Associations of sedentary time, sleep duration and physical exercise with multimorbidity among older adults in Shanghai, China: a cross-sectional study based on national physical f... by Kai Li, Jingjing Wang, Yuqin Rao, Fanhui Zheng, Ying Chen, Bo Zhai, Jintao Hong, Dao Wang, Chen Wang, Bao Liu

“…Each additional daily hour of low-intensity physical exercise (LIPE) reduced the odds of membership in the metabolic-cardiovascular-joint-digestive-respiratory disease class by 24%–25% (unweighted OR 0.76, 95% CI 0.64–0.90; weighted OR 0.75, 95% CI 0.66–0.84), the joint-digestive-respiratory disease class by 20%–21% (unweighted OR 0.79, 95% CI 0.73–0.86; weighted OR 0.80, 95% CI 0.76–0.85), and the metabolic-cardiovascular disease class by 11%–12% (unweighted OR 0.88, 95% CI 0.81–0.95; weighted OR 0.89, 95% CI 0.85–0.94). …”
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Tratamiento quirúrgico de las fracturas bifocales ipsilaterales de tibia: un reto para el cirujano by A. Ortega-Yago, M. Barrés-Carsí, A. Balfagón-Ferrer

“…Conclusions: Bifocal tibia fractures can be treated using a combination of intramedullary nailing and plate osteosynthesis with good long-term results, obtaining an optimal union rate and low complications. In addition, it facilitates the reduction of the fracture, thus facilitating the patient's recovery and obtaining good long-term functional results.…”
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The role of teachers and administrators in supporting the adaptation of students with special needs in mainstream high schools by Amir Mahmood, Xiao Huang, Nadia Rehman

“…Longitudinal studies would be beneficial in exploring the causal relationships between teacher and administrative support and students’ adaptation capabilities. In addition, the study was conducted within a specific context and population, which may limit the generalizability of the findings to other settings. …”
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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Edward Page, Konrad Ott

“…Yet, each generation also has the duty not to engage in the wishful thinking that the problem can be left for descendants to solve. An additional argument is that all of the main greenhouse gases remain in the atmosphere for many decades after release. …”
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Current situation of central nervous system tumour survivors in a spanish hospital by Ivonne Marcela Rincón-Mantilla, Blanca Herrero, Elena Herranz Valero, Fernando Robles-Bermejo, Alba Herrera-Olivares, Felisa Vázquez-Gómez, Álvaro Lassaletta

“…Survivors treated with RTx (n = 52) had poorer outcomes in terms of adaptive behaviour, educational attainment and relationship status compared to those who did not receive RTx, but we did not find differences in quality of life or self-esteem scores between these groups. …”
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Editorial by Christian Gütl

“…In a collaboration between researchers form Spain and Ireland, Francisco Dominguez-Mateos, Vincent O’Brien, James Garland, Ryan Furlong, and Daniel Palacios-Alonso present their research on zero-shot learning for sub-discrimination in pre-trained models to differentiate several attributes such as gender, age, and skin tone, without any additional training.Enjoy Reading!Best wishes,Christian Gütl, Managing Editor-in-ChiefGraz University of Technology, Graz, Austria…”
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Response of Agronomic Characteristics and Yield of Garlic Plant (Allium sativum L.) to Different Levels of Planting Density and Nutrition by Hadi khavari, Masoud Rafiee

“…The main effect of planting density was significant (p ≤ 0.05), while both nutrition (p ≤ 0.001) and the interaction of planting density and nutrition (p ≤ 0.01) significantly affected stem diameter and the number of leaves. Additionally, nutrition and the interaction of planting density and nutrition had significant effects on garlic diameter (p ≤ 0.001). …”
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Effect and Mechanism of Action of Pushing Method on Rats with Skeletal Muscle Overuse Injury based on Wnt/β-catenin Signaling Pathway by DUAN Miaomiao, HUANG Bo, RUAN Lei, MU Pangpang, CHEN Yiming, PENG Liang

“…ObjectiveTo observe the effect of pushing method on the repair and regeneration of rats with overuse injury of skeletal muscle, and to explore its mechanism of action based on Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway.MethodsForty-two rats were selected and divided into blank group, model group and intervention group according to randomized table method, with 14 rats in each group. In addition to the blank group, the model group and intervention group were trained with Armstong centrifugal exercise program to establish a rat skeletal muscle overuse injury model. …”
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响应面优化氯化胆碱-丙三醇体系提取芝麻蛋白工艺条件 "Response surface optimization of the extraction process conditions for sesame protein using choline chloride-glycerol system"... by 曹培换1，张晨霞1，刘燕2，马宇翔1，刘华敏1，郑永战1，3 "CAO Peihuan1，ZHANG Chenxia1，LIU Yan2，MA Yuxiang1， LIU Huamin1，ZHENG Yongzhan1,3"

“…Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy were used to characterize the structure of sesame protein. In addition, the sesame protein extracted by DES method was compared with that by alkali solution-acid precipitation method. …”
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Association of the blood urea nitrogen to serum albumin ratio and all-cause mortality in critical ill acute ischemic stroke patients: a retrospective cohort study of MIMIC-IV datab... by Yongwei Huang, Zongping Li, Jianjun Wang, Jianjun Wang, Decai Wang, Decai Wang, Xiaoshuang Yin

“…Kaplan–Meier (KM) survival curves were generated to illustrate variations in BAR and death over various time intervals. Additionally, the linear or non-linear connection between BAR and ACM was ascertained with restricted cubic spline (RCS) approaches, supplemented by interaction and subgroup analyses.ResultsPrior to PSM, we incorporated 1,764 suitable subjects with a median BAR of 5.52 mg/g. …”
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Selection of Superior Sugar Beet Genotypes using the Analysis of Quantitative and Qualitative Traits by Mahdi Hassani, Ali Saremirad, Hamed Mansouri

“…Notably, high heritability was observed alongside favorable genetic advance for alpha-amino nitrogen, suggesting additive genetic effects. The SIIG index results highlighted genotype 12 as the closest to the ideal genotype and farthest from the non-ideal genotype, earning it the highest SIIG value of 0.82, designating it as the best genotype. …”
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Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine ointment rubbing in the treatment of hypermyotonia after cerebral infarction (中药膏摩治疗脑梗死后肌张力增高的临床研究) by YUAN Yonge (袁永娥), YANG Junxing (杨俊行), FU Jingna (付景娜), SU Rong (苏容), ZHANG Bing (张兵), CHEN Chen (陈程), XU Dong (徐栋)

“…Both groups were treated with basic medical treatment, acupuncture and moxibustion, physiotherapy, rehabilitation and other routine treatment for cerebral infarction, and the treatment group was treated with TCM ointment rubbing in addition to the comprehensive treatment. The two groups were treated for 2 months, and the modified Ashworth Scale of Muscle Spasticity (MMAS), NIHSS, Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA) and Barthel Activity of Daily Living Scale (BI) were compared before and after treatment and between the two groups. …”
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Simulation-based training program effect on pediatric nurses’ knowledge and performance regarding heel-prick during newborn blood screening test by Abdulaziz Asiri, Abeer A. Almowafy, Shimaa M. Moursy, Hanan A. Abd-Elhay, Shimaa Abdelrahim Khalaf Ahmed, Aml S. Abdelrahem, Marim T. Abo Seif, Faransa A. Ahmed

“…A post-test 1 was administered immediately after the training sessions. Additionally, post-test 2 was conducted 20 days after the study and followed up after 40 days of intervention (post-test 3). …”
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The mediating effect of diabetes self-management between diabetes self-efficacy and glycemic control among patients with type 2 diabetes (自我管理在2型糖尿病患者自我效能和血糖控制间的中介效应)... by CHEN Shanshan (陈闪闪), GUO Hong (郭红), LIN Keke (林可可), WU Shishi (吴诗诗), FANG Jiaxin (方嘉欣)

“…It is suggested that for those who have low level of self-efficacy, in addition to improving self-efficacy itself, improving self-management would be another way to achieve optimal glycemic control. …”
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Image Segmentation Method of Chinese Yam Leaves in Complex Background Based on Improved ENet by LU Bibo, LIANG Di, YANG Jie, SONG Aiqing, HUANGFU Shangwei

“…PConv was used to reduce the amount of model computation while increase the number of floating-point operations per second on the hardware device, resulting in lower latency. Additionally, the transposed convolution in the upsampling module was improved to bilinear interpolation to enhance model accuracy and reduce the number of parameters. …”
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Risk assessment of incontinence-related dermatitis in critically ill patients and analysis of related graded nursing measures (危重症患者发生失禁相关性皮炎的风险及相关分级护理措施分析)... by ZHUANG Haiyan (庄海燕), ZHANG Yuanyuan (张媛媛), XIONG Meifeng (熊梅凤)

“…The differences in the occurrence of IAD, rehabilitation, psychological status and complications between the two groups were analyzed. In addition, the difference between the two groups in the changes of self-esteem was analyzed. …”
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Educide amid conflict: the struggle of the Palestinian education system by Dalal Iriqat, Rula Alousi, Tahani Z. Aldahdouh, Alaa AlDahdouh, Iman Dankar, Dima Alburai, Mohamed Buheji, Abdo Hassoun

“…Research limitations/implications – The research faces several limitations, including reliance on secondary sources, such as gray literature and official reports, which may limit firsthand insights and real-time data accuracy. In addition, the ongoing nature of the conflict restricts access to updated information and complicates direct assessment of damage. …”
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Public and patient involvement (PPI) in the design, execution and dissemination of a trial: the BISTRO trial by David Coyle, Paula Ormandy, Nancy Fernandes da Silva, Simon Davies

“…In the BISTRO trial, this study sought to establish if getting the balance right might be improved by the additional use of bioimpedance, a device that measures body fluid composition to help decide how much fluid to remove during dialysis. …”
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Path and Practice of Gap Management in National Parks: A Comparison Between China and the US and Inspirations Therefrom by Yun MA, Siyuan HE

“…China’s national park planning should reflect on the legitimacy of “gap” and develop a legitimacy evaluation system for human activities, while transiting from merely opening gaps to managing them through classified control and spatial coordination. Additionally, China may learn from the institutional tools used in the US for managing gaps on federal lands, and select and combine these tools to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of national park protection.…”
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Effect of the Iridoid-rich Fraction from <italic>Valeriana jatamansi</italic> Jones on Oxidative Stress in Rats with Spinal Cord Injury by Jiaojuan HUANG, Wenchun WANG, Deqi XIONG, Hao LU, Wu XIANG, Xiaohua ZHAO, Ruihan ZHOU, Anren ZHANG

“…The results of the HE staining showed that the structure of gray matter and white matter of the spinal cord tissue in the sham-operated group were normal at the perilesional area, the structure of the neurons was also clear, and no significant spinal cord injured was found; compared with the sham-operated group, the spinal cord structure was severely damaged in the model group: the gray matter of the central part of the spinal cord and the white matter of the surrounding part of the spinal cord turned into blur because of injury and a large number of neurons degenerated, a number of nerve cells even appeared necrosis, and the cell structure was seriously destroyed at the same time, and in addition, the nuclear turned into shrinkage or dissolution and passed away, accompanying with varying degrees of neutrophil infiltration and a large number of microglia proliferation; compared with the model group, the spinal cord structure of the treatment group with iridoid-rich fraction from <italic>Valeriana jatamansi</italic> Jones significantly improved, and there were only small areas presenting a neuronal necrosis, a small amount of eosinophils increasing and a small number of eosinophils microglia infiltration in the spinal cord tissue at the perilesional area, and at the same time, the histopathological scores in tissue sections were lower(<italic>P</italic>&lt; 0.05). …”
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