Social Representations of Overweight and Obesity in Schoolchild in the State of Mexico by Verónica Arreola Ríos, Donovan Casas Patiño

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> the diet is focused on what schoolchildren can eat and what their primary caregivers who determine the diet can buy; a very high degree of stigmatization is shown at the school and social level, there is a decrease in certain consumption of foods - high in calories and fashionable -, it conditions emotional sensations such as: sadness, anger and fear, physical activity is found during school breaks, which brings them happiness and by not achieving this at home, causes them discomfort. …”
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Development of a handheld GPU-assisted DSC-TransNet model for the real-time classification of plant leaf disease using deep learning approach by Midhun P. Mathew, Sudheep Elayidom, V. P. Jagathy Raj, K. M. Abubeker

“…Through extensive comparative analyses on various datasets and filed tests, the proposed depth wise separable convolutional-TransNet (DSC-TransNet) architecture has demonstrated higher performance in terms of accuracy (99.97%), precision (99.94%), recall (99.94), sensitivity (99.94%), F1-score (99.94%), AUC (0.98) for Grpae leaves across different datasets including bell pepper and tomato. …”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors for Minor Hallucinations in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease by Min Zhong, Ruxin Gu, Sha Zhu, Yu Bai, Zhuang Wu, Xu Jiang, Bo Shen, Jun Zhu, Yang Pan, Jun Yan, Li Zhang

“…As the most frequent and earliest type of psychotic phenomenon in Parkinson’s disease (PD), minor hallucination (MH) can occur before the onset of motor symptoms. This sensation may be an early predictor of severe psychotic and cognitive states and is often overlooked in clinics. …”
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Multi-active phlorotannins boost antimicrobial peptide LL-37 to promote periodontal tissue regeneration in diabetic periodontitis by Cancan Li, Luowen Du, Yingying Xiao, Lei Fan, Quanli Li, Chris Ying Cao

“…To address this, a temperature-sensitive hydrogel containing phlorotannins (PL) and antimicrobial peptide LL-37 was developed to shift the microenvironment of diabetic periodontitis from an exacerbated high-glycemic inflammatory state to a regenerative one. …”
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Baseline Compliance Assessment Survey for Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act 2003 in Eight Districts of Maharashtra by Jagdishchandra Vathar, Harshal P Bafna, Maya S Indurkar, Appasahe Ugale

“…Background: The prevalence of overall tobacco use in Maharashtra has reduced by 4.8% from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS-1) to GATS-2, but it suggested a significant need in terms of awareness and enforcement of tobacco control laws along with strengthening of the institutional mechanism of District Tobacco Control Cell, sensitization, and capacity building of the stakeholders. …”
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Hybrid Modification of Stone Mastic Asphalt with Cellulose and Basalt Fiber by You Huang, Zhaohui Liu, Li Liu, Yunbao Zhang, Qingxiang Xu

“…Specifically, cellulose fiber improved draindown, ductility, and fatigue more significantly, whilst basalt fiber has more influence on improving permanent deformation, deflection strength, and stress sensitivity. Equal portion of cellulose and basalt fiber has the best moisture damage resistance. …”
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A semi-supervised deep neuro-fuzzy iterative learning system for automatic segmentation of hippocampus brain MRI by M Nisha, T Kannan, K Sivasankari

“…Based on the analysis of results reported in the experimental section, the proposed scheme in the Semi-Supervised Deep Neuro-Fuzzy Iterative Learning System (SS-DNFIL) achieved a 0.97 Dice coefficient, a 0.93 Jaccard coefficient, a 0.95 sensitivity (true positive rate), a 0.97 specificity (true negative rate), a false positive value of 0.09 and a 0.08 false negative value when compared to existing approaches. …”
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Attention-Based CNN Fusion Model for Emotion Recognition During Walking Using Discrete Wavelet Transform on EEG and Inertial Signals by Yan Zhao, Ming Guo, Xiangyong Chen, Jianqiang Sun, Jianlong Qiu

“…In addition, the multi-modal signals acquired from EEG and inertial sensors are separately represented as virtual emotion images by discrete wavelet transform (DWT). …”
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The link between the atherogenic index of plasma and the risk of hypertension: Analysis from NHANES 2017-2020. by Kaiyou Liu, Qingwei Ji, Shaoming Qin, Ling Liu, Hongwei Zhang, Huating Huang, Guihua Li, Junjun Chen

“…Subgroup analyses, interactions, and sensitivity analyses were also conducted.<h4>Results</h4>The study included 7,067 participants who were sourced from the NHANES database. …”
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Phytoconstituent analysis, bioactivity, and safety evaluation of various colors of Chrysanthemum morifolium flower extracts for cosmetic application by Angsana Neatpatiparn, Varaporn Buraphacheep Junyaprasert, Krit Thirapanmethee, Veerawat Teeranachaideekul

“…Safety evaluations confirmed that the extracts did not induce skin irritation or sensitization. These preliminary findings suggest the potential of C. morifolium flower extracts, particularly from yellow and purple varieties, as a promising ingredient in plant-based formulations. …”
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Machine Learning Model for Imbalanced Cholera Dataset in Tanzania by Judith Leo, Edith Luhanga, Kisangiri Michael

“…Adaptive Synthetic Sampling Approach (ADASYN) and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) were used to the restore sampling balance and dimensional of the dataset. In addition, sensitivity, specificity, and balanced-accuracy metrics were used to evaluate the performance of the seven models. …”
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Effect of D-Panthenol on Corneal Epithelial Healing after Surface Laser Ablation by Islam Mahmoud Hamdi

“…Rate of healing (% of covered area) and subjective sensation of discomfort (scale 0–5) were assessed in the 1st 3 visits. …”
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Evaluation of the Diagnostic Performance of Physical Examination Combined with Transvaginal Ultrasonography in Patients with Endometriosis by Talha Tiryaki, Tolga Karacan, Seyma Yesiralioglu, Eser Ozyurek, Huseyin Kiyak, Engin Oral

“… Objective: Owing to its high sensitivity and specificity, and because it is widely available, transvaginal ultrasonography is the first-line imaging test of choice used for the diagnosis of endometriosis. …”
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Data Homogeneity Effect in Deep Learning-Based Prediction of Type 1 Diabetic Retinopathy by Jui-En Lo, Eugene Yu-Chuan Kang, Yun-Nung Chen, Yi-Ting Hsieh, Nan-Kai Wang, Ta-Ching Chen, Kuan-Jen Chen, Wei-Chi Wu, Yih-Shiou Hwang, Fu-Sung Lo, Chi-Chun Lai

“…The model performance in predicting DR was evaluated using testing images from each dataset, and area under the curve (AUC), sensitivity, and specificity were calculated. The model trained using the Kaggle dataset had an average (range) AUC of 0.74 (0.03) and 0.87 (0.01) in the testing Kaggle and T1D datasets, respectively. …”
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The association between neonatal mortality and ventilator association pneumonia by Mai El-Sayad Abd El-Hamid, Marwa Fekry Hassan, Mohamed Zaeim Hafez, Mohamed E. EL-Refaey, Wael A. Khattab, Khaled Saleh Ali Elhamaky, Ahmed F. Abdel Ghany, Shymaa Sobhy Menshawy Khalifa

“…Using a cutoff birth weight of 1.70 kg, there was 84.4% sensitivity and 64% specificity for predicting the onset of ventilator-associated pneumonia with high accuracy.Conclusion VAP is a major cause of illness; it has a high incidence among neonates on MV. …”
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3-bromo-4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-7-methoxy-2H-chromen-2-one inhibits allergic reactions in IgE-mediated RBL-2H3 cells and a passive cutaneous anaphylaxis mouse model by Moonsu Kim, Huiji Kim, Sun Young Moon, Seong-Ah Shin, Minji Kim, Seyeon Choi, Sugeun Gwon, Jun Hyuck Lee, Hyun Ho Park, Chang Sup Lee

“…In this study, we investigated the anti-allergic effects of the coumarin derivative 3-bromo-4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-7-methoxy-2H-chromen-2-one in rat basophilic leukemia (RBL)-2H3 cells sensitized to dinitrophenyl (DNP)-immunoglobulin E (IgE) and human serum albumin (HSA). …”
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Effect of traditional Chinese exercise on abnormal lipid metabolism in patients with atherosclerosis: a protocol for meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials by Chen Wang, Peizhen Zhang, Yuting Yang

“…Lipid metabolism is the primary outcome indicator. Data synthesis, sensitivity analysis, regression analysis, subgroup analysis and risk bias evaluation will be performed using RevMan V.5.3 software. …”
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One-pot fabrication of highly porous morphology of ferric oxide-ferric oxychloride/poly-O-chloroaniline nanocomposite seeded on poly-1H pyrrole: Photocathode for green hydrogen gen... by Rabia Mohamed, Alnuwaiser Maha Abdallah

“…Furthermore, the photocathode demonstrates excellent sensitivity to various photon energies across wavelengths ranging from 730 to 340 nm, achieving J ph values of −0.0145 and −0.012 mA/cm2, respectively. …”
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Association between living arrangements, social support, and depression among middle-aged and older adults: a mediation analysis from the CHARLS survey by Fenghua Jin, Yixuan Hu

“…Mediation analyses revealed that 2.7% (95% CI, −1.1% to 6.5%) of the relationship between living arrangements and depression was mediated by social support. Sensitivity analyses by varying definitions of living alone or limiting analysis in the elderly population yielded consistent results.ConclusionsLow social support did not mediate the association between living status and depression. …”
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Blood levels of cytokines highlight the role of inflammation in Alzheimer's disease by Lorenzo Campanelli, Pablo Galeano, Federico A. Prestia, Carolina Cuesta, Maria C. Dalmasso, María Flores-López, Cristian Gona, Nicolás Irureta, Claudia Kairiyama, Julieta Lisso, Antonio Jesús López-Gambero, Ines Mintz, Nancy Medel, Karen S. Campuzano, Carolina Muchnik, Gisela V. Novack, Natividad Olivar, Ivana Quiroga, Nerea Requena-Ocaña, Jose Antonio Reyes-Bueno, Pedro Serrano-Castro, Zulma Sevillano, Patricia Solis, Juan Suárez, Ivana Villella, Nancy Wukitsevits, Eduardo M. Castaño, Fernando Taragano, Silvia Kochen, Daniel G. Politis, Luis I. Brusco, Fernando Rodríguez de Fonseca, Laura Morelli

“…Non-parametric MANCOVA showed that sex and diagnosis affected cytokine levels in the blood. To determine the sensitivity and specificity of the markers, we performed receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. …”
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