A digital health-supported and community pharmacy-based lifestyle intervention program for adults with pre-diabetes: a study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial by J Simon Bell, Shaun Wen Huey Lee, Chun Wie Chong, Kah Woon Teoh, Choon Ming Ng, Wing Loong Cheong, Yi Ling Ng

“…The sustainability of the PRIME programme will be accessed using a follow-up questionnaire, while participants’ engagement with the intervention will be evaluated using attendance rate and the app data. Focus group discussions and one-to-one interviews will be conducted for process evaluation. …”
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The relationship between trust in federal oversight of vaccine safety and willingness to participate in COVID-19 clinical trials: a repeated measures study of Philadelphia resident... by Hyunmin Yu, José Bauermeister, Ufuoma Oyiborhoro, Knashawn Morales, Subhash Aryal, Karen Glanz, Antonia Villarruel, Stephen Bonett

“…Methods We used four waves of data collected from September 2021 to March 2023 among 582 Philadelphia residents (with a missing data rate of 0.9%). …”
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Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and cardiovascular development from childhood to early adulthood: study protocol of the Niagara Longitudinal Heart Study by Terrance J Wade, Deborah D O’Leary, Kylie S Dempster, Adam J MacNeil, Danielle S Molnar, Jennifer McGrath, John Cairney

“…Integrating the stress process and biological embedding models, this study examines how psychosocial and physiological factors in addition to lifestyle factors explain the relationship between ACEs and CVH.Methods This follow-up study combines three baseline studies from 2007 to 2012 that collected CVH measures including child blood pressure, heart rate, left ventricular structure and function, arterial stiffness indices and baroreflex sensitivity on 564 children. …”
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Landslide susceptibility modeling in West Shoa Zone, Central Ethiopia: An integrated geospatial and statistical analysis by Migartu Abdissa Tukku, Shankar Karuppannan, Matebie Meten, Tola Garo, Ashu Fekadu

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Number plate recognition smart parking management system using IoT by Allah Ditta, Muhammad Maroof Ahmed, Tehseen Mazhar, Tariq Shahzad, Yazan Alahmed, Habib Hamam

“…ANPR and IoT-based sensors help users identify the available slots and pay only for the actual parking duration, which will help to minimize the fixed billing rates. The proposed ANPR system processes vehicle number plates at entry, ensuring seamless identification and eliminating manual registration. …”
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Mutations of the PIK3CA gene in patients with breast cancer in the Krasnoyarsk region by A. V. Zyuzyukina, E. Yu. Yakunina, V. I. Borodulina, L. A. Vasilovskaya, E. V. Slepov, V. A. Komissarova, R. A. Zukov

“…Determination of PIK3CA gene mutations (exons 2, 5, 8, 10 and 21) was carried out using commercial kits on equipment from Roche (Germany). Statistical processing of the obtained data was carried out using Microsoft Excel and Statistica 12 software products. …”
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Transcriptomics, single-cell sequencing and spatial sequencing-based studies of cerebral ischemia by Jiaming Liu, Tao Qing, Mei he, Liu Xu, Zhuxiang Wu, Meiting Huang, Zheyu Liu, Ye Zhang, Zisheng Li, Wenhui Yang, Junbo Liu, Jie Li

“…Abstract With high disability and mortality rate as well as highly complex pathogenesis, cerebral ischemia is highly morbid, prone to recurrence. …”
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Milking behavior and performance of primiparous and multiparous Holstein, Jersey, and Holstein × Jersey crossbred cows in a batch milking system with automatic milking units by P. Munoz-Boettcher, J. Velez, N. Rodriguez, I.C. Klaas, P. Pinedo

“…Continuous variables for the assessment of milking performance were milk yield (MY, kg/d), milking duration (MD, min), milking duration:milk yield ratio (MDY, min/kg), milk flow duration (MFD, min), mean milk flow rate (MMF, kg/min), and peak milk flow rate (PMF, kg/min). …”
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ADSORPTIVE REMOVAL OF BRILLIANT GREEN DYE FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS USING CEDAR AND MAHOGANY SAWDUSTS by MARYAM EL HAJAM 1, 2*, NOUREDDINE IDRISSI KANDRI, AHMED HARRACH, ABDELAZIZ ZEROUALE

“…The modeling of adsorption isotherms obtained is consistent with the Langmuir model. The kinetics data indicate that the process of Brilliant Green adsorption on both sawdusts follows the pseudo second order model. …”
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Experimental Investigation on the Influence of Regional Concrete Spalling on Shield Tunnel Segments by Shimin Wang, Chuankun Liu, Gaoyu Ma, Songyu Cao, Junbo Zhang, Daiyue Lu, Chuan He

“…The ultimate bearing capacity of the damaged segment lining obviously decreases due to regional concrete spalling; to be more specific, the reduction rate for ultimate bearing capacity becomes 6%, 6%, and 13%, respectively, when the range of concrete spalling reaches 45°, 60°, and 75°.…”
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Region-wise landmarks-based feature extraction employing SIFT, SURF, and ORB feature descriptors to recognize Monozygotic twins from 2D/3D Facial Images [version 2; peer review: 2... by Srikanth Prabhu, Vinod Nayak, Aparna Jayakala, Krishna Prakasha K, Gangothri Sanil

“…Background In computer vision and image processing, face recognition is increasingly popular field of research that identifies similar faces in a picture and assigns a suitable label. …”
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Fostering experiential learning of neurocognitive skills in brain injury tele-rehabilitation: bridging gaps in remote training by integrating scenario-based digital experiences wit... by Fred Loya, Deborah Binder, Nicholas Rodriguez, Bruce Buchanan, Tatjana Novakovic-Agopian, Tatjana Novakovic-Agopian, Anthony J.-W. Chen

“…To advance the integration of technology into rehabilitation neuroscience, we present this communication as a hybrid of intervention design (introducing principles and features), “user experiences” (sharing vignettes informative of the value of technology integration into the learning process), and a controlled, proof-of-principle pilot intervention study for a small cohort of individuals (n = 18) with chronic TBI (assessing the plausibility of strengthening goal-directed functioning, as indexed by performance on neurocognitive assessment tasks and complex functional tasks, as well as ratings of personal life functioning). …”
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Microbiological and Sensory Quality of Artisanal Sour Cream by Darija Bendelja Ljoljić, Melita Boroša, Ivica Kos, Luka Cvetnić, Ivan Vnučec, Nataša Hulak, Biljana Radeljević, Vesna Jaki Tkalec

“…Samples with higher milk fat and dry matter content were rated better for creaminess, viscosity and mouth firmness. …”
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Occurrence and Exposure Assessment of Rare Earth Elements in Zhejiang Province, China by Shufeng Ye, Ronghua Zhang, Pinggu Wu, Dong Zhao, Jiang Chen, Xiaodong Pan, Jikai Wang, Hexiang Zhang, Xiaojuan Qi, Qin Weng, Zijie Lu, Biao Zhou

“…The results showed that tea and shrimp had the highest REE detection rates, reaching 100%. Of all the food categories examined, tea exhibited the highest REE concentrations, significantly exceeding those in other foods. …”
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Access to oral healthcare for children during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods study in the Aegean region of Türkiye by Sevgi Arabulan, Rüştü Özant Önçağ, Zeliha Aslı Öcek

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The effect of anxiety levels in women with hypertensive disorders on the pregnancy course and outcome by A. Ye. Husieva

“…The analysis was carried out using the Spielberger–Hanin Scale, the Psychological Stress Scale (PSM-25) and the Impact of Traumatic Event Rating Scale (IES-R). Statistical processing of the results and graphic design were performed using a Microsoft Excel 2016 spreadsheet and the comprehensive data analysis program Statistica 10 for Windows. …”
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Cognitive assessment across normal aging and subjective cognitive decline using PGIMS and Stroop color-word test: A cross-sectional study by Akshata Rao, Abhijith R Rao, Bhawana Painkra, Sakthi Kiruthika, Sunil Kumar, Meenal Thakral, Swati Bajpai, Shodhan Aithal, Aparajit Ballav Dey, Prasun Chatterjee

“…Identifying these impairments with simple neuropsychological tools aids early detection, but further research with larger samples, longitudinal data, and biomarkers is needed to refine diagnosis and track neurodegeneration.…”
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Health care experiences of individuals accessing or undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) in the U.S.: a narrative review of qualitative studies by Summer K. Peterson, Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson, Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson, Lauren Spigel, Isabel Morgan, Adriana Parker

“…BackgroundIn vitro fertilization (IVF) is an increasingly common method of assisted reproduction given the high rates of infertility in the United States (U.S.). …”
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Three-Dimensional Minute-Scale Displacement of Fels Slide Measured With Multistation <italic>Ku</italic>-Band Ground-Based Radar by Farnoush Hosseini, Bernhard Rabus, Franz J. Meyer, Davide Donati, Doug Stead, John J. Clague

“…We present a methodological framework for processing ground-based radar data that corrects complex atmospheric effects to uncover the relatively small subdaily deformation rates of the Fels slide and similar DGSDs. …”
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Understanding Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Hesitancy in Japan Using Social Media: Content Analysis by Junyu Liu, Qian Niu, Momoko Nagai-Tanima, Tomoki Aoyama

“…MethodsWe collected tweets related to the HPV vaccine from 2011 to 2021. Natural language processing techniques and large language models (LLMs) were used for stance analysis of the collected data. …”
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