Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Technology Interventions in Improving the Social Skills of Children and Adolescents With Autism: Systematic Review by Xipeng Yang, Jinlong Wu, Yudan Ma, Jingxuan Yu, Hong Cao, Aihua Zeng, Rui Fu, Yucheng Tang, Zhanbing Ren

“…The duration and frequency of the intervention may also influence its effectiveness. In addition, immersive VR is more suitable for training complex skills in individuals with HFA. …”
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Predictive Value of NT-proBNP for Functional Outcome of Ischemic Stroke Without Cardiac Disease: A Prospective, Observational Study by Liu R, Chen G, Zhao N, Yue W

“…We aimed to elucidate predictive role of NT-proBNP levels in determining adverse outcomes in AIS patients. Additionally, the study sought to explore the relationship between NT-proBNP levels and the risk of poor functional outcomes in both ACI and PCI patients without underlying cardiac comorbidities.Results: A total of 821 patients were included in our study. …”
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Understanding Health-Related Discussions on Reddit: Development of a Topic Assignment Method and Exploratory Analysis by Garrett J Chan, Mark Fung, Jill Warrington, Sarah A Nowak

“…A script was developed to automatically assign topics to additional posts based on keywords. Topic and keyword selections were refined based on manual review for more accurate topic assignment. …”
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Evaluation of two-dimensional ultrasound fetal thymus size in correlation to infection parameters in pregnancies complicated with preterm premature rupture of membranes by Amal Kotb Abdallah, Mohamed Mohesen, Nagwan Kamal, Sahar Mahmoud Abd Elsalam, Sondos Salem, Ehab Salama, Mazen Abdel-Rasheed, Mohamed Eweis

“…On the contrary, group 2 had significantly higher AFI (P=0.022), greater Thymus perimeter (P<0.001), and greater thymus transverse diameter (P<0.001). In addition, the pathological examination of the placenta revealed positive signs of infection in group 1 in only 65% of cases. …”
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Abnormal Expression of Peripheral Blood Leukocyte Surface Markers in Retinopathy of Prematurity Patients by Guo R, Cheng F, Meng XJ, Fan JM, Lu YL, Ma XH, Qiao X, Li JH

“…Comparative analysis revealed that the test group had a lower percentage of neutrophils and higher expression of cluster of differentiation 81 (CD81) compared to the control group. Additionally, the test group showed a higher percentage of lymphocytes and a greater proportion of Th17 cells than the control group.Conclusion: Preterm gestational age, low birth weight, and neonatal sepsis increase severe ROP risk. …”
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UAV Remote Sensing Technology for Wheat Growth Monitoring in Precision Agriculture: Comparison of Data Quality and Growth Parameter Inversion by Jikai Liu, Weiqiang Wang, Jun Li, Ghulam Mustafa, Xiangxiang Su, Ying Nian, Qiang Ma, Fengxian Zhen, Wenhui Wang, Xinwei Li

“…Nevertheless, these advantages in pixel-scale data quality did not improve inversion accuracy for crop parameters at the plot scale. …”
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Ultrasound-based radiomics and clinical factors-based nomogram for early intracranial hypertension detection in patients with decompressive craniotomy by Zunfeng Fu, Lin Peng, Laicai Guo, Chao Qin, Yanhong Yu, Jiajun Zhang, Yan Liu

“…The study incorporates the Shapley Additive Explanations (SHAP) method to interpret the radiomics model.MethodsThis study included 199 patients with severe TBI (training cohort: n = 159; testing cohort: n = 40). …”
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Predicting abatacept retention using machine learning by Rieke Alten, Claire Behar, Pierre Merckaert, Ebenezer Afari, Virginie Vannier-Moreau, Anael Ohayon, Sean E. Connolly, Aurélie Najm, Pierre-Antoine Juge, Gengyuan Liu, Angshu Rai, Yedid Elbez, Karissa Lozenski

“…The pooled dataset was split into a training/validation cohort for model development and a test cohort for an unbiased evaluation of performance. SHapley Additive exPlanation (SHAP) values determined the level of importance and directionality for key patient features predicting abatacept retention. …”
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Examining the Effect of Prototypical Leadership Style on Leader Effectiveness: Mediating role of Perceived Integrity and Moderating Role of Leader-leader Exchange by Elham Ebrahimi, SHabnam Zarjou

“…Prototypical leadership had a significant effect on the leader's perceived integrity, and the positive effect of the leader's perceived integrity on the leader's effectiveness was also significant. In addition, the research results showed that leader-leader exchange has a significant moderating effect on the relationship between prototypical leadership and the leader's perceived integrity. …”
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Field Detection and Numerical Simulation Study on Roof Asymmetric Fracture Mechanism of Large-Span Soft Rock Roadway with Discontinuity Surface by Liang Chen, Shouyang Gao, Bin Miao, Nan Yao, Shizhong Zhang, Wei Zhang

“…When the surrounding rock stress is completely released, the roof cracks in region I gradually transition from nonconnected to connected state and form a “quasi-right triangle” loosening zone. In addition, an “isosceles triangle-like” high crack density loosening zone with the roof middle as the axis is also formed in region II. …”
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Prevalence of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Teklehaimanot Kiros, Lema Workineh, Tegenaw Tiruneh, Tahir Eyayu, Shewaneh Damtie, Debaka Belete

“…Likewise, E. coli and K. pneumoniae (50% both) were the predominant isolates of ESBL-PE in addition to other isolates such as Salmonella spp. and Shigella spp. …”
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Impact of Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention and Control Programmes on Antibiotic Usage and A. baumannii resistance: A 2016&ndash;2023 Multicentre Prospective Study by Liu L, Liu B, Li L, Li Y, Zhou X, Li Q

“…We found a statistically significant positive correlation between the DDD of antibiotic consumption and the incidence of CR-AB, MDR-AB and XDR-AB (r=0.9755 and P< 0.0001, r=0.9571 and P=0.0002, r=0.9230 and p=0.0011, respectively). …”
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Prevalence, predictors, and economic burden of mental health disorders among asylum seekers, refugees and migrants from African countries: A scoping review. by Wael Osman, France Ncube, Kamil Shaaban, Alaa Dafallah

“…As well as posing persistent challenges, these disorders can also be transmissible to offspring. In addition to longitudinal studies of these groups, economic impact studies of mental illnesses are necessary.…”
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Longitudinal performance trajectories for youth female and male soccer players: 10m-sprint percentile curves adapted to biological age by Julia Hernandez, Chantal Widmer, Stephen Cobley, Dennis-Peter Born, Wolfgang Taube, Michael Romann

“…The present study applied linear mixed-effects models (LMM) to analyze the longitudinal performance development of youth soccer players, both female and male. In addition to percentile curves based on chronological age, a novel approach incorporating biological age, which accounts for maturation variability during puberty, is introduced. …”
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Cryptococcal Meningitis: A Retrospective Cohort of a Brazilian Reference Hospital in the Post-HAART Era of Universal Access by Aline Z. de Azambuja, Gustavo Wissmann Neto, Guilherme Watte, Luciana Antoniolli, Luciano Z. Goldani

“…Identification of risk factors and additional treatment modalities, especially for intracranial hypertension, are necessary to improve care for patients with cryptococcal meningitis.…”
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Pengaruh Pemberian Diet Tinggi Minyak Sawit terhadap Kadar Trigliserida Darah pada Tikus Wistar by Aufa Azri Dany, Susila Sastri, Eliza Anas

“…<strong>Abstrak</strong><p>Minyak sawit  merupakan  salah  satu  minyak  yang  paling  banyak  dikonsumsi  di Indonesia.  Minyak sawit  diketahui  mengandung  kurang lebih 50% asam lemak jenuh dan 50% asam lemak tidak jenuh.  …”
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Comprehensive Evaluation and Error-Component Analysis of Four Satellite-Based Precipitation Estimates against Gauged Rainfall over Mainland China by Guanghua Wei, Haishen Lü, Wade T. Crow, Yonghua Zhu, Jianbin Su, Li Ren

“…Results show that the gauge calibration algorithm (GCA) used in IMERG has active effect in terms of r, POD, and CSI. (3) Within all subregions, all four satellite-based precipitation products demonstrate their worst performance over the arid XJ region which exhibits the highest FAR and lowest POD and CSI values among all regions. (4) In terms of intensity distribution, for summer over China, the four satellite-based precipitation products generally overestimate the frequency of moderate precipitation and light precipitation events (<25 mm/day) and underestimate heavy precipitation events (>42 mm/day). (5) The relative bias ratio (RBR) analysis shows that the contribution of missed precipitation tends to be lower over wetter regions. In addition, for the same climate region, the contribution of missed precipitation is clearly lower in summer than in winter. …”
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Personality traits and their relationship with oral health related quality of life among adolescents in Saudi Arabia by Danah Sahmi Alhajri, Danah Abdullatif Alhammad, Lulwah Fouad Alabdulqader, Reem Rashed Alasbly, Muhanad Alhareky, Mazin Algahtani, Asim Al-Ansari, Muhammad Ashraf Nazir

“…Conclusion This study found that neuroticism was significantly and negatively correlated with OHRQoL, whereas extraversion was significantly and positively correlated with OHRQoL. In addition, there were statistically significant differences in personality traits between the male and female adolescents.…”
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A two-stage model of the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process and the fuzzy synthetic evaluation technique to prioritize sustainable sanitation services under uncertainty by Shaher Zyoud, Siwar M. Omair, Susan A. Jarrad

“…It further enables the incorporation of additional criteria and the interests of more stakeholders.…”
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Identification, distribution, and hosts of Meloidogyne spp. infecting horticultural crops in Florida, USA with focus on Meloidogyne enterolobii by Riva Gabrieli, Brito Janete A., de Oliveira Clemen, Marin Marcus, Gu Mengyi, Bui Hung Xuan, Desaeger Johan

“…New host records found in this study include: a worldwide host record, Solanum capsicoides (M. enterolobii); new US continental host records, Vigna unguiculata (M. enterolobii), Opuntia cochenillifera (mixed species – M. enterolobii and M. incognita). Additionally, new state host records found were Cannabis sativa, Colocasia esculenta, and Lilium sp. …”
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