Palliative and end-of-life care for people living with dementia in rural areas: A scoping review. by Valerie Elliot, Debra Morgan, Julie Kosteniuk, Melanie Bayly, Amanda Froehlich Chow, Allison Cammer, Megan E O'Connell

“…People living with dementia in rural areas often face additional challenges to accessing such care. The purpose of this scoping review was to systematically review and synthesize the literature on palliative and end-of-life care for people with dementia living in rural areas, and to identify and describe key findings and gaps in the literature.…”
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Evaluation of Condyle–Fossa Relationships in Adults with Various Skeletal Patterns Using Cone-Beam Computed Tomography by Alice Choi, Jae Hyun Park, Curt Bay, Jong-Moon Chae

“…The average values of SS, CS, and MLT were significantly higher in hypodivergent than in hyperdivergent skeletal patterns, while the average values did not show any statistical differences based on horizontal skeletal patterns. …”
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A Case Study on Preservation Conditions and Influencing Factors of Shale Gas in the Lower Paleozoic Niutitang Formation, Western Hubei and Hunan, Middle Yangtze Region, China by Shengling Jiang, Qinghua Zhou, Yanju Li, Rili Yang

“…The huge faults extended to the surface are formed due to tectonic movement in an extensional environment, and the structural style and development are the main factors affecting the preservation conditions of the Є1n shale gas. Additionally, the high thermal evolution of the Є1n shales also has a certain impact on the preservation conditions. …”
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Characterization and classification of soils in the irrigable land of Achewa small-scale irrigation area, Itang special district, southwest Gambella, Ethiopia by Wasihun Mengiste, Dereje Tsegaye, Samuel Dagalo, Teshome Yitbareke

“…Across horizons, texture classes varied from clay loam to clay, whereas bulk density was within acceptable limits for mineral agricultural soils. Additionally, soil pH ranged from neutral to moderately alkaline. …”
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Influence of cement-stabilized soil enhancement on the axial bearing performance of bridge shafts: Field test and numerical simulation by Chang Duan, Zhihui Wan, Feng Zhou, Lei Wang, Zhiqi Shao

“…Field tests involving two post-grouted shafts and two stiffened deep cement mixing shafts were conducted at the bridge foundations projects, analyzing the vertical bearing performance of the shafts with cement-stabilized soil enhancement. Additionally, numerical simulations were performed to establish calculation models for single shaft and groups of drilled shafts, PGDS, and SDCM shafts, enabling a comparative analysis of their bearing capacity performance within the identical strata. …”
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Microscopic Properties of Capacitor Insulating Oil under External Electric Field Based on Density Functional Theory by Meijuan Shi, Zhiyi Pang, Yi Li, Rui Qin

“…The research findings can establish a theoretical framework for the micromorphology analysis of electric aging insulation oil in power capacitors, thereby offering a reference point for determining the breakdown voltage value in macroscopic electrical breakdown experiments. Additionally, these results provide valuable insights into material optimization and modification strategies.…”
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The Role of Controlled Breathing in Pain Management by Maria Wydro, Magdalena Grotowska, Martyna Łukasiewicz, Aleksandra Strawińska

“…Empirical studies demonstrate that DSB positively influences chronic pain conditions, including menstrual pain and visceral pain, 
by modulating pain perception and emotional regulation. Additionally, the combination of DSB and vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) has shown promise in managing chronic pain and improving musculoskeletal pain thresholds. …”
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Development of Rogers RT/Duroid 5880 Substrate-Based MIMO Antenna Array for Automotive Radar Applications by D. Subitha, S. Velmurugan, M. Vanitha Lakshmi, P. Poonkuzhali, T. Yuvaraja, Samson Alemayehu

“…The placement of antenna elements is also optimized in terms of inter- and intraelement separation of greater than λ/2 so as to ensure high diversity gain of 9.6 dBi. Moreover, the proposed antenna structure with only two antenna elements is able to achieve a high gain of around 11.8 dBi and 11.3 dBi at the dual operating modes of 24 GHz and 77 GHz, respectively. …”
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Towards personalized immersive virtual reality neurorehabilitation: a human-centered design by Salvatore Luca Cucinella, Joost C. F. de Winter, Erik Grauwmeijer, Marc Evers, Laura Marchal-Crespo

“…., background noise) in the physical training environment enables therapists to provide their patients with suitable conditions to execute functional tasks. Additionally, the experts highlighted the importance of developing IVR training environments that are meaningful and realistic. …”
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Performance Evaluation of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Genotypes for Yield and Related Traits at Areka, Southern Ethiopia by Simon Yohannes, Gobeze Loha, Mesfin Kebede Gessese

“…The present study revealed significant variation among genotypes for traits considered except few insignificant traits. In addition, almost all the genotypes were well adapted to the study area and hence, the high yielding genotypes could be directly used as seed sources for production of common bean and some of the genotypes with best diseases resistance reaction, and with high heritability can possibly be used in common bean improvement program.…”
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Study of the Physiochemical and Nutraceutical Properties of Sour and Sweet Pomegranate Juice in Northern Jordan by Taha Rababah, Muhammad Al-U’datt, Sana Gammoh, Tayma’a Khatatbeh, Ghazi Magableh, Ali Almajwal, Sevil Yücel, Numan AL-Rayyan

“…Also, the phytochemical content includes total phenols content, antioxidant activity, flavonoid, anthocyanin content, and phenolic quantification. In addition, the alpha-amylase and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitory activities among sweet and sour varieties of pomegranate juice obtained from different regions in Northern Jordan (Ajloun, Dair Abi Said, and Kufur Soum) where the significant differences at P ≤ 0.05 appeared among sweet and sour varieties in different pomegranate juice samples. …”
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‘Two in One’ Cloning Vector Applied for Blunt-End and T-A Cloning with One-Step Digestion–Ligation and Screening of Positive Recombinants by Unaided Eyes by Xingli Zhang, Chong Teng, Kaidi Lyu, Shanhua Lyu, Yinglun Fan

“…The endonuclease recognition sequences of <i>Sma</i>I, <i>Eco</i>53kI, <i>Eco</i>RV, <i>Pme</i>I, and <i>Swa</i>I for blunt-end cloning and <i>Xcm</i>I for T-A cloning were designed and added between the <i>lac</i> promoter and the starting codon ATG of the <i>mScarlet-I</i> gene of pYFRed. …”
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Study on the insulation performance of C5F10O gas mixture in cold climates by Runlong Zhang, Xiaohui Zhang, Zhilei Xu, Keliang Dong, Jinfeng Zheng, Shicheng Feng, Zhaolin Zhou, Hui Zhu

“…The model investigates the impact of temperature on the insulating properties of C5F10O gas mixtures and analyzes the physical mechanisms underlying their insulating performance in cold climates. In addition, experiments are conducted with C5F10O gas mixtures at different temperatures to observe the variation patterns of breakdown voltage at various temperatures. …”
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Effects of levothyroxine therapy on bone and mineral metabolism in hypothyroidism: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Xiaotao Li, Taotao Zhang, Hongling Zhang, Shanshan Liu, Limin Tian

“…There were no differences in BMD at the femoral neck, trochanter, and Ward’s triangle between OH patients treated with LT4 and HCs. In addition, BMD at the lumbar spine was significantly lower in males with OH undergoing LT4 treatment for a duration of less than five years compared to those treated over five years. …”
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Early detection of canine hemangiosarcoma via cfDNA fragmentation and copy number alterations in liquid biopsies using machine learning by Soohyun Ko, Jinhee Jang, Sun Shin Yi, Sun Shin Yi, ChangHyuk Kwon

“…Interestingly, canine hemangiosarcoma DNA fragment sizes demonstrated eight distinct periodic patterns diverging from those typically observed in human angiosarcoma. Additionally, we identified seven novel genomic gains and nine losses in the hemangiosarcoma samples. …”
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A review of photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) technology applied in building environment control by Xuhui Cao, Niansi Li, Yulin Li, Lei Che, Bendong Yu, Huifang Liu

“…The present work mainly investigates the application of PV/T in building environment in the past ten years, and reports a variety of application cases of PV/T technology combined with building systems to regulate indoor comfort and improve indoor environment. In addition, this paper reviews the simulation and experimental works of different building solar integrated PV/T systems and puts forward the prospect and suggestion for future research.…”
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Statistical characteristics and classification of ionospheric mid-latitude trough as revealed by the observations of DMSP-F18 by Yi Liu, JiuHou Lei, FuQing Huang, Su Zhou

“…Furthermore, the troughs related to ion temperature (Ti) maximums were observed at relatively higher latitudes, occurring more frequently in winter. In addition, the troughs related to ion velocity (Vi) maximums could be observed in all seasons. …”
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Das Große und das Kleine. Tempowahl und andere Entscheidungen in der Interpretationspraxis von Schuberts Winterreise by Bartolo Musil

“…In the case of Winterreise, the performers’ focus may oscillate between the single song and the cycle as a whole; consequently, an additional dividing line can be drawn between determining factors affecting particular songs and those that have an impact on the entire cycle. …”
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Electroencephalographic markers in Major Depressive Disorder: insights from absolute, relative power, and asymmetry analyses by Mehmet Akif Özçoban, Oğuz Tan

“…Additionally, asymmetry values in theta, alpha, and beta bands may serve as potential biomarkers for MDD. …”
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EEG-based functional and effective connectivity patterns during emotional episodes using graph theoretical analysis by Majid Roshanaei, Hamzeh Norouzi, Julie Onton, Scott Makeig, Alireza Mohammadi

“…In terms of coherence strength, we observed that the gamma band was largely inactive, except for the emotion of sadness, which displayed significant activity in the right lobe, particularly in regions such as the supplementary motor area and the lingual gyrus. Additionally, Granger causality analysis highlighted that the beta and gamma bands were dominant across all emotional states, with minimal modulation observed in the theta band. …”
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