Yoga programme for type-2 diabetes prevention (YOGA-DP) among high risk people in India: a multicentre feasibility randomised controlled trial protocol by Mark Hamer, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Kavita Singh, Nikhil Tandon, Sanjay Kinra, Kaushik Chattopadhyay, Tess Harris, Pallavi Mishra, Sheila Margaret Greenfield, Sarah Anne Lewis, Nandi Krishnamurthy Manjunath, Rukamani Nair, Somnath Mukherjee, David Ross Harper

“…The exercise part is based on Yoga and includes Shithilikarana Vyayama (loosening exercises), Surya Namaskar (sun salutation exercises), Asana (Yogic poses), Pranayama (breathing practices) and Dhyana (meditation) and relaxation practices.Methods and analysis This is a multicentre, two-arm, parallel-group, feasibility RCT with blinded outcome assessment and integrated mixed-methods process evaluation. …”
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A comparative assessment of grey water footprint estimation methods in paddy fields by Mahsa Naderi, Abdullah Darzi-Naftchali, Fatemeh Karandish, Hadi Razaghian, Jiří Šimůnek

“…Reliable estimation of the gray water footprint (GWF), a key indicator for assessing freshwater pollution, remains limited due to uncertainties in estimating leaching-runoff fractions and other assumptions in conventional methods. …”
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Non-medical treatment for late age-related macular degeneration by A.K. Drakon, A.G. Kurguzova, V.M. Sheludchenko, N.B. Korchazhkina

“…Recent findings are promising but require further in-depth studies.</i> </p> <p> <i><b>Keywords</b>: age-related macular degeneration, retinal scar, gene therapy, stem cells, physiotherapy, rehabilitative medicine.…”
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A Parallel Image Denoising Network Based on Nonparametric Attention and Multiscale Feature Fusion by Jing Mao, Lianming Sun, Jie Chen, Shunyuan Yu

“…The enhanced features were then processed through the multiscale feature fusion module to obtain multiscale image feature information at different depths to obtain more robust fused features. Finally, the shallow features and deep features were summed using a long jump join and were processed through an ordinary convolutional layer and output to obtain a residual image. …”
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Performance of Ground Clay Brick Mortars in Simulated Chloride and Sulphate Media by Festus Ngui Musyimi, Jackson Muthengia Wachira, Joseph Karanja Thiong’o, Joseph Mwiti Marangu

“…In addition, the ingress of Cl− and SO42− ions decreased with an increase in depth of cover. Blended cement exhibited lower Cl− and SO42− ingress than OPC. …”
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Comparative analysis of chloroplast genomes reveals molecular evolution and phylogenetic relationships within the Papilionoideae of Fabaceae by Qian Qin, Yanjing Dong, Jialong Chen, Bo Wang, Yuxin Peng, XinPeng Zhang, Xiaoyun Wang, Jinxiang Zeng, Guoyue Zhong, Shouwen Zhang, Xiaolang Du

“…Purpose This study presents an in-depth analysis of the cpDNAs within the Pap., with the aim of unraveling the molecular evolution and phylogenetic interconnections among its species. …”
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Effects of fine particulate matter and its chemical constituents on influenza-like illness in Guangzhou, China by Keyi Wu, Weidong Fan, Jing Wei, Jianyun Lu, Xiaowei Ma, Zelin Yuan, Zhiwei Huang, Qi Zhong, Yining Huang, Fei Zou, Xianbo Wu

“…Stratified subgroup analyses were performed by gender, age, and season to explore in depth the effects of these factors on disease risk. …”
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Synergistic effect of mulch and nitrogen management on growth and essential oil yield of Salvia sclarea L. by Diksha Dhiman, Sakshi Vishvamitera, Sidharth Baghla, Sanatsujat Singh, Dinesh Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Ramesh Chauhan

“…In soil properties, treatment N5 recorded highest value of available N at 0–0.15 m soil depth; however, at 0.15–0.30 m, N2 registered a higher value and produced at par results with N5. …”
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Eficacia de inhibidores de nitrito de calcio (CNI) en concreto agrietado by Pedro Montes-Garcia, H. Z. López-Calv, T. W Bremner

“…The response was the corrosión current density using linear polarization resistance of small-scale concrete slabs containing steel reinforcement with a cover depth of 20 mm. The slabs were exposed to a natural marine environment during five years with two cycles of wetting and drying per day at the Fundy Bay Maine, U. …”
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Rutas literarias: (inter)espacio didáctico para leer, caminar y hablar el libro / Reading itinerary: (inter)didactic space to read, walk and talk the book by Miguel Sánchez García, Juana Rosa Suárez-Robaina

“…With a mixed methodology (data triangulation), the acceptance of the literary route in different educational communities is diagnosed along with the process developed by its active agents (managers and monitor) based on an in-depth interview. The conclusions reveal the strengths of the literary route in the heat of the new emotional ties that are strengthened in its layout along with its competence advancement. …”
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A five-finger mnemonic for teaching schoolchildren the theoretical components of adult basic life support: a modified reactive Delphi-guided development and memorability pilot test with schoolchildren by Nino Fijačko, Robert Greif, Špela Metličar, Gregor Štiglic, Benjamin S. Abella, Matej Strnad, the Delphi study investigators

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Tropical Cyclone Size Prediction and Development of An Error Correction Method by Guo Ruichen, Xu Jing, Wang Yuqing

“…This study analyzes the regional typhoon numerical prediction system (CMA-TYM) of CMA Earth System Modeling and Prediction Center for TCs in the Northwest Pacific Ocean during 2020-2023, focusing on the impact of initial vortex size errors on the performance of later size and intensity predictions of TCs. …”
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The Managers' Perceptions of Telework Implementation Requirements in the Algerian Companies: A Post Covid-19 Assessment by Riad BENGHEBRID

“…Design/Method/Approach: We opted for an essentially qualitative approach field by conducting semi-structured interviews individually with 11 company managers from different sectors of activity in order for the interviewee to feel sufficiently free and to have as much transparency and credibility as possible, and to obtain in-depth information that is difficult to express quantitatively or statistically, with diversity of the sample in terms of (age, professional experience, sector of activity, legal form etc.). …”
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Family Perceptions of Palliative Care for Advanced-Stage Cancer Patients at Home by Mariam Dasat, Sigit Mulyono, Uswatul Khasanah, Stepanus Maman Hermawan

“…The study adopted a qualitative research design with a phenomenological approach based on in-depth interviews with six participants. The main theme that emerged was family perceptions of participation in palliative care programs for cancer patients at home. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Regain of Consciousness in Dexmedetomidine–Propofol versus Ketamine–Propofol in the Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Procedure under Sedation using BIS M... by Priya Banga, Sunder L. Negi, Banashree Mandal, Parag Barwad, Kulbhushan Saini, Krishna P. Gourav

“…Deep sedation with spontaneously breathing patients is the preferred technique for pediatric catheterization in the pediatric population. …”
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Prediabetes: Challenges, Novel Solutions, and Future Directions by Monique E Francois, Katie M Oetsch

“…Challenge Two. Health messaging and public perception: Prediabetes can revert to normoglycaemia with diet and lifestyle interventions. …”
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A study on the variability and correlation of ocular biological measurement parameters in adult myopic patients by Fangxing Zhou, Nan Chen, Hui Qian, Di Gong, Kunke Li

“…There was a significant negative correlation between AL, AL/CRC, and SE. Compared to AL, AL/CRC had a stronger correlation with SE and higher accuracy in identifying high myopia.…”
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LightweightUNet: Multimodal Deep Learning with GAN-Augmented Imaging Data for Efficient Breast Cancer Detection by Hari Mohan Rai, Joon Yoo, Saurabh Agarwal, Neha Agarwal

“…The proposed model boasts a low computational cost due to its smaller number of layers in its architecture, and its adaptive nature stems from its use of depth-wise separable convolution. We have employed a multimodal approach to validate the model’s performance, using 13,000 images from two distinct modalities: mammogram imaging (MGI) and ultrasound imaging (USI). …”
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Soviet Politics and Diplomacy in the Far East: Strategies and Alliances on the Eve of and During World War II by Yu. A. Dubinin

“…This article offers an in-depth analysis of Soviet policy and diplomacy in the Far East during the tumultuous period spanning from the 1920s to the 1940s. …”
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Flexible and wireless metasurface coils for knee and elbow MRI by Daniel M. Düx, Robert Kowal, Lucas Knull, Simon Schröer, Othmar Belker, Dominik Horstmann, Moritz Gutt, Holger Maune, Oliver Speck, Frank Wacker, Bennet Hensen, Marcel Gutberlet

“…Three regions of interest (ROIs) at different anatomical depths were compared. Results Seven participants (aged 28 ± 2 years; 6 males) were enrolled. …”
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