Visual-Tactile Experiment for the Elderly With Perceptual Limitations: A Case Study on Neck Massager Design for the Geriatric Population by Yanmin Xue, Shuang Wang, Mengting Xu, Mengcheng Wang, Yang Liu, Kai Qi, Zhi Qiao, Suihuai Yu

“…This product is a regularly used item for the elderly to alleviate neck soreness, but the experience is unsatisfactory in terms of human-computer interfaces, such as button usage. 1) Proposing to analyze product user needs from an emotional perspective, this study designed and implemented visual-tactile perception experiments involving 12 elderly users, including experiments on button shape, button size, button spacing, button material, button texture, and product material. …”
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A Subgroup Reanalysis of the Efficacy of Bufei Huoxue Capsules in Patients With “Long‐Covid‐19” by Chi Hou, Yue Xing, Yuqin Chen, Tingping Wang, Jingjing Qi, Xiaoqing Jia, Xiansheng Zeng, Jianling Bai, Wenju Lu, Yu Deng, Bihua Zhong, Yongxia Lei, Yilin Chen, Zhan Lian, Haohao Zhou, Junping Yan, Xuejiao Yang, Hao Yu, Jiawei Zhou, Lixia Qiu, Yunliang Zhai, Wanli Geng, Nanshan Zhong, Chunli Liu, Jian Wang

“…All enrolled patients underwent chest computed tomography (CT) imaging, 6‐min walking distance (6MWD) test, and fatigue assessment inventory (FAI) at monthly follow‐up for 3 months. …”
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Irisin reshapes bone metabolic homeostasis to delay age-related osteoporosis by regulating the multipotent differentiation of BMSCs via Wnt pathway by Shangman Xing, Yifan Ma, Bing Song, Bing Song, Min Bai, Kexin Wang, Wenjing Song, Tingting Cao, Chao Guo, Yanying Zhang, Zhandong Wang, Yongfeng Wang, Yongfeng Wang

“…The macroscopic and microscopic changes of bone tissue in aging mice were examined using Micro-computed tomography (Micro-CT) and morphological staining.ResultsIt was noted that irisin affected the multilineage differentiation of BMSCs in a manner dependent on the dosage. …”
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Knee Osteoarthritis Diagnosis With Unimodal and Multi-Modal Neural Networks: Data From the Osteoarthritis Initiative by Xin Yu Teh, Pauline Shan Qing Yeoh, Tao Wang, Xiang Wu, Khairunnisa Hasikin, Khin Wee Lai

“…However, such models incur a higher computational load due to the additional data required. …”
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Sequential 90Y Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT) and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) using 90Y PET-based Absorbed Dose Maps: Interim Analysis of a Phase 1 Stud... by Daniel F. Polan, PhD, Justin K. Mikell, PhD, Kellen Fitzpatrick, MS, Joseph J. Gemmete, MD, Jared A. Christensen, MD, Hassan Anbari, MD, Molly Roseland, MD, Joseph R. Evans, MD, PhD, Daniel T. Chang, MD, Mamadou Sanogo, MD, Baljendra S. Kapoor, MD, Matthew J. Schipper, PhD, Yue Cao, PhD, Madhava P. Aryal, Theodore S. Lawrence, MD, PhD, Kyle C. Cuneo, MD, Yuni K. Dewaraja, PhD

“…Post-SIRT dosimetry was performed using 90Y positron emission tomography/computed tomography to calculate mean lesion absorbed doses. …”
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Awareness, Knowledge, Attitude, and Skills of Physicians and Nurses Toward Telemedicine in a Low‐ and Middle‐Income Country: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Fatemeh Dahmardeh Kemmak, Parviz Marouzi, Masoumeh Sarbaz, Seyyedeh Fatemeh Mousavi Baigi, Mostafa Sheykhotayefeh, Khalil Kimiafar

“…Data collection involved a predesigned questionnaire evaluating attitudes, knowledge, awareness, and skills in telemedicine (AKAS). …”
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Instantaneous Metabolic Energetics: Data-Driven Modeling Using Function-Based Surrogates and Gradient Boosting by Christopher Buglino, William Z. Peng, Stacy Ashlyn, Hyunjong Song, Howard J. Hillstrom, Joo H. Kim

“…Conclusion: The proposed approach provides an alternative to experimental MEE measurement while balancing the generalizability and complexity trade-off typically imposed on existing computational, predictive models. Significance: Evaluating MEE of human motion can provide insight into underlying biomechanics and inform clinical and engineering practices.…”
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A Novel SOH Estimation Method for Lithium-Ion Batteries Based on the PSO–GWO–LSSVM Prediction Model with Multi-Dimensional Health Features Extraction by Xu He, Zhengpu Wu, Jinghan Bai, Junchao Zhu, Lu Lv, Lujun Wang

“…The correlation between HFs and SOH is comprehensively evaluated through Pearson and Spearman correlation analyses, followed by Gaussian filtering and outlier detection to enhance feature quality. …”
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Multimodal identification of a rare head and neck cancer patient cohort in the clinical data warehouse of Greater Paris Teaching Hospital by A. La Rosa, M. Verdoux, P. Riebler, I. Lolli, C. Daniel, X. Tannier, S. Atallah, B. Baujat, E. Kempf

“…Algorithm performance was evaluated by an HNC medical expert using a validation set of 100 manually annotated cases. …”
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In vivo percutaneous microwave ablation with ECO system in swine kidney and liver: comparison of ablation-zone size to manufacturer predictions and assessment of new antenna design by Théo Bonnefoy, Georges Tarris, Kévin Guillen, Olivia Poupardin, Olivier Chevallier, Ludwig Serge Aho Glele, Jean-Michel Correas, Romaric Loffroy

“…Methods: Five pigs underwent 40 microwave ablation procedures using various power-time-organ combinations; 18 hepatic and 20 renal zones were evaluable. All procedures were performed with devices from a single manufacturer (ECO Microwave System Co, Nanjing, China). …”
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Correlation Between SCORE2-Diabetes and Coronary Artery Calcium Score in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Study in Vietnam by Hung Phi Truong, Hoang Minh Tran, Thuan Huynh, Dung N. Q. Nguyen, Dung Thuong Ho, Cuong Cao Tran, Sang Van Nguyen, Tuan Minh Vo

“…This study aimed to evaluate the correlation between CACS and SCORE2-Diabetes in patients with T2DM. (2) Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from October 2023 to May 2024. …”
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Screening for severe coronary stenosis in patients with apparently normal electrocardiograms based on deep learning by Zhengkai Xue, Shijia Geng, Shaohua Guo, Guanyu Mu, Bo Yu, Peng Wang, Sutao Hu, Deyun Zhang, Weilun Xu, Yanhong Liu, Lei Yang, Huayue Tao, Shenda Hong, Kangyin Chen

“…By employing transfer learning techniques, we can extract “deep features” that summarize the inherent information of ECGs with relatively low computational expense.…”
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FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION, SEDENTARY ACTIVITIES, AND NUTRITION STATUS IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC: AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY by Ratih Wirapuspita Wisnuwardani, Umi Cahyantari, Reny Noviasty, Nurul Afiah, Rina Tri Agustini, Eva R Kurniawati

“…Certain sedentary activities, such as doing assignments without using a laptop/computer (p=0.029) and reading for pleasure (p=0.038), were linked to nutritional status. …”
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Cross-sectional associations between multiple plasma heavy metals and lung function among elderly Chinese by Junpu Yu, Rongxuan Zhang, Aimin Yang, Jingli Yang, Yiwen Zhang, Rongjie Wu, Fanhui Luo, Huiling Luo, Rentong Chen, Bin Luo, Li Ma

“…However, limited data are available directly evaluating the relationship of heavy metal exposures with lung function in Chinese elderly. …”
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Unveiling macrophage dynamics and efferocytosis-related targets in diabetic kidney disease: insights from single-cell and bulk RNA-sequencing by Binshan Zhang, Yunqi Wu, Zhongli Wang, Suhua Gao, Hongyan Liu, Yao Lin, Pei Yu, Pei Yu

“…The study aims to clarify the macrophage heterogeneity and phenotype dynamics, and pinpoint critical targets within efferocytosis in DKD.MethodsUtilizing early human DKD sequencing data, we computed the potential communication between leukocytes and renal intrinsic cells. …”
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Anti-bacterial efficacy of Aloe vera against E. Faecalis in comparison to other intracanal medicaments: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Rabia Tariq, Zohaib Khurshid, Waqas Ahmed Farooqui, Nejdet Adanir

“…Introduction: This review article aims to evaluate the antibacterial efficacy of Aloe vera against Enterococcus faecalis (E. faecalis) in comparison to other intracanal medicaments by assessing experimental in-vitro studies associated with the objective, many of which performed bacterial inoculation on extracted human teeth or directly on laboratory petri dishes. …”
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Quantitative digital pathology enables automated and quantitative assessment of inflammatory activity in patients with autoimmune hepatitis by Piotr Socha, Elizabeth Shumbayawonda, Abhishek Roy, Caitlin Langford, Paul Aljabar, Malgorzata Wozniak, Sylwia Chełstowska, Elzbieta Jurkiewicz, Rajarshi Banerjee, Ken Fleming, Maciej Pronicki, Kamil Janowski, Wieslawa Grajkowska

“…However, due to the limitations associated with biopsy, there is growing interest in the use of quantitative digital pathology to support pathologists. We evaluated the performance of computational algorithms in the assessment of hepatic inflammation in an autoimmune hepatitis in which inflammation is a major component. …”
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SSB expression is associated with metabolic parameters of 18F-FDG PET/CT in lung adenocarcinoma and can improve diagnostic efficiency by Zi-Yue Liu, Ling-Ling Yuan, Yan Gao, Yu Zhang, Yao-Hua Zhang, Yi Yang, Yu-Xuan Chen, Xu-Sheng Liu, Zhi-Jun Pei

“…Purpose: The study evaluates the expression and functional significance of the Small RNA Binding Exonuclease Protection Factor La (SSB) gene in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD). …”
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Scalable Culture Strategies for the Expansion of Patient-Derived Cancer Stem Cell Lines by Ana Teresa Serra, Margarida Serra, Ana Carina Silva, Tamara Brckalo, Anita Seshire, Catarina Brito, Michael Wolf, Paula M. Alves

“…It is therefore necessary to design robust scalable methods to enable efficient expansion of bona fide CSCs in vitro. Here, we evaluated the applicability of computer-controlled bioreactors combined with 3D aggregate culture and microcarrier technology, widely used in stem cell bioprocessing, for the expansion and enrichment of CSCs isolated from different types of solid tumors—colorectal cancer (CRC) and non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) from two patients. …”
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Reducing the risk of perinatal depression using an app-based cognitive behavioral therapy program: protocol of a randomized controlled trial by Li Tang, Hua Qing, Hong Li, Chunfeng Liu, Haijin Wang, Yao Sun, Qian Tan, Yanqiong Wu, Yang Xiao, Jianying Lai, Ling Wang, Li Zhong, Fei Huang, Chunrong Li

“…Outcome analyses will be performed on both the intention-to-treat and per-protocol populations.DiscussionThis trial evaluates an app-based CBT program for reducing the risk of perinatal depression. …”
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