The relationship between activities of daily living and speech impediments based on evidence from statistical and machine learning analyses by Liu Jun, Hongguo Li, Yu Mao, Lan Hu, Dan Wu

“…While the role of ADL as a potential biomarker for SI remains unclear, this study aims to provide new evidence supporting ADL as an early predictor of SI through statistical analysis and machine learning validation.MethodsData were derived from the 2018 CHARLS national baseline survey, comprising 10,136 participants aged 45 and above. ADL was evaluated using the BI, and SI was assessed based on the CHARLS records of “Speech impediments.” …”
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Abyssinian pea (Lathyrus schaeferi Kosterin nom. nov. pro Pisum abyssinicum A. Br.) is a problematic taxon by O. E. Kosterin

“…Data were reported on influence of the region of Linkage Group III, containing a gene known to participate in the conflict of nucleus and plastids in remote crosses of peas, on the pollen fertility of hybrids with abyssinian pea. …”
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Are Saudi Radiological Sciences Students Prepared for Emergencies? Exploring Knowledge, and Attitudes Towards Basic Life Support and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation by Alshamrani KM, Alkhayyat AA, Arif RN, Alahmadi AAS, Aldahery ST, Alsharif WM, Qurashi AA

“…Descriptive statistics were generated, and chi-square test examined associations between categorical variables and Basic Life Support (BLS) training status.Results: Out of 367 students contacted, 261 participated (71.1% response rate). BLS training markedly enhances knowledge of the correct chest compression rate, with 50.9% of trained students demonstrating accurate understanding compared to 27.5% of untrained students (P < 0.0001). …”
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Corporate Social Responsibility's Influence on Product Innovation: Spotlight on the Mediating Role of Employer Branding (A Case Study of Medium and Large Manufacturing Firms in Bus... by zahra hajizadeh, Ebrahim Rajabpour, Heidar Ahmadi, Majid Esmaeilpour

“…The initial section gathers general and demographic data from the participants, while the latter part includes inquiries for research assessment, utilizing a five-point Likert scale, comprising 46 questions in total. …”
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Subtyping Social Determinants of Health in the "All of Us" Program: Network Analysis and Visualization Study by Suresh K Bhavnani, Weibin Zhang, Daniel Bao, Mukaila Raji, Veronica Ajewole, Rodney Hunter, Yong-Fang Kuo, Susanne Schmidt, Monique R Pappadis, Elise Smith, Alex Bokov, Timothy Reistetter, Shyam Visweswaran, Brian Downer

“…For question 2, due to systematic missingness and uneven granularity of questions across the surveys, we selected all participants with valid and complete SDoH data and used inverse probability weighting to adjust their imbalance in demographics. …”
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Evaluation of Machine Learning Algorithms for Classification of Visual Stimulation-Induced EEG Signals in 2D and 3D VR Videos by Mingliang Zuo, Xiaoyu Chen, Li Sui

“…Methods: This study recorded EEG signals from participants exposed to 2D and 3D VR video stimuli to investigate the neural differences between these conditions. …”
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Treatment of Proximal Humeral Fractures in Older Patients During COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany by Sußiek J, Koeppe J, Fischhuber K, Iking J, Marschall U, Raschke MJ, Katthagen JC, Stolberg-Stolberg J

“…During the lockdown periods, the total incidence fell, while the outpatient incidence partially increased during the pandemic-period. Regarding the therapy allocation, there were no relevant persisting changes. …”
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Complex resistance of spring and winter bread wheat lines to biotic and abiotic stresses by I. F. Lapochkina, N. R. Gainullin, O. A. Baranova, N. M. Kovalenko, L. A. Marchenkova, O. V. Pavlova, O. V. Mitroshina

“…Fourteen genotypes of spring wheat with group resistance to these diseases and parental forms that participated in the origin of the lines were evaluated for resistance to spot blotch (Cochliobolus sativus) and tan spot (Pyrenophora tritici-repentis) using isolates from Kazakhstan and Omsk in laboratory conditions. …”
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Changes in and Potential Mechanisms of Circulating IgA+CD27-Class-Switched Memory B Cells in Patients With Allergic Rhinitis by Zheng H, Xu S, Yang R, Jiao WE, Qiao YL, Liu JY, Fan HM, Zhou YT, Ni HF, Chen J, Deng YQ, Chen SM

“…This study evaluated alterations in the proportions of peripheral blood memory B cells and their subpopulations, plasma cells, and various T-cell subsets across the three participant groups.Results: The proportion of IgA+CD27- class-switched memory B cells in the AR group significantly decreased compared to the control group, but significantly increased following AIT (P < 0.05). …”
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Utilisation des systèmes de test ALDM dans le cadre de l'étude des réseaux sociaux du babouin de Guinée by Julie Gullstrand, Joël Fagot, Nicolas Claldière

“…Nous avons ensuite construit deux matrices d'issociations de ces 12 individus, la première à partir des données de grooming, la seconde avec l'ensemble des comportements sociaux affiliatifs (grooming, jeu, présentation...) ; Dans un second temps, nous avons construit une matrice dissociation à partir de la coprésence de ces individus lors de la fréquentation spontanée des boxes expérimentaux ALDM. …”
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Considerations for Establishing a Behavioral Policy-Making and Nudge Institution within the Country's Executive Structure by Seyed Kamal Vaezi, Maryam Darbandi

“…Using snowball sampling, a total of 14 participants were initially interviewed, with two additional interviews conducted to ensure theoretical saturation. …”
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Analisis Pengaruh Kualitas Layanan BCA Mobile terhadap Tingkat Kepuasan dan Liyalitas Nasabh Berdasarkan Model E-S-Qual dan E-Recs-Qual by Roshidah Nur Halimah, Yusi Tyroni Mursityo, Alfi Nur Rusydi

“…The results showed that the independent variables efficiency, system availability, fulfillment, privacy, compatibility of mobile devices, responsiveness, and contact had a significant effect simultaneously with a correlation level of 54.8% on the dependent variable satisfaction. While partially, only efficiency and compatibility of mobile devices variables have a significant influence on customer satisfaction. …”
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The Cognitive Differences between the Teachers and Students in the Emergency Professional Skills Training Program of Standardized Residency Training by LYU Baopu, LIU Liang, XIAO Hao, GONG Yu, MENG Qingbing, GAO Hengbo, TIAN Yingping, YAO Dongqi

“…Methods On 18 October 2021, a total of 103 teachers and residents from 15 emergency bases in Hebei Province who were prepared to participate in the standardized training skills competition for residents were selected, including 37 teachers and 66 residents. …”
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Pengamanan Citra Berwarna Menggunakan Kriptografi Visual Skema Meaningful Shares dan Steganografi LSB by Fariz Abid Darmawan, Ari Kusyanti, Rakhmadhanny Primananda

“…This method allows the confidential information to be held by several participants by dividing the secret into pieces of shares, so it makes the secret more secure. …”
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Pengembangan Aplikasi Berlatih Membaca Cepat Berbahasa Inggris Berbasis Progressive Web App dengan Metode Prototyping by Muhammad Fajar Alfath, Lutfi Fanani, Agi Putra Kharisma

“…Surprisingly, 76.7% of participants were unaware of their reading speed, while 56.7% acknowledged frequent reading of English texts. …”
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Pharmacodynamic Modeling of Warfarin Dosing Algorithm for Cardiovascular Patients in Indonesia: A Tailored Method to Anticoagulation Therapy by Putriana NA, Latarissa IR, Rusdiana T, Rostinawati T, Akbar MR

“…Therefore, this research aimed to evaluate the impact of clinical and genetic factors on warfarin dose adjustment and to develop a dosing algorithm for patients with cardiovascular disease.Patients and Methods: A total of 77 research subjects were selected using consecutive sampling based on the inclusion criteria of cardiac outpatients on warfarin for ≥ 3 months with PT-INR data, complete medical records, and willingness to participate. Exclusion criteria included vitamin K use and inability to follow up. …”
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Impact of alcohol drinking and tobacco smoking on the drug-resistance of newly diagnosed tuberculosis: a retrospective cohort study in Shandong, China, during 2004–2020 by Yi-Fan Li, Yao Liu, Qi Fu, Wan-mei Song, Jin-yue Liu, Qian-yun Zhang, Ting-ting Xu, Shi-jin Li, Qi-qi An, Si-qi Liu, Huai-chen Li, Ning Ning Tao, Xue-han Zhu, Chun-bao Yu, Jihua Dong

“…Objectives To investigate the independent and collective impact of alcohol drinking and tobacco smoking on the drug-resistance of newly diagnosed tuberculosis (TB).Design This was a retrospective cohort study.Setting Shandong, China.Participants Patients with newly diagnosed TB from 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2020 were collected. …”
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Impact of the Smarter Safer Homes Solution on Quality of Life and Health Outcomes in Older People Living in Their Own Homes: Randomized Controlled Trial by Wei Lu, David Silvera-Tawil, Hwan-Jin Yoon, Liesel Higgins, Qing Zhang, Mohanraj Karunanithi, Julia Bomke, Joshua Byrnes, Jennifer Hewitt, Vanessa Smallbon, Jill Freyne, Deepa Prabhu, Marlien Varnfield

“…ResultsData from 130 participants were used in the analysis, with no significant differences in baseline characteristics between the control group (n=61) and the intervention group (n=69). …”
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Determinants of 5-year survival in patients with advanced NSCLC with PD-L1≥50% treated with first-line pembrolizumab outside of clinical trials: results from the Pembro-real 5Y glo... by Mieke Van Hemelrijck, Salvatore Grisanti, Avinash Aujayeb, Martin Forster, Giannis Mountzios, Andrea Napolitano, Bruno Vincenzi, Joachim G J V Aerts, Marina Garassino, Valter Torri, Solange Peters, Alex Friedlaender, Alfredo Addeo, Giuseppe Lo Russo, Roberto Ferrara, Diego Signorelli, Alessandro Russo, So Yeon Kim, Jarushka Naidoo, Scott Gettinger, Heather Wakelee, Martin Sebastian, Mark Awad, Abdul Rafeh Naqash, Alessio Cortellini, Raffaele Giusti, Michele De Tursi, Federica Zoratto, Marco Russano, Rita Chiari, Biagio Ricciuti, Andrea De Giglio, Alain Gelibter, Giuseppe Tonini, Amin H Nassar, Alessandra Curioni-Fontecedro, Eleni Karapanagiotou, Emilio Bria, Jack Bell, Paolo Bironzo, Joao V Alessi, Alessandro Morabito, David J Pinato, Francesco Passiglia, Carlo Genova, Francesca Mazzoni, Alessandro Inno, Francesco Grossi, Luca Cantini, Lorenza Landi, Luigi Della Gravara, Margarita Majem, Uma Mukherjee, Federica Biello, Alessandro Leonetti, Annalisa Guida, Marianna Macerelli, Gabriele Minuti, Giulio Metro, Thomas Newsom-Davis, Eleni Josephides, Andrea Camerini, Elisa Roca, David O’Reilly, Mingjia Li, Laura Mezquita, Teresa Gorría, Claudia A M Fulgenzi, Lauren Young, Joel W Neal, Javier Baena, Francesco Pantano, Jacobo Rogado, Mary Jo Fidler, Teresa Beninato, Federica Pecci, Alessandro Di Federico, Kazuki Takada, Leonardo Brunetti, Talal El Zarif, Laura Moliner, Alberto Servetto, Sukumar Kalvapudi, Sai Yendamuri, Edoardo Garbo, Giuseppina Rita Di Fazio, Monica Loza, Ritujith Jayakrishnan, Michele Montrone, Nichola O Awosika, Bartlomiej Tomasik, Maximilian Rost, Isabelle Monnet, Francesco Agustoni, Artur Katz, Dwight Hall Owen, Michele Ghidini, Armida D’Incecco, Gianpaolo Spinelli, Monica Verrico, Manuel Dupont, Rafael Di Marco Barros, Diego Luigi Cortinovis, Chiara Bennati, Frank Aboubakar Nana, Anne-Marie Dingemans, Taher Abu Hejleh

“…By the data cut-off, 1015 patients (96.7%) had permanently discontinued treatment: 659 (64.9%) due to progressive disease, 156 (15.4%) due to toxicity, 77 (7.6%) due to treatment completion, and 106 (10.4%) due to other reasons. Overall, 222 participants (21.1%) were treated for a minimum period of 24 months, among them the 5-year survival rates were: 31.7%, 72.7%, 78.6%, 84.2% for patients who discontinued treatment due to progressive disease, toxicity, treatment completion, and other reasons, respectively.Conclusion This study provides valuable real-world evidence that confirms the long-term efficacy of pembrolizumab outside of clinical trials. …”
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Association of biochemical indicators with multimorbidity in 19,624 older adult individuals with chronic diseases: a study from Jindong District, Jinhua City, China by Qihuan Yao, Guozhong Chen

“…This study aims to investigate the prevalence of multimorbidity of chronic diseases among older adult individuals in the community, as well as the factors related to biochemical indicators associated with chronic disease multimorbidity.MethodsThe study included 19,624 older adult individuals aged 60 and above in Jindong District, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, China. Participants completed a national standardized older adult health examination in the community. …”
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