Health-related quality of life and productivity burden for non-professional caregivers of adults with rare diseases: a real-world study by Ben Johnson, Gregor Gibson, Daniel Baskerville, Giorgio Castellano, Jonathan de Courcy, Halima Iqbal, James Piercy, Angela Williams, Rafael Pinedo-Villanueva, Angela Rylands

“…Patients’ mean (SD) EuroQol visual analogue scale (EQ VAS) score was 50.9 (23.3) and mean EQ-5D utility was 0.460 (0.350). …”
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Elevated Blink Rates Predict Mind Wandering: Dopaminergic Insights into Attention and Task Focus by Leigh M. Riby, Lewis Marr, Lynn Barron-Millar, Joanna Greer, Colin Joseph Hamilton, Deborah McGann, Jonathan Smallwood

“…Conclusions: These data underscore the importance of dopamine during mind wandering and task focus. …”
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Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: 3-Incision Technique With Allograft Quad Tendon ACL Reconstruction by Kevin R. Stone MD

“…Indications: The 3-incision outside-in technique utilizes the donor quadriceps tendon, an extraordinarily strong graft, without damage from autogenous harvesting of patellar tendon or hamstrings. While some data suggest higher re-rupture risk with donor tissue, this is counterbalanced by avoiding secondary surgical site damage. …”
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Ecological Momentary Assessment of Parental Well-Being and Time Use: Mixed Methods Compliance and Feasibility Study by Laura Altweck, Samuel Tomczyk

“…Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) is increasingly being used to capture real-time data and can help address this research gap. …”
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Impact of Mental Health Literacy on Improving Quality of Life Among Adolescents in Barcelona by Isaac Daniel Amado-Rodríguez, Rocio Casañas, Jaume Juan-Parra, Juan Francisco Roldan-Merino, Lluís Lalucat-Jo, Mª Isabel Fernandez-San-Martín

“…Measures: (1) Mental well-being: Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ); (2) QOL: EuroQol 5D-5L with its two parts: the EuroQol 5D-5L Index (0–1) and EuroQol 5D-5L visual analog scale (EQ-VAS) (0–100). Analyses were conducted on an intention-to-treat basis, using data imputation methods for missing data. …”
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Prediction of prognosis in acute ischemic stroke after mechanical thrombectomy based on multimodal MRI radiomics and deep learning by Lei Pei, Xiaowei Han, Chenfeng Ni, Junli Ke

“…This study aimed to provide a more accurate and comprehensive tool for stroke prognosis.MethodsThis study retrospectively analyzed the clinical data and multimodal MRI images of patients with stroke at admission. …”
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The influence of socioeconomic position on patient-reported outcome measures following hip fractures – a register-based observational study on 35,206 patients from the Norwegian hi... by Cato Kjaervik, Jan-Erik Gjertsen, Eva Stensland, Jan Abel Olsen, Christer Kjaervik, Odd Soereide

“…Methods This was a nationwide retrospective cohort study using linked data from the Norwegian Hip Fracture Register and Statistics Norway. …”
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Identity development and adaptation in adolescents with genetic conditions: a qualitatively oriented mixed-methods study to develop strategies for optimizing clinical genetics serv... by Tasha Wainstein, Cyrus Boelman, Connie Ens, William T. Gibson, Kevin Gregory-Evans, Olubayo U. Kolawole, Sheila K. Marshall, Kathryn Selby, GenCOUNSEL Study, Alison M. Elliott, Jehannine Austin

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PENGEMBANGAN "AURABARU" BERBASIS ANDROID UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN SPATIAL SENSE SISWA by Habibah Ali Zahro, Ima Mulyawati

“…Subjek penelitian kelas V dengan jumlah 33 siswa, yang dilaksanakan di SDS Nurul Iman. Pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui angket 2 ahli materi (dosen matematika), 1 ahli media (dosen pendidikan dasar), pretest-posttest, respon guru dan siswa, wawancara, dan observasi. …”
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Open radical cystectomy and ileal loop diversion under combined spinal-epidural anaesthesia for the elderly and frail by Sahin Kilic, Tayfun Sugur, Hayri Fatih Metinyurt, Yigit Demir, Eray Ozturk, Murat Sambel

“…Methods A retrospective evaluation was conducted on data from patients who underwent open RC at our institution between February 2023 and October 2024. …”
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A Histopathological Study of Mean Eosinophil Count in Adult Gastrointestinal Pathologies: A Cross-sectional Study by Ashwini Annappa Moger, Padma Priya Kasukurti, Sulata M Kamath, SR Mangala Gowri, Karthik Yadavalli

“…Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22.0 software was used for data analysis after the data was entered into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. …”
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A machine learning model for predicting obesity risk in patients with diabetes mellitus: analysis of NHANES 2007–2018 by Wenqiang Wang, Ruiqing Mo, Xingyu Chen, Sijie Yang

“…This study aimed to identify key predictors of obesity and develop a machine learning-based predictive model for patients with T2DM using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).MethodsData from adults with diabetes were extracted from the NHANES 2007–2018 cycles. …”
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An Analysis of Literacy Research in Iran: The Conceptual Structure of Literacy in Islamic World Science Citation Center by Saleh Rahimi, Faramarz Soheili, Ali Akbar Khasseh

“…The documents from the ISC Database were extracted. The extracted data over the past 25 years (from 1999 to 2023) consisted of 1137 documents. …”
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MRI Screening of Lungs in the COVID-19 Pandemic at the Stages of Medical Care as a Tool to Reduce the Total Collective Dose of Radiation to the Population by A. V. Korobov, N. V. Nudnov, A. Yu. Popov, T. V. Kul’neva, V. V. Babenko, E. V. Pron’kina

“…When comparing the visual data of the control group (n = 25) with a positive PCR test in a single time interval of 0–2 days, the fact of detecting MR changes coincided with CT changes in 76% of cases (n = 19). …”
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Development and Validation of a Neonatal Hypothermia Prediction Model for In-Hospital Transport Using Machine Learning Algorithms: A Single-Center Retrospective Study by Zhang W, Gu X, Gu C, Yao L, Zhang Y, Wang K

“…Wenyan Zhang,1,* Xiaoying Gu,1,* Chunjie Gu,1 Lili Yao,1 You Zhang,2 Ke Wang1 1Department of Neonatology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Gynecologic Oncology, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, People’s Republic of China; 2Information Center, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Gynecologic Oncology, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Ke Wang, Email wangkeyfy@126.com You Zhang, Email 122710487@qq.comObjective: This study aims to predict hypothermia during neonatal in-hospital transport using machine learning techniques, identify risk factors, rank their importance, and visualize the results, allowing healthcare providers to rapidly assess the probability of hypothermia risk during transport.Methods: Clinical data of 9,060 neonates transported within a tertiary maternity hospital in Shanghai between January 2023 and June 2024 were collected, including maternal and neonatal data. …”
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Virtual Reality for the Prevention and Cessation of Nicotine Vaping in Youths: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial by Belinda Borrelli, Daniel Weinstein, Romano Endrighi, Nikki Ling, Kathleen Koval, Lisa M Quintiliani, Kaitlyn Konieczny

“…ResultsThe project was approved by the institutional review board on April 2, 2024, and data collection began in April 2024 and concluded in June 2024, and 150 participants were recruited (98 intervention and 52 control). …”
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Intraosseous endoscopic-assisted lesion debridement combined with free fibular vascularized transplantation for non-traumatic femoral head necrosis: A comparative study with core d... by Yalong Yang, Zhao Zhang, Yuanyuan Wei, Yang Li, Junliang Liu, Bo Wang, Shouhu Mi, Jintong Liu, Yongqiang Zhang, Yongming Guo, Meng Wu

“…The patients were divided into Group A (intraosseous endoscopic-assisted lesion debridement combined with free fibular grafting, n = 45) and Group B (CD, n = 38) based on their treatment approach. Preoperative general data, intraoperative variables such as operation time and blood loss, and postoperative assessments of Harris Hip Score, Visual Analog Scale (VAS), as well as imaging evaluations through X-ray and MRI for femoral head shape restoration and healing, were conducted at 1 week, 4 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months post-surgery. …”
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English Wordplay Translation Into Indonesian In The Subtitle Of Friends Television Series by Ayyuhatsanail Fithri, Ichwan Suyudi

“…This paper is to investigate types of wordplay found in the subtitles of Friends and strategies applied to translate English wordplay into Indonesian. The data of this study was collected from a long American series entitled ‘Friends’ from season one to ten. …”
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Intelligent Firefighting Technology for Drone Swarms with Multi-Sensor Integrated Path Planning: YOLOv8 Algorithm-Driven Fire Source Identification and Precision Deployment Strateg... by Bingxin Yu, Shengze Yu, Yuandi Zhao, Jin Wang, Ran Lai, Jisong Lv, Botao Zhou

“…In terms of path planning, this study integrates data from visual sensors, infrared sensors, and LiDAR sensors and adopts the Information Acquisition Optimizer (IAO) and the Catch Fish Optimization Algorithm (CFOA) to plan paths and optimize coordinated flight for drone swarms. …”
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Impact of surgical margin status on the survival outcome after surgical resection of gastric cancer: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis by Bo Zhang, Yiqiong Yin, Zhaolun Cai, Yuan Yin, Chaoyong Shen, Jinming Huang

“…Statistical heterogeneity will be assessed by visual inspection of forest plots and measured using the I2 statistics. …”
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