Thyroid function abnormalities in individuals with sickle cell disease: a meta-analysis by Sagad O. O. Mohamed, Hussein Ahmed, Mohammed A. H. Mohammednoor, Khalefa B. K. Alzubeir, Safaa Fadlelmoula, Osman O. A. Abdallah, Izzut Awad Ahmed

“…Methods Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, a comprehensive search was conducted across Medline/PubMed, Google Scholar, World Health Organization Virtual Health Library Regional Portal, and ScienceDirect. …”
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DIGITISATION OF LEGAL ALGORITHMS TO PREVENT PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CORRUPTION by Oleksii Makarenkov

“…Given the globalisation of the information space, investment, financial, trade and logistics markets, the threat of financing terrorism, war and other crimes through improper control of virtual assets in cyberspace. It was determined that the legal nature of public procurement complaints is defined by the public interest. …”
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Savi’s pipistrelle (Hypsugo savii) in Ukraine: analysis of records and evidence of expansion by Igor Polischuk, Igor Zagorodniuk

“…All records have a number of similarities described in the article, in particular: a) belonging to the southern territories, b) predominance of records in spring or autumn, c) virtually all records were made in urban landscapes. …”
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O audiolivro e a inteligência artificial “leitora”: fronteiras intermidiais by Jaimeson Machado Garcia, Ana Cláudia Munari Domingos, Rejane Frozza

“…Quando essa “leitura”, no entanto, é feita por uma Inteligência Artificial, a exemplo da assistente virtual Alexa, ainda podemos compreender esse produto de mídia sonoro como um audiolivro? …”
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Comparative Nutritional Profiling of Economically Important Shrimp Species in Pakistan by Muhammad Bilal Bhatti, Shahid Sherzada, Sohail Ahmad, Muhammad Asghar Qazi, Amina Ayub, Saeed Akram Khan, Muhammad Javed Khan, Iqra Rani, Nimra Hussain, Joanna Nowosad, Dariusz Kucharczyk

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Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Admissions for COVID-19: Insights Using State-Level Data by Rohit S. Loomba, Enrique G. Villarreal, Juan S. Farias, Ronald A. Bronicki, Saul Flores

“…This is a retrospective cohort study using data from the COVID-19 Virtual Pediatric System (VPS) dashboard containing information regarding respiratory support and comorbidities for all CPAs between March and April 2020. …”
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The People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs (NKID) of the USSR in the City of Kuibyshev (1941-1943) by S. I. Chernyavsky

“…Negotiations with representatives of Great Britain and France, which were conducted in 1939, were interrupted and relations with these countries were virtually frozen.Some important strategic tasks were set before Soviet diplomacy. …”
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Cuidado enfermero en paciente adulto con traumatismo de médula espinal y sobrepeso by Camila Calderón Céspedes, Yenifer Huamani Maruri, Lesly Sánchez Mauricio, Karla Segura Hidalgo, Susan Haydee Gonzales Saldaña

“…Método: El método de estudio fue de caso clínico único y de enfoque cualitativo, este se realizó de manera virtual, utilizando la valoración de Marjory Gordon y la taxonomía de NANDA, NOC y NIC. …”
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SkelETT—Skeleton-to-Emotion Transfer Transformer by Pedro Victor Vieira Paiva, Josue Junior Guimaraes Ramos, Marina Gavrilova, Marco Antonio Garcia de Carvalho

“…Emotion recognition plays an essential role in human-computer interaction, spanning diverse domains from human-robot communication and virtual reality to mental health assessment and affective computing. …”
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Effect of a mindfulness-based cognitive behavior therapy intervention on occupational burnout among school teachers by Netra Raj Paudel, Netra Raj Paudel, Prakash K. C., Prakash K. C., Clas-Håkan Nygård, Clas-Håkan Nygård, Subas Neupane, Subas Neupane

“…No significant differences between the arms were found in the post-test mean levels of EE, DP, and PA. The virtual MB-CBT intervention showed no significant impact on reducing burnout. …”
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Branded content en el metaverso. Análisis de las acciones de las organizaciones destacadas en la primera Guía de Metaverso y Branded Content by Belén Moreno-Albarracín

“…Limitación: Se destaca el tamaño reducido de la muestra y, como futura línea de investigación, se propone un estudio de percepción del usuario, evaluando la influencia ejercida por los vínculos virtuales usuario-marca en las respuestas de la audiencia hacia las marcas en el mundo real. …”
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Trabajo independiente y tecnología educativa en educación médica by Mildred Gutiérrez Segura, Miguel Orlando Ochoa Rodríguez, Mirna González Sánchez, Madelín Machado Cuayo, Beatríz Camelia Ochoa Gutiérrez

“…Los valores responsabilidad, laboriosidad, compromiso, honestidad, crítica y autocrítica se fortalecen a través  del trabajo independiente en el aula virtual y con software educativo. Palabras clave: trabajo independiente, aprendizaje desarrollador, tecnología educativa, tecnología de la información y la comunicación, educación médica…”
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Augmented Reality Navigation System Enhances the Accuracy of Spinal Surgery Pedicle Screw Placement: A Randomized, Multicenter, Parallel‐Controlled Clinical Trial by Yichao Ma, Jiangpeng Wu, Yanlong Dong, Hongmei Tang, Xiaojun Ma

“…ABSTRACT Objective The pedicle screw insertion technique has evolved significantly, and despite the challenges of precise placement, advancements like AR‐based surgical navigation systems now offer enhanced accuracy and safety in spinal surgery by integrating real‐time, high‐resolution imaging with virtual models to aid surgeons. This study aims to evaluate the differences in accuracy between novel AR‐guided pedicle screw insertion and conventional surgery techniques. …”
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Protein-DNA interactions: statistical analysis of interatomic contacts in major and minor grooves by A. A. Anashkina, E. N. Kuznetsov, A. V.  Batianovskii, L. A. Uroshlev, V. G. Tumanyan, N. G. Esipova

“…Analysis of contacts showed that such residues virtually do not form contacts with DNA. Contacts with nucleic base atoms are found only in the two homologous structures 3qea and 3qe9, where threonine atoms form contacts with atoms of nucleotide bases of the AT­pair.…”
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Idea občana – válečníka a „moderní“ maskulinní identita: modelová studie z dějin Spojených států by Jiří Hutečka

“…Only in recent years it became usual to cross (cautiously indeed) borders between gender history and military history, and in Czech historiography particularly, this kind of border-crossing is still virtually non-existent. Although it is not very surprising considering the “state of the art” in both fields here, it must be surprising in any other way, because there is a hardly any more “gendered” human endeavor than warfare – a fact generally acknowledged by theorists and thinkers from Bourdieu to Virginia Woolfe. …”
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Video Kinematic Analysis of Timed Up and Go Test in Convalescent Stroke Patients by CAI Tongxin, LEI Mincong, ZHOU Yijun, MENG Dianhuai

“…The TUG test were recorded by cameras for all subjects. VirtualDube 2^® software was used to analyze the kinematic characteristics of the recorded video, including the total time and sub-stages parameters (stage 1 standing up, stage 2 forward walking, stage 3 first turning, stage 4 return walking, stage 5 end turning and sitting down);Moreover, the observation group also received 5 times of sit-to-stand test, single leg support time and 10-meter walking test speed.ResultsCompared with the control group, the observation group had a significant increase in the time of total TUG [26.91 (16.52, 35.98) s] and the sub-stages [1.98 (1.13, 2.48), 8.15 (4.21, 13.02), 4.15 (3.84, 5.93), 6.10 (3.08, 9.94), 5.04 (3.82, 7.03) s] (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05), and there were significant differences in the percentage distribution of each sub-stage (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). …”
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Nursing knowledge in cardio-oncology: results of an international learning needs-assessment survey by Anecita Fadol, Geraldine Lee, Valerie Shelton, Kelly C. Schadler, Asma Mohammed Younus, Mary Stuart, Lisa Nodzon, Edith Pituskin

“…The majority expressed interest in learning more about cardio-oncology related topics, primarily via pre-recorded webinars (n = 206, 67%) and live virtual meetings (n = 192, 63%). Formal programs leading to certification were highly endorsed (n = 247, 80%). …”
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Articulación de Información Geográfica como propuesta para gestión urbana de Villa Regina by Lucia Manuela Laffeuillade

“…Dicha presentación se sustenta en la necesidad de instituciones, organismos y público en general de contar con plataformas virtuales de acceso a la información y datos abiertos.  …”
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Resilience throughout COVID-19: Unmasking the realities of COVID-19 and vaccination facilitators, barriers, and attitudes among Black Canadians. by Obidimma Ezezika, Toluwalope Adedugbe, Isaac Jonas, Meron Mengistu, Tatyana Graham, Bethelehem Girmay, Yanaminah Thullah, Chris Thompson

“…The semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions were conducted virtually over Zoom and lasted about 45 minutes each. …”
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The dynamic characteristics of the shearer cable drag system. by Bo Xie, Feida Wang, Jing Liu, Zhanjun Xu, Shuaishuai Gao, Lijuan Zhao

“…Based on the 5615 working face of Beisu Coal Mine, a virtual prototype of the shearer cable drag system was developed using the MG2×70/325-BWD electric traction shearer as the carrier, in combination with CERO and ADAMS software. …”
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