Deterioro cognitivo, ¿indispensable evaluar en una comunidad tercermundista? by Ana Consuelo Tascón de Peñaranda, Gloria Inés Rodas Muñoz, María José Lozano Peñaranda, Juan David Peñaranda Meléndez

“… El objetivo de la presente investigación fue encontrar el déficit cognitivo aplicando el cuestionario SAGE en una población ≥ 60 años de edad, cuyos factores de inclusión fueron: i) saber leer; ii) saber escribir; iii) entender y firmar el consentimiento informado; iv) ser residente en el municipio de San Pedro-Valle del Cauca, Colombia; v) no presentar antecedentes psiquiátricos o estar en manejo psicológico y/o tratamiento psiquiátrico. …”
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Regional variation of risk factors among diabetic retinopathy patients in India: Findings from the INDO EYE study by Gopal S Pillai, Bibhuti Prassan Sinha, C. S. Sheeba, Manabjyoti Barman, Alok Sen, Natarajan Sundaram, Merin Dickson, Ashid Salim, Geethu Paul, Deepthi Geetha KrishnanNair, Manjisa Choudhury, Aniket Kumar, Poonam Jangidm, Anjana Abhilash

“…Aims: This study aims to assess the variation in risk factors for DR, including demographic and behavioral characteristics, and to identify regional differences in the severity of DR across four geographic zones in India. Settings and Design: Data were sourced from the INDO EYE registry, encompassing six tertiary eye care hospitals across India. …”
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Artificial Intelligence-Powered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Chatbots, a Systematic Review by Maryam Farzan, Hamid Ebrahimi, Maryam Pourali, Fatemeh Sabeti

“…Results: Our review identified large improvements across the three chatbots in symptoms of mental health, as supported by the 10 included studies: five on Woebot, four on Wysa, and one on Youper. Woebot showed remarkable reductions in depression and anxiety with high user engagement; Wysa demonstrated similar improvements, especially in users with chronic pain or maternal mental health challenges; Youper also presented a significant symptom reduction, including a 48% decrease in depression and a 43% decrease in anxiety. …”
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Child-Centred Care in HIV Service Provision for Children in Resource Constrained Settings: A Narrative Review of Literature by Chipo Mutambo, Kemist Shumba, Khumbulani W. Hlongwana

“…(iii) Provision of age-appropriate HIV services. (iv) Meaningful participation and inclusion of the child in the healthcare consultation process. …”
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Socio-sexual norms and young people's sexual health in urban Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan: A qualitative scoping review. by Prima Alam, Leesa Lin, Nandan Thakkar, Abhi Thaker, Cicely Marston

“…We conducted a scoping review of peer reviewed empirical studies based on qualitative data pertaining to young people's experiences of sexuality and sexual health in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. We searched four electronic databases for articles published (2010-2022), using terms relating to sexual health, young people, and South Asia. …”
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Vulnerability of Parkinson’s Patients to COVID-19 and Its Consequences and Effects on Them: A Systematic Review by Sorayya Rezayi, Meysam Rahmani Katigari, Leila Shahmoradi, Mehrbakhsh Nilashi

“…Of the total number of studies, 17 (58%) were cross-sectional, seven (22%) were cohort, four (12%) were quasiexperimental, two (6%) were case-control, and one (3%) was a qualitative study. …”
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Microbially Induced Calcium Carbonate Plugging for Enhanced Oil Recovery by Chenpeng Song, Derek Elsworth

“…Specifically, after eight cycles of microbial treatment (about four days), the permeability for the artificial cores representing large, intermediate, and small pore size maximally drop to 47%, 32%, and 16% of individual initial permeabilities. …”
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Hierarchical Task-Parameterized Learning from Demonstration for Collaborative Object Movement by Siyao Hu, Katherine J. Kuchenbecker

“…Compared to a standard implementation that encodes all demonstrations together for all test situations, the proposed approach offers four advantages. First, a simply defined distance function can be used to estimate test performance by calculating the similarity between a test situation and the existing models. …”
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Educação CTS a partir do Sul Global: proposições para uma formação cidadã decolonial crítica na educação em ciências by Victor Bianchetti, Suzani Cassiani

“…Em nossa proposição, a Formação Cidadã Decolonial Crítica se sustenta na dialética freireana Denúncia e Anúncio, fundamentada em quatro pilares (i) identificação das contradições e  (ii) estudo das contradições, (iii) recusa à adaptação e a (iv) práxis decolonial crítica transformadora. Com base nessas dimensões, acreditamos ser possível favorecer o estabelecimento de relações entre Ciência-Tecnologia-Sociedade coerentes do Sul Global. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Seventeen Mitochondrial Genomes of Mileewinae Leafhoppers, Including the Unique Species Mileewa digitata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) From Xizang,... by Hongli He, Bin Yan, Xiaofei Yu, Maofa Yang

“…ABSTRACT The subfamily Mileewinae in China comprises one tribe (Mileewini), four genera (Ujna, Mileewa, Processina, Anzihelus), and 71 species, yet only 11 mitochondrial genomes have been published. …”
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French and English Phonologies in Contact: The Case of Montreal English by Julie Rouaud

“…These degrees are tested in relation to the informants’ performances in their reading and conversational tasks so as to measure the role played by French in Montreal English. Four features that are characteristic of Quebec French are analyzed as markers of francization: assibilation, r-realizations, /y/-realizations and nasal vowels. …”
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Investigation on Nonlinear Flow Behavior through Rock Rough Fractures Based on Experiments and Proposed 3-Dimensional Numerical Simulation by Xianshan Liu, Man Li, Nandou Zeng, Tao Li

“…Reservoir sandstones as a case study, four splitting groups of fractures with different roughness were scanned to get the geometric features, and then the seepage experiments were taken to analyze the relationship of the pressure gradient ∇Pand flow rate Q, and the critical Reynolds number(Rec) and wall friction factor (f) were determined to explain the translation of linear seepage to nonlinear seepage condition. …”
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Substitution of non-forage fibre sources for cereal grains and molasses in calf starter on performance and development of ruminal function by D.B. Vagnoni, C. Sousa, M.A. Messman

“…One hundred and thirty-six, new-born female Holstein calves (body weight (BW) = 37.6±0.79 kg) were allocated to one of four starter feeds to evaluate the effects of replacing cereal grains and (or) molasses with non-forage fibre sources on intake, weight gain, and indicators of ruminal development. …”
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Effects of Bile Acids on Growth Performance, Hepatopancreatic Antioxidant Capacity, Intestinal Immune-Related Gene Expression, and Gut Microbiota of <i>Penaeus vannamei</i> by Yun Zhao, Duanduan Chen, Hui Wang

“…The experiment was designed with four groups: CT, BA1, BA2, and BA3, where BA were added to the shrimp basal diet at concentrations of 0.0 mg/kg, 0.1 mg/kg, 1.0 mg/kg, and 10.0 mg/kg, respectively. …”
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A relationship between physical activity and healthy quality of life in students by Ali Ashkanı, Amin Azımkhanı, Mahdi Talebpour, Masoud Aghaeı, Sadegh Abbasıan

“…As all respondents were students BREF type was selected, including four aspects of life quality plus two general questions about life and health quality evaluation. …”
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About Takhcheia in the letter of commendation to Yakov and Grigory Stroganov dated may 30, 1574. by Korchagin P.A., Samigulov G.Kh

“…In a recent article, one of the authors of this investigation made an attempt to analyze the information contained in the main source – a charter on lands given by Ivan IV to Yakov and Grigory Stroganov in 1574. This publication provides a more extensive historiographical review of the topic and analyzes the toponymy of the regions, adjoining from the south to the Chusovaya possessions of salt producers. …”
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Global Longitudinal Strain May Be the One that Appropriately Identifies Candidates of ICD Implantation by Mohammad Hossein Nikoo, Mohammad Zarrabi, Alireza Moaref, Iman Razeghian-Jahromi

“…Patients with HCM were considered in four defined centers between March and June 2021. …”
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E-B-ocimene and brood cannibalism: Interplay between a honey bee larval pheromone and brood regulation in summer dearth colonies. by Mark J Carroll, Nicholas Brown, Eden Huang

“…All ocimene-supplemented nucs retained large numbers of eggs and young larvae four days after initial treatment. By contrast, half of the unsupplemented nucs cannibalized all of their eggs and L1 larvae. …”
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Association between red blood cell distribution width and mortality in severe osteomyelitis patients by Yunlong Liu, Yan Zheng, Sheng Ding

“…Through a retrospective cohort study, relevant records of severe osteomyelitis patients were collected from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care (MIMIC-IV) database. Patients were divided into low-level and high-level groups based on the median RDW. …”
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The Performance of Different AgTiO2 Loading into Poly(3-Nitrothiophene) for Efficient Adsorption of Hazardous Brilliant Green and Crystal Violet Dyes by Sara A. Alqarni

“…In addition, the concocted adsorbent not only exhibited strong adsorption characteristics during four consecutive cycles but also possessed a higher potential for its reuse. …”
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