The prevalence and influencing factors of COVID-19 in pregnant women post-relaxation of epidemic control measures in Hunan Province, China by Yingxia Wang, Yixu Liu, Kehan Zou, Min Yang, Yinglan Wu, Donghua Xie

“…ObjectiveTo investigate the epidemiological characteristics of COVID-19 in pregnant women after relaxation of epidemic control measures.MethodsThis cross-sectional study employed a multistage stratified sampling method, involving six sampling sites (districts/counties) of three cities (Zhuzhou, Chenzhou, and Huaihua) in Hunan Province, China. …”
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The European summer heatwave of 2019 – a regional storyline perspective by T. Klimiuk, P. Ludwig, A. Sanchez-Benitez, H. F. Goessling, P. Braesicke, P. Braesicke, J. G. Pinto

“…To isolate the more certain thermodynamic response from the less certain dynamical response to anthropogenic climate change, we employ an event-based storyline approach and focus the present study on the 2019 summer heatwaves that occurred over central Europe. …”
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Fostering positive affective exercise experiences and affect-related competencies for a physically active lifestyle: The FEEL Project – Results of the Pilot-Study by Martin Robert Bührer, Stephanie Rosenstiel, Gorden Sudeck, Julia Schmid

“…Methods The main study, employing a randomized controlled design started in October 2024. …”
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Establishing an Electrophysiological Recording Platform for Epidural Spinal Cord Stimulation in Neuropathic Pain Rats by Yang CT, Shyu BC, Lin WT, Lu KH, Lin CR, Wen YR, Chen CC

“…This study comprehensively analyzed methodology and technical challenges and pitfalls encountered during the development and implementation of this model.Materials and Methods: Employing a newly developed pUHF-SCS (± 3 V, 2 Hz pulses with 500-kHz biphasic radiofrequency sinewaves), we assessed analgesic effect and changes of evoked local field potentials (eLFPs) in the bilateral primary somatosensory and anterior cingulate cortices in the rats with or without spared nerve injury (SNI) using the platform. …”
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Enhancement of convolutional neural network for urban environment parking space classification by S. Rahman, M. Ramli, F. Arnia, R. Muharar, M. Ikhwan, S. Munzir

“…The third convolution layer employs a 3 x 3 filter matrix with padding of up to 15 and converts it into 10x10 dimensions. …”
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Semaphorin-4D signaling in recruiting dental stem cells for vascular stabilization by Lili Zhang, Dineshi Sewvandi Thalakiriyawa, Jiawei Liu, Shengyan Yang, Yan Wang, Waruna Lakmal Dissanayaka

“…Furthermore, the m6A methylation levels of total RNA and the expression of Methyltransferase-like 3 (METTL3) were assessed under conditions of Sema4D treatment in vitro. An ELISA was employed to measure the levels of Sema4D in the supernatants derived from THP-1 cell-mediated macrophages. …”
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Associations between age, red cell distribution width and 180-day and 1-year mortality in giant cell arteritis patients: mediation analyses and machine learning in a cohort study by Si Chen, Rui Nie, Xiaoran Shen, Yan Wang, Haixia Luan, Xiaoli Zeng, Yanhua Chen, Hui Yuan

“…Logistic and Cox regression analyses, Kaplan–Meier (KM) survival analysis, restricted cubic spline (RCS) analysis, and mediation effect analysis were employed to investigate the association between age, RDW levels, and 180-day and 1-year mortality in GCA patients hospitalized or admitted to the ICU. …”
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Breeding and genetic aspects of creating productive forms of fast-developing spring bread wheat by B. V. Rigin, E. V. Zuev, V. A. Tyunin, E. R. Shreyder, Z. S. Pyzhenkova, I. I. Matvienko

“…The present work was aimed at analyzing special features of genetic and physiological mechanisms of early maturity in spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and at determining possibilities of creating recombinants with high development rate and plant productivity.Materials and methods. The study employed such ultra-early spring wheat accessions as 'Rico' (k-65588), 'Foton' (k-55696), 'Fori' lines (kk-65589 ... 65596) selected from F4 hybrids of 'Foton' x 'Rico', and 'Rifor' lines selected from F6-7 hybrids of 'Rico' x 'Forlani Roberto' (k-42641). …”
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Correlation of muscle strength, information processing speed and cognitive function in the elderly with cognitive impairment——evidence from EEG by Xin Xin, Qing Liu, Shuqi Jia, Shufan Li, Peng Wang, Xingze Wang, Xing Wang

“…ObjectiveThis study investigates the interplay between muscle strength, information processing speed, EEG-specific biomarkers, and cognitive function in elderly individuals with cognitive impairments, emphasizing the mediating roles of information processing speed and EEG-specific biomarkers.MethodA cross-sectional study design was employed to recruit 151 elderly participants. The participants underwent grip strength and 30-s sit-to-stand tests to assess muscle strength, completed the Trail Making Test part A (TMT-A) and the Symbol Digit Modality Test (SDMT) to evaluate information processing speed, and utilized the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA) to gauge cognitive function. …”
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Uncertainty quantification in multi-parametric MRI-based meningioma radiotherapy target segmentation by Lana Wang, Zhenyu Yang, Zhenyu Yang, Dominic LaBella, Zachary Reitman, John Ginn, Jingtong Zhao, Justus Adamson, Kyle Lafata, Kyle Lafata, Kyle Lafata, Evan Calabrese, John Kirkpatrick, Chunhao Wang

“…As an equivalence of a nonlinear image transform, projections enhance locoregional details while maintaining the global field of view. By employing multiple projection centers, SPU-Net generates various GTV segmentation predictions, the variance indicating the model’s uncertainty. …”
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Ethnoracial disparities in childhood growth trajectories in Brazil: a longitudinal nationwide study of four million children by Helena Benes Matos da Silva, Rita de Cássia Ribeiro-Silva, Juliana Freitas de Mello e Silva, Irina Chis Ster, Poliana Rebouças, Emanuelle Goes, Maria Yury Ichihara, Andrêa Ferreira, Julia M. Pescarini, Rosemeire Leovigildo Fiaccone, Enny S. Paixão, Maurício L. Barreto

“…Methods A population-based retrospective cohort study employed linked data from the CIDACS Birth Cohort and the Brazilian Food and Nutrition Surveillance System (SISVAN). …”
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Inequalities in total fertility rate in Sierra Leone, 2008–2019 by Augustus Osborne, Umaru Sesay, Mohamed S. Bah, Camilla Bangura, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

“…The World Health Organization’s Health Equity Assessment Toolkit was employed to calculate various inequality measures, including simple difference, ratio, population attributable risk, and population attributable fraction. …”
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Deep Learning Image Classification Rontgen Dada pada Kasus Covid-19 Menggunakan Algoritma Convolutional Neural Network by Leni Anggraini Susanti, Agus Mohamad Soleh, Bagus Sartono

“…The training process employed a learning rate of 0.0001, stochastic gradient descent (SGD) optimization, and ten iterations. …”
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Al-Takrar Fii Daw'i Al-Dirasat Al-Uslubiyah Al-Haditsah by Aiyub Berdan

“…The objective is to uncover how repetition relates to stylistic studies within this modern context. The research employs a descriptive-analytical method. Conclusions include: 1. …”
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Integrating single-cell RNA-Seq and bulk RNA-Seq data to explore the key role of fatty acid metabolism in hepatocellular carcinoma by Hua Dai, Xin Tao, Yuansen Shu, Fanrong Liu, Xiaoping Cheng, Xiushen Li, Bairui Shu, Hongcheng Luo, XuXiang Chen, Zhaorui Cheng

“…Subsequent to its identification, cellular communication analysis was employed to assess the immunological attributes of PTGES3 within the tumor microenvironment. …”
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Related Pentacyclic Triterpenes Have Immunomodulatory Activity in Chronic Experimental Visceral Leishmaniasis by Jéssica Adriana de Jesus, Márcia Dalastra Laurenti, Leila Antonangelo, Caroline Silvério Faria, João Henrique Ghilardi Lago, Luiz Felipe Domingues Passero

“…Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by the flagellated protozoa of the genus Leishmania that affects millions of people around the world. Drugs employed in the treatment of leishmaniasis have limited efficacy and induce local and systemic side effects to the patients. …”
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Determining the Factors and Evolutionary Trends of Customer Engagement in Businesses: A Bibliometric Analysis by Reza Abbasi Mobarakabadi, Amir khanlari, Nader Seyyedamiri

“…All analyses were conducted using R programming languages. The algorithms employed included thematic analysis, correspondence analysis, clustering algorithms, and co-occurrence analysis of words.     …”
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Role of preconception nutrition supplements in maternal anemia and intrauterine growth: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Sumera Aziz Ali, Jeanine Genkinger, Ka Kahe, Linda Valeri, Nayab Khowaja, Nancy F. Krebs, Louise Kuhn

“…We computed summary mean differences and risk ratios (RR) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) using random-effect models. We employed I 2 and Cochran’s Q test statistics to assess heterogeneity. …”
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Notation publications in the context of musical life in Lithuania in the XVI-XVII centuries by Jūratė Trilupaitienė

“…The music was composed in Vilnius by Wenceslaus Schamotulinus and Ciprianus Basilicus, who were in Radvila's employ. Later Protestant hymnals with notation were published in 1563-4 in Nesvyžius, and in 1580, 1581, 1594, 1598, and 1600 in Vilnius, and in 1614 and 1620 in Lubcza. …”
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Power Transmission for Millimeter-Wave Indoor/Outdoor Wearable IoT Devices Using Grounded Coplanar Waveguide-Fed On-Body Antenna by Fuad Erman, Slawomir Koziel, Alhareth Zyoud, Leifur Leifsson, Ubaid Ullah, Shaker Alkaraki

“…The on-body antenna structure consists of rectangular multi-slot patch fed by a <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$50~\Omega $ </tex-math></inline-formula> grounded coplanar waveguide (GCPW) line. Employing the multi-slot configuration results in a wearable antenna&#x2019;s impedance bandwidth of 3.73 GHz. …”
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