Crackle Pitch Rises Progressively during Inspiration in Pneumonia, CHF, and IPF Patients by Andrey Vyshedskiy, Raymond Murphy

“…Objective. It is generally accepted that crackles are due to sudden opening of airways and that larger airways produce crackles of lower pitch than smaller airways do. …”
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Psychodidactic features of digital technologies for professional development of an adult’s personality within the framework of additional vocational education by L. Ye. Pautova

“…Research methods are theoretical and system-logical analysis of digital technologies for adult personality development, practical analysis and synthesis, and results generalization method. The novelty of the study lies in the fact that the promising digital technologies for professional development of a modern worker’s personality and their distinctive features (target orientation, reliability, and openness), contributing to personal and professional development of adults and psychodidactic transformation of the digital educational environment of additional vocational education, have been identified. …”
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The Integration of AI and Metaverse in Education: A Systematic Literature Review by Khalid Almeman, Faycel EL Ayeb, Mouhebeddine Berrima, Brahim Issaoui, Hamdy Morsy

“…Virtual reality and augmented reality technologies are employed to construct immersive learning environments. The metaverse is generally understood as a vast digital ecosystem or virtual space, facilitating the transition of individuals from physical to virtual environments, and is applicable to educational domains where practical experiments are challenging or fraught with risks, such as space exploration, chemical experimentation, and flight simulation training. …”
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Experimental and analytical investigation of hydraulic conductivity, energy dissipation, and drag forces in gradually varied flow conditions through rockfill media by Jafar Chabokpour

“…The shear forces along the water surface profile varied generally between 0.2 and 1.0 N/m² for all test runs, depending on the flow conditions and the media characteristics. …”
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Revisiting the Variation of the Ionospheric Irregularities in the Low Latitude Region of China Based on Small Regional Geodetic GNSS Station Network by H. Y. Gao, D. H. Zhang, Z. Z. Liu, S. J. Sun, Y. Q. Hao, Z. Xiao

“…The temporal variation of ROTI and LoL are generally consistent, but there are some discrepancies. …”
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Findings from the Tushirikiane-4-MH (supporting each other for mental health) mobile health–supported virtual reality randomized controlled trial among urban refugee youth in Kampa... by Carmen H. Logie, Moses Okumu, Zerihun Admassu, Frannie MacKenzie, Lesley Gittings, Jean-Luc Kortenaar, Naimul Khan, Robert Hakiza, Daniel Kibuuka Musoke, Aidah Nakitende, Brenda Katisi, Peter Kyambadde, Richard Lester, Lawrence Mbuagbaw

“…Analyses were conducted at three time points (baseline, 8 weeks, 16 weeks) using generalized estimating equations. Among participants (n = 335, mean age: 20.77, standard deviation: 3.01; cisgender women: n = 158, cisgender men: n = 173, transgender women: n = 4), we found no depression reductions for Arms 1 or 2 at 16 weeks compared with Arm 3. …”
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A robust Parkinson’s disease detection model based on time-varying synaptic efficacy function in spiking neural network by Priya Das, Sarita Nanda, Ganapati Panda, Sujata Dash, Amel Ksibi, Shrooq Alsenan, Wided Bouchelligua, Saurav Mallik

“…Conventional PD detection algorithms are generally based on first and second-generation artificial neural network (ANN) models which consume high energy and have complex architecture. …”
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New parameterized quantum gates design and efficient gradient solving based on variational quantum classification algorithm by Xiaodong Ding, FuDong Liu, Weilong Wang, Yu Zhu, Yifan Hou, Yizhen Huang, Jinchen Xu, Zheng Shan

“…Currently, variational quantum classification algorithms (VQCAs) generally rely on traditional optimization techniques such as Powell and SLSQP in the parameter optimization session. …”
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Study on Impact of Various Void Conditions on Shallow Rectangular Masonry-Concrete Power Tunnel and Surrounding Roads by Gang Tian, Chunfeng Jin, Haijun Zhang, Hai Shi, Yanqing Du, Yanli Qi, Mingzhou Bai

“…If both circular and square voids are at 155°, the ground settlement and pavement stress of surrounding roads are maximized. Generally, if a void occurs at the middle or lower part of the side wall or near the side of the floor in a shallow rectangular masonry-concrete power tunnel, its adverse impact is at its worst. …”
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Leveraging LLMs and wearables to provide personalized recommendations for enhancing student well-being and academic performance through a proof of concept by Arfan Ahmed, Sarah Aziz, Alaa Abd-alrazaq, Rawan AlSaad, Javaid Sheikh

“…Validation results indicated that the recommendations were generally clear and actionable, with high ratings in both areas, though alignment with student data showed more variability, suggesting areas for improvement. …”
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Temporal drivers of abundance and community structure of scyphozoan jellyfish in tropical coastal waters by Wan Mohd Syazwan, Amy Yee-Hui Then, Ving Ching Chong, Mohammed Rizman-Idid

“…During the wet period of NEM, scyphozoan abundance was generally higher during the daytime than night-time. …”
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Lessons from the High-resolution Spectroscopy of AW UMa and ϵ CrA: Is the Lucy Model Valid? by Slavek M. Rucinski

“…Rucinski, q _sp  = 0.101 ± 0.006, and remains substantially different from a cluster of generally accepted photometric results by several authors, concentrated around q _ph  = 0.080 ± 0.005. …”
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Assesment the Trend of Climatic Changes in Neishabur Plain Based on Temperature and Precipitation Extreme Weather Index by Marjan Ghoochanian, Hossein Ansari, Abolfazl Mosaedi

“…According to the trend of hot, cold and precipitation extreme indices in this research, the precipitations have generally become shorter and more intense. In such a situation, part of the water resulting from the precipitation turns into runoff and quickly becomes unavailable. …”
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Limitation of the constitutional rights and freedoms of a person and a citizen in connection with the military aggression of the russian federation by Shevchuk L.

“…The analysis and generalization of the scientific and theoretical material was carried out. …”
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Un homenaje a Willem Assies (1954-2010): reflexiones sobre su contribución a los estudios indígenas y campesinos by Cristóbal Kay

“…En su opinión, uno de los problemas centrales que enfrentan los movimientos sociales de las comunidades indígenas era cómo enlazar los problemas indígenas con los problemas nacionales generales. ¿Hasta qué punto habían respondido a este desafío? …”
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Defining the Need for Causal Inference to Understand the Impact of Social Determinants of Health: A Primer on Behalf of the Consortium for the Holistic Assessment of Risk in Transp... by Nrupen A. Bhavsar, PhD, Rachel E. Patzer, PhD, David J. Taber, PharmD, Katie Ross-Driscoll, PhD, Rhiannon Deierhoi Reed, PhD, Juan C. Caicedo-Ramirez, MD, Elisa J. Gordon, PhD, MPH, Roland A. Matsouaka, PhD, Ursula Rogers, BS, Wendy Webster, MBA, Andrew Adams, MD, PhD, Allan D. Kirk, MD, Lisa M. McElroy, MD

“…There is a need for direct measures of SDOH, increased measurement of latent and mediating variables, and multi-level frameworks for research that examine health inequities across multiple health systems to generalize results. We illustrate that biases can arise due to socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, and incongruencies in language between the patient and clinician. …”
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Digital healthcare services in community pharmacies in Switzerland: Pharmacist and patient acceptability, and pharmacist readiness–the Pneumoscope™ pilot study by Claudine Backes, Coralie Godot, Cédric Yan Gujer, Noémie Obegi, Alexandre Perez, Alain Gervaix, Marie P. Schneider

“…Results Pharmacists were generally positive about the integration of e-health services into their daily clinical practice, recognizing their potential to improve advanced pharmaceutical triage and collaboration with physicians. …”
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Assessment of foot type and comparison of anthropometric foot dimension between foot types of Indian population: A pilot study by Rajib Jana, Ayan Maity, Sugata Das Kumar, Madhusudan Pal

“…Square foot measurements were generally higher than Egyptian feet, except for foot arch height. …”
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Ahmed Glaucoma Valve Implantation for Refractory Glaucoma in a Tertiary Hospital in Brazil by Ricardo Yuji Abe, Carla Melo Tavares, Rui Barroso Schimiti, José Paulo Cabral Vasconcellos, Vital Paulino Costa

“…Multivariate analysis with generalized estimating equations revealed that African American ancestry and early hypertensive phase were risk factors for failure (P=0.001 and P=0.002, resp.). …”
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In-Lane Localization and Ego-Lane Identification Method Based on Highway Lane Endpoints by Kyoungtaek Choi, Jae Kyu Suhr, Ho Gi Jung

“…However, the lane width is generally less than 3.5 m, and the localization error from the GNSS is about 10 m. …”
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