The Impact of Endodontic Status on Quality of Life by Petra Dijanić, Ana Ivanišević, Silvana Jukić Krmek, Jelena Perica Pavešić, Zoran Karlović, Jurica Matijević

“…The influence of endodontic status on quality of life has not been fully clarified. The aim of this study was to quantify the effect of endodontic status on everyday functioning using the psychometric instrument Oral Impacts on Daily Performances (OIDP) and to correlate endodontic status with quality of life using the OIDP questionnaire. …”
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A Multi‐Sensor Approach for the Characterization of Tropical Cyclone Induced Swell—Application to TC Larry, 2021 by Clément Pouplin, Alexis Mouche, Bertrand Chapron

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Depression, anxiety and quality of life in patients with melanoma by Vojvodić Aleksandra R., Dedić Gordana

“…The global quality of life was significantly worse in patients with the IV stage (33.5 vs. 83), the symptomatology was more pronounced (78.5 vs. 0) and the functioning was significantly worse (31 vs. 85) in relation to patients with stages I and II (p < 0.01) for all segments of quality of life. …”
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Assessment of Quality of Life in Patients with Parkinson's Disease by Freddy Fernando Jumbo Salazar, Carlos Alejandro Troya Altamirano, Daniela Abigail Cobo Álvarez

“…The Mini Mental State Examination was used to assess cognitive functioning, the Parkinson's Disease Quality of Life Questionnaire to assess quality of life, and the Beck Depression Scale to assess emotional status. …”
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Sagittal Plane Kinematic Deviations and Spatio-Temporal Gait Characteristics in Children with Idiopathic Toe Walking: A Comparative Analysis Using Statistical Parametric Mapping by Rocio Pozuelo-Calvo, Almudena Serrano-Garcia, Yolanda Archilla-Bonilla, Angel Ruiz-Zafra, Manuel Noguera-Garcia, Kawtar Benghazi-Akhlaki, Miguel Membrilla-Mesa, Carla DiCaudo, Jose Heredia-Jimenez

“…Future research should explore the long-term musculoskeletal consequences of these deviations and optimize therapeutic strategies, such as physical therapy and orthotic interventions, to improve gait functionality and quality of life.…”
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Health-Related Quality of Life of Individuals with Physical Disabilities in Childhood by Chris Church, Sana Patil, Stephanie Butler, Freeman Miller, Jose J. Salazar-Torres, Nancy Lennon, M. Wade Shrader, Maureen Donohoe, Faithe Kalisperis, W. G. Stuart Mackenzie, Louise Reid Nichols

“…<b>Background</b>: The use of patient-reported outcomes is essential to understand and manage health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in youth with lifelong disabilities. …”
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Effects of Transcutaneous Electroacupuncture Stimulation (TEAS) on Eyeblink, EEG, and Heart Rate Variability (HRV): A Non-Parametric Statistical Study Investigating the Potential o... by David Mayor, Tony Steffert, Paul Steinfath, Tim Watson, Neil Spencer, Duncan Banks

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An Innovative Approach to Solve Fuzzy Linear Fractional Programming Problems by Karthick Sivakumar, Saraswathi Appasamy, Dragan Pamucar

“…We presented a numerical example with a real-life application for the simplicity of presenting the algorithm. …”
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Structuring of the disciplines «Engineering ecology» and «Safety of the Life» as a means of improving the quality of their learning by V. M. Mikhailov

“…The article is devoted to the peculiarities of organizing the teaching of general training disciplines ("Engineering Ecology," "Safety of the Life" etc.) in the absence of full practice. In such cases, it is proposed to build training on the basis of accounting for the structural properties of the educational material in both lectures and self-work assignments. …”
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Prospective Assessment of Life Cycle, Quality, and Cost for Electric Product Improvement: Supporting Prototyping and Conceptualization by Employing CQ-LCA by Dominika Siwiec, Andrzej Pacana

“…Then, by the LCA method according to ISO 14040, the CO₂ emissions were estimated and modelled adequately to quality change. Next, by the parametric model based on the static method and the cost value function, including the nominal least squares method, the cost was estimated adequately to quality and environmental change. …”
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Cochlear and Bone Conduction Implants in Asymmetric Hearing Loss and Single-Sided Deafness: Effects on Localization, Speech in Noise, and Quality of Life by Oana Astefanei, Cristian Martu, Sebastian Cozma, Luminita Radulescu

“…Background: Single-sided deafness (SSD) and asymmetric hearing loss (AHL) impair spatial hearing and speech perception, often reducing quality of life. Cochlear implants (CIs) and bone conduction implants (BCIs) are rehabilitation options used in SSD and AHL to improve auditory perception and support functional integration in daily life. …”
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Validation of the German Life-Space Assessment (LSA-D): cross-sectional validation study in urban and rural community-dwelling older adults by Paul Gellert, Sandra Angelika Mümken, Malte Stollwerck, Julie Lorraine O'Sullivan, Joern Kiselev

“…Objectives To develop a German version of the original University of Alabama at Birmingham Study of Aging Life-Space Assessment (LSA-D) for measurement of community mobility in older adults within the past 4 weeks and to evaluate its construct validity for urban and rural populations of older adults.Design Cross-sectional validation study.Setting Two study centres in urban and rural German outpatient hospital settings.Participants In total, N=83 community-dwelling older adults were recruited (n=40 from urban and n=43 from rural areas; mean age was 78.5 years (SD=5.4); 49.4% men).Primary and secondary outcome measures The final version of the translated LSA-D was related to limitations in activities and instrumental activities of daily living (ADL/iADL) as primary outcome measure (primary hypothesis); and with sociodemographic factors, functional mobility, self-rated health, balance confidence and history of falls as secondary outcome measures to obtain construct validity. …”
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Influence of EEG-based functional connectivity and inhibitory control on educational web search performance among adolescents by Надежда Владимировна Сутормина

“…Statistical processing was performed using the Python programming language, and the data were analyzed using binary logistic regression and the non-parametric Mann-Whitney U test. Results. The variable of web information search related to an educational task is influenced by the number of web links used by the participants, the average reaction time during the inhibitory control task, and the modularity metric of functional connectivity in the EEG sensor space. …”
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Bounded sine hyperbolic distribution with applications to real datasets by Anwaar Saeed, Abdus Saboor, Farrukh Jamal, Najwan Alsadat, Oluwafemi Samson Balogun, Abdoulie Faal, Mohammed Elgarhy

“…It has a simple closed form cumulative distribution function (CDF). Various structural properties of the distribution are obtained, such as quantile function, moments, entropy, order statistics, reversed order statistics, upper record statistics, residual lifetime function, and reversed residual life function. …”
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Lifetime Prediction Analysis of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells Based on Empirical Mode Decomposition—Temporal Convolutional Network by Chao Zheng, Changqing Du, Jiaming Zhang, Yiming Zhang, Jun Shen, Jiaxin Huang

“…Accurate assessment of remaining useful life (RUL) is essential for enhancing longevity. …”
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Examination of oral health quality of life and patient satisfaction in removable denture wearers with OHIP-14 scale and visual analog scale: a cross-sectional study by Büşra Tosun, Nur Uysal

“…Abstract Background Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) is a term that encompasses conditions such as oral health status, living conditions, and function. …”
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Evaluation of the optimal values of cholesterol of high density lipoproteins in a cohort of men aged 40-59 with myocardial infarction (according to 30-year monitoring of the status... by V. V. Belov, A. A. Menshchikov

“…The confidence bands of survival functions were built on the basis of on non-parametric Kolmogorov-Smirnov test.Results. …”
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Validating psychometric properties of generic quality-of-life instruments (WHOQOL-BREF (TW) and EQ-5D) among non-dialysis chronic kidney disease: Rasch and confirmatory factor anal... by Chih-Hen Yu, Ching-Chun Lin, Zheng-Zhe Wu, An-Bang Wu, Yu-Tzu Chang, Chung-Ying Lin, Jung-Der Wang, Junne-Ming Sung

“…Background: Quality of life (QOL) is important for evaluating medical care outcomes. …”
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A feasibility study on the use of cranial nerve non-invasive neuromodulation to improve affected arm function in people in the chronic stage of a stroke by Maureen Ahiatsi, Guillaume Léonard, Eléonor Riesco, Marie-Claude Girard, Marie-Hélène Milot

“…Abstract Background Chronic stroke survivors are often left with residual arm muscle weakness impeding arm function, daily life activities and quality of life. …”
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Effects of <i>Bothriochloa ischaemum</i> on the Diversity of Pannonian Sandy Grasslands by Szilárd Szentes, Károly Penksza, Eszter Saláta-Falusi, László Sipos, Veronika Kozma-Bognár, Richárd Hoffmann, Zsombor Wagenhoffer

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