Stigma and fear during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study on the perceptions of healthcare workers in Canada and Singapore by Christine Fahim, Christine Fahim, Chou Chuen Yu, Jeanette Cooper, Suvabna Theivendrampillai, Taehoon (Tom) Lee, Michelle Wai-Ki Lau, Christine Marquez, Bernard Tang, Mathews Mathew, Malika Sharma, Malika Sharma, Eric Wong, Eric Wong, Tracey O'Sullivan, James Alvin Low, James Alvin Low, Sharon E. Straus, Sharon E. Straus

“…Coded data were charted into a framework matrix and used to compare themes in each country.ResultsWe conducted 51 interviews (23 in Canada; 28 in Singapore). …”
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Phantom motor execution as a treatment for phantom limb pain: protocol of an international, double-blind, randomised controlled clinical trial by Brian E McGuire, Lina Bunketorp-Käll, Eva Lendaro, Liselotte Hermansson, Helena Burger, Corry K Van der Sluis, Monika Pilch, Katarzyna Kulbacka-Ortiz, Ingrid Rignér, Anita Stockselius, Lena Gudmundson, Cathrine Widehammar, Wendy Hill, Sybille Geers, Max Ortiz-Catalan

“…Complete evaluations are conducted at baseline and at intervention completion, as well as 1, 3 and 6 months later using an intention-to-treat (ITT) approach. …”
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Targeting enolase 1 reverses bortezomib resistance in multiple myeloma through YWHAZ/Parkin axis by Xuejie Gao, Qilin Feng, Qikai Zhang, Yifei Zhang, Chaolu Hu, Li Zhang, Hui Zhang, Guanli Wang, Ke Hu, Mengmeng Ma, Zhuning Wang, Yujie Liu, Dong An, Hongfei Yi, Yu Peng, Xiaosong Wu, Gege Chen, Xinyan Jia, Haiyan Cai, Jumei Shi

“…Using online databases, we conducted an analysis to examine the correlation between ENO1 expression and both clinicopathological characteristics and patient outcomes. …”
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Motor Neuron Disease Systematic Multi-Arm Adaptive Randomised Trial (MND-SMART): a multi-arm, multi-stage, adaptive, platform, phase III randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlle... by Jeremy Chataway, Suvankar Pal, Charis Wong, Elizabeth Elliott, Jenna M Gregory, Siddharthan Chandran, Judith Newton, Shuna Colville, Maria Stavrou, Christopher J Weir, Nigel Stallard, Malcolm R Macleod, Michelle Steven, Richard Anthony Parker, Arpan R Mehta, Robert J Swingler, Mahesh K B Parmar, Rachel S Dakin, Jill Williamson

“…Comparisons will be conducted in four stages. The decision to continue randomising to arms after each stage will be made by the Trial Steering Committee who receive recommendations from the Independent Data Monitoring Committee. …”
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Prevalence of dengue and leptospirosis coinfection and associated mortality rates: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Suraj Tiwari, Mahalaqua Nazli Khatib, Rekha MM, Mandeep Kaur, Girish Chandra Sharma, Puneet Sudan, K. Satyam Naidu, Rajesh Singh, Teena Vishwakarma, Sonam Puri, Muhammed Shabil, Anuradha Yadav, Takveer Singh, Sahil Khurana, Rachana Mehta, Prakasini Satapathy, Renu Sah, Abhay M Gaidhane, Ganesh Bushi

“…Statistical analyses, including prevalence and mortality estimation, sensitivity analysis were conducted using R, with heterogeneity evaluated by the I² statistic. …”
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The diagnostic performance of International Ovarian Tumor Analysis: Simple Rules for diagnosing ovarian tumors—a systematic review and meta-analysis by Awadia Gareeballah, Moawia Gameraddin, Moawia Gameraddin, Sultan Abdulwadoud Alshoabi, Amirah Alsaedi, Maisa Elzaki, Walaa Alsharif, Ibrahim Mohamed Daoud, Ibrahim Mohamed Daoud, Shrooq Aldahery, Magbool Alelyani, Elrashed AbdElrahim, Fahad H. Alhazmi, Zuhal Y. Hamd, Raga Ahmed Abouraida, Mayeen Uddin Khandaker, Mayeen Uddin Khandaker, Mayeen Uddin Khandaker, Mohamed Adam

“…This review aims to assess the diagnostic performance of IOTA-SR for classifying ovarian tumors as benign or malignant.MethodsA systematic review was conducted on MEDLINE, Embase, Google Scholar, Scopus, and Web of Science. …”
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Eco-friendly synthesis of silver nanoparticles: Enhancing optimization reaction, characterization, and antimicrobial properties with Lantana camara from geothermal area by Pati Kemala, Rinaldi Idroes, Khairan Khairan, Muliadi Ramli, Binawati Ginting, Zuchra Helwani, Rifki Aulia, Ghazi Mauer Idroes, Muhammad Yusuf, Rustam Efendi

“…The antimicrobial testing was conducted against Gram-positive bacterium (S. aureus), Gram-negative bacterium (E. coli), and the fungus (C. albicans). …”
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“Holding on to Hope”: follow up qualitative findings of a tobacco treatment intervention for people experiencing mental health conditions by Tessa-May Zirnsak, Kristen McCarter, Melissa L. McKinlay, Ashleigh Guillaumier, Nadine Cocks, Catherine Brasier, Laura Hayes, Amanda L. Baker, Donita E. Baird, Billie Bonevski, Ron Borland, Ron Borland, David Castle, Erin Forbes, Peter J. Kelly, Catherine Segan, Catherine Segan, Rohan Sweeney, Alyna Turner, Alyna Turner, Jill M. Williams, Lisa Brophy, Lisa Brophy

“…Interviews were conducted with 28 participants in the Quitlink trial (intervention group n = 12, control group n = 16). …”
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Size Effects on Thermal Properties of Thin Metal Films With Rough Surfaces by C. R. Tellier

“…Simple analytical expressions for the thermoelectric power, Sf, and the thermal conductivity, ℒf, are given under the assumption that the energy dependence of the electronic relaxation time in bulk material may be written in the form τo∼Wm . …”
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The influence of leadership, training, competence on lecturer performance in higher education by Arniati Arniati, Muryani Arsal

“…The research was conducted to determine the effect of leadership, training, competence on the performance of lecturers of the Development Economics Study Program, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Muhammadiyah Makassar. …”
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SUCCESSION BETWEEN SCHOOL AND PEDAGOGICAL INSTITUTE IN VOCATIONAL TRAINING OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE TEACHERS by Lubov V. Vasilkina, Olga I. Biryukova

“…A number of the events has a resonance in the professional environment of the Republic, is of interest to the teaching community, many activities have become regular (series of workshops, master classes, etc.). Conducted scientific and practical organizational forms of such collaboration enable to implement a consultative, expert and diagnostic, methodological support, as well as summarize the best educational experience.…”
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The Evaluation of Conceptual Learning and Epistemological Beliefs on Physics Learning by Think-Pair-Share by Tolga Gok

“…The purpose of the research was to investigate the effects of think pair share (TPS) instructional strategy on students' conceptual learning and epistemological beliefs on physics and physics learning. The research was conducted with two groups. One of the groups was the experimental group (EG) and the other group was the control group (CG). 35 students in the experimental group were instructed with think pair share instructional strategy while 36 students in the control group were instructed with conventional, teacher-centered teaching. …”
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Multiscale regional calibration network for crowd counting by Jiamao Yu, Hexuan Hu

“…Extensive experiments were conducted on three mainstream datasets to demonstrate the robustness and competitiveness of our approach.…”
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A Systematic Mapping Study of Coffee Quality throughout the Production-to-Consumer Chain by Alicia María Rendón-Mera, David Camilo Corrales, Gustavo Antonio Peñuela Mesa

“…Several techniques are used to measure the different metrics to assess coffee quality, across different types of coffee samples and species, and throughout the entire process from farm to cup. In this work, we conducted a systematic mapping study of 1,470 articles to identify the aspects of quality that are the most important in the scientific literature to evaluate coffee throughout the processing chain. …”
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Two managerial public relations roles in the South African context by Benita Steyn, Tery Everett

“…(The first qualitative stage was conducted in the US and UK, and the second, quantitative stage in the UK). …”
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LGBTQ+ identities in the Indian audiovisual advertisements: A content analysis. by Khuman Bhagirath Jetubhai

“…By 2021, brands had produced at least 105 advertisements featuring LGBTQ+ identities. This research conducts an analysis of these campaigns, examining aspects such as their release date, featured characters, gender identity, sexual orientation, character age, narrative usage, genre, theme, and setting. …”
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Modeling and Oil Contamination Influence Control of a Vehicle Mounted and Unbalanced Barrel Pitching System by Yuanbo Chu

“…Firstly, the overall model of barrel pitching system is established and its sensitivity analysis is conducted, and then the correction link and the pressure difference feedback loop are respectively designed to suppress the influence of unbalanced torque and road fluctuation. …”
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Typologie des auréoles bocagères en milieu rural by Ion Lucian Ceapraz, Elisa Marraccini, Anne-Maïmiti Dulaurent-Mercadal, Antoine Lacheré, Marie-Cécile Lombart, Sylvane Rava, Anne Combaud

“…The survey includes the peri-urban bocage landscapes which are the interface between urban and farming areas, and are recognised as dependent on local farming activities. To conduct this survey it is necessary to carry out diagnostics of the territories, including semi-natural elements, and in the process to define typologies. …”
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Comparative Study of Two Localization Approaches for Mobile Robots in an Indoor Environment by Eman Alhamdi, Ramdane Hedjar

“…Further, for an effective comparison, the simulation results were conducted and analyzed using different performance criteria. …”
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