A Speed-Invariant Template-Based Approach for Estimating Running Temporal Parameters Using Inertial Sensors by Rachele Rossanigo, Marco Caruso, Elena Dipalma, Cristine Agresta, Lucia Ventura, Franca Deriu, Andrea Manca, Taian M. Vieira, Valentina Camomilla, Andrea Cereatti

“…All the implemented methods were tested on 30 runners at different speeds ranging from jogging to sprinting (8 km/h, 10 km/h, 14 km/h, 19-30 km/h) on both treadmill and overground. The most speed-robust performance was achieved by the proposed template-based method, providing estimation errors below 0.1% in stride, between 7%-19% in stance, and between 3%-6% in swing across running speeds. …”
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Peritoneal Air Exposure Elicits an Intestinal Inflammation Resulting in Postoperative Ileus by Shanjun Tan, Wenkui Yu, Zhiliang Lin, Qiyi Chen, Jialiang Shi, Yi Dong, Kaipeng Duan, Xiaowu Bai, Lin Xu, Jieshou Li, Ning Li

“…The length of peritoneal air exposure is correlated with the severity of both systemic and intestinal inflammations and the increases in the levels of MDA, SOD, GSH-Px, and T-AOC. …”
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Growth of Zinc Oxide Nanorods with the Thickness of Less than or Equal to 1 μm through Zinc Acetate or Zinc Nitrate for Perovskite Solar Cell Applications by Albertus Bramantyo, Kenji Murakami, Masayuki Okuya, Arief Udhiarto, Nji Raden Poespawati

“…It was found that ZnO NRs had already grown at a thickness of about 100 nm for both ZA and ZN sources. The growth time varied at 15, 60, 90, and 120 minutes after the zero-minute point. …”
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Intestinal tissue levels of anti-TNF alpha, antibodies, and cytokines in paediatric Crohn disease by Vojtech Dotlacil, Stepan Coufal, Tereza Lerchova, Kristyna Zarubova, Barbora Kucerova, Helena Tlaskalova-Hogenova, Miloslav Kverka, Richard Skaba, Jiri Bronsky, Ondrej Hradsky, Michal Rygl

“…IFN-γ levels were linked with both follow-up duration and anti-TNF length. Our study shows significantly higher free drug levels in inflamed tissue. …”
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Creatine monohydrate administration delayed muscle glycolysis of antemortem-stressed broilers by enhancing muscle energy status, increasing antioxidant capacity and regulating musc... by Ning Liu, Qingzhen Zhong, Zewei Sun, Bolin Zhang

“…After 12 h feed deprivation, broilers in group B (T3h group) and group C (T3h +CMH1200 group) were both subjected to a preslaughter transportation (3 h), but those in group A were treated with a 0.5 h-transport (refined as the control group). …”
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Differential HLA Association of GAD65 and IA2 Autoantibodies in North Indian Type 1 Diabetes Patients by Neihenuo Chuzho, Neeraj Kumar, Neetu Mishra, Nikhil Tandon, Uma Kanga, Gurvinder Kaur, Paras Singh, Gunja Mishra, Shreya Sharma, Narinder K. Mehra

“…GADA and IA2A were detected in 50.79% and 15.87% of T1D patients, respectively, while only 8.73% had both GADA and IA2A. HLA-DRB1∗03 was observed to be significantly higher in GADA+ T1D patients as compared to GADA– (91.41% vs. 66.13%, Bonferroni-corrected P Pc=1.11×10−5; OR=5.45; 95% CI: 2.67-11.08). …”
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Maintaining operability at a high personal cost – a mixed method study on maternal healthcare workers’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic by Magnus Akerstrom, Anna Wessberg, Emina Hadžibajramović, Sofie Graner, Ylva Carlsson, Ola Andersson, Maria Jonsson, Elin Naurin, Malin Veje, Verena Sengpiel, Karolina Linden

“…Quantitative measures of workload and burnout from three survey waves, both during the pandemic (January to May 2021 [n = 782] and January to March 2022 [n = 503]) and after the pandemic (February to March 2023 [n = 759]), were analyzed. …”
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Antipsychotic prescribing practices and patient, family member and healthcare professional perceptions of antipsychotic prescribing in acute care settings: a scoping review protoco... by Zahinoor Ismail, Daniel Niven, Kirsten Fiest, Lisa Burry, Karla D Krewulak, Natalia Jaworska, Stephana Julia Moss, Zara Stelfox

“…We will search five databases including MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO and Web of Science from inception to 3 July 2021 (ie, planned search date). We will include both peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed qualitative and quantitative studies to identify antipsychotic prescribing practices, and to describe healthcare professional, patient and family perceptions towards antipsychotic prescribing and deprescribing in the acute care setting. …”
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Bioelectric stimulation outperforms brain derived neurotrophic factor in promoting neuronal maturation by María del Pilar Diego-Santiago, María Ujué González, Esther María Zamora Sánchez, Nuria Cortes-Carrillo, Carlos Dotti, Francesc Xavier Guix, Sahba Mobini

“…However, the broad effects of biochemical stimuli on multiple cellular functions limit their applicability in both in vitro models and clinical settings. Electrical stimulation (ES) offers a promising physical method to control cell fate and function, but it is hampered by lack of standard and optimised protocols. …”
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Evaluation of the sensitivity and production of flowers in Tagetes erecta L. exposed to high doses of sodium from irrigation with landfill leachates by M.G. Abrile, M.L. Fiasconaro, S. Gervasio, M.C. Antolín, M.E. Lovato

“…In lower doses, the plant responds favorably to both the production of flowers and the main features of them. …”
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Sleep duration, chronotype, health and lifestyle factors affect cognition: a UK Biobank cross-sectional study by Daqing Ma, Raha West, Zhigang Liu, Ji-Eun Park, Ryan Tak Chun Wong, Si Woo Lee, Dinayinie Ekanayake Mudiyanselage

“…The analysis was adjusted for demographic and comorbidity covariates.Main outcomes and measures Cognitive performance scores were evaluated against sleep parameters and health and lifestyle factors including sex, age, vascular and cardiac conditions, diabetes, alcohol intake, smoking habits and body mass index.Results The regression highlighted a positive association between normal sleep duration (7–9 hours) and cognitive scores in Cohort 1 (β=0.0567, 95% CI 0.0284 to 0.0851), while extended sleep duration negatively impacted scores across both cohorts (Cohort 1: β=−0.188, 95% CI −0.2938 to −0.0822; Cohort 2: β=−0.2619, 95% CI −0.3755 to −0.1482). …”
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The Increased Ratio of Blood CD56bright NK to CD56dim NK Is a Distinguishing Feature of Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome by Bingxia Ming, Tong Wu, Shaozhe Cai, Peng Hu, Jungen Tang, Fang Zheng, Cong Ye, Lingli Dong

“…Other laboratory parameters such as the IgG level and complement protein levels were extracted from the clinical system. Results. Both the frequency and the absolute number of peripheral blood NK cells were reduced in pSS patients compared to healthy controls. …”
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS IN TEACHING SOCIAL AND HUMANITARIAN DISCIPLINES by Anna Kyrpa, Olena Stepanenko, Viktoriia Zinchenko, Tetiana Datsiuk, Iryna Karpan, Neonila Tilniak

“…During the pedagogical experiment, the authors did not limit themselves to the use of the ChatGPT tool; the teachers had an opportunity to explore the features of a number of AI tools that contribute to lesson planning, and generate visual content, text materials, and tasks for them. …”
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Effects of water stably-enriched with oxygen as a novel method of tissue oxygenation on mitochondrial function, and as adjuvant therapy for type 2 diabetes in a randomized placebo-... by Joan Khoo, Christoph E Hagemeyer, Darren C Henstridge, Sumukh Kumble, Ting-Yi Wang, Rong Xu, Linsey Gani, Thomas King, Shui-Boon Soh, Troy Puar, Vanessa Au, Eberta Tan, Tunn-Lin Tay, Carmen Kam, Eng-Kiong Teo

“…In cells cultured in control water, mitochondrial mass and membrane potential were both significantly lower at 25 mM glucose compared with 5.5 mM glucose; in contrast, mitochondrial mass and membrane potential did not differ significantly at normal or high glucose concentrations in cells cultured in ELO water. …”
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The Use of Developmental Rehabilitation Services. Comparison between Bedouins and Jews in the South of Israel by Hasia Lubetzky, Shifra Shvarts, Joav Merrick, Gideon Vardi, Aharon Galil

“…Noncompliance with therapy appointments (NCTA) for the same period for both the Bedouins (31%) and Jewish children (26%), with a significant difference between the two populations, was noted. …”
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The Impact of Optical Undersampling on the Ca2+ Signal Resolution in Ca2+ Imaging of Spontaneous Neuronal Activity by Katarina D. Milicevic, Violetta O. Ivanova, Tina N. Brazil, Cesar A. Varillas, Yan M.D. Zhu, Pavle R. Andjus, Srdjan D. Antic

“…Spontaneous neuronal activity was recorded at low (14 Hz) and high (500 Hz) sampling rates, and the same neurons (n = 269) were analyzed under both conditions. We compared optical signal amplitude, duration, and frequency. …”
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The Mediating Role of Cognitive Reappraisal on Bedtime Procrastination and Sleep Quality in Higher Educational Context: A Three-Wave Longitudinal Study by Zhang Y, Rehman S, Addas A, Ahmad M, Khan A

“…Structural equation modeling and autoregressive time-lagged panel models were utilized to analyze the data, assessing both the direct effects and the mediating role of cognitive reappraisal over time.Results: The results revealed that bedtime procrastination exhibited significant stability across time points (β = 0.619 to 0.658, p< 0.001). …”
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Application of cupping therapy with buffalo horns for patients with cervical spondylosis (牛角罐法在颈型颈椎病患者中的应用) by HE Shuiwen (何水文), JIANG Haijun (蒋海军), YU Yuxiu (于玉秀), OU Jinshi (欧金石)

“…Results The scores of VAS and NDI were reduced in both two groups after intervention, and scores of VAS and NDI in the observation group were lower than those in the control group, with a significant difference (P＜0. 01). …”
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Changes in the number and characteristics of tertiary hospital psychiatric admissions in south Croatia before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective study by Tea Vukićević, Tonka Borovina Marasović, Andrea Botica, Tonći Mastelić, Toni Utrobičić, Trpimir Glavina, Livia Puljak, Svjetlana Došenović

“…Compared to the year before the pandemic, hospitalizations due to suicidality increased almost 3 times, while hospitalizations due to both autoagression and heteroagression increased almost 4 times (P = 0.000). …”
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Mineralogy and geochemistry of shale from Shanxi Formation, Southern North China Basin: Implication for organic matter accumulation by Qian Chen, Pei Li, Xiaoliang Wei, Changsheng Chen, Wei Dang, Haikuan Nie, Jinchuan Zhang

“…Unlike marine shale, the intensity of weathering, which varies with climate and transportation distance, is considered to have significantly impacted both the maceral composition and OM richness in the tide-delta deposited Shanxi Shale.…”
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