Consensus-Driven Development of an Exercise Base Manual Programme for Prediabetic Patients: A Delphi Study by Hafeez S, Shakil-Ur-Rehman S, Riaz S, Hafeez S, Hafeez JS, Mumtaz H

“…Initial recommendations were rated by panalists through a 5-point Likert scale. …”
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Deeply revealing the coupled formation mechanism of inclusions and precipitates in 654NMo ingot by Hongchun Zhu, Xinbo Yan, Huabing Li, Zhiyu He, Zhuowen Ni, Hao Feng, Shucai Zhang, Zhouhua Jiang, Pengchong Lu

“…The inclusion number density is significantly higher at the ingot edge compared to the center, while the bottom zone exhibits a greater density than the top and middle. This distribution pattern is attributed to the higher solidification rates at the edge and bottom. …”
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Multiyear Baleen Endocrine Profiles Suggest a Longer Estimated Gestation in Southern Right Whales (Eubalaena australis) by Loraine Shuttleworth, Andre Ganswindt, Kathleen E. Hunt, Alejandro Fernández Ajó, Estefan Pieterse, S. Mduduzi Seakamela, Chantel Schoeman, Els Vermeulen

“…ABSTRACT Gestation length is a key reproductive parameter influencing fecundity, population growth rates, and the recovery potential of baleen whales. …”
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Using optimization tools to explore stratospheric aerosol injection strategies by E. Brody, Y. Zhang, D. G. MacMartin, D. Visioni, B. Kravitz, B. Kravitz, E. M. Bednarz, E. M. Bednarz, E. M. Bednarz

“…However, the outcomes will depend on how it is deployed: not just how much but also the latitudes of injection and the distribution of injection rates across those latitudes. Different such strategies have been proposed, for example, managing up to three climate metrics simultaneously by injecting at multiple latitudes. …”
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The system of atmosphere, land, ice and ocean in the region near the 79N Glacier in northeast Greenland: synthesis and key findings from the Greenland Ice Sheet–Ocean Interaction (... by T. Kanzow, T. Kanzow, A. Humbert, A. Humbert, T. Mölg, M. Scheinert, M. Braun, H. Burchard, F. Doglioni, P. Hochreuther, M. Horwath, O. Huhn, M. Kappelsberger, J. Kusche, E. Loebel, K. Lutz, B. Marzeion, B. Marzeion, R. McPherson, M. Mohammadi-Aragh, M. Mohammadi-Aragh, M. Möller, M. Möller, C. Pickler, M. Reinert, M. Rhein, M. Rhein, M. Rückamp, M. Rückamp, J. Schaffer, J. Schaffer, M. Shafeeque, M. Shafeeque, S. Stolzenberger, R. Timmermann, J. Turton, J. Turton, C. Wekerle, O. Zeising

“…Observations and models employed in this study are consistent in terms of melt rates occurring below the floating ice tongue. Our results suggest that the multidecadal warming of Atlantic Intermediate Water flowing into the cavity below the ice tongue – supplied by the recirculating branch of the West Spitsbergen Current in Fram Strait – is the main driver of the recent major increase in basal melt rates. …”
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Timing matters! Academic assessment changes throughout the day by Carmelo M. Vicario, Michael A. Nitsche, Chiara Lucifora, Pietro Perconti, Mohammad A. Salehinejad, Mohammad A. Salehinejad, Mohammad A. Salehinejad, Francesco Tomaiuolo, Simona Massimino, Alessio Avenanti, Alessio Avenanti, Massimo Mucciardi

“…Our results demonstrate a Gaussian distribution of passing rates throughout the day, with a significant peak at midday. …”
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Disentangling the roles of natural variability and climate change in Canada’s 2023 fire season by Clair Barnes, Piyush Jain, Theodore R Keeping, Nathan Gillett, Jonathan Boucher, Philippe Gachon, Dorothy Heinrich, Megan Kirchmeier-Young, Yan Boulanger

“…We find that the annual accumulated daily severity rating (DSR), a measure of weather-related fire risk) is increasing in most ecozones in response to global warming, with the largest increases in the early months of the fire season; although temperatures are increasing everywhere, this effect is offset in some regions by increased precipitation. …”
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SERPINA3 predicts long-term neurological outcomes and mortality in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage by Pei Zheng, Zhihui Qi, Bin Gao, Yang Yao, Jingshan Chen, Hengri Cong, Yue Huang, Fu-Dong Shi

“…Abstract Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a severe stroke subtype with high mortality and disability rates, and long-term outcomes among survivors remain unpredictable due to the lack of reliable biomarkers. …”
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Review of Epidemiological Situation on Rickettsioses in the Russian Federation in 2022 as Compared with 2013–2021, Forecast for 2023 by N. A. Pen’evskaya, N. V. Rudakov, S. N. Shpynov, A. I. Blokh, D. V. Trankvilevsky, D. A. Savel’ev, S. V. Shtrek, A. V. Sannikov

“…The aim of the review was to characterize the epidemiological situation on tick-borne rickettsioses (TR) in the Russian Federation in 2022 in comparison with the pandemic years of 2020–2021 and the pre-pandemic period of 2013–2019, to give the forecast for 2023. During 2013–2022, a pattern was observed in the incidence of rickettsiosis of the tick-borne spotted fever group (with the exception of Astrakhan spotted fever – ASF), that is also characteristic of most other natural focal infections (NFIs): a sharp decrease in registered incidence rates in 2020–2021 with the subsequent increase in 2022 almost up to pre-pandemic levels or even exceedance in some regions. …”
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Psychiatric comorbidities and smoking behavior in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A case–control study from a north Indian tertiary Center by Rohit Pathak, Abhishek Pathak, Manish Singh

“…Results: Cases exhibited significantly higher rates of smoking, with regular smokers constituting 51.1% compared to 14.0% of controls (P=0.0001). …”
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IRF-3, IRF-5, and IRF-7 coordinately regulate the type I IFN response in myeloid dendritic cells downstream of MAVS signaling. by Helen M Lazear, Alissa Lancaster, Courtney Wilkins, Mehul S Suthar, Albert Huang, Sarah C Vick, Lisa Clepper, Larissa Thackray, Margaret M Brassil, Herbert W Virgin, Janko Nikolich-Zugich, Ashlee V Moses, Michael Gale, Klaus Früh, Michael S Diamond

“…In pathogenesis studies with two unrelated positive-sense RNA viruses (West Nile virus (WNV) and murine norovirus), TKO mice succumbed at rates greater than DKO mice and equal to or approaching those of mice lacking the type I IFN receptor (Ifnar(-/-)). …”
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In Silico Designed Multi-Epitope Vaccine Based on the Conserved Fragments in Viral Proteins for Broad-Spectrum Protection Against Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Viru... by Shaukat Ullah, Hikmat Ullah, Kainat Fatima, Tan Lei

“…This virus includes two major genotypes, PRRSV1 and PRRSV2, both characterized by high mutation rates and genetic variability, complicating the development of a universally effective vaccine and disease control. …”
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Cumulative risk of revision after primary total hip arthroplasty in registries internationally: systematic review and meta-analysis of selected hip stems and cups by Christophe Combescure, James A Smith, Christophe Barea, Lotje A Hoogervorst, Rob Nelissen, Perla J Marang-van de Mheen, Anne Lübbeke, the Arthroplasty registry group

“…Purpose: The objective was to investigate the consistency in cumulative revision rates (CRRs) for a selection of total hip arthroplasty cups and stems across national/regional hip arthroplasty registries worldwide. …”
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Erosion of estimated genomic breeding values with generations is due to long distance associations between markers and QTL by Didier Boichard, Sébastien Fritz, Pascal Croiseau, Vincent Ducrocq, Thierry Tribout, Beatriz C. D. Cuyabano

“…In Method 2 all the QTL contributions to SNP effects are regressed based on SNP-QTL recombination rates and summed to predict the GEBV at the next generation. …”
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Fabrication and Characterization of Si Substrate-Free InGaN Light-Emitting Diodes and Their Application in Visible Light Communications by Chia-Lung Tsai, Ying-Chang Li, Yi-Chen Lu, Sheng-Hsiung Chang

“…A direct line-of-sight optical link using the proposed thin-film LEDs achieved data transmission rates of up to 100 Mb/s over a distance of 100 cm, indicating that the proposed LEDs have potential for use as optical transmitters in indoor visible light communications.…”
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Succession of Lichens in Front of Retreating Glaciers in Sweden and Norway by Josef P. Halda, Jan Košnar, Alena Lukešová

“…Additionally, lichen species were categorized into time periods based on their colonization rates. Finally, differences among dated plots in the glacier forelands of Midtdalsbreen (Norway) and Storglaciären (Sweden) were compared. …”
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DiffuseGaitNet: Improving Parkinson’s Disease Gait Severity Assessment With a Diffusion Model Framework by Arshak Rezvani, Nasrin Ravansalar, Mohammad Ali Akhaee, Andrew J. Greenshaw, Russell Greiner, Maryam S. Mirian, Muhammad Yousefnezhad, Martin J. McKeown

“…Assessing the severity of gait impairment in Parkinson’s disease (PD) using the Movement Disorder Society’s Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) is typically performed by clinical experts, but this process is time-consuming, subjective, and costly. …”
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Evaluation of the Effects of Anesthetics and Surgery on Sleep Quality in Patients Undergoing Posterior Spinal Instrumentation Surgery: A Prospective Randomised Clinical Trial by Selcan Akesen, Gökay Eken, Yücel Bilgin, Saltuk Buğra Güler, Elifgül Ulutaş

“…Introduction: The aim of the study is to evaluate the impact of the anesthesia methods and surgical procedure on the sleep patterns and sleep quality of patients undergoing posterior spinal instrumentation, using the Pittsburgh Insomnia Rating Scale-20 (PIRS-20). …”
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AI-DBS study: protocol for a longitudinal prospective observational cohort study of patients with Parkinson’s disease for the development of neuronal fingerprints using artificial... by Martijn Beudel, Rick Schuurman, Rob M A de Bie, Deborah Hubers, Mariëlle J Stam, Martijn G J de Neeling, Bart J Keulen, Arthur W G Buijink, Bernadette C M van Wijk

“…Correlations will be tested between spectral features of LFP data and symptom severity, which will be assessed using (1) inertial sensor data from a wearable smartwatch, (2) clinical rating scales and (3) patient diaries and analysed using conventional descriptive statistics and artificial intelligence algorithms. …”
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Taking a look at your speech: identifying diagnostic status and negative symptoms of psychosis using convolutional neural networks by Gleb Melshin, Anthony DiMaggio, Nadia Zeramdini, Michael MacKinley, Lena Palaniyappan, Alban Voppel

“…Modified ResNet-18 convolutional neural networks (CNNs) performed three classification tasks; (1) schizophrenia-spectrum vs healthy controls, within 179 clinically-rated patients, (2) individuals with more severe vs less severe negative symptom burden, and (3) clinically obvious vs subtle blunted affect. …”
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