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A national randomized controlled trial of the impact of public Montessori preschool at the end of kindergarten
Although seminal studies from the early 1960s suggested quality preschool can have lasting positive effects, agreement is lacking on the efficacy of different preschool models. The Montessori model is longstanding but lacks rigorous impact studies; prior random lottery studies included just one or two schools, among other compromises. Here, we report on end-of-kindergarten (age 5… →
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What’s Your Edge? Rethinking Expertise in the Age of AI
Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images A CEO recently posed a question to me that’s been keeping executives awake: “If my junior analyst can get the same AI-generated insights as my senior strategist, why am I paying for expertise?” It’s not hyperbole to say that we’re witnessing an unprecedented democratization of knowledge. Information that was… →
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DeepSeek Just Released a 3B OCR Model: A 3B VLM Designed for High-Performance OCR and Structured Document Conversion
«`html DeepSeek Just Released a 3B OCR Model: A 3B VLM Designed for High-Performance OCR and Structured Document Conversion DeepSeek-AI has launched the 3B DeepSeek-OCR, an end-to-end OCR and document parsing Vision-Language Model (VLM) system. This model compresses long text into a small set of vision tokens and decodes those tokens using a language model.… →
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Comparative efficacy of high intensity laser therapy (Class IV) and ibuprofen gel phonophoresis in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis among people living in hilly terrain: A randomized controlled study
Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) commonly causes pain and functional limitations, especially in hilly areas where mobility demands increase stress on the knee joint. High-Intensity Laser Therapy (HILT) and Ibuprofen Gel Phonophoresis (IGP) are both effective treatments, though comparative data is limited. Hence, we aimed to determine the effect of high-intensity laser therapy (HILT) (class-IV) and ibuprofen… →
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Efficacy of Transfer Energy Capacitive and Resistive Therapy Combined With β-Hydroxy-β-Methylbutyrate Nutritional Supplementation in Older Adults With Sarcopenic Obesity
CONCLUSION: TECAR therapy combined with HMB supplementation significantly enhances physical function, activities of daily living, and body composition in elderly patients with sarcopenic obesity, demonstrating a synergistic effect. →
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Effect of Back Optical Zone Diameter of Orthokeratology Lens on Visual Quality in Myopic Children
CONCLUSION: In myopic children, wearing ortho-k lenses with different BOZD results in improved subjective satisfaction, with no difference in subjective visual quality. However, objective visual quality declined in both groups, with a greater impact observed in the 5 mm group. →
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Comparison of supervised versus home-based exercise programs following platelet-rich plasma injections in knee osteoarthritis: clinical outcomes from quasi-experimental study
CONCLUSION: Both supervised and unsupervised exercise programs improved outcomes in knee OA patients following PRP injections; the supervised program showed greater pain relief, flexion ROM, and functional status. However, no significant difference was observed in knee extension ROM between the two groups. →
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The Local AI Revolution: Expanding Generative AI with GPT-OSS-20B and the NVIDIA RTX AI PC
«`html The Local AI Revolution: Expanding Generative AI with GPT-OSS-20B and the NVIDIA RTX AI PC The landscape of AI is expanding. While many of the most powerful LLMs (large language models) are cloud-based, they raise concerns regarding privacy and operational limits. Now, a new paradigm of local, private AI is emerging, enabling users to… →
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Meet LangChain’s DeepAgents Library and a Practical Example to See How DeepAgents Actually Work in Action
«`html Meet LangChain’s DeepAgents Library and a Practical Example to See How DeepAgents Actually Work in Action While a basic Large Language Model (LLM) agent—one that repeatedly calls external tools—is easy to create, these agents often struggle with long and complex tasks because they lack the ability to plan ahead and manage their work over… →
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A Guide for Effective Context Engineering for AI Agents
A Guide for Effective Context Engineering for AI Agents Understanding the Target Audience The target audience for this guide consists of AI practitioners, business managers, and technical decision-makers who are involved in the development and deployment of AI agents. Their primary pain points include: Challenges in maximizing the performance of AI models due to ineffective… →