Telemedicine in home enteral nutrition: a structured survey exploring acceptability, preferences and experiences among patients by Ya Ma, Xuemei Li, Qian You, Wen Hu, Zhiyong Rao, Yanru Deng, Yiyao Zhang, Lei Shi

“…For face-to-face clinic visit patients, prefer to face-to-face communication was the main reason why not choose HENST. Conclusions HENST is a economic beneficial visit model, with high satisfaction. …”
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Application of alternative <i>de novo</i> motif recognition models for analysis of structural heterogeneity of transcription factor binding sites: a case study of FOXA2 binding sit... by A. V. Tsukanov, V. G. Levitsky, T. I. Merkulova

“…The combination of these four models allowed a signif icant increase in the fraction of recognized peaks compared to that for the sole PWM model: the increase was 26.3 %. …”
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Model tests and simulation analyses on lateral deformation characteristics of PVD-improved ground by Qichang WU, Fang XU, Qishu ZHANG, Yangfa PENG, Xu HAN, Bo RUAN, Qi YANG

“…To explore the lateral deformation characteristics of prefabricated vertical drains (PVD)-improved soft ground under different preloading loads and provide guidance for the design and construction of relevant structures in soft deposit regions, this study analyzed the lateral deformation characteristics of PVD-improved ground under surcharge preloading and combined vacuum and surcharge preloading using large-scale model tests. …”
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Public perceptions on the application of artificial intelligence in healthcare: a qualitative meta-synthesis by Jing Gao, Xinyu Chen, Xiaolian Jiang, Chenxi Wu, Huiqiong Xu, Dingxi Bai

“…The standard application and reasonable supervision of medical AI is key to ensuring its effective utilisation. …”
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Explorando las demandas de capacitación en apicultura: un enfoque multirregional by Josueth Alfonso Meza Cisneros, Mayra Verónica Cantos Cruz, Joffre Paúl Añazco Chavéz, Karla Itzél Alcalá Escamilla

“…Esto incluyó una encuesta dirigida a apicultores, técnicos y personas vinculadas con la apicultura, en varias regiones del país. Los resultados señalaron un marcado interés en la apicultura, acompañado de una clara demanda de formación en áreas clave: alimentación apícola, reproducción de colmenas, sanidad apícola, manejo de apiarios, diversificación de la producción y comercialización de productos apícolas. …”
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Mean arterial pressure may be a valuable tool for classifying blood pressure in physically actives: A cross-sectional study among females from North India by Monika Kulshreshtha, Shivani Chandel

“…Methods: Data on blood pressure were collected using a standardized procedure from 441 Delhi-National Capital Region females (206 Kathak dancers; 235 age-matched non-dancers). …”
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Apathy Is Correlated with Widespread Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) Impairment in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis by Cinzia Femiano, Francesca Trojsi, Giuseppina Caiazzo, Mattia Siciliano, Carla Passaniti, Antonio Russo, Alvino Bisecco, Mario Cirillo, Maria Rosaria Monsurrò, Fabrizio Esposito, Gioacchino Tedeschi, Gabriella Santangelo

“…Apathy is recognized as the most common behavioral change in several neurodegenerative diseases, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a multisystem neurodegenerative disorder. …”
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Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Causes of Visual Impairment in an Elderly Chinese Uygur Population in Southern Xinjiang by Yi Sun, Guangming Jin, Mengting Yang, Jing Fu, Xueyi Chen, Bingsheng Lou

“…Participants aged 50 years and older from Haohan Country, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, were enrolled from August 2018 to December 2018 using cluster sampling. …”
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Effects of Housing Systems on Production Performance, Egg Quality, Tonic Immobility and Feather Score in Laying Hens by Mert Erek, Erdal Matur

“…The housing system did not impact fearfulness; however, the deep‐litter housing increased the sensitivity to touch or capture. Whole body and regional plumage condition scores of free‐range hens elicited more favourable results than those kept in conventional cages. …”
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Biosafety characteristics and antibacterial activity of probiotic strains against Streptococcus mutans, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, and Porphyromonas gingivalis by Jeong-Yong Park, Ji Yeon Lee, YongGyeong Kim, Byoung-Kook Kim, Byung Kwon Kim, Soo-Im Choi

“…Abstract Background Oral diseases with high prevalence worldwide are recognized as severe health problems. Probiotics are used to prevent oral diseases, including dental caries, oral malodor, periodontitis, and subgingival plaque. …”
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What happens when you stop using the combined contraceptive pill? A qualitative study protocol on consequences and supply needs for women who discontinued the combined contraceptiv... by Matthias Richter, Liane Schenk, Gertraud Stadler, Jana Niemann

“…Consequently, discontinuing combined oral contraceptives (COCs) as a conscious decision for reasons other than desired pregnancy has become increasingly common for menstruating individuals. …”
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An Enhanced Drone Technology for Detecting the Human Object in the Dense Areas Using a Deep Learning Model by Mohamad Reda A. Refaai, Dhruva R. Rinku, I. Thamarai, null S. Meera, Naresh Kumar Sripada, Simon Yishak

“…This research describes a methodology for recognizing the presence of humans in a forest setting utilizing a deep learning framework and a human object detection method. …”
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Integrative analysis of metabolite and transcriptome reveals the biosynthetic pathway and candidate genes for iridoid glycoside biosynthesis in Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora (Pen... by Ke Rao, Ke Rao, Siyu Liu, Siyu Liu, Xiaohui Tang, Guofu Jia, Shaohua Yang, Chaoxiang Ren, Chaoxiang Ren, Jin Pei, Jin Pei

“…Due to overharvesting, N. scrophulariiflora resources are facing the risk of depletion, urgently requiring resource protection and rational utilization. However, the biosynthetic pathways and related genes of active compounds in N. scrophulariiflora have not been fully investigated. …”
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A Study to Assess the Carrying Angle in Children Aged between 8 to 16 Years of Age by Pradip Patil, Umesh D. Jain, Amol Gowaikar, Salim A. Lad, Shivaji Kolli

“…Among children most common type of fracture seen in the elbow region is Supracondylar fracture. Any mal-union or Inaccurate reduction in these fracture will result in disabling and unsightly cubitus varus deformity. …”
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An attention based residual U-Net with swin transformer for brain MRI segmentation by Tazkia Mim Angona, M. Rubaiyat Hossain Mondal

“…Automated segmentation using deep learning approaches has shown potential in detecting tumor region. However, the complexity of the tumor areas which contain various shapes, sizes, fuzzy boundaries, makes this process difficult. …”
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The effects of weather on physical activity and sedentary behaviour in older adults by Kathryn M. Crosby, Kathryn M. Crosby, Kathryn M. Crosby, Brittany Adams, Elizabeth Zambrano Garza, Mathieu L. Bourbonnais, Melanie Fenton, Christiane Hoppmann, Christiane Hoppmann, Christiane Hoppmann, Jennifer M. Jakobi, Jennifer M. Jakobi, Jennifer M. Jakobi

“…Females spent more time in total LPA and LPA indoors, and as age increased total LPA and LPA outdoors decreased.ConclusionsOlder adults located in a dry (∼690 mm precipitation annually) region with warm winters and hot summers (−5°C–30°C) seemingly choose indoor activities. …”
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Local Self-Governments in Hungary: Recent Changes through Central European Lenses by Csaba Lentner, Szilard Hegedus

“…The article presents detailed reasons for the atypical nature of Hungarian local self-government indebtedness and the factors underlying this unfavourable process. …”
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Reducing the Brace Correction Stress on the Secondary Lumbar Curve Results in Excellent Muscle, Bone, and Disc Mechanical Performance: A Musculoskeletal Finite Element Simulation o... by Xiaohui Zhang, Di Wang, Danyu Lv, Jinmiao Lv, Huiyi Tang, Jinlin Qian, Bagen Liao

“…The correction rate of the Cobb Angle of the MT curve decreased with the decrease of the correction pressure in the lumbar region. When reduced to 25% of the maximum threshold, the convex side of disc stress, intervertebral space, and muscle axial force is more in line with the biomechanical mechanism of correction and can avoid sacrificing the PT curve. …”
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The study of oat varieties (Avena sativa L.) of various geographical origin for grain quality and productivity by V. I. Polonskiy, N. A. Surin, S. A. Gerasimov, A. G. Lipshin, A. V. Sumina, S. Zute

“…The highest oil content was shown by Tubinsky, Kazyr and Sayan, all currently cultivated in the Krasnoyarsk region. An increased accumulation of protein in grain was observed in the hulled variety Local Tunisia 1 and the naked accession of Vyatskiy. …”
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Two-party cooperative blind signature based on SM2 by Xue BAI, Baodong QIN, Rui GUO, Dong ZHENG

“…SM2, issued by China in 2010, is a public key cryptography standard based on elliptic curves.It has been widely used in finance, social security and other fields thanks to its advantages of improved signature efficiency, decreased storage space and computing complexity than RSA.With the popularization and application of SM2, the issues of its key security and data privacy are of great concern.The single-key mode inhibits the potential application in multi-user settings, and the leakage of the key will threaten the security of the entire cryptosystem due to the centralization.The problem of secure storage and reasonable utilization of keys needs to be solved urgently.In addition, the SM2 digital signature algorithm cannot guarantee the message privacy.Aiming at the issues of key security and data privacy of the signature algorithm, many researchers have proposed the idea of cooperative signature and blind signature for SM2.However, there isn’t SM2 collaborative blind signature scheme proposed.Then a two-party cooperative blind signing protocol based on SM2 was proposed in this paper, which allowed two parties to sign except the user.The signing process did not require recovering the complete private key, while not revealing the information of the partial private key and secret number.The key was stored separately to improve the security of the key, while the blind signature protected the privacy of the message.In terms of security, the protocol satisfied unforgeability and unlinkability.The protocol was implemented using C to demonstrate the efficiency of each participant’s local operation.In the honest model, the time cost of each entity in the cooperative signature phase was similar as that of executing a lightweight SM2 blind signature.Overall, the proposed protocol has certain advantages in terms of function and efficiency.…”
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