Focus on One Swimming Stroke or Compete in Multiple: How Much Specialization Is Needed to Become a World-Class Female Swimmer? by Dennis-Peter Born, Jenny Lorentzen, Jesús J. Ruiz-Navarro, Thomas Stöggl, Michael Romann, Glenn Björklund

“…Longitudinal performance development and differences between the swimmers’ main and their secondary swimming strokes were analyzed using linear mixed model. <b>Results</b>: World-class freestyle swimmers show significantly (<i>p</i> ≤ 0.042) higher swimming points across all age categories compared to international-, national- and regional-class swimmers. …”
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Enhancing sepsis management: the role of dynamic heparin-binding protein monitoring in elderly patients by Lei Miao, Dandan Liu, Jingxian Liao, Xiaozhu Shen, Chunhui Xie, Guangyun Hu

“…HBP levels were significantly elevated at all time points in the mortality group compared to the survival group (p &lt; 0.001). …”
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What do nursery teachers think about the influence of family and school on the construction of gender identity by Mª del Carmen Rodríguez Menéndez

“…The discourse developed about this field will allow us to elucidate if a system based on opinion and belief that legitimizes the postulates of mixed school and dulls the implementation of coeducation processes still persists.…”
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Screening for Depression in the General Population with the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D): A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis. by Gemma Vilagut, Carlos G Forero, Gabriela Barbaglia, Jordi Alonso

“…Pooled sensitivity, specificity, likelihood ratios and diagnostic odds ratio were estimated for several cut-off points using bivariate mixed effects models for each threshold. …”
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Evaluating intervention fidelity: an example from a high-intensity interval training study. by Kathryn L Taylor, Matthew Weston, Matthew Weston, Alan M Batterham

“…The mean peak heart rate was 85% of maximal, with a between-subject SD of 7.8 (95% confidence interval 5.4 to 11.3) percentage points and a within-subject SD of 15.1 (14.6 to 15.6) percentage points. …”
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CLINICAL AND LABORATORY EVALUATION OF INTOXICATION SYNDROME IN CHILDREN WITH ACUTE RESPIRATORY VIRAL INFECTIONS by O. M. Ibragimova, L. A. Alekseyeva, I. V. Babachenko, T. V. Bessonova

“…The intensity of clinical symptoms was evaluated in points (from 0 to 3). It was established that total clinical manifestation of intoxication syndrome was from 3,4 ± 0,6 points in the case of respiratory syncytial viral infection to 6,2 ± 0,8 points in the case of influenza depending on the etiology. …”
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Two-year scale-up dissemination study of a multi-strategic community-wide intervention promoting physical activity: a single-arm pre-post hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial by Aoi Tsuzuki, Masamitsu Kamada, Shiho Amagasa, Jun Kitayuguchi, Takuma Miyashita, Takafumi Abe, Tatsunosuke Gomi, Kenta Okuyama, Masataka Taguri, Shigeru Inoue

“…The increase in PA in higher-dose areas was not significantly different but slightly larger than that in lower-dose areas (+ 8.4% points vs. + 7.6% points, adjusted difference in change: 0.8% points [-3.8, 5.5]). …”
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Effectiveness of ensitrelvir for cough caused by COVID-19 Omicron variant in patients with asthma by Naoyuki Miyashita, Nobuyuki Horita, Yasushi Nakamori, Makoto Ogata, Naoki Fukuda, Akihisa Yamura, Tomoki Ito

“…J-LCQ documented at baseline on days 4, 7, and 14 for all patients showed a steady improvement over time in both groups. In the mixed model for repeated measures model, which accounts for repeated measurements, the change in J-LCQ score from baseline was 2.1 points higher in the ensitrelvir group (P <0.001). …”
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Multi-Examiner: A Knowledge Graph-Driven System for Generating Comprehensive IT Questions with Higher-Order Thinking by Yonggu Wang, Zeyu Yu, Zihan Wang, Zengyi Yu, Jue Wang

“…Results showed statistically significant improvements (<i>p</i> < 0.01) with Multi-Examiner outperforming GPT-4 by an average of 0.87 points (on a 5-point scale) for evaluation-level questions and 1.12 points for creation-level questions. …”
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Associations between sleep, stress, and cardiovascular health in emergency medical services personnel by Rebecca E. Cash, Sarah E. Anderson, Kathryn E. Lancaster, Bo Lu, Madison K. Rivard, Carlos A. Camargo Jr., Ashish R. Panchal

“…Mixed effects logistic regression models with a random intercept for agency were used to estimate the odds of ideal CVH for good sleep quality (PSQI < 5 points), recommended sleep duration (7 to < 9h), low perceived stress (PSS < 26 points), and low chronic stress (0 recent stressful events). …”
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BODY DIFFICULTIES IN RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS ROUTINES by Amanda Batista, Rui Garganta, Lurdes Ávila-Carvalho

“…The gymnasts in the finals (finalists) presented a higher number of complex elements (mixed and multiple difficulties) than the other groups. …”
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Field assessment of a novel sensor for measuring noncondensable gases in steam sterilizers by Francesco Tessarolo, Michela Masè

“…NCG measurements were analysed by mixed-effects models. The sensor provided reproducible measurements of NCGs resulting from ineffective conditioning (marginal R2 = 0.88) or introduced during the conditioning (marginal R2 = 0.97) and exposure phase (marginal R2 = 0.96), with negligible effects of access points or load amounts. …”
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Piecewise Trend Approximation: A Ratio-Based Time Series Representation by Jingpei Dan, Weiren Shi, Fangyan Dong, Kaoru Hirota

“…For ControlChart dataset, PTA outperforms them by 3.55% and 2.33% higher classification accuracy and 8.94% and 7.07% higher for Mixed-BagShapes dataset, respectively. It is indicated that the proposed PTA is effective for high dimensional time series data mining.…”
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University Student’s Emotional States during Virtual Learning by Eija Henritius, Markku Hannula, Panu Erästö, Visajaani Salonen, Erika Löfström

“…Data were collected at nine measurement points during a half semester foundation course in statistics. …”
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Hubungan Interpersonal Skill Karyawan terhadap Minat Masyarakat Muslim Menjadi Anggota Koperasi Syari’ah by Sisco Fernandes, H Hardiizon

“…In this context, the study is elaborated through mixed-methodology, the research sucessfully find some points. …”
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Two new approaches for construction of the high order of accuracy difference schemes for hyperbolic differential equations by Allaberen Ashyralyev, Pavel E. Sobolevskii

“…The high order of accuracy two-step difference schemes generated by an exact difference scheme or by the Taylor decomposition on the three points for the numerical solutions of this problem are presented. …”
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Entanglement of purification as a measure of non-conformality by M. Asadi

“…Furthermore, we have found that if one consider two different mixed state characterized by distinct values of ΛT, then the correlation between the subsystems of these states can be the same independent of ΛT.…”
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Response of Soil Moisture to Typical Rainfall at Different Stands and Slope Sites in Qiaoshan Forest Region by GUO Yixuan, LI Jing, XU Guoce, ZHANG Yixin, CHEN Xi, GU Fengyou, WANG Bin

“…The seasonal differences in soil moisture in the same soil layer at different points were significant (p≤0.05), and the average soil moisture in all soil layers was the lowest in summer.2) During moderate rainfall events, only shallow soil moisture content responded to rainfall, and the response intensity of soil moisture content to rainfall in mixed forest was greater than that in broad-leaved pure forest.3) In the event of heavy rain, the response of soil moisture to rainfall was greater in the mixed forest than in the pure broad-leaved forest, and the response relationship was as follows: lower slope > middle slope > upper slope for the shallow layer, and upper slope > middle slope > lower slope for the deep layer.4) In the event of heavy rainfall, the response of soil moisture to rainfall was greater in broad-leaved pure forest than in mixed broad-leaved forest, and the response relationship was as follows: lower slope > middle slope > upper slope for the shallow layer, and upper slope > middle slope > lower slope in the deep layer.5) In the three rainfall events, the supplement amount of the mixed forest was 1.55, 1.65 and 1.00 times that of the pure broad-leaved forest, respectively. …”
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Bacterial Coaggregation in Bacteria Isolated from Dental Unit Waterlines by Si Young Lee, Hye Young Yoon

“…Results: Coaggregation was observed in 360 out of 406 coaggregation pairs, whose coaggregation scores of ranged from one to three points. Five pairs (1.4%) had a coaggregation score of 3 points. …”

In-situ permeability of the shallow backfill at Laohutai coal mine by ZHANG Jian, LIU Shouqiang, GUO Liangliang, LIU Qin

“…The inherent water conductivity and permeability characteristics of artificial porous filling materials in underground mining pose potential water hazard risks to underground working faces.This study attempts to investigate the in-situ water conductivity of shallow filling materials in the Laohutai Coal Mine.We conducted laboratory testing, numerical analysis, and a combined connectivity test using sodium chloride and atmospheric precipitation to explore the permeability of the filling materials under natural conditions.Results indicate that the shallow filling materials primarily consist of shale mixed with slag, fly ash, and river sand.These materials feature low strength, poor cohesion, and high brittleness, with rapid strength degradation upon water exposure.The estimated average permeability coefficient from tracer tests aligned closely with numerical analysis results.Based on the combined sodium chloride and atmospheric precipitation connectivity tests, the conductivity curves of the underground monitoring points resulted from the combined effects of material composition and rainfall.The timing of conductivity inflection points at 5 monitoring locations reflected variations in the groundwater circulation rate within the filling body.The composition and distribution of the filling materials significantly influence their permeability, with an average permeability coefficient of 5.8 m/h.This is consistent with the results of tracer tests and numerical analysis.…”
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