Early development score as a prognostic factor in nonverbal/minimally verbal children with autism spectrum disorder: A matched case-control study in Cyprus by Margarita Kilili-Lesta, Konstantinos Giannakou, Louiza Voniati

“…This study aims to identify such factors within children diagnosed with ASD in Cyprus. Methods In this case-control study, 56 children aged 3–12 years, with an ASD diagnosis, participated. …”
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Sociodemographic Differences in Logins and Engagement With the Electronic Health Coach Messaging Feature of a Mobile App to Support Opioid and Stimulant Use Recovery: Results From... by Lindsey M Filiatreau, Hannah Szlyk, Alex T Ramsey, Erin Kasson, Xiao Li, Zhuoran Zhang, Patricia Cavazos-Rehg

“…Louis area. MethodsWe enrolled individuals into the uMAT-R service program from facilities providing recovery support in the Greater St. …”
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Sex‐specific disparities in COVID‐19 outcomes by Zubaid Rafique, Valerie Durkalski‐Mauldin, William F. Peacock, Kabir Yadav, Joshua C. Reynolds, Clifton W. Callaway

“…Neutralizing Ab levels increased more in males but did not correlate with sex differences in outcomes.…”
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Modifying lumbar flexion pain thresholds in patients with chronic low back pain through visual-proprioceptive manipulation with virtual reality: a cross-sectional study by Jaime Jordán-López, María D. Arguisuelas, Julio Doménech, M. Lourdes Peñalver-Barrios, Marta Miragall, Rocío Herrero, Rosa M. Baños, Juan J. Amer-Cuenca, Juan F. Lisón

“…One-way ANOVA with Bonferroni post-hoc tests examined differences among conditions, and three two-sample t-tests explored whether individuals with higher pain, kinesiophobia, and catastrophizing were more affected by visual-proprioceptive manipulation. …”
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Evaluation of RT-LAMP for SARS-CoV-2 Detection in Animal Feces by Aimee Pepper, Sandipty Kayastha, Megan Miller, Jake Guag, Andriy Tkachenko, Matthew Allender, Karen Terio, Leyi Wang

“…The diagnostic specificity was 97.9%. Blinded method testing organized by an independent laboratory confirmed the satisfactory reproducibility of the assay. …”
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The Effect of Unconventional Technologies on Carbon Emissions During the Convective Drying of Yellow Mealworm (<i>Tenebrio molitor</i> L.) Larvae and the Selected Physical Properti... by Radosław Bogusz, Katarzyna Pobiega, Ewa Gondek, Artur Wiktor, Dorota Witrowa-Rajchert, Małgorzata Nowacka

“…This study revealed that combined pretreatment seems to be the most promising method for insects as regards obtaining better rehydration and comparable hygroscopic properties, as well as an attractive color compared to untreated insects, and, above all, in ensuring suitable microbiological quality.…”
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CORN HAIR EXTRACT AS CORROSION INHIBITOR FOR ST37 STEEL IN 3% HCL MEDIA by Sefrilita Risqi Adikaning Rani, Rahmaniah Rahmaniah, Hernawati Hernawati, Nurhidayah Nurhidayah, Fira Yurdanianti

“…It indicated that the immersion time and the corrosion inhibitor concentration were related to the corrosion rate. The longer the sample was immersed, the greater the mass loss that occurred because the more Fe(OH)2 layers were formed. …”
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A fast and efficient green apple object detection model based on Foveabox by Weikuan Jia, Zhifen Wang, Zhonghua Zhang, Xinbo Yang, Sujuan Hou, Yuanjie Zheng

“…Furthermore, an adaptive training sample selection (ATSS) method is adopted to directly select positive and negative samples, allowing green fruits of different scales to obtain higher recall and achieve more accurate green apple detection. …”
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Probing hybrid metallic sandwiches with nonlocal four-terminal electrical measurements by Mikhail Belogolovskii, Magdaléna Poláčková, Elena Zhitlukhina, Branislav Grančič, Leonid Satrapinskyy, Pavol Ďurina, Maroš Gregor, Tomáš Plecenik

“…To address this challenge, we propose a through-sample nonlocal four-terminal method based on the Landauer-Büttiker scattering approach, which has been tested on hybrid all-metallic sandwiches composed of two 80 nm thick NbN films and a 50 nm thick core made of three archetypal ferromagnets, Co, Ni, or NiCu alloy. …”
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Effect of different drying techniques on the physicochemical and nutritional properties of Moringa oleifera leaves powder and their application in bakery product by B.M. Khaled, Ashish Kumar Das, S. M. Shamiul Alam, Nazmus Saqib, Md. Suman Rana, Sumia Rahman Sweet, Tamanna Naznin, Md. Pallob Hossain, Shanto Sardar, Zakaria Hossain, Suzana Marzan, Afrina Yesmin

“…Sun drying was less efficient in preserving antioxidant components, while vacuum drying was the most successful. But sun drying was more cost effective than that of other drying methods. …”
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Diagnostic value of motor evoked potential parameters in patients with Parkinson’s disease stage II by A. V. Demchenko, Dzh. N. Aravitska

“…The MEP latencies of the premotor cortex, which is ipsilateral to the side with more pronounced motor symptoms, have a particularly close relationship with UPDRS part III total score in the samples with 1.10–1.76 Tl magnetic inductions (r = 0.31–0.34, P ˂ 0.05). …”
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Ethical attitudes of the future Russian officials and businessmen: Comparative analysis by A. A. Maksimenko, O. S. Deyneka, D. V. Krylova, E. V. Zabelina, E. A. Bulgakova

“…The background sample consisted of the government and municipal employees (39.0% of the total sample) and the employees of commercial companies (36.5%), as well as the representatives of NGOs (6.8%). …”
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Beverage consumption among adults in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada prior to the implementation of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax by Daniel A. Zaltz, Rachel Prowse, Yanqing Yi, Jessica O’Dea, Scott V. Harding

“…SSB tax evaluations rely on detailed understandings of beverage consumption patterns prior to policy implementation, but there is no recent literature about such patterns among NL residents during the pre-tax period. Methods We recruited a convenience sample of NL adults ages 19 and older and measured participant characteristics via online surveys and beverage intake via previously-validated, semi-quantitative beverage frequency questionnaires. …”
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How equitable is digital rehabilitation for people after stroke? A systematic review using an equity approach by Rachel C. Stockley, Yasemin Hirst, Chantelle Hayes, Kimberley E. Watkins, Peter C. Goodwin

“…This study systematically investigates the reporting of equity factors in digital stroke rehabilitation research.MethodsThis systematic review examined equity factors contained in the PROGRESS-Plus framework in a random sample of clinical trials of technologies used as part of stroke rehabilitation published in 2011–2021. …”
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Simultaneous detection of equine sperm subpopulations with different phenomes using a novel staining technique by NILENDU PAUL, THIRUMALA RAO TALLURI, KAMARAJ ELANGO, KATHAN RAVAL, PRADEEP NAG, YASH PAL, LEGHA RAM AVTAR, T K BHATTACHARYA, ARUMUGAM KUMARESAN

“…Traditionally, various dyes were being used for assessing individual sperm functional parameters which is laborious, time consuming and require large quantity of samples. Recently, fluorescent dye-based sperm quality assessment techniques are replacing the conventional staining procedures and are proving to be more accurate, reliable and time efficient. …”
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Molecular Characterizations and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Extended- Spectrum ß-lactamase (ESBL) Producing Proteus spp. Clinical Isolates in Babol, Northern Iran by Atena Malaki1, Elaheh Ferdosi-Shahandashti2, 3*, Amirhosein Maali4, 5, Parisa Sabbagh3, Aynaz Khademian3

“…This study aimed to investigate the prevalence, antimicrobial susceptibility, molecular characteristics, and genetic relationship of ESBL-producing Proteus spp. clinical isolates in Babol, Northern Iran. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, out of 112 clinical samples, 30 Proteus spp. isolates were identified via specific biochemical assays. …”

Scaling a Brief Digital Well-Being Intervention (the Big Joy Project) and Sociodemographic Moderators: Single-Group Pre-Post Study by Darwin A Guevarra, Yoobin Park, Xuhai Xu, Jin Liou, Jolene Smith, Peggy Callahan, Emiliana Simon-Thomas, Elissa S Epel

“…There was a clear dose-response pattern across outcomes: participants who engaged in more daily practices showed greater improvements. …”
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Dreams and Nightmares in Early Pregnancy: A Comparative Study with a Control Group by Scarpelli S, Spinoni M, Gorgoni M, Lasaponara S, Ciolli P, Rech F, Di Muzio M, Med C, Di Pasquale Benedetti I, Grano C, De Gennaro L

“…Serena Scarpelli,1,2 Marta Spinoni,1 Maurizio Gorgoni,1,2 Stefano Lasaponara,1 Paola Ciolli,3 Francesco Rech,3 Marco Di Muzio,4 Carlotta Med,1 Ilaria Di Pasquale Benedetti,1 Caterina Grano,1,&amp;ast; Luigi De Gennaro1,&amp;ast; 1Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; 2Body and Action Lab, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy; 3Department of Maternal and Child Health and Urological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; 4Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy&amp;ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Serena Scarpelli, Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via dei Marsi 78, Rome, 00185, Italy, Email serena.scarpelli@uniroma1.itPurpose: This study investigated dream characteristics in women during the first trimester of pregnancy compared to a group of non-pregnant women, aiming to identify variables associated with the observed differences.Participants and Method: A sample of 100 pregnant women in their first trimester was compared to a control group of 100 age-matched non-pregnant women. …”
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Women’s Expectations and Experiences Regarding Nursing Support during Childbirth by Sabah M. Metwally, Nabaweya S. Shehata, Sabah A. Abd El haleem

“…Conclusions: The study concluded that more than half of the studied sample had negative expectations toward nursing support. …”
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Prediction of potential invasion range of alien plant Peperomia pellucida in China by DONG Xu, CHEN Xiuzhi, LOU Yuxia, GUO Shuiliang

“…Meanwhile, a calculation method to evaluate comprehensively the invasion risk was put forward. …”
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