Improving Media Literacy Among Higher Education Students Through Vitagenic Information by Darmonjon Maxmudova, Egambergan Khudoynazarov, Meruert Pazilova, Khairulla Alyaminov, Gulbahar Abilova, Zamira Sherimbetova, Sherzod Korabayev

“…The study employs a mixed-methods methodology, integrating both qualitative and quantitative data. Surveys were conducted with 200 university students to evaluate their existing media literacy levels and to determine how vitagenic experiences affect their critical thinking abilities. …”
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Public responses to the Salisbury Novichok incident: a cross-sectional survey of anxiety, anger, uncertainty, perceived risk and avoidance behaviour in the local community by Richard Amlot, Dale Weston, Simon Wessely, G James Rubin, Rebecca Webster, Holly Carter

“…We aimed to (1) identify levels of emotion, perceived risk and behaviour change with regard to visiting Salisbury, 1 month after three people were poisoned with a nerve agent; and (2) test whether factors including receipt of information, beliefs about personal exposure and trust in government were associated with these outcomes.Design A cross-sectional telephone survey of a random sample of Salisbury residents.Setting Conducted between 5 and 13 April 2018.Participants 500 residents aged 18 or over.Outcome measures Self-reported anxiety, anger, uncertainty, perceived risk to self and avoidance of Salisbury.Results Any degree of anxiety, anger and uncertainty was reported by 40.6%, 29.8% and 30.6% of participants, respectively. …”
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Adsorption of iron by using hybrid Akar Putra and commercialized chicken eggshells as bio-sorbents from aqueous solution by H.M. Nasir, A. Azmi, A.Z. Aris, S.M. Praveena

“…Therefore, in current study, commercialized chicken eggshells and hybrid Akar Putra chicken eggshells were conducted in batch experiment to testify the capabilities of bio-sorbent materials in iron (II) ion removal from aqueous solution at optimized level of dosage and equilibrium contact time. …”
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Effects of PM2.5 exposure and air temperature on risk of cardiovascular disease: evidence from a prospective cohort study by Zhihang Zhang, Ran An, Haoyan Guo, Xuanru Yang

“…The Cox proportional hazards model was conducted to analyze the associations of PM2.5 exposure and air temperature with CVD morbidity.ResultsIn the multivariable-adjusted model, each 10 μg/m3 rise in 2-y PM2.5 concentration was associated with an increased risk of developing CVD (hazard ratio [HR]: 1.30; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.27–1.32). …”
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Comparison of the Effects of Vitagnus, Soy, and Vitagnus-soy Capsules on Premenstrual Syndrome in University Students: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Roya Partovi Golshan, Maryam Moradi, Hasan Rakhshandeh, Vahid Ghavami, Seyed Mostafa Moshirian Farahi

“…This study aimed to compare the effects of the Vitagnus, soy, and Vitagnus-soy combination on PMS in students.Methods: This triple-blind, three-arm clinical trial was conducted on 108 students with PMS living in the dormitory of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences from September 2022 to October 2023. …”
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Optimasi DF Berbasis Posisi Jendela Menggunakan Estetika Asimetris by Yose Rizal, Imam Robandi, Eko Mulyanto Yuniarno

“…Even daylight distribution into the room can minimize the use of artificial lighting. This research was conducted to find window position optimization by approaching the daylight factor (DF) distance distribution and spatial composition aesthetics. …”
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Weighted Gene Coexpression Network Analysis Identifies TBC1D10C as a New Prognostic Biomarker for Breast Cancer by Huiying Qiao, Rong Lv, Yongkui Pang, Zhibing Yao, Xi Zhou, Wei Zhu, Wenqing Zhou

“…Correlations between hub genes and either tumor-infiltrating immune cells or immune checkpoints were conducted by ssGSEA. Result. TME-related green and black modules were selected by WGCNA to further screen hub genes. …”
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The atherogenic index of plasma increases the risk of incident kidney stones: a nested case–control study in Chinese adults by Dawei Wang, Feng Shi, Dingguo Zhang, Hui Wang, Yu Zhu, Jun Wang

“…Objective To investigate the association between atherogenic index of plasma (AIP) and risk of incident kidney stones.Methods A nested case-control study was conducted using data from the Shanghai Kidney Stone Cohort from December 2018 to February 2023. …”
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Tick-borne encephalitis: students’ attitude and knowledge analysis by R. Mineikytė, G. Navickaitė, J. Valaikienė

“…Materials and methods. The study was conducted using an anonymous questionnaire, which was administered to 404 students studying at I–IV year medical courses (average age 20.7±1.56, range from 17 to 30 years). …”
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Detection of Crop Damage in Maize Using Red–Green–Blue Imagery and LiDAR Data Acquired Using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle by Barbara Dobosz, Dariusz Gozdowski, Jerzy Koronczok, Jan Žukovskis, Elżbieta Wójcik-Gront

“…Manual visual assessment, supported by ground-truthing, served as the reference for validating these methods. This study was conducted in 2023 in a maize field in Central Poland, where UAV flights captured high-resolution RGB imagery and LiDAR data. …”
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Motivations regarding continuing or terminating pregnancy in women with high-risk pregnancies: a scoping review by Mónica Antunes, Mónica Antunes, Ana Galhanas, Ana Lúcia Vitorino, Sara Palma, Sara Palma, Ana Frias, Ana Frias

“…This scoping review synthesises the qualitative literature on the underlying motivations influencing these decisions.AimThis analysis explores the underlying motivations that influence women's decisions regarding the continuation or termination of pregnancy, considering the challenges and dilemmas this population faces.MethodsThis review was conducted following the Joanna Briggs Institute's methodology. …”
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Application of gamal Gliricidia sepium leaves compost as depuration agent of leads (Pb) in the body organ of red tilapia Oreochromis sp. by , Robin, Kukuh Nirmala, Enang Harris, Ridwan Affandi, Dedi Jusadi

“…The experiments were conducted in aquarium using compost of Gliricidia sepium leaf at a concentration of 10g/L, 20 g/L, 30 g/L, 40 g/L, and 0 g/L (control). …”
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Socio-economic disparities in the utilization of improved sanitation facilities among Indian households by Pradeep Kumar, Nihal Hasan, Rahul Rajak

“…The study utilized fifth round of National Family Health Survey (NFHS); a national representative cross-sectional survey of India conducted in 2019–2021. Logistic regression was applied to estimate the effect of various predictors on utilization of improved sanitation facilities. …”
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“Nobody Seemed to Notice My Work”: The Lived Experiences of Home Care Workers Assisting People With Chronic Diseases: A Phenomenological Study by Valentina Cacciapuoti, Silvio Simeone, Michele Virgolesi, Medeline R. Sterling, Elisa Dallago, Ercole Vellone, Rosaria Alvaro, Gianluca Pucciarelli

“…Although several qualitative studies have been conducted on HCWs, they focused more on studying prevalently the lived experiences about the workplace violence, the end of life, stressor and resilience, during the COVID-19 pandemic or focused more in dementia and heart failure, but not on feelings and working conditions. …”
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Mild drought conditions at the tillering stage promote dry matter accumulation and increase grain weight in drip-irrigated spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by Yilin Ma, Jingyi Cai, Shuting Bie, Ziqiang Che, Guiying Jiang, Jianguo Liu

“…IntroductionIn order to elucidate the physiological mechanism of post-flowering assimilate transport regulating the formation of yields in arid regions and to provide technological support for further water-saving and high yields in the wheat region in Xinjiang, we conducted a study on the effects of different fertility periods and different degrees of drought and re-watering on the post-flowering dry matter accumulation and transport of spring wheat and the characteristics of grain filling.MethodsIn two spring wheat growing seasons in 2023 and 2024, a split-zone design was used, with the drought-sensitive variety Xinchun 22 (XC22) and drought-tolerant variety Xinchun 6 (XC6) as the main zones and a fully irrigated control during the reproductive period [CK, 75%~80% field capacity (FC)], with mild drought at the tillering stage (T1, 60%~65% FC), moderate drought at the tillering stage (T2, 45%~50% FC), mild drought at the jointing stage (J1, 60%~65% FC), and mild drought at the jointing stage (J2, 45%~50% FC) as the sub-zones. …”
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Comparative in vitro study of a new silicone mouth swab for soft tissue cleaning under wet and dry brushing conditions by Nutthawadee Engsomboon, Bhornsawan Thanathornwong, Siriwan Suebnukarn

“…A two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was conducted to assess differences in pseudo-plaque removal between groups. …”
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Knowledge about Danger Signs of Obstetric Complications and Associated Factors among Postnatal Mothers of Mechekel District Health Centers, East Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia, 20... by Gedefa Amenu, Zerfu Mulaw, Tewodros Seyoum, Hinsermu Bayu

“…An institution based cross-sectional study was conducted from August to October, 2014, in Mechekel district health centers. …”
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Phenotype of the First Gynogenesis Generation of Koi by , Alimuddin, K. Sumantadinata, Yani Hadiroseyani, D. Irawan

“… ABSTRACT This experiment was conducted to study phenotype of F1 koi that obtained from gynogenesis at the Laboratory of Fish Genetic and Breeding, Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB). …”
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I-PAttnGAN: An Image-Assisted Point Cloud Generation Method Based on Attention Generative Adversarial Network by Wenwen Li, Yaxing Chen, Qianyue Fan, Meng Yang, Bin Guo, Zhiwen Yu

“…Extensive experiments are conducted on ShapeNet and nuScenes datasets. The results show that I-PAttnGAN significantly improves the performance of generating high-quality, dense point clouds in low-density regions compared with existing methods: the Chamfer distance value is reduced by about 2 times, the Earth Mover’s distance value is increased by 1.3 times, and the F1 value is increased by about 1.5 times. …”
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Adaptation of the disease‐related apathy scale in adults with epilepsy into Turkish: A methodological study by Gülcan Bahcecioglu Turan, Zülfünaz Özer, Seda Başak

“…Abstract Objective This study was conducted to culturally adapt the Epilepsy‐Related Apathy Scale in Adults with Epilepsy (E‐RAS) to Turkish and to assess its psychometric properties in adult epilepsy patients. …”
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