A Cross-Sectional Study Exploring Mental Health among Patients Suffering from Dengue in Pakistani Tertiary Care Hospitals by null Faiza, Fatima Jawad, Namra Chaudhary, Mahnoor Younas, Sadaf Fatima, Fiza Ayub, Allah Bukhsh Awan, Tahir Mehmood Khan

“…According to the DASS-21 tool, patients with severe pain and high-degree fever during dengue had significant stress and anxiety symptoms, respectively, than the patients with mild or moderate pain and fever. …”
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Reliability of the EasyAngle® for Assessing Hip Range of Motion in Healthy Children by Elana Duffy, Maria Wells, Alan Miller, Megan Tondra, Antonette Doty

“…Interrater reliability was lowest for hip external rotation (0.78) # Conclusion The EasyAngle® is a reliable tool for assessing hip range of motion in healthy children ages 5-10. …”
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Modeling the Hydrological Process of the Genale Dawa-3 Dam Watershed, Ethiopia by Ashenafi Dechasa, Wakjira T. Dibaba, Alemu O. Aga, Mezgebu Geme Worku, Miliyon Dida Feye, Firaol Bedada Kopesa, Bekele Terefe Gebisa, Brook Legese, Amare Tura Abate

“…This research used the soil and water assessment tool (SWAT) to analyze the hydrological dynamics of the Genale Dawa-3 dam watershed, to advance sustainable water management strategies. …”
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Design and Development of Monolithic Microwave Integrated Amplifiers and Coupling Circuits for Telecommunication Systems Applications by R. Makri, M. Gargalakos, N. K. Uzunoglu

“…At Microwave and Fiber Optics Lab of NTUA several designs of various MMICs were conducted using the HP Eesof CAD Tool and FET and HEMT models of F20 and H40 GaAs foundry process of GEC Marconi. …”
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Knowledge on Chemical Pesticide use among Farmers Exposed to Pesticides in Panchkhal Municipality, Kavrepalanchok, Nepal by Leela Paudel, Rajendra Neupane, Lochana Shrestha, Lee Budhathoki, Keshav Raj Paudel

“…Semistructured questionnaires were used as a tool for data collection. This study has been approved by the ethics committee. …”
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A comparison of CXR-CAD software to radiologists in identifying COVID-19 in individuals evaluated for Sars CoV-2 infection in Malawi and Zambia. by Sam Linsen, Aurélie Kamoun, Andrews Gunda, Tamara Mwenifumbo, Chancy Chavula, Lindiwe Nchimunya, Yucheng Tsai, Namwaka Mulenga, Godfrey Kadewele, Eunice Nahache Kajombo, Veronica Sunkutu, Jane Shawa, Rigveda Kadam, Matthew Arentz

“…The study highlights the potential of CXR-CAD as a tool to support effective triage of individuals in Malawi and Zambia during the pandemic, particularly for distinguishing normal from abnormal CXRs. …”
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Application of Functional Capacity Evaluation in Return-to-work Ability Assessment of Work-related Injury Patients with Local Factures by Ru HUANG, Xunwen LU, Yanwen XU, Huiling ZHOU

“…The pain had the effect on the predictive validity of FCE about lower extremity fractures patients and trunk fractures patients(<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).Conclusion:FCE is an effective assessment tool about return-to-work. If lower extremity fractures patients and trunk fractures patients are painful, they can't be evaluated by FCE only, they can be evaluated by FCE and other pain-based psychosocial factors.…”
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A Point Cloud-Based Feature Recognition and Path Planning Method by Changhong Chen, Shaofeng Wang, Shunzhou Huang

“…First, through the calibration of the industrial robot tool coordinate system and the internal and external parameters of the camera, the “EyeinHand” hand-eye conversion relationship was established. …”
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Diagnostic accuracy of systemic immune-inflammation index for acute appendicitis in the geriatric population by Ömerul Faruk Aydın, Ali Cankut Tatlıparmak

“…SII may be a valuable diagnostic tool in elderly patients with suspected appendicitis, aiding timely and accurate clinical decision-making.…”
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A New Functional Model for Prediction of Chaperone Activity of the Recombinant M. tb Acr (α-Crystallin) Using Insulin as Substrate by Gautam Krishnan, Utpal Roy

“…This might be a useful tool for analyzing in vitro preparations of recombinant Acr and build more consensuses on the structure-activity relationship especially in terms of oligomeric ratios.…”
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Abnormal Esophageal Scintigraphy Associates With a Distinct Clinical Phenotype in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis by Antonio D. Salas, Lisa R. Yanek, Laura K. Hummers, Ami A. Shah, Zsuzsanna H. McMahan

“…Further studies should validate esophageal scintigraphy as a tool to identify patients with SSc with AC who may develop specific GI and extraintestinal complications.…”
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Analysis of Extractives in Liquid and Headspace Samples of Silver Fir Using Gas Chromatography Coupled with a Mass Selective Detector by Viljem Vek, Ida Poljanšek, Urša Osolnik, Primož Oven

“…It was shown that the presented GC-MSD method is a suitable analytical tool for the chemical screening of lowmolecular weight compounds in both liquid and headspace samples of wood and bark. …”
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An intelligent incentive-based demand response program for exhaustive environment constrained techno-economic analysis of microgrid system by Bishwajit Dey, Gulshan Sharma, Pitshou N. Bokoro, Soham Dutta

“…Differential evolution algorithm was used as the optimization tool for the study. The results achieved for all the scenarios demonstrate the suitability and effectiveness of implementing the suggested IBDR strategy in terms of cost savings. …”
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A ternary hybrid model for analysis of enhanced heat transport in non-Newtonian nanofluid over cylindrical geometry with effect of infinite shear rate viscosity by Hakim AL Garalleh

“…The resulting system of first order equation are numerically solved by bvp4c MATLAB tool. Furthermore, Levenberg-Marquardt neural network (LMNN) artificial neural network procedure (ANN) scheme is utilized. …”
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Diagnostic value of the appendicitis inflammatory response (AIR) score. A systematic review and meta-analysis by Roland E. Andersson, Joachim Stark

“…The risk of bias was estimated via the QUADAS-2 tool. The ROC areas of the AIR score and the Alvarado score were compared. …”
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Multi-dimensional performance-based intelligent optimization of atrium building prototype with informed approach by Yiquan Zou, Yanyan Li, Han Chen, Benlin Xiao, Zhou Li

“…The effectiveness of the method in improving building performance and accelerating the design decision-making process is demonstrated, providing an innovative optimization tool for the field of building design.…”
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Precision of body composition estimation from commercial bioelectrical impedance analysis devices in male Mexican soccer players by Manuel A. Vázquez-Bautista, Enrique Castilla-Arias, Alejandrina Bautista-Jacobo, Perla E. Medina-Corral, Fernanda Delgado-Gaytán

“…Conclusions: The HBF-306C showed greater variability compared to the other devices while the HBF-514 demonstrates the highest day-to-day reliability, making it a valuable tool for tracking BC in soccer players. …”
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Application of the new ‘XU-line’ in the dynamic ultrasonographic evaluation of the spatial displacement of anterior cervical tissues for airway management: protocol for a prospecti... by Mao Xu, Yang Zhou, Yujie Wang, Mingfeng Mao, Wanrui Shi

“…Ultrasonography is a non-irradiating, reproducible, inexpensive and simple tool that provides good imaging of the cervical soft tissue for airway assessment. …”
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Correlation between invasive and noninvasive oxygen indices in critically ill COVID patients with ARDS: A retrospective analysis by Arin Choudhury, Meena Singh, Amandeep Jaswal, Saurav Mitra Mustafi, Santvana Kohli

“…Conclusions: The S/F ratio can be used as a reliable, noninvasive alternative tool for the diagnosis of ARDS and assessment of severity. …”
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Prevalence and Management Recommendations for Disease-Related Malnutrition in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients with and without Diabetes by Li-Li Dai, Wei-Li Li, Ding-Feng Zheng, Wei-Hong Wang, Hao-Fen Xie, Jian-Wei Ma

“…Using the second step of the malnutrition (GLIM) diagnostic tool and 2 previously commonly used malnutrition assessment methods (body mass index <18.5 kg/m2 with poor general condition, 3 points for nutritional deficiency in nutritional risk screening), combined with clinical research on the main causes of malnutrition, the intervention measures were discussed. …”
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