Is holistic focus of attention equally effective to external focus in performing accuracy of table tennis forehand stroke in low-skilled players? by Weronika Łuba-Arnista, Paweł Arnista, Tomasz Niźnikowski, Jerzy Sadowski, Andrzej Mastalerz, Wojciech Ratkowski, Ewelina Niźnikowska, Paweł Różański, Marcin Starzak

“…The participant’s task was to score as many points as possible by hitting the ball using the forehand technique in table tennis inside the three smallest targets marked on the tennis table. …”
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Optimal Localization of the Foramen Ovale for Transseptal Puncture Using the Vertebral Body Units by Dong Hoon Kang, Sung Eun Park, Jong Woo Kim, Seong Ho Moon, Ho Jeong Cha, Jong Hwa Ahn, Joung Hun Byun

“…This technique may be an effective aid in transseptal puncture procedures.…”
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PLASMOpred: A Machine Learning-Based Web Application for Predicting Antimalarial Small Molecules Targeting the Apical Membrane Antigen 1–Rhoptry Neck Protein 2 Invasion Complex by Eugene Lamptey, Jessica Oparebea, Gabriel Anyaele, Belinda Ofosu, George Hanson, Patrick O. Sakyi, Odame Agyapong, Dominic S. Y. Amuzu, Whelton A. Miller, Samuel K. Kwofie, Henrietta Esi Mensah-Brown

“…An applicability domain analysis was carried out using the Tanimoto distance with a threshold set at 0.04 to ascertain the sample space where the models predict with confidence. …”
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Test accuracy of loop-mediated isothermal amplification for schistosomiasis in low endemicity areas: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Xinjie Zhou, Jiajia Li, Jiayin Qiu, Ting Feng, Chao Lv, Wangping Deng, Robert Bergquist, Jing Xu, Shizhu Li, Zhiqiang Qin

“…Conclusions LAMP shows promise as a rapid, sensitive and specific diagnostic tool for schistosomiasis, particularly in resource-limited settings. This technique enables field application, supporting global efforts toward elimination of schistosomiasis by 2030. …”
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Development and fluctuation of crystal orientation fabric in the deep sections of the Dome Fuji ice core, Antarctica: impacts of dust particles and migration recrystallization by T. Saruya, A. Miyamoto, S. Fujita, S. Fujita, K. Goto-Azuma, K. Goto-Azuma, M. Hirabayashi, A. Hori, M. Igarashi, Y. Iizuka, T. Kameda, H. Ohno, W. Shigeyama, W. Shigeyama, S. Tsutaki, S. Tsutaki

“…In ice such as this, the degree of <span class="inline-formula"><i>a</i></span>-axis organization was increased with one or two sets of three preferred orientations. Dynamic recrystallization evidently played a critical role, with more pronounced effects in impurity-poor layers than in impurity-rich layers. …”
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Development of Real-Time and Lateral Flow Dipstick Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Assays for the Rapid Field Diagnosis of MGF-505R Gene-Deleted Mutants of African Swine Fever... by Jizhou Lv, Junhua Deng, Yu Lin, Dongjie Chen, Xiangfen Yuan, Fang Wei, Caixia Wang, Xiaolin Xu, Shaoqiang Wu

“…As a promising alternative to real-time PCR, they have the potential to significantly enhance the prevention and control of ASF in field settings.…”
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Robust Symbol Detection in Large-Scale Overloaded NOMA Systems by Hiroki Iimori, Giuseppe Thadeu Freitas De Abreu, Takanori Hara, Koji Ishibashi, Razvan-Andrei Stoica, David Gonzalez G., Osvaldo Gonsa

“…It is also shown via simulations that the technique can be integrated with existing iterative detection-and-decoding (IDD) methods, resulting in accelerated convergence.…”
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Application of fourier transform infrared vibrational spectroscopy in identifying early biochemical changes in lipid profiles of individuals undergoing Roux-en-y gastric bypass by Amanda Motta de Bortoli, Márcia Helena Cassago Nascimento, Blanca Elena Guerrero Daboin, Beatriz Bobbio de Brito, Luiza Recla Pessotti, Paulo Roberto Filgueiras, Andressa Bolsoni Lopes, Valerio Garrone Barauna, Fabiano Kenji Haraguchi

“…Abstract Background Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) is an analytical technique increasingly applied in biological analysis. …”
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Performance Study of Non-Contact Membrane Distillation Engineering Prototype for Treatment of Radioactive Wastewater by Bao-lin WANG, De-tao XIAO, Zheng-zhong HE, Xing-feng YANG, Cheng-lin LI

“…This study aims to adapt the non-contact MD technique for on-site volume reduction and purification of radioactive wastewater generated by nuclear power plants, hospitals, and similar facilities. …”
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Impact of a positive end-expiratory pressure on oxygenation, respiratory compliance, and hemodynamics in obese patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery in reverse Trendelenburg pos... by Gulfairus A. Yessenbayeva, Aizhan M. Meyerbekova, Sergey I. Kim, Murat B. Zhumabayev, Gulbanu S. Berdiyarova, Sanzhar B. Shalekenov, Dinara S. Zharlyganova, Irina Y. Mukatova, Yekaterina A. Yukhnevich, Dmitriy A. Klyuyev, Andrey I. Yaroshetskiy

“…Methods We searched RCTs in PubMed, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and Google Scholar from from from January 2000 to December 2023 comparing the different intraoperative PEEP (low PEEP (LPEEP): 0–5 mbar; moderate PEEP (MPEEP): 6–9 mbar; high PEEP (HPEEP): >=10 mbar; individualized PEEP (iPEEP): PEEP set by special physiological technique) on arterial oxygenation, respiratory compliance (Cdyn) or driving pressure, mean arterial pressure (MAP), and heart rate (HR) in patients during laparoscopic surgery in reverse Trendelenburg position. …”
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Mean nutrient adequacy ratio and associated factors of complementary foods among children aged 6–23 months in Northeast Ethiopia by Abdulkerim Kassaw, Tefera Chane Mekonnen, Erkihun Tadesse Amsalu, Eyob Tilahun ABeje, Chala Daba, Yawkal Tsega, Abel Endawkie

“…The study employed a systematic sampling technique to select 255 children. The data were collected using a 24-h dietary recall method. …”
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Effect of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (Paxlovid) on hospitalization among adults with COVID-19: An electronic health record-based target trial emulation from N3C. by Abhishek Bhatia, Alexander J Preiss, Xuya Xiao, M Daniel Brannock, G Caleb Alexander, Robert F Chew, Hannah Davis, Megan Fitzgerald, Elaine Hill, Elizabeth P Kelly, Hemalkumar B Mehta, Charisse Madlock-Brown, Kenneth J Wilkins, Christopher G Chute, Melissa Haendel, Richard Moffitt, Emily R Pfaff, N3C Consortium

“…To emulate randomization, we used the clone-censor-weight technique with inverse probability of censoring weights to balance a set of covariates including sex, age, race and ethnicity, comorbidities, community well-being index (CWBI), prior healthcare utilization, month of COVID-19 index, and site of care provision. …”
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Neuroimagem do transportador de dopamina na doença de Parkinson: primeiro estudo com [99mTc]-TRODAT-1 e SPECT no Brasil Neuroimaging of the dopamine transporter in Parkinson’s dise... by Ming Chi Shih, Edson Amaro Jr, Henrique Ballalai Ferraz, Marcelo Queiroz Hoexter, Fabricio Oliveira Goulart, Jairo Wagner, Li Fu Lin, Ying Kai Fu, Jair Jesus Mari, Acioly Luiz Tavares de Lacerda, Sergio Tufik, Rodrigo Affonseca Bressan

“…CONCLUSION: [99mTc]TRODAT-1 SPECTs scanning was able to discriminate PD patients from controls. The technique is a powerful instrument to measure DAT density that can be used in clinical and research settings in Brazil.…”
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Association between vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and athletic performance in Chinese male youth soccer players by Shidong Yang, Wei Zhang, Meng Jia, Haichun Chen

“…ApaI, BsmI and FokI genotypes were detected in controls, elite, and sub-elite soccer players with the single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) technique. The χ2 test was applied to analyze the correlation between genotype distribution and allelic frequency in elite and sub-elite athletes and controls. …”
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Tracing the evolutionary pathway of SARS-CoV-2 through RNA sequencing analysis by Mostafa Rezapour, Sean V. Murphy, David A. Ornelles, Patrick M. McNutt, Anthony Atala

“…Our second objective was to employ Cross-MAS to identify a robust set of genes indicative of SARS-CoV-2 infection regardless of the variant and to assess their classification performance. …”
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Accurate and robust prediction of Amyloid-β brain deposition from plasma biomarkers and clinical information using machine learning by Jiayuan Xu, Andrew J. Doig, Sofia Michopoulou, Sofia Michopoulou, Petroula Proitsi, Petroula Proitsi, Fumie Costen, The Alzheimer's disease neuroimaging initiative

“…We conducted a feature matching technique to enable our model to be tested on the external dataset without retraining.ResultsOur system achieved a value of 0.95 for the Area Under the ROC curve (AUC) using the ADNI dataset (n = 340) and the full set of 11 features. …”
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Determinants of Anemia among Children Aged 6–59 Months in Ethiopia: Further Analysis of the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey by Melash Belachew Asresie, Gedefaw Abeje Fekadu, Gizachew Worku Dagnew

“…A P value less than 0.05 at 95% confidence interval was set to test the statistical significance. Results. …”
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Comparison of machine learning models for coronavirus prediction by B. K. Amos, I. V. Smirnov, M. M. Hermann

“…Therefore, it is required to determine the machine learning model with the best response and F1 score for class 1.Materials and Methods. An open-source data set from the Israelita Albert Einstein Hospital in São Paulo, Brazil, was taken as a basis. …”
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Optimization of the Canopy Three-Dimensional Reconstruction Method for Intercropped Soybeans and Early Yield Prediction by Xiuni Li, Menggen Chen, Shuyuan He, Xiangyao Xu, Panxia Shao, Yahan Su, Lingxiao He, Jia Qiao, Mei Xu, Yao Zhao, Wenyu Yang, Wouter H. Maes, Weiguo Liu

“…Accurate early-stage yield prediction of intercropped soybeans is essential for the rapid screening and breeding of high-yield soybean varieties. As a widely used technique for crop yield estimation, the accuracy of 3D reconstruction models directly affects the reliability of yield predictions. …”
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Automated Lightweight Model for Asthma Detection Using Respiratory and Cough Sound Signals by Shuting Xu, Ravinesh C. Deo, Oliver Faust, Prabal D. Barua, Jeffrey Soar, Rajendra Acharya

“…Additionally, a majority voting ensemble technique was employed to aggregate the predictions of the various classifiers for improved diagnostic reliability. …”
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