Virtual Reality Interventions of Daily Versus Weekly Data Collection in Patient-Reported Outcomes Among Adults With Cancer: Pilot Survey Study by Matthew Browning, Olivia McAnirlin, Fu Li, Jeffrey Bertrand, Denise Davis, Kapil Madathil, George Fredric Mau, Teny Henry Gomez

“…While weekly assessments have benefits, VR devices enable more frequent in-device data collection. It remains unclear whether PROs collected more frequently provide more information on these interventions than PROs collected more infrequently. …”
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Separation, identification, and quantification of dicyclohexylformyl oxyphenisatin, an illegal additive, from a fruit and vegetable plum by Wanqin Wu, Songsong Zhu, Jintao Xia, Feng Jiang, Xiaolong Fan, Li Zhang

“…Methods: Ultra performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-Q-TOF/MS) was employed to perform non-targeted screening of illegal additives from more than 10 batches of fruit and vegetable plums. …”
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Spatial variability characteristics of soil heavy metals in the cropland and its pollution source identification around the contaminated sites by LI Haiguang, SHI Jiachun, WU Jianjun

“…Hg concentrations in 3.85% of the surface soil samples exceeded the type Ⅱ limit. Nemerow index method assessment results showed that there were 25 soil samples exceeded the standard, with overproof rate of 48.08%. …”
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Contamination and washing of cloth masks and risk of infection among hospital health workers in Vietnam: a post hoc analysis of a randomised controlled trial by Abrar Ahmad Chughtai, Chandini Raina MacIntyre, Bayzidur Rahman, Holly Seale, Tham Chi Dung

“…The risk of infection was more than double among HCW self-washing their masks compared with the hospital laundry (HR 2.04 (95% CI 1.03 to 4.00); p=0.04). …”
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Physical activity during pregnancy: key beliefs to support intervention by Laurence Simard, Stéphanie Girard, Jean Lemoyne, Véronique Babineau, Stephanie-May Ruchat

“…The interaction was interpreted with the pick-a-point method and the Johnson-Neyman graphical method.Results The sample consists of 193 women (Mage = 31.2±3.6). …”
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µID-TIMS: spatially resolved high-precision U–Pb zircon geochronology by S. Markovic, J.-F. Wotzlaw, D. Szymanowski, J. Reuteler, P. Zeng, C. Chelle-Michou

“…<span class="inline-formula">µ</span>ID-TIMS bridges the gap between conventional bulk-grain high-precision dating and high-spatial-resolution in situ techniques, enabling the study of the timescales of a variety of processes recorded on the scale of individual growth zones in zircon. This method can be applied to zircon of any age and composition, from terrestrial systems to precious samples from other planetary bodies.…”
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The effect of obligatory versus voluntary school food standard implementation on the fulfillment of the school food standard requirements in Germany by Cordula Hundeshagen, Heike Rosmann, Jörg Lindenmeier

“…The aim of this first exploratory study is to analyze school lunch menus regarding their fulfillment of the SFS requirements and detect differences between obligatory and voluntary implementation of the SFS. Methods: After drawing a random sample of schools and reaching out for voluntary participation in this study, school menus of federal states with obligatory (OSFS) and voluntary (VSFS) SFS implementation were collected and analyzed. …”
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Caste Prejudices in Denial: Analyzing Student Perceptions in an Indian University by Anupam Yadav, Dhiraj Singha

“…In answering these questions, we measure the Caste Prejudice Levels among students of varying socio-economic backgrounds in a Central University in India. Statistical methods like two independent samples t-test, ANOVA, Chi-square test, Effect Sizes, etc., have been performed for analysing data. …”
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Model building and analysis of S-type flexible hinges by YU Mingwei, LI Zongxuan, ZHANG Defu, LI Qingya, XU Jiakun

“…To calculate compliance more accurately, a novel approach based on the Timoshenko beam model and screw theory was proposed.MethodsUsing the S-type flexible structure as an example, theoretical modeling was conducted and the impact of dimension parameters on the compliance of straight beam was analyzed. …”
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Natural Resource Abundance, Financial Development and Economic Growth (An Iranian Experience) by majid aghaei

“…This method offers advantages over other conventional and previous cointegration methods, such as Johansen and Toda-Yamamoto approaches. …”
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Kinetic Study of Commercial Tabletop Sweeteners Using Thermal Analysis by Naienne da Silva Santana, Sergio Neves Monteiro, Tatiana Carestiato da Silva, Michelle Gonçalves Mothé

“…The kinetic parameters were calculated using the ASTM E-698 method, indicating that the xylitol sample required the lowest energy to initiate the decomposition process. …”
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Tris(2-Aminoethyl)Amine-Functionalized Fe3O4 Magnetic Nanoparticles as a Selective Sorbent for Separation of Silver and Gold Ions in Different pHs by Hamid Reza Lotfi Zadeh Zhad, Forouzan Aboufazeli, Omid Sadeghi, Vahid Amani, Ezzatollah Najafi, Najmeh Tavassoli

“…The presented method was used to determine silver and gold ions in real samples. …”
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Gamma-ray bursts and optical brightness: insights from Swift satellite by Istvan I. Racz, Yasmin Nehme, Lajos G. Balazs

“…This method is used to analyse datasets that may have upper or lower bounds rather than precise observations, but nevertheless contain relevant information. …”
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Prediction of Compressive Strength by Considering Practical Consideration Non-destructive Test by Artificial Neural Network by Priyesh GANGELE, Arun Kumar PATEL

“…Experimental work involved 126 laboratory-prepared samples (grades M10–M40) with curing age of 14 day and 28 day and 231 field samples from a 20-year-old structure, tested using both methods. …”
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Saliva Has High Sensitivity and Specificity for Detecting SARS-CoV-2 Compared to Nasal Swabs but Exhibits Different Viral Dynamics from Days of Symptom Onset by Tor W. Jensen, Rebecca L. Smith, Joseph T. Walsh

“…<b>Conclusions</b>: In the endemic phase of COVID-19 and for development of new tests, testing methods that are less invasive are more likely to be adopted. …”
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Pore structure characterization of porous building material by X-ray computed tomography (XCT) and X-ray microscopy (XRM) by Chengnan Shi, Jeroen Soete, Hans Janssen

“…Additionally, scanning the same sample with a finer voxel size naturally captures more details, and allows the pore network extraction algorithm to better preserve pore structure. …”
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Non-Invasive Prenatal Screening for Down Syndrome: A Review of Mass-Spectrometry-Based Approaches by Răzvan Lucian Jurca, Ioana-Ecaterina Pralea, Maria Iacobescu, Iulia Rus, Cristina-Adela Iuga, Florin Stamatian

“…Recently, there has been a noticeable shift towards using less invasive biological sample types (e.g., maternal serum, plasma, and urine) reflecting a growing interest in non-invasive methods for prenatal screening. …”
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Individualization of clinical target volume delineation in eccentric nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a prospective comparative study by Yunrui Song, Yunrui Song, Yuwei Wang, Mengqi Yang, Xinhao Yu, Mengze Li, Bin Long, Xiaolei Shu, Xin Zhang, Feng Wang, Chencheng Wang, Mengyu Hu, Jiang-Dong Sui, Ying Wang

“…We proposed an individualized CTV delineation method for eccentric NPC and evaluated its feasibility based on the eccentric distance of the primary lesion.Materials and methodsNinety patients with eccentric NPC were included. …”
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Effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing with Justice-involved People: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Teresa Pinto e Silva, Cláudia Gouveia, Faraj A. Santirso, Olga Cunha, Sónia Caridade

“…Results: Results indicated that MI is more effective in increasing session attendance and reducing dropout than interventions without MI. …”
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SEVER ACUTE PANCREATITIS: ASSESSMENT OF CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS, IMAGING DATA, ACCOMPANYING PATHOLOGY, COMPLICATIONS AND CONSEQUENCES by Tetiana V. Formanchuk, Mariya I. Pokidko, Maksym A. Hudz, Vitaliy А. Katsal, Andrii A. Zhmur

“…The analysis of clinical characteristics, imaging data, concomitant pathology, complications and consequences of severe acute pancreatitis was carried out in this study. Materials and methods. In this work, a detailed analysis of the clinical data of 131 patients with severe AP was carried out, including epidemiological, clinical data, as well as the development of local complications based on the results of imaging methods, such as computer tomography, ultrasound, and radiological methods. …”
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