Becoming a new parent during the pandemic: experiences of pregnancy, birth, and the postnatal period by Emma Blakey, Daniel Kuria, Michelle McGillion, Fiona Scott

“…New parents from the UK (N = 303; female = 296; male = 7) responded to a survey conducted between 2021–2022 asking about experiences of pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period. …”
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Les piles intra muros de l’aqueduc du Gier, rue Roger-Radisson à Lyon by Éric Bertrand

“…Road works carried out in 2018 on the site of the arches of the Gier aqueduct, on rue Roger-Radisson in Lyon, required the implementation of an emergency archaeological operation. The excavations conducted around the last pier (no. 10), partially preserved in the foundations of a house, revealed the unusual design of this structure. …”
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Unsupervised learning trajectory anomaly detection algorithm based on deep representation by Zhongqiu Wang, Guan Yuan, Haoran Pei, Yanmei Zhang, Xiao Liu

“…Finally, comprehensive experiments are conducted on both synthetic and real data sets, which demonstrate the efficiency of our work.…”
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Small fiber neuropathy: clinical presentation, diagnostic methods, possibly causes and treatment by E. Paulėkas, D. Garšvienė, K. Petrikonis

“…Diagnosis of pure SFN remains difficult in situations when no pathological findings are detected during nerve conduction tests (using standard electroneuromyography) and patients present with unusual subjective symptoms. …”
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Exploring pre-service English teachers’ perceptions and practices of critical thinking in Indonesian EFL classrooms by Ganang Kuswandaru, Willy Prasetya

“…Through a qualitative case study approach, semi-structured interviews were conducted with two pre-service ELTs from a private university in Yogyakarta. …”
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The Effect of Using Fluorescent Concretization Intervention on Hand Hygiene Training in Primary School Students by Cevriye Yüksel Kaçan, Hülya Yılmaz

“…Introduction: Inadequate hand hygiene increases the rates of childhood infectious diseases and deaths, leading to the death of one child per minute.Aim: The aim of the study was to examine the effects of the program in which fluorescent embodiment intervention was used as an educational strategy on the hand washing skills of primary school students.Method: Single center randomized controlled trial using a pretest and posttest design was conducted with 35 intervention and 35 control participants. …”
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An Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury Risk Screening and Reduction Program for High School Female Athletes: A Pilot Study by Allison Kuntz, Olivia Peters, Andrew Bello, Ryan Perkins, Ryan Monti, Leigh Murray

“… # Purpose The purpose was to conduct a feasible community pre-season screening program for high school female athletes for the presence of known modifiable risk factors that predispose them to sustaining a non-contact ACL injury…”
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A sustainable method of desalination using stacked layer filtration and magnetism by Mohan Venkata Sai Krishna Vellampalli, Prasanna Kuchelar

“…Further, it reveals that manual cleaning of fabric filters used in stacked layer filtration removes accumulated salts from evaporation, making them reusable. Furthermore, the conductive graphene sheet showed no signs of swelling. …”
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Valbenazine for the Treatment of Adults with Tardive Dyskinesia by Harshit Gupta, Alycee R. Moity, Allison Jumonville, Sarah Kaufman, Amber N. Edinoff, Alan D. Kaye

“…However, further research, including additional direct comparison studies, should be conducted to fully evaluate this drug’s usefulness.…”
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Analysis on Flexural Capacity of Square Steel Tube Truss Concrete Beams with Grouted Chords by Kun Wang, Zhiyu Zhu, Huihui Luo, Ahmed Ahmad Omar

“…In this research paper, simulations on five specimens of square steel tube truss concrete beams with grouted chords were conducted by finite element analysis (FEA) software ABAQUS. …”
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“You’re not taught to think about the words you use and then it just perpetuates”— a qualitative examination of medical students’ perspectives of stigmatising language in healthcar... by Saakshi Daswani, Elizabeth Gorecki, Lisa Mellon

“…Twenty-one medical students at the RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences participated in four focus group interviews; a thematic analysis of the data was conducted. Results Seven themes were identified: prevalence of stigmatising language, its impact on students and patients, being sensitive versus medically accurate, evolving nature of recommendations for language use, barriers to changing practice, power dynamics and cultural context influencing language use, stigmatising language being a societal issue. …”
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Zakat Literacy Among Indonesian Z Generation: Does Gender Matter? by Najmi Laili Masrini, Fahmi Medias, Zulfikar Bagus Pambuko

“…This research aims to analyze the zakat literacy level of generation Z in Magelang City and Regency. This research was conducted using a quantitative approach. Sample selection was carried out using a purposive sampling technique and a sample of 153 people was obtained through distributing online questionnaires. …”
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Exploring Student Acceptance and Perceptions of AI-Assisted PowerPoint Creation by Svetoslav Georgiev, Joseph Tinsley

“…Two rounds of focus group interviews with a total of 11 final-year undergraduate students majoring in Supply Chain Management were conducted in November 2023 in which students were asked to evaluate teacher PowerPoint slides created using AI assistance. …”
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Inductive Reasoning in Patients with Paranoid Type Schizophrenia by Mehmet Emrah Karadere, Yasir Safak, Halime Seyma Ozcelik, Emre Demir, Mehmet Hakan Turkcapar

“…After the diagnostic interview was conducted by SCID-I to the patients who were asked to participate in the study, RIAT test was applied by the interviewer in order to detect the inferential thinking patterns. …”
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Do United States’ Teachers Know and Adhere to the National Guidelines on Asthma Management in the Classroom? A Systematic Review by Yudilyn Jaramillo, Marina Reznik

“…The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has developed guidelines on classroom asthma management. We conducted a systematic review to examine teacher knowledge of the NHLBI guidelines on asthma management in the classroom. …”
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Low-cement eco-concrete and the role of recycled concrete aggregates (RCA), supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs), and other additives in improving sustainability and durabil... by N. Brioschi, E. Giner Cordero, S. Ng, C. Paglia

“…Experimental tests were conducted on fresh and hardened concrete, including workability, compressive strength, elastic modulus, carbonation resistance, freeze-thaw durability, and chloride penetration resistance. …”
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Asthma-related deaths in Brazil: data from an ecological study by Amanda da Rocha Oliveira Cardoso, Anna Carolina Galvão Ferreira, Marcelo Fouad Rabahi

“…Methods: An ecological study was conducted on asthma-related hospitalizations and mortality in Brazil from 2013 to 2023, using data extracted from the Department of Informatics of the Brazilian Unified Health System and the Mortality Information System. …”
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Changes in Weight Loss, Health Behaviors, and Intentions among 400 Participants Who Dropped out from an Insurance-Sponsored, Community-Based Weight Management Program by Sam J. Zizzi, Jana Lima Fogaca, Tammy Sheehy, Myia Welsh, Christiaan Abildso

“…The majority of weight management research is based on data from randomized controlled studies conducted in clinical settings. As these findings are translated into community-based settings, additional research is needed to understand patterns of lifestyle change and dropout. …”
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Experimental and Numerical Studies on Wave Breaking Characteristics over a Fringing Reef under Monochromatic Wave Conditions by Jong-In Lee, Sungwon Shin, Young-Taek Kim

“…In the present study, two-dimensional laboratory experiments were conducted to investigate the cross-shore variations of wave transformation, setup, and breaking phenomena over an idealized fringing reef with the 1/40 reef slope and to verify the Boussinesq model under monochromatic wave conditions. …”
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The effect of sleep quality on learning engagement of junior high school students: the moderating role of mental health by Zhenguo Xu, Menghui Niu, Wenxiu Du, Tongtong Dang

“…The study aims to explore the relationship between sleep quality and students’ learning engagement, and to deeply analyze the moderating role played by mental health.MethodsA questionnaire survey was conducted among some junior high school students in Rizhao City, Shandong Province for the research.ResultsThe results show that: (1) The main effect of sleep quality on learning engagement is significant (β = 0.476, t = 1.829, p < 0.001), specifically, the better the sleep quality, the higher the students’ learning engagement. (2) The influence of sleep quality on learning engagement is moderated by mental health (β = –0.850, t = -2.652, p = 0.006), that is to say, the influence of sleep quality on learning engagement is more significant for students with poor mental health, and mentally healthy students can effectively alleviate the negative impact of sleep problems on their learning engagement.DiscussionResearch shows the significance of good sleep quality and mental health for students’ learning. …”
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