Using Concept Mapping to Identify Community Partners’ and Researchers’ Perceptions of Social Justice: A Path Toward Eliminating Chronic Disease Disparities by Eric K. Soule, Dina M. Jones, Nakita Lovelady, Luke Thomas, Ruofei Du, Theresa E. Prewitt, Elizabeth Taylor, Sydney Baker, Mignonne C. Guy, Carol E. Cornell, Pebbles Fagan

“…Multidimensional scaling and hierarchical cluster analysis were used to identify nonoverlapping thematic clusters of statements (phase 4). …”
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Factors, markers, diagnostic methods, and prediction of pregnancy loss by P. A. Koshulko, A. M. Kirsanova-Martynova, V. A. Buchnev, E. V. Ignatova, S. S. Kupriyanov, E. S. Melnikov, P. A. Solodov, A. M. Dorogova, G. D. Bagirova, A. V. Zubkov, A. D. Kolyvanova, E. A. Zubareva, A. D. Senatskaya

“…To assess cathepsin activity, biochemical assay kits were used, and the resulting data were analyzed using spectrofluorimetric methods.Results. …”
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25(OH)D Status in Metabolic Syndrome, Metabolic Syndrome Components, and Healthy Adult by Efriwati Efriwati, Fitrah Ernawati, Nunung Nurjanah, Elisa Diana Julianti, Galih Kusuma Aji, Dian Sundari, Fifi Retiaty, Aya Yuriestia Arifin

“…Background: Vitamin D supplementation to prevent Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) has been widely implemented in developed countries and is now being introduced in developing countries. …”
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Current experience and future potential of facilitating access to digital NHS primary care services in England: the Di-Facto mixed-methods study by Gary Abel, Helen Atherton, Jon Sussex, Nurunnahar Akter, Abodunrin Q Aminu, Wiktoria Bak, Carol Bryce, Christopher E Clark, Emma Cockcroft, Hamish Evans, Evangelos Gkousis, Georgia Jenkins, Caroline Jenkinson, Nada Khan, Jeffrey Lambert, Brandi Leach, Christine Marriott, Jennifer Newbould, Sarah Parkinson, Jo Parsons, Emma Pitchforth, Laura Sheard, Stephanie Stockwell, Chloe Thomas, Bethan Treadgold, Rachel Winder, John L Campbell

“…We conducted semistructured interviews with stakeholders providing a level of insight beyond individual practices, including policy-makers, commissioners and third- sector organisations. Data from the focused ethnographic case studies and stakeholder interviews were analysed together using thematic analysis. …”
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A modern conception of postcholecystectomy syndrome (based on the materials of the Advisory Board held on May 4, 2019 in Almaty, Kazakhstan) by A. V. Nersesov, D. A. Kaibullaeva, O. S. Vasnev, L. K. Tashenova, M. M. Sakhipov, G. T. Berestimov, G. A. Akhmetzhanova, O. T. Ibekenov, M. O. Doskhanov, N. M. Zhumazhanov, Zh. M. Balzhanov, B. A. Aitmoldin, E. A. Toleubaev, E. M. Laryushina, K. N. Zhumagulov, G. N. Sobirova, S. I. Umarova, Yu. O. Shulpekova, A. V. Okhlobystin

“…The Advisory Board emphasized that organic and functional biliary diseases manifest mainly by biliary pain, main characteristics of which were defined in the Rome IV consensus based on the statistical analysis of a large pool of clinical data. For a more accurate bile duct system assessment and the exclusion of cholelithiasis, the examination algorithm was proposed, which included abdominal ultrasound investigation, endoscopic ultrasound investigation of the pancreatobiliary area, and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography. …”
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An explainable Bi-LSTM model for winter wheat yield prediction by Abhasha Joshi, Biswajeet Pradhan, Subrata Chakraborty, Subrata Chakraborty, Renuganth Varatharajoo, Abdullah Alamri, Shilpa Gite, Chang-Wook Lee

“…The Bi-LSTM model outperformed other models in terms of predictive performance (R2 up to 0.88) and generalizability across locations and ranges of yield data. Explainability analysis reveals that enhanced vegetation index (EVI), temperature and precipitation at later stages of crop growth are most important in determining Winter wheat yield. …”
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Self-reported health, persistent symptoms, and daily activities 2 years after hospitalization for COVID-19 by Roda Alhasan, Lena Rafsten, Lena Rafsten, Alexandra C. Larsson, Alexandra C. Larsson, Katharina S. Sunnerhagen, Katharina S. Sunnerhagen, Katharina S. Sunnerhagen, Hanna C. Persson, Hanna C. Persson

“…The current study encompasses the 2-year follow-up, using post-hospitalization questionnaire surveys. Analyzed data were collected before discharge and at the 2-year follow-up. …”
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Underwater SLAM Meets Deep Learning: Challenges, Multi-Sensor Integration, and Future Directions by Mohamed Heshmat, Lyes Saad Saoud, Muayad Abujabal, Atif Sultan, Mahmoud Elmezain, Lakmal Seneviratne, Irfan Hussain

“…This survey provides a comprehensive analysis of the latest developments in DL-enhanced SLAM for underwater applications, categorizing approaches based on their methodologies, sensor dependencies, and integration with deep learning models. …”
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Dual-species proteomics and targeted intervention of animal-pathogen interactions by Yang Sylvia Liu, Chengqian Zhang, Bee Luan Khoo, Piliang Hao, Song Lin Chua

“…This raises the need to develop a dual-species proteomics method for host-microbe interactions. …”
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Understanding the Impact of Salvage Radiation on the Long‐Term Natural History of Biochemically Recurrent Prostate Cancer After Radical Prostatectomy by Spyridon P. Basourakos, Stephen A. Boorjian, Phillip J. Schulte, Grant Henning, Jamie T. O'Byrne, Matthew K. Tollefson, Igor Frank, Abhinav Khanna, Ryan M. Phillips, Bradley J. Stish, R. Jeffrey Karnes, Vidit Sharma

“…ABSTRACT Purpose The natural history of biochemical recurrence (BCR) after radical prostatectomy (RP) remains understudied, with limited long‐term data from large cohorts inclusive of both salvage radiotherapy (SRT)‐treated and untreated patients. …”
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Assessing Paramedics’ Competence and Training in End-of-Life Care: A Cross-Sectional Study in Saudi Arabia by Ahmed Alanazy, Fatimah Khalifah Alsahli, Zahra Essam Alhassan, Zahra Hassan Alabdrabulridha, Moneerah Khalifah Aljomaan, Abdullah Alruwaili

“…The survey was structured into two parts, with the second part developed from the relevant literature. Statistical analysis was performed using STATA version 18, employing chi-squared and Fischer exact tests for comparison. …”
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Sources and Radiations of the Fermi Bubbles by Vladimir A. Dogiel, Chung-Ming Ko

“…Two enigmatic gamma-ray features in the galactic central region, known as Fermi Bubbles (FBs), were found from Fermi-LAT data. An energy release, (e.g., by tidal disruption events in the Galactic Center, GC), generates a cavity with a shock that expands into the local ambient medium of the galactic halo. …”
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Aligning the management of nature-based solutions to locally led adaptation principles: A case study of sand dams in Makueni County, Kenya by Judith Mulwa, Eric Kioko, Marie Ladekjaer Gravesen

“…Data was collected through focus group discussions with sand dams’ projects’ committee members, key informant interviews with county and national government officials responsible for water and climate change, and analysis of the sand dams’ projects documents. …”
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Changes of Ankle Motion and Ground Reaction Force Using Elastic Neutral AFO in Neurological Patients with Inverted Foot During Gait by Du-Jin Park, Young-In Hwang

“…The Elastic Neutral Ankle-Foot Orthosis (EN-AFO) was developed for this purpose. This study aimed to analyze changes in kinematic and kinetic gait data in stroke patients with ankle varus, comparing those walking with and without EN-AFO in both AFO and No-AFO groups. …”
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Rapid in vitro evolution of flucytosine resistance in Candida auris by Trinh Phan-Canh, Duc-Minh Nguyen-Le, Phuc-Loi Luu, Narakorn Khunweeraphong, Karl Kuchler

“…Whole-genome sequencing analysis revealed that an indel mutation in FCY2 also contributes to 5FC resistance. …”
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Associations Between Postoperative Symptom Clusters and Functional Status in Lung Cancer Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study by Liu Y, Lin S, Bai M, Yi H

“…Latent class analysis was employed to categorize the self-reported outcomes. …”
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Consensus on Coping Mechanisms towards Occupational Stress among Psychiatric Nurses using Modified Delphi Technique by Ahmed Hassan Shujaa, Adel Saeed Bashatah

“…Criteria for consensus were applied. Data were collected between September 2024 and December 2024 using an online questionnaire consisting of 110 coping mechanisms developed based on an in depth literature review and statements generated from expert psychiatric nurses and faculty members’ survey. …”
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Discrimination of mercury, cadmium and lead polluted rice leaves based on near infrared spectroscopy technology by ZHANG Long, PAN Jiarong, ZHU Cheng

“…After 50 days growth, the absorbance of near infrared spectroscopy of back of flag leaf was detected with Nicolet Nexus 870 (Thermo Corporation USA) and the data was collected with the software of Omnic 7.0. …”
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Antipatterns in Database Design by S. M. Shcherbakov, K. K. Kalugyan, A. V. Abramova, V. Y. Grechkina

“…Examples of antipatterns: “Jumble of names”, “Duplicate tables”, “False abstraction”, “Non-atomic attributes”, “Duplicate columns”, “Changing data in due course (temporaryfields)”, “Parallel connections”, ““Divine” table”, “Speculative metadata modification”, etc. …”
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The role of specific pancreatic antibodies in the differential diagnosis of complete clinical and laboratory remission of type 1 diabetes mellitus and MODY in children by E. A. Sechko, E. M. Romanenkova, I. A. Eremina, L. I. Zilberman, L. V. Nikankina, Z. T. Zuraeva, O. B. Bezlepkina, V. A. Peterkova, D. N. Laptev

“…BACKGROUND: T1D is characterized by autoimmune destruction of pancreatic β-cells, which develops due to genetic and environmental risk factors. …”
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