Flexural Behavior of Concrete Slabs Reinforced with Embedded 3D Steel Trusses by Javier Hernández-Pérez, Juan B. Pascual-Francisco, Alexander López-González, Adán Jiménez-Montoya, Orlando Susarrey-Huerta

“…This paper presents a proposal for slabs reinforced with 3D steel reinforcements. …”
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‘Shared efforts, brighter smiles’: a protocol for a randomised controlled study on the effectiveness of a parent-child orofacial myofunctional therapy programme post-adenoidectomy... by Meng Zhao, Jianhua Liu, Jianchun Zhao, Aimin Wang, Haowei Du, Zhaoxia Wei

“…Evidence suggests that dyadic intervention addresses both the child’s recovery needs and the caregiving capacity of parents, offering a more comprehensive solution for long-term intervention. …”
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Cattle Housing at the Registered Farms under Cattle Breeders’ Association in Ödemiş, İzmir. by Erdal Yaylak, Yusuf Konca, Nursel Koyubenbe

“…It can be concluded that improving the housing conditions is much more related with increasing the herd size per farm.…”
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Measuring impacts of patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE): a narrative review synthesis of review evidence by William Lammons, Anne L. Buffardi, Dalya Marks

“…Conclusion The impacts of PPIE appear to be under- and inconsistently reported. More robust evaluation of PPIE impact, drawing on the broad categories we present, offers opportunities for PPIE contributors, researchers and funders to better understand the effects of these investments.…”
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Future of Energy in Egypt and the World by Hani Nokraschy

“…</p><p align="LEFT">Looking at Egypt and its available renewable energy sources, it becomes evident that the solar</p><p align="LEFT">energy, particularly in Upper Egypt, can give more than the present and future needs of the Egyptian</p><p>society and even cover the demand of the whole world for electricity.…”
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Factors Affecting the Quality of Internship among Public Health Students in Iran: A Narrative Review Study by MoradAli Zareipour, Masoumeh Abazari, Mohammad Saeed Fattahi Ardakani, Mojtaba Jadgal

“…Introduction: Internships play a critical role in shaping students' core skills and professional competencies, often exerting a more marked impact than traditional academic coursework. …”
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The Effects of (Dis)similarities Between the Creator and the Assessor on Assessing Creativity: A Comparison of Humans and LLMs by Martin op ‘t Hof, Ke Hu, Song Tong, Honghong Bai

“…And as for appropriateness, the assessors always preferred stories from the creators with the same cultural backgrounds. The present study is significant in attempting to ask an often-overlooked question and provides the first empirical evidence to underscore the need for more discussion on using humans to judge AI agents’ creativity or the other way around.…”
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Management of patients with immune thrombocytopenia in the Moscow region by S. G. Zakharov, T. A. Mitina, R. V. Vardanyan, I. N. Kontievskiy, A. P. Faenko, Z. R. Tekeeva

“…To evaluate clinical characteristics and treatment efficacy in patients with a confirmed primary immune thrombocytopenia in the Moscow region.Materials and methods. This article presents the results of an analysis of more than 2,400 outpatient records of patients diagnosed with thrombocytopenia (for the period from 2010 to 2022). …”
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R package to estimate intracluster correlation coefficient for nominal and ordinal data by Hrishikesh Chakraborty, Nicole Solomon

“…Although methods to estimate ICC exist for binary, continuous, and survival data, a new resampling-based approach has been developed for nominal or ordinal responses with more than two categories. The objective of this paper is to present both the resampling methods estimator and method of moments (MoM) based estimator for categorical ICC estimation. …”
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7T Spin-echo BOLD fMRI enhances spatial specificity in the human motor cortex during finger movement tasks by SoHyun Han, Dongho Kim, Seulgi Eun, HyungJoon Cho, Seong-Gi Kim

“…By integrating SE-BOLD fMRI, but not GE-BOLD, with behavioral data, we present a more accurate mesoscopic mapping of motor activity in individual subjects. …”
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Clinical and radiological comparison of percutaneous cervical nucleoplasty combined with ultrasound-guided pulsed radiofrequency of cervical nerve root for cervical radicular pain:... by Baodong Wang, He Song, Tianyi Wang, Peng Du, Lei Zang, Lihui Yang

“…The decrease in surgical level disc height was more pronounced in the PRF + PCN group at the final follow-up (P &lt; 0.05). …”
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Flavokawain A suppresses the malignant progression of neuroblastoma in vitro depending on inactivation of ERK/VEGF/MMPs signaling pathway by Mengyao Dong, Gaiqin Li, Geng Geng, Ming Ming, Yongtao Xu

“…Flavokawain A (FKA), a novel chalcone isolated from the roots of the kava plant, has been identified to exert the tumor-inhibiting properties in various cancers. The present study was formulated to tell about the anticarcinogenic effects of FKA against NB and to thoroughly elucidate the intrinsic molecular mechanisms. …”
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A systematic review of T cell epitopes defined from the proteome of human immunodeficiency virus by Yan Ding, Ling Huang, Yandan Wu, Jialai Yan

“…However, the limitations of the identified T-cell epitope library, the polymorphism of HLA molecules, and the high mutation rate of HIV require more research to cover the entire HIV proteome and the comprehensive landscape of T-cell epitopes in global patients.…”
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Gene Expression Signatures of Immaturity, Decreased pH, and Neural Hyperexcitation in the Hippocampus of Alzheimer's Disease Model Mice by Sayaka Naganishi, Hideo Hagihara, Tsuyoshi Miyakawa

“…Considering the results presented in this study, maturity and neural hyperexcitation, which are correlated with pH, may also be linked to disease progression. …”
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How likely is unmeasured confounding to explain meta-analysis-derived associations between alcohol, other substances, and mood-related conditions with HIV risk behaviors? by Prima Manandhar-Sasaki, Kaoon Francois Ban, Emma Richard, R. Scott Braithwaite, Ellen C. Caniglia

“…Associations between mood-related conditions and HIV risk behaviors were more robust to unmeasured confounding than associations between alcohol use and other substance use and HIV risk behaviors. …”
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Experimental Study on the Effect of Freezing and Thawing on the Shear Strength of the Frozen Soil in Qinghai-Tibet Railway Embankment by B. Wang, J. H. Gao, Y. Q. Wang, X. J. Quan, Y. W. Gong, S. W. Zhou

“…Moreover, the growth rate of cohesion of low dry density samples is more susceptible to temperature, while the internal friction angle growth rate is not affected by temperature.…”
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Control Strategy of a Multi-Source System Based on Batteries, Wind Turbines, and Electrolyzers for Hydrogen Production by Ibrahima Touré, Alireza Payman, Mamadou Baïlo Camara, Brayima Dakyo

“…Indeed, by integrating this control strategy into the multi-source system, we offer a flexible solution for battery and electrolyzer applications, contributing to the transition to a cleaner, more resilient energy system. This methodology offers intelligent and efficient energy management.…”
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From advocacy to action: civil society and development agencies engaging the private sector actors to improve nutrition in Africa by Navneet Mittal, Fiona Wallace, Kudzai Mukumbi

“…Eight initiatives were shortlisted for in-depth review. Three more were added based on advice from an interviewee. …”
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Weather and leaf age separately contribute to temporal shifts in phyllosphere fungal community structure in sagebrush by Jacob A. Heil, Allison Simler‐Williamson, Miranda L. Striluk, Danielle Trawick, Rachel Capezza, Chadwick DeFehr, Aubrey Osorio, Bruce Finney, Kathryn G. Turner, Leonora S. Bittleston

“…With regard to beta diversity, communities were more similar to each other across similar leaf ages, air temperatures, leaf types, and δ13C stable isotope ratios. …”
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Flood-tech frontiers: smart but just? A systematic review of AI-driven urban flood adaptation and  associated governance challenges by Johannes Bhanye

“…It argues that building resilient cities requires more than smart systems, it demands just systems, especially for those most at risk. …”
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