Impact of Chorea on Self-care Activity, Employment, and Health-care Resource Use in Patients with Huntington’s Disease by Daniel O. Claassen, Jonathan DeCourcy, Jennifer Mellor, Charlotte Johnston, Ravi G. Iyer

“…**Methods:** Data were drawn from the Adelphi HD Disease Specific Programme, a real-world point-in-time survey of 144 neurologists and 427 patients in the United States between July and October 2017. …”
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Impact of strict IGF1 control on quality-of-life scores in patients with acromegaly by Chaitanya Gandhi, Marie-Claire Denis, Daniel Holmes, Juan Rivera, Stan van Uum, Shereen Ezzat, Constance Chik

“…ObjectiveExamine, in a real-world setting, whether strict normalization of modestly elevated insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) results in clinical and health-related quality of life benefits in patients with acromegaly using an open-label, non-randomized, 6-month prospective interventional study.MethodsIn patients with acromegaly and modest IGF1 elevation, strict IGF1 control was achieved by addition or dose escalation of pegvisomant. …”
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Athletic identity and its relationship to moral values among physical education university students by L. M. Obeidat, H. I. Momani, T. T. Ammari, M. A. Rababah

“…Most dominant researchers in Jordan and the Arab world evaluate athletic identity or possession of moral values but they have not studied the relation between the two variables.Aim. …”
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A Deep Learning-Based Approach for the Detection of Various Internet of Things Intrusion Attacks Through Optical Networks by Nouman Imtiaz, Abdul Wahid, Syed Zain Ul Abideen, Mian Muhammad Kamal, Nabila Sehito, Salahuddin Khan, Bal S. Virdee, Lida Kouhalvandi, Mohammad Alibakhshikenari

“…These results highlight XIoT’s capability to enhance IoT security by addressing real-world challenges, ensuring robust, scalable, and interpretable protection for IoT networks against sophisticated cyber threats.…”
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C-POS: A Context-Aware Adaptive Part-of-Speech Language Learning Framework by Shazia Maqsood, Abdul Shahid, Fakhra Nazar, Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Ahmad, Manuel Mazzara

“…However, the specialized nature of mobile technologies has opened a new horizon for learners that make information available to people at any time, at any place, and in any form.The number of smartphone users is increasing every year and more than 4.78 billion smartphone users are in the world today.It can be understood that learning increases when the learning process is integrated with daily life routine activities. …”
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Trends of adverse pregnancy outcomes and its determinants in Arba Minch Zuria and Gacho Baba Woredas from 2018 to 2022: Analysis of health and demographic surveillance data. by Zeleke Gebru, Fekadeselassie Berhe, Shitaye Shibiru, Bereket Honja, Mesfin Kote, Alazr Baharu, Tadesse Awoke

“…Adverse pregnancy outcomes are an alarming public issue in different parts of the world and have a seriously harmful influence on both their health and well-being. …”
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Availability, pricing, and affordability of antithrombotic medicines in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: implications for health policy by Selam Birhanu, Melaku Tileku Tamiru, Hanan Muzeyin Kedir, Tamrat Assefa Tadesse

“…This study utilized the World Health Organization (WHO) and International Health Action Organization methodology. …”
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CIVILIZATIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS OF NATIONAL SELF-IDENTIFICATION IN UKRAINE: PHILOSOPHICAL-ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACH by M. I. Boichenko, O. V. Yakovleva, V. V. Liakh

“…The development, justification and systematization of cultural and institutional criteria for choosing the best ways to strengthen of national self-identity in Ukraine are a prerequisite for the successful self-identification of Ukrainian citizens in a complex and ever-changing global world.…”
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VICTIM OF AN OFFENCE: LEGAL AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS IN AN INTERJURISDICTIONAL CONTEXT by Andrii Borovyk, Oleksandr Golovach, Oleksandr Shyra

“…The purpose of this article is to propose, on the basis of a comprehensive analysis, some new approaches to understanding the concept of a crime victim in several world jurisdictions. The study draws conclusions of both theoretical and practical importance regarding the economic and legal status of crime victims at national and international levels. …”
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Returns to scale in decision-making units with integer-valued or mixed inputs and integer-valued or real outputs using radial models in data envelopment analysis by Zeinab Tavassoli, Mohsen Rostami-MalKhalifeh, Farhad Hosseinzadeh Lotfi, Tofigh allahVieanloo

“…The existence of a difference between the results produced by our proposed model and those of the classical model was demonstrated through two examples, one using hypothetical data and the other real-world data.…”
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Optimal Decision-Making on Hybrid Off-Grid Energy Systems for Rural and Remote Areas Electrification in the Northern Cameroon by null Yaouba, Ruben Zieba Falama, Felix Ngangoum Welaji, Marcel Hamda Soulouknga, Fabrice Kwefeu Mbakop, Abdouramani Dadjé

“…Hybrid renewable energy systems are effective solutions to the problem of lack of electricity in many localities around the world. In this paper, a comparative study of ten different options of standalone hybrid energy systems is done. …”
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Experimental Investigation of Chemical Flooding Using Nanoparticles and Polymer on Displacement of Crude Oil for Enhanced Oil Recovery by Imran Akbar, Hongtao Zhou, Wei Liu, Muhammad Usman Tahir, Asadullah Memon, Ubedullah Ansari, Fengzhang Lv

“…Further investigations are required in the field of nanoparticles applications in enhanced oil recovery to meet the world's energy demands.…”
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A Novel Deep Hybrid Recommender System Based on Auto-encoder with Neural Collaborative Filtering by Yu Liu, Shuai Wang, M. Shahrukh Khan, Jieyu He

“…Experiments performed on the real-world dataset reveal that DHA-RS performs better than state-of-the-art methods.…”
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A holistic physics-informed neural network solution for precise destruction of breast tumors using focused ultrasound on a realistic breast model by Salman Lari, Hossein Rajabzadeh, Mohammad Kohandel, Hyock Ju Kwon

“…Validation of the PINN model's accuracy was conducted through FEM analysis, aligning closely with real-world FUS therapy scenarios. This innovative model provided physicians with a predictive tool to estimate the necrosis of tumor tissue, facilitating the customization of FUS treatment strategies for individual breast cancer patients.…”
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Prevalence and determinants of unhealthy feeding practices among young children aged 6-23 months in five sub-Saharan African countries. by Berhan Tekeba, Tadesse Tarik Tamir, Belayneh Shetie Workneh, Mulugeta Wassie, Bewuketu Terefe, Mohammed Seid Ali, Enyew Getaneh Mekonen, Alebachew Ferede Zegeye, Gebreeyesus Abera Zeleke, Agazhe Aemro

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Despite the World Health Organization's advice against unhealthy feeding, many low- and middle-income countries, including sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries, are experiencing a nutritional transition to high in sugar, unhealthy fats, salts, and processed carbohydrates for younger children. …”
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Diagnosis of invasive encapsulated follicular variant papillary thyroid carcinoma by protein-based machine learning by Truong Phan-Xuan Nguyen, Minh-Khang Le, Sittiruk Roytrakul, Shanop Shuangshoti, Nakarin Kitkumthorn, Somboon Keelawat

“…Background Although the criteria for follicular-pattern thyroid tumors are well-established, diagnosing these lesions remains challenging in some cases. In the recent World Health Organization Classification of Endocrine and Neuroendocrine Tumors (5th edition), the invasive encapsulated follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma was reclassified as its own entity. …”
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Topological Properties of Large-Scale Cortical Networks Based on Multiple Morphological Features in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment by Qiongling Li, Xinwei Li, Xuetong Wang, Yuxia Li, Kuncheng Li, Yang Yu, Changhao Yin, Shuyu Li, Ying Han

“…All the cortical networks showed small-world properties. Regions showing significant differences mainly located in the medial temporal lobe and supramarginal and right inferior parietal lobe. …”
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Contextual awareness, response and evaluation (CARE) of diabetes in poor urban communities in Ghana: the CARE diabetes project qualitative study protocol by Leonard Baatiema, Daniel Llywelyn Strachan, Lydia Osetohamhen Okoibhole, Irene Akwo Kretchy, Mawuli Kushitor, Raphael Baffour Awuah, Olutobi Adekunle Sanuade, Ernestina Korleki Danyki, Samuel Amon, Kafui Adjaye-Gbewonyo, Haim Yacobi, Megan Vaughan, Ann Blandford, Publa Antwi, Hannah Maria Jennings, Daniel Kojo Arhinful, Ama de-Graft Aikins, Edward Fottrell, the CARE Diabetes Team

“…Diabetes remains a major, global clinical and public health threat with consistent rises in prevalence around the world over the past four decades. Two-thirds of the projected increases in global diabetes prevalence to 2045 are expected to come from low- and middle-income countries, including those in sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Positive Association between the Triglyceride-Glucose Index and Hyperuricemia in Chinese Adults with Hypertension: An Insight from the China H-Type Hypertension Registry Study by Chao Yu, Tao Wang, Wei Zhou, Lingjuan Zhu, Xiao Huang, Huihui Bao, Xiaoshu Cheng

“…The China H-type Hypertension Registration (an observational, noninterventional, and real-world study) was conducted from March 01, 2018, to August 31, 2018, in 16 communities in Wuyuan of China. …”
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SARS-CоV-2 spread in humans and animals by T. P. Akimiva, V. P. Semakina, M. N. Mitrofanova, M. V. Zhiltsova, E. S. Vystavkina, D. G. Isakova, D. B. Andreychuk, A. K. Karaulov, I. A. Chvala, A. E. Metlin

“…Since then, the disease infected over 153 million people and became the cause of more than 3 million deaths all over the world. Among the leaders in the confirmed cases are the USA, India, Brazil, France, Turkey and Russia. …”
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