Acceptability and implementation potential of a health literacy intervention to increase colorectal cancer screening in deprived areas: A qualitative study of patients and general... by Alix Boirot, Maria Claudia Addamiano, Clémence Casanova, Niamh M Redmond, Géraldine Cazorla, Michel Rotily, Anne-Marie Schott-Petelaz, Christian Balamou, Zineb Doukhi, Myriam Kaou, Françoise Couranjou, Julien Mancini, Cyrille Delpierre, Marie-Anne Durand, Aurore Lamouroux

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Effects of aging and valence on emotional response inhibition: conclusions from a novel stop-signal task by Jill D. Waring, Stephanie N. Hartling

“…Aging is associated with decreasing cognitive control and inhibition alongside improvements in emotional control and regulation. …”
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Chatbot-Delivered Stage of Change–Tailored Web-Based Intervention to Promote Physical Activity Among Inactive Community-Dwelling People Aged 65 years or More: Protocol for a Random... by Xue Liang, Fenghua Sun, Qingpeng Zhang, Yuan Fang, Fuk-yuen Yu, Danhua Ye, Borui Zhang, Qianwen Liao, Phoenix KH Mo, Zixin Wang

“…ObjectiveThis randomized controlled trial (RCT) will compare the efficacy of an SOC- versus a non-SOC-tailored intervention in increasing the prevalence of meeting World Health Organization (WHO)-recommended PA levels 6 months after completion of the intervention among inactive community-dwelling individuals aged ≥65 years. …”
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Experimental study on effects of nozzles and combustors on the rotating detonation rocket engine in pulse operation by Guining Liu, Zixuan Wang, Yingying Ruan, Zewen Zhong, Rui Wang, Shengbing Zhou, Ning Hu

“…This research aspires to offer valuable insights for the utilization of RDREs in spacecraft attitude control applications.…”
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Polymorphism of PPARG (P12A), APOA1 (G75A), and APOE (C112A and A158C) Genes in Children with Obesity and Arterial Hypertension: A Case-Control Study by Olga P. Kovtun, Margarita A. Ustyuzhanina

“…In this regard, it is important to study genes, the polymorphism of which is associated with disturbances in both metabolic processes and control of arterial pressure. Objective. …”
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The death of a neurotrauma trial lessons learned from the prematurely halted randomized evaluation of surgery in elderly with traumatic acute subdural hematoma (RESET-ASDH) trial by R.D. Singh, J.T.J.M. van Dijck, T.A. van Essen, H.P. Nix, R.J.G. Vreeburg, H.F. den Boogert, G.C.W. de Ruiter, B. Depreitere, W.C. Peul

“…Treatment decisions on surgical versus conservative management pose a neurosurgical dilemma. …”
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Elucidating the selection mechanisms in context-dependent computation through low-rank neural network modeling by Yiteng Zhang, Jianfeng Feng, Bin Min

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Enhanced recovery pathway for older people with hip fracture and cognitive impairment in acute hospitals: the PERFECTED research programme including an RCT by Chris Fox, Simon P Hammond, Lee Shepstone, Fiona Poland, Catherine Henderson, Tamara Backhouse, Bridget Penhale, Simon Donell, Martin Knapp, Douglas Lewins, Alasdair MacLullich, Martyn Patel, Opinder Sahota, Toby O Smith, Justin Waring, Jane L Cross

“…PERFECTED enhanced recovery pathway (PERFECT-ER) versus standard acute hospital care for people after hip fracture surgery who have cognitive impairment: a feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial. …”
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Human immunodeficiency virus prevention and testing strategies among men who have sex with men in the UK: the PANTHEON research programme including the SELPHI RCT by Janey Sewell, T Charles Witzel, David Dunn, Fiona Lampe, Fiona Burns, Peter Weatherburn, Sheena McCormack, Leanne McCabe, Alec Miners, Valentina Cambiano, Roger Pebody, Roy Trevelion, Nadia Hanum, Andrew Phillips, Alison Rodger

“…To explore how the HIV Self-testing Public Health Intervention (SELPHI) intervention might be experienced by and the pathways to impact on behaviour for different groups of randomised controlled trial (RCT) participants. To develop and undertake a process evaluation to assess what worked well about the RCT intervention and for whom. …”
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Effects of olympic combat sports on physical fitness in non-athlete students: a systematic review with meta-analysis by Jordan Hernandez-Martinez, Jordan Hernandez-Martinez, Izham Cid-Calfucura, Eduardo Guzmán-Muñoz, Eduardo Guzmán-Muñoz, Tomas Herrera-Valenzuela, Pedro Delgado-Floody, Cristian Nuñez-Espinosa, Cristian Nuñez-Espinosa, Cristian Nuñez-Espinosa, Braulio Magnani Branco, Jorge Mota, Hadi Nobari, Joaquin Perez-Carcamo, Edgar Vásquez-Carrasco, Edgar Vásquez-Carrasco, Pablo Valdés-Badilla, Pablo Valdés-Badilla

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Efficacy, cost-utility and physiological effects of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Behavioural Activation Treatment for Depression (BATD) in patients with chronic low... by Antonio I Cuesta-Vargas, Azucena García-Palacios, Juan P Sanabria-Mazo, Carlos G Forero, Paula Cristobal-Narváez, Ariadna Colomer-Carbonell, Adrián Pérez-Aranda, Laura Andrés-Rodríguez, Lance M McCracken, Francesco D'Amico, Pere Estivill-Rodríguez, Bernat Carreras-Marcos, Antonio Montes-Pérez, Olga Comps-Vicente, Montserrat Esteve, Mar Grasa, Araceli Rosa, Michael Maes, Xavier Borràs, Silvia Edo, Antoni Sanz, Albert Feliu-Soler, Juan R Castaño-Asins, Juan V Luciano

“…The objectives of this 12 month, multicentre, randomised, controlled trial (RCT) are (i) to examine the efficacy and cost-utility of adding a group-based form of ACT or BATD to treatment-as-usual (TAU) for patients with CLBP and moderate to severe levels of depressive symptoms; (ii) identify pre–post differences in levels of some physiological variables and (iii) analyse the role of polymorphisms in the FKBP5 gene, psychological process measures and physiological variables as mediators or moderators of long-term clinical changes.Methods and analysis Participants will be 225 patients with CLBP and moderate to severe depression symptoms recruited at Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu (St. …”
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Lessons from the PROTECT-CH COVID-19 platform trial in care homes by Philip M Bath, Jonathan Ball, Matthew Boyd, Heather Gage, Matthew Glover, Maureen Godfrey, Bruce Guthrie, Jonathan Hewitt, Robert Howard, Thomas Jaki, Edmund Juszczak, Daniel Lasserson, Paul Leighton, Val Leyland, Wei Shen Lim, Pip Logan, Garry Meakin, Alan Montgomery, Reuben Ogollah, Peter Passmore, Philip Quinlan, Caroline Rick, Simon Royal, Susan D Shenkin, Clare Upton, Adam L Gordon

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Temperature Fields Induced by Low Power Focused Ultrasound in Soft Tissues During Gene Therapy. Numerical Predictions and Experimental Results by Barbara GAMBIN, Tamara KUJAWSKA, Eleonora KRUGLENKO, Andrzej MIZERA, Andrzej NOWICKI

“…The theoretical investigations and quantitive analysis of temperature increments at any field point versus time of heating process, depending on the heat source power, spatial distribution and duration as well as on the tissue thermal properties, has been carried out by Finite Element Method (FEM). …”
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Effectiveness of biomarker-guided duration of antibiotic treatment in children hospitalised with confirmed or suspected bacterial infection: the BATCH RCT by Cherry-Ann Waldron, Philip Pallmann, Simon Schoenbuchner, Debbie Harris, Lucy Brookes-Howell, Céu Mateus, Jolanta Bernatoniene, Katrina Cathie, Saul N Faust, Josie Henley, Lucy Hinds, Kerry Hood, Chao Huang, Sarah Jones, Sarah Kotecha, Sarah Milosevic, Helen Nabwera, Sanjay Patel, Stéphane Paulus, Colin VE Powell, Jenny Preston, Huasheng Xiang, Emma Thomas-Jones, Enitan D Carrol

“…Interventions Procalcitonin-guided algorithm versus usual standard care alone. Main outcome measures Coprimary outcomes were duration of intravenous antibiotic use and a composite safety measure. …”
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Memory-Optimized Cubic Splines for High-Fidelity Quantum Operations by Jan Ole Ernst, Jan Snoeijs, Mitchell Peaks, Jochen Wolf

“…As systems increase in scale, a larger proportion of the control electronic processing will move closer to the qubits, to enhance integration and minimize latency in operations requiring fast feedback. …”
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Optimal Economic Dispatch and Load-Following Strategies for Nuclear Integrated Energy Systems by Athanasios Ioannis Arvanitidis, Miltiadis Alamaniotis

“…In order to satisfy those needs and maintain grid resilience, nuclear power plants can dynamically control their output, despite typically being used as baseload generators. …”
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Pathway Of Low Anterior Resection syndrome (LARS) relief after Surgery (POLARiS): protocol for an international, open-label, multi-arm, phase 3 randomised superiority trial within... by Deborah D Stocken, Charles H Knowles, Jared Torkington, David Jayne, Julie Hepburn, Laura Knight, Neil Corrigan, Julie Cornish, Katie Gordon, Ashley Douglas, Kate Wilson, Megan Dale, Julie Croft, Christina Lloydwin, Alexandra Harriet Coxon-Meggy, Judith White, Alun Meggy, Aaron Quyn, Emily Farrow, Kheng-Seong Ng, Hannah Mather, Huey Yi Chong, Betty Tan, Ralph Powell, Andrea Warwick

“…A process evaluation, qualitative sub-study and economic evaluation will also be conducted.The primary outcome measure of the POLARiS cohort and RCT is the LARS score up to 24 months post-registration/randomisation. …”
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Electromechanical Battery EMB Mass Minimization taking into Account its Electrical Machines Rotor Energy by Podgornovs Andrejs, Sipovichs Antons

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Additive vs. Subtractive Manufacturing: A Comparative Life Cycle and Cost Analyses of Steel Mill Spare Parts by Luis Segovia-Guerrero, Nuria Baladés, Juan J. Gallardo-Galán, Antonio J. Gil-Mena, David L. Sales

“…A comparative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Costing (LCC) were conducted to assess a conventional subtractive manufacturing process based on Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining versus a hybrid approach that combines Plasma Arc-Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (PA-WAAM) with CNC finishing. …”
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Advanced segmentation models for automated capsicum peduncle detection in night-time greenhouse environments by Ayan Paul, Rajendra Machavaram

“…This study highlights the efficacy of single-shot versus zero-shot segmentation models for automated capsicum peduncle detection in controlled agricultural environments, offering insights into model performance and future research directions for model optimization and dataset expansion.…”
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