Feasibility and therapeutic efficacy of a two-week low-level laser acupuncture therapy for shoulder and neck pain in office workers: Protocol for a pilot, single-blind, double-arme... by Carol Chunfeng Wang, Lisa Whitehead, Travis Cruickshank, Johnny Lo, Jianhong Cecilia Xia, Jun Wen

“…Management with painkillers has adverse implications such as tolerance, addiction, and opioid abuse. …”
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Quantifying conformational changes in the TCR:pMHC-I binding interface by Benjamin McMaster, Benjamin McMaster, Christopher J. Thorpe, Christopher J. Thorpe, Jamie Rossjohn, Jamie Rossjohn, Charlotte M. Deane, Hashem Koohy

“…Finally, we show that the presented peptides can undergo conformational changes when engaged by TCRs, as has been reported in past literature, but novelly show these changes depend on how the peptides are anchored in the MHC binding groove.ConclusionsOur work has implications in understanding the behaviour of TCR:pMHC-I interactions and providing insights that can be used for modelling Tcell antigen specificity, an ongoing grand challenge in immunology.…”
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Solitons unveilings and modulation instability analysis for sixth-order coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations in fiber bragg gratings by Noha M. Kamel, Hamdy M. Ahmed, Wafaa B. Rabie

“…The solutions derived in this work have profound implications for optical communication systems. …”
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Measuring the One Health impacts associated with creating access to veterinary care before and during the COVID-19 pandemic by Sloane M. Hawes, Kaleigh M. O’Reilly, Tess M. Mascitelli, Jordan Winczewski, Romi Dazzio, Amanda Arrington, Kevin N. Morris

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Impact of Symptoms of Late-Onset Hypogonadism as a Potential Driver of Presenteeism by Tomoya Shirakawa, Hisamitsu Ide, Yoshihiro Ikehata, Yan Lu, Riyo Kinouchi, Takeshi Iwasa, Kaori Koga, Seiichiro Tateishi, Yoshihisa Fujino, Toshiyuki Yasui, Shigeo Horie

“…Presenteeism, defined as attending work despite physical or mental health issues that impair full productivity, is a prevalent concern with significant implications for workplace efficiency and employee well-being. …”
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Digitalisation of sexuality: Emotional embodiment and processes of co-construction of knowledge by Vincenzo Auriemma

“…The aim of this work is to examine how the process of emotional embodiment can restructure various aspects of the person, with a particular focus on sexuality. …”
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Performance of speech enhancement models in video conferences: DeepFilterNet3 and RNNoise by Muhammad Iqbal Maulana, Muhammad Fadhlillah Raisul Akbar, Zendi Iklima

“…The findings demonstrate significant improvements in speech quality, with "DeepFilterNet3 (Pre-Trained)" emerging as the top-performing model. The implications of this study have the potential to enhance video conference experiences and contribute to the improvement of remote work and online education.…”
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Electrocatalytic mechanism for overall water splitting to produce sustainable hydrogen by 2D Janus MoSH monolayer by Deobrat Singh, Nisha Singh, Yogesh Sonvane

“…Abstract In the present work, we investigates the potential of two dimensional (2D) Janus MoSH monolayer as an electrocatalyst for overall water splitting using first-principles calculations. …”
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Arithmetical Algebra in the Islamic History of Mathematics and Its Peak in the 9th/15th Century: Ibn al-Hāʾim’s al-Mumtiʿ by Elif Baga

“…One of its most famous practitioners, Ibn al-Hā’im, had a lasting and widespread influence first with his commentary on Yāsamīnī and then with his versified work al-Muqni‘ and its commentary al-Mumti‘. However, the latter work eluded the researchers’ attention – perhaps it was overshadowed by the former or lost among the other commentaries – despite its remarkable presentation of the entire conceptual and methodical repertoire of algebra as it was known at that time, not to mention its analysis of the problems and discussion of the philosophical implications in a long-lasting debate on Islamic mathematical history: Should algebra be arithmetical, geometrical, or both? …”
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Horticultural therapy impact on people with dementia by Adi Vitman-Schorr, Moran Chen, Ayelet Naveh, Tamar Hirshenzon Peiper, Orly Ganany Dagan

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Concevoir l’activité collective conjointe : l’enquête dialogique by Philippe Lorino

“…A major problem for safety identified by the working group is the deep divide, in managerial and cultural terms, between design-planning-preparation and building. …”
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Analyzing socio-affectivity in preschool children’s interactions with the Aquarela Virtual System by Luã Marcelo Muriana, Emanuel Felipe Duarte, Maria Cecília Calani Baranauskas, Josiane Rosa de Oliveira G. Pimenta and Yusseli Lizeth M. Mendoza

“…Moreover, even a virtual environment, with users physically distant from each other and with remote access, can afford the socio-affectivity among the participants. As possible implications the work suggests that incorporating more dynamically responsive emotional elements to educational technologies could enhance engagement and emotional understanding among preschoolers.…”
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Interactive Mitigation of Biases in Machine Learning Models for Undergraduate Student Admissions by Kelly Van Busum, Shiaofen Fang

“…Because these issues are intrinsically subjective and context-dependent, creating trustworthy software requires human input and feedback. (1) Introduction: This work introduces an interactive method for mitigating the bias introduced by machine learning models by allowing the user to adjust bias and fairness metrics iteratively to make the model more fair in the context of undergraduate student admissions. (2) Related Work: The social implications of bias in AI systems used in education are nuanced and can affect university reputation and student retention rates motivating a need for the development of fair AI systems. (3) Methods and Dataset: Admissions data over six years from a large urban research university was used to create AI models to predict admissions decisions. …”
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Advanced vision transformers and open-set learning for robust mosquito classification: A novel approach to entomological studies. by Ahmed Akib Jawad Karim, Muhammad Zawad Mahmud, Riasat Khan

“…The study's findings highlight the transformative potential of advanced deep-learning architectures in entomology, providing a strong groundwork for future research and development in mosquito surveillance and vector control. The implications of this work extend beyond mosquito classification, offering valuable insights for broader ecological and environmental monitoring applications.…”
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Relationships among workaholism, personality, obsessive beliefs, and entrepreneurial motivation by Rojin Ghasemijalal, María José Serrano-Fernández, Maria Boada-Cuerva, Beatriz Sora, Jordi Assens-Serra, Joan Boada-Grau

“…The practical implications suggest that entrepreneurship support programs could benefit from considering not only entrepreneurial orientation but also other variables such as perfectionism and work enjoyment.…”
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Amplifying Youth Voices Using Digital Technology: A Case Study in Collaborative Research With Youth Service Organizations by Rachel M. Magee, Amy M. Leman, Gowri Balasubramaniam

“…This paper details the techniques we developed and tested, shares examples from our research, and discusses the impacts and implications of these methods for future participatory work. …”
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Mind the gap: bridging ethical considerations and regulatory oversight in implantable BCI human subjects research by R. Bert Wilkins, Tara Coffin, Michelle Pham, Eran Klein, Eran Klein, Megh Marathe

“…As part of this discussion, this paper touches on the ethical challenges surrounding the enrollment of participants with impaired consent capacity and the long-term implications of implanted brain devices. Additionally, this work underscores the critical importance of robust cybersecurity measures to prevent data breaches and unauthorized manipulation of brain activity. …”
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Target search on networks-within-networks with applications to protein-DNA interactions by Lucas Hedström, Seong-Gyu Yang, Ludvig Lizana

“…We present a novel framework for understanding node target search in systems organized as hierarchical networks-within-networks. Our work generalizes traditional search models on complex networks, where the mean-first passage time is typically inversely proportional to the node degree. …”
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Happiness in the early childhood education workforce: An explanatory sequential mixed methods study by Julia Pangalangan, Emily Mauirro, Charlotte Farewell, Jini Puma

“…This explanatory sequential mixed methods study aimed to investigate the work-related PERMA components that predict happiness levels in the early childhood (ECE) workforce. …”
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L’agrobiodiversité du dattier (Phoenix dactylifera L.) dans l’oasis de Siwa (Égypte) by Vincent Battesti

“…Combining ethnography with historical analysis of the literature on Siwa points to a quite stable agrobiodiversity over this period. This work also suggests that the local community made some early choices to move not towards a self-sufficient oasis economy, but an economy focused on the export of products of a few elite cultivars. …”
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