Effective Facial Expression Recognition System Using Artificial Intelligence Technique by Imad S. Yousif, Tarik A. Rashid, Ahmed S. Shamsaldin, Sabat A. Abdulhameed, Abdulhady Abas Abdullah

“…A hybrid ANN-GA model that uses Petri Nets and production systems is proposed for the real-time video sequence analysis with high precision in predicting different dynamic facial activities of anger, surprise, disgust, joy, sadness and fear from emotion faces. Importantly, results on the study show that this integrated model has a large-scale promoting effect in emotion detection upon varied scenes and is therefore generalizable to many domains from security and surveillance over biomedicine up to interactive AI-driven systems. …”
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Trends in depressive symptoms among high school students with and without health-risk behaviors in the United States: A population-based studyResearch in context by Tanner J. Bommersbach, Mark Olfson, Taeho Greg Rhee

“…Depressive symptoms were defined as past-year feelings of sadness/hopelessness almost every day for ≥2 weeks impacting usual activities. 24 health-risk behaviors across five categories (violence, substance use, sexual, physical/sedentary, and weight-related) were considered. …”
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Translation and Validation of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale for Eritrea: A Screening Tool for Postpartum Depression in Primary Health Care Facilities by Gebregziabher NK, Netsereab TB, Alazar FA, Fessaha YG, Sium AH, Ghebrehiwet NK

“…Nahom Kiros Gebregziabher,1,2 Tesfit Brhane Netsereab,1,3 Feven Andebrhan Alazar,4 Yerusalem Gebremeskel Fessaha,4 Aman Hadish Sium,4 Nardos Kidane Ghebrehiwet4 1Department of Community Medicine, Orotta College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Asmara, Eritrea; 2Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China; 4Ministry of Health, Asmara, EritreaCorrespondence: Nahom Kiros Gebregziabher, Department of Community Medicine, Orotta College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Asmara, Eritrea, Email nahomkiros21@gmail.comIntroduction: Postpartum depression (PPD) is a mood disorder characterized by symptoms such as changes in sleep and eating patterns, fatigue, sadness, crying, anxiety, and guilt. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) was developed to be used as a self-report questionnaire for English-speaking populations to screen for postnatal depression. …”
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Path model explaining the association between fear of falling and health-related quality of life in (pre-)frail older adults by Tjard Sattler, Sophie Gottschalk, Hans-Helmut König, Tobias Braun, Gisela Büchele, Michael Denkinger, Tim Fleiner, Corinna Nerz, Kilian Rapp, Martina Schäufele, Christian Werner, Judith Dams

“…The model included potential explanatory pathways through physical activity (German Physical Activity Questionnaire for middle-aged and older adults), physical capacity (Short Physical Performance Battery), physical performance (Late-Life Function and Disability Instrument [LLFDI] function component), disability (LLFDI disability component – short form), and affect (visual analogue scales on ‘happiness’, ‘sadness’, ‘calmness’ and ‘tension’). Age, sex, education, and previous falls were considered as covariates. …”
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Identifikasi Emosi Manusia Berdasarkan Ucapan Menggunakan Metode Ekstraksi Ciri LPC dan Metode Euclidean Distance by Siti Helmiyah, Imam Riadi, Rusydi Umar, Abdullah Hanif, Anton Yudhana, Abdul Fadlil

“…This research resulted in inaccuracy in sad emotions 58.33%, neutral emotions 50%, angry emotions 41.67%, happy emotions 8.33% and bored emotions could not be recognized. …”
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A Systemic Approach to Inceptive Constructions in Lithuanian by Rolandas Mikulskas

“…For instance, they played a significant role in the adaptation of the verbs prapliupo and pratrūko, originally designating phenomena of the physical world, to designate outburst of some emo- tion, such as joy (for example, Ji prapliupo juoktis ‘She began (lit. burst) to laugh / laughing’), sadness (for example, Ji pratrūko verkti ‘She began (lit. burst) to cry / crying’) or anger (for example, Jis prapliupo keiktis ‘He began (lit. burst) to swear / swearing’).  …”
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Seasonal Variations in Mood and Behavior in Romanian Postgraduate Students by Joseph J. Soriano, Constantin Ciupagea, Kelly J. Rohan, Dorin B. Neculai, Samina M. Yousufi, Alvaro Guzman, Teodor T. Postolache

“…Winter SAD and winter subsyndromal SAD (S-SAD) were significantly more prevalent than summer SAD and summer S-SAD. …”
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Risk factors and treatment approaches to seasonal affective disorder: a review by V. Jurgaitytė, N. Khawaja, J. Dijokas, P. Rimkevičiūtė

“…This condition affects 1-2% of the general population; however, in regions more than 30 degrees of the equator, a higher proportion (10-20%) of people suffer from SAD. There is a milder form of SAD, subsyndromal SAD (S-SAD), which is known as “winter blues”. …”
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Seasonal Changes in Sleep Duration in African American and African College Students Living In Washington, D.C. by Janna Volkov, Kelly J. Rohan, Samina M. Yousufi, Minh-Chau Nguyen, Michael A. Jackson, Courtney M. Thrower, John W. Stiller, Teodor T. Postolache

“…Duration of nocturnal melatonin secretion, a marker of “biological night” that relates to sleep duration, is longer in winter than in summer in patients with seasonal affective disorder (SAD), but not in healthy controls. In this study of African and African American college students, we hypothesized that students who met criteria for winter SAD or subsyndromal SAD (S-SAD) would report sleeping longer in winter than in summer. …”
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Social anxiety disorder and its impact in undergraduate students at Jazan University, Saudi Arabia by Ramzi M. Hakami, Mohamed S. Mahfouz, Abdulrahman M. Adawi, Adeebah J. Mahha, Alaa J. Athathi, Hadi H. Daghreeri, Hatim H. Najmi, Nuha A. Arishi

“…Although social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a common mental disorder, it is often under diagnosed and under treated. …”
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Mood Sensitivity to Seasonal Changes in African College Students Living in the Greater Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area by Alvaro Guzman, Kelly J. Rohan, Samina M. Yousufi, Minh-Chau Nguyen, Michael A. Jackson, Joseph J. Soriano, Teodor T. Postolache

“…A greater percentage of African students reported experiencing a problem with seasonal changes relative to African American students, and had summer SAD, but the groups did not differ on GSS and winter SAD. …”
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Comparing spirometry, impulse oscillometry with computed tomography for assessing small airway dysfunction in subjects with and without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by Suyin Huang, Fan Wu, Zhishan Deng, Jieqi Peng, Cuiqiong Dai, Lifei Lu, Kunning Zhou, Xiaohui Wu, Qi Wan, Gaoying Tang, Shengtang Chen, Changli Yang, Yongqing Huang, Shuqing Yu, Pixin Ran, Yumin Zhou

“…Abstract Background Studies on consistency among spirometry, impulse oscillometry (IOS), and histology for detecting small airway dysfunction (SAD) remain scarce. Considering invasiveness of lung histopathology, we aimed to compare spirometry and IOS with chest computed tomography (CT) for SAD detection, and evaluate clinical characteristics of subjects with SAD assessed by these three techniques. …”
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Structure and magnetic properties of epitaxial Sr-LaMnO3 thin films obtained by polymer assisted deposition by Vukmirović Jelena, Piper Danica, Šenjug Pavla, Pajić Damir, Miljević Bojan, Milanović Marija, Joksović Sara, Novaković Mirjana, Srdić Vladimir V.

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Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Among Future Healthcare Workers in Serbia by Nemanja Maletin, Nikola Denda, Ana Ljubičić, Radmila Velicki, Aleksandra Patić, Zoran Golušin, Tihomir Dugandžija, Vladimir Petrović, Mioljub Ristić, Vladimir Vuković

“…We aim to examine the share of correct answers and the prevalence of different attitudes about the HPV vaccine among active regular students of the Faculty of Medicine in Novi Sad. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from 1 to 30 November 2023 using a structured survey questionnaire. …”
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Exploring the Known and Mapping Future Directions in Biopesticides Research: A Bibliometric Analysis by Tijana Narandžić, Veljko Šarac, Vesna Rodić, Nataša Vukelić, Mirjana Lukač-Bulatović, Sandra Bijelić, Mirjana Ljubojević

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Estimation of Costs and Durations of Construction of Urban Roads Using ANN and SVM by Igor Peško, Vladimir Mučenski, Miloš Šešlija, Nebojša Radović, Aleksandra Vujkov, Dragana Bibić, Milena Krklješ

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Bioactive Characteristics and Storage of Salt Mixtures Seasoned with Powdered Cereal Sprouts by Vesna Tumbas Šaponjac, Gordana Ćetković, Jasna Čanadanović-Brunet, Anamarija Mandić, Vanja Šeregelj, Jelena Vulić, Sladjana Stajčić

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Nationally representative epidemiological study of social anxiety disorder from India by Satish Suhas, Pavithra Jayasankar, Rahul Patley, Narayana Manjunatha, Girish N. Rao, Gopalkrishna Gururaj, Mathew Varghese, Vivek Benegal, NMHS National Collaborators group

“…Background: Social anxiety disorder (SAD), also termed as social phobia, is a disabling psychiatric condition with limited epidemiological research on it in India. …”
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Successful Strategy in Creating Low-FODMAP Wholegrain Bread—Simple and Global by Aleksandra M. Torbica, Vesna Vujasinović, Uroš Miljić, Goran Radivojević, Bojana Filipčev, Milorad Miljić, Miloš Radosavljević

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The influence of the pharmacodynamic properties of drugs on indications for their use: Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2 inhibitors) by Denda Nikola I., Maletin Nemanja Z., Atanasković Marko B., Vučković Biljana A., Rašković Aleksandar L.

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