The real-world effectiveness of defocus incorporated multiple segments and highly aspherical lenslets on myopia control: a longitudinal study from the French myopia cohort by Jost B Jonas, Serge Resnikoff, Rupert Bourne, Alain M Bron, Nicolas Leveziel, Rime Najji, Mark Bullimore, Mathieu Naudin, Clément Giraud

“…The first SVL group was matched to the MCS group for age, sex and initial refractive error (first matching), and the second SVL group was matched for the same criteria and myopia progression during the first 6 months of follow-up (second matching).The difference in myopia progression was calculated between SVL groups and the MCS group. …”
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A method for the biological age of the heart determination by L. A. Bodretska, I. S. Shapovalenko, A. V. Pisaruk, I. A. Antoniuk-Shchehlova, O. V. Bondarenko, S. S. Naskalova, V. B. Shatylo

“…The multiple correlation coefficient was a fairly high value of R = 0.847, the adjusted coefficient of determination R2 = 0.701 (F = 43.496, P ˂ 0.00001). The mean absolute error of age calculation (M ± σ) was 5.55 ± 4.24 years. …”
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Insights into simulation-based learning: student and faculty experiences in a PharmD program in Saudi Arabia by Reem Binsuwaidan, Najla A. Altwaijry, Alnada A. Ibrahim, Rawan A. Alghamdi, Razan Bin Humaid, Alaa A. AlSharif, Alaa A. AlHubaishi, Elshaymaa I. Elmongy, Lina I. Alnajjar, Ghadah H. Alshehri

“…The sample size was calculated with a 5% margin of error, 95% confidence interval for a target population. …”
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A comparison of frequentist and Bayesian approaches to the Personalised Randomised Controlled Trial (PRACTical)—design and analysis considerations by Holly Jackson, Yiyun Shou, Nur Amira Binte Mohamed Azad, Jing Wen Chua, Rebecca Lynn Perez, Xinru Wang, Marlieke E. A. de Kraker, Yin Mo

“…The performance measures were: probability of predicting the true best treatment, and novel proxy variables for power (probability of interval separation) and type I error (probability of incorrect interval separation). …”
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Alterations in tidal volume over recording time during pulmonary function testing by barometric whole-body plethysmography in client-owned cats: a multicenter retrospective investi... by Wei-Tao Chang, Laín García-Guasch, Hannah Gareis, Bianka Schulz, Yoshiki Yamaya, Pei-Ying Lo, Chin-Hao Chang, Hui-Wen Chen, Chung-Hui Lin

“…Conclusions TV in clinical cats within the BWBP chamber tends to decrease with recording time. …”
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Patterns of Myopia Progression in European Adults by Michael Moore, PhD, MSc, Gareth Lingham, PhD, Daniel I. Flitcroft, DPhil, MBBS, James Loughman, PhD

“…Subjects: Electronic medical record data were extracted from 40 Irish optometry practices with 18 620 (59.5% female) patients meeting the inclusion criteria. Methods: Refractive error change was determined among patients with multiple eye examination visits during the period January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2022. …”
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Environmental, socioeconomic, and sociocultural drivers of monkeypox transmission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a One Health perspective by Guangyu Lu, Zeyin Chong, Enyu Xu, Ce Na, Kaixuan Liu, Liying Chai, Pengpeng Xia, Kai Yang, Guoqiang Zhu, Jinkou Zhao, Olaf Müller

“…The GM (1, n) model, based on the proportion of primary forest, index of economic well-being, and mean annual precipitation, predicted the epidemic trend (revealed relative error: 2.69). Conclusions Both socioeconomic and environmental factors play important roles in mpox transmission. …”
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Forensic medical evaluation of fatal cases of gastrointestinal diseases as a marker of the quality of surgical care for children in Ukraine by А.М. Biliakov, B.V. Mikhailychenko, Ye.O. Rudenko

“…In addition, the representativeness error (mP) was determined with a confidence interval (CI) at the level of 95%. …”
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Myopia Control Efficacy of Spectacle Lenses with Dual-Index Aspherical Lenslets: A 1-Year Randomized Clinical Trial by Yee Ling Wong, PhD, Andrew Tan, BBus, Ee Woon Lim, Hua Ren Chua, Liang Shen, PhD, Matthieu Guillot, MSc, Björn Drobe, PhD

“…Results: A total of 76 (N = 38 in each group) participants (mean [standard deviation] age, 10.8 [1.6] years) completed the 1-year visit. Mean (± standard error) 1-year AL change in the DIAL and SVL groups was 0.04 ± 0.02 and 0.22 ± 0.04 mm, respectively. …”
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Investigating Challenges in Implementing a Digital Play Intervention in a Complex Organization Across Pediatric Departments: Non-Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial by Laerke Winther, Michelle Stahlhut, Derek John Curtis, Christian Have Dall, Thomas Leth Frandsen, Jette Led Sorensen

“…ConclusionsThe digital play intervention showed that Monster Gardener could potentially motivate children to be physically active during pediatric hospitalization; however, when using the framework by Bowen et al, the current version was deemed infeasible for implementation in an RCT. …”
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ETAPAS DO ENVELHECIMENTO REPRODUTIVO: EFEITOS NOS NÍVEIS DE ADIPOSIDADE, ATIVIDADE FÍSICA E VISITA À NATUREZA by Helena Moreira, Mário Santos, Graça Pinto, José Martinho, Ronaldo Gabriel, Andreia Teixeira

“…No differences were observed between reproductive stages for steps/day (p >0.05) and nature visits (p =0.17). Conclusions: Our results suggest that postmenopausal women evidence increased levels of total and central adiposity and simultaneously, limited levels of physical activity compared to women in the reproductive phase. …”
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The association between caffeine and alcohol consumption and IVF/ICSI outcomes: A systematic review and dose–response meta‐analysis by Wentao Rao, Yuying Li, Nijie Li, Qingyun Yao, Yufeng Li

“…Studies investigating the association between caffeine and alcohol consumption and IVF/ICSI outcomes were included, and studies reporting the consumption amount were analyzed using a one‐stage robust error meta‐regression‐based method to explore potential dose–response relation. …”
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SMART DShot: Secure Machine-Learning-Based Adaptive Real-Time Timing Correction by Hyunmin Kim, Zahid Basha Shaik Kadu, Kyusuk Han

“…This work provides essential foundations for trustworthy autonomous systems across critical domains including aerospace, automotive, industrial automation, and cyber–physical infrastructure. These results conclusively demonstrate that ML-enhanced motor control systems can achieve both superior security (88.3% attack detection rate with 2.3% false positives) and operational performance (31.01% timing correction success rate, 26.5% improvement over baseline) simultaneously, establishing SMART DShot as a practical, deployable solution for next-generation autonomous systems.…”
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Group antenatal care positively transforms the care experience: Results of an effectiveness trial in Malawi. by Crystal L Patil, Kathleen F Norr, Esnath Kapito, Li C Liu, Xiaohan Mei, Elizabeth Chodzaza, Genesis Chorwe-Sungani, Ursula Kafulafula, Elizabeth T Abrams, Allissa Desloge, Ashley Gresh, Rohan D Jeremiah, Dhruvi R Patel, Anne Batchelder, Heidy Wang, Jocelyn Faydenko, Sharon S Rising, Ellen Chirwa

“…All statistical tests were two-sided, controlling for a Type I error probability of 0.01 due to multiple testing.…”
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Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Modifying Nitrous Oxide Delivery at Stanford: Observational, Pilot Intervention Study by Eric P Kraybill, David Chen, Saadat Khan, Praveen Kalra

“…In phase 3, the total mass of N2O use from E-cylinders was 10.4 lbs or 2574 L at campus B (confirming reliability within error propagation margins). Epic data showed that the total N2O volume delivered was 2840.3 L (11.5 lbs). …”
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The prognostic and diagnostic value of fibroblast growth factor 23 in patients undergoing hemodialysis by Vladyslav Bardash, Tetiana Maksymets, Eugen Sklyarov

“…Conclusions. The weak correlations between FGF23 and calcium-phosphorus metabolism indicate that FGF23 is not a suitable diagnostic marker for mineral and bone disorders (CKD-MBD) in patients undergoing hemodialysis. …”
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Perinatal artificial intelligence in ultrasound (PAIR) study: predicting delivery timing by Neil Patel, John O’Brien, Robert Bunn, Brandon Schanbacher, John Bauer, Garrett K. Lam

“…For spontaneous PTB, MAE was 19.99 days in V4.CONCLUSIONS AI can predict timing until delivery from ultrasound data alone. …”
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Development and validation of an Arabic questionnaire to assess the knowledge of neonatal danger signs (AQ-KNDS) and its possible determinants among Arab population by Esraa Abdellatif Hammouda, Suzan Abdel-Rahman, Marwa Abdelwahab Hassan, Marwa Abdelkarim, Engy Saad Abdelmoneim Elkaragy, Ayed A. Shati, Ramy Mohamed Ghazy

“…Additionally, item fit indices including Pearson’s χ2 and Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA) were measured to determine how well each item fits the final model. …”
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SAGEFusionNet: An Auxiliary Supervised Graph Neural Network for Brain Age Prediction as a Neurodegenerative Biomarker by Suraj Kumar, Suman Hazarika, Cota Navin Gupta

“…The initial findings revealed that out of 215 individuals with Parkinson’s disease, 213 showed higher and 2 showed lower predicted brain ages than their actual ages, with a mean MAE of 13.36 years (95% confidence interval: 12.51–14.28). <b>Conclusions:</b> These results suggest that brain age prediction using the proposed method may provide important insights into neurodegenerative diseases.…”
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Effectiveness of a transfluthrin emanator and insecticide-treated barrier screen in reducing Anopheles biting in a temporary shelter in Sumatra, Indonesia by Timothy A. Burton, Lepa Syahrani, Dendi Hadi Permana, Ismail Ekoprayitno Rozi, Rifqi Risandi, Siti Zubaidah, Syarifah Zulfah, Ma’as M. Maloha, Rusli Efendi, Maria Kristiana, Puji B. S. Asih, Din Syafruddin, Neil F. Lobo

“…However, it was not possible to differentiate between the device age and location effects, since they were correlated due to an error in the rotational design. Conclusions Both interventions appeared to reduce Anopheles and non-Anopheles mosquito host-seeking behaviour, highlighting the potential of these forms of outdoor mosquito control. …”
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