The Mental Health of Older People Living in Nursing Homes in Northern Portugal: A Cross-Sectional Study Protocol by Cláudia Rodrigues, Sandra Carreira, Rui Novais, Fátima Braga, Silvana Martins, Odete Araújo

“…The study and the research protocol were submitted to and approved by the Ethics Committee of a major public university in Northern Portugal (CEICVS 007/2025). …”
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Newer Oral Anticoagulants in the Treatment of Acute Portal Vein Thrombosis in Patients with and without Cirrhosis by P. Priyanka, J. T. Kupec, M. Krafft, N. A. Shah, G. J. Reynolds

“…The adverse events, including bleeding events (major and minor) and the failure of anticoagulation (propagation of thrombus or recurrence of PVT), are similar between the NOACs and traditional anticoagulants for the treatment of acute PVT, irrespective of the presence of cirrhosis. …”
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Wem gehört die Interkulturalität? Über das Verhältnis von linguistischen Teildisziplinen und Kulturforschung by Csaba Földes

“…However, CL predominantly focuses on the influence of culture on language, LC largely investigates the impact of language on culture, and IL addresses inter- and transculturality as its major focal point. Additionally, the underlying cultural concepts seem to diverge significantly: while CL and particularly IL firmly work with a dynamic, semiotic-constructivist understanding of language and culture, the LK publications are mostly based on a static, essentialist-normative viewpoint. …”
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Advances and Challenges in Pediatric Sepsis Diagnosis: Integrating Early Warning Scores and Biomarkers for Improved Prognosis by Susanna Esposito, Benedetta Mucci, Eleonora Alfieri, Angela Tinella, Nicola Principi

“…Identifying and managing pediatric sepsis is a major research focus, yet early detection and risk assessment remain challenging. …”
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Adoption and Impact of the Maize Hybrid on the Livelihood of the Maize Growers: Some Policy Insights from Pakistan by Akhter Ali, AbduRahman Beshir Issa, Dil Bahadur Rahut

“…The data were collected from two types of farmers: adopters and nonadopters of hybrid maize, from four major provinces of Pakistan (Punjab, Sindh, KPK, and Balochistan). …”
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Diabetes-Resistant NOR Mice Are More Severely Affected by Streptozotocin Compared to the Diabetes-Prone NOD Mice: Correlations with Liver and Kidney GLUT2 Expressions by S. Kahraman, C. Aydin, G. O. Elpek, E. Dirice, A. D. Sanlioglu

“…STZ is taken inside cells via GLUT2 transmembrane carrier proteins, the major glucose transporter isoforms in pancreatic beta cells, liver, kidneys, and the small intestine. …”
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Exploratory Factor Analysis on the Talent Development Environment Questionnaire (TDEQ-5) for Basketball in Indonesia by Kukuh Hardopo Putro, Suharjana Suharjana, Agus Susworo Dwi Marhaendro, Fauzi Fauzi, Danang Wicaksono, Subagyo Irianto, Trisnar Adi Prabowo

“…The sample comprised 420 basketball athletes (212 men, 208 women) from the Developmental Basketball League, distributed across eight provinces, which were divided into nine major cities in Indonesia. The characteristics of the sample (mean ± SD) were as follows: aged 15 to 18 (17.8 ± 7.2 years old), training experience was 4 to 8 years (5.3 ± 8.9 years), and participating in competitions experience twice to four times a year. …”
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An assessment of the pozzolanic potential and mechanical properties of Nigerian calcined clays for sustainable ternary cement blends by Samuel Adesina Adegbemileke, Sylvester Obinna Osuji, Okiemute Roland Ogirigbo

“…XRD analysis identified kaolinite and quartz as major mineral phases in the raw clays, which transformed into metakaolin upon calcination. …”

Generality of toxins in defensive symbiosis: Ribosome-inactivating proteins and defense against parasitic wasps in Drosophila. by Matthew J Ballinger, Steve J Perlman

“…We find strong evidence for a major role of RIPs, with ribosomal RNA (rRNA) from the larval endoparasitic wasps, Leptopilina heterotoma and Leptopilina boulardi, exhibiting the hallmarks of RIP activity. …”
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Efficiency Analysis of Fragmentation Warheads Through Advanced Modeling Techniques: Experimental and Numerical Study by Omar Alameri, Predrag Elek

“…In addition, the research highlights the original achievements in overcoming major difficulties and challenges in the field, such as integrating complex numerical and analytical models for comprehensive evaluation. …”
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Evaluation of sleep and treatment discipline in people with epilepsy by D. Streckytė, R. Mameniškienė

“…Antiepileptic drugs are effective in treating epilepsy and about 70% of people with epilepsy can be seizure-free; however, undisciplined use of antiepileptic drugs is a major cause of treatment failure. The aim of the study. …”
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Tokenizers for African Languages by Goodwill Erasmo Ndomba, Medard Edmund Mswahili, Young-Seob Jeong

“…African languages belong mainly to the LRLs, and one of the major contributing factors to the performance gap is tokenization, which plays a crucial role in NLP performance in general. …”
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Is hypercalcaemia immediately life-threatening? A prospective study by David Trewick, Mathilde Le Borgne, Julie Regnault, Camille Guimard

“…Three patients had indeed a life-threatening neurological complication but always had at least one other major factor that could severely alter mental status, such as profound metabolic acidosis.…”
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Analyzing the Mechanical, Durability, and Microstructural Impact of Partial Cement Replacement with Pumice Powder and Bamboo Leaf Ash in Concrete by Haris Hassen Adem, Fikreyesus Demeke Cherkos

“…The combined amount of major oxides SiO2, Al2O3, and Fe2O3 in PP is 84.59%, while in BLA, it is 74.4%, classifying PP and BLA as class N and F pozzolans. …”
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Technology transfer, intellectual property, and the fight for the soul of WHO. by Melissa Barber

“…WHO's early failure to secure antibiotic technology transfer in the face of US opposition led to its first major crisis, prompting the withdrawal of several member states. …”
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Patient education interventions for adolescent and young adult kidney transplant recipients- a scoping review. by Michael Corr, Clare McKeaveney, Fina Wurm, Aisling Courtney, Helen Noble

“…Using technology to enhance patient education was also a major theme identified. Few studies reported using educational theory or involving patients in intervention design.…”
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Machine learning-based prediction of antipsychotic efficacy from brain gray matter structure in drug-naive first-episode schizophrenia by Xiaodong Guo, Enpeng Zhou, Xianghe Wang, Bingjie Huang, Tianqi Gao, Chengcheng Pu, Xin Yu

“…Abstract Predicting patient response to antipsychotic medication is a major challenge in schizophrenia treatment. This study investigates the predictive role of gray matter (GM) in short- and long-term treatment outcomes in drug-naive patients with first-episode schizophrenia (FES). …”
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Enhancement effect of urea toward electroporation-mediated plasmid transfection efficiency in the HEK-293 cell line by Mahshid Mowla, Gilar Gorji-Bahri, Hamid Reza Moghimi, Atieh Hashemi

“…Unsatisfactory transfection efficiency and low cell viability are the major drawbacks of electroporation. To overcome these issues, the current study investigated the effect of urea on electroporation-mediated transfection efficiency. …”
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Machine Learning for Promoting Environmental Sustainability in Ports by Meead Mansoursamaei, Mahmoud Moradi, Rosa G. González-Ramírez, Eduardo Lalla-Ruiz

“…Throughout a review protocol, this research is constituted on the major focuses of impact, problems, and techniques to discern the current state of the art as well as research directions. …”
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Spatial Planning of Electric Vehicle Infrastructure for Belo Horizonte, Brazil by Evaldo Costa, Arthur Paiva, Julia Seixas, Gustavo Costa, Patrícia Baptista, Brian Ó. Gallachóir

“…The absence of an adequate electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) network has been one of the major obstacles for the mass adoption of EV, in large municipalities of developing countries. …”
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