Effect of Community-Based Occupational Therapy on Health-Related Quality of Life and Engagement in Meaningful Activities of Women with Breast Cancer by Daiva Petruseviciene, Deive Surmaitiene, Daiva Baltaduoniene, Egle Lendraitiene

“…We aimed to evaluate the short-term effects of community-based occupational therapy on health-related quality of life and engagement in meaningful activities among women with breast cancer. …”
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Distribution of morphological traits in ornamental peach cultivars according to their priority by L. D. Komar-Tyomnaya

“…This allowed us to adjust the tables of morphological characters for describing ornamental peach cultivars when they are assessed for their distinctness, and add new data, namely: 25 new traits with a set of grades and 22 new grades of tree, shoot and flower descriptors, which were absent in the peach testing guidelines of the Russian State Commission and UPOV (1995); 31 traits and 23 grades were added to the new UPOV Guidelines; and 1 trait and 16 new grades to the Expert Examination Methods for Ornamental Peach Varieties. …”
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Structuring ampelographic collections by phenotypic characteristics and comparing the reaction of grape varieties to climate change by L. Yu. Novikova, L. G. Naumova

“…The V. vinifera × V. labrusca hybrids are distinguished by the highest growth  rate of the bunch  mass caused  by a reduction in the duration of active growth  and a decrease in the percentage of fruit-bearing shoots.  A higher  reduction rate of the production period  and a decrease in acidity were observed in later varieties. …”
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Impact of Digital Divide on The Growth and Development of Small and Medium Enterprises in Kabale District: A Case Study of Kigezi Private Sector Promotion Centre Limited. by Kembabazi, Evaline

“…The study used a cross-sectional survey design since this allows one to conduct the study within a short period of me as opposed to a longitudinal approach. …”
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Deep Learning-Based Speech Emotion Recognition Using Multi-Level Fusion of Concurrent Features by Samuel, Kakuba, Alwin, Poulose, Dong, Seog Han, Senior Member, Ieee

“…The proposed CoSTGA model uses a combination of dilated causal convolutions (DCC), bidirectional long short-term memory (BiLSTM), transformer encoders (TE), multi-head and self-attention mechanisms. …”
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New Information and Communication Technologies for climate services: Evidence from farmers in Ada East District, Ghana by Rebecca Sarku, Famous Addi, Emmanuel M.N.A.N. Attoh

“…For instance, telecommunications companies can offer discounted data plans for accessing CIS or collaborate with the Ghana Meteorological Agency to disseminate free weather updates via short message service (SMS).The adoption of new ICTs in agriculture opens up new markets for businesses. …”
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Détermination du statut du Chimpanzé, Pan troglodytes verus, dans une zone non protégée de savane boisée à Bagnomba, Sénégal : Implication pour sa conservation by Papa Ibnou Ndiaye, Landing Badji, Stacy Marie Lindshield, Cheikh Tidiane Bâ, Jill Pruetz

“…Les particularités écologiques des habitats du chimpanzé dans cette zone (relief, végétation, disponibilité d’aliments, entre autres) associées à leur caractère sacré par les populations locales constituent des atouts qui favoriseraient la conservation des chimpanzés dans cette zone si des mesures idoines de protection étaient prises. …”
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Charlson comorbidity index has no incremental value for mortality risk prediction in nursing home residents with COVID-19 disease by Anum Zahra, Maarten van Smeden, Petra J. M. Elders, Jan Festen, Jacobijn Gussekloo, Karlijn J. Joling, Anouk van Loon, Kim Luijken, René J. F. Melis, Simon P. Mooijaart, Karel G. M. Moons, Geeske Peeters, Harmke A. Polinder-Bos, Fenne Wouters, Anne de Hond

“…Conclusion The addition of the CCI as a vulnerability indicator did not improve short-term mortality prediction in NH residents. …”
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Robotic-assisted left thoracic small-incision minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting: a case series report by HE Peiling, SONG Yi, YUAN Ye

“…Conclusion‍　‍Robotic-assisted internal mammary artery dissection is a delicate and safe technique， and coronary artery bypass grafting in minimally invasive small-incision off-pump is effective， safe and feasible， with satisfactory short- and mid-term outcomes. The technique is suitable for minimally invasive coronary artery disease surgery and is worthy of popularization and application. …”
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Characterization and Selection of WiFi Channel State Information Features for Human Activity Detection in a Smart Public Transportation System by Roya Alizadeh, Yvon Savaria, Chahe Nerguizian

“…Our method first extracts multi-dimensional features using a Short-Time Fourier Transform (STFT) of CSI data to capture the relevant signal features. …”
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Valutazione della fatica in pazienti affetti da Long Covid: valutazione delle qualità psicometriche della Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS). by Matteo Tamburlani, Tiziana Trequattrini, Simona Rossi, Maria Cristina Zappa, Rossana Cuscito, Leonardo Papi, Arianna Colelli, Giovanni Galeoto, Ilaria Ruotolo, Fabrizio Ciaralli, Annamaria Servadio

“…I risultati relativi alla validità di costrutto hanno mostrato una correlazione statisticamente significativa tra salute fisica e fatica. CONCLUSIONI FSS è uno strumento valido e affidabile per la valutazione della fatica nei pazienti con Long Covid. …”
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Battling time restrictions with collective discourse: collaborative quizzes in a condensed human anatomy course by Zi Guo, Natascha Heise

“…During the four collaborative quizzes, medical and medical masters student groups rotated through twenty dissected donor stations, each containing a short clinical or anatomy-related multiple-choice question formatted in NBME style. …”
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Quality of life, pain, depression, fatigue and sleep in patients with remission or mild fibromyalgia: a comparison with remission or low disease activity rheumatoid arthritis and h... by Yidan Wang, Pengxiao Liu, Zihao Li, Shiya Wu, Meijuan Long, Yang Li, Juan Jiao, Zheng Xie

“…Methods This cross-sectional study evaluated a total of 266 RFM and 252 RRA patients and 50 HCs using Revised Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQR), Widespread Pain Index (WPI), Pain Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Numerical Rating Scale, Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI-20), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and Short Form-36 Health Status Questionnaire (SF-36). …”
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Application of Overlap Gastroduodenostomy in Billroth I Anastomosis after Totally Laparoscopic Distal Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer by Guojun Chen, Wenhuan Li, Weihua Yu, Dong Cen, Xianfa Wang, Peng Luo, Jiafei Yan, Guofu Chen, Yiping Zhu, Linhua Zhu

“…In this study, we compared the short-term outcomes of DSGD and OGD in total laparoscopic distal gastrectomy (TLDG). …”
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Psychometric Validation of the Persian Version of Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale (MHLC-C) for Menopausal Women by Khadijeh Khademi, Mohammad Hossein Kaveh, Mahin Nazari, Abdolrahim Asadollahi

“…This study aimed to assess the validity and reliability of the Persian version of the short form Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale (MHLC) in Iranian menopausal women and explore its interrelationships. …”
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Persistent depressive symptom trajectory is associated with cognitive impairment: a population-based longitudinal study of aging in Taiwan by Hsiao-Chen Lin, Wai-Lam Lao, Te-Chia Tseng, Chih-Jung Yeh

“…Depressive symptom trajectories were analyzed using the 10-item Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression scale, and cognitive function was assessed using the Short Portable Mental State Questionnaire. Logistic regression models were adjusted for various covariates such as sociodemographic, lifestyle, and health-related variables. …”
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Eco-optimizing rice-wheat system of Eastern Indo-Gangetic plains of India through resource conservation technologies: insights from field experiments and modeling by K. Srikanth Reddy, K. Srikanth Reddy, C. M. Parihar, P. Panneerselvam, Ayan Sarkar, Hari Sankar Nayak, Hari Sankar Nayak, Kiranmoy Patra, D. R. Sena, G. Sreeja Reddy, Alok Sinha, Sneha Bharadwaj, Sunil Kumar, Virender Kumar

“…In eastern India, the rice-wheat cropping system (RWCS) faces challenges like poverty, fragmented landholdings, and resource overexploitation, with smallholder farmers prioritizing short-term gains through excessive water and nitrogen use. …”
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Development and validation of a prognostic model for critically ill type 2 diabetes patients in ICU based on composite inflammatory indicators by Lin Liu, Yan-Bo Zhao, Zhuo-Ting Cheng, Ya-Hui Li, Yang Liu

“…The levels of eight inflammatory indicators were significantly correlated with short-term prognosis in critically ill patients with T2DM (P < 0.05 for all). …”
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Side-Stream Based Marine Solubles From Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) Modulate Appetite and Dietary Nutrient Utilization in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.) and can Replace Fish Meal by Hanne Jorun Sixten, Ivar Rønnestad, André S. Bogevik, Tone Aspevik, Åge Oterhals, Ana S. Gomes, Floriana Lai, Ingvill Tolås, Virginie Gelebard, Marie Hillestad, Katerina Kousoulaki

“…However, in the brain, a short-time upregulation of agouti-related protein-1 (agrp1), corresponded to higher cumulative feed intake (FI) for the FM10 diet supporting notions that this may be a candidate biomarker for appetite in salmon. …”
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Does Health System Responsiveness Differ between Insured and Uninsured Outpatients in Primary Health Care Facilities in Asagirt District, Ethiopia? A Cross-Sectional Study by Wubshet Debebe Negash, Asmamaw Atnafu, Desale Bihonegn Asmamaw, Chalie Tadie Tsehay

“…Responsiveness was measured using the short version of the World Health Organization’s multicountry responsiveness survey, which has seven dimensions including autonomy, communication, confidentiality, attention, dignity, choice, and amenities. …”
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