Design and psychometric testing of a moral intelligence instrument for pre-hospital emergency medical services personnel: a sequential-exploratory mixed-method study by Fateme Mohammadi, Rasoul Salimi, Salman Khazaei, Mostafa Bijani

“…It was in the second phase where the psychometric properties including face validity, content validity, construct validity and reliability were measured. A total of 210 prehospital EMS personnel participated for exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. …”
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A new health literacy scale for staff in preschool childcare institution: development and preliminary validation by Xinqi Zhuang, Yitong Jia, Tianxin Cui, Ge Meng, Jianzhong Zhang, Linxia He, Yin-Ping Zhang

“…Item analysis was performed through critical ration, correlation analysis, and Cronbach’s alpha if item deleted. Construct validity was performed through exploratory (n = 190) and confirmatory factor analyses (n = 276). …”
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The Innovation Intermediaries Role in the Adoption of Emerging Technologies in Iran's Automotive Industry by Ali Maleki, Hadi Nilforoushan

“…It is worth mentioning that to test the hypotheses, the t-test was used to determine the validity of the relationship between the constructs.   Results The hypotheses showed that the innovation intermediaries have a significant effect on understanding the ease of use of emerging technologies, perceived usefulness, willingness to adopt emerging technologies, legal support in the adoption of emerging technologies, security concerns in the adoption of emerging technologies, cost savings of emerging technologies in the automotive industry. …”
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Exploring the Analgesic Effect of Acupuncture on Knee Osteoarthritis Based on MLT/cAMP/PKA/CREB Signaling Pathway by Zhang C, Yu M, Zhang L, Zhou X, Han J, Fu B, Xue H, Zhang C

“…This study aims to explore this mechanism.Methods: In this work, the KOA rabbit model was constructed using the traditional Hulth method, and the therapeutic effect was assessed by the Lequesne MG score and Pain assessment by hot plate test. …”
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Automatic segmentation model and machine learning model grounded in ultrasound radiomics for distinguishing between low malignant risk and intermediate-high malignant risk of adnex... by Lu Liu, Wenjun Cai, Feibo Zheng, Hongyan Tian, Yanping Li, Ting Wang, Xiaonan Chen, Wenjing Zhu

“…Abstract Objective To develop an automatic segmentation model to delineate the adnexal masses and construct a machine learning model to differentiate between low malignant risk and intermediate-high malignant risk of adnexal masses based on ovarian-adnexal reporting and data system (O-RADS). …”
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Periodically poled aluminum scandium nitride bulk acoustic wave resonators and filters for communications in the 6G era by Izhar, M. M. A. Fiagbenu, S. Yao, X. Du, P. Musavigharavi, Y. Deng, J. Leathersich, C. Moe, A. Kochhar, E. A. Stach, R. Vetury, R. H. Olsson

“…In this work, we utilized 4-layer AlScN periodically poled piezoelectric films (P3F) to construct high-frequency (~17–18 GHz) resonators and filters. …”
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Rumen DNA virome and its relationship with feed efficiency in dairy cows by Xiaohan Liu, Yifan Tang, Hongyi Chen, Jian-Xin Liu, Hui-Zeng Sun

“…Conclusions This study constructed a comprehensive rumen DNA virome profile for Holstein dairy cows, elucidating the structural and functional complexity of rumen viruses, the roles of AMGs, and vOTU-hMAG linkages. …”
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Changes of the ecological environment status in villages under the background of traditional village preservation: a case study in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture by Fu Li, Huiqiong Xia, Jie Miao, Jialin Yang

“…Several sub-indices of the ecological environment status, including the biological richness index, vegetation coverage index, water network density index, and land stress index, were selected to construct an ecological environment assessment model. …”
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Development of an interpretable model for foot soft tissue stiffness based on gait plantar pressure analysis by Xiaotian Bai, Xiao Hou, Dazhi Lv, Dazhi Lv, Jialin Wei, Jialin Wei, Yiling Song, Zhengyan Tang, Hongfeng Huo, Hongfeng Huo, Jingmin Liu

“…A backpropagation neural network, optimized by integrating particle swarm optimization and genetic algorithm, was constructed to predict foot soft tissue stiffness using plantar pressure data collected during walking. …”
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Probing Quantum Telecloning on Superconducting Quantum Processors by Elijah Pelofske, Andreas Bartschi, Stephan Eidenbenz, Bryan Garcia, Boris Kiefer

“…Quantum telecloning allows approximate copies of quantum information to be constructed by separate parties, using the classical results of a Bell measurement made on a prepared quantum telecloning state. …”
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Application of Computer Simulation in Exploring the Effects of <italic>Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix</italic> on Simultaneously Treating Wei Syndrome and Bi Syndrome of Osteoarthrit... by Chunsong ZHENG, Hongzhi YE, Jinxia YE, Changlong FU

“…The platforms of molecular docking and biological network were used to study the interactions between the Niuxi compounds and above targets, and Niuxi compound-target networks related to the treatment of Wei syndrome and Bi syndrome were constructed to analyze the pharmacodynamic material basis, action targets and modes of Niuxi in the therapy of OA.Results:①Comparison of the chemical space distributions between molecular datasets of Niuxi and drugs indicated that the chemical space distributions of the former were more diverse than those of the latter, and the former were the same, or close to the latter with the treatment of Wei syndrome at the back of chemical space, while the former were the same, or close to the latter with the treatment of Bi syndrome at the bottom back corner of chemical space. …”
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Comprehensive pan-cancer analysis reveals NTN1 as an immune infiltrate risk factor and its potential prognostic value in SKCM by Fuxiang Luan, Yuying Cui, Ruizhe Huang, Zhuojie Yang, Shishi Qiao

“…The relationship between NTN1 and tumor heterogeneity, stemness, DNA methyltransferases, and MMR genes was also examined. Lastly, we constructed a nomogram based on NTN1 in SKCM and investigated its association with drug sensitivity. …”
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Prognostic evaluation of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer with P-CRP and its nomogram by Junyun Wu, Zhixuan Deng, Xu Lei, Zhiyao Xu, Chenxi Tan, Yunqiao Tang, Xi Sheng, Ning Yang

“…PurposeTo investigate the impact of the product of preoperative platelet count and C-reactive protein (P-CRP) on the postoperative prognosis of patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), and to construct a Nomogram to predict the recurrence-free survival (RFS) of NMIBC patients based on pathological data.MethodsA retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical data of 164 NMIBC patients who underwent transurethral resection of bladder tumors (TURBT) at the Second Affiliated Hospital of University of South China from January 2013 to December 2019. …”
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Bioinformatics analysis of ferroptosis-related hub genes and immunoinfiltration in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion following heart transplantation by Yuxi Zhang, Qiao Tang, Jiahui Cui, Yanan Li, Heng Xu, Zhen Qiu, Shaoqing Lei, Rui Xue, Qian Sun, Zhongyuan Xia

“…Finally, the mouse model of heart transplantation with I/R was constructed, and the hub genes was verified by RT-qPCR and western blot. …”
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Through each other's eyes: initial results and protocol for the co-design of an observational measure of adolescent-parent interaction using first-person perspective by Nicky Wright, Rebecca M. Pearson, Rebecca M. Pearson, Danielle Crook, Danielle Crook, Alice Bond, Tom Jewell, Tom Jewell

“…“Trust” and “understanding” were most frequently reported as important adolescent-parent relationship constructs.ConclusionsThis work represents the first attempt to truly co-design a method to assess parenting in adolescence. …”
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Novel pyroptosis-immune-related lncRNA signature exhibits a distinct immune cell infiltration landscape in breast cancer by Dedi Kong, Dedi Kong, Hongju Cheng, Meihong Wang

“…IntroductionThis study investigated pyroptosis- and immunity-related long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) to identify promising therapeutic targets for breast cancer (BC), and constructed lncRNA signatures to determine the prognosis and immunotherapy responses of BC patients.MethodsPearson’s correlation coefficient was used to identify pyroptosis- and immune-related differentially expressed lncRNAs (DE-pyrolncRNAs and DE-ImmlncRNAs, respectively). …”
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Comparing Optimal Portfolio Performance Based on Skew-Normal Distribution and Skew-Laplace-Normal Distribution: A Mean-Absolute Deviation-Entropy Approach by Hila Rezaei, Gholamhossien Golarzi, Omid Karimi

“…This study compares the effectiveness of the mean-absolute deviation-entropy model utilizing both Skew-Normal Distribution and Skew-Laplace-Normal Distribution for constructing an optimal portfolio in the Tehran Stock Exchange over 36 months from April 2018 to March 2020.   …”
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Designing a human resource scorecard: An empirical stakeholder-based study with a company culture perspective by Hasan Boudlaie, Hannan Amoozad Mahdiraji, Sabihe Shamsi, Vahid Jafari-Sadeghi, Alexeis Garcia-Pereze

“…This study is innovative due to the proposed approach to redesign the strategy map and the balanced scorecard from a human resource management perspective, methodically, due to adopting a combined thematic analysis process and constructing related narratives and stakeholder approaches from a corporate culture perspective.…”
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Decarbonizing Saudi Arabia energy and industrial sectors: Assessment of carbon capture cost by Feras Rowaihy, Ali Hamieh, Naser Odeh, Mohamad Hejazi, Mohammed Al-Juaied, Abdulkader M. Afifi, Hussein Hoteit

“…The total capture cost per ton of CO2 is determined by combining these cost components using an established economic model and a custom-developed tool. The study constructs a comprehensive CO₂ capture cost curve for Saudi Arabia, highlighting the variability of capture costs across regions and industries. …”
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A Comparative Analysis of Explainable Artificial Intelligence Models for Electric Field Strength Prediction over Eight European Cities by Yiannis Kiouvrekis, Ioannis Givisis, Theodor Panagiotakopoulos, Ioannis Tsilikas, Agapi Ploussi, Ellas Spyratou, Efstathios P. Efstathopoulos

“…Our objective is to determine the optimal machine learning model for constructing electric field strength maps across urban areas, enhancing the field of environmental monitoring with the aid of sensor-based data collection. …”
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