Exploring the ability of plasma pTau217, pTau181 and beta-amyloid in mirroring cerebrospinal fluid biomarker profile of Mild Cognitive Impairment by the fully automated Lumipulse®... by Marcella Catania, Claudia Battipaglia, Alberto Perego, Erika Salvi, Emanuela Maderna, Federico Angelo Cazzaniga, Paolo M. Rossini, Camillo Marra, Nicola Vanacore, Alberto Redolfi, Daniela Perani, Patrizia Spadin, Maria Cotelli, Stefano Cappa, Naike Caraglia, Pietro Tiraboschi, Fabrizio Tagliavini, Giuseppe Di Fede

“…Methods The study was performed on 306 subjects affected by MCI, enrolled in the context of the Italian Interceptor Project. …”
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An Objective Pain Score for Chronic Pain Clinic Patients by Agnes K. Pace, Melanio Bruceta, John Donovan, Sonia J. Vaida, Jill M. Eckert

“…Although numerous studies have looked at the numeric rating scale (NRS) in chronic pain patients and several studies have evaluated objective pain scales, no known studies have assessed an objective pain scale for use in the evaluation of adult chronic pain patients in the outpatient setting. Subjective scales require patients to convert a subjective feeling into a quantitative number. …”
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Stem cells prevent long-term deterioration of renal function after renal artery revascularization in a renovascular hypertension model in rats by Nikolas Waack, Tatiana Guirao, Edgar Maquigussa, Erika Nishi, Milene Ormanji, Olinda Ykuta, Mirian Boim

“…This study aimed to evaluate the effects of administration of MSCs in combination with renal artery revascularization in rats subjected to RVH. The following groups were evaluated: control (SHAM), hypertensive (2K-1C), hypertensive treated with MSCs (MSC), hypertensive subjected to revascularization (REV), and hypertensive subjected to revascularization and treatment with MSCs (REV + MSC). …”
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Antidepressant Treatment Response Prediction With Early Assessment of Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and Micro-RNA by Lok Hua Lee, Cyrus Su Hui Ho, Yee Ling Chan, Gabrielle Wann Nii Tay, Cheng-Kai Lu, Tong Boon Tang

“…Our proposed algorithm includes a custom inter-subject variability reduction based on the principal component analysis (PCA). …”
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Density of wild boar population and spread of African swine fever in the Russian Federation by O. I. Zakharova, A. A. Blokhin, N. N. Toropova, O. A. Burova, I. V. Yashin, F. I. Korennoy

“…A regression analysis showed statistically significant positive relationship between recurrent ASF outbreaks in the wild boar population and its density in a number of model subjects (N = 6). At the same time, there is no such dependence in other model subjects (N = 3), and  ASF outbreaks were recorded in wild boars at a density significantly lower than the recommended value. …”
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Associations between dry eye disease and sleep quality: a cross-sectional analysis by Anat Galor, Kimberly Cabrera, Mohammad Ayoubi, Elyana Vittoria Tessa Locatelli, Simran Mangwani-Mordani

“…Relationships were weaker for DE signs, with subjective sleep quality relating to inflammation and meibum quality.…”
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Assessing the Relationship Between the Type of Internet Use and Internet Addiction in Early and Middle Adolescents: Cross-Sectional Study From Qatar by Khansa Chemnad, Maryam Aziz, Sanaa Al- Harahsheh, Azza Abdelmoneium, Ahmed Baghdady, Diana Alsayed Hassan, Raian Ali

“…The survey measured essential and nonessential internet use, subjective happiness with nonessential use, and IA symptoms using the Internet Addiction Diagnostic Questionnaire, as well as participant demographics. …”
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Long-Term Predictive Modelling of the Craniofacial Complex Using Machine Learning on 2D Cephalometric Radiographs by Michael Myers, Michael D. Brown, Sarkhan Badirli, George J. Eckert, Diane Helen-Marie Johnson, Hakan Turkkahraman

“…Three ML models—Lasso regression, Random Forest, and Support Vector Regression (SVR)—were trained on a subset of 240 subjects, while 61 subjects were used for testing. …”
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Specificity of psychological readiness for changes and psychological resilience in the employees of the State Criminal-Executive Service of Ukraine by O. V. Mitroshkina

“…The first group consisted of subjects with a high level of readiness for change, the second – with a low level. …”
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Vitamin D Deficiency in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus with and without Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Wahiduddin Wahiduddin, Agung Pranoto, Sudjarwo Sudjarwo

“…Result: There were 88 T2DM patients who met the inclusion criteria, consisting of 43 T2DM patients without pulmonary TB and 45 T2DM patients with pulmonary TB as the study subjects. There were differences in the distribution of T2DM subjects based on sex and BMI measurements. …”
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A Pilot Study on Cognitive Processing Characteristics and Cerebral Mechanisms of Native Chinese-Speaking Savant Calendar Calculators with Autism Spectrum Disorder by CHEN Jian, XU Shutian, WU Yuwei, CHEN Songmei, SHAN Chunlei

“…The patient with SCC was examined with crainial MRI and compared with healthy subjects to explore the organic brain damage.Results(1) Calendar calculation ability test: the correct rate of random normal calendar calculation in the SCC patient was 80%, and the average time of answering each question was 11.8 s, while the average correct rate of random normal calendar calculation in the healthy subjects was only 16%. (2) Calendar memorizing ability test: the correct rate of the adjusted new calendar calculation in the SCC patient was only 20%. (3) Numerical calculation ability: the correct rate of addition and division in the SCC patient was 100%, and the average time was 10.67 s and 58.19 s respectively. …”
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Olfactory disorders in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: A cross-sectional study by Yasmin Nsunzu Tshingamb, Sympho Junior Mpiana, Patrick Sekele Marob Ndjock, Emile Kayembe, Eric Banza Lukoji, Alain Ntumba Malemba, Auguste O. Omadjela, Dieudonné T. Nyembue

“…All mean scores for subjective and objective olfactory assessments were significantly higher (p < 0.001) among CRS patients with OD compared to those without. …”
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The Potential of Digital Storytelling as an Ethnographic Research Technique in Social Sciences by Oğuz Hatice Şule

“…However, it is possible to query the proficiency of current ethnographic techniques to design dialogic research and to convey the experiences of the ‘subjects’ of the field research. Techniques such as in-depth interviews, informal interviews and even the focus group depend on the dichotomy of the researcher who asks questions and the subject who responds to them. …”
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fMRI Study on the Functional Connectivity of Nucleus Accumbens in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis by Yang XIAO, Jiao LIU, kun HU, Meiqin LIN, Youxue TU, Jing TAO, Lidian CHEN, Jia HUANG

“…Firstly, all subjects'general and behavioral data, including gender, age, and the brief pain inventory (BPI) score, were collected. …”
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The Effect of Visual Feedback on Knee Pain and Function in Women Aged 45–75 Following Total Knee Arthroplasty by Sandra Baltramonaitytė, Anelė Katinė

“…The study involved 30 women experiencing pain after knee replacement surgery. Subjects were randomly divided into two groups: experimental (n = 15) and control (n = 15). …”
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Anxiety as a prevailing factor of performance of university mathematics students during the COVID-19 pandemic by D. Mendoza, M. Cejas, G. Rivas, C. Varguillas

“…It arises from concern about student performance at university, with an emphasis on exact science subjects. It is not only students, who suffer from mathematical anxiety. …”
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Personal culture as a goal of continuing developmental education: Philosophical and methodological substantiation by N. L. Hudyakova, A. B. Nevelev, V. S. Neveleva

“…Personal experience is the subject of development in the process of education. …”
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Fostering quantity surveying student success through academic engagement: an interactive qualitative analysis by Gerrit Crafford, Liezel Frick

“…This study used an interpretivist paradigm, which emphasises participants' subjective experiences, to navigate this complex landscape.  …”
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Association between Mediterranean diet and metabolic health status among adults was not mediated through serum adropin levels by Maryam Shafiei, Donya Poursalehi, Sobhan Mohammadi, Farnaz Shahdadian, Zahra Hajhashemy, Parisa Rouhani, Elahe Mokhtari, Parvane Saneei

“…Serum adropin hormone levels were also not substantially different among metabolic healthy versus unhealthy subjects (P = 0.66). Conclusions This cross-sectional study showed an inverse association between adherence to MD and odds of MU status, especially in subjects with normal-weight. …”
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Patients’ satisfaction and efficacy of modern conventional hearing aids: A comprehensive analysis of the self-reported user experiences in adult people by Daniele Portelli, Cosimo Galletti, Sabrina Loteta, Leonard Freni, Francesco Ciodaro, Angela Alibrandi, Giuseppe Alberti

“…This study aimed to evaluate the subjective benefit and satisfaction of using hearing aids among patients since the adoption rate of hearing aids remains low. …”
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