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ObjectiveSensory gait ataxia is a core feature of chronic peripheral vestibular disorders, leading to impaired mobility, reduced quality of life, and increased fall risk. Quantitative gait metrics capturing this deficit ...

Based on maintenance data from over 1000 onshore and offshore wind turbines covering more than 4200 operating years, this study presents an analysis of failure rates, repair times, and maintenance resource requirements, ...

Abstract Introduction The Emergency Medical Service Benefit Score (EBS) was recently developed from the former Helicopter Benefit Score (HBS) to provide a standardized tool for evaluating the benefits of prehospital inte...

ABSTRACT Virtual reality technologies offer sports performance organisations new possibilities for measuring and enhancing performance. This is particularly the case in cricket where training is significantly constrained...

Background and purpose: The clinical utility of radiomics in head-and-neck (H&N) cancer is hindered by poor reliability caused by delineation uncertainties from the use of binary mask (BinMask). This study introduced a f...

ABSTRACT Purpose Ligament tension balance is essential for successful and long‐term implant survival of total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Conventional manual tensioning methods are subjective and vary with the surgeon exp...

This benchmark case study introduces recently developed state-of-the-art general purpose multi-modal nonstationary reliability assessment method for marine, offshore, and naval structures, suitable for physically measure...

Sham transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is essential for causal inference but is commonly implemented as ramp-only protocols that may not ensure physiological inertness and may fail to maintain mid-session bl...

Background: The Test of Gross Motor Development-3 (TGMD-3 2019) evaluates fundamental gross motor skills across two domains: locomotor and ball skills. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the test–...

Abstract Background Kawasaki disease (KD) represents the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children, with timely diagnosis and treatment being crucial to prevent severe coronary complications. The widespread use...

ABSTRACT Background and Aims The EORTC QLQ‐STO22 is a widely validated instrument for assessing health‐related quality of life in patients with gastric cancer. Given the high prevalence of gastric cancer and its spec...

IntroductionSmoothing fMRI data prior to analysis is a fundamental and widely used technique to increase sensitivity. Unconstrained smoothing can also reduce the spatial specificity of the analysis by introducing artifac...

Abstract Background Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) is a genetic test to screen fetal chromosomal abnormalities in pregnancy. Public reliance on short-video platforms for health information in China is increasing, y...

Introduction: Visual shade matching has been practiced in dentistry for decades to find a shade of restoration that perfectly match with adjacent tooth for natural aesthetic look. Intraoral camera is an adjunct tool for ...

Abstract Background Neck pain (NP) is a common disabling condition, often associated with forward head posture (FHP) and hamstring tightness. There is limitation in evidence regarding the intrarater and interrater reliab...

# Background Neuromuscular impairments, including reduced eccentric force capacity and persistent limb asymmetries, are commonly observed after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR), even during later stages ...

Products often operate in dynamic environments, and field failure data is frequently heavily censored, posing significant challenges in the assessment of product reliability. To enhance the accuracy of field reliability ...

IntroductionPublic transport is a fundamental component of urban mobility and an everyday context that can influence the emotional well-being of adults. However, there is limited availability of validated psychometric in...

Abstract Background This study evaluates the content, quality, and reliability of TikTok and Bilibili videos on neonatal jaundice, and examines how accurately they inform parents and healthcare professionals. Methods On ...

INTRODUCTION: Accurate assessment of ankle dorsiflexion (ADF) range of motion (ROM) is crucial for identifying and managing lower limb dysfunctions. Smartphone-based inclinometer applications (Apps) offer a cost-effectiv...

IntroductionSweating is essential for thermoregulation during exercise but causes variable losses of water and sodium chloride (NaCl). Field-based methods to assess these losses are limited by sampling errors and the lac...

Introduction. Self-excited induction generators (SEIGs) play a vital role in renewable energy systems, particularly in remote regions. However, their performance is highly sensitive to excitation capacitance, rotor speed...

Abstract Risk of bias assessment is a crucial step in evidence synthesis. The traditionally adopted tool, however, is complex, resource-intensive, and unreliable. While prior investigations have focused on whether Large ...

To systematically evaluate the measurement properties of current masticatory performance (MP) assessment methods in adult populations. A systematic search was performed in the PubMed, Cochrane Library, and EBSCOhost data...