The Implementation of a Return-to-Play Protocol with Standardized Physical Therapy Referrals in a Collegiate Football Program: PT’s Role in Return-to-Play, A Clinical Commentary by Andrew Teare-Ketter, Jeffrey Ebert, Hunter Todd

“…The purpose of this commentary is to: a) survey the current state of standardization of RTP protocols in collegiate football; b) highlight the development and implementation of a RTP protocol with standardized physical therapy referral and management in an NCAA Division II collegiate football program; and c) describe results of a full-season pilot study, including time to evaluation, time to RTP, rate of re-injury or lower extremity injury, and the clinical significance of protocol implementation…”
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Fine Tuning of an Advanced Planner for Cognitive Training of Older Adults by Mauro Gaspari, Giovanna Mioni, Dario Signorello, Franca Stablum, Sara Zuppiroli

“…A human-centred approach was used to address the issues identified in the design of the tool. Two pilot studies were conducted with older adults to fine-tune the training task and optimize its suitability for them. …”
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Specificity of overcoming behavior within relationship to tolerance to uncertainty of convicted men by A. A. Shylina, O. M. Skliarov

“…Kornilova were used for the pilot study. The t-criterion Student for independent groups and the Spearman correlation analysis were used for mathematical and statistical processing. …”
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Creation of a Collaborative “School–University” Environment to Support Research Activities in Schools by Saule Begaliyeva, Elena Shmakova, Assel Zhunisbayeva

“…Based on the survey findings and the expressed demand for methodological assistance, the development of a pilot digital platform is planned. This platform will facilitate collaborative work among schoolteachers, students, university professors, and gifted students to create research projects in Digital Humanities. …”
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Co-Production Process of Kampung Warna-Warni: Societal Active Participatory in the Urban Slum Management by Faqih Alfian, Alvinda Putri Ruriana, Galuh Anissa Sekar Ayu, Bayu Galen Adiputra, Nethaneel Yobel Marpaung, Ken Arya Fauzan Alwan

“…Furthermore, the Kampung Warna-Warni improvement program has become a pilot model used by the Malang City government to regulate other slum settlements. …”
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Intervention and assessment of executive dysfunction in patients with stroke: A scoping review. by Katsuya Sakai, Yuichiro Hosoi, Junpei Tanabe

“…The study designs were randomized controlled trials (81.5%), pilot studies (11.1%), and feasibility studies (7.4%), with a total of 599 participants. …”
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Exploring data literacy self-perception among Indonesian high school students. by Charanjit Kaur, Pei P Tan, Nurjannah Nurjannah, Ririn Yuniasih

“…In Indonesia, there is a growing shift towards integrating data literacy in the high school curriculum. As part of a pilot intervention project, academics from two leading Universities organised data literacy boot camps for high school students across various cities in Indonesia. …”
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Development of Comprehensive Evaluation Model of Free Trade Port Investment under Macroeconomic Support by Haitian Zhang, Wang Benxue

“…Explore the path of optimizing the comprehensive investment evaluation environment in the pilot free trade zone, and realize the development of a comprehensive evaluation model for investment in the free trade port. …”
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Polycotton waste textile recycling by sequential hydrolysis and glycolysis by Nienke Leenders, Rijk M. Moerbeek, Matthijs J. Puijk, Robbert J. A. Bronkhorst, Jorge Bueno Morón, Gerard P. M. van Klink, Gert-Jan M. Gruter

“…The reaction is scalable, as similar results are obtained for experiments performed at 1 mL, 0.1, and 1.0 L and even in a 230 L pilot plant reactor, where mixed postconsumer polycotton waste textile is successfully recycled. …”
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Nature-based solutions (Nbs) for flood mitigation: Recent UK case studies by Rameshwaran Ponnambalam, Blake James, Trill Emily, Robotham John, Bishop James, Old Gareth, O’Brien Alex, Scarlett Pete

“…This study reports the findings from two UK projects namely the Littlestock Brook Natural Flood Management (NFM) pilot and LANDWISE (Land Management in Lowland Catchments for Integrated Flood Risk Reduction). …”
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A Study on the Impact of Watershed Compensation Policies on Green Technology Innovation Ecosystems by Mo Li, Jianhua Zhu, Hua Dong

“…The research reveals the following findings: (1) The introduction of the watershed compensation policy markedly boosts the development of green technology innovation ecosystems in the pilot cities, and this finding remains consistent following a series of robustness checks. (2) An analysis of the mechanisms indicates that the watershed compensation policy exerts its impact on the advancement of green technology innovation ecosystems through a reduction in carbon emission intensity and the enhancement of wastewater treatment efficiency. (3) The influence of the watershed compensation policy on green technology innovation ecosystems varies according to the level of public financial expenditure and labor productivity. …”
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Digital technology administrative penalties and green technology innovation: Evidence from China by Hong Li, Xiaohui Chen

“…The heterogeneity analysis reveals that the DTAP has a stronger promotion effect on the GTI in municipalities and low-carbon pilot cities. Our research is meaningful and can serve as a reference for other developing countries to standardize administrative supervision of the digital economy and promote the green economic transformation.…”
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Montreal Cognitive Assessment Hearing Impairment (MoCA-H): cross-cultural adaptation to Brazilian Portuguese by Rochele Martins Machado, Karina Carlesso Pagliarin, Fernanda Soares Aurélio Patatt

“…The instrument was adapted from its original version, in a six-stage process consisting of the following: Stage 1 - Translation and back translation of the MoCA-H; Stage 2 - Stimulus analysis and selection; Stage 3 - Semantic analysis of stimuli; Stage 4 - Analysis by non-expert judges, part 1; Stage 5 - Analysis by non-expert judges, part 2; Stage 6 - Pilot study. The following statistical methods were used in this study: parametric T-test, Gwet’s first-order Agreement Coefficient (AC1), and the Content Validity Ratio (CVR). …”
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Granulomatous dermatitis post Mycobacterium Indicus Pranii (MIP) vaccine in severe covid-19 infection: an exaggerated hypersensitivity phenomenon by Pooja Agarwal, Raju Chaudhary, Kalgi Baxi, Malhar Shah

“…During the COVID-19 pandemic, a positive role of MIP as an immunomodulator in SARS-CoV-2 disease was reported after pilot research, with minor adverse effects. We report a case of a 65-year-old male, presenting with skin lesions suggestive of noninfective granulomatous dermatitis for 4 months, at the sites of MIP intradermal injections, allegedly received during a hospital stay for severe COVID-19 disease. …”
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Effect of Parent-based Autism Intervention in Autism Spectrum Disorder Children by Praveen Suman, Sonika Pal, Jyoti Prajapati, Ashima Mehta

“…A parent-mediated intervention model, VQURA (value-based, quality interaction, unique for the child, responsive and adapted for the family needs), was developed in a hospital-based setting integrating responsive teaching, naturalistic developmental behaviour interventions and applied behaviour analysis to address cognitive, communication, social-emotional, behavioural and sensory needs. In this pilot study, the Vineland Social Maturity Scale, the Indian Scale of Assessment of Autism, Children’s Communication Checklist 2 and Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist were used to evaluate the efficacy of the model. …”
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Physical and Thermal Characterization of Alkali Treated Rice Husk Reinforced Polypropylene Composites by Ismat Zerin Luna, Krishna Chandra Dam, A. M. Sarwaruddin Chowdhury, Md. Abdul Gafur, Nuruzzaman Khan, Ruhul A. Khan

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Potential Association of the Oral Microbiome with Trimethylamine N-Oxide Quantification in Mexican Patients with Myocardial Infarction by Paulina Hernández-Ruiz, Alma R. Escalona Montaño, Luis M. Amezcua-Guerra, Héctor González-Pacheco, Elena Niccolai, Amedeo Amedei, María M. Aguirre-García

“…One of them is the oral microbiota translocation into the bloodstream, liver, and gut, promoting a host dysbiosis and triggering the presence of some metabolites such as trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), known as a risk marker for cardiovascular disease, and especially the myocardial infarction (MI). In the present pilot study, the involvement of oral dysbiosis related to the presence of TMAO has been considered an independent component of the standard risk factors (SRs) in the development of MI, which has not been previously described in human cohorts. …”
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Development of an Importance Scale for Seawater Intake Types Based on Physical Parameters Database by El Masmodi Rim, El Mansouri Bouabid

“…The resulting system offers regional planners a comprehensive framework for coastal sustainable infrastructure development in the Assilah coastal region as a pilot case for Morocco's unique geographical context.…”
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Computing native network (CNN) technology and application driven by joint communication ＆ computing (JC＆C) by Jie SUN, Leiming MA, Aidong YANG, Xiaozhou YE, Peng LYU, Zhigang WANG, Ye OUYANG

“…The global telecom industry is carrying out research and exploration of potential 6G technical architectures and key techs, of which it has become a consensus in the industry to further realize the vision of 6G smart inclusion by better enabling all new 6G network technologies and services through joint communication ＆amp; computing (JC＆amp;C).Therefore, how to realize the deep integration and real-time collaboration of communication and computing to meet the needs of ultra-low latency and real-time response of new services in dynamic and complex network environments has become the challenge and key of JC＆amp;C.A computing native network (CNN) driven by JC＆amp;C was proposed, which realized the decoupling of communication and computing of base station or multiple base stations, computing pooling and intelligent JC＆amp;C scheduling through computing time division multiplexing and intelligent JC＆amp;C scheduling, thus realizing the base station to support communication and computation services simultaneously.The technology has been technically verified and piloted, and the experimental and pilot results demonstrate that CNN can effectively improve the computing utilization rate of wireless networks and realize the base station to support communication and computing services simultaneously, facilitating the evolution of 6G JC＆amp;C.…”
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Identification of aquifer heterogeneity through inverse methods by Ackerer, Philippe, Carrera, Jesus, Delay, Frédérick

“…GdM conducted pioneering works that are the basis of current parameterization methods relying upon adaptive zonation and/or interpolation based on pilot points. We take here the opportunity to highlight the GdM’s contributions inspiring currently used techniques.…”
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