Editorial by Koen Matthijs, Paul Puschmann

“…Historical Life Course Studies, a journal in population studies, aims to stimulate and facilitate the implementation of IDS (Intermediate Data Structure, a standard data format for large historical databases), and to publish the results from (comparative) research with the help of large historical databases. …”
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Ekpyrotic Nongaussianity: A Review by Jean-Luc Lehners

“…Ekpyrotic models and their cyclic extensions solve the standard cosmological flatness, horizon, and homogeneity puzzles by postulating a slowly contracting phase of the universe prior to the big bang. …”
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Pesticide Recordkeeping Form for Florida Applicators by Frederick M. Fishel

“…This 5-page document provides a form containing the required elements to include on a record of pesticide application for meeting the restricted use pesticide and Worker Protection Standard (WPS) requirements. An example application record and an explanation of the required elements is provided. …”
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Parler de son vécu à travers la création vidéoludique : une étude du jeu Dys4ia by Rémy Sohier

“…A technical and aesthetic analysis makes it possible to identify forms of criticism and militant activity against certain standards of industrial creation. The game can be studied to specify how the experience is autobiographical and how the tools are used. …”
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Introduction : Grammaticalité et annotations de corpus d’anglais oral – perspectives et problèmes by Sylvie Hancil

“…The category of grammar is discussed then the study extends to the spoken language with the problems brought about by the annotation of a corpus of spoken English that are word tagging, linguistic repairs, Markovian constructions, logical distinctions, non standard usage, and dialectal difference and performance errors.…”
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Editorial by Paul Puschmann, Luciana Quaranta

“… Historical Life Course Studies, a journal in population studies, aims to stimulate and facilitate the implementation of IDS (Intermediate Data Structure, a standard data format for large historical databases), and to publish the results from (comparative) research with the help of large historical databases. …”
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plaTform fOr Urinary tract infection diagnostiC evAluatioN (TOUCAN): a protocol for a prospective diagnostic accuracy study of point-of-care testing in patients suspected of acute... by Thomas R Fanshawe, Philip J Turner, Gail N Hayward, Margaret Glogowska, Alastair D Hay, Michael Moore, Mark Lown, Christopher C Butler, Mandy Wootton, Mark H Wilcox, Jane Freeman, Nicola Kenealy, Valerie Tate, Owain Llion, Rebecca Lowe

“…Susceptibility testing will be performed using ‘gold-standard’ methods, not usually performed in diagnostic laboratories. …”
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Efficacy of a Mobile Health–Based Behavioral Treatment for Lifestyle Modification in Type 2 Diabetes Self-Management: Greenhabit Randomized Controlled Trial by Ana Maria Ruiz-Leon, Rosa Casas, Sara Castro-Barquero, Sofia Alfaro-González, Petia Radeva, Emilio Sacanella, Francesc Casanovas-Garriga, Ainhoa Pérez-Gesalí, Ramon Estruch

“…They were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 groups: (1) an intervention group (n=61) instructed to use the Greenhabit mobile app alongside standard care, or (2) a control group (n=62) who received advice on maintaining a healthy diet and followed standard care. …”
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Thoracolumbar fascia ultrasound shear strain differs between low back pain and asymptomatic individuals: expanding the evidence by Norio Tomita, Marie-Hélène Roy-Cardinal, Boris Chayer, Stacey Daher, Ameer Attiya, Aline Boulanger, Nathaly Gaudreault, Guy Cloutier, Nathalie J. Bureau

“…Abstract Objectives To compare thoracolumbar fascia (TLF) shear strain between individuals with and without nonspecific low back pain (NSLBP), investigate its correlation with symptoms, and assess a standardized massage technique’s impact on TLF shear strain. …”
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Evaluation of three novel antigens and costimulatory agents for improvement of M. Tuberculosis specific interferon gamma release assays by Sandra Schwarzlose-Schwarck, Mark Reinwald, Torsten Bauer, Florian Hentschel, Til Kiderlen, Dorinja Zapf, Victor Herbst, Stefan Lüth, David Krieger, Werner Dammermann

“…Three MT IGRAs were evaluated, i.e. our in-house IGRA, a prototypic EUROIMMUN Quan-T-Cell TB assay and the gold standard QuantiFERON Tb-Gold Plus assay. Methods In this single-center, prospective trial, whole blood from 71 patients with tuberculosis disease was stimulated using our in-house IGRA with ACR, Rv1733, Rv2626 compared to the current gold standard MT antigen formulation encompassing MT antigens ESAT-6, CFP-10 and TB10.4. …”
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Transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation combined with robotic-assisted body weight-supported treadmill training enhances motor score and gait recovery in incomplete spinal cord inju... by Natalia Comino-Suárez, Juan C. Moreno, Álvaro Megía-García, Antonio J. del-Ama, Diego Serrano-Muñoz, Juan Avendaño-Coy, Ángel Gil-Agudo, Mónica Alcobendas-Maestro, Esther López-López, Julio Gómez-Soriano

“…All subjects conducted a standard Lokomat walking training program of 40 sessions (5 familiarization sessions, followed by 20 sessions combined with active or sham tSCS, and finally the last 15 sessions with standard Lokomat). …”
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Development of a sustainable, green, and solar-powered filtration system for E. coli removal and greywater treatment by R. Abdallat, A.N. Bdour, A. Abu Haifa, F.F. Al-Rawash, L. Almakhadmeh, S. Hazaimeh

“…Product water meets Jordan standards, ensuring safe reuse for irrigation applications. …”
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Morfological Variation of Endemic Fish Rainbow Celebensis (Telmatherina celebensis Boulenger) in Lake Towuti, South Sulawesi by S.H. Nasution, . Sulistiono, D.S. Sjafei, G.S. Haryani

“…This research is to know morphological variation of endemic fish rainbow Celebensis based on standard morphometric character in several stations. …”
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Assessment of Lower Limb Muscle Volume Using 3D Ultrasonography: Validity and Reliability Compared to MRI by Paul Ritsche, Romina Ledergerber, Michele Pansini, Francesco Santini, Oliver Faude

“…Reliability metrics included intra-class correlation (ICC), coefficients of variation (CV%), standard error of measurement (SEM), minimal detectable change (MDC) and standardized mean bias. …”
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Validity, Accuracy, and Safety Assessment of an Aerobic Interval Training Using an App-Based Prehabilitation Program (PROTEGO MAXIMA Trial) Before Major Surgery: Prospective, Inter... by Sara Fatima Faqar Uz Zaman, Svenja Sliwinski, Lisa Mohr-Wetzel, Julia Dreilich, Natalie Filmann, Charlotte Detemble, Dora Zmuc, Felix Chun, Wojciech Derwich, Waldemar Schreiner, Wolf Bechstein, Johannes Fleckenstein, Andreas A Schnitzbauer

“…The mean heart rate differences between wearables and standard ECG were ≤5 bpm (beats per minute) with a mean absolute percentage error of ≤5%. …”
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Genomic insights into genetic diversity and seed coat color change in common bean composite populations by Eva Plestenjak, Eva Plestenjak, Mohamed Neji, Lovro Sinkovič, Vladimir Meglič, Barbara Pipan

“…The Fst values indicated a strong genetic differentiation, especially between the two standard varieties ETNA and Golden_Gate (Fst = 0.704) and the composite populations. …”
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Bioenergetic Modeling of the Relationship Between Voltage and Electroactive Microbial Biomass Yield for Bioelectrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction to Methane by Vafa Ahmadi, Nabin Aryal

“…The findings identify an optimal applied cathodic potential of −0.3 V <i>vs</i>. the standard hydrogen electrode (SHE) for maximizing <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>C</mi><mi>H</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>4</mn></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> production under standard conditions (pH 7, 25 °C, 1 atm) regardless of ohmic losses. …”
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Prediksi Kelulusan Tepat Waktu Berdasarkan Riwayat Akademik Menggunakan Metode K-Nearest Neighbor by Imam Riadi, Rusydi Umar, Rio Anggara

“…Universities graduate students with several standard criteria that must be possessed. It is expected that graduating students meet the graduation standard requirements within a maximum of 4 years of study period. …”
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A Result on the Existence and Uniqueness of Stationary Solutions for a Bioconvective Flow Model by Aníbal Coronel, Luis Friz, Ian Hess, Alex Tello

“…We derive some appropriate a priori estimates for the weak solution, which implies the existence, by application of Gossez theorem, and the uniqueness by standard methodology of comparison of two arbitrary solutions.…”
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Phenomenological Hints from a Class of String Motivated Model Constructions by Hans Peter Nilles

“…We use string theory constructions towards the generalisation of the supersymmetric standard model of strong and electroweak interactions. …”
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