Concurrent Validity of The Expanded Cutting Alignment Scoring Tool (E-CAST) by Lauren Butler, Alexa Martinez, Ashley Erdman, Dai Sugimoto, Alex Loewen, Eryn Milian, Charles Wyatt, Kristin Hayden, Amie DeVerna, Kirsten Tulchin-Francis, Sophia Ulman

“…The purpose of this study was to assess the concurrent validity of the E-CAST by comparing visually identified movement errors from two-dimensional (2D) video with three-dimensional (3D) biomechanical variables collected using motion capture…”
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Hybrid quantum neural networks show strongly reduced need for free parameters in entity matching by Lukas Bischof, Stefan Teodoropol, Rudolf M. Füchslin, Kurt Stockinger

“…In this paper, we evaluate quantum machine learning algorithms for entity matching on a hand-crafted data set and compare them to similar classical algorithms. We do this by implementing a neural network with a classical embedding layer and extending it with quantum layers. …”
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Taste Dysfunction in COVID-19 Patients; A Cross-Sectional Observational Study by Sreedevi Nunkappa Thippeswamy, Keerthi Kumar Kabbyar Chidananda, Kamalesh Tagadur Nataraju

“…Taste dysfunction was analysed and compared with various inflammatory markers and sino-nasal symptoms. …”
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CPP: a path planning method taking into account obstacle shadow hiding by Ruixin Zhang, Qing Xu, Youneng Su, Ruoxu Chen, Kai Sun, Fengchang Li, Guo Zhang

“…It started by designing shadow areas in the configuration environment based on solar azimuth and altitude angles. A gravitational field model was then created using these shadow areas and the target point’s position to guide the path point movement, achieving a path with a higher safety coefficient. …”
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An electrolyte-gated transistor for the monitoring of a CRISPR/Cas activity by Pierre Guermonprez, Le Tu Anh, Louis Renaud, Pierre Nioche, Eric Krejci, Aurélie Alleaume-Butaux, Nicolas Battaglini, Vu Thi Thu, Sébastien Sanaur, Benoît Piro

“…Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) remains the gold standard, but clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats linked to a Cas endoribonuclease particle (CRISPR/Cas) have recently revolutionized the recognition step of two RNAs, i.e. the CRISPR-RNA (crRNA) and the target, providing a much better selectivity compared to the naked hybridization on which RT-PCR is based. …”
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Improving photovoltaic water pumping system performance with ANN-based direct torque control using real-time simulation by Ikram Saady, Btissam Majout, Ismail El Kafazi, Mohammed Karim, Badre Bossoufi, Najib El Ouanjli, Said Mahfoud, Ahmed Althobaiti, Thamer A. H. Alghamdi, Mohammed Alenezi

“…On the other hand, to overcome the defects and problems caused by Direct Torque Control (DTC), such as flux and torque ripples, high switching frequency, and challenges at low speeds, an ANN-based DTC is proposed in which each of the hysteresis comparators, switching table, and speed controller in the DTC are replaced by ANN controllers. …”
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Black Garlic Supplementation and Glomerular Protection in Hyperuricemic Rats: A Study on Kidney Health Prevention by Wahyudin Wahyudin, Fajar Wahyu Pribadi, Gita Nawangtantrini, Muhammad Riski Fatah, Zainuddin Zainuddin

“…The 240 mg/day dose showed the most significant improvement in kidney health, reducing glomerular damage scores compared to the disease control group (p < 0.05).  …”
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The Dynamic Innovative Balance System Improves Balance Ability: A Single Blind, Randomized Controlled Study by Bunyamin Haksever, Irem Duzgun, Gul Baltaci

“… # Purpose The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of the DIBA and standard balance training tools on dynamic and static balance…”
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Endoplasmic reticulum stress-related super enhancer promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transformation in hepatocellular carcinoma through CREB5 mediated activation of TNC by Anqi Wang, Sitong Yan, Jiatao Liu, Xiang Chen, Mengyao Hu, Xiao Du, Weijia Jiang, Zhipeng Pan, Lulu Fan, Guoping Sun

“…In this study, we identified 17 ERS-related SEs by comparing ERS-HCC cells with untreated control cells using ChIP-seq and RNA-seq. …”
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Semantic difficulties of the English aerospace terminological system by Irina Suima

“…Research Methods: methods of linguistic analysis, descriptive and comparative methods, methods of classification and systematization. …”
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Quality of life and psychological and gastrointestinal symptoms after cholecystectomy: a population-based cohort study by Eivind Ness-Jensen, Kristian Hveem, Stian Lydersen, Arne Talseth, Tom-Harald Edna

“…Participants who underwent cholecystectomy for gallstone disease between 1 January 1990 and until 1 year before attending HUNT3 were compared with the remaining non-operated cohort. Associations between cholecystectomy and the postoperative scores and symptoms were assessed by multivariable regression models.Results Participants in HUNT1, HUNT2 and HUNT3 were 77 212 (89.4% of those invited), 65 237 (69.5%) and 50 807 (54.1%), respectively. …”
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Identification of phytophthora blight resistance of different pepper inbred lines and correlation analysis of plant functional traits by YANG Kaiwei, ZHOU Yingying, DU Jiao, JIANG Pan, LUO Gongwen, OU Lijun

“…The plant height, aboveground fresh weight, and nitrogen content exhibited significant differences after 20 days of inoculation compared to the control group. Correlation analysis revealed a negative correlation between disease incidence and plant height and fresh weight, while a positive correlation was observed with nitrogen content. …”
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Vida cotidiana y laboral en las haciendas de Zinacantepec, siglos xix y xx by Hilda Lagunas Ruiz

“…Las haciendas y ranchos se fortalecieron durante el Porfiriato, uno de los planteamientos más aceptados señala que se logró en detrimento de la tierra de los habitantes de los pueblos, mismos que pasaron a formar parte del ejército de trabajo de estas unidades de producción, por lo que en este artículo también se analizarán las relaciones de interdependencia entre los dueños de las haciendas y los habitantes de los pueblos circunvecinos. …”
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Chemical structure–property relationships of photocurable monomers/macromers: Potential binder candidates for ceramic/metal vat photopolymerization by Setareh Zakeri, Antonia Ressler, Piie Konnunaho, Teemu Sandblom, Joshua Cunningham, Milla Rinne, Matti Järveläinen, Anastasia Elias, Erkka J. Frankberg, Erkki Levänen

“…Furthermore, it was observed that methacrylate-containing resins shrank more compared to their acrylate-containing counterparts. …”
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Analysis of financial independence of ukrainian enterprises by Оksana Nuzhna

“…The purpose of the study is to determine the level of their financial independence by calculating the coefficient of autonomy and to conduct a comparative analysis of the results obtained in the context of certain types of activities based on the study of the structure of sources of financial resources of enterprises in Ukraine as a whole and with a distribution by size. …”
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Role of Physical activity in abating Non-Communicable Diseases: A survey of residents of Central Park Housing Society, Lahore by Shehnaz Khan, Mehrunisa Hassan, Mamoona Shafique, Saira Farhat, Saba Iftkhar, Shamim Akhter

“…Lower physical activity is associated with a higher diabetes risk (18%) compared to the higher activity levels (14%). BMI (p-value=0.00) and random blood sugar level (p-value=0.03) is associated with physical activity. …”
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Platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio associated with disease activity in patients with Takayasu’s arteritis: a case-control study by Juan Du, Lili Pan, Taotao Li, Hua Liao

“…Background Platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) have been reported to reflect the inflammatory response and disease activity in a variety of autoimmune diseases.Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the value of PLR and NLR as markers to monitor disease activity in Takayasu’s arteritis (TAK).Methods A retrospective case–control study involving 88 patients with TAK and 78 healthy controls was performed. We compared the PLR and NLR between patients and healthy controls, and also analysed the correlations between PLR or NLR and indices of TAK disease activity.Results Increased PLR and NLR were observed in patients with TAK. …”
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Enhanced gap-filling for satellite-derived crop monitoring using temperature-driven reconstruction techniques by Flavian Tschurr, Lukas Valentin Graf, Achim Walter, Helge Aasen

“…Our approach requires fewer satellite observations compared to traditional remote sensing time series algorithms, making it suitable for agricultural areas with high cloud cover. …”
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Temporal Analysis of Changes in Anthropogenic Emissions and Urban Heat Islands during COVID-19 Restrictions in Gauteng Province, South Africa by Lerato Shikwambana, Mahlatse Kganyago, Paidamwoyo Mhangara

“…Similarly, LST and surface urban heat island (SUHI) reduced when compared to the previous year. Therefore, the lockdown restrictions provided an experimental scenario in which pollutants could be drastically reduced, thus accentuated the human impact on microclimates.…”
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Molecular mechanisms of cis-oxygen bridge neonicotinoids to Apis mellifera Linnaeus chemosensory protein: Surface plasmon resonance, multiple spectroscopy techniques, and molecular... by Xiangshuai Li, Shiyu Li, Yang Liu, Li Cui, Daibin Yang, Shuning Chen, Xusheng Shao, Huizhu Yuan, Xiaojing Yan

“…Of particular interest, cis-structured neonicotinoids demonstrated distinct binding characteristics compared to their trans-structured counterparts, including an inverse relationship between the binding constant and temperature. …”
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