Perceptions and influences of literature on psychological processes and dispositions in contemporary society by Petrović Nebojša

“…Literature, as an integral part of cultural heritage, serves as one of the key sources of socialization, contributing to the formation of individual and group identities, as well as personal values and dispositions. …”
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The Analysis of Anterior Facial Dimensions Among the Sample of Kurdish Population by Bayad Jaza Mahmood, Mohammed Abdalla Mahmood, Kardo Mustafa Abdalkarim, Kanar Abdaladhim Hamaamin, Omar Ali Hama Qadr, Zhyar Falah Sabr

“…It also highlights significant sex differences, essential for achieving culturally appropriate aesthetic outcomes. Keywords: Anterior facial height; Cephalometric analysis; Facial morphology; Orthodontics; Orthognathic surgery. …”
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N-Oxalylglycine-Conjugated Hyaluronic Acid as a Macromolecular Prodrug for Therapeutic Angiogenesis by Andrew H. DeMaria, Jeoung Soo Lee, Ken Webb

“…Normal human dermal fibroblasts (NHDFs) cultured with HA-NOG exhibited HIF-1α accumulation in the cell nucleus and dose-dependent increases in mRNA expression levels of three direct HIF transcriptional targets. …”
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Las nuevas modalidades de alojamiento turístico en Castilla-La Mancha: aparición, evolución y distribución territorial by Ana Eulalia Aparicio Guerrero, Óscar Serrano Gil, Joaquín Saúl García Marchante, María Cristina Fernández Fernández

“…Junto con la oferta tradicional de alojamientos en núcleos urbanos, en los últimos años la región ha experimentado un cambio significativo al alza de distintas modalidades de establecimientos relacionados con la importancia que va adquiriendo la práctica del turismo rural y de naturaleza y el turismo cultural y de centros urbanos.  …”
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Shadi Park Renovation with Social Development Emphasis: A Case Study Halabja City, Iraq by Mihraban Othman Mustafa, Masoumeh Faraji, Zaniar Jamal Salih, Muhammed Saeed Rasheed

“…The results of the questionnaire indicate the priority of people's demands, the most important of which include: building a sports venue for women, proper service of restaurants and cafes during the day and night, the presence of swimming pools and fountains in the park, parking at the entrances, space allocation to hold cultural and artistic festivals. …”
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V. I. Nilov is “a very modest man and an exceptionally serious scientist” (concerning one comment in M. Gorky’s letter to I. V. Stalin) by A. G. Plotnikova

“…Gorky tried to use his influence to help talented scientists as well as scientific and cultural institutions. In 1933, V. I. Nilov, a researcher from the Nikita Botanical Gardens, wrote to Gorky about the experiments he performed in his biochemistry lab on the synthesis of vitamin C, plant breeding for chemical composition, and isolation of opiates from poppy. …”
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Cultivating mathematical mindset via online video interventions: a mixed-methods investigation in Chinese higher education by Xiaoyu Xu, Jaclyn Broadbent, Jaclyn Broadbent, Qiaoping Zhang

“…These findings highlight the need for ongoing research into the mathematical growth mindset at the tertiary level and for adapting educational strategies to the changing dynamics of online education and diverse cultural backgrounds.…”
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A Micro-RNA Connection in BRafV600E-Mediated Premature Senescence of Human Melanocytes by Gang Ren, Jingwei Feng, Ila Datar, Aaron H. Yeung, Srinivas Vinod Saladi, Yongqing Feng, Ivana de la Serna, Kam C. Yeung

“…Here we show that expression of several microRNAs is altered when the oncogenic version of BRaf is introduced in cultured primary melanocytes and these cells undergo premature cellular senescence. …”
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IDENTIFICATION OF THE CTX-M GENE IN KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE PRODUCING ESBLS IN UTI PATIENTS AT A PRIVATE HOSPITAL IN PURWOKERTO, BANYUMAS REGENCY, CENTRAL JAVA - CROSS SECTIONAL STUD... by Anang Kurniawan, Joko Setyono, Dwi Utami Anjarawati

“…Using a direct molecular approach called Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) directed against the CTX-M gene, DNA was isolated from isolates cultured in CHROMagarTM ESBLs obtained from catheter urine samples. …”
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Psychometric properties and gender invariance of the Work-related Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (WAAQ) in the Italian context by Angela RUSSO, Andrea ZAMMITTI, Giuseppe SANTISI, Paola MAGNANO

“…In Study 1, the scale was culturally adapted; parallel analysis and Exploratory Factor Analysis were conducted. …”
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Adaptation and Feasibility Study of a Digital Health Program to Prevent Diabetes among Low-Income Patients: Results from a Partnership between a Digital Health Company and an Acade... by Valy Fontil, Kelly McDermott, Lina Tieu, Christina Rios, Eliza Gibson, Cynthia Castro Sweet, Mike Payne, Courtney R. Lyles

“…We conducted focus groups to assess patient perspectives, revised lessons for improved readability and cultural relevance to low-income and Hispanic patients, conducted a feasibility study of the adapted program in English and Spanish speaking cohorts, and implemented real-time adaptations to the program for commercial use and for a larger trial of in multiple safety net clinics. …”
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Investigating the Challenges and Barriers of Home Businesses from the Perspective of Business Experts and Owners (Case study of rural communities of Isfahan province) by ahmad hajarian, ahmad taghdisi, hamid barghi

“…The first group included experts from the Bureau of Co-operation, Labor and Social Welfare, and the Bureau of Cultural Heritage, Crafts and Tourism, and the second group consisted of home business owners. …”
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Influential factors in the competitiveness of mature tourism destinations by Margarida Custódio Santos, Ana Maria Ferreira, Carlos Costa

“…The first area concerns the deterioration of the destinations’ infrastructure; the second is related to the destinations’ management, namely the lack of a shared strategic vision among stakeholders; the third area is associated with the loss of economic vitality in the destinations; finally, the fourth area includes the impact of tourism development over the years on the territory, specifically social, environmental and cultural impacts. The results obtained from the empirical study allow us to conclude that the lack of environmental problems, not being overdeveloped in terms of construction and having maintained authenticity are all perceived by tourists as more important for the competitiveness of tourism destinations than factors normally considered more relevant, such as prices and the quality of accommodations.…”
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Psychometric properties of the Persian version of Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Questionnaire-Nonsuicidal (SITBQ-NS) in an Iranian outpatient sample by Sara Sobhani, Banafsheh Gharraee, Mojgan Salavati, Komeil Zahedi Tajrishi, Hojjatollah Farahani, Alessandra D'Agostino

“…However, the psychometric properties of the SITBQ-NS have not been adequately investigated, particularly in Eastern cultures. To address this gap, the present study examined the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the SITBQ-NS using data from 350 outpatients (age range: 18–60 years, M = 27.65, SD = 6.61; 20 % male) recruited from two psychiatric hospitals and two university counseling and psychological services centers in Tehran, Iran. …”
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The Role of Architectural Preservation Processes on the Permanence of Heritage Buildings of Value by Sham Mustafa Qadir, Banaz N. Muhealdeen, Mahmood Ahmed Khayat, Sherko Karim Kader Maruf, Shava Shirwan Ibrahim Agha

“…Architectural heritage is all the cultural and civilizational achievements that man inherited from his ancestors, acquiring a qualitative value that has proven its importance and originality in resisting the forces of change, becoming a visual reference. …”
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Mammalian Cells Individually Expressing Membrane-Associated Magnetosome Proteins I, L, B, and E by Qin Sun PhD, Gabriel Varela-Mattatall PhD, Prushoth Vivekanantha PhD, Moeiz Ahmed PhD, Salvan Hassan PhD, Selinia Hong PhD, Neil Gelman PhD, R. Terry Thompson PhD, Frank S. Prato PhD, Donna E. Goldhawk PhD

“…We examined the influence of these genes on cellular MRI relaxation rates by culturing cells in the presence and absence of iron-supplemented medium and scanning them at 3 Tesla using a gelatin phantom. …”
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OrchidBase 6.0: increasing the number of Cymbidium (Orchidaceae) genomes and new bioinformatic tools for orchid genome analysis by You-Yi Chen, Ye Sun, Chung-I Li, Shao-Ting Lin, Hao-Chen Zheng, Zhe-Bin Zhang, Bing-Ru Lee, Chun-Lin Hsieh, Yu-Yun Hsiao, Chi-Nga Chow, Chien-Wen Yang, Wen-Chi Chang, Heming Chen, Feng-Xi Yang, Gen-Fa Zhu, Qinyao Zheng, Cheng-Yuan Zhou, Zhuang Zhao, Ye Ai, Lin-Ying Wang, Deqiang Chen, Xin He, Ming-Zhong Huang, Dong-Hui Peng, Hao Yu, Siren Lan, Zhong-Jian Liu, Wei-Sheng Wu, Wen-Chieh Tsai

“…Their floral structures are so unique in angiosperms that many of orchids are economically and culturally important in human society. Orchids pollination strategy and evolutionary trajectory are also fantastic human for centuries. …”
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Reflection of the Concept of Spivak’s Subaltern in The Nine Parts of Desire by Heather Raffo and Mastaneh, the History of the Forgotten by Naghmeh Samini by Tuba Mozafari nezhad, Esmaeil Najar

“…When they wish to investigate other cultures, they refer to them as "Third World" and regard them as an undeveloped "other." …”
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Analysis of factors affecting the evolution of the sign system and the duality of identity in the urban context with a semiotic approach by azadeh atashpanjeh, mohammad naghizadeh, Zahrasadat saeideh zarabadi

“…In today's urban planning, the paraphrastic processes of symbolic systems in the city, which aim to show the social and cultural meaning of the physical environment, have received less attention, and most urban contexts, regardless of significant and identifiable differences and similarities and the hidden values in the context and the patterns of traditional urban planning and architecture of Iran are formed, and this makes it important to analyze these processes. …”
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Therapeutic efficacy of intra-articular injection of human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells in a sheep model of knee osteoarthritis by Jigang Lei, Xingyi Chen, Haohao Xie, Yuhao Dai, Zhongjin Chen, Liang Xu

“…Methods This study evaluated the therapeutic efficacy of haMSCs in knee articular cartilage repair in a sheep model of KOA. haMSCs were isolated, cultured, and characterized. KOA was surgically induced by anterior cruciate ligament transection and medial meniscectomy, followed by intra-articular injection of saline (negative control group) or haMSCs (haMSC group) into the right knee joint at 6 and 9 weeks after surgery. …”
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