Assessment of long-term changes in subvalvular aortic stenosis in patients following transcatheter aortic valve implantation by Vladlen V. Bazylev, Andrey B. Voevodin, Alexey S. Masyutin

“…RESULTS: The average age of patients was 72.4±5.5 years, more than half of the subjects were women. 60% of patients were diagnosed with coronary artery disease at the time of TAVI. …”
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Pengukuran Niat Penggunaan Virtual Reality sebagai Alat Simulasi Pelatihan by Riski Arifin, Adithya Sudiarno

“…Abstract Virtual Reality is a technology that describes a virtual environment, the virtual reality continues to show a massive increase of usage over the years ranging from a gaming application to a simulation tool for education and training, which proven to provide better understanding of the learning subject compared to the conventional training. However, given to the current state of the virtual technology, an applicative measurement is needed to increase the use of virtual reality technology from each variable mentioned in this study, therefore this paper use Technology acceptance model to measure the intention of user to use the virtual technology. …”
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Study on Intelligent Classing of Public Welfare Forestland in Kunyu City by Meng Sha, Hua Yang, Jianwei Wu, Jianning Qi

“…Manual forestland classification methods, which rely on predetermined scoring criteria and subjective interpretation, are commonly used but suffer from limitations such as high labor costs, complexity, and lack of scalability. …”
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Milestones and Timescale of Poststroke Recovery: A Cohort Study by Marianna Loi, Alberto Zaliani, Marta Abbamonte, Elena P. Ferrari, Roberto Maestri, Luigi Trojano, Pietro Balbi

“…As many stroke survivors chronically show severe disability, increase in economic, social, and medical burden could be expected in the future. Objective and subjective measures of poststroke recovery are necessary to obtain predictive information, to improve the treatments, and to better allocate resources. …”
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Effect of nanocurcumin (Curcuma longa) on lung histopathology in rats exposed to carbon black by El Roy Achmad Rahmaniabdi, Imam Mustofa, Eka Pramyrtha Hestianah, Widjiati Widjiati, Rochmah Kurnijasanti, Hani Plumeriastuti

“…Conclusion Nanocurcumin administration demonstrates potential in mitigating alveolar septal thickening and fibrosis in rat lungs subjected to carbon black exposure, suggesting a protective role against pulmonary damage from particulate matter. …”
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Leveraging hybrid model of ConvNextBase and LightGBM for early ASD detection via eye-gaze analysis by Ranjeet Bidwe, Sashikala Mishra, Simi Bajaj, Ketan Kotecha

“…One of the reasons for this trend may be a pandemic, which increases screen time for children and decreases communication with peers or family. A lengthy and subjective non-clinical procedure is currently placed for detecting ASD, which is followed by a series of therapy sessions to cure it. …”
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Liability issues for environmental damage caused by military aggression of a terrorist country by I. V. Kyrieieva

“…The article focuses on the issues of liability for environmental damage caused by the military aggression of a terrorist country. The subject matter of the study is the impact of the consequences of military aggression against Ukraine on the state of its natural resources, the legal characterisation of these consequences in terms of liability and issues related to compensation for the damage caused. …”
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Assessment of liver fibrosis by acoustic radiation force impulse elastography in rheumatic disease patients on long-term methotrexate treatment by Arindam Nandy Roy, Gayatri Senapathy, Vijay Kumar Bongu, Yarram Ashok Kumar, Syeda Sana Fatima, Regina Lata Thadigiri

“…In addition, 24 healthy subjects (controls) were recruited to compare the ARFI values with that of patients with rheumatic disease. …”
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Relationship between physical activity and depressive symptoms in stroke survivors: a cross-sectional study of 1,140 individuals by Yihao Wang, Jiali Chen, Yanwei Zou, Mengshu Yang, Xiaoyun Kong, Ling Wang, Jingyuan Xue, Ci Dong

“…Results: Among all the subjects, 225 individuals had significant depressive symptoms. …”
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Using the Theory of Planned Behavior to Explain Expecting Couples Birth Preparedness Intentions in a Rural Setting: A Cross-Sectional Study from Rukwa, Southern Tanzania by Fabiola V. Moshi, Stephen M. Kibusi, Flora Fabian

“…These three domains included (1) attitudes towards birth preparedness, (2) perceived subjective norms towards birth preparedness, and (3) perceived behavior control towards birth preparedness. …”
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Assessing the impact of magnesium-based nutritional education on lipid profiles in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a quasi-experimental study by Eram Albajri, Arwa S. Almasaudi, Hala H. Mosli, Noor A. Hakim, Reem O. Basaqr, Manal Naseeb

“…Methods Thirty participants with T2DM were recruited for this within-subject experimental study. Participants underwent a three-month dietary intervention focused on increasing the intake of Mg-rich foods through nutritional education. …”
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Hypothalamic atrophy in primary lateral sclerosis, assessed by convolutional neural network-based automatic segmentation by Jan Kassubek, Francesco Roselli, Simon Witzel, Johannes Dorst, Albert C. Ludolph, Volker Rasche, Ina Vernikouskaya, Hans-Peter Müller

“…This CNN of U-Net architecture was applied for automatic segmentation of the hypothalamus and intracranial volume (ICV) to allow adjustments of the hypothalamic volume between subjects with different head sizes respectively. Automatic segmentation and volumetric analysis were performed in high resolution T1 weighted MRI volumes (acquired on a 1.5 T MRI scanner) of 46 PLS patients in comparison to 107 healthy controls and 411 `classical` ALS patients, respectively. …”
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Finite element analysis of stress in mandibular molars repaired after fractured instrument removal by Salih Düzgün, Emir Esim, Tuğrul Aslan, Ayşe Tuğba Eminsoy Avcı

“…In total, 14 models were generated and subjected to a 300 N force applied at a 45° angle to simulate the stress. …”
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Perceived influences of fruit and vegetable consumption among Indian adolescents – A qualitative inquiry by Neha Rathi, Anthony Worsley, Meg Bruening

“…The transcribed data were subjected to thematic analysis. Data were coded inductively, and themes were extracted using NVivo software program. …”
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Impact of electrical muscle stimulation-induced muscle contractions on endogenous pain modulatory system: a quantitative sensory testing evaluation by Satoshi Ohga, Takafumi Hattori, Kazuhiro Shimo, Hajime Maeda, Takako Matsubara

“…Moreover, previous studies on electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) have primarily focused on local analgesic effects, often relying on subjective pain reports. This study investigated the contribution of EMS-induced muscle contractions to systemic analgesia, independent of motor cortex activity. …”
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Dietary Effect of Withania somnifera Root Powder on Growth, Hematobiochemical Parameters, Immunity, and Disease Resistance to Aeromonas hydrophila in Cyprinus carpio by Syed Sikandar Habib, Muhammad Qamar Saeed, Samrah Masud, Osman Sabri Kesbiç, Javed Ahmed Ujan, Cristina Cravana, Salim S. Al-Rejaie, Mohamed Mohany, Francesco Fazio

“…Over a 60-day period, 180 common carp fingerlings (11.73 ± 0.52 g) were subjected to diets supplemented with increasing WSRP levels (0 (control), 1% (WSRP1), 2.5% (WSRP2.5), and 4% (WSRP4)). …”
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Learning curve and complications of unilateral biportal endoscopy–unilateral laminectomy bilateral decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis by Jiashen Shao, Zihan Fan, Hai Meng, Qi Fei

“…Baseline information, perioperative data, and preoperative and postoperative subjective scores were recorded for all patients. The learning curve and identified risk factors for complications were analyzed. …”
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Impact of central corneal astigmatism on postoperative visual outcomes in patients undergoing trifocal intraocular lens implantation by Lan Wang, Jiaqi Meng, Jiao Qi, Dongling Guo, Yi Lu, Xiangjia Zhu

“…Postoperative evaluations were conducted at 3 months after surgery, including visual acuity, defocus curves, contrast sensitivity (CS), and objective and subjective visual quality. Results The low astigmatism group exhibited significantly better uncorrected near and intermediate visual acuity than the high astigmatism group (both P < 0.05). …”
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Development of a Three-Dimensional Finite Element Model of Thoracolumbar Kyphotic Deformity following Vertebral Column Decancellation by Tianhao Wang, Zhihua Cai, Yongfei Zhao, Guoquan Zheng, Wei Wang, Dengbin Qi, Diyu Song, Yan Wang

“…During tests, ligament disruption and unit deletion were not found, indicating an absence of fracture and fixation breakage. Discussion. A subject-specific FE model of the spine following VCD is developed and validated. …”
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Highlighting of Urinary Sodium and Potassium among Indonesian Schoolchildren Aged 9–12 Years: The Contribution of School Food by Farapti Farapti, Muji Sulistyowati, Kurnia Dwi Artanti, Stefania Widya Setyaningtyas, Sri Sumarmi, Bibit Mulyana

“…Na intake was on average higher than recommended; meanwhile, almost all subjects showed very low compliance of K intake recommendation. …”
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