Sleep quality in children with hepatic glycogen storage diseases, a prospective observational pilot study by Lucas Agnoletto, Moya Vandeleur, Mary White, Anne‐Marie Adams, Rebecca Halligan, Heidi Peters

“…Objective sleep quality was poor, with actigraphy demonstrating that no child achieved the minimum sleep duration recommended for age. …”
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Predictive Factors, Treatment, and Outcomes of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcal Peritonitis in Malaysian Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: A Single-Center Study by Siew Yan Lau, Boon Cheak Bee, Hin-Seng Wong, Marhanis Salihah Omar, Norazlah Bahari

“…Patients with concomitant exit-site infection (odds ratio (OR) 0.06, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.01 to 0.40, P<0.01) and history of recent systemic antibiotic use (OR 0.04, 95% CI 0.01 to 0.82, P=0.04) were less likely to achieve primary response. CoNS episodes that were treated with beta-lactam-based or vancomycin-based therapy had a similar primary response rate and complete cure rate. …”
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A CASE REPORT: EARLOBE RECONSTRUCTION ON CONGENITAL AURICULAR LOBE DEFECT USING Z-PLASTY by Nida' Fahima Amatullah, Iswinarno Doso Saputro

“…The procedure, crucial for protecting the auditory canal and facilitating eyeglass use, was successful in achieving the desired aesthetic outcome. Data on microtia prevalence, particularly in Indonesia, highlights the need for such reconstructive surgeries. …”
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SLFCNet: an ultra-lightweight and efficient strawberry feature classification network by Wenchao Xu, Yangxu Wang, Jiahao Yang

“…Results The SLFCNet model achieves an average precision of 98.9% in the mAP@0.5 metric, with a precision rate of 94.7% and a recall rate of 93.2%. …”
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Physical activity patterns in a representative sample of adolescents from the largest city in Latin America: a cross-sectional study in Sao Paulo by Maria Fernanda Tourinho Peres, Gerson Ferrari, Leandro F.M. Rezende, Gabriela Arantes Wagner, Alex A Florindo

“…The proportion of adolescents achieving at least 60 min/day (≥420 min/week) was 12.7% (95% CI 11.4–14.1), with a higher prevalence in boys (18.3%) and in those with higher socioeconomic status (17.4%). …”
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Extraction of tree branch skeletons from terrestrial LiDAR point clouds by Jimiao Gao, Liyu Tang, Honglin Su, Jiwei Chen, Yuehui Yuan

“…Subsequently, random sample consensus (RANSAC) circle feature detection and linear feature constraints are applied to achieve wood–leaf separation. In the second step, the wood point clouds are used to extract the initial tree skeleton via a minimum spanning tree (MST), and the initial tree skeleton is further optimized. …”
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Urinary electrolyte parameters in sepsis-associated acute kidney injury: A prospective observational study by Rajathadri Hosur Ravikumar, Anjan Trikha, Rashmi Ramachandran, Sudip Kumar Datta, Mrudula Prasanna, Vimi Rewari

“…Logistic regression models, incorporating Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score, FeK, and urine sodium concentration as variables (P = 0.020, 0.044, and 0.033, respectively), achieved an AUROC of 0.751 in predicting AKI. Conclusion: Urine sodium levels and fractional potassium excretion moderately effectively predict AKI in sepsis patients. …”
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Bending performance of SFCBs reinforced UHPC beams prestressed with FRP bars by Wenjie Ge, Feng Zhang, Subedi Sushant, Ashraf Ashour, Kangbao Chen, Shihu Fu, Linfeng Qiu, Laiyong Luo, Dafu Cao

“…Notably, employing UHPC100 as the matrix results in specimens achieving the highest ductility, deformation, and energy absorption. …”
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Large language models for accurate disease detection in electronic health records: the examples of crystal arthropathies by Kim Lauper, Denis Mongin, Nils Bürgisser, Samia Mehouachi, Clement P. Buclin, Delphine S. Courvoisier, Etienne Chalot

“…The framework was further validated on 600 paragraphs assessing ‘Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)’.Results The LLM-based algorithm outperformed the regex method, achieving a 92.7% (88.7%–95.4%) positive predictive value, a 96.6% (94.6%–97.8%) negative predictive value and an accuracy of 95.4% (93.6%–96.7%) for gout. …”
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Development of the cultural tailoring score (CTS): a scoring instrument to assess cultural tailoring of health messaging by Claudia Parvanta, Kayleigh Murray, Samantha Boddupalli, Natalie Erasme, Rheese McNab, Vijay Prajapati, Arabel Severe, Aura Reyes, Richard Harner, Rhonda Holliday

“…It is based on research demonstrating the importance of: (1) Levels of engagement of the intended audience in the production, (2) use of understandable and culturally meaningful language, incorporation of (3) surface cultural cues and (4) deeper cultural constructs, (5) presence of a narrative to bind the information and cultural elements into a relatable story, and (6) factors associated with concrete psychological construal level (“now,” “here,” “you”).Methods We document a trial of the cultural tailoring score conducted by graduate students identifying as Filipino, Haitian, or Hispanic/Latinx reviewing 17 ads promoting COVID-19 vaccine that had been pretested during the pandemic for perceived effectiveness with convenience samples of these same ethnic groups.Results We achieved a combined Spearman’s Rank Correlation rho of 0.45 between the cultural tailoring score and perceived effectiveness ranking of all 17 ads (individual cultural groupings range from Spearman’s rho 0.45 to 0.90), suggesting that cultural components were moderately to strongly associated with perceived effectiveness. …”
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Partial weight bearing and long-term survival outcomes in extracapsular hip fractures treated with trochanteric Gamma3 nails by Carlos Hernández-Pascual, José Ángel Santos-Sánchez, Jorge Hernández-Rodríguez, Carlos Fernando Silva-Viamonte, Carmen Pablos-Hernández, Pablo Alonso-Rodríguez, José Antonio Mirón-Canelo

“…We have assessed influence of PWB on long-term survival and the final mobility achieved, dependence and mortality-related factors. …”
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A U-Net-based denoising method for semi-airborne transient electromagnetic data and its application by Dong LIU, Hao FENG, Yongxin WANG, Xiaosheng ZHOU, Yuhong YAO, Huaifeng SUN

“…By introducing skip connections to the symmetric layers in the encoder and the decoder, the U-Net-based method effectively integrates the low-level features bearing rich spatial information with the high-level features containing semantic information, thus achieving accurate denoising. Results and Conclusions Practical calculation cases indicate that the U-Net-based method can improve the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of data by approximately 10 dB after denoising, proving significant advantages of denoising SATEM data compared to traditional denoising methods. …”
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Modeling of two-dimensional MoxW_1−xS_2ySe_2(1−y) alloy band structure by N. Yu. Pimenov, S. D. Lavrov, A. V. Kudryavtsev, A. Yu. Avdizhiyan

“…However, since the band gap in such structures is highly nonlinear as far as their chemical composition is concerned, it can be challenging to select the required concentration in order to achieve uniform absorption. In this regard, the purpose of this work is to theoretically determine the dependence of the band gap of four-component two-dimensional MoxW1–xS2ySe2(1–y) alloys on their morphological composition.Methods. …”
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Evaluation of Bias in the Measurement of Condensable Particulate Matter with Method 202 by Yu-Mei Huang, Sheng-Hsiu Huang, Chih-Wei Lin, Hsi-Hsien Yang, Chih-Chieh Chen

“…Finally, the organic fraction required only 1.5–2.5 h of drying time when it was placed in the forced ventilation chamber, and a sample recovery rate of > 98.5% was subsequently achieved. Although artifacts produced by SO2 are inevitable, the improvements we suggest can enhance the precision of PM2.5 measurements.…”
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NATE: Non-pArameTric approach for Explainable credit scoring on imbalanced class. by Seongil Han, Haemin Jung

“…Oversampling approaches, particularly when used with gradient boosting, demonstrated superior effectiveness compared to undersampling, achieving optimal metrics of AUC: 0.9649, MCC: 0.8104, and F1 Score: 0.9072. …”
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Perovskite Solar Cell: Chemical Composition and Bandgap Energy via Machine Learning by Filipi França dos Santos, Kelly Cristine Da Silveira, Gesiane Mendonça Ferreira, Daniella Herdi Cariello, Mônica Calixto de Andrade

“…By conducting synthesis experiments towards specific compositions guided by model predictions, it becomes feasible to efficiently achieve the desired bandgap energy. Such a strategy not only accelerates research progress but also serves to curtail costs associated with the synthesis of perovskite materials. …”
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Evaluation of Dynamic Compaction Load Conversion Methods and Vibration Reduction Treatments by Jixuan Li, Wenli Wang, Longping Luo, Xiaoliang Yao, Jiangang Hu

“…The excavation distance of the vibration isolation trench should be set as close as possible to the boundary of the construction site to achieve the best vibration reduction effect. As for the properties of vibration isolation materials, it is shown that the unit weight and damping ratio of the filling material have a significant effect on the vibration reduction effect, while the influence of the shear strength of the filling material is negligible. …”
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Various prosthodontic options for malpositioned implants in the anterior region: A narrative review by Archana K Sanketh, Shrutika, N. Kalavathy, Mitha Shetty, Roshan Kumar, V Anuradha

“…Conclusion: A thorough esthetic analysis of both hard and soft tissues, as well as precise treatment planning, may be required to achieve an optimal outcome during treatment. However, in certain cases, surgical corrections rather than prosthetic modifications would be required to improve results, which may pose a limitation.…”
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Multi-thermal recovery layout for a sustainable power and cooling production by biomass-based multi-generation system: Techno-economic-environmental analysis and ANN-GA optimizatio... by Ma Zihao, Naeim Farouk, Pradeep Kumar Singh, Azher M. Abed, Sarminah Samad, Samah G. Babiker, Iskandar Shernazarov, Ahmed Hendy, Ahmad Almadhor, Belgacem Bouallegue, Abdul Rahman Afzal

“…After the optimization process, significant achievements have been observed, including a 5.02 % improvement in exergy efficiency, an increase of 7.29 kg/h of hydrogen production, and a decrease of 0.1 ton/MW in the CO2 emission index.…”
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Effect of the Wii Sports Resort on Mobility and Health-Related Quality of Life in Moderate Stroke by Iratxe Unibaso-Markaida, Ioseba Iraurgi

“…However, according to the effect sizes and its confidence of interval, the intervention group achieved better results than the control group. Although more studies are needed in this area, the results are encouraging for improving mobility and health-related quality of life after stroke.…”
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