The effect of mild-stage Alzheimer’s disease on the acoustic parameters of voice by Emel Arslan-Sarımehmetoğlu, Elife Barmak

“…Methods The study comprised 51 participants, who were divided into two groups: those with AD (study group, n = 28) and those with normal cognitive abilities (control group, n = 23). …”
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Machine Learning Classification Model to Label Sources Derived from Factor Analysis Receptor Models for Source Apportionment by Vikas Kumar, Vasudev Malyan, Manoranjan Sahu, Basudev Biswal

“…The train and test score of the model is 0.85 and 0.79, respectively. The overall weighted average precision, recall and F1 score is 0.79. …”
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Formação Inicial de Professores: Reflexões sobre o ensino e os conteúdos matemáticos na Educação de Jovens e Adultos by Sara Soares Costa Mamona

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Validación de un inventario de roles de masculinidad hegemónica en varones colombianos by Carlos Alejandro Pineda-Roa, Geydi Katherine Galindo-Ascanio, Diana Paola González-Moreno, Reynel Alexander Chaparro-Clavijo

“…El Análisis Factorial Confirmatorio (AFC) confirmó muy buen ajuste de este modelo pentafactorial en una versión reducida de 17 ítems S-B û2 =343.29, gl =109, NNFI =0.97; CFI=0.98. RMSEA = 0.06 IC95 % (0.053 - 0.067). Los coeficientes Alfa y Omega obtenidos para estimar consistencia interna estuvieron entre 0.70 y 0.79. …”
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Modelling nitrogen transformation in the Lake Bunyonyi ecosystem, South‑Western Uganda by Alex, Saturday, Thomas, J. Lyimo, John, Machiwa, Siajali, Pamba

“…The developed model predicted reasonably well the behaviour of the lake evidenced by the validation results of observed and simulated data that showed good linear regression coefficients (R2) of organic nitrogen (0.48), ammonia–nitrogen (0.68), and nitrate–nitrogen (0.61). …”
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Malnutrition Amongst HIV Adult Patients in Selected Hospitals of Bushenyi District in Southwestern Uganda. by Odwee, Ambrose, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Acup, Christine Amongi, Kyamanywa, Patrick, Ssebuufu, Robinson, Obura, Richard, Agaba, Jude B., Makeri, Danladi, Kirimuhuzya, Claude, Sasirabo, Olivia, Bamaiyi, Pwaveno H.

“…Results: The mean age of the study participants was 38.74 ± 0.80 yrs, while females and males were 52.2% and 47.8% respectively. …”
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Long-term safety of tofacitinib up to 9.5 years: a comprehensive integrated analysis of the rheumatoid arthritis clinical development programme by Peter Nash, Yoshiya Tanaka, Kevin L Winthrop, Eun Bong Lee, Xavier Mariette, Jeffrey R Curtis, Kenneth Kwok, Connie Chen, Pinaki Biswas, Lisy Wang, Christina Charles-Schoeman, Ann Madsen, Stanley B Cohen, Andrea Shapiro, Jürgen Wollenhaupt

“…Incidence rates (IRs; patients with events/100 patient-years [PY]; 95% CIs) of first-time occurrences were obtained for adverse events (AEs) of interest.Results 7061 patients received tofacitinib (total exposure: 22 875 PY; median [range] exposure: 3.1 [0 to 9.6] years). IRs (95% CI) for serious AEs, serious infections, herpes zoster (all), opportunistic infections (excluding tuberculosis [TB]) and TB were 9.0 (8.6 to 9.4), 2.5 (2.3 to 2.7), 3.6 (3.4 to 3.9), 0.4 (0.3 to 0.5) and 0.2 (0.1 to 0.2), respectively. …”
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Universal capillary screening for chronic autoimmune, metabolic and cardiovascular diseases: feasibility and acceptability of the UNISCREEN study by Sara Angiulli, Aurora Merolla, Elisa Borgonovo, Rebecca De Lorenzo, Serena Spadoni, Barbara Fontana, Giuseppina Manganaro, Elena Rela, Alberto Bongiovanni, Rita Peracino, Chiara Bellino, Giulia Pata, Eleonora Bianconi, Sabina Martinenghi, Francesca Ulivi, Cristina Renzi, Cristina Renzi, Emanuele Bosi, Emanuele Bosi, UNISCREEN Study Group, Sara Angiulli, Aurora Merolla, Alberto Bongiovanni, Rebecca De Lorenzo, Elena Rela, Rita Peracino, Chiara Bellino, Giuseppina Manganaro, Elisa Borgonovo, Sara Critelli, Aldo Fici, Martina Mallus, Giulia Morocutti, Giulia Pata, Clara Soggetti, Chiara Calabrese, Alberico Di Resta, Maria Pia Ruggiero, Antonella Spano’, Francesca Biasco, Manuel Stocchi, Pietro Melodia, Giuseppe Ancona, Andrea Laurenzi

“…A single fingerprick was sufficient for all measurements in 47.1% of cases, while up to two were necessary in 86.9% of cases. Complete glucose and lipid panels were obtained in 1382 participants (90.0%). …”
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Efecto de Bioestimulantes en Producción y Calidad de Fresa (Fragaria ananassa cv. Albión) Bajo Estrés Hídrico by Ma. De Lourdes Javalera-Rincón, José Antonio González-Fuentes, Adalberto Benavides-Mendoza, Armando Robledo-Olivo, Eduardo Alberto Lara-Reimers, Álvaro Morelos-Moreno

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Supra-Annular Versus Intra-Annular Self-Expanding Valves in Small Aortic Annulus: A Propensity Score-Matched Study by Michel Pompeu Sá, MD, MSc, MHBA, PhD, Danial Ahmad, MD, MPH, Yisi Wang, MPH, Floyd Thoma, BS, Amber Makani, MD, Dustin Kliner, MD, Catalin Toma, MD, David West, MD, Derek Serna-Gallegos, MD, Ibrahim Sultan, MD

“…Methods: Single-center data with patients with SAA (maximum diameter <23 mm) who underwent TAVR from 2013 to 2023 with SEVs, followed by 1:1 propensity score matching (PSM). Results: We obtained 86 PSM pairs with median age of 83.0 years (SAVs) and 82.0 years (IAVs), with women representing 77.6% of the PSM cohort. …”
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The ArcB kinase sensor participates in the phagocyte-mediated stress response in Salmonella Typhimurium by Coral Pardo-Esté, Coral Pardo-Esté, Francisca Urbina, Nicolas Aviles, Nicolas Pacheco, Alan Briones, Carolina Cabezas, Vicente Rojas, Valentina Pavez, Yoelvis Sulbaran-Bracho, Yoelvis Sulbaran-Bracho, Alejandro A. Hidalgo, Juan Castro-Severyn, Juan Castro-Severyn, Claudia P. Saavedra

“…Typhimurium to grow under HOCl stress. Overall, 6.6% of Salmonella genes varied their expression in the mutant strains, while 8.6% changed in response to NaOCl. …”
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Influence of spine biomechanics and sagittal balance on the outcome of lumbar discectomy by José Poblete Carrizo, José Poblete Carrizo, Jesús Martínez, Julio González, Alejandra Mosteiro, Ramon Torné, Ramon Torné, Alberto Di Somma, Alberto Di Somma, José Ríos, Joaquim Enseñat, Joaquim Enseñat, Salvador Fuster, Salvador Fuster

“…Assessment of spinal sagittal balance as a prognostic factor after lumbar discectomy.ResultsCompared to healthy individuals, patients with symptomatic lumbar disc herniation showed lower thoracic kyphosis (39.03 vs. 34.42° p = 0.034), lower thoraco-lumbar transition T10-L2 angulation (6.79 vs. 2.08° p = 0.005), lower lumbar lordosis (59.54 vs. 48.36° p &lt; 0.001) and lumbo-sacral angulation L4-S1 (40.20 vs. 29.16° p &lt; 0.001), lower pelvic incidence (54.71vs 49.86° p = 0.014) and lower sacral slope (42.07 vs. 33.34° p &lt; 0.001). …”
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Characterization of the Collagen Extraction Manufacturing Process Using Markov Chains and Artificial Neural Networks by Rosa Trasvina-Osorio, Sergio Alonso-Romero, Juan de Anda-Suarez, Valentin Calzada-Ledesma, Javier Yanez-Mendiola, Luis Fernando Villanueva-Jimenez, Erick Rojas-Mancera

“…The DoE model presented a coefficient of 86.92% in the observed data in the first stage of the methodology. …”
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Discovery and Detailed Study of the M31 Classical Nova AT 2023tkw: Evidence for Internal Shocks by Judhajeet Basu, Ravi Kumar, G.C. Anupama, Sudhanshu Barway, Peter H. Hauschildt, Shatakshi Chamoli, Vishwajeet Swain, Varun Bhalero, Viraj Karambelkar, Mansi Kasliwal, Kaustav K. Das, Igor Andreoni, Avinash Singh, Rishabh Singh Teja

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Anticholinergic burden and behavioral and psychological symptoms in older patients with cognitive impairment by Sabrina Pistorio, Gianluca Scotto di Tella, Vittoria Canzanella, Raffaella Merenda, Gianluigi Cuomo, Paola Iacotucci, Vincenzo Carnovale, Leonardo Bencivenga, Maria Vargas, Annalaura Manes, Mauro Cataldi, Giuseppe Rengo, Giuseppe Rengo, Michela Zanetti, Grazia Daniela Femminella, Grazia Daniela Femminella

“…Significantly higher NPI scores were found in patients with ACB ≥ 3 (mean scores 47.3 ± 34.8 versus 25.5 ± 24.6, p &lt; 0.001). Patients with ACB ≥ 3 showed lower MMSE (18.5 ± 8.6 versus 22.4 ± 7, p = 0.004) and more IADLs lost. …”
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Active ingredients and mechanisms of peony seed blended oil in diabetes treatment using Kunming mice: Insights from GC–MS, network pharmacology, and experimental verification by Yuning Gu, Fengliang Zhong, Tiantian Sun, Zirui Chang

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Adapting a Mobile Health App for Smoking Cessation in Black Adults With Anxiety Through an Analysis of the Mobile Anxiety Sensitivity Program Proof-of-Concept Trial: Qualitative St... by Marshall K Cheney, Adam C Alexander, Lorra Garey, Matthew W Gallagher, Emily T Hébert, Anka A Vujanovic, Krista M Kezbers, Cameron T Matoska, Michael J Zvolensky, Michael S Businelle

“…ResultsMost participants (17/21, 81%) had smoked for more than 20 years and 29% (6/21) of them smoked more than 20 cigarettes daily. …”
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Changes in cancer incidence and stage during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020–2021 in the Nordic countries by Anna Johansson, Anna Skog, Tom Børge Johannesen, Tor Åge Myklebust, Simon M. Kønig, Charlotte Wessel Skovlund, Lina Steinrud Mørch, Søren Friis, Marnar Fríðheim Kristiansen, David Pettersson, Eva María Gudmundsdóttir, Nanna Margrét Kristinsdóttir, Helgi Birgisson, Sandra Irenaeus, Johan Ahlgren, Mats Lambe, Elli Hirvonen, Janne Pitkäniemi, Giske Ursin

“…Incidence rates also declined in the second pandemic wave (Q1 2021), ranging from –8.6% [–10.2%; –6.9%] (Sweden) to –2.3% [–4.6%; 0.1%] (Norway), and in Sweden also by –3.1% [–4.8%; –1.3%] in the third pandemic wave (Q4 2021). …”
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Strategies of physiological, morpho-anatomical and biochemical adaptation in seedlings of native species exposed to mining waste by Belén Heredia, Pablo Diaz Recio, Brian Jonathan Young, Pablo Pacheco, Franco Barcelo Zungre, Silvina Hruby, Maria Andreína Acevedo, María Inés Mercado, Gonzalo Roqueiro

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