Delegitimizing, corruptive crises by Ángel R. Oquendo

“…In other words, one should not solely seek to change the attitude or the prevailing professional culture in civil service. Instead, Latin American societies must embark upon an unlikely radical crusade to transform the way in which they understand themselves, particularly the premises of their social integration. …”
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Epigenome-wide association study of perceived discrimination in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) by Wei Zhao, Lisha Lin, Kristen M. Kelly, Lauren A. Opsasnick, Belinda L. Needham, Yongmei Liu, Srijan Sen, Jennifer A. Smith

“…To identify the DNAm sites across the epigenome that are associated with discrimination, we conducted epigenome-wide association analyses (EWAS) of three discrimination measures (everyday discrimination, race-related major discrimination, and non-race-related major discrimination) in 1,151 participants, including 565 non-Hispanic White, 221 African American, and 365 Hispanic individuals, from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). …”
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How salient are sarcastic questions? by Efrat Levant, Nicole Katzir

“…A large-scale corpus research was conducted throughout three distinct corpora of American-English to determine how these interrogative constructions use salience to encode sarcasm, and how salience contributes to the preference of their sarcastic meaning over the literal one. …”
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Lessons learned from syndemic HIV research in an immigrant, latinx sexual and gender minority community by Nicholas Metheny, Dalton Scott, Sandor Santana, Rosa Pache

“…By drawing inferences from study data and contextualizing these with community partners, we learned: (1) Large parts of the target community may be unfamiliar with the underlying constructs captured in important HIV-related measures; (2) Cash incentives may shift motivation from intrinsic to extrinsic and lead to poorer data quality; (3) Deviations in Spanish go beyond vocabulary used in different Latin American countries, and more formal Spanish may relay concepts in unfamiliar ways that are unapproachable; and (4) community members may be unfamiliar with survey data collection processes and the protections in place to ensure confidentiality. …”
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Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Risk in Physical Exercise Program Users by José Ander Asenjo Alarcón

“…Risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus were determined with a diagnostic interpretation guide adapted from the American Diabetes Association, the Peruvian Endocrinology Society, and the Ministry of Health. …”
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PHILOSOPHICAL-CULTURAL CONCEPTION OF TELEVISION AS A VISUAL PRACTICES OF XX-XXI CENTURY by A. M. Tormakhova

“…Deployment of the author's position within the designated issues is presented as a historical digression – from the first attempts at understanding the phenomenon of television to the newest scientific theories that have found expression in contemporary American philosophical and cultural thought. Results of the study can be used in the training course "Visual communication and practices." …”
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An experimental analysis of mechanical properties for a dissimilar pattern structure in the 3-D printing of a PLA5F filament using the Taguchi method by Thamizh Selvan S, Mohandass M

“…This analysis optimized the printing parameters, including layer thickness (0.15, 0.25, 0.35 mm), nozzle movement speed (80, 100, 120 mm s ^−1 ), filling structure (Lines - a, Triangular - b, and Octet - c), and occupancy rate (20%, 40%, 60%). The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards for tensile strength (ASTM D638) and impact strength (ASTM D256) were used for evaluation. …”
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Balancing Explainability and Privacy in Bank Failure Prediction: A Differentially Private Glass-Box Approach by Junyoung Byun, Jaewook Lee, Hyeongyeong Lee, Bumho Son

“…We analyzed data from 21,243 American banks spanning from 1969 to 2021, focusing on key financial ratios. …”
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Serialised Translations in the Estonian Newspapers in the Beginning of the 20th Century (1900‒1940) by Aile Möldre

“…In the independent Republic of Estonia, in the 1920s and 1930s, Anglo-American literature occupied the leading position in accordance with the general cultural orientation. …”
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Identification of a cryptic unbalanced translocation Der(22)t(12;22)(q24.33;q13.33) in a large Chinese family with Phelan-McDermid syndrome by nanopore sequencing by Xingwu Wu, Qiang Xu, Ge Chen, Jialyv Huang, Yanying Zhong, Lifeng Tian, Qiongfang Wu, Jia Chen

“…According to the guidelines of the American Society for Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG), the 22q13.33 microdeletion was classified as pathogenic, whereas the 12q24.33 microduplication was classified as a variant of uncertain significance (VUS). …”
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Protocol for visual-acoustic intervention with service delivery in-person and via telepractice (VISIT) non-inferiority trial for residual speech sound disorder by Tara McAllister, Jonathan L. Preston, Elaine R. Hitchcock, Nina R. Benway, Jennifer Hill

“…Eligible children will be speakers of American English aged 9–17 years who exhibit RSSD affecting /ɹ/ but otherwise show cognitive-linguistic and hearing abilities within the typical range. …”
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A Netnographic Reception Analysis of Main News Bulletins by Türker Söğütlüler

“…Researchers of the British Cultural Studies Tradition introduced the reception method to the literature and proposed a model called encoding-decoding. Contrary to the American Behaviourist Approach, the researchers stated that the texts presented by the mass media are not met with absolute acceptance by the society and argued that individuals construct a new meaning by filtering the messages presented through their own filters. …”
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Shrinking for Survival: Integrating Degrowth Principles into Texas Zoning Regulations by Alara Yücel, Pamela Durán-Díaz

“…The degrowth movement is gradually gaining recognition within North American urban planning, but its influence and application remain limited. …”
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"[T]he rising silhouette of the city" : une poétique des choses urbaines dans "Coming, Aphrodite !" et "The Diamond Mine" de Willa Cather by Céline Manresa

“…In most of her novels, Willa Cather situates her fiction within the vast, untrodden expanses of the American West. However, as Cather temporarily decided to turn away from the natural landscapes of the West in order to approach the city, she had to find a new mode of writing. …”
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A SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE FOREIGN POLICY OF GEORGIA-2016: THERE IS STILL A CHANCE FOR RUSSIA by A. A. Tokarev, A. S. Dyogtev, A. R. Margoev

“…The authors study the sociological grounds of Georgia's foreign policy based on the long-term researches conducted by American and Georgian NGOs, yet applying a critical approach to the provided data and figures. …”
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Association between weekend catch-up sleep and hypertension of the United States population from 2017 to 2020: a cross-sectional study by Yan Luo, Qingyuan Li, Qingyuan Li, Tong Feng, Shasha Meng, Shasha Meng, Ran Duan, Ran Duan

“…However, the potential mitigative effects of weekend catch-up sleep (WCS) on hypertension have been less explored.MethodsThis cross-sectional study analyzed data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2017–2020, focusing on American adults. We assessed the association between WCS (defined as the difference in sleep duration between weekend and weekday) and the presence of hypertension. …”
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Canadian Junior Public Markets Health Check: Surprising Resilience Thus Far, Some Concerns Looking Forward by L. Daniel Wilson

“…Yet, the Canadian junior capital markets fill a critical role in the Canadian economy, in particular because of the lower level of access to institutional private capital for startup and growth-stage businesses in Canada compared to our American neighbours. This paper conducts a health check on the Canadian junior public markets. …”
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Sex- and site-specific, age-related changes in bone density – a Terry collection study by Niina Korpinen, Petteri Oura, Juho-Antti Junno

“…Hence, to add to our understanding of secular trends in age-related bone loss, we studied age- and sex-related differences in vertebral and femoral bone densities of a recent past population of late 19th and early 20th century Americans. We used a sample of 114 individuals (55 males, 59 females) from the Robert J. …”
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Comparison of Prevalence of Pre-Diabetes and Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus Between Athletes and Non-Athletes by Muhammad Irfan, Fatima Abid, Sassi Kanwal, Aliya Jafri, Padma Rathore, Noor un Nisa Memon

“…HbA1c was used to define prediabetes and type 2 diabetes using the American Diabetes Association criteria for various signs and symptoms. …”
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Workplace Wellness Support Enhances Health and Mental Well-Being in Optometrists by Melnyk BM, Walline JJ, Hsieh AP, Helsabeck NP

“…Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk,1,2 Jeffrey J Walline,3 Andreanna Pavan Hsieh,1 Nathan P Helsabeck1 1College of Nursing, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA; 2Office of the Chief Wellness Officer, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA; 3College of Optometry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USACorrespondence: Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, The Ohio State University, 300N Heminger Hall, 1577 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA, Tel +1 614-292-4844, Email melnyk.15@osu.eduPurpose: To (1) assess rates of burnout in Fellows of the American Academy of Optometry and (2) assess associations among perceptions of workplace wellness support with lifestyle behaviors and health and wellness indicators (ie, anxiety, depression, stress, burnout, mattering to the workplace, and workplace is not stressful).Methods: A survey collected sample characteristics and outcomes of interest from 321 Fellows.Results: Thirty-two percent reported burnout. …”
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