A methodological scoping review on EMG processing and synergy-based results in muscle synergy studies in Parkinson’s disease by Valentina Lanzani, Cristina Brambilla, Alessandro Scano

“…We detailed the features of the screened papers by reporting the clinical findings, a detailed report of EMG processing choices and synergy-based results.ResultsWe found that synergistic control is in general altered in patients with Parkinson’s Disease, but it can improve if patients are subjected to pharmacological and rehabilitation therapies. …”
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Mothers Who Accompany a Child to Their Death: Starting Again Without Ever Forgetting by Maria Eduarda Correia, Maria Teresa Magão, Maria Antónia Rebelo Botelho

“…<b>Results:</b> An understanding of the essential structure of the phenomenon is revealed in a description made up of three essential themes: ‘facing the harbinger of illness’; ‘living (together) with a sick child’; and ‘starting again without ever forgetting: living with an absent child’, the latter being the subject of this article. <b>Conclusions:</b> The participants attribute a self-transforming meaning to their lived experience of accompanying their children. …”
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Efficacy and Effectiveness of Physical Therapy in Enhancing Postural Control in Children With Cerebral Palsy by Susan R. Harris, Lori Roxborough

“…Twelve studies (1991–2004), comprising ten group design studies and two single subject studies, met our inclusion criteria. A variety of age ranges and severity of children with cerebral palsy (n = 132) participated in the studies. …”
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Phonological Processes in Ekegusii Borrowing: A Constraint-based Approach by Edinah Mose

“…The two hundred tokens were then subjected to the sampled speakers through interviews to realize the sound patterns in the Ekegusii borrowing process overtly. …”
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Emerging Nanofibrous Polycaprolactone Vascular Grafts in Small and Large Animal Models: in vivo and in vitro Analyses by Farnaz Sadat Fattahi

“…The primary focus is on the in vivo implantation of nanofibrous ones for vascular regeneration in large and small animals. First, the subject of the study was thoroughly investigated, then the search was conducted with a combination of index and text terms. …”
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Current issues of normative regulation of combating illegal arms trafficking in Ukraine by K. L. Buhaichuk

“…In particular, it is stated that the current criminal legislation and normative legal acts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine need significant improvement in terms of: 1) defining the concept of “component part of a firearm” or “constructive part of a firearm” and establishing responsibility for their illegal circulation; 2) bringing to a unified interpretation and understanding of the terms “explosive devices”, “explosive substances”, “explosive materials”, delineating the normative grounds for their application and demarcation; 3) development of a unified approach to subject classification and understanding of the legal regime of hand grenades, mines, ammunition for grenade launchers; 4) establishment of the legal regime of trophy weapons, which is relevant in the conditions of martial law and the conduct of hostilities on the territory of our state; 5) determination of the following qualifying signs of committing criminal offenses in the field of illegal arms trafficking: committing a crime under the conditions of the legal regime of martial law, committing a crime by an organized criminal group, etc.…”
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Second Hand Tobacco Smoke Exposure among Adults in an Urbanized Village in Delhi by Yukti Bhandari, Jugal Kishore, Abhilasha Yadav, Aritrik Das

“…The interview was conducted by the primary author using the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS). Each subject enrolled in the study was explicitly informed of the purpose of the study by the investigator and provided written informed consent before enrolment. …”
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Tobacco Use, Body Mass Index, Potentially Malignant Disorder and Attitude towards Passive Smoking in a Primary Health Centre – A Cross-Sectional Study by Priyanka Paul Madhu, Zahiruddin Syed Quazi, Anand N Wankhede

“…The interviewer gathered information to document the subjects’ history of tobacco use, general demographics, and opinions regarding passive smoking through the administration of a questionnaire. …”
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Potential use of salivary TNF-α as a vaccine-induced pain biomarker in people with cerebral palsy and communication disorders. by Álvaro Sabater-Gárriz, José Joaquín Cerón, Pedro Montoya, Inmaculada Riquelme

“…<h4>Results</h4>Pain in subjects with CP was higher than in healthy controls after the intramuscular injection as displayed by observational scales. sTNF-α experienced a significant post-stimulus increase in both groups and that increase shows a tendency to correlate with the observational scales scores. …”
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Assessment of knowledge level and attitudes of dental students about digital radiography and cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) by Gaye Keser, Gökhan Cem, Filiz Namdar Pekiner

“…Additional classes can be given on these subjects in the classes at the faculties and at the same time participation in the seminars can be encouraged in order to increase the knowledge level of the 4th grade and to get more accurate information about CBCT.KEYWORDS Cone Beam Computed Tomography, Digital Radiography…”
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MANAJEMEN PENDIDIKAN ISLAM MODERN DI PONDOK PESANTREN AL MA’HAD AL ISLAMY ERA SOCIETY 5.0 by Miftah Miftah, Toto Suharto

“…In addition, the Islamic boarding school curriculum was updated to include relevant subjects, such as entrepreneurship and information technology. …”
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Evaluation of gastric emptying rates of nondigestible radiopaque markers of different gastropexy methods in the dogs by Kerim Nida Çalım, Mustafa Arıcan

“…Gastric emptying was delayed 3 days after circumcostal gastropexy and ventral midline gastropexy, and there weren't any changes after incisional gastropexy and belt-loop gastropexy performed when the animals start to fed with solid meals. Dogs subjected to circumcostal gastropexy, ventral midline gastropexy, incisional gastropexy and belt-loop gastropexy had 100 % gastric emptying times similar to those of control dogs 10 days and 21 days after both surgery.Modified circumcostal gastropexy, ventral midline gastropexy, incisional gastropexy and belt-loop gastropexy are technically simple and quick. …”
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Volatile profile, phenolic content and antioxidant activity of chia seed (Salvia hispanica L.) essential oils obtained by different extraction methods by B. Aydeniz, O. Guneser

“…Both essential oils were subjected to GC-MS analysis, which identified 40 and 48 volatile compounds (mainly as linalool, mesitylene, anethol, cumene, eugenol, β-ocimene, eugenol acetate) in HDE and MAHDE, respectively. …”
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Exploring ESL teachers’ experiences about ICT-based 4Cs skills: a phenomenological study by Raja Bahar Khan Soomro, Rifat Abbas Khan, Irfan Ahmed Rind

“…The phenomenological approach offered a rich and nuanced understanding of the five ESL teachers’ experiences by exploring the subjective meanings they attribute to their lived experiences. …”
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FATIGUE STRENGTH ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION OF FSC RACING EXHAUST SYSTEM by QI Qi, LIU HaoTian, WU XiaoJian, LUO Cheng

“…The exhaust pipe of engine is subjected to alternating load of low and high temperatures during operation,which is prone to fatigue damage.For the FSC（Formula Student China） racing engine with the highest speed of 11 000 r/min～13 OOOr/min,the exhaust pipe fatigue problem is more serious.In this paper,the FSC racing exhaust system is taken as the research object to analyze its fatigue strength and optimize the exhaust pipe thickness.Firstly,the Fluent software is used to analyze the conjugate heat transfer of the exhaust system to determine the temperature distribution of the exhaust system.Then the temperature distribution is mapped to the finite element mesh of the exhaust system,and the thermal stress and thermal strain are analyzed by finite element technology.Subsequently,two schemes including exhaust manifold " normal operation-parking cooling" cycle and extreme working condition cycle are designed to carry out the thermal cycle simulation.It is found that the exhaust gas accumulates plastic deformation under the alternating load of each cycle,and the exhaust system will eventually crack and be destroyed.Finally,the fatigue life of the two schemes is studied by using Ansys nCode DesignLife fatigue analysis software.The results show that both schemes effectively reflect the life expectancy of low-cycle fatigue damages under the combined action of exhaust manifold temperature field,thermal stress and strain.Based on the above analysis,the exhaust thickness is optimized by the extreme working condition circulation scheme.and it is verified by experiments that the 1.2 mm thickness steel pipe meets the FSC exhaust requirements.…”
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Further investigation on microstructure refinement of internal crack initiation region in VHCF regime of high-strength steels by Yukun Chang, Liang Zheng, Xiangnan Pan, Youshi Hong

“…The profile samples prepared by focused ion beam (FIB) in crack initiation region (CIR) and fish-eye (FiE) region of failed specimens subjected to rotary bending (RB) and ultrasonic axial (UL) fatigue testing with various stress ratios (R) were observed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) with selected area electron diffraction (SAD) detection for two high-strength steels. …”
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Should Medications Be Prescribed to Patients in Generic Form? Dental Practitioners’ Perspective by Saudamini G More, Tejal Patil, Tanvi Shetty, Monika Bhanushali, Hitesh Sawant

“…A custom-made 25-item (close- and open-ended questions) questionnaire tool was used after validation from 10 subject matter experts. The questions asked were related to demography, knowledge, awareness, and preference of generic drugs. …”
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Therapeutic Effectiveness of Plant Medicine in Treating Xerostomia-A Systematic Review by Turaga Amani, Sreedevi Dharman

“…Background: Xerostomia is ‘subjective feeling of dryness in mouth.’ It can result from either a decrease in salivary production or alterations in its composition. …”
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Validation of a Model for Predicting Magnesium Concentration in Women with Preeclampsia: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Erik Holmström Thalme, Magnus Frödin-Bolling

“…Women with preeclampsia undergoing magnesium sulfate treatment. Subjects initially received Zuspan treatment (4 g bolus and 1 g/h maintenance dose), commonly increased by individual titration. …”
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Data-Driven Decision Algorithm for Open Caisson Foundation Construction by Wei Tian, Hao Li, Yongwei Wang, Yanjiang Zhu, Hao Zhu, Kunyao Li

“…The proposed approach aims to reduce the errors in excavation instructions attributable to the subjective and varying experiences of decision-makers. …”
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