Using the HBSC Symptom Checklist to measure junior secondary school students’ psychosomatic complaints in the Chinese Mainland: Rasch-based validation, population-based norm, and n... by Yuhang Zhu, Xianzhu Cong, Zhenliang Qiu, Ricky Jeffrey, Ranran Li, Li Jing, Gaopei Zhu, Xi Yang, Shuang Li, Jinling Wang, Xu Xu, Hongliu Zhu, Xinjian Wang, Ling Huang, Xueqin Sun, Di Wu, Kai Zhang, Xunhong Miao, Rui Wen, Qinglang Huang, Zhuang He, Juan Li, Alina Cosma, Fuyan Shi, Suzhen Wang, the PROSQoL-JSSS research group

“…The surveys were administered anonymously in the school setting, using a paper-and-pencil, self-administered questionnaire. …”
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Assessment framework to predict sensitivity of marine calcifiers to ocean alkalinity enhancement – identification of biological thresholds and importance of precautionary principle... by N. Bednaršek, H. van de Mortel, G. Pelletier, G. Pelletier, M. García-Reyes, R. A. Feely, A. G. Dickson, A. G. Dickson

“…There are large uncertainties in both short- and long-term outcomes related to potential environmental impacts, which would ultimately have an influence on the social license and success of OAE as a climate strategy. This paper represents a synthesis effort, leveraging on the OA studies and published data, observed patterns, and generalizable responses. …”
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WAND: A multi-modal dataset integrating advanced MRI, MEG, and TMS for multi-scale brain analysis by Carolyn B. McNabb, Ian D. Driver, Vanessa Hyde, Garin Hughes, Hannah L. Chandler, Hannah Thomas, Christopher Allen, Eirini Messaritaki, Carl J. Hodgetts, Craig Hedge, Maria Engel, Sophie F. Standen, Emma L. Morgan, Elena Stylianopoulou, Svetla Manolova, Lucie Reed, Matthew Ploszajski, Mark Drakesmith, Michael Germuska, Alexander D. Shaw, Lars Mueller, Holly Rossiter, Christopher W. Davies-Jenkins, Tom Lancaster, C. John Evans, David Owen, Gavin Perry, Slawomir Kusmia, Emily Lambe, Adam M. Partridge, Allison Cooper, Peter Hobden, Hanzhang Lu, Kim S. Graham, Andrew D. Lawrence, Richard G. Wise, James T. R. Walters, Petroc Sumner, Krish D. Singh, Derek K. Jones

“…Abstract This paper introduces the Welsh Advanced Neuroimaging Database (WAND), a multi-scale, multi-modal imaging dataset comprising in vivo brain data from 170 healthy volunteers (aged 18–63 years), including 3 Tesla (3 T) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with ultra-strong (300 mT/m) magnetic field gradients, structural and functional MRI and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy at 3 T and 7 T, magnetoencephalography (MEG), and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), together with trait questionnaire and cognitive data. …”
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Autonomous robotic ultrasound scanning system: a key to enhancing image analysis reproducibility and observer consistency in ultrasound imaging by Xin-Xin Lin, Ming-De Li, Si-Min Ruan, Wei-Ping Ke, Hao-Ruo Zhang, Hui Huang, Shao-Hong Wu, Mei-Qing Cheng, Wen-Juan Tong, Hang-Tong Hu, Dan-Ni He, Rui-Fang Lu, Ya-Dan Lin, Ming Kuang, Ming Kuang, Ming-De Lu, Ming-De Lu, Li-Da Chen, Qing-Hua Huang, Qing-Hua Huang, Wei Wang

“…Radiological feature variability was measured using the coefficient of variation (COV), while performance and reproducibility assessments utilized mean and standard deviation (SD).FindingsThe auto-RUSS had the potential to reduce operator-dependent variability in ultrasound examinations, offering enhanced repeatability and consistency across multiple dimensions including probe contact force, images acquisition, image measurement, and diagnostic model performance.Originality/valueIn this paper, an autonomous robotic ultrasound scanning system (auto-RUSS) pipeline was proposed. …”
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A Simulated Galaxy Laboratory: Exploring the Observational Effects on UV Spectral Absorption Line Measurements by R. Michael Jennings, Alaina Henry, Valentin Mauerhofer, Timothy Heckman, Claudia Scarlata, Cody Carr, Xinfeng Xu, Mason Huberty, Simon Gazagnes, Anne E. Jaskot, Jeremy Blaizot, Anne Verhamme, Sophia R. Flury, Alberto Saldana-Lopez, Matthew J. Hayes, Maxime Trebitsch

“…Nonetheless, the interpretation of these observations is challenging, and observational compromises are often made in terms of signal-to-noise ratio, spectral resolution, or the use of stacking analyses. In this paper, we present a novel quantitative assessment of UV absorption line measurement techniques by using mock observations of a hydrodynamical simulation. …”
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WALLABY Pilot Survey and ASymba: Comparing H i Detection Asymmetries to the SIMBA Simulation by Mathieu Perron-Cormier, Nathan Deg, Kristine Spekkens, Mark L. A. Richardson, Marcin Glowacki, Kyle A. Oman, Marc A. W. Verheijen, Nadine A. N. Hank, Sarah Blyth, Helga Dénes, Jonghwan Rhee, Ahmed Elagali, Austin Xiaofan Shen, Wasim Raja, Karen Lee-Waddell, Luca Cortese, Barbara Catinella, Tobias Westmeier

“…An avenue for understanding cosmological galaxy formation is to compare morphometric parameters in observations and simulations of galaxy assembly. In this second paper of the ASymba: Asymmetries of H i in SIMBA Galaxies series, we measure atomic gas (H i ) asymmetries in spatially resolved detections from the untargeted Widefield ASKAP L -band Legacy All-sky Blind surveY (WALLABY) survey, and compare them to realizations of WALLABY-like mock samples from the SIMBA cosmological simulations. …”
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Higher education students' perceptions of ChatGPT: A global study of early reactions. by Dejan Ravšelj, Damijana Keržič, Nina Tomaževič, Lan Umek, Nejc Brezovar, Noorminshah A Iahad, Ali Abdulla Abdulla, Anait Akopyan, Magdalena Waleska Aldana Segura, Jehan AlHumaid, Mohamed Farouk Allam, Maria Alló, Raphael Papa Kweku Andoh, Octavian Andronic, Yarhands Dissou Arthur, Fatih Aydın, Amira Badran, Roxana Balbontín-Alvarado, Helmi Ben Saad, Andrea Bencsik, Isaac Benning, Adrian Besimi, Denilson da Silva Bezerra, Chiara Buizza, Roberto Burro, Anthony Bwalya, Cristina Cachero, Patricia Castillo-Briceno, Harold Castro, Ching Sing Chai, Constadina Charalambous, Thomas K F Chiu, Otilia Clipa, Ruggero Colombari, Luis José H Corral Escobedo, Elísio Costa, Radu George Crețulescu, Marta Crispino, Nicola Cucari, Fergus Dalton, Meva Demir Kaya, Ivo Dumić-Čule, Diena Dwidienawati, Ryan Ebardo, Daniel Lawer Egbenya, MoezAlIslam Ezzat Faris, Miroslav Fečko, Paulo Ferrinho, Adrian Florea, Chun Yuen Fong, Zoë Francis, Alberto Ghilardi, Belinka González-Fernández, Daniela Hau, Md Shamim Hossain, Theo Hug, Fany Inasius, Maryam Jaffar Ismail, Hatidža Jahić, Morrison Omokiniovo Jessa, Marika Kapanadze, Sujita Kumar Kar, Elham Talib Kateeb, Feridun Kaya, Hanaa Ouda Khadri, Masao Kikuchi, Vitaliy Mykolayovych Kobets, Katerina Metodieva Kostova, Evita Krasmane, Jesus Lau, Wai Him Crystal Law, Florin Lazăr, Lejla Lazović-Pita, Vivian Wing Yan Lee, Jingtai Li, Diego Vinicio López-Aguilar, Adrian Luca, Ruth Garcia Luciano, Juan D Machin-Mastromatteo, Marwa Madi, Alexandre Lourenço Manguele, Rubén Francisco Manrique, Thumah Mapulanga, Frederic Marimon, Galia Ilieva Marinova, Marta Mas-Machuca, Oliva Mejía-Rodríguez, Maria Meletiou-Mavrotheris, Silvia Mariela Méndez-Prado, José Manuel Meza-Cano, Evija Mirķe, Alpana Mishra, Ondrej Mital, Cristina Mollica, Daniel Ionel Morariu, Natalia Mospan, Angel Mukuka, Silvana Guadalupe Navarro Jiménez, Irena Nikaj, Maria Mihaylova Nisheva, Efi Nisiforou, Joseph Njiku, Singhanat Nomnian, Lulzime Nuredini-Mehmedi, Ernest Nyamekye, Alka Obadić, Abdelmohsen Hamed Okela, Dorit Olenik-Shemesh, Izabela Ostoj, Kevin Javier Peralta-Rizzo, Almir Peštek, Amila Pilav-Velić, Dilma Rosanda Miranda Pires, Eyal Rabin, Daniela Raccanello, Agustine Ramie, Md Mamun Ur Rashid, Robert A P Reuter, Valentina Reyes, Ana Sofia Rodrigues, Paul Rodway, Silvia Ručinská, Shorena Sadzaglishvili, Ashraf Atta M S Salem, Gordana Savić, Astrid Schepman, Samia Mokhtar Shahpo, Abdelmajid Snouber, Emma Soler, Bengi Sonyel, Eliza Stefanova, Anna Stone, Artur Strzelecki, Tetsuji Tanaka, Carolina Tapia Cortes, Andrea Teira-Fachado, Henri Tilga, Jelena Titko, Maryna Tolmach, Dedi Turmudi, Laura Varela-Candamio, Ioanna Vekiri, Giada Vicentini, Erisher Woyo, Özlem Yorulmaz, Said A S Yunus, Ana-Maria Zamfir, Munyaradzi Zhou, Aleksander Aristovnik

“…The paper presents the most comprehensive and large-scale global study to date on how higher education students perceived the use of ChatGPT in early 2024. …”
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“Holding on to Hope”: follow up qualitative findings of a tobacco treatment intervention for people experiencing mental health conditions by Tessa-May Zirnsak, Kristen McCarter, Melissa L. McKinlay, Ashleigh Guillaumier, Nadine Cocks, Catherine Brasier, Laura Hayes, Amanda L. Baker, Donita E. Baird, Billie Bonevski, Ron Borland, Ron Borland, David Castle, Erin Forbes, Peter J. Kelly, Catherine Segan, Catherine Segan, Rohan Sweeney, Alyna Turner, Alyna Turner, Jill M. Williams, Lisa Brophy, Lisa Brophy

“…The Quitlink study was a randomized controlled trial combining a tailored 8-week Quitline intervention delivered by dedicated Quitline counsellors plus combination nicotine replacement therapy for people who experience SMI. The purpose of this paper is to report on the medium- and longer-term findings from interviews conducted at 5 and 8 months.MethodsAs a part of the broader Quitlink study, participants were invited to qualitative interviews at 2, 5 and 8 months following recruitment, in line with quantitative follow-up time points. …”
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Global digital elevation model (GDEM) product generation by correcting ASTER GDEM elevation with ICESat-2 altimeter data by B. Li, B. Li, B. Li, B. Li, H. Xie, H. Xie, S. Liu, Z. Ye, Z. Hong, Q. Weng, Q. Weng, Q. Weng, Y. Sun, Q. Xu, X. Tong

“…To address this challenge, integrating GDEM and satellite laser altimeter data (global coverage and high-accuracy ranging) is an important research direction, in addition to the technological enhancement of the main data source. In this paper, we describe the datasets and algorithms used to generate a GDEM product (IC2-GDEM) by correcting ASTER GDEM (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer Global Digital Elevation Model) elevation data with ICESat-2 altimeter data. …”
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Anxiety and depression in people with epilepsy during and one year after the COVID‐19 pandemic by Iris E. Martínez‐Juárez, Jimena Gonzalez‐Salido, Jimena Colado‐Martinez, Irving Fuentes‐Calvo, Santiago Philibert‐Rosas, E. Rodrigo Velásquez‐Coria, Salvador Martínez‐Medina, Mijail A. Rivas‐Cruz, Eithel Valenzuela‐Mendivil, Karen E. Guzmán‐Sánchez, Elizabeth M. Ruiz‐Peñaflor, Arnold R. Thomson‐Cerna, Emilia M. González‐Villagómez, Jimena Armenta‐Báez, Andrea Santos‐Peyret, Aurelio Jara‐Prado, Adriana Ochoa‐Morales, Daniel Crail‐Meléndez, Ángel Ruiz‐Chow, Mario A. Sebastián‐Díaz

“…Significance Comparing these findings with a previously published paper by our group showed a significant increase in both depression and anxiety, which were already prevalent in the earlier study. …”
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Comparative Ethics of Modern Payment Models by Jacob Riegler

“…This ethical debate over providing care is combined with the theoretical framework of how to price and pay for healthcare. This paper examines the ethics of various approaches to paying for care. …”
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PENGGUNAAN SARUNG TELUR MENTADAK DALAM PERUBATAN TRADISIONAL CINA MENURUT PERSPEKTIF FIQH KEPENGGUNAAN by Zubair Amir Nur Rashid, Nur Mardia Mazri

“…However, there is an issue involving the status of the Mantidis Ootheca from the perspective of Islamic law since the egg case is produced from the liquid that comes out through the mantis stomach. The focus of this paper was to clarify the Islamic legislation regarding the use of Mantidis Ootheca in the manufacture of pharmaceutical products from the standpoint of the consumer jurisprudence discussion. …”
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Dynamic Challenges of Active Tuberculosis: Prevalence and Risk Factors of Co-Infection in Clinical and Microbiological Characteristics at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah... by Mokhtar JA, Attallah DM, Jiman-Fatani AA, Al-Rabia MW, Alqarni MA, Saleh BH, Amboon MM, Altorki TA, Alkuwaity KK, Abujamel T, Kaki R, Albarakati TN, Daghistani H, Ismail MA, Alharbi O, Abu ITM, Alfadil A, Ibrahem K, Mufrrih M, Sait AM

“…The results were presented using beta coefficients (B) to quantify the relationship between predictors and the outcome, along with the adjusted odds ratio (AOR) to provide an interpretable measure of the strength of these associations.Results: Of the 131 TB patients involved in this paper, a higher incidence of pulmonary TB was observed among men under 30 years old. …”
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Analyzing the impact of glycemic metabolic status on cardiovascular mortality and all-cause mortality related to the estimated glucose disposal rate: a nationwide cohort study by Shiming He, Shiming He, Shiming He, Chao Wang, Chao Wang, Chao Wang, Xin Huang, Xin Huang, Xin Huang, Guoan Jian, Guoan Jian, Guoan Jian, Zihao Lu, Zihao Lu, Zihao Lu, Kun Jiang, Kun Jiang, Kun Jiang, Guobo Xie, Guotai Sheng, Yang Zou

“…ObjectiveThe Estimated Glucose Disposal Rate (eGDR) serves as a surrogate marker for insulin resistance, with numerous studies highlighting its significant prognostic value. This paper aims to analyze the impact of eGDR on cardiovascular and all-cause mortality across different glycemic metabolic statuses, including normal fasting glucose (NFG), prediabetes, and diabetes.MethodsThis study included 46,016 American adults who underwent health examinations as part of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 1999 to 2018. …”
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EUFOREA meeting on defining disease states in allergic rhinitis: towards a unified language in AR by G. K. Scadding, D. M. Conti, D. M. Conti, S. Scheire, V. Backer, M. Blaiss, L. O. Cardell, L. O. Cardell, W. De Yun, A. K. Ellis, W. Fokkens, A. T. Fox, T. Gilbert Kruz, S. Halken, P. W. Hellings, P. W. Hellings, P. W. Hellings, V. Hox, L. Kalogjera, S. Lau, S. Marinho, M. McDonald, R. Mösges, R. Mösges, J. Mullol, S. Nasser, R. Pawankar, D. Price, D. Price, D. Ryan, G. Scadding, P. Smith, M. Sosa Kostrábová, M. Vazquez-Ortiz, U. Wahn, L. Zhang, P. Gevaert

“…The European Forum for Research and Education in Allergy and Airway Diseases (EUFOREA) convened a meeting of experts and patient representatives to deliberate the optimal methodology for measuring AR treatment responses and establishing novel treatment goals. This paper presents a consensus on revised AR definitions, including control, severe allergic rhinoconjunctivitis (SARC), refractory severe allergic rhinoconjunctivitis (R-SARC), remission, resolution, improvement, exacerbation, treatable traits (TTs), treat to target, relapse, progression, disease modification, and prevention.…”
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Development of indicators to measure health system capacity for quality abortion care in 10 countries: a rapid assessment of a measurement framework and indicators by Leopold Ouedraogo, Katy Footman, Fahdi Dkhimi, Bela Ganatra, Mohamed Ali, Antonella Lavelanet, Souleymane Zan, Shikha Bansal, Karima Gholbzouri, Eman Aly, Nilmini Hemachandra, Laurence Läser, Ulrika Rehnstrom Loi, Dina Gbenou, Yelmali Hien, Asmani Chilanga, Hayfa Elamin, Priya Karna, Laurence Codjia, Heidi Bart Johnston, Ghislaine Glitho Alinsato, Sithembile Dlamini-Nqeketo, Lisa Hedman, Md Khurshid Alam Hyder, Theopista John, Amrita Kansal, Belete Mihretu, Pamela Amaka Onyiah, Sikander Qais, Ellen Thom, Meera Upadhyay, Qudsia Uzma

“…Introduction A significant gap exists in the availability of indicators and tools to monitor health system capacity for quality abortion care at input and process levels. In this paper, we describe the process and results of developing and assessing indicators to monitor health system capacity strengthening for quality abortion care.Methods As part of a 4-year (2019–2022) multicountry project focused on preventing unsafe abortion using a health system strengthening approach in 10 countries, we developed a monitoring framework with indicators and metadata. …”
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The 0ν2β-decay CROSS experiment: preliminary results and prospects by The CROSS collaboration, I. C. Bandac, A. S. Barabash, L. Bergé, M. Brière, C. Bourgeois, P. Carniti, M. Chapellier, M. de Combarieu, I. Dafinei, F. A. Danevich, N. Dosme, D. Doullet, L. Dumoulin, F. Ferri, A. Giuliani, C. Gotti, P. Gras, E. Guerard, A. Ianni, H. Khalife, S. I. Konovalov, E. Legay, P. Loaiza, P. de Marcillac, S. Marnieros, C. A. Marrache-Kikuchi, C. Nones, V. Novati, E. Olivieri, C. Oriol, G. Pessina, D. V. Poda, T. Redon, V. I. Tretyak, V. I. Umatov, M. M. Zarytsky, A. S. Zolotarova

“…The basic concept of CROSS consists of rejecting this challenging background component by pulse-shape discrimination, assisted by a proper coating of the faces of the crystal containing the isotope of interest and serving as energy absorber of the bolometric detector. In this paper, we demonstrate that ultra-pure superconductive Al films deposited on the crystal surfaces act successfully as pulse-shape modifiers, both with fast and slow phonon sensors. …”
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UNCOVER: The Rest-ultraviolet to Near-infrared Multiwavelength Structures and Dust Distributions of Submillimeter-detected Galaxies in A2744 by Sedona H. Price, Katherine A. Suess, Christina C. Williams, Rachel Bezanson, Gourav Khullar, Erica J. Nelson, Bingjie Wang, John R. Weaver, Seiji Fujimoto, Vasily Kokorev, Jenny E. Greene, Gabriel Brammer, Sam E. Cutler, Pratika Dayal, Lukas J. Furtak, Ivo Labbe, Joel Leja, Tim B. Miller, Themiya Nanayakkara, Richard Pan, Katherine E. Whitaker

“…With the wavelength coverage, sensitivity, and high spatial resolution of JWST, it is now possible to peer through the dust attenuation to probe the rest-frame near-infrared (NIR) and stellar structures of extremely dusty galaxies at cosmic noon ( z  ∼ 1−3). In this paper we leverage the combined Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and JWST/Hubble Space Telescope coverage in A2744 to study the multiwavelength (0.5−4.4 μ m) structures of 11 submillimeter detected galaxies at z  ∼ 0.9−3.5 that are fainter than bright “classical” submillimeter galaxies, seven of which are detected in deep X-ray data. …”
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PlomBOX: a low cost bioassay for the sensitive detection of lead in drinking water by A. Dias, M. Alvarez, Y. Gándola, A. Deisting, E. Alba Posse, H. Arnaldi, H. Asorey, X. Bertou, A. Colque, F. Favela-Pérez, J. Gasulla, M. Gómez Berisso, J. O. Guerra-Pulido, J. Lipovetzky, J. Lobera, M. B. Lovino, L. Marpegan, D. Martín, S. Mejía Muñoz, J. Monroe, A. D. Nadra, R. Pregliasco, G. Rumi, A. Rossen, M. Tallis, A. Thompson, M. Triana, M. L. Vazquez Miranda

“…Abstract This paper reports the design of a biosensor for sensitive, low-cost measurement of lead in drinking water. …”
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Application of M3 nickel-titanium files in one-time root canal therapy for the elderly patients and nursing effect evaluation (M3机用镍钛锉在老年患者一次性根管治疗中的应用及护理效果评价)... by LUAN Xiaoyu (栾晓宇), LI Yuling (李玉玲), ZHANG Weihong (张卫红), WANG Qian (王倩)

“…The treatment time and postoperative pain between the two groups were compared. This paper also expounded the factors concerned by nurses about nursing before, during and after treatment. …”
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