Influence of label and academic field on cancer stigma and subjective illness theories among medicine and psychology students: a cross-sectional online study by Mareike Rutenkröger, Sakine Agrali, Isabelle Scholl

“…Additionally, the study explored these students’ subjective illness theories of cancer. We conducted a cross-sectional online survey with 186 psychology and 179 medicine students from German universities, assessing stigmatizing attitudes using a modified Social Distance Scale and subjective illness theories. …”
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Possibilities of using econometrical methods in studying of interregional interactions of migration in transportation by A. A. Bychkova

“…In the course of the work, a literature review was conducted and forecasting methods applicable in studying migration flows in the ratio of transport accessibility, which are based on the real data analysis, have been analyzed. …”
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Relative Efficacy of Liquid Nitrogen Fertilizers in Dryland Spring Wheat by Olga S. Walsh, Robin J. Christiaens

“…The study was conducted in 2012 and 2013 at three locations in North Central and Western Montana (total of 6 site-years) to evaluate the relative efficacy of three liquid nitrogen (N) fertilizer sources, urea ammonium nitrate (UAN, 32-0-0), liquid urea (LU, 21-0-0), and High NRGN (HNRGN, 27-0-0-1S), in spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). …”
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Horizontal-Vertical-Rocking Coupled Response Analysis of Vertical Seismic Isolated Structure under Near-Fault Earthquakes by Dewen Liu, Yafei Zhang, Sitong Fang, Yang Liu

“…Nonlinear dynamic analyses are conducted to study the effects of essential parameters such as isolation system eccentricity, static equilibrium position, vertical isolation period, and vertical damping ratio on seismic responses of vertical isolated structure. …”
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Optimizing Varicella Vaccination Strategy: A Study on Age and Dose Impacts on Antibody Levels by Qing He, Yang Xu, Yilan Li, Pinting Zhu, Lei Luo

“…A seroepidemiological study conducted from 2020 to 2022 in Guangzhou, China, aimed to evaluate varicella antibody levels. …”
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Supervisors’ Strategies to Facilitate Work Functioning among Employees with Musculoskeletal Complaints: A Focus Group Study by Tove Ask, Liv Heide Magnussen

“…Five focus groups were conducted and 26 supervisors from health and social sector participated. …”
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Effectiveness of an educational intervention in schoolchildren from 8 to 11 presenting deforming by Odalis Acevedo Sierra, Clotilde Mora Pérez, José Luis Capote Femenías, Clara Rosa Rosell Silva, Yuritza Hernández Núñez

“…<strong><br />Methods:</strong> a quasi-experimental study was conducted before and after the intervention. The sample consisted of 67 children from the "Roberto Fleites" primary school in Cienfuegos, from January to September 2008. …”
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Loss Architecture Search for Few-Shot Object Recognition by Jun Yue, Zelang Miao, Yueguang He, Nianchun Du

“…Our key insight is to create a search space of the loss function architectures and evaluate the quality of a particular loss function on the dataset of interest. We conduct experiments on three popular datasets for few-shot learning. …”
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Cyberstalking Practices Among Youth in Türkiye: Motivational Drivers, Digital Avenues, and Perceptual Paradigms by Zindan Çakıcı

“…Subsequent semi-structuredinterviews were conducted to elicit detailed insights into participants’ cyberstalking practices. …”
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Experiences of meaningful occupation among diverse populations – A qualitative meta-ethnography by Christel Leufstadius, Lisbeth Nilsson, Pia Hovbrandt

“…Studies on children, intervention and review articles were excluded. All authors conducted the analysis and synthesis, in several steps, and reached a consensus interpretation of the data.Results Five categories explaining why and how people experienced meaning emerged. …”
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Inhibitory Effect of L-Methionine-Modified Microcrystalline Cellulose on Gram-Positive Bacteria by WU Simiao, YANG Haifan, LIANG Guannan, SUN Xinyang

“…Furthermore, it resulted in obvious changes in extracellular conductivity and the contents of nucleic acid and protein, which was closely related to the treatment time. …”
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Surface Wave Multipath Signals in Near-Field Microwave Imaging by Paul M. Meaney, Fridon Shubitidze, Margaret W. Fanning, Maciej Kmiec, Neil R. Epstein, Keith D. Paulsen

“…Specifically, experiments were conducted with a near-field microwave imaging array positioned at variable heights from the floor of a coupling fluid tank. …”
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Investigating the impact of psychedelic drugs on social cognition defects: A scoping review protocol. by Sarah Ann Smith, Shaina Smith, Liz Dennett, Yanbo Zhang

“…<h4>Methods</h4>This scoping review protocol was developed using the JBI Scoping Review Methodology Group's description of how to conduct a scoping review. The guidelines identified by this group as well as a search strategy developed with the assistance of a research librarian will be applied to a search of several peer-reviewed journals, including MEDLINE (Ovid), PsycINFO, EMBASE (Elsevier), and Scopus (Elsevier). …”
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A comparative study of classical and innovative lobbed air diffusers using temperature sensors for thermal environment/comfort in vehicle cabins by Danca Paul, Cernei Alexandru

“…This study evaluates the impact of two air diffuser geometries—the classical and the innovative lobbed air diffusers—on the thermal environment within a car cabin. Experiments were conducted in an automobile-like enclosure within a climatic chamber, using a Dacia Duster dashboard and ventilation system. …”
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Implementation of Genetic Algorithm Integrated with the Deep Neural Network for Estimating at Completion Simulation by Karrar Raoof Kareem Kamoona, Cenk Budayan

“…The proposed DNN model is authenticated against one of the predominated intelligent models conducted on the EAC prediction, namely, support vector regression model (SVR). …”
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A Comprehensive Analysis of a Social Intelligence Dataset and Response Tendencies Between Large Language Models (LLMs) and Humans by Erika Mori, Yue Qiu, Hirokatsu Kataoka, Yoshimitsu Aoki

“…To address these limitations, we conducted a comprehensive evaluation of AI methods on a video-based Question Answering (QA) benchmark focused on human interactions, leveraging additional annotations related to human responses. …”
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Road Safety Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Ghana by Stephen T. Odonkor, Hugues Mitsotsou-Makanga, Emmanuel Nene Dei

“…The interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed. Data analysis was conducted using a constant comparative methodology approach facilitated by Atlas.ti 8.0 software. …”
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Wear Investigation of Aluminum Alloy Surface Layers Fabricated through Friction Stir Welding Method by S. Vijayakumar, S. Anitha, R. Arivazhagan, Ashebir Dingeto Hailu, T. V. Janardhana Rao, Hari Prasadarao Pydi

“…The experimental works are conducted on Pin on Disc (POD) apparatus and measured the weight of samples before and after test for calculating wear rate (WR) and then various analyses are performed such as ANOVA, interaction plot between parameters, and regression model with support of MINITAB software. …”
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A Conceptual Approach to Eliminate Bypass Release of Fission Products by In-Containment Relief Valve under SGTR Accident by Taeseok Kim, Wonjun Choi, Joongoo Jeon, Nam Kyung Kim, Hoichul Jung, Sung Joong Kim

“…To mitigate the consequence of the SGTR accident, this study was conducted to devise a conceptual approach of installing In-Containment Relief Valve (ICRV) from steam generator (SG) to the free space in the containment building and it was simulated by MELCOR code for numerical analysis. …”
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Experimental Study on Fatigue Behaviour of BFRP-Concrete Bond Interfaces under Bending Load by Jianhe Xie, Jianglin Li, Zhongyu Lu, Huan Zhang

“…A series of tests were conducted on BFRP-concrete bonded joint, including static, fatigue, and postfatigue loading. …”
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