Investigating Measurement Equivalence of Smartphone Sensor–Based Assessments: Remote, Digital, Bring-Your-Own-Device Study by Lito Kriara, Frank Dondelinger, Luca Capezzuto, Corrado Bernasconi, Florian Lipsmeier, Adriano Galati, Michael Lindemann

“…ResultsOverall, 1976 participants using 206 different device models were included in the analysis. Differences in test performance between subgroups were very small or small, with percent differences generally being ≤5% on the Information Processing Speed, Information Processing Speed Digit-Digit, U-Turn Test, and 2-Minute Walk Test; <20% on the PT; and <30% on the Static Balance Test. …”
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Qualitative assessment of proposed visual key information pages for informed consent by Krista E. Cooksey, Eliana Goldstein, Clara Lee, Jessica Mozersky, Kimberly A. Kaphingst, Victor Catalan Gallegos, Mary C. Politi

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What factors are associated with informal carers’ psychological morbidity during end-of-life home care? A systematic review and thematic synthesis of observational quantitative stu... by Tracey Shield, Kerin Bayliss, Alexander Hodkinson, Maria Panagioti, Alison Wearden, Jackie Flynn, Christine Rowland, Penny Bee, Morag Farquhar, Danielle Harris, Gunn Grande

“…Results Findings from 63 studies were grouped into seven themes: (1) How the patient was: worse patient mental health and quality of life related to worse carer mental health. (2) How much caregiving affected carers’ lives: greater impact, burden and feeling tasks were difficult related to worse mental health. (3) Relationships: good relationships between family members and between carer and patient seemed important for carer mental health. (4) Finance: having insufficient resources may affect carers’ mental health. (5) Carers’ internal processes (carers’ thoughts and feelings): feeling confident and prepared for caregiving related to better mental health. (6) Support: carers’ mental health seemed related to support given by family and friends and to getting sufficient, satisfactory support from formal services. (7) Background factors: older carers seemed generally to have better mental health, and female carers worse mental health overall. …”
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Differences in transcriptome characteristics and drug repositioning of Alzheimer's disease according to sex by Jingqi Shi, Minghua Zhang, Yazhuo Hu, Jing Liu, Ke Li, Xuan Sun, Siyu Chen, Jianwei Liu, Ling Ye, Jiao Fan, Jianjun Jia

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Characterization of Irrigated Rice Cultivation Cycles and Classification in Brazil Using Time Series Similarity and Machine Learning Models with Sentinel Imagery by Andre Dalla Bernardina Garcia, Ieda Del’Arco Sanches, Victor Hugo Rohden Prudente, Kleber Trabaquini

“…To achieve this, we used Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) polarizations and Sentinel-2 optical multispectral spectral bands along with multiple time series indices. The processing of input data and exploratory analysis were performed using a clustering algorithm based on Dynamic Time Warping (DTW), with K-means applied to the time series. …”
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Attention-driven hybrid deep learning and SVM model for early Alzheimer’s diagnosis using neuroimaging fusion by Arjun Kidavunil Paduvilan, Godlin Atlas Lawrence Livingston, Sampath Kumar Kuppuchamy, Rajesh Kumar Dhanaraj, Muthuvel Subramanian, Amal Al-Rasheed, Masresha Getahun, Ben Othman Soufiene

“…Unlike prior approaches, this method effectively mitigates the challenges of data sparsity and dimensionality reduction while improving generalization across diverse datasets. Comparative analysis highlights a 15% improvement in accuracy, a 12% reduction in false positives, and a 10% increase in F1-score against state-of-the-art models such as HNC and MFNNC. …”
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From the Literature to Our Cells: A Critical Appraisal of the Bioactivity and Role of Vitamin C, Folate, and Riboflavin in Nutrition and Health Claims by Belen Beltramo, Miriam Urlings, Carmen M. Padilla-Díaz, Aalt Bast, Hanne Diliën, Alie de Boer

“…In particular, in fruits and vegetables, these water-soluble vitamins are registered as unstable and labile during processing and storage. Furthermore, the characterisation of such vitamins in regulations and general knowledge of the targeted compounds seems oversimplified. …”
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Prognostic model for log odds of negative lymph node in locally advanced rectal cancer via interpretable machine learning by Ye Wang, Zhen Pan, Huajun Cai, Shoufeng Li, Ying Huang, Jinfu Zhuang, Xing Liu, Guoxian Guan

“…Furthermore, an online web calculator was constructed using the XGB model to facilitate the model’s generalization and to enhance physician decision-making.…”
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Human Thyroid Cancer-1 (TC-1) is a vertebrate specific oncogenic protein that protects against copper and pro-apoptotic genes in yeast by Natalie K. Jones, Nagla T.T. Arab, Rawan Eid, Nada Gharib, Sara Sheiban, Hojatollah Vali, Chamel Khoury, Alistair Murray, Eric Boucher, Craig A. Mandato, Paul G. Young, Michael T. Greenwood

“…Here we show that TC-1 is a general pro-survival peptide since it prevents the growth- and cell death-inducing effects of copper in yeast. …”
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Improving properties of chitosan/polyvinyl alcohol films using cashew nut testa extract: potential applications in food packaging by Thuy Tien Dang, Lam Anh Thy Nguyen, Duc Tien Dau, Quy Sinh Nguyen, Thao Nhien Le, Thi Quynh Ngoc Nguyen

“…Cashew nut testa, a by-product of cashew nut processing, is abundant in phenolic compounds and exhibits strong antioxidant properties, making it a potential additive for enhancing the antioxidant properties of biodegradable films used in food packaging. …”
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Addition of monosodium glutamate can reduce the oxidative stability of lipids in pork burger patties via early-stage Maillard reaction products formation by Arturo Auñon-Lopez, Verena Rohringer, Kübra Taranaci, Jon Alberdi-Cedeño, Marc Pignitter

“…Conversely, 1.2 % MSG addition had no general impact on the formation of protein carbonyls and advanced glycation end products, although it promoted the generation of Schiff bases. …”
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Advancing patient care with AI: a unified framework for medical image segmentation using transfer learning and hybrid feature extraction by Nazife Çevik, Taner Çevik, Onur Osman, Shtwai Alsubai, Jawad Rasheed, Jawad Rasheed, Jawad Rasheed

“…Classification was performed using Support Vector Machines (SVM), and results were evaluated based on accuracy, recall (sensitivity), specificity, and the F-measure, alongside bias-variance analysis for model generalization capability.ResultsU-Net segmentation achieved high accuracy across datasets, with particularly notable results for polyps (98.00%) and brain tumors (99.66%). …”
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A positive feedback loop between FOSB and miR-133b controls colon cancer cell proliferation by Li Wanwan, Hu Qionggui, Lin Changwei, Li Xiaorong, Bai Yang, Ma Min

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Enhancement of Adiponectin Ameliorates Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease via Inhibition of FoxO1 in Type I Diabetic Rats by Xiang Xie, Dan Yan, Haobo Li, Qiqi Zhu, Jun Li, Yong-ping Fang, Chi Wai Cheung, Michael G. Irwin, Zhengyuan Xia, Qingquan Lian

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Investigating Two-dimensional Horizontal Mesh Grid Effects on the Eulerian Atmospheric Transport Model Using Artificial Neural Network by Amine Ajdour, Brahim Ydir, Houria Bouzghiba, Ishaq Dimeji Sulaymon, Anas Adnane, Dris Ben Hmamou, Kenza Khomsi, Jamal Chaoufi, Gábor Géczi, Radouane Leghrib

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Development and Application of a Crosslinked Gelatin Foam Dressing for Wound Recovery by Meng‐Yi Bai, Yu‐Ting Liu, Ying‐Ting Yeh, Yi‐Ling Hong, Yi‐Ju Tsai, Yu‐Chi Wang, Masahi Kurashina, Mikito Yasuzawa, Sung‐Ling Tang

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Enhancing root-zone soil moisture estimation using Richards' equation and dynamic surface soil moisture data by Xizhuoma Zha, Wenbin Zhu, Yan Han, Aifeng Lv

“…Root-zone soil moisture (RZSM) is a critical variable for accurately modeling hydrological and ecological processes, but its monitoring is challenging due to the spatial and temporal variability at watershed scales. …”
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Patients’ Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence Acceptance, Challenges, and Use in Medical Care: Qualitative Study by Jana Gundlack, Carolin Thiel, Sarah Negash, Charlotte Buch, Timo Apfelbacher, Kathleen Denny, Jan Christoph, Rafael Mikolajczyk, Susanne Unverzagt, Thomas Frese

“…Potential AI application areas identified were diagnostics, image and data processing, and administrative tasks, though participants stressed that AI should remain a support tool, not an autonomous system. …”
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Non-invasive control of oxygen consumption during inhalation anesthesia of antireflux laparoscopic interventions by the method of Minimal flow by V. I. Chernii, I. V. Shtompel

“…Formation, storage, analysis of electronic database, statistical data processing and visualization of research results were performed in license packages: MedStat v. 4. and Microsoft Office. …”
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Investigating the role of new physics in semileptonic $$\varUpsilon (nS) \rightarrow B_c l^-{\bar{\nu }}_{l} $$ Υ ( n S ) → B c l - ν ¯ l weak decays by Jin-Huan Sheng, Feng-Zi Zhou, Yuan-Yuan Li, Yuan-Guo Xu

“…Starting with the most general effective Hamiltonian relevant for the $$b \rightarrow c l^-\bar{\nu _{l}}$$ b → c l - ν l ¯ transition, we report the prediction of standard model for various observables, such as branching ratios, the ratio of branching fractions, the lepton side forward-backward asymmetries, the initial hadron and final lepton longitudinal polarization asymmetries and the convexity parameter, as well as for some new observable that is similar to lepton non-universality, $$R_{B_c}(q^2)$$ R B c ( q 2 ) , which is related to the processes $$\varUpsilon (nS) \rightarrow B_c l^- \bar{\nu _{l}}(n=1,2,3)$$ Υ ( n S ) → B c l - ν l ¯ ( n = 1 , 2 , 3 ) . …”
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