Quality of Life of Patients on Peritoneal Dialysis and Contributing Factors by Niloofar Nili, Shiva Seirafian, Sayed Mohsen Hosseini, Abdolamir Atapour, Maryam Kazemi Naeini, Mojgan Mortazavi

“…A total of 173 patients having peritoneal dialysis for more than 3 months filled the validated 36-item short-form health survey questionnaire (SF-36). …”
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A Linguistic Features-Based Approach for the Functional Analysis of Disinformation in Spanish by Eduardo Puraivan, Fabian Riquelme, Rene Venegas

“…Information disorder has significant negative impacts on contemporary societies. This study presents a hybrid methodology that combines machine learning and natural language processing to analyze corpora of disinformation texts in Spanish. …”
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The Efficacy and Safety of Acellular Matrix Therapy for Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials by Wentao Huang, Yongsong Chen, Nasui Wang, Guoshu Yin, Chiju Wei, Wencan Xu

“…AM therapy also has a safety profile. More large well-designed randomized clinical trials with long follow-up duration are needed to further explore the efficacy and safety of AM therapy for DFUs.…”
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The triple burden of obesity, HIV, and anaemia during pregnancy and associations with delivery outcomes in urban South Africans by Alessandra Prioreschi, Stephanie V Wrottesley, Linda Adair, Kate A Ward, Shane A Norris

“…In addition, our findings highlight the need for more research into the complex relationships between maternal co-morbidities, as well as their potential influence (alone and in combination) on maternal and offspring health in the short and longer term.…”
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Local structural distortions drive magnetic molecular field in compositionally complex spinel oxide by Rukma Nevgi, Subha Dey, Nandana Bhattacharya, Soheil Ershadrad, Tinku Dan, Sujay Chakravarty, S. D. Kaushik, Christoph Klewe, George E. Sterbinsky, Biplab Sanyal, Srimanta Middey

“…Abstract Understanding how local distortions determine the functional properties of high entropy materials, containing five or more elements at the same crystallographic site, is an open challenge. …”
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Reduction of claustrophobia with short-bore versus open magnetic resonance imaging: a randomized controlled trial. by Judith Enders, Elke Zimmermann, Matthias Rief, Peter Martus, Randolf Klingebiel, Patrick Asbach, Christian Klessen, Gerd Diederichs, Moritz Wagner, Ulf Teichgräber, Thomas Bengner, Bernd Hamm, Marc Dewey

“…<h4>Background</h4>Claustrophobia is a common problem precluding MR imaging. The purpose of the present study was to assess whether a short-bore or an open magnetic resonance (MR) scanner is superior in alleviating claustrophobia.…”
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Leveraging U-Net and ASPP for effective fault detection in photovoltaic modules by Khalfalla Awedat, Masoud Alajmi, Mustafa Elfituri

“…Future research will explore adaptive dilation strategies and more diverse datasets to further improve model generalization across varying PV environments.…”
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Ambiguity Resolution Strategy for GPS/LEO Integrated Orbit Determination Based on Regional Ground Stations by Xiao Liu, Jing Guo, Junqiang Li, Shengyi Xu, Qile Zhao

“…Given the limitation that most LEO satellites can only receive GPS satellite signals, in the future, as more LEO satellites gain access to GNSS observations, the ambiguity fixing strategy presented in this paper can provide an effective and feasible approach.…”
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The characterization of municipal solid waste in Kuwait: a pathway to reform the waste management sector by Mohammad Alshawaf, Mohamed Alwaeli, Krzysztof Pikon, Mohammad Alolayan

“…Reforming the waste sector requires an overarching national vision toward waste reduction, the further incentivization of the waste hierarchy framework, as well as a set of robust policies and regulatory actions to make the disposal of untreated waste more expensive (landfill taxes) than other management options.…”
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Rediscovery of Social Reality of the City and the Village: Methodological Novations of the Study of Life Space Dynamics by C. I. Ildarhanova

“…The world sociological thought pays more attention to the dynamics of urban-rural relations within the modernization of the living space. …”
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An experience of implementing New Master Programme «Economic Security of Entrepreneurship» into the educational process of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv by G.I. Kupalova, Jean Pascal Zanders, V.L. Gura, O.V. Boguslavskyy

“…A relatively small number of publications in scientometric databases in comparison with other more widely presented topics are devoted to the issues of teaching and informing about CBRN threats and risks. …”
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A visualized nomogram to predict intravenous immunoglobulin resistance in Kawasaki disease: a study based on the population in Southern China by Xinping Lin, Yunsong Li, Sihuang Chen, Shiteng Lin, Xiaoqing Yang, Wei Zhuang

“…Results A total of 541 KD patients were finally enrolled in the present study, and 7.6% of KD patients suffered from IVIG-resistant. …”
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Numerical and experimental investigation of an Inertial Tilting hybrid wave energy converter for powering small-scale marine systems by Chongfei Sun, Huaiyu Teng, Xiaoyan Ma, Hailong Chen, Liming Sun, Cun Shao, Fei Cao, Hengxu Liu

“…As the use of small-scale marine engineering equipment in deep-sea environments becomes more prevalent, optimizing energy supply methods for such equipment is critical to ensure their durability and efficiency in complex marine conditions. …”
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Real-time Patient Experience Surveys Lead to Better Scores by Keith Willner

“…Patients who are satisfied are more likely to adhere to the treatment plan and less likely to pursue legal action. …”
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A Variable Structure Control Scheme Proposal for the Tokamak à Configuration Variable by Aitor Marco, Aitor J. Garrido, Stefano Coda, Izaskun Garrido, TCV Team

“…In particular, a variable structure control scheme based on sliding surfaces, namely, a sliding mode controller (SMC) is presented and applied to the plasma current control problem. …”
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The Quest for the Best Explanation: Comparing Models and XAI Methods in Air Quality Modeling Tasks by Thomas Tasioulis, Evangelos Bagkis, Theodosios Kassandros, Kostas Karatzas

“…Overall, the findings demonstrate the large potential of directly incorporating explainability methods during model development for equal and more transparent modeling processes.…”
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Poisoning in Ruminants by <i>Palicourea</i> Aubl. Species (Rubiaceae) in Brazil: A Review by Flávia Aparecida de Oliveira Bezerra, Emily Rodrigues de Andrade, José Jailson Lima Bezerra, Antonio Fernando Morais de Oliveira

“…In this context, the present study aimed to review reports of spontaneous and experimental poisoning in ruminants caused by <i>Palicourea</i> species in different regions of Brazil. …”
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Challenges in germination of Neltuma caldenia in semi-arid regions: optimization of germination protocols, influence of saline stress and seed quality by Daniela Dalzotto, Sandra Sharry, Lucrecia Piñuel, Patricia Boeri

“… Global climate change presents challenges to arid and semi-arid ecosystems, impacting native species such as Neltuma caldenia, endemic to Argentina. …”
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Stomach Cancer in a Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia by R. A. Maier, B. A. Bakirov, M. V. Timerbulatov

“…The development of stomach adenocarcinoma in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia makes the course and outcome of the main disease much more severe. A decision regarding the management strategy for such patients has to make individually every time, taking into account the severity of the oncological disease; this impacts on the choice of the treatment protocol. …”
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Explaining the Mechanism of Multiscale Groundwater Drought Events: A New Perspective From Interpretable Deep Learning Model by Hejiang Cai, Haiyun Shi, Zhaoqiang Zhou, Suning Liu, Vladan Babovic

“…Abstract This study presents a new approach to understand the causes of groundwater drought events with interpretable deep learning (DL) models. …”
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