The Dynamic Innovative Balance System Improves Balance Ability: A Single Blind, Randomized Controlled Study by Bunyamin Haksever, Irem Duzgun, Gul Baltaci

“…Further studies should include in lower extremity problems to confirm that DIBA training adaptations are transferred to clinical improvements in performance and balance qualities…”
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Phytochemical Analysis and Antibacterial Activity of Stevia Rebaudiana Bertoni Leaves Extract against Streptococcus sanguis (A Primary Inhabitant of Dental Plaque): In Vitro Study by Manar Ibrahim Ahmed, Safa Ali Hamad, Maha Abdulsalam

“…The study extract exhibited lower antibacterial activity at 512 mg/ml of stevia extract, while 0.2% CHX had superior activity overall. …”
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Association between High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein and N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in Patients with Hepatitis C Virus Infection by Wenliang Che, Buchun Zhang, Wenling Liu, Yidong Wei, Yawei Xu, Dayi Hu

“…The level of serum hs-CRP (median 1.023 mg/L, range 0.03∼5.379 mg/L) was significantly lower in all 106 patients than that in controls (median 3.147 mg/L, range 0.08~7.36 mg/L, P=0.012). …”
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Forecasting yield and market classes of Vidalia sweet onions: A UAV-based multispectral and texture data-driven approach by Marcelo Rodrigues Barbosa Júnior, Lucas de Azevedo Sales, Regimar Garcia dos Santos, Rônega Boa Sorte Vargas, Chris Tyson, Luan Pereira de Oliveira

“…For yield forecasting, models presented a polynomial behavior over time, initially showing lower performance but reaching the best result at 30 DBH, with decreasing effectiveness towards the end. …”
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Goal-Setting of Modern Students: Inverse Analysis by D. A. Sevostyanov, A. R. Gainanova

“…It is assumed that the value preferences, goals and motives form hierarchical systems in which the lower, subordinate elements under certain circumstances are able to claim the dominant value (this is the phenomenon of inversion). …”
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Assessment of Racial Bias within the Risk Analysis Index of Frailty by Michael A. Jacobs, MS, Leslie R. M. Hausmann, PhD, Robert M. Handzel, MD, MS, Susanne Schmidt, PhD, Carly A. Jacobs, MPH, Daniel E. Hall, MD, MDiv, MHSc

“…When a higher threshold was used, Black cases had higher true positive rates but lower true negative rates, yielding 2.0% higher balanced accuracy. …”
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Impact of Local Soil Conditions on Earthquake Sensitivity in Erzincan City by Emre Özşahin, İlker Eroğlu

“…For this reason, considering the earthquake potential and local soil conditions, the existing risks should be taken into consideration in the construction of new buildings, or sites with a lower earthquake sensitivity should be chosen for construction. …”
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Co-occurring factors associated with suicidal ideation among individuals with parole involvement: A classification and regression tree analysis by Leah MCCOY, Javier F. BOYAS, Sung Seek MOON, Michael A. ROBINSON, Onick LEWIS, Amy E. COX

“…Results: Total acute depression scores, both lower and higher, had a significant impact on suicidal ideation. …”
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Predictors of cochlear implant outcomes in pediatric auditory neuropathy: A matched case-control study. by Zahra Jafari, Elizabeth M Fitzpatrick, David R Schramm, Isabelle Rouillon, Amineh Koravand

“…A longer CI follow-up, a lower age at CI activation, and the use of two CIs are predictive for optimal CI outcome.…”
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Effect of recycling on the time- and temperature-dependent mechanical properties of PP/MWCNT composite liner materials by Attila Bata, Péter Gerse, Krisztián Kun, Emese Slezák, Ferenc Ronkay

“…Creep tests, simulating constant pressure on the liner layer of a type IV tank, showed that PP/MWCNT recyclates exhibited a lower creep tendency than the unfilled base material, attributed to the stress-distributing effect of the filler.…”
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Numerical Investigation of Relationship between Bursting Proneness and Mechanical Parameters of Coal by Hongwei Wang, Jiaqi Song, Zeliang Wang, Yue Zhang, Shaozhen Zhang, Yaodong Jiang

“…The larger the cohesion scatter degree increase is, the lower the bursting proneness will be. The failure of coal specimen is more and more severe with the decrease of cohesion scatter degree. …”
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Study of Clinical Correlates and Symptomatology with Level of Functioning in Patients with Schizophrenia by Hemashri Chaturvedi, Bharat Shah, Bindoo Jadhav

“…Conclusion: In patients with schizophrenia, male gender, unemployment, positive family history of psychosis, lower age at onset, longer duration of illness, longer DUP, and greater symptom severity (positive and negative) are associated with poor functioning.…”
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Chemical structure–property relationships of photocurable monomers/macromers: Potential binder candidates for ceramic/metal vat photopolymerization by Setareh Zakeri, Antonia Ressler, Piie Konnunaho, Teemu Sandblom, Joshua Cunningham, Milla Rinne, Matti Järveläinen, Anastasia Elias, Erkka J. Frankberg, Erkki Levänen

“…Curing depth measurements showed that resins with rigid monomers and longer chain lengths had a higher critical energy (Ec), while flexible monomers had a lower Ec. Methacrylate-containing formulations exhibited a higher Ec than acrylates. …”
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The impact of family members on aging persons’ technology use intentions by Freek Van Baelen, Melissa De Regge, Bart Larivière, Katrien Verleye, Kristof Eeckloo

“…In contrast, misfit leads to lower usage intentions. The direction of misfit further reveals that aging person's beliefs about their capabilities are more decisive than their family caregiver's beliefs in promoting their technology usage intentions. …”
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Analysis of financial independence of ukrainian enterprises by Оksana Nuzhna

“…A much better situation is observed with financial independence for enterprises of agriculture, forestry and fisheries of Ukraine, for which the value of the coefficient of autonomy either exceeds the lower limit of the recommended range of values, or is close to reaching it. …”
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CORRUPTION'S EFFECT ON FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT – THE CASE OF MONTENEGRO by Elvira Pupović

“…For example, low risk investments such as cash generally provide a lower return than high risk investments over the long term, but are unlikely to lead to a capital loss. …”
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Experience with and attitude toward clozapine use among patients receiving clozapine on long term and their caregivers by Sandeep Grover, Chandrima Naskar, Subho Chakrabarti

“…The positive experiences were associated clinical and functional improvement, lower disability, and improvement in functioning as well as the self-reported perceived improvement by the patient and caregiver. …”
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Practice and Perception of Radiographers on the Positioning Techniques of Erect Lateral Cervical Spine Radiography in Non-trauma Adult Patients by B.S. Weerakoon, I.G.N.N.K. Karunaratne, .M.W.S. Jayasundara

“… Background: The visualization of the lower cervical spine (C-spine), including the C7-T1 junction on lateral radiograph is a challenge due to the overlapping of the shoulder girdle. …”
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Utilizing vaginal natural orifice to facilitate bowel manipulation during totally intracorporeal ileal conduit construction: a retrospective cohort study by Kaipeng Jia, Shiwang Huang, Zhun Wang, Yuda Lin, Yiduo Bai, Chong Shen, Zhe Zhang, Zhouliang Wu, Yunkai Qie, Hailong Hu

“…Patients in the MICUD group had shorter total operative time, lower postoperative pain scores, quicker recovery, and shorter hospital stays. …”
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The Behavioral Mechanism and Forecasting of Beijing Housing Prices from a Multiscale Perspective by Yan Li, Zhaoyang Xiang, Tao Xiong

“…More importantly, the mean absolute percentage errors (MAPEs) of the proposed EEMD-based hybrid approach are 5.62%, 7.24%, and 8.63% for one-, three-, and six-step-ahead prediction, respectively, consistently lower than the MAPE of the three competitors.…”
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