynamics and violence in intimate heterosexual relationships, before identifying and psychometrically testing scales derived for measuring community norms and beliefs underlying stigma to IPV. …”
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Effect of gut microbiota changes on cytokines IL-10 and IL-17 levels in liver transplantation patients by Mohamed Abdel-Raoof Fouda, Mohamed Abdel-Wahhab, Ahmed Esmail Abdelkader, Mohsen El-Sayd Ibrahim, Taher Abozeid Elsheikh, Hisham Mohammad Aldeweik, Nora Elfeky

“…The findings of the Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) indicated a substantial effect of gut microbiota composition on cytokine levels (IL-10 and IL-17), with all tests producing p-values of 0.001. The assessment of cytokine levels indicated fluctuating variations at several time points following surgery. …”
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Environmental awareness factor of used cell phones by N. Wibowo, R. Nurcahyo, D.S. Gabriel

“…Statistical correlations between variables were assessed, and the chi-square independence test was used to evaluate the statistical correlations. …”
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