Acceptability of Overground Wearable Powered Exoskeletons for People with Spinal Cord Injury: A Multicenter Qualitative Study by Noémie Fortin-Bédard, Alice Pellichero, Stéphanie Leplaideur, Marie-Caroline Delebecque, Caroline Charette, Willy Allègre, Alyson Champagne, Caroline Rahn, Andréanne K. Blanchette, Laurent Bouyer, Jacques Kerdraon, Marie-Eve Lamontagne, François Routhier

“…<b>Conclusions</b>: Exoskeletons are generally well accepted by participants in this study. …”
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What’s beyond the core? Database coverage in qualitative information reveal by Jennifer Horton, David Kaunelis, Danielle Rabb, Andrea Smith

“…Results: While publications on qualitative search methodology generally recommend subject-specific health databases including MEDLINE, CINAHL, and PsycINFO, this study found that multidisciplinary citation indexes Scopus and Web of Science Core Collection not only had the highest percentages of total titles held, but also a higher number of unique titles. …”
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Metadiscourse in Lithuanian linguistics research articles: A study of interactive and interactional features by Anna Ruskan, Greta Maslauskienė

“…The dominance of interactive metadiscourse features over interactional ones in the corpus examined shows that Lithuanian authors of research articles in linguistics are generally more concerned with organizing discourse and guiding readers through the text than with expressing attitudes and commitment to their arguments. …”
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Exploring the intricacies of politeness and impoliteness in Acehnese speech variations by Rostina Taib, Muhammad Kiki Wardana, Maya Safhida, Nurrahmah Nurrahmah, Subhayni Subhayni

“…The results demonstrate that in Acehnese language, the politeness and grammaticality of an utterance are highly dependent on the region of use or dialect. Generally, in Acehnese, language is considered polite if the utterance uses proclitics corresponding to the actor in a sentence. …”
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Evaluation and Influencing Factors of Transportation Industry Energy Efficiency of Changjiang Economic Zone by Yi Xu, Xiaojuan Li

“…In the sample period, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Shanghai, and Anhui achieved relatively satisfactory TIEEs; Hunan, Hubei, and Guizhou performed generally on TIEE, calling for some improvement; Chongqing and Yunnan did not perform well, leaving a huge room for improvement. …”
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High resolution multi-delay arterial spin labeling with self-supervised deep learning denoising for pediatric choroid plexus perfusion MRI by Qinyang Shou, Chenyang Zhao, Xingfeng Shao, Megan M Herting, Danny JJ Wang

“…The proposed method was compared to several benchmark methods including KWIA, joint denoising and reconstruction with total generalized variation (TGV) regularization, as well as another self-supervised method termed Noise2Void. …”
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Soil nutrient availability affects tundra plant community composition and plant–vole interactions by Nicole Williamson, Matthew Suchocki, Laura Gough

“…Eriophorum abundance was negatively correlated with deciduous shrub abundance, likely caused by light limitation in fertilized plots. Added nutrients generally increased Eriophorum leaf length, but effects varied among years and simulated herbivory treatments. …”
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The phenomenon of procrastination by T. N. Kochetkova

“…The work was based on the theoretical analysis of literature, generalization, empirical research results interpretation, conducted on the basis of a bank of techniques: E. …”
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Student perceived effectiveness of task-based instructional design of data-driven synonym learning featuring “mini-lecture” by Yang Yingying, Chen Lin, Tian Xumin

“…Results show that learners generally held consistent positive attitudes toward this long-term data-driven learning. …”
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Hematological Changes Provoked by Natural Alkaloids by Olubayode Bamidele, Abigail Oluwatomisin Popoola, Lawrence Dayo Adedayo, Funmilola Adelowo, David Inaolaji, Dennis Seyi Arokoyo

“…Some alkaloids raised RBC count, Hb concentration, and Hct, while others lowered these values. Platelet count was generally observed to increase, but there were exceptions. …”
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Myocardial Infarction and Stroke Risk in Young Healthy Men Treated with Injectable Testosterone by Robert S. Tan, Kelly R. Cook, William G. Reilly

“…The experience in Low T Centers shows that, in an injectable testosterone patient registry, testosterone is generally safe for younger men who do not have significant risk factors. …”
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An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Obstetric Consequences of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting by R. C. Berg, J. Odgaard-Jensen, A. Fretheim, V. Underland, G. Vist

“…The adjusted estimates generally show similar obstetric harms from FGM/C as unadjusted estimates do. …”
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Analysis of Cyclic Response of Bucket Foundations Based on Simplified Kinematic Hardening Model by Qing-lai Fan, Guo-feng Xiao, Xiao-di Chen

“…The computed results agreed generally with those from in situ tests. The behavior of bucket foundations with different aspect ratios under displacement-controlled cyclic loading mode is investigated. …”
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EMI Dynamics: An Empirical Study on Students’ Perspectives at Tertiary Level in Türkiye by Özçelik Arzu Ekoç, Kavanoz Suzan, Yılmaz Selahattin

“…The findings indicate generally positive attitudes towards EMI. Students perceive EMI as beneficial to their academic and professional development, viewing it as an opportunity to enhance their English proficiency. …”
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Interpreting Intervention Induced Neuroplasticity with fMRI: The Case for Multimodal Imaging Strategies by Lee B. Reid, Roslyn N. Boyd, Ross Cunnington, Stephen E. Rose

“…Direct measurement of recovery from brain injury is an important goal in neurorehabilitation, and requires reliable, objective, and interpretable measures of changes in brain function, referred to generally as “neuroplasticity.” One popular imaging modality for measuring neuroplasticity is task-based functional magnetic resonance imaging (t-fMRI). …”
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Early-Onset Chronic Inflammatory Disease Associated with Maternal Microchimerism by Tomoaki Ishikawa, Yoshihiko Sakurai, Tomohiro Takeda, Hiroshi Suzuki

“…On admission, the patient exhibited short stature, hepatosplenomegaly, generalized superficial lymphadenopathy, and rashes. …”
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Vibration–Collision Coupling Modeling in Grape Clusters for Non-Damage Harvesting Operations by Baocheng Xu, Jizhan Liu, Yucheng Jin, Kaiyu Yang, Shengyi Zhao, Yun Peng

“…The dynamic vibration–collision coupling equation of the dual-twig–berry system was derived by incorporating expressions for the viscoelastic vibration of the twigs, viscoelastic collision of the berries, and a generalized collision force (based on the Kelvin model) into the framework of the Lagrange equation. …”
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Study protocol for a multi-center stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial to explore the usability and outcomes among young people living with HIV in Kiambu and Kirinyaga counties o... by Eric Nturibi, Jared Mecha, Elizabeth Kubo, Albert Orwa, Florence Kaara, Faith Musau, Christine Wamuyu, Justus Kilonzi, Randeep Gill, Sanne Roels

“…Data will be analyzed using generalized linear mixed models and adjusted for cluster effects and potential confounders. …”
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Learning Dendritic-Neuron-Based Motion Detection for RGB Images: A Biomimetic Approach by Tianqi Chen, Yuki Todo, Zhiyu Qiu, Yuxiao Hua, Delai Qiu, Xugang Wang, Zheng Tang

“…Cross-validation experiments show that AVS demonstrates strong generalization across varied object–background configurations, achieving accuracy where traditional models like EfN-B0, ResNet50, and ConvNeXt typically fall short. …”
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Gestational Weight Gain: Results from the Delta Healthy Sprouts Comparative Impact Trial by Jessica L. Thomson, Lisa M. Tussing-Humphreys, Melissa H. Goodman, Sarah E. Olender

“…Chi-square tests and generalized linear mixed models were used to test for significant differences in percentages of participants within recommended weight gain ranges. …”
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