Socially interactive industrial robots: a PAD model of flow for emotional co-regulation by Fabrizio Nunnari, Dimitra Tsovaltzi , Matteo Lavit Nicora , Matteo Lavit Nicora , Sebastian Beyrodt , Pooja Prajod , Lara Chehayeb , Ingrid Brdar , Antonella Delle Fave , Luca Negri , Elisabeth André, Patrick Gebhard , Matteo Malosio 

“…The proposed post-processing method helps quantify the parameters needed to control the frequency of intervention of the agent; still leaving the experimenter with a run-time adjustable global control of its sensitivity. A controlled empirical study (Study 1, N = 20), tested the model’s main theoretical assumptions about Flow, Dominance, Self-Efficacy, and boredom, to legitimate its implementation in this context. …”
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TG : HDL-C Ratio Is a Good Marker to Identify Children Affected by Obesity with Increased Cardiometabolic Risk and Insulin Resistance by Ahmad Kamil Nur Zati Iwani, Muhammad Yazid Jalaludin, Ruziana Mona Wan Mohd Zin, Md Zain Fuziah, Janet Yeow Hua Hong, Yahya Abqariyah, Abdul Halim Mokhtar, Wan Nazaimoon Wan Mohamud

“…Overall, TG : HDL-C ratio demonstrated higher sensitivity (42.7% vs. 12.9%) but lower specificity (74.8% vs. 93.2%) than MetS in identifying IR, either in HOMA-IR ≥2.6 for prepubertal children or HOMA-IR ≥4 for pubertal children. …”
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Levels of blood pressure, cardiovascular biomarkers and their correlations in women with previous pre-eclamptic pregnancy within 7 years postpartum: a cross-sectional study in Thai... by Tippawan Liabsuetrakul, Annetine Staff, Jarawee Sukmanee, Penkae Rothmanee, Wilaiwan Sriwimol

“…Eligible women were interviewed, examined for body mass index (BMI) and blood pressure, and donated morning spot urine and blood samples.Primary outcome measures Serum high-sensitivity C reactive protein, creatinine, fasting blood glucose (FBS), glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c), low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, urine microalbumin to creatinine ratio (UACR) and sodium were measured. …”
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Exploring postpartum women’s experiences, perspectives, and expectations in maternal health care at a Chinese maternity care center: a qualitative study by Xiaoqian Zhang, Yang Liu, Tang Li, Frank Buntinx, Mieke Vermandere

“…These results highlight the importance of culturally sensitive care tailored to the societal and cultural contexts of postpartum women in China. …”
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Exploring expressed concerns and uncanny feeling in patients with shortness of breath calling out-of-hours primary care by Michelle Spek, Dorien L. Zwart, Esther de Groot, Michelle R. Timmerman, Maarten van Smeden, Daphne C. A. Erkelens, Anna S. M. Dobbe, Mathé Delissen, Frans H. Rutten, Roderick P. Venekamp

“…Furthermore, this could be used to investigate how triage nurses may become more sensitive to what the patient is feeling but not explicitly saying such as by paying special attention to paralanguage. …”
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Modulating tumor-associated macrophages through CSF1R inhibition: a potential therapeutic strategy for HNSCC by Kaiting Chen, Xiaochen Li, Shuyi Dong, Yu Guo, Ziyin Luo, Shi-Min Zhuang, Jie Liu, Tianrun Liu, Jing Liao, Weiping Wen

“…Depending on the context, TAMs can either suppress tumor progression and weaken drug sensitivity or facilitate tumor growth and drive therapeutic resistance. …”
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Umbilical cord care practices and associated factors among mothers who gave birth in the last six months in hetosa district, Arsi zone, Ethiopia 2021: Community-based mixed design by Genat Balcha Abdi, Bekalu Kassie Alemu, Tensae KassaYizengaw, Beker Ahmed Hussein

“…To improve this, policies and strategies should focus on women's education, encouraging institutional delivery and family planning use among aged mothers, and health education during ANC visits and addressing community beliefs through culturally sensitive health promotion strategies particularly focusing on older mothers and traditional birth attendants to improve cord care practices.…”
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Assessment of Risk of Malignancy and Concordance in Salivary Gland Cytopathology Using the Milan System of Reporting, with Emphasis on Angiogenesis by Pranita Mohanty, Sonali Kar, Surabhi Singh

“…The analysis showed a positive predictive value, negative predictive value, sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of 93%, 90%, 66.3%, 98.4%, and 90.4%, respectively. …”
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Viral load suppression rate of third-line antiretroviral therapy and its association with gender among HIV patients after second-line treatment failure in Africa: a systematic revi... by Tilahun Degu Tsega, Sintayehu Simie Tsega, Asaye Alamneh Gebeyehu, Getaneh Atikilt Yemata, Rahel Mulatie Anteneh, Almaw Genet Yeshiwas, Getasew Yirdaw, Chalachew Yenew, Anley Shiferaw Enawgaw, Amare Genetu Ejigu, Ahmed Fentaw Ahmed, Zeamanuel Anteneh Yigzaw, Berhanu Abebaw Mekonnen, Meron Asmamaw Alemayehu, Abathun Temesgen, Abebaw Molla, Habitamu Mekonen, Assefa Andargie Kassa, Gashaw Melkie Bayeh

“…Meta-regression, subgroup and sensitivity analyses were also performed. The odds ratio with a 95% confidence interval was used to assess the association of gender with the viral load suppression rate in patients on third-line antiretroviral therapy. …”
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Spatiotemporal Characteristics of Extreme Precipitation and Its Future Trend Analysis in Huaihe River Basin by GUO Wei, YE Wen, ZHU Xuchao, WU Wei, WANG Lu, GAO Huamin, ZHANG Haiming, SHI Shaohui

“…As a typical extreme climate event, extreme precipitation is more sensitive to climate change. To investigate the extreme precipitation change characteristics in the Huaihe River Basin in history (1961‒2022) and in the future, this paper employs historical observation precipitation data from meteorological stations, CMIP6 model simulations, and atmospheric circulation observation data. …”
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Efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine Cordyceps sinensis as an adjunctive treatment in patients with renal dysfunction: a systematic-review and meta-analysis by Fenfang Wu, Chunhua Xu, Xinlei Si, Fei He, Kang Xu, Yu Zhang, Shan Lin

“…We pooled estimated the sensitivity, specificity as well as DOR from patient-based analyses with 0.89 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.84–0.93), 0.69 (95% CI: 0.59–0.77) and 18.0 (95% CI: 8.0–39.0), respectively. …”
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Total Organic Carbon Analysis of Residual Contaminants in Bioreactor Equipment: A Cleaning Verification Study using Surface Swabbing by Ciara E. Fitzpatrick, James J. Roche

“…Total organic carbon (TOC) analysis is a fast, highly sensitive, and inexpensive analytical technique commonly used to evaluate the approximate level of organic contamination. …”
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Deteksi Cepat Kadar Alkohol Pada Minuman Kopi dengan Metode Dielektrik dan Jaringan Syaraf Tiruan by Sucipto Sucipto, Yuyun Rohmawati, Dyah Ayu Widyaningrum, Danang Triagus Setiyawan

“…The results showed that liqueur coffee are capacitive and even resistive. Sensitivity analysis with bioelectric properties as input (inductance, capacitance, resistance, and impedance) and alcohol and also pH as output obtained the best ANN topology, 4-10-30-2. …”
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Association of lung health and cardiovascular health (Life’s Essential 8) by Wanjia Zhang, Menglong Zou, Junyao Liang, Dexu Zhang, Man Zhou, Hui Feng, Chusen Tang, Jie Xiao, Zhan Yi, Yin Xu

“…RCS analyses demonstrated a non-linear negative correlation between LE8 and cough, sputum, and wheeze. Subgroup and sensitivity analysis suggested stability.ConclusionLife’s Essential 8 (LE8) scores are positively associated with lung health in the US population. …”
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A Prospective Study of Lumbar Facet Arthroplasty in the Treatment of Degenerative Spondylolisthesis and Stenosis: Early Cost-effective Assessment from the Total Posterior Spine Sys... by Jared D. Ament, Amir Vokshoor, Yaser Badr, Todd Lanman, Kee D. Kim, J. Patrick Johnson

“…Scenario, probabilistic, and threshold sensitivity analyses were conducted to determine model discrimination and calibration. …”
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Comparison of the efficacy of seven non-surgical methods combined with mechanical debridement in peri-implantitis and peri-implant mucositis: A network meta-analysis. by Yingjie Bai, Shengao Qin, Bingshuai Lu, Weiyi Wang, Guowu Ma

“…Network meta-analyses include network plots, paired comparison forest plots, league tables, funnel plots, surface under the cumulative ranking area (SUCRA) plots, and sensitivity analysis plots. The results showed that, for peri-implantitis, PBMT +MD demonstrated the highest effect in improving PPD (SUCRA = 75.3%), SA +MD showed the highest effect in improving CAL (SUCRA = 87.4%, SMD = 2.20, and 95% CI: 0.38 to 4.02) and MBL (SUCRA = 99.9%, SMD = 3.92, and 95% CI. 2.90 to 4.93), compared to MD alone. …”
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Prevalence of Salmonella and Shigella species and their multidrug resistance patterns among pediatric populations in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Mihret Tilahun, Melaku Ashagrie Belete, Alemu Gedefie, Habtu Debash, Ermiyas Alemayehu, Daniel Gebretsadik Weldehana, Hussein Ebrahim, Ousman Mohammed, Bruktawit Eshetu, Saba Gebremichael Tekele, Zewudu Mulatie, Agumas Shibabaw

“…Publication bias was assessed using a funnel plot and Egger’s test. In addition, sensitivity analysis was performed to determine the impact of individual studies on the pooled effect size. …”
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Foetal cerebral blood redistribution in idiopathic polyhydramnios and the impact on perinatal outcomes by Inshirah Sgayer, Yousef Haddad, Yara Nakhleh Francis, Ruba Tuma, Lior Lowenstein, Marwan Odeh

“…Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis indicated a significant association of MCA-PI with emergent CD/operative delivery for foetal distress (area under curve = 0.672, p = 0.031); the sensitivity was 46.7% and specificity 82.3%. Cerebroplacental ratio values were not associated with adverse perinatal outcomes.Conclusions Idiopathic polyhydramnios might be associated with foetal cerebral blood flow redistribution, potentially contributing to an increased risk of adverse neonatal outcomes. …”
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Early Changes in [18F]FDG Uptake as a Readout for PI3K/Akt/mTOR Targeted Drugs in HER-2-Positive Cancer Xenografts by Yanina Dockx, Christel Vangestel, Tim Van den Wyngaert, Manon Huizing, Sven De Bruycker, Patrick Pauwels, Steven Staelens, Sigrid Stroobants

“…CD-1 nude mice were inoculated with HER-2-overexpressing JIMT1 (trastuzumab-resistant) or SKOV3 (trastuzumab-sensitive) human cancer cells. Animals were treated with trastuzumab, everolimus (mTOR inhibitor), PIK90 (PI3K inhibitor), saline, or combination therapy. [18F]FDG scans were performed at baseline, two, and seven days after the start of the therapy. …”
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Diagnostic accuracy of calculated serum osmolarity to predict dehydration in older people: adding value to pathology laboratory reports by Lee Shepstone, John F Potter, Lee Hooper, Asmaa Abdelhamid, Amy Jennings, Paul R Hunter, W Garry John, Neil P Walsh, Adam Ali, Diane K Bunn, Susan Kerry, Gregor Lindner, Carmen A Pfortmueller, Fredrik Sjöstrand, Susan J Fairweather-Tait

“…Given costs and prevalence of dehydration in older people we suggest use of the best formula by pathology laboratories using a cutpoint of 295 mOsm/L (sensitivity 85%, specificity 59%), to report dehydration risk opportunistically when serum glucose, urea and electrolytes are measured for other reasons in older adults.Trial registration numbers: DRIE: Research Register for Social Care, 122273; NU-AGE: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01754012.…”
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