Non-Immersive Virtual Reality Exercise Can Increase Exercise in Older Adults Living in the Community and in Long-Term Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Sheehy L, Bharadwaj L, Nissen KA, Estey JL

“…The facility-based sample had 31 participants; the home-based sample had 16. There were no statistically-significant benefits to non-immersive virtual reality in either sample for objective 1), although the facility-based non-immersive virtual reality group showed a clinically-significant improvement in functional walking. …”
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Construction of Multi-level Ecological Corridor System for National Parks: A Case Study of the Proposed Nanling National Park by Yi DENG, Zeyu HUANG, Ziyi MAO, Jinling HUANG

“…Ultimately, the natural succession area covers 633 units with an area of 116.35 km2, accounting for 37.45% of the total ecological corridor area; the artificially promoted natural succession area involves 431 units with an area of 70.15 km2, accounting for 22.58% of the total ecological corridor area; and the artificially repaired area covers 1,203 units with an area of 124.21 km2, accounting for 39.98% of the total ecological corridor area. According to statistics, more than half of the ecological corridor area entails the introduction of manual intervention into construction management and control, indicating the importance of manual intervention for ecological corridors.ConclusionThis research proposes a framework for constructing a multi-level ecological corridor system for national parks, and establishes such a system for Nanling National Park. …”
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Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a rural area in South Africa by G Maimela, C E Martin, M Chersich, B Bello, J Mauti, T Bäernighausen, S Kohler, A Almuedo-Riera, S Luchters, S Sawry

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Evaluation of Learners’ Satisfaction with Open Flexible and Distance Learning Services at the University of Lagos Distance Learning Institute by Adenike Oladipo, Esther O. Oladele, Oladipupo Ajeyalemi, Folashade Afolabi, Peter O. Olayiwola, Johnson A. Adewara, Andrew Akala, Uchenna Udeani

“…A sample size of 3,724 learners was used for the study. Descriptive statistics such as frequencies, percentages, mean and standard deviation were used in analysing the data. …”
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Pratiques de l’automédication à l’ère de la pandémie COVID-19 dans trois villes de l’Ouest algérien [Practices of self-medication in the COVID-19 pandemic era in three cities of We... by Derouicha Matmou, Asma Memou, Yassine Merad, Ayoub Bouzid, Sohaïb Abd-El-Koudous Bouzid, Aissa Brik, Mounia Sakouhi

“…The main endpoint was the evaluation of­self-medication practices. Data entry, statistical analysis and editing of results were perfor­med using SPSS software version 20. …”
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Examining Inclusive Tertiary Education Delivery through the National Open University of Nigeria's Community Study Centres by Musibau O. Oyebode

“…Using the survey method involving qualitative and quantitative approaches, the instruments of data collection included a set of Likert five scale questionnaire administered to 600 respondents and an interview guide conducted with 24 interviewees selected through snowball and purposive sampling techniques. Statistical records of enrolment, registration and graduation were also analysed for attrition rate. …”
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A retrospective analysis of outcomes and complications of living- and deceased-donor split-liver transplantation in Johannesburg, South Africa by R Crawford, J Loveland, P Gaylard, J Fabian, K Kinandu, B Bobat, A Mahomed, D Parbhoo, M Beretta, S Berkenfeld, S Rambarran, F van der Schyff, L Brannigan, B Strobele

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Network Meta-Analysis of Factors Influencing the Carbon Sink Capacity of Urban Park Green Spaces by Yutong JI, Tianyi LIN, Lian LIU, Xiong LI

“…The research categorizes and statistically analyzes various factors currently involved in relevant research that affect the carbon sink capacity of urban park green spaces, whose interactions and cumulative impacts are assessed using the network Meta-analysis method. …”
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Impact of interventions on mpox transmission during the 2022 outbreak in Canada: a mathematical modeling study of three different cities by Fanyu Xiu, Carla M. Doyle, Jorge Luis Flores Anato, Jesse Knight, Linwei Wang, Joseph Cox, Daniel Grace, Trevor A. Hart, Terri Zhang, Shayna Skakoon-Sparling, Milada Dvorakova, Rita Shahin, Herveen Sachdeva, Nathan Lachowsky, Hind Sbihi, Darrell H.S. Tan, Michael A. Irvine, Sharmistha Mishra, Mathieu Maheu-Giroux

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Efficacy and safety of everolimus for patients with focal cortical dysplasia type 2 by Se Hee Kim, Hoon‐Chul Kang, Yun Ho Roh, Jongsung Hahn, Kyung Lok Min, Seok‐Jin Lee, Donghwa Yang, Han Som Choi, Soyoung Park, Jeong Ho Lee, Sang‐Guk Lee, Se Hoon Kim, Min Jung Chang, Heung Dong Kim

“…Patients received everolimus or placebo in a blinded manner during core phase I, with crossover to the alternate treatment in core phase II. Everolimus dosage started at 4.5 mg/m2/day, targeting a serum level of 5–15 ng/mL. …”
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Phase II clinical trial assessing the addition of hyperthermia to salvage concurrent chemoradiotherapy for unresectable recurrent head and neck cancer in previously irradiated pati... by Kai-Lin Yang, Mau-Shin Chi, Chung-Yu Hao, Hui-Ling Ko, Yi-Ying Huang, Ren-Hong Wu, Hung-Chih Lai, Ying-Chu Lin, Sheng-Po Hao, Kwan-Hwa Chi

“…Weekly hyperthermia for 6 sessions started after RT initiation; each session lasted for 40 min, beginning within 2 h after RT and maintaining a maximum temperature of 42 ± 0.5 °C. …”
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Shortening duration of untreated illness in young people with first episode eating disorders: protocol of a randomised controlled feasibility trial of a smartphone friendly multi-m... by Luiza Grycuk, Dina Monssen, Molly R. Davies, Helen Sharpe, Karina L. Allen, Vibhore Prasad, Rachel Potterton, Priya Popat, Victoria A. Mountford, Sheryllin McNeil, Vanessa Lawrence, Nina Grant, Kimberley A. Goldsmith, Danielle Glennon, Sarah Byford, Amy Brown, Ulrike Schmidt

“…An important focus of early intervention is shortening the time between a person first developing symptoms and starting treatment (duration of untreated eating disorder; DUED). …”
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Long-term outcome of a treat-to-target strategy in late-onset rheumatoid arthritis with chronic lung disease: 5-year results of a prospective observational study by Manami Nomura, Takahiko Sugihara, Hiroyuki Baba, Tadashi Hosoya, Mari Kamiya, Tatsuro Ishizaki, Takumi Matsumoto, Kanae Kubo, Fumio Hirano, Masayo Kojima, Nobuyuki Miyasaka, Shinsuke Yasuda, Masayoshi Harigai

“…If patients exhibited no response according to the European League Against Rheumatism criteria at week 12 or had not achieved LDA by week 24, biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) were started targeting LDA. The primary outcomes were the 5-year simplified disease activity index (SDAI) remission and Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ-DI) ≤ 0.5 by non-responder imputation analysis. …”
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Within- and between-day test–retest reliability of responses to rapid bilateral anterolateral magnetic phrenic nerve stimulation in healthy humans (ReStim) by Kyle G. P. J. M. Boyle, Andrea A. Beglinger, Heinrich Häusler, Anna Stahel, Esther I. Schwarz, Esther I. Schwarz, Christina M. Spengler, Christina M. Spengler

“…However, in order for rBAMPS to become part of standard of care, the reliability of inspiratory responses to rBAMPS needs to be established.MethodsEighteen healthy participants (9F) underwent five blocks of 1-s rBAMPS at 25 Hz starting at 20% of maximal stimulator output with 10% increments. …”
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Pemanfaatan Internet Of Things (Iot) Dalam Proses Pengeringan Rimpang Dengan Menggunakan Platform Node-Red by Gaguk Suprianto

“…So the industry will gain benefits starting from improving rhizome quality, shorter drying time, increasing production capacity and reducing production costs. …”
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Codicology in Lithuania in 1918-1990: Between Book History and Palaeography by Rima Cicėnienė

“…The bibliographies, which were started on a national basis, recorded single copies of codices in a variety of languages and included some external features, but the manuscripts did not receive a closer look. …”
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Pengembangan Aplikasi E-Learning Edu IT : Pembuatan Aplikasi Ujian Essay Online serta Upload Download Materi Kuliah by Maria Bellaniar Ismiati, Latius Hermawan

“…The process of this research is started from requirements Planning, User Design, Construction, and Cutover until the last is the generation of final research report. …”
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Clinical characteristics, etiology, and treatment of young adult‐onset epilepsy: A 24‐year retrospective study by Xu Zhang, Feng Xiang, Ziyu Wang, Yang Li, Chenjing Shao, Xiaoyang Lan, Senyang Lang, Xiangqing Wang

“…The median age of onset was 26 years (interquartile range [IQR]: 21–33), and the median duration from the first seizure to starting treatment was 3 months (IQR: 1.0–6.0). Structural etiology was the most common cause of epilepsy, accounting for 43.2% (1827/4227) of cases, of which head trauma and a history of craniotomy accounted for 64.9% (1186/1827). …”
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Analisa dan Perancangan Sistem Informasi Manajemen Validasi Data Pembangunan Fiber Optik by Akhmad Subhan, Wachyu Hari Haji

“…Order validation is not recorded in detail, starting from the entry order to be validated, order status, labeling, and the time-consuming process of reporting because it is done manually and is not updated directly according to the conditions of the order. …”
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Implementasi Model Design Thinking pada Prototype Aplikasi E-Growth by Debi Setiawan, Ramalia Noratama Putri, Ira Puspita Sari

“…Currently, children's health records starting from growth and development and immunization status cards are recorded in the KIA (Maternal and Child Health) book. …”
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