Towards a better definition of nociplastic pain conditions: a psychological grounded study on fibromyalgia, chronic headache and vulvodynia by Martina Mesce, Filippo Maria Nimbi, Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini, Carlo Lai, Federica Galli

“…In particular, we aim to explore any significant differences in the domain of traumatic experiences, in global defensive functioning, and in the domain of alexithymia among the evaluated groups. …”
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Restoring Connectedness in and to Nature: Three Nordic Examples of Recontextualizing Family Therapy to the Outdoors by Markus Mattsson, Carina Ribe Fernee, Carina Ribe Fernee, Kanerva Lehmuslaakso, Kanerva Lehmuslaakso, Pekka Lyytinen

“…The concreteness of adventure experiences is particularly beneficial for families that have difficulties in verbal communication and/or utilizing executive functions, perhaps due to neuropsychiatric traits, intellectual disabilities, or learning difficulties. …”
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Cyborg microbe biohybrids with metal–organic coating layers: Strategies, functionalisation and potential applications by Zichen Wu, Ke Xu, Regina Huang, Xinna Wang, Jade Lee-Lee Teng, Xiaolin Yu, Lijian Jin, Quanli Li, Ken Cham-Fai Leung, Hai Ming Wong, Xuan Li

“…The integration of living microbes, specifically bacteria and fungi, with metal–organic nanocoatings has led to the recent development of cyborg microbe biohybrids, which show excellent adaptability and functionality for a wide range of potential applications in biotechnology and medicine. …”
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A Novel Approach to the Vectorial Redefinition of Ordered Fuzzy Numbers for Improved Arithmetic and Directional Representation by Hubert Zarzycki, Andrzej Żak, Jacek M. Czerniak

“…In contrast to the traditional definition based on a pair of functions, the vOFN framework employs a pair of vectors, offering a more concise and structurally coherent representation. …”
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Mobile Application Utilizing YOLOv8 for Real-Time Urban Traffic Data Collection by Charef Ayoub, Jarir Zahi, Quafafou Mohamed

“…The development environment includes Java Android, enhancing the app with cutting-edge functionalities such as YOLOv8 for precise vehicle type detection and Deep Sort for effective vehicle counting. …”
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Leveraging machine learning to uncover the hidden links between trusting behavior and biological markers by Zimu Cao, Daiki Setoyama, Monica Natsumi Daudelin, Toshio Matsushima, Yuichiro Yada, Motoki Watabe, Takatoshi Hikida, Takahiro A Kato, Honda Naoki

“…They also offer a novel framework for integrating behavioural modelling with biomarker discovery, potentially informing the development of targeted interventions to enhance social functioning and overall well-being.…”
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The Use of Digital Technologies for the Purpose of Improving Methodological Approaches to the Creation of a Pharmaceutical Quality System at Enterprises for the Production of Medic... by V. V. Goryachkin, V. А. Smirnov, V. N. Shestakov, R. A. Abramovich

“…The assessment was carried out by calculating the integral indicator of the effectiveness of the functioning of PQS, which is a set of weighted key performance indicators (KPI) for quality.Results and discussion. …”
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Visual impairment in any eye adversely affects quality of life: Psychometric validation of the Malay NEI VFQ-25. by Jee Yao Loke, Sanjay Rampal, Jemaima Che Hamzah, Yi Wen Lim, Tengku Ain Kamalden

“…Moderate correlations were detected between visual acuity and the 'General vision', 'Near Activities', 'Distance Activities', 'Social Functioning', 'Mental Health', 'Role Difficulties', 'Dependency' and 'Driving' subdomains suggesting that these subdomains were associated with central vision. …”
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Multi-objective smart charging strategy of plug-in electric vehicles in distribution system by Bijaya Kumar Das, Subhasish Deb, Arup Kumar Goswami

“…Here, the objective functions of power loss minimisation, load variance minimisation, and charging cost minimisation are taken into consideration. …”
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Local communities in cities as a subject of control over solving local issues by Alexander A. Larichev

“…However, in contrast with the territorial bodies of city administrations, the functioning of local communities’ bodies should presup‐ pose mainly volunteer beginnings in their activities, whereas financial and material support should only assist in realization of their competence.Conclusions. …”
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Identifying chronic pain subgroups in the UK biobank for persona development: A clustering analysis by Ting-Chen Chloe Hsu, Pauline Whelan, Christopher J Armitage, John McBeth

“…The domains included demographics, pain, daily functioning, and emotional health. The clustering analysis employed the k-prototype algorithm. …”
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The Importance of Kant’s Philosophy of Mind for Contemporary Research in Artificial Intelligence by Anatoly G. Pushkarsky

“…Optimistic expectations of positive results immediately ran into both technical difficulties and purely conceptual difficulties. However, when the urgent problem of philosophical revision of the basic AI paradigm arose, Kant’s theory of consciousness and thinking was not seriously considered and was criticized in the 1990s. …”
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Comparison of FORCE trained spiking and rate neural networks shows spiking networks learn slowly with noisy, cross-trial firing rates. by Thomas Robert Newton, Wilten Nicola

“…Despite this, rate networks still functioned well when their weight matrices were replaced with those learned from spiking networks. …”
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Voice-related quality of life after total laryngectomy: a scoping review of recent evidence by Tatiana Pourliaka, Efcharis Panagopoulou, Vassiliki Siafaka

“…Patients reported declines in socio-emotional functioning and faced challenges in physical activities requiring voice use. …”
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Creation and validation of a daily task reminder clock for people with dementia in a Pune dementia center by Aarti Rahul Gaikwad, Sheela Upendra

“…Dementia impairs cognitive functions, complicating daily routines and management of everyday tasks. …”
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EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES AND INTELLECTUAL CULTURE OF THE NORTH CAUCASIAN INDIGENOUS POPULATION WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF IMPERIAL MODERNIZATION (SCHOOLING QUESTION AT THE MEETINGS OF ENTR... by D. N. PRASOLOV

“…Congress of entrusted – an original institution of district self-government of Kabardinians and Balkars, regularly functioning under the control of the Russian administration in the last third of the 19th – beginning of the 20th centuries. …”
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Detrimental impact on work productivity in patients with glaucoma: a systematic review by Hamza Inayat, Mura Abdul-Nabi, Bernice Leung, Jason Jiang, Sara Robertson, Monali S. Malvankar-Mehta

“…Glaucoma had a substantial impact on daily physical, emotional, and occupational functioning. Individuals with glaucoma faced limitations in performing daily activities and experienced difficulties in social interactions and household chores. …”
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Effectiveness of a Virtual Reality Serious Video Game (The Secret Trail of Moon) for Emotional Regulation in Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Randomized Clin... by Marina Martin-Moratinos, Marcos Bella-Fernández, María Rodrigo-Yanguas, Carlos González-Tardón, Chao Li, Ping Wang, Ana Royuela, Pilar Lopez-Garcia, Hilario Blasco-Fontecilla

“…In this second randomized clinical trial, we evaluated the impact of a 20-session treatment with MOON on emotional regulation, as measured by the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. ObjectiveWe hypothesize that patients with ADHD using MOON will show improvements in (1) emotional regulation, (2) core ADHD symptoms, (3) cognitive functioning, and (4) academic performance, compared to a control group; additionally, we anticipate that (5) changing the platform (from face-to-face using virtual reality to the web) will not affect emotional regulation scores; and (6) the video game will not cause any clinically significant side effects. …”
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Digital scenario generation and harmonic signal tracing for calibration of intelligent power transducer by Jiaxing Ye

“…Kernel density estimation and Copula functions are employed, and the generated scenario is reduced based on Kantorovich distance synchronous back-substitution. …”
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The Impact of the Public Procurement Control System on the Hungarian Public Administration by Györgyi Nyikos, Gábor Soós

“…The purpose of the article is to explore the functioning of the control system related to EU funded public procurements and to examine its actual and potential impact on the purchases of public authorities. …”
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