Awareness of the Consumption of Dietary Supplements among Students in a University in Saudi Arabia by Jozaa Z. AlTamimi

“…They took supplements primarily for aesthetic reasons (e.g., hair and skin health) and preferred purchasing supplements at pharmacies. …”
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An Examination of Preschool Teachers’ Identification of Risk Groups and The Intervention Plans They Implement by Berrin Akman, Feyza Özkan Yıldız

“…Individuals whose educational needs differ for various reasons can benefit from appropriate educational services through early assessment and diagnosis practices. …”
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Characterization of Women with Endocrine Infertility by Annia Quintana Marrero, Elodia María Rivas Alpízar, Jan Oneil González Ramos

“…<strong>Foundation:</strong> there is an increase in couple infertility and female endocrine causes are among the main reasons. <strong><br />Objective:</strong> to describe the behavior of endocrine female infertility in patients studied at the Territorial Center for Human Reproduction of Cienfuegos. …”
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Digital Representation of Patients as Medical Digital Twins: Data-Centric Viewpoint by Stanislas Demuth, Jérôme De Sèze, Gilles Edan, Tjalf Ziemssen, Françoise Simon, Pierre-Antoine Gourraud

“…We argue that a single digital representation of patients cannot support all the data uses of digital twins for technical and regulatory reasons. Instead, we propose a data architecture leveraging three main families of digital representations: (1) multimodal dashboards integrating various raw health records at points of care to assist with perception and documentation, (2) virtual patients, which provide nonsensitive data for collective secondary uses, and (3) individual predictions that support clinical decisions. …”
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The First Governor of Mecca: ʿAttāb b. Asīd, His Life and Political Activities by Ümit Eskin

“…In addition, a study of his life can be used as a basis to answer questions such as whether or not this appointment had a role in forming the basis of the view in Islamic political history that “Imams are from Ḳurays̲h̲.” In this study, the reasons for the election of the first governor of Mecca, its effect on the general public, and its reverberations in Islamic history will be discussed based on the available sources.…”
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PRIORITIZATION OF WATERSHEDS FOR RUNOFF RISK AND SOIL LOSS BASED ON MORPHOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS USING COMPOUND FACTOR AND TOPSIS MODEL by Khalid Muhammad

“…The results showed that the regression analysis designated that the priority rank from (TOPSIS) can be predicted from the priority rank from compound factor computation with a reasonable accurateness. Results of prioritization ranks showed that the studied watersheds those that falling under the very high level of priority includes (Bariey-Gawra, Biyara, Dolishahidan, Zharawa, Sedara, Shawr, and Jogasur), the watersheds of high priority level comprised (Ashkana, Darokhan, Galal, Zwrkan, Zaroon, Darashmana, and Khaldan). …”
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Potential of germanium-based compounds in coronavirus infection by NAROKHA VIOLETTA, NIZHENKOVSKA IRYNA, KUZNETSOVA OLENA

“…Germanium-based compounds have shown the ability to influence the replication of various DNA/RNA viruses, stimulate the body’s natural resistance, prevent the development of metabolic intoxication of various origin, increase the efficacy of vaccines, and prevent the development of excessive accumulation of reactive oxygen species, which plays a decisive role in the development of inflammatory response caused by a viral infection. It seems reasonable to say that germanium-based complex compounds effectively contribute to the preservation of high--energy bonds in the form of ATP, optimize the activity of metabolic processes by re-oxygenation, and exhibit antimicrobial activity. …”
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Balancing Long Lifetime and Satisfying Fairness in WBAN Using a Constrained Markov Decision Process by Yingqi Yin, Fengye Hu, Ling Cen, Yu Du, Lu Wang

“…It was demonstrated via simulation that this scheduling algorithm can allocate time slot reasonably under different channel conditions to balance the performances of network lifetime and fairness.…”
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Estimation of the crack propagation direction in a mixed-mode geometry via multi-parameter fracture criteria by L. Malíková, V. Veselý, S. Seitl

“…The direction of crack propagation is estimated semianalytically using both the maximum tangential stress criterion and the strain energy density criterion (implemented as a procedure within the used finite element computational code) as well as numerically (from verification reasons). Multi-parameter fracture mechanics is employed in the presented work for precise analytical evaluation of the stress field in the cracked specimen. …”
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Real-Time Travel Time Prediction Based on Evolving Fuzzy Participatory Learning Model by Yongyi Li, Ming Zhang, Yixing Ding, Zhenghua Zhou, Lingyu Xu

“…Its output is the forecasting result which is also the fuzzy reasoning result. We tested this model by comparing it to other travel time prediction approaches, with the freeway data from the Caltrans Performance Measurement System. …”
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Experimental Study on the Behavior of X-Section Pile Subjected to Cyclic Axial Load in Sand by Yiwei Lu, Hanlong Liu, Changjie Zheng, Xuanming Ding

“…This study was expected to provide a reasonable reference for further studies on the dynamic responses of X-section piles in practical engineering.…”
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Interrogating the Role of Language in Clergy Sexual Abuse of Women and Girls in Zimbabwe by Nhlanhla Landan, Sindiso Zhou, Baba Tshotsho

“…This approach left the women and girls, already vulnerable due to all kinds of reasons that have brought them to seek help from the clergy in the first place, devastated and dependent on the religious leaders. …”
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VISUAL AND VERBAL IN LINE MESSENGER APPLICATION: A SEMIOTIC STUDY by Venice Wijaya, Tengku Thyrhaya Zein

“…In spite of that, misunderstanding is still happen often. The reasons for choosing LINE stickers are that they are full-sized and expressive so many users can face a misunderstanding while using it. …”
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Analysis of Index Decomposition of Capture Ratio of Total Annual Runoff Volume in Sponge Cities by WEN Dawen, YANG Jiantao, WANG Sen, LIU Jin, WANG Bin

“…One of the important goals of sponge city construction is to reduce the discharge of rainwater runoff and the local consumption and utilization of rainwater runoff within the plot.The discharge volume of rainwater runoff is reflected by the capture ratio of the total annual runoff volume.How to scientifically and reasonably determine the capture ratio of total annual runoff volume has been the main exploration content in the process of sponge city construction in recent years.This study took the Guangzhou Science and Education City area as an example,utilized the data of the underlying surface and drainage pipe network of the plot,and used the volumetric method to decompose the capture ratio of total annual runoff volume.At the same time,the Infoworks ICM model was used to simulate and verify the rationality of the decomposition of the capture ratio of the total annual runoff volume for each plot.The results show that after the development and construction of each plot according to the planned capture ratio of the total annual runoff volume,the drainage pipe network of the plot meets the 10-year return period of design.Under the condition of precipitation once in 100 years,there is water accumulation in some areas,but no waterlogging occurs.Research has shown that the capture ratio of the total annual runoff volume of each plot determined through decomposition can be used to guide the development and construction of the plot.The construction of sponge cities can effectively reduce rainwater discharge and enhance regional disaster prevention and reduction capabilities.…”
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‘Rents in the Veil of Time’: Annie Besant’s Auto-biographies of Giordano Bruno by Muriel Pécastaing-Boissière

“…So, this paper explores the reasons why Annie Besant wrote four biographies of Giordano Bruno between 1876 and 1911. …”
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Noncompliance with Ocular Hypertensive Treatment in Patients with Primary Open Angle Glaucoma among the Arab Population in Israel: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study by Muhannad Masoud, Adi Sharabi-Nov, Joseph Pikkel

“…Items included information about age, gender, number of prescribed drugs, and multiple reasons for noncompliance with drug therapy. Setting. …”
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A Rate-Distortion Optimized Coding Method for Region of Interest in Scalable Video Coding by Hongtao Wang, Dong Zhang, Houqiang Li

“…To do it in this way, the possible mismatch between generated reference frames and original ones is also considered during rate-distortion optimization so that a reasonable trade-off between coding efficiency and decoding drift can be made. …”
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Entre Paris et les Tropiques, le rôle inattendu des Instituts Pasteur dans la naissance de la psychologie animale pendant la période coloniale by Marion Thomas

“…However, attempts to use apes to yield new insights on animal psychology faced heavy restrictions or experienced false starts, and this article examines the reasons why animal psychology could not properly thrive at that time in France and Guinea. …”
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An Analysis on Determinants of Cash and L/C Export: Findings from Türkiye’s Export by Ahmed Yusuf Sarıhan

“…These findings illustrate that economic indicators, which may pose risks for Turkish exporters, are reasons for important decisions. In light of these findings, recommendations have been made for exporters and policymakers to proceed cautiously in the face of different economic scenarios.…”
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Anti-Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies and Male Gender Are Associated with Diabetes Occurrence in Patients with Beta-Thalassemia Major by Giovanni M. Pes, Francesco Tolu, Maria P. Dore

“…In patients with β-T major a progressive damage of insulin-producing cells due to secondary hemosiderosis appears to be the most reasonable mechanism associated with glucose metabolism disorders. …”
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