Performance on a Motor Control Test in an Asymptomatic Adolescent Population by Kari Lindegren, Kristin Bastian, Christopher Kovacs, Robyn McHugh, Catherine Quatman-Yates, Mark Paterno

“… # Purpose To examine performance on the SDLLT in healthy adolescents ages 13 to 18 years and describe influences of gender, age, body mass index, and participation in sport. # Study Design Cross-Sectional Study # Methods Four licensed physical therapists administered the SDLLT with a Stabilizer pressure biofeedback cuff and inclinometer in 90 adolescents without low back pain (females = 41, males = 49) from three schools in a mid-western metropolitan area. …”
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The Current Discussion on Austrian Family Benefits – Indicating a Major Dissensus on the Interpretation of EU Law by Alexander Balthasar

“… In early 2018, Austria amended its family benefits law by introducing ‘indexation’ according to the average living costs of the country where the child actually resides. …”
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Hyperexcitability of Cortical Oscillations in Patients with Somatoform Pain Disorder: A Resting-State EEG Study by Qian Ye, Dong Yan, Manlin Yao, Wutao Lou, Weiwei Peng

“…Functional connectivity analysis further revealed a greater frontoparietal connectivity of the resting-state alpha oscillations in SPD patients, which was indexed by the coherence between pairs of electrodes and the linear connectivity between pairs of eLORETA cortical sources. …”
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Automated Container Terminal Production Operation and Optimization via an AdaBoost-Based Digital Twin Framework by Yu Li, Daofang Chang, Yinping Gao, Ying Zou, Chunteng Bao

“…Third, the experimental results show that the AdaBoost algorithm is better than others by comparing the performance indexes of model accuracy, root mean square error, interpretable variance, and fitting error. …”
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In silico design of a multi-epitope vaccine against Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis by Weiqi Guo, Weiqi Guo, Xinyu Wang, Jiangang Hu, Beibei Zhang, Luru Zhao, Luru Zhao, Guangdong Zhang, Jingjing Qi, Zuzhang Wei, Yanqing Bao, Mingxing Tian, Shaohui Wang

“…Additionally, the vaccine candidate exhibited a codon adaptability index of 1.0 and a GC content of 53.64%, indicating strong potential for successful expression in Escherichia coli. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Salivary pH, Gustatory Function, and Dental Caries among Pubertal, Menstruation, Menopause Women – An Analytical Cross-sectional Study by Banda Sri Deepti Sindhusha, Ravoori Srinivas, Srinivas Pachava

“…Dental caries was calculated using def and DMFT Index. Results: In the present study, statistically significant difference was found between the groups with respect to salivary pH (P = 0.007) and DMFT score (P < 0.001). …”
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Triphenylmethane derivatives have high in vitro and in vivo activity against the main causative agents of cutaneous leishmaniasis. by Renata Celi Carvalho de Souza Pietra, Lucas Fonseca Rodrigues, Eliane Teixeira, Levi Fried, Benjamin Lefkove, Ana Rabello, Jack Arbiser, Lucas Antônio Miranda Ferreira, Ana Paula Fernandes

“…The current standard of care for cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is organic antimonial compounds, but the administration of these compounds is complicated by a low therapeutic - toxic index, as well as parenteral administration. Thus, there is an urgent need for the development of new and inexpensive therapies for the treatment of CL. …”
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Modulation of Physical and Thermal Properties in Wild Banana (Musa balbisiana Colla) Seed Powder by Moisture Variations by Murlidhar Meghwal, Chitra Lekhwar, Yogesh Kumar, Vivek Kumar, Rajat Suhag, Pramod K. Prabhakar

“…The Hausner ratio (Hr) and Carr’s compressibility index (CI) significantly (p<0.05) increased with an increase in moisture content (6.16-19.56% db) of banana seed powder, whereas HR fell in the range of 1.4-2.0, indicating cohesive characteristics of banana seed powder. …”
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Examining spatiotemporal dynamics of CO2 emission at multiscale based on nighttime light data by Binbin Zhang, Zongzheng Liang, Wenru Guo, Zhanyou Cui, Deguang Li

“…Thereafter, the global Moran's I index of exploratory spatial data analysis is used to verify the spatial parameters of all provinces. …”
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Optic Disc Vascularization in Glaucoma: Value of Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography by Pierre-Maxime Lévêque, Pierre Zéboulon, Emmanuelle Brasnu, Christophe Baudouin, Antoine Labbé

“…Significant correlations were found between temporal and total ONH vessel density and RNFL, GCC, VF mean deviation, and visual field index. Conclusion. In glaucoma patients OCT-A might detect reduced ONH blood vessel density that is associated with structural and functional glaucomatous damage. …”
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Computer analysis shows differences between mitochondrial miRNAs and other miRNAs by P. S. Vorozheykin, I. I. Titov

“…The analysis revealed, for the first time, a significant difference between mitomiRs and other microRNAs by the following criteria (in descending order of importance in the classification): mitomiRs are evolutionarily older (have a lower phylostratigraphic age index, PAI); have more targets and disease associations, including mitochondrial ones (twosided Fisher’s exact test, average p-values 1.82×10–89/1.13×10–96 for all mRNA/diseases and 6.01×10–22/1.09×10–9 for mitochondria, respectively); and are in the class of “circulating” miRNAs (average pvalue 1.20×10–56). …”
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First report on the synergy of Nepeta menthoides and Nepeta cephalotes essential oils for antimicrobial and preservation applications: A multi-ligand molecular docking simulation by Behrooz Alizadeh Behbahani, Mohammad Noshad, Fereshteh Falah, Farshid Zargari, Zahra Nikfarjam, Alireza Vasiee

“…In this investigation, the impact of NM EOs, NC EOs, and their combination NM/NC on the chemical (pH, peroxide value (PV), and thiobarbituric acid index (TBARs)), microbial (total viable count (TVC), Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and fungi), and sensory (odor, color, and overall acceptance) properties of refrigerated minced lamb was assessed over a 10-day period in comparison to the control sample. …”
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<italic>C&#x2099;</italic>&#x00B2; Modeling for Free-Space Optical Communications: A Review by Florian Quatresooz, Claude Oestges

“…., models giving vertical profiles of the refractive index structure parameter <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$C_{n}^{2}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, highlighting differences between astronomical and optical communication sites. …”
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Development of Modified-Release Diclofenac Sodium Capsules Using Blends of Pectin-Clay Multiparticulate Hybrid Systems as Release Retardants by Ofosua Adi-Dako, Frederick William Akuffo Owusu, Isaac Yaw Attah, Doris Kumadoh, Prince George Acquah Jnr, Issaka Nelson, Nii Odartey Hutton-Mills, Karen Yaa Yeboaa Obese, Joseph Adusei Sarkodie, Benoit Banga N’guessan, Awo Afi Kwapong, Christina Osei-Asare, Emmanuel Adase, Mary-Ann Archer

“…Preformulation investigations of the multiparticulate hybrid systems included pH, swelling index, moisture content, elemental contents, and flow properties. …”
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Optimization of Preparation Process and Antioxidant Activity of Kidney Bean-Haskap Composite Fermentation Liquid by Jia WANG, Fangli DING, Yu AN, Xueying ZENG, Zhihui ZHANG, Sinan LI, Kaiyuan XU, Fang ZHOU, Ying WANG, Lu ZHANG, Bingzheng XU, Zekun SUN

“…After screening the compound lactic acid bacteria based on the number of live bacterial count as the index, the process parameters of the composite fermentation liquid were determined using single factor test and response surface optimization test, as well as its physical and chemical properties, biological activity and antioxidant capacity were evaluated. …”
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Analysis of Melanin Concentration on Reflective Pulse Oximetry Using Monte Carlo Simulations by Maximilian Reiser, Oliver Amft, Andreas Breidenassel

“…We model a reflective pulse oximeter and analyse the perfusion index (PI), to represent the signal change due varying blood flow during systole and diastole. …”
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Laparotomy for Advanced Abdominal Ectopic Pregnancy by Dereje Tegene, Sultan Nesha, Befikadu Gizaw, Tadele Befikadu

“…Abdominal ectopic pregnancy could be missed despite having repeated ultrasound scanning and may continue to third trimester. High index of suspicion and correlation of patient’s sign and symptom is very important to make early diagnosis.…”
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Advancing Alzheimer’s disease risk prediction: development and validation of a machine learning-based preclinical screening model in a cross-sectional study by Yanfei Chen, Bing Wang, Yankai Shi, Wenhao Qi, Shihua Cao, Bingsheng Wang, Ruihan Xie, Jiani Yao, Xiajing Lou, Chaoqun Dong, Xiaohong Zhu, Danni He

“…An oversampling method was applied to balance the data set.Interventions This study has no interventions.Participants The study included 2379 participants, of whom 507 were diagnosed with AD.Primary and secondary outcome measures Including accuracy, precision, recall, F1 score, etc.Results 11 variables were critical in the training phase, including educational level, depression, insomnia, age, Body Mass Index (BMI), medication count, gender, stenting, systolic blood pressure (sbp), neurosis and rapid eye movement. …”
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Associations of sleep quality and fall risk among older adult outpatients at Thai Binh Medical University Hospital, Northern Vietnam by Nguyen The Diep, Doan Anh Tuan, Tien Van Nguyen, Hoang Minh Anh, Dao Huy Cu

“…Direct interviews were conducted using the Fall Risk Questionnaire (FRQ) from STEADI-CDC-2017 (USA), and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) with a cut-off score of 7 to assess sleep quality. …”
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A novel conditional active biologic anti-EpCAM x anti-CD3 bispecific antibody with synergistic tumor selectivity for cancer immunotherapy by Gerhard Frey, Ana Paula G. Cugnetti, Haizhen Liu, Charles Xing, Christina Wheeler, Hwai Wen Chang, William J. Boyle, Jay M. Short

“…Xenograft studies showed that the efficacy of CAB bispecific antibodies is similar to that of a non-CAB anti-EpCAM bispecific antibody, but they have markedly reduced toxicity in non-human primates, indicating an unprecedentedly widened therapeutic index of over 100-fold. These preclinical results indicate that the dual CAB bispecific antibody is potentially both a powerful and safe therapeutic platform and a promising T cell-engaging treatment for patients with EpCAM-expressing tumors.…”
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