Do Executive Function and Impulsivity Predict Adolescent Health Behaviour after Accounting for Intelligence? Findings from the ALSPAC Cohort. by Kaidy Stautz, Rachel Pechey, Dominique-Laurent Couturier, Ian J Deary, Theresa M Marteau

“…<h4>Objective</h4>Executive function, impulsivity, and intelligence are correlated markers of cognitive resource that predict health-related behaviours. …”
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Availability, functionality and access of blood pressure machines at the points of care in public primary care facilities in Tororo district, Uganda by Innocent K. Besigye, Vicent Okuuny, Mari Armstrong-Hough, Anne R. Katahoire, Nelson K. Sewankambo, Robert Mash, Achilles Katamba

“…We sought to understand the availability, functionality and access of BP machines at the points of care within primary care facilities in Tororo district, Uganda. …”
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Upper extremity function and disability recovery with vibration therapy after stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis of RCTs by Yueh-Hsun Lu, Hung-Ju Chen, Chun-De Liao, Po-Jung Chen, Xin-Miao Wang, Chieh-Hsiang Yu, Po-Yin Chen, Chueh-Ho Lin

“…Results Overall, 30 RCTs including 1621 people with stroke were selected. Compared with the control, vibration therapy exerted significant effects on upper extremity motor impairment [standardized mean difference (SMD) = 1.19; p < 0.00001)], function (SMD = 0.62; p < 0.00001), and disability recovery (SMD = 1.01; p < 0.00001). …”
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PATHOLOGICAL SIGNS OF EPILEPTIC AND NON-EPILEPTIC ORIGIN DETECTED IN AWAKE/SLEEP EEG PATTERNS DURING OUTPATIENT AND INPATIENT MONITORING: PROBLEMS OF INTERPRETATION by V. V. Gnezditskiy, O. S. Korepina, V. A. Karlov, G. B. Novoselova

“…The method of multiple dipole localization (MDL) was used to directly localize the sources of the abnormal EEG activity (slow-wave and paroxysmal) in the brain. …”
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Reconstructed Phase Space-Based Damage Detection Using a Single Sensor for Beam-Like Structure Subjected to a Moving Mass by Zhenhua Nie, Tuan Ngo, Hongwei Ma

“…In this approach, a moving mass is applied as excitation source, and the structure vibration responses at different positions are measured using a single sensor. …”
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Regional Frequency Analysis Using L-Moments for Determining Daily Rainfall Probability Distribution Function and Estimating the Annual Wastewater Discharges by Pau Estrany-Planas, Pablo Blanco-Gómez, Juan I. Ortiz-Vallespí, Javier Orihuela-Martínez, Víctor Vilarrasa

“…RainFA is an easy-to-use and open-source software programmed using Python that can be applied anywhere in the world.…”
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Dip‐Pen Nanolithography‐Based Fabrication of Meta‐Chemical Surface for Heavy Metal Detection: Role of Poly‐Methyl Methacrylate in Sensor Sensitivity by Rahma Okbi, Mohammed Alkrenawi, Krishna Kumar Yadav, Dror Shamir, Haya Kornweitz, Yael Peled, Moshe Zohar, Ariela Burg

“…The nanosize, the surface‐to‐volume ratio (18.6 and 23.1 μm−1 for DAN‐ and D‐PA‐based ink, respectively), and the binding strength between the ligand and the cation (2.21 and −21.37 kcal mol−1 for DAN‐ and D‐PA‐based ink, respectively) are found to be the source of their high sensitivity, with limit of detection values of 0.40 and 0.30 ppb for DAN and D‐PA, respectively. …”
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Smoke and Fire-You Only Look Once: A Lightweight Deep Learning Model for Video Smoke and Flame Detection in Natural Scenes by Chenmeng Zhao, Like Zhao, Ka Zhang, Yinghua Ren, Hui Chen, Yehua Sheng

“…Owing to the demand for smoke and flame detection in natural scenes, this paper proposes a lightweight deep learning model, SF-YOLO (Smoke and Fire-YOLO), for video smoke and flame detection in such environments. …”
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Multi-layer feature fusion and attention-enhanced YOLOv9 for rapid field detection of greenhouse blueberry maturity at long and short distances by Ziwei Pan, Lei Xu, Wanjin Zhao, Cong Fan, Xihao Zhang, Weihui Chen, Yonglin Shen, Nengcheng Chen

“…Finally, the generalization ability and robustness of YOLOv9-MSAS were validated on an open-source strawberry dataset.…”
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Computationally expensive constrained problems via surrogate-assisted dynamic population evolutionary optimization by Zan Yang, Chen Jiang, Jiansheng Liu

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Revealing Potential Initial Mass Function Variations with Metallicity: JWST Observations of Young Open Clusters in a Low-metallicity Environment by Chikako Yasui, Natsuko Izumi, Masao Saito, Ryan M. Lau, Naoto Kobayashi, Michael E. Ressler

“…A total of 52 and 91 sources were extracted in mass- A _V -limited samples in the two clusters, from which initial mass functions (IMFs) were derived by model-fitting the F200W band luminosity function, resulting in IMF peak masses (hereafter M _C ) $\mathrm{log}{M}_{C}/{M}_{\odot }\simeq -1.5\pm 0.5$ for both clusters. …”
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Experimental evidence quantifying effects of nocturnal light conditions on predation levels by riverine predators on larval prey by Joseph J. Riedy, Edward A. Baker, Kim T. Scribner

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Advancing green flotation: Separation of Cu-Pb minerals through the application of eco-friendly organic double reaction group depressant by Siqi Yang, Xianping Luo, Rufeng Chen, Louyan Shen, Xun Fan, Jiancheng Miao, Xuekun Tang

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Pulmonary function testing in pediatric allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients to monitor for Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome: a systematic review by William A. Gower, Maximiliano Tamae-Kakazu, Shivanthan Shanthikumar, Saumini Srinivasan, Erin E. Reardon, Amisha V. Barochia, Edward Charbek, Charlotte Calvo, Pi Chun Cheng, Shailendra Das, Stella M. Davies, Jessica Gross, Ajay Sheshadri, Christoper T. Towe, Samuel B. Goldfarb, Narayan P. Iyer

“…Pulmonary function testing (PFT) pre- and post-aHSCT may allow for pre-symptomatic detection of BOS, and thus early intervention. …”
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Surface Functionalization of Cellulose-Based Packaging with a New Antimicrobial Decapeptide: A Sustainable Solution to Improve the Quality of Meat Products by Bruna Agrillo, Rosa Luisa Ambrosio, Valeria Vuoso, Emanuela Galatola, Marta Gogliettino, Monica Ambrosio, Rosarita Tatè, Aniello Anastasio, Gianna Palmieri

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Enhanced and selective photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to CH4 using a Pt-loaded CuPc/g-C3N4 Z-scheme heterojunction catalyst by Jinshan Chen, Jiangfeng Lu, Ran Lang, Chi Wang, Shuangyou Bao, Yuan Li, Kai Li, Maohong Fan

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Eeg-based detection of epileptic seizures in patients with disabilities using a novel attention-driven deep learning framework with SHAP interpretability by Tawfeeq Shawly, Ahmed A. Alsheikhy

“…The model underwent training, validation, and testing with three publicly accessible EEG datasets sourced from PhysioNet and ResearchGate, thereby ensuring strong generalization across various datasets. …”
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Flash flood disaster risk evaluation based on geographic detector and interval number ranking method by Xiao Liu, Ronghua Liu, Xiaolei Zhang, Qi Liu

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Identification and functional modelling of plausibly causative cis-regulatory variants in a highly-selected cohort with X-linked intellectual disability. by Hemant Bengani, Detelina Grozeva, Lambert Moyon, Shipra Bhatia, Susana R Louros, Jilly Hope, Adam Jackson, James G Prendergast, Liusaidh J Owen, Magali Naville, Jacqueline Rainger, Graeme Grimes, Mihail Halachev, Laura C Murphy, Olivera Spasic-Boskovic, Veronica van Heyningen, Peter Kind, Catherine M Abbott, Emily Osterweil, F Lucy Raymond, Hugues Roest Crollius, David R FitzPatrick

“…Assigning causative status to any ultra-rare CRE variant remains problematic and requires disease-relevant in vivo functional data from multiple sources. The sequential and bespoke nature of such analyses renders them time-consuming and challenging to scale for routine clinical use.…”
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Quality of life and objective functional impairment in lumbar spinal stenosis: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of moderators by Andrea Pozza, Fabio Ferretti, Anna Coluccia, Roberto Gusinu, Giacomo Gualtieri, Vitaliano Francesco Muzii

“…Moderators will be investigated through meta-regression.Conclusions A summary of the evidence on quality of life and functional impairment in LSS may suggest clinical and occupational health medicine strategies aimed to timely detect and prevent these outcomes. …”
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