Diversity in patient and public involvement in healthcare research and education—Realising the potential by Sarah Hatch, Jim Fitzgibbon, Amanda Jayne Tonks, Liz Forty

“…This needs to be recognised and harnessed to ensure public contributor networks are representative of society. Equality Impact Assessments should be undertaken in relation to all PPI opportunities. …”
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Features of anorectal function after radiation therapy in patients with rectal cancer by O. I. Kit, O. G. Bondarenko, Yu. A. Gevorkyan, N. V. Soldatkina, M. A. Gusareva, N. G. Kosheleva, A. A. Solntseva, D. S. Petrov, D. A. Savchenko

“…For this reason, it is now necessary to carefully consider the risks of developing anorectal dysfunction. Equally important is the use of methods for the prevention of low anterior resection syndrome for patients who have received combined treatment for rectal cancer.…”
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Application of intelligence models based on soft computing in investigating the discharge coefficient of the sluice gate under free-flow condition and symmetrical sill with the hel... by H.R. Abbaszadeh, Y. Hassanzadeh, R. Daneshfaraz, R. Norouzi

“…In the present research, the ANN method is more accurate compared to SVM, GEP, and KNN models, so, for the ANN model, the KGE was in the very good range.…”
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Effects of physical exercise on physical and mental health-based on the test of mediation and moderation effect by Xiaomei Mo, Wenlong Zhao

“…However, there is currently a paucity of research exploring the underlying mechanisms through which physical exercise impacts mental and physical health.MethodsIn this study, 9,954 sample data points from the 2018 China Labor Force Dynamics data were selected to verify the relationship between physical exercise, life satisfaction, and physical and mental health using Ordinary Least Squares regression. …”
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Comparison Between End-to-end Anastomosis and Buccal Mucosa Graft in Short Segment Bulbar Urethral Stricture: a Meta-analysis Study by Prahara Yuri, Irfan Wahyudi, Arry Rodjani

“…Aim: to compare long term follow-up between end-to-end urethroplasty and bucal mucosal graft for the management of patients with short bulbar urethral stricture. Methods:we conducted a meta-analysis of cohort studies. …”
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The Development of a Forage Harvester Ensuring Two-Level Mowing of Tall Stalk Forage by Tokhtar Abilzhanuly, Daniyar Abilzhanov, Nurakhmet Khamitov, Olzhas Seipataliyev, Dimitar Karaivanov, Dauren Kosherbay

“…This research proposes a two-level mowing method for tall stalks. According to the obtained analytical expressions, the technological distance between the vertical axes of the mowing rotors is determined to be 700 mm. …”
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Traditional Chinese Medicine Nursing for Gastrointestinal Function Recovery in Patients with Uterine Fibroids After High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Treatment by Liu Y, Jin W, Wang K, Chang Z, Zhang L

“…Yi Liu, Weina Jin,* Ke Wang,* Zheng Chang, Li Zhang Department of Nursing, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Gynecologic Oncology, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Weina Jin; Ke Wang, Department of Nursing, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Gynecologic Oncology, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, People’s Republic of China, Email jinweina@51mch.com; wangkeyfy@126.comObjective: To investigate the effect of traditional Chinese medicine nursing scheme on gastrointestinal function recovery in patients with uterine fibroids after high-intensity focused ultrasound treatment.Methods: By convenient sampling method, 110 patients who received high-intensity focused ultrasound treatment for uterine fibroids from January 2023 to December 2023 in HIFU Treatment Center, a Grade-III obstetrics and gynecology hospital in Shanghai were selected as the study objects and were divided into a control group (n = 54) and experimental group (n = 56) by non-synchronous control study. …”
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Investigation of freshwater production and temperature changes of various components of a conventional and enhanced solar desalination ponds by Elnaz Kouh Zad, Farshad Farahbod, Omid Alizadeh

“…Solar desalination ponds are a simple yet efficient technology that utilizes solar energy to convert saline water into fresh water. This method is especially useful in arid and semi-arid regions with limited access to fresh water. …”
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Remineralization ability of different root canal sealers by Raghad A Al-Askary, Wiaam M.O. AL-Ashou, Sawsan H. Al-Jubori

“…Aims: This research was designed to contrast the biocompatibility and remineralization ability of different sealers (BioRoot, MTA-FillApex and GuttaFlow-Bioseal). Method: Twenty rabbits were used in this study, they were randomly divided into 4 groups equally depending on the observation time“3,7,14, and 28 days” post-implantation. …”
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Sources of spring barley resistance to helminthosporium and its use in breeding by T. K. Sheshegova, I. N. Shchennikova, L. M. Shchekleina, L. P. Kokina

“…Line 917-01 (Forward) created by a method of agricultural biotechnology passes State Tests. …”
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The Effect of Intermittent High-Intensity and Continuous Moderate-Intensity Exercises on CTRP-1, CTRP-5 and CTRP-15 Values in Rats Fed with a High-Fat Diet by Mostafa Fahmi Alsediri, Keyvan Sharifmoradi, Mousa Khalafi, Zahra Pezeshki

“…So, the aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and moderate intensity continuous training (MICT) on protein levels of CTRP-1, CTRP-5, and CTRP-15 in rats fed a high-fat diet. Materials & Methods: This study was experimental in nature, utilizing a post-test design with a control group. …”
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Validation of the PsAID-12 Russian questionnaire in patients with psoriatic arthritis by L. D. Vorobyeva, E. Yu. Loginova, Yu. L. Korsakova, E. E. Gubar, P. O. Tremaskina, T. V. Korotaeva

“…Objective – validation of the Russian-language version of the PsAID-12 questionnaire in patients with psoriatic arthritisMaterials and methods. The study included 187 patients, mostly men (50.2%), with a reliable diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) according to the CASPAR criteria (2006), who consistently sought medical help at the V.A. …”
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Correlation of Coronary Calcium Measured on Conventional Computed Tomography with Coronary Angiography Findings in Lung Transplant Patients by Sergio Tapia Concha, Concepción Fariñas-Álvarez, Pedro Muñoz Cacho, José Manuel Cifrian Martínez, Javier Zueco Gil, José Antonio Parra Blanco

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> The visual assessment method yielded results similar to the other two quantification methods. …”
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Revolutionizing Gaze-Based Human&#x2013;Computer Interaction Using Iris Tracking: A Webcam-Based Low-Cost Approach With Calibration, Regression and Real-Time Re-Calibration by Govind Ram Chhimpa, Ajay Kumar, Sunita Garhwal, Dhiraj, Faheem Khan, Yeon-Kug Moon

“…This paper introduces a video-based gaze-tracking method that presents an affordable, user-friendly, and dependable human-computer interaction (HCI) system based on iris movement. …”
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Cap2Seg: leveraging caption generation for enhanced segmentation of COVID-19 medical images by Wanlong Zhao, Wanlong Zhao, Fan Li, Fan Li, Yueqin Diao, Yueqin Diao, Puyin Fan, Puyin Fan, Zhu Chen, Zhu Chen

“…Extensive experiments on two public datasets, MosMedData+ and QaTa-COV19, demonstrate that our method outperforms the current state-of-the-art models under the same conditions. …”
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TBD-Y: Automatic tea bud detection with synergistic object-spatial attention and global-local attention guided feature fusion by Zhongyuan Liu, Li Zhuo, Chunwang Dong, Jiafeng Li, Yang Li

“…To address these issues, in this paper, an automatic TBD method is proposed, which is built upon the YOLOv11 object detection framework, named TBD-Y. …”
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Weakly Supervised Semantic Segmentation of Mangrove Ecosystem Using Sentinel-1 SAR and Deep Convolutional Neural Networks by Arsalan Ghorbanian, Ardalan Ghorbanian, Seyed Ali Ahmadi, Ali Mohammadzadeh, Amin Naboureh

“…The TTA approach improved the final map both visually and statistically compared to a simple prediction approach. …”
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Enhancing Neural Activation in Older Adults: Action Observation-Primed Swallowing Imagery Reveals Age-Related Connectivity Patterns by Hao Xiong, Jin-Jin Chen, Meng-Huan Wang, Lu Zhang, Feng Lin

“…Enhancing cortical activation and functional connectivity through non-invasive methods is crucial for improving swallowing function. …”
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Remote sensing image interpretation of geological lithology via a sensitive feature self-aggregation deep fusion network by Kang He, Jie Dong, Haozheng Ma, Yujie Cai, Ruyi Feng, Yusen Dong, Lizhe Wang

“…Although deep learning (DL) methods has significantly improved the performance of lithological remote sensing interpretation, its accuracy remains far below the level achieved by visual interpretation performed by domain experts. …”
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Synthesis of mixed-dimensional 1D-graphene nanoribbon/2D-CuSe heterostructures with controllable band alignments by Yong Zhang, Jianchen Lu, Lei Gao, Xin-jing Zhao, Gefei Niu, Xi Geng, Yi Zhang, Shicheng Li, Yuhang Yang, Yuan-Zhi Tan, Shixuan Du, Jinming Cai

“…This work offers a promising method to precisely synthesize 1D/2D heterostructures with diverse band alignments for applications in high-performance nanodevices.…”
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