Scrutinizing the Gateway Relationship Between Gaming and Gambling Disorder: Scoping Review With a Focus on the Southeast Asian Region by Kristiana Siste, Daniel L King, Enjeline Hanafi, Lee Thung Sen, Adrian Adrian, Belinda Julivia Murtani

“…ResultsThe scoping review identified a total of 289 publications, with the majority being empirical (n=181), although only 12 studies used longitudinal designs. A significant proportion of the publications (n=152) concentrated on the correlation or comorbidity between gaming and gambling. …”
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ReLTER: An R interface for environmental observation in long term ecological research by Alessandro Oggioni, Micha Silver, Paolo Tagliolato, Arnon Karnieli

“…The rapid growth of ecoinformatics has led to a demand for software collections specifically designed for environmental data analysis. This article introduces a new R package, ReLTER, simplifying user interaction with web data and the Dynamic Ecological Information Management System-Site and Dataset Registry (DEIMS-SDR). …”
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LINKS. A System for Historical Family Reconstruction in the Netherlands by Kees Mandemakers, Gerrit Bloothooft, Fons Laan, Joe Raad, Rick J. Mourits, Richard L. Zijdeman

“…We will discuss two matching systems, the first is the original querying system that runs within a MySQL database environment and the second is a newly developed system, called burgerLinker, which is based on knowledge graphs and which is designed as a system that can be used independently from LINKS and is made available as open source software. …”
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PSYCHOLOGICAL GUIDING OF STUDENTS’ INDIVIDUAL EDUCATIONAL TRAJECTORIES IN VOCATIONAL SCHOOL by Evald F. Zeer, Oksana S. Popova

“…The authors believe that the research findings will promote the approval of foresight technology through designing of individual educational trajectories; also the research implementations can be helpful for the tutors supervising process of professional development of trainees.…”
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Implementation the combined approach of path analysis and fuzzy DEMATEL for the analysis of BPM factors by Mehdi Ajalli, Amin Farhadi

“…The sampling method is simple random and according to the Morgan table and the aforementioned formula, the sample size is 196 people. In this study, the designed questionnaire was provided to 250 managers, experts and specialists of the mentioned organization to express their views and opinions regarding the effectiveness of these factors. …”
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The Impact of Being Present During Resuscitation on Family Members: A Scoping Review Protocol by Ira Rahmawati, Tamara Page, Lisa Conlon, Frank Donnelly

“…This review will include literature from all study designs that are published in English with no date restrictions. …”
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The helper strategy in vector-transmission of plant viruses by Di Mattia, Jérémy, Zeddam, Jean-Louis, Uzest, Marilyne, Blanc, Stéphane

“…Over five decades, all data collected on HCs from unrelated viral species transmitted by distinct vector species were consistent with a unique mode of action designated “the bridge hypothesis”: the HC has two functional domains, one binding the virus particle and the other binding a putative receptor in the vector, creating a reversible molecular bridge between the two. …”
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Corpus software in EFL teaching: Examination of language exposure by A. V. Kudryashova, Ya. V. Rozanova, T. V. Sidorenko

“…According to the authors, the necessary changes to the approaches and methods for selecting and compiling lexical material and to the methodology for designing a foreign language course should be made on the basis of integrating pedagogical and linguistic knowledge, in particular, the methodology of teaching foreign languages and the corpus linguistics.Practical significance. …”
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Correcting the Cognitive Bias for Commuting Time to Relieve the Driving Stress Level in Snow Weather Condition: A Naturalistic Driving Study in Harbin, China by Zifeng Yang, Zhenwu Shi, Di Lu, Jie Liu

“…Based on the naturalistic driving study (NDS) database, a 7-item questionnaire was designed for participants to self-report their driving stress levels in various scenarios, which was generated from the shortened and adapted version of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). …”
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Curvature Determination Method for Diverging Acoustic Lens of Underwater Acoustic Transducer by Minze Li, Mingzhen Xin, Fanlin Yang, Yu Luo, Jinpeng Liu, Niuniu Wu

“…Then, the least squares polynomial fitting of the acoustic lens slope at all the refractive positions is carried out to obtain the optimal curvature of the acoustic lens. Experiments are designed to verify the effectiveness of the curvature determination method for the diverging acoustic lens of an underwater acoustic transducer, and the directivity indicators of acoustic lenses under different materials and different marine environments are analyzed. …”
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Assessing the Economic Burden and Health Care Utilizations of U.S. Veteran Patients with Schizophrenia by Lin Xie, M. Furaha Kariburyo, Juan Du, Yuexi Wang

“…Patients diagnosed with schizophrenia were identified, and the initial diagnosis date was designated as the index date. A group of patients without schizophrenia of the same age, region, gender and index year were identified and matched by baseline Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) score, as the comparison group. …”
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Instruments for evaluating the parental emotional status and ecological support systems among parents who considered cochlear implantation for their children with hearing loss: A s... by Tang Zhi Lim, Cila Umat, Pei-Hua Chen, Chun Hong Gan, Bee See Goh

“…Three condition-specific instruments were identified and designed to be administered following cochlear implantation surgery.…”
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NRF2 Exerts Anti-Inflammatory Effects in LPS-Induced gEECs by Inhibiting the Activation of the NF-κB by Hongchu Bao, Qinglan Qu, Wei Zhang, Xinrong Wang, Jianye Fang, Jinwen Xue, Zhenteng Liu, Shunzhi He

“…Nuclear factor E2-related factor 2 (NRF2) plays an anti-inflammatory role in several pathological processes, but its function in lipopolysaccharide- (LPS-) induced goat endometrial epithelial cells (gEECs) is still unknown. We designed a study to investigate the function of NRF2 in LPS-induced gEECs. …”
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Higher Education for Global and Local Sustainable Development by O. V. Zinevich, E. A. Melekhina

“…However, Russian universities in their striving for designing educational ecosystem mostly focus on research and financial aspects than on the development of a man, whose professional, intellectual and moral formation might contribute to the sustainable development of the region, the nation and the world.…”
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Hybrid Method for Point Cloud Classification by Abdurrahman Hazer, Remzi Yildirim

“…The ResMLP component hierarchically extracts high-frequency local features from point cloud patches, while the POL mechanism is specifically designed to capture low-frequency global features. …”
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Multi-Physical Field Coupling Analysis of Electro-Controlled Permanent Magnet Blank Holder Processes Considering Thermal Magnetic Losses by Zhanshan Wang, Linyuan Meng, Gaochao Yu, Xiaoyu Ji

“…An experimental testing platform was designed and built to validate the calculation and simulation results. …”
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Study on the Atomization and Dust-Reduction Performance of a New Type of External Pneumatic Vortex Fog Curtain Dust Removal Device in Fully Mechanized Excavation Face by Deji Jing, Rina An, Jingxu Chen, Shaocheng Ge, Liying Sun

“…To solve the problem of dust pollution in the heading face, a new type of external pneumatic vortex fog curtain dust removal device suitable for a fully mechanized excavation face is designed in this paper. Firstly, dust migration laws at different times are simulated and analyzed by COMSOL software, and the functional relationship of dust concentration distribution above 50 mg/m3 at different heights and different wind speed is derived. …”
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Effectiveness of oral health promotion in children and adolescents through behaviour change interventions: A scoping review. by Fathima Peerbhay, Robert Mash, Saadika Khan

“…Future oral health promotion in children should be designed to include these elements. There is a need for higher quality studies in this field, with future research being urged to provide detailed intervention descriptions and incorporate longer follow-up periods.…”
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Organic pollutant oxidation on manganese oxides in soils – the role of calcite indicated by geoelectrical and chemical analyses by S. S. Altzitser, Y. G. Mishael, N. Schwartz

“…We aim to shed light on the underlying mechanisms of hydroquinone (a representative phenolic pollutant) oxidation in ambient, MnO<span class="inline-formula">₂</span>-rich sandy soil within soil columns designed for breakthrough experiments. Our innovative approach combines noninvasive electrical measurements, crystallographic and microscopic analyses, and chemical profiling to comprehensively understand soil–pollutant interactions. …”
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Optimized Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System Using Metaheuristic Algorithms: Application of Shield Tunnelling Ground Surface Settlement Prediction by Xinni Liu, Sadaam Hadee Hussein, Kamarul Hawari Ghazali, Tran Minh Tung, Zaher Mundher Yaseen

“…Accurate prediction of ground settlement (GS) is a crucial concern for tunnelling problems, and the adequate predictive model can be a vital tool for tunnel designers to simulate the ground settlement accurately. …”
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