Normative Data for Bone Mass in Healthy Term Infants from Birth to 1 Year of Age by Sina Gallo, Catherine A. Vanstone, Hope A. Weiler

“…For over 2 decades, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) has been the gold standard for estimating bone mineral density (BMD) and facture risk in adults. …”
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Acute Exercise and Appetite-Regulating Hormones in Overweight and Obese Individuals: A Meta-Analysis by Jessica Anne Douglas, Kevin Deighton, Jan Maria Atkinson, Vahid Sari-Sarraf, David John Stensel, Greg Atkinson

“…Standardised mean differences (SMDs) and standard errors were extracted for AG and total PYY and GLP-1 concentrations in control and exercise trials and synthesised using a random effects meta-analysis model. …”
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Sacroiliitis: A Review on Anatomy, Diagnosis, and Treatment by Anderson Lee, Monik Gupta, Kiran Boyinepally, Phillip J. Stokey, Nabil A. Ebraheim

“…Reduction in pain following the anesthetic is considered the golden standard for diagnosis. The treatment begins with the conservative approach of physical therapy and analgesics for symptom relief. …”
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Analyzing the semileptonic and nonleptonic B c → J/ψ, η c decays by Aritra Biswas, Soumitra Nandi, Shantanu Sahoo

“…Using the q 2 shapes of these form factors, we have computed the branching fractions B $$ \mathcal{B} $$ ( B c − $$ {B}_c^{-} $$ → η c ℓ − ν ¯ $$ \overline{\nu} $$ ) (with ℓ = τ, μ(e)) and the decay rate distributions and have predicted the Standard model estimate for the observable R(η c ) = Γ( B c − $$ {B}_c^{-} $$ → η c τ − ν ¯ $$ \overline{\nu} $$ )/Γ( B c − $$ {B}_c^{-} $$ → η c μ − ν ¯ $$ \overline{\nu} $$ ) = 0.310 ± 0.042. …”
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Evaluating the Mechanisms of Improved Glucose Homeostasis after Bariatric Surgery in Ossabaw Miniature Swine by Jonathan G. Sham, Vlad V. Simianu, Andrew S. Wright, Skye D. Stewart, Mouhamad Alloosh, Michael Sturek, David E. Cummings, David R. Flum

“…Intravenous glucose tolerance tests and standardized meal tolerance tests were performed prior to, 1, 2, and 8 weeks after surgery and at a single time-point for regular diet control pigs. …”
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Reduction of Carbon-Based Emissions using MgO Nanoparticle with Waste Cooking Oil Biodiesel in Diesel Engine by Mohammad A. Al Zubi, A. Jayaganthan, null Alimuddin, Mohd Yunus Khan, Ravi Kumar, Bharat Singh, Vighneswara Rao Kakara

“…According to the ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials), the biodiesel produced from waste cooking oil met all fuel standards. The results of the testing were obtained by running a single-cylinder, 4-stroke diesel engine under a variety of loads. …”
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Cryptanalysis of hyperchaotic S-box generation and image encryption by Mohammad Mazyad Hazzazi, Gulraiz, Rashad Ali, Muhammad Kamran Jamil, Sameer Abdullah Nooh, Fahad Alblehai

“…Because they feature substitution boxes, substitution-permutation networks (SPNs) are crucial for cryptographic algorithms such as the popular Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). The structure and properties of S-boxes have a significant impact on the overall security of cryptographic systems. …”
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What covariates drive medical students to the brink of suicidal ideation, plan, and attempt? A double-centric cross-sectional study in a resource-constrained rural setting in North... by Sunny Garg, Aakanksha Kharb, Kirti Bansal

“…The research protocol incorporates a self-administered questionnaire regarding sociodemographic and personal domains, as well as standardized tools to assess psychopathological domains such as depression, anxiety, stress, and stressors. …”
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A meta-analysis of the effects of plyometric training on muscle strength and power in martial arts athletes by Qin Yuan, Nuannuan Deng, Kim Geok Soh

“…Effect sizes (ESs) were calculated using a random-effects model based on weighted and averaged standardized mean differences. Moderator analyses were performed for variables related to age and training. …”
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Investigating the role of foreign aid, FDI, and remittance on the public health of selected South Asian countries by Md. Atik Hasan, Shabikunnahar Suborna, Afrida Jinnurain Urbee

“…To ensure the precision and dependability of the findings, this research utilizes sophisticated statistical methodologies, including the Common Correlated Effect of Mean Group (CCEMG), Driscoll-Kraay Robust Standard Error approaches, and Dumitrescu and Hurlin (D-H) causality test, thereby establishing their dependability. …”
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From Llama to language: prompt-engineering allows general-purpose artificial intelligence to rate narratives like expert psychologists by Barry Dauphin, Caleb Siefert

“…Experimentation indicated that expert-refined prompts outperformed basic prompts regarding interrater reliability and absolute agreement with gold standard ratings. Only the expert-refined prompts were able to generate acceptable single-rater interrater reliability estimates.DiscussionFindings suggest that AI could significantly reduce the time and resource burdens on clinicians and researchers using narrative rating systems like the SCORS-G. …”
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Utilizing the renal and vertebral contours as landmarks for right adrenal vein localization in primary aldosteronism: a retrospective analysis of 310 cases by Wei Sha, Yun Du, Shunkang Rong, Yuanqing Yao, Bo Xiong, Han Liu, Jun Qian

“…BackgroundAdrenal Vein Sampling (AVS) is the gold standard for categorizing primary aldosteronism (PA). …”
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A Comprehensive Machine Learning Approach for COVID-19 Target Discovery in the Small-Molecule Metabolome by Md. Shaheenur Islam Sumon, Md Sakib Abrar Hossain, Haya Al-Sulaiti, Hadi M. Yassine, Muhammad E. H. Chowdhury

“…Key techniques such as feature ranking, standard scaling, and SMOTE were used to address class imbalances, thus enhancing model robustness. …”
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Hypercapnic warm-up and re-warm-up-A novel experimental approach in swimming sprint. by Natalia Danek, Stefan Szczepan, Zofia Wróblewska, Kamil Michalik, Marek Zatoń

“…Eight male members of the university swimming team, aged 19-25, performed three different warm-up protocols: 1) standardized warm-up in water (WUCON); 2) hypercapnic warm-up in water (WUARDS); 3) hypercapnic a 20-minute transition phase on land, between warm-up in water and swimming test (RE-WUARDS). …”
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Honest Computing: achieving demonstrable data lineage and provenance for driving data and process-sensitive policies by Florian Guitton, Axel Oehmichen, Étienne Bossé, Yike Guo

“…Addressing use cases in many fields, from AI model protection and ethical layering to digital currency formation for finance and banking, trading, and healthcare, this foundational layer approach can help define new standards for appropriate data custody and processing.…”
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Comparison of the Nutritional and Taste Characteristics of 5 Edible Fungus Powders Based on the Composition of Hydrolyzed Amino Acids and Free Amino Acids by Jian Li, Junmei Ma, Sufang Fan, Shengquan Mi, Yan Zhang

“…Comparative analysis of the mass fractions and composition of amino acids indicated that Pleurotus citrinopileatus edible fungus powder best met the ideal protein standard. The taste characteristics of protein were evaluated by calculating the taste active value (TAV) of taste-producing free amino acids. …”
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Evaluation of survival rate of implants with immediate loading compared to implants with conventional load in implants with fixed prosthesis, update of a systematic review and meta... by Meysam Heidari, Masomeh Rostamzadeh, Ideh Talimkhani

“…For meta-analysis, the risk ratio, logarithm and standard deviation of the logarithm were combined using the fixed effect model. …”
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Co-occurrence network and pattern of school lunch using big data and text-mining using data from the 2021–2023 school meal menu information on the NEIS open educational information... by Hyeyun Kang, Jimi Kim

“…The co-occurrence network of food groups and menus further indicated that menus regularly provided as standard meals and those frequently offered as special meals formed distinct communities. …”
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Factors contributing to the variation of the fearful withdrawal response to humans in minipigs bred at ICG SB R by V. S. Lankin, S. V. Nikitin, O. V. Trapezov

“…Variation in the withdrawal response was tested in four heterotypic settings. The standard aversive stimulus was the presence of a human as the animals were being given food either as a group or one by one after 14–16 or 2 h of food deprivation. …”
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Identifying the Predictors of Short Term Weight Loss Failure after Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass by Effat Bahadori, Ali Jafarzadeh Esfehani, Leila Sadat Bahrami, Mohammad Reza Shadmand Foumani Moghadam, Ali Jangjoo, Mohsen Nematy, Afshin Roghani, Reza Rezvani

“…Gastric bypass surgery is a gold standard therapy for severe obesity. This study aimed to evaluate anthropometric predictors for short-term excess weight loss (EWL) after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (RYGB) in a sample of severely obese patients. …”
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