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Interpretable prediction of gross motor coordination in children aged 9–10 using machine learning and SHAP: the influence of physical fitness, basic coordination, and executive function
Lingfeng Mao, Yuan Sui, Xiangyang Ding, Min He, Liqin Deng, Yue Shi, Fei Li
The role of gut microbiota in Hirschsprung’s disease: from pathogenic mechanisms to microbiota-targeted therapies
Yuan Zhao, Dehong Chen, Kaiwen Qi
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Video game use, lifestyle and its association with becoming overweight or obese in Mexican adolescents
Yuriko Islas Mendoza, Francisco Vargas Hernandez, Diana Alejandra Bermudez Zapata, María G. Saucedo Martínez, Luis R. García Cortes, Everardo Villar Aguirre, Jehú A. Tamayo Calderón, Oscar Jiménez Jalpa, Elizabeth García Cortés, Víctor M. Camarillo Nava, Saul Jimenez Hernandez, Dana A. Pérez Camargo, Víctor M. Enríquez Estrada, Fernando Palacios Torres
The burden of neural tube defects in Southern Ethiopia: trends, hotspots, and public health implications
Beminet Moges Gebremariam, Dejene Hailu Kassa, Barbara J. Stoecker, Afework Mulugeta

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Pain assessment in children undergoing venipuncture: the Wong–Baker faces scale versus skin conductance fluctuations
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The coast of giants: an anthropometric survey of high schoolers on the Adriatic coast of Croatia
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The role of gut microbiota in Hirschsprung’s disease: from pathogenic mechanisms to microbiota-targeted therapies
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