The Feasibility and Acceptability of a Community Science Approach to Explore Infant Formula Preparation Safety in the Home by Sara Jones, Jonie Cooper, Abbie Dolling, Tara McNamara, Susan Dvorak, Vicky Sibson, Amy Brown, Emma Yhnell, Phyll Buchanan, Sharon Breward, Rebecca Ellis, Aimee Grant

“…Researchers must also mitigate harm to community scientists arising from their involvement in investigating sensitive topics. Existing research contexts created barriers, so in practice, more funding is needed to facilitate CS.…”
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A gender-based review of workplace violence amongst the global health workforce-A scoping review of the literature. by Sioban Nelson, Basnama Ayaz, Andrea L Baumann, Graham Dozois

“…Younger age, less experience, shifting duties, specific clinical settings, lower professional status, organizational hierarchy, and minority status were found to be sensitive to gender, reflecting women's structural disadvantages in the workplace. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of metacognitive therapy for cardiac rehabilitation participants with symptoms of anxiety and/or depression: analysis of a randomised controlled trial by David Reeves, Calvin Heal, Patrick Joseph Doherty, Gemma E Shields, Adrian Wells, Lora Capobianco, Anthony Heagerty, Deborah Buck, Linda M Davies, Elizabeth Camacho

“…Uncertainty was explored by probabilistic bootstrapping. Sensitivity analyses tested the impact of the study design and assumptions on the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio.Results In the primary cost-effectiveness analysis, MCT intervention was dominant, with a cost-saving (net cost −£219; 95% CI −£1446, £1007) and QALY gains (net QALY 0.015; 95% CI −0.015, 0.045). …”
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Assessment of relationships between epigenetic age acceleration and multiple sclerosis: a bidirectional mendelian randomization study by Hongwei Liu, Hanqing Zhang, Zhaoxu Yin, Miaomiao Hou

“…We applied the inverse-variance weighted approach as our main method for Mendelian randomization, with additional sensitivity analyses to explore underlying heterogeneity and pleiotropy. …”
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Making stereopsis related to the ability of ocular deviation: a new paradigm for assessment of intermittent exotropia by Jian-Bing Li, Wan-Ting Kong, Tao Shen, Yong-Guang Yuan, Chong-Lin Chen, Dan-Min Peng, Min-Tong Liang, Xuan He, Dan Luo, Jia-Yi Su, Wei Wang, Rui-Xin Wang, Xin-Ping Yu

“…This expands our understanding of current tests and offers a potentially sensitive method for assessing IXT severity.…”
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An indirect ELISA for the detection of antibodies against Dirofilaria spp. in cats by Lívia Perles, Mariaelisa Carbonara, Jairo Alfonso Mendoza-Roldan, Luigi Venco, Simona Gabrielli, Domenico Otranto

“…Methods Serum samples from cats positive for D. immitis, D. repens, bronchopulmonary metastrongylids and gastrointestinal helminths as well as negative sera were tested to evaluate the sensitivity (Se) and specificity (Sp). Three different antigen concentrations (2, 3 and 4 μg/ml) and two concentrations of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) IgG anti-cat conjugate (1:10,000 and 1:20,000) were used to screen the optimal titration of the test. …”
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Obesity Cut-Off Points Using Prepregnancy Body Mass Index according to Cardiometabolic Conditions in Pregnancy by Renata O. Neves, Alexandre da S. Rocha, Bruna O. de Vargas, Daniela C. Kretzer, Salete de Matos, Marcelo Z. Goldani, Lisia von Diemen, José A. de A. Magalhães, Juliana R. Bernardi

“…The area under the curve and confidence interval values from receiver operator curves were generated to identify the optimal cut-off points using prepregnancy BMI with better sensitivity and specificity. Results. Data on 218 pregnancies were analyzed, with 57.9% (n=124) being classified as overweight/obese, 11% (n=24) with GDM, 6.9% (n=15) with preeclampsia, and 11.0% (n=24) with gestational hypertension. …”
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Simulation of β-induced Alfvén eigenmode instabilities and mode transition for HL-3 hybrid scenario by Yunpeng Zou, Vincent S Chan, Yasushi Todo, Ruirui Ma, Miao Xue, Xiaoran Zhang, Yiren Zhu, Wei Chen

“…Focusing on the n = 2 mode, sensitivity analysis indicates that mode activity and transition depend on the EP pressure, injected energy, and q -profile. …”
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Students with disabilities in higher education call for personal empowerment, equitable inclusive systems, and individualized accommodations by Paul A. Bartolo, Michelle Borg, Anne-Marie Callus, Liberato Camilleri, Alistair De Gaetano, Marchita Mangiafico, Edward Mazzacano D'Amato, Carmen Sammut, Ramona Vella Vidal, Jonathan Vincent

“…Secondly, students called for the teaching system to be more pedagogically effective and sensitive to diverse student needs and for their involvement in the development of appropriate facilities for students. …”
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Downscaling of ERA5 reanalysis land surface temperature based on attention mechanism and Google Earth Engine by Shiyu Li, Hong Wan, Qun Yu, Xinyuan Wang

“…Abstract Land Surface Temperature (LST) is widely recognized as a sensitive indicator of climate change, and it plays a significant role in ecological research. …”
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Seizures elicited by transcorneal 6 Hz stimulation in developing rats. by Pavel Mareš, Cameron S Metcalf, Jiří Baloun, Hana Kubová

“…Females tended to be more sensitive to the stimulation with lower currents than males. …”
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Revealing intra- and inter-container fruit quality heterogeneity within overseas refrigerated container shipments using a physics-based digital twin by Celine Verreydt, Tarl Berry, Leo Lukasse, Deniz Turan, Paul Cronje, Thijs Defraeye

“…Supply air temperature sensor data of shipments from South Africa to Europe and Asia, as well as the fruit packaging type, were fed to the digital twin. …”
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Photochemical activity in developing pea (<i>Pisum sativum</i> L.) cotyledons depends on the light transmittance of covering tissues and the spectral composition of light by G. N. Smolikova, N. V. Stepanova, A. M. Kamionskaya, S. S. Medvedev

“…We assessed the light transmittance of plant tissues by placing the plant tissue between the light source and the spectroradiometer’s sensor. PAM fluorometry was used to quantify the photochemical activity in plant tissues: this technique is handy for evaluating the efficiency of converting light energy into chemical energy through the analysis of the kinetics of chlorophyll fluorescence excitation and quenching. …”
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Stage-dependent changes in culture medium osmolality promote porcine oocyte maturation in vitro by Lixiang Liu, Lixiang Liu, Yu Tang, Yu Tang, Jing Shao, Jing Shao, Bingfeng Fan, Bingfeng Fan, Yifeng Yang, Yifeng Yang, Ying Zhang, Ying Zhang, Xiangyuan Zhao, Xiangyuan Zhao, Hailong Xue, Hailong Xue, Huimin Sun, Huimin Sun, Xulin Zhang, Xulin Zhang, Yushi Zhang, Yushi Zhang, Baozeng Xu, Baozeng Xu

“…IntroductionEarly preimplantation embryos of mammals exhibit pronounced sensitivity to hyperosmotic conditions, which results in an embryonic developmental block. …”
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Documentation of lead exposure-associated comorbidity among 4538 workers in China by Qian Hua, Pingyang Zhang, Yong Yang, Jingchao Ren, Shouming Cui, Yuxin Yang, Loulou Cai, Jia Ding, Shouyuan Cui, Mingyang Gao, David C. Christiani, William Au, Yanchun Ma, Zhongjun Du, Guang-hui Zhang, Zhao-lin Xia

“…The RCS curve analysis revealed a nonlinear relationship between BLC and risk of comorbidity (p-overall < 0.001, and p-nonlinear < 0.001). Sensitivity analysis further confirmed the dose–response relationship between BLC and the risk of developing comorbidities. …”
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Role of hepatocyte RIPK1 in maintaining liver homeostasis during metabolic challenges by Weigao Zhang, Hu Liu, Danyang Zhang, Yuguo Yi, Liang Tao, Yunfeng Zhu, Shuxian Huang, Xunan Zhao, Qianchao Shao, Peiqi Li, Yiwen Weng, Wei Lu, Jianfa Zhang, Haibing Zhang, Yuxin Chen, Dan Weng

“…Our results demonstrated that hepatocyte-specific deficiency of RIPK1 sensitized the liver to short-term fasting-induced liver injury and hepatocyte apoptosis in both male and female mice. …”
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Susceptibility map-weighted MRI can distinguish tremor-dominant Parkinson’s disease from essential tremor by Sungyang Jo, Chong Hyun Suh, Sangjin Lee, Jihyun Lee, MyungKi Yoon, Hwon Heo, Woo Hyun Shim, Sang Joon Kim, Eung Yeop Kim, Sun Ju Chung

“…SMwI discriminated between tremor-dominant PD and ET with a sensitivity and specificity of 100% and 96.3%, respectively. 18F-FP-CIT PET revealed normal findings in 4/5 patients with ET who had false-positive results on SMwI. …”
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A Reliable Generative Adversarial Network Approach for Climate Downscaling and Weather Generation by Neelesh Rampal, Peter B. Gibson, Steven Sherwood, Gab Abramowitz, Sanaa Hobeichi

“…The skill of cGANs is highly sensitive to a hyperparameter known as the weight of the adversarial loss (λadv), where the value of λadv required for accurate results varies with season and performance metric, casting doubt on the reliability of cGANs as usually implemented. …”
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Applying the photovoice method with adolescents in mining areas in rural Mozambique: critical reflections and lessons learned by Olga Cambaco, Hermínio Cossa, Andrea Farnham, Eusébio Macete, Mirko S. Winkler, Karin Gross, Khátia Munguambe

“…There is a recognised need for innovative methods to elicit the perspective of adolescents on public health issues, particularly when addressing sensitive topics such as the impact of mining projects on their health. …”
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Rapid Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson’s Disease: A Pilot Study by YanHong Dong, Way Inn Koay, Leonard Leong Litt Yeo, Christopher Li-Hsian Chen, Jing Xu, Raymond Chee Seong Seet, Erle Chuen Hian Lim

“…Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of NINDS-CSN 5-minute protocol was statistically equivalent to MoCA and larger than MMSE (0.86 versus 0.90, P=0.07; 0.86 versus 0.76, P=0.03). The sensitivity of NINDS-CSN 5-minute protocol (<9) was statistically equivalent to MoCA (<22) (0.77 versus 0.85, P=0.13) and superior to MMSE (<24) (0.77 versus 0.52, P<0.01) in detecting CI, while the specificity of NINDS-CSN 5-minute protocol (<9) was statistically equivalent to MoCA (<22) and MMSE (<24) (0.78 versus 0.88, P=0.34). …”
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