Assessing the Effectiveness of Lower Limb Home Exercises with the Use of a Prototype Exercise Robot for Continuous Passive Movement in People with Tetraparesis in the Long-Term Fol... by Bartosz Wnuk, Damian Ziaja, Michał Buczek, Krzysztof Ziaja, Marcin Banyś

“…Introduction: Chronic venous insufficiency is the most commonly occurring vascular disease. One of the major risk factors for its development is long-term sitting or standing in prolonged unchanged position and the nature performed work.Study aim: The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of lower limb home exercises limb with the use of the Bella Vena robot following disease onset causing tetraparesis in long-term observation.Materials and methods: A group of 15 patients (43.80 14.97 years) was enrolled in the study. …”
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Decolonizing global health: a scoping review by Deena Mehjabeen, Kyle Patel, Rahul M. Jindal

“…Of the 155 identified records, most were published from 2021 onward and predominantly originated from the Global North. …”
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Formation Pore Pressure Prediction and Application Based on Aacoustic Logging by QI Wenli, WU Huimei, LOU Yishan, ZHAI Xiaopeng, LIU Hong

“…Therefore, the application of the Eaton method for predicting formation pore pressure is most effective in the Huazhuang block, and the prediction results can guide on-site operation, reduce the occurrence of complex accidents, and provide important technical support for the development of shale oil in this block.…”
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Waist-based anthropometric measures and central adiposity-related comorbidities in children by Howard Gomwe, Lesego Phiri, Chioneso S. Marange

“…The anthropometric measurements, including body mass index (BMI), WC, waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) were computed and evaluated. Results: Most participants were girls (57.70%) with an average age of 11.20 ± 1.60 years. …”
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Operating parameter optimization and experiment of spiral outer grooved wheel seed metering device based on discrete element method by Tao Zhang, Xinglong Tang, Cong Dai, Guiying Ren

“…The factors affecting comprehensive performance, ranked from most to least significant, were groove rotation speed, lead angle, and groove number. …”
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Selecting SNP markers reflecting population origin for cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) germplasm identification by Osman A. Gutiérrez, Kathleen Martinez, Dapeng Zhang, Donald S. Livingstone, Chris J. Turnbull, Juan Carlos Motamayor

“…Cacao is one of the most economically important agricultural commodities in the world, providing the principal ingredient for the global chocolate industry. …”
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Sensory and Omics approaches reveal the impact of heat treatment before fermentation on kiwi wine by Qiuyu Lan, Zhibo Yang, Lu Lin, Chuan Song, Junni Tang, Yuan Liu, Zonghua Ao, Suyi Zhang, Xin Du, Chenglin Zhu, Luca Laghi

“…Green kiwifruit-derived KW showed the most pronounced sensitivity to PFHT, as reflected in both flavor and metabolic profiles. …”
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Asymmetric evaluations of scientific evidence indicating harm compared to evidence indicating an absence of harm in regulatory appraisals by Patrick van Zwanenberg, Erik Millstone, Alice Livingston Ortolani

“…Their deployment misleads many policy decision makers and most of the public. Their effect is to conceal the scope for diminishing possible harm. …”
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Neoadjuvant treatment for breast cancer by V. F. Semiglazov, V. V. Semiglazov, R. M. Paltuev, G. A. Dashyan, T. Yu. Semiglazova, P. V. Krivorotko, A. V. Komyakhov, Zh. V. Bryantseva, K. S. Nikolaev, D. Ye. Shchedrin, A. M. Yermochenkova

“…The performed clinical trials have established that neoadjuvant endocrine therapy is the most suitable treatment for patients with steroid hormone receptor overexpression. …”
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Determinants of gastroesophageal reflux disease, including hookah smoking and opium use- a cross-sectional analysis of 50,000 individuals. by Farhad Islami, Siavosh Nasseri-Moghaddam, Akram Pourshams, Hossein Poustchi, Shahryar Semnani, Farin Kamangar, Arash Etemadi, Shahin Merat, Masoud Khoshnia, Sanford M Dawsey, Paul D Pharoah, Paul Brennan, Christian C Abnet, Paolo Boffetta, Reza Malekzadeh

“…Other determinants of GERD were mostly comparable to those reported elsewhere.…”
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Digital Twin-Aided Municipal Traffic Control by Reeti Pradhananga, Shelby Williams, Sercan Aygun, Li Chen, Yazhou Tu, Whitney Crow, Sathyanarayanan Aakur, Nian-Feng Tzeng

“…Being DiT-based, DiTAT employs the automated, open-source traffic simulator (SUMO) as the digital twin of the physical roadway configuration over the target region to try various traffic light control settings under the extracted traffic volume details for identifying the most favorable setting. The identified setting is then sent to the physical roadway traffic lights for realization to manage traffic during the next time window, when its resulting traffic is simulated by SUMO again to get the best setting for the subsequent time window reactively. …”
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Energy Loss Reduction for Distribution Electric Power Systems with Renewable Power Sources, Reactive Power Compensators, and Electric Vehicle Charge Stations by Le Chi Kien, Tran Duc Loi, Minh Phuc Duong, Thang Trung Nguyen

“…Different scenarios are performed to find the minimum RES penetration level and the most possible SC penetration level to satisfy the operating voltage limits. …”
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An open-label multicenter observational study (registry) of patients recovered from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with involvement of the cardiovascular system or with baseli... by A. O. Konradi, S. V. Villevalde, D. V. Duplyakov, A. V. Kozlenok, O. V. Melnik, E. N. Mikhailov, O. M. Moiseeva, A. O. Nedoshivin, A. E. Soloveva, V. A. Fokin, A. N. Yakovlev, G. P. Arutyunov, Yu. N. Belenkov, E. V. Shlyakho

“…The potential impact on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality have become one of the most important issues of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. …”
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Meta-analysis of mismatch repair polymorphisms within the cogent consortium for colorectal cancer susceptibility. by Simone Picelli, Justo Lorenzo Bermejo, Jenny Chang-Claude, Michael Hoffmeister, Ceres Fernández-Rozadilla, Angel Carracedo, Antoni Castells, Sergi Castellví-Bel, Memebers of EPICOLON Consortium-Gastrointestinal Oncology Group of the Spanish Gastroenterological Association, Alessio Naccarati, Barbara Pardini, Ludmila Vodickova, Heiko Müller, Bente A Talseth-Palmer, Geoffrey Stibbard, Paolo Peterlongo, Carmela Nici, Silvia Veneroni, Li Li, Graham Casey, Albert Tenesa, Susan M Farrington, Ian Tomlinson, Victor Moreno, Tom van Wezel, Juul Wijnen, Malcolm Dunlop, Paolo Radice, Rodney J Scott, Pavel Vodicka, Clara Ruiz-Ponte, Hermann Brenner, Stephan Buch, Henry Völzke, Jochen Hampe, Clemens Schafmayer, Annika Lindblom

“…Due to the low risks conferred by known common variants, most of the 35% broad-sense heritability estimated by twin studies remains unexplained. …”
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Risk-communication issues in radiation safety: Mass consciousness about radiation and nuclear industry based on the results of a sociological research in St. Petersburg, the Lening... by N. V. Sokolov, A. M. Biblin, L. V. Repin, L. S. Rekhtina

“…The results show that radiation is perceived by society as one of the most significant threats to life and health. However, the public concern does not give rise to a mass interest in the thematic information. …”
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Symbiotic relationship and attribution analysis of digitalization in agriculture, rural, and finance: evidence from China by Xiaojuan Yang, Kai Liu, Weiwei Li, Weiwei Li

“…Except for fiscal self-sufficiency rate, which plays a long-term positive promotion role, most factors exert mixed effects (both positive promoting and negative inhibitory). …”
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Effect of orthodontic adhesives modified with antibacterial nanoparticles on bond strength: literature review by H. Almokaddam, N. S. Tuturov, I. Katbeh, A. Saleh, I. Ibrahim

“…Based on this analysis, it was found that most laboratory studies of orthodontic adhesives containing low concentrations of nanoparticles demonstrated positive antimicrobial potential while maintaining acceptable adhesive bond strength. …”
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Meta-Analysis of a Complex Network of Non-Pharmacological Interventions: The Example of Femoral Neck Fracture. by Jonathan Mosseri, Ludovic Trinquart, Rémy Nizard, Philippe Ravaud

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>In older women with displaced femoral neck fractures, arthroplasty (HA and THA) is the most effective treatment in terms of risk of revision surgery.…”
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INTEGRATING HYPERTONIA REHABILITATION, INTRAORAL REHABILITATION, AND ANXIETY MANAGEMENT FOR COMPREHENSIVE PATIENT CARE- PART2 -clinical examination by Lucian Stefan Burlea, Doriana Agop Forna, Mihaela Salceanu, Violina Budu, Vlad Proca, Bogdan Petru Bulancea, Tudor Hamburda, Maria Antonela Beldiman

“…This condition is often treated with miorelaxants, medications that relax muscles, with Botulinum toxin (Botox) being one of the most effective options. Clinical cases have shown that Botox can significantly alleviate symptoms of temporomandibular disorders (TMDs), which are characterized by pain and restricted jaw movement.…”
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Digital Transformation in Water Utilities: Status, Challenges, and Prospects by Neil S. Grigg

“…While digital transformation in e-commerce receives the most publicity, applications in energy and water utilities have been ongoing for decades. …”
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