Assessing the Accuracy and Consistency of Cropland Datasets and Their Influencing Factors on the Tibetan Plateau by Fuyao Zhang, Xue Wang, Liangjie Xin, Xiubin Li

“…This study highlights the significantly low spatial consistency of croplands on the TP, with only 10.60% consistency in high and complete agreement. …”
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EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF DRUG THERAPY FOR OBESITY ON THE CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS IN OVERWEIGHT WOMEN by E. A. Strebkova, I. V. Solovyeva, E. P. Sharapova, A. M. Mkrtumyan, L. I. Alekseeva, E. L. Nasonov

“…The investigation enrolled 50 women aged 45–65 years with Kellgren–Lawrence Stages II–III knee OA and obesity [body mass index (BMI) > 30 kg/m2] who were randomized into 2 groups: 1) 25 patients who took Orlistat in a dose of 120 mg (one capsule) thrice daily for 6 months in conjunction with a low-calorie diet and exercise; 2) 25 patients who received only non-drug therapy for obesity (a low-calorie diet and exercise). …”
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Accuracy deficits during robotic time-constrained reaching are related to altered prefrontal cortex activity in children with cerebral palsy by Owais A. Khan, Tarkeshwar Singh, Deborah A. Barany, Christopher M. Modlesky

“…Time constraint (high, low) was varied across blocks by changing the time participants had to hit the target. …”
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Fitness club members: a “forgotten” target group for cardiovascular prevention? by A. E. Kutuzova, E. A. Kalinina, N. N. Petrova, A. O. Nedoshivin

“…The Hospital Scale of Anxiety and Depression, Haim questionnaire on coping strategies, and visual analogue scale were also used. Results. The respondents considered themselves as having low levels of physical activity. …”
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Using New York City’s Geographic Data in an Innovative Application of Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) to Produce Cooling Comparisons of Urban Design by Yuanyuan Li, Lina Zhao, Hao Zheng, Xiaozhou Yang

“…This model can rapidly generate visual LST predictions under various configuration scenarios. …”
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Evaluation of Global-Scale and Local-Scale Optimized Segmentation Algorithms in GEOBIA With SAM on Land Use and Land Cover by Tao He, Jianyu Chen, Linchong Kang, Qiankun Zhu

“…In many cases, ESP2 tends to generate homogeneous segments (low weighted variance), whereas EIODA tends to produce heterogeneous adjacent segments (low Moran's I). …”
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Multimodal Imaging Features of Bilateral Choroidal Ganglioneuroma by Zhaoxin Jiang, Ting Zhang, Xing Liu, Dan Liang, Yimin Zhong, Chi-chao Chan, Xiaoyan Ding

“…Secondary exudative retinal detachment was evident in SS-OCT and B scanning. SS-OCT depicted low optical reflections in the choroidal layer, revealing a lack of choroidal vasculature. …”
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Comparison of Muscle Energy Techniques and Myofascial Release in Premenopausal Women with Fibromyalgia by Samar Negm, Abeer ElDeeb, Mai Shehata, ElSayed Abdou, Efrem Kentiba, Elham Hassan

“…Results ‘Muscle energy technique and myofascial release’ showed a significant decrease (p<0.001) in cervical pain, low back pain, and fibromyalgia impact questionnaire score, and a significant increase (p<0.001) in cervical and trunk range of motion after treatment. …”
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Effect of caffeine on attack decision-making in trained beach volleyball players following prolonged cognitive effort induced by social media use: a randomized, single-blind, cross... by Yago P. Costa, Bianca Stefanny Lopes-da-Silva, Fabiano S. Fonseca, Maicon Albuquerque, Gilmário R. Batista, Leonardo S. Fortes

“…Conclusions At similar levels of mental fatigue, low-dose caffeine was not superior to placebo in improving attack decision-making. …”
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Brood cover and food resources for wild turkeys following silvicultural treatments in mature upland hardwoods by John M. McCord, Craig A. Harper, Cathryn H. Greenberg

“…ABSTRACT Closed‐canopy, upland hardwood forests with limited understory development provide suboptimal habitat for wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) broods and may lead to low recruitment. Various forest management practices have been used to stimulate understory development within upland hardwoods, but evaluation of such practices on cover and food resources for wild turkey broods is incomplete. …”
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Effect of cold environments on technical performance and perceived workload and stress during advanced medical procedures: a randomized controlled simulation study by Giulia Roveri, Lorenzo Gamberini, Erika Borotto, Frederik Eisendle, Luigi Festi, Hermann Brugger, Giacomo Strapazzon, Simon Rauch, EMEX investigators

“…Time to procedure completion, number of attempts, and perceived workload and stress (using the NASA Task Load Index and Visual Analogue Scale) were measured. Operators were categorized into high or low experience groups based on self-reported prior procedure frequency. …”
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Risk assessment of landslides induced by the Ms6.2 earthquake in Jishishan, Gansu Province by Xiuqin WANG, Quanfu NIU, Hao WANG, Xi’an CHENG, Kegong LI, Hulin NIU

“…Among them, the extremely high and high-risk areas are mainly distributed in the intensity Ⅷ zone, with an area of 5.368km2, accounting for 77.82% of the total area of the extremely high and high-risk zones. The low and very low-risk areas are mainly distributed in the intensity Ⅵ and Ⅶ zones, accounting for 92.80% of the total area of the study region. …”
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Monitoring Vegetation Dynamics in Desertification Restoration Areas of Wuzhumuqin Grassland Ecosystem by Fuguang Yang, Zhiguo Wang, Yongguang Zhai, Xiangli Yang, Tengfei Bao, Yonghui Wang

“…The transformation of vegetation coverage from low level to high level in the study area is more prominent. …”
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Viability of Web-Based Respondent-Driven Sampling of Belgian Men Who Have Sex With Men: Process Evaluation by Estrelle Thunnissen, Veerle Buffel, Linda Campbell, Bea Vuylsteke, Philippe Bos, Edwin Wouters

“…ResultsSampling did not reach a sufficient sample size (n=193) to compensate for an RDS design effect of 3 and the number of recruitment waves was low (waves=7). A visual examination of the convergence and bottleneck plots indicates that many more waves of recruitment would be needed for population estimates to become independent of the seeds. …”
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Radiotherapy-immunity lncRNA model predicts lung adenocarcinoma prognosis and treatment outcome and distinguishes between hot and cold tumors by Lingfan Xiong, Jing Guo, Jingjun Lv, Wenhao Guo, Tingting Qiu

“…Patients were categorized into high-risk and low-risk patients based on median scores in the Train group. …”
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Efficient Region-Wise Packing of Stereoscopic ERP Videos Based on Information Loss Minimization by Hossein Pejman, Stephane Coulombe, Carlos Vazquez, Ahmad Vakili

“…Moreover, we propose a content-adaptive (CA) packing method for ERP videos, where the sizes of partitions, each with a particular horizontal downsampling factor, are adaptively determined based on spatial complexity. We then utilize a low-complexity frequency-domain approach to estimate the optimal partition sizes of the CA packing. …”
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Detection of <i>Aspergillus flavus</i> in Figs by Means of Hyperspectral Images and Deep Learning Algorithms by Cristian Cruz-Carrasco, Josefa Díaz-Álvarez, Francisco Chávez de la O, Abel Sánchez-Venegas, Juan Villegas Cortez

“…Only class 3, with higher aflatoxin concentration, achieves high precision and low false positive incidence. Healthy controls exhibit a high presence of false negatives. …”
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Inclusive health for people with disabilities in Chile: a national health system assessment by Danae Rodríguez Gatta, Constanza Piriz Tapia, Elvira Tagle Schmidt, Jimena Luna Benavides, Daniel Vivar Jara, Rodrigo Moreno Celis, Gonzalo Tobar Carrizo, Judit Vilaró Cáceres, Phyllis Heydt, Lena Morgon Banks, Hannah Kuper

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Validity and reliability of Hindi version of oswestry disability index in Indian population by Amit Kumar Sharma, MS, DNB, Kshitij Chaudhary, MS, DNB, Hemali Gandhi, MPTh, Arpan Nag, MS, Arvind Vatkar, MS, Ruby Nimesh, PhD, Vishal Kumar, MS, DNB

“…Using the Hindi ODI in clinical and research settings can help standardize evaluations and improve the management of low back pain in the Indian population.…”
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Photobiomodulation of acute pain syndrome after septoplasty by I. V. Kastyro, Yu. S. Romanko, G. M. Muradov, V. I. Popadyuk, I. K. Kalmykov, M. G. Kostyaeva, Yu. Sh. Gushchina, S. G. Dragunova

“…In patients of both groups, heart rate variability and pain were assessed using a visual analog scale within 48 hours after septoplasty. …”
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