Unequal ageing: the quality of life of senior citizens in the EU before and after COVID-19. A multidimensional approach by Elżbieta Roszko-Wójtowicz, Klaudia Przybysz, Agnieszka Stanimir

“…The analysis includes 27 EU member states and uses both descriptive and inferential statistical methods to evaluate trends and disparities. Cross-sectional analysis was applied to examine the impact of differing social policies, levels of social security, access to healthcare, and economic strength across these countries.ResultsThe analysis reveals significant disparities in the quality of life among seniors across EU countries, with pronounced differences between regions. …”
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About relevance of fundamentalisation of mathematical training of students of the pedagogical directions during the digital era by E. A. Perminov, D. D. Gadjiev, M. M. Abdurazakov

“…The era of post-industrial society of knowledge differs from the previous socio-economic period in many important aspects: total digitalisation, automation and robotisation, and furthermore, cross-disciplinary integration of various scientific fields, among which mathematics is of particular relevance. …”
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Incidence of self-reported tuberculosis treatment with community-wide universal testing and treatment for HIV and tuberculosis screening in Zambia and South Africa: A planned analy... by L Telisinghe, S Floyd, D MacLeod, A Schaap, R Dunbar, J Bwalya, N Bell-Mandla, E Piwowar-Manning, D Donnell, K Shaunaube, P Bock, S Fidler, R J Hayes, H M Ayles, HPTN 071 (PopART) study team

“…Among HIV-negative individuals, there were too few events for cross-arm comparisons. Study limitations include the use of self-report which may have been subject to under-reporting, limited covariate adjustment due to the small number of events, and high losses to follow-up over time.…”
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Biochemical recurrence prediction after robot-assited radical prostatectomy (BCR-PRARP) by Tanan Bejrananda, Kiyoshi Takahara, Dutsadee Sowanthip, Tomonari Motonaga, Kota Yagi, Wataru Nakamura, Masanobu Saruta, Takuhisa Nukaya, Masashi Takenaka, Kenji Zennami, Manabu Ichino, Hitomi Sasaki, Makoto Sumitomo, Ryoichi Shiroki

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Multi-objective optimal offloading decision for cloud-edge collaborative computing scenario in Internet of vehicles by Sifeng ZHU, Jianghao CAI, Zhengyi CHAI, Enlin SUN

“…In order to reduce the bandwidth pressure caused by cross-region task transmission,the scheme tends to offload the task to the cloud server.Therefore,the cache delay of service application and the processing delay of the task decrease, the queuing delay increases, the system energy consumption decreases,and the quality of service index increases. …”
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SMART SPECIALISATION AS A BASIC COMPONENT OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT by Olena Guzenko, Svitlana Nikolaichuk, Dmytro Ivanenko

“…These include research and innovation strategies of SS, the choice of the region as the main object of specialisation, the use of scientific, technological and economic specialisation, and the attribution of key assets and the possible potential for diversification of the international position of the region as a local node in global chains to the main criteria for choosing subject areas. Simultaneously, the content of the primary barriers to the implementation of the SS strategy in the regions is delineated. …”
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Effectiveness of a technical support program with women’s self-help groups in catalyzing health and nutrition behaviors in Bihar—a multicomponent analysis by Sudipta Mondal, Indu Bisht, Santosh Akhauri, Indrajit Chaudhuri, Narottam Pradhan, Sweta Kumari, Shuchi Sree Akhouri, Rakesh Kumar Jha, Manoj Kumar Singh, Suman Das, Apollo Purty, Arko Mukherjee, Tanmay Mahapatra

“…This integration has enabled JEEViKA systems to self-sustain its own HN implementation processes, paving the way for cross-sectoral comprehensive delivery mechanisms for social development.…”
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Female Adolescent Soccer Players Utilize Different Neuromuscular Strategies Between Limbs During the Propulsion Phase of a Lateral Vertical Jump by Matthew D DeLang, Joseph P Hannon, Shiho Goto, James M Bothwell, J Craig Garrison

“… # Purpose To examine dominant versus non-dominant limb performance using energy generation contribution of the hip, knee, and ankle during the vertical jump component of the lateral vertical jump. # Study Design Cross-sectional observational study. # Methods Seventeen healthy, adolescent female soccer players (age 13.4±1.7 years; height 160.6±6.0 cm; mass 53.1±8.2 kg) participated. …”
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Desnutrición y obesidad en mayores autónomos y determinantes de salud relacionados con ambos trastornos nutricionales by Claudia Haitzell Bonilla-Barrera, Laura Bea Berges, Jesús Seco-Calvo

“…Abstract: Objective: Evaluate the nutritional status in older adults in the community, to determine malnutrition, obesity and their risks and to identify determinants related to both clinical situations. Design: Cross-sectional study. Site: 3 Primary care health centers in La Rioja in urban, semiurban and rural areas. …”
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Subclinical Plasmodium spp. Infections in a Community Setting in Bangui, Central African Republic by Nzoumbou-Boko R, Denissio Morissi Nalingbo MCI, Yambiyo BM, Detol R, Moussa ERF, Nalinga D, Namsenei-Dankpea LJVDLG, Manirakiza A, Ayong L, Boum II Y

“…Data on malaria epidemiology are often derived from confirmed cases of symptomatic malaria using passive detection approaches, with very limited knowledge of the extent of subclinical and submicroscopic infections.Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in Bangui, the capital of the CAR, to assess the prevalence of subclinical malaria parasitaemia. …”
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Reduced Serum Glucagon Like Peptide-1 In Children with Osteoporosis of Chronic Liver Diseases: A Single Center Trial by Nashwa F. Mohamed Elmetwaly, Ola G. Behairy, Manal S. EL-Defrawy, Ola E. Seleim, Dina S. Abdelmotaleb

“…Subjects and Methods: This cross-sectional study included 60 children with CLD as a study group and 60 healthy participants as a control group. …”
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L’aqueduc du Gier : nouvelles données sur le pont-siphon de Beaunant à Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon (Métropole de Lyon) by David Baldassari, François Blondel, Stéphane Gaillot

“…In 2018, an archaeological excavation was undertaken to study three piers (17, 18 and 19) of the Yzeron aqueduct at Beaunant (Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, France) which supported the conduits of a siphon that carried water from the Gier aqueduct to Lugdunum in Antiquity.The Yzeron siphon, which covered a length of 2,660 m and was located less than 20 km from the source of the Gier aqueduct on Fourvière hill in Lyon, made it possible to cross the Yzeron Valley which, at this point, was almost 1.50 km wide and 125 m deep. …”
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On-demand and efficient scheduling scheme for cryptographic service resource by Wenlong KOU, Yuyang ZHANG, Fenghua LI, Xiaogang CAO, Jiamin LI, Zhu WANG, Kui GENG

“…How to deal with random cross and large peak difference cryptographic service requests has gradually become a bottleneck problem restricting various network security applications.A model of cryptographic service scheduling system is proposed to explore the differential dynamic on-demand scheduling of cryptographic service resources. …”
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Presenting the evaluation model of financial technology policies in National Bank of Iran by Vahid moradi, changiz mohammadi zadeh, ali farhadi mahali

“…According to its purpose, the research method is applicable-developmental, mixed (qualitative-quantitative) in terms of implementation, and survey-cross-sectional in terms of nature and method. The statistical population of the research in the qualitative part includes 17 experienced managers of Melli Bank of Iran, selected by the purposeful sampling method; and in the quantitative part it includes the managers and experts of the Melli Bank of Iran, with the sample size of 156 people using Cohen's power analysis and using the simple random sampling method. …”
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Meta-synthesis of drivers of the circular business model by Atieh Khodaei, Mahdi Hosseinpour, Mohammad javad Jamshidi, Yoosof Mohamadifar

“…The meta-synthesis process includes defining the research questions and goals, organized reviewing of the literature, searching and choosing related studies, extracting textual information, analyzing and synthesizing qualitative findings, controlling the quality, and, finally, providing the findings. …”
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Estimation and evaluation of iron reserves in the eastern area of Eileh1 mine, Razavi Khorasan province by Hamid Esmati Daroneh, Maryam Gholamzadeh

“…A three-dimensional (3D) model was developed using specialized software, which incorporated lithological logs from boreholes, cross-sectional lithological profiles, and assay estimations covering the entire ore deposit area. …”
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First Aid Education Guidelines for Peer Learning: The Approach in Practice

“…The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) updated its guidelines in 2020. …”
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Association of rs3755319 and rs4148325 of the <i>UGT1A1</i> gene, rs2328136 of the <i>NUP153-AS</i> gene, and rs16928809 of the <i>SLC22A18</i> gene with benign unconjugated hyperb... by Anastasiya A. Ivanova, Natalia E. Apartseva, Anastasiia P. Kashirina, Elena G. Nemcova, Julija V. Ivanova, Margarita V. Kruchinina, Svetlana A. Kurilovich, Vladimir N. Maksimov

“…The sample was randomly selected from the participants of the MONICA project, screening of young people aged 25–44 years and a cross-sectional study of schoolchildren in Novosibirsk. …”
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Investigating knowledge and attitudes toward genetic testing and counseling among palestinians by Mustafa Ghanim, Maha Rabayaa, Malik Alqub, Ahmad Hanani, Mohammad Abuawad, Belal Rahhal, Shurouq Qadous, Myassar Barahmeh, Sameeha Atout, Saad Al-Lahham, Aseel Aref, Majdi Dwikat, Samar Alkhaldi, Ahmad Makhamreh

“…The current study aimed to assess the public knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Palestinians toward genetic testing and genetic counseling. A cross-sectional study was performed using an online questionnaire that gathered information from Palestinians whose ages were 18 years or older between April and July 2024. …”
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Functional assessment of the glycoproteins of a novel Hendra virus variant reveals contrasting fusogenic capacities of the receptor-binding and fusion glycoproteins by Andrew Z. Ma, Yao Yu Yeo, Jean F. Lee, Colin M. Kim, Shahrzad Ezzatpour, Carolina Menchaca, Viraj Upadhye, Edward J. Annand, John-Sebastian Eden, Raina K. Plowright, Alison J. Peel, David W. Buchholz, Hector C. Aguilar

“…Our in vitro data showed that HeV-g2 glycoproteins induced cell-cell fusion in human cells, shared receptor tropism with HeV-g1, and cross-reacted with antibodies raised against HeV-g1. …”
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