Validating Questionnaires for Lower Limb Rehabilitation Systems and Devices: A Scoping Review by Angie D. Moscoso, Vera Z. Pérez, Manuel J. Betancur

“…The document distinguishes between standardized and non-standardized validating questionnaires, emphasizing that standardized validating questionnaires have undergone rigorous statistical processes to ensure their validity, reliability and consistency. …”
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Improved Calculation Method of TAD for Intertrochanteric Fractures by Jialong Wang, Anhua Long, Xuefei Wang, Yakui Zhang, Dacheng Han

“…When the lateral projection angle was standardized, the AAP was equal to the ALAT, while the XAP2=B2+D−AAP2 and XLAT2=C2+D−ALAT2. …”
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Translation, cross-cultural adaptation, and psychometric properties of the Finnish version of the Malocclusion Impact Questionnaire (MIQ) by Lucas Arrais Campos, Terhi Kaikkonen, Kaisa Ylitervo, Leena Ylikontiola, Anna- Sofia Silvola

“…Gender and self-reported need for orthodontic treatment had moderate effects on malocclusion impact (βstandardized = 0.36 and 0.30, respectively, p < 0.01), while other demographic characteristics had weak effects (βstandardized < |0.18|, p < 0.04). …”
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The prevalence and associated disability burden of mental disorders in children and adolescents in China: a systematic analysis of data from the Global Burden of Disease StudyResea... by Wanyue Dong, Yunning Liu, Ruhai Bai, Lei Zhang, Maigeng Zhou

“…Among mental disorders, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder had the highest age-standardized prevalence, at 3.6% (3.0, 4.5). From 1990 to 2021, the age-standardized prevalence increased by 4.8%, but the number of mental disorders cases decreased by 21.9%. …”
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Energy management education for persons living with long COVID-related fatigue (EMERGE): protocol of a two-parallel arms target trial emulation study in a multicentre outpatient in... by Emilia Riggi, Marco Barbero, Gian Luca Di Tanna, Ruth Hersche, Andrea Weise

“…The ‘standard of care’ of the CG will include any intervention, except occupational therapy-based EME in peer groups. …”
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Erratum to ‘Cost differences between autologous and nonautologous cranioplasty implants: A propensity score–matched value driven outcomes analysis’ [World Neurosurgery: X (22C) (20... by Matthew Findlay, Sawyer Z. Bauer, Diwas Gautam, Matthew Holdaway, Robert B. Kim, Walid K. Salah, Spencer Twitchell, Sarah T. Menacho, Gurpreet S. Gandhoke, Ramesh Grandhi

“…Objective: Despite having higher rates of failure and revision than other implant materials, autologous bone implants are the historical gold standard for restoring cranial defects after decompressive hemicraniectomy. …”
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Measurement-Based Prediction of mmWave Channel Parameters Using Deep Learning and Point Cloud by Hang Mi, Bo Ai, Ruisi He, Anuraag Bodi, Raied Caromi, Jian Wang, Jelena Senic, Camillo Gentile, Yang Miao

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Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Consensus Guidelines on Safety and Quality Indicators in Endoscopy by David Armstrong, Alan Barkun, Ron Bridges, Rose Carter, Chris de Gara, Catherine Dubé, Robert Enns, Roger Hollingworth, Donald MacIntosh, Mark Borgaonkar, Sylviane Forget, Grigorios Leontiadis, Jonathan Meddings, Peter Cotton, Ernst J Kuipers, Roland Valori, on behalf of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Safety and Quality Indicators in Endoscopy Consensus Group

“…The consensus guidelines reported in this article, however, aimed to identify processes and indicators relevant to the provision of high-quality endoscopy services that will support ongoing quality improvement across many jurisdictions, specifically in the areas of ethics, facility standards and policies, quality assurance, training and education, reporting standards and patient perceptions.…”
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Stress-Strain Behavior of Steel Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Cylinders Spirally Confined with Steel Bars by Bambang Sabariman, Agoes Soehardjono, Wisnumurti Wisnumurti, Ari Wibowo, Tavio Tavio

“…The compressive strength of concrete according to certain codes can be based on the compressive strength of unconfined plain standard concrete cylinders tests at the age of 28 days. …”
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RISKS TO THE CONTINUITY OF THE INVESTMENT PROJECT IN CONSTRUCTION by T. Yu. Shemyakina, E. S. Kotova

“…The international standards and state standard specifications of the Russian Federation of business continuity management have been analyzed. …”
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NIRS-BIDS: Brain Imaging Data Structure Extended to Near-Infrared Spectroscopy by Robert Luke, Robert Oostenveld, Helena Cockx, Guiomar Niso, Maureen J Shader, Felipe Orihuela-Espina, Hamish Innes-Brown, Stephen Tucker, David Boas, Meryem A. Yücel, Remi Gau, Taylor Salo, Stefan Appelhoff, Christopher J. Markiewicz, David McAlpine, The BIDS Maintainers, Luca Pollonini

“…Although the fNIRS community has been successful in disseminating open-source processing tools and a standard file format (SNIRF), reproducible research and sharing of fNIRS data amongst researchers has been hindered by a lack of standards and clarity over how study data should be organized and stored. …”
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Absolute quantification of Neuron-specific enolase based on surface plasmon resonance by Cui Lin, Yijie Wang, Tao Peng, Pengpeng Liu, Yuanyuan Liang, Wencheng Kang, Xiaoping Yu, Yang Song, Xuping Shentu

“…However, traditional methods suffer from various disadvantages, including instability, complexity, time-consuming operations, and the necessity for standards. In this study, we developed a calibration-free concentration analysis (CFCA) method based on surface plasmon resonance (SPR) technology, to accurately quantify the active concentration of NSE without relying on any standards. …”
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The OAuth 2.0 Web Authorization Protocol for the Internet Addiction Bioinformatics (IABio) Database by Jeongseok Choi, Jaekwon Kim, Dong Kyun Lee, Kwang Soo Jang, Dai-Jin Kim, In Young Choi

“…In addition, bioinformatics databases, especially genetic databases, require a high level of security and should be designed based on medical information standards. In this respect, our study proposes the OAuth standard protocol for database access authorization. …”
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Electrochemical Characterization of Platinum Nanotubules Made via Template Wetting Nanofabrication by Eric Broaddus, Joel Brubaker, Scott A. Gold

“…Standard oxidation-reduction reactions such as those of ferrocyanide and ferrocene have long been employed in evaluating and comparing new electrode structures with more traditional configurations. …”
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AI-Based Advanced Approaches and Dry Eye Disease Detection Based on Multi-Source Evidence: Cases, Applications, Issues, and Future Directions by Mini Han Wang, Lumin Xing, Yi Pan, Feng Gu, Junbin Fang, Xiangrong Yu, Chi Pui Pang, Kelvin Kam-Lung Chong, Carol Yim-Lui Cheung, Xulin Liao, Xiaoxiao Fang, Jie Yang, Ruoyu Zhou, Xiaoshu Zhou, Fengling Wang, Wenjian Liu

“…The research conducts a comprehensive review of datasets, diagnostic evidence, and standards, as well as advanced algorithms in AI-based DED detection over the past five years. …”
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Advantages of more stressful cold test procedure for evaluation of maize seed vigour by Milivojević Marija, Branković-Radojčić Dragana, Vukadinović Radmila, Poštić Dobrivoj, Popović Aleksandar, Petrović Tanja

“…Soil was used in both cases with differences in chilling temperature (10 °C in standard and 7.5 °C in severe CT). Also duration of low temperatures was prolonged from 7 (standard CT) to 10 days (severe CT). …”
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Health Inspections of Restaurant Establishments in the Attica Region, Greece. Non-compliance Data Within the Food Hygiene Sector by Olympia Chatzimpyrou, Elias Chaidoutis, Dimitrios Keramydas, Petros Papalexis, Nikolaos S. Thomaidis, Vassiliki C. Pitiriga, Panagiota Langi, Foteini Koutsiari, Ioannis Drikos, Maria Giannari, Georgios Chelidonis, Andreas Ch. Lazaris, Nikolaos Kavantzas

“…The inspection of food items is a key component of internal controls that enables the identification of non-compliance with food hygiene standards. The present study aims to assess Attica restaurant businesses’ compliance with international food hygiene standards (FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius) and European legislation on unsafe food. …”
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Subobjects and Compactness in Point-Free Convergence by Emilio Angulo, Frédéric Mynard

“…It turns out that special ones are needed to capture the notion of subspace. We call them standard and they essentially depend on one element of the convergence lattice. …”
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Relativization strategies and sociolinguistic variation in spoken Italian: a typological account by Silvia Ballarè

“…In the first section, I provide an overview of the relativization strategies in Italian, also taking into account non-standard varieties; then, I briefly discuss the sociolinguistic characterization of the sub-standard area of contemporary Italian. …”
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Diploma of Postgraduate Education Est Dissertation? by A. V. Bodrov

“…The author suggests possible ways of solving the problem related to the preparation of scientific and qualification work and the completion of postgraduate study in the part of normative language in the educational standard. The offered formulation “scientific qualification work being prepared (Thesis)” orients the federal state educational standards towards “qualification”, which enables a greater number of postgraduates to get access to state final attestation.…”
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