Poverty Dynamics and the Fundamental Root Causes in Iran by Zahra Azari, Parviz Mohamadzadeh, Davoud Behboudi

“…Since the purpose of this study is to identify the factors affecting poverty in Iran from the point of view of experts on Iran's economic, social and political issues, the samples were selected and interviewed using theoretical sampling under the snowball method. …”
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Fur Processing in Raižiai in the 20th Century: Craft and Image by Jonas Mardosa

“… In Lithuania, fur processing craft used to change depending on the social, cultural and even political context of the development of the state and the nation. …”
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Using the HBSC Symptom Checklist to measure junior secondary school students’ psychosomatic complaints in the Chinese Mainland: Rasch-based validation, population-based norm, and n... by Yuhang Zhu, Xianzhu Cong, Zhenliang Qiu, Ricky Jeffrey, Ranran Li, Li Jing, Gaopei Zhu, Xi Yang, Shuang Li, Jinling Wang, Xu Xu, Hongliu Zhu, Xinjian Wang, Ling Huang, Xueqin Sun, Di Wu, Kai Zhang, Xunhong Miao, Rui Wen, Qinglang Huang, Zhuang He, Juan Li, Alina Cosma, Fuyan Shi, Suzhen Wang, the PROSQoL-JSSS research group

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Study protocol for an observational cohort study of heat stress impacts in pregnancy in The Gambia, West Africa [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Jane E Hirst, Ana Bonell, Abdul Sesay, Leonidas G. Ioannou, Bubacarr Bah, Kris A. Murray, Andy Haines, Sophie E. Moore, David Jeffries, Neil S Maxwell, Ana Vicero-Cabrera, Apolline Saucy, Cally Tan, Emmanuel Okoh, Dorothy Watters, Bakary Sonko, Williams Oluwatosin Adefila, Yahaya Idris, Mam Leigh-Nabou, Jarra Manneh, Andreas Flouris, Sainabou Bojang, Amanda N Sferruzzi-Perri, Andrew Prentice

“…The key objectives of the study are to 1) map exposure to heat stress in the cohort and understand what environmental, social and community factors increase the risk of extreme heat exposure; 2) assess the impact of heat stress on maternal health, e.g. heat strain, subjective psychological well-being, sleep and activity level; 3) evaluate how heat stress impacts placenta structure and function; 4) determine how chronic heat exposure impacts birth outcomes; and 5) explore the epigenetic changes in the placenta and infant by heat stress exposure per trimester. …”
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Acceptability patterns of hypothetic taxes on different types of foods in France by Florian Manneville, Barthélemy Sarda, Emmanuelle Kesse-Guyot, Sandrine Péneau, Bernard Srour, Julia Baudry, Benjamin Allès, Yann Le Bodo, Serge Hercberg, Mathilde Touvier, Chantal Julia

“…Conclusions: Results provide strategic information for policymakers responsible for designing food taxes and may help identify determinants of support for or opposition to food taxes in relation to individual or social characteristics or products taxed. …”
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Explanation and design of mentoring in order to promote human resources activities in the National Company of Southern Oil-bearing Regions by Ali Ghasemi Ghasemvand, Vahid Chenari, Mehrdad Hamari, Seyyed Ali Akbar Ahmadi

“…It can be concluded that, according to the background of the research and by studying the opinion of the researchers and by studying the researches, mentoring improves the activities of Human resources include: socialization of training and development, performance management, career path and succession, and preservation and maintenance of human resources. …”
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Designing the strategic model of online banking relational marketing in the fourth industrial revolution with the foundation's data approach. by Aliasghar Atarodi, arezo ahmadi danyali, nader gharib nawaz

“…Pfajfar et al, (2022) conducted a research entitled the value of corporate social responsibility for multiple stakeholders and social impact - relationship marketing perspective. …”
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Medical Assistance in Dying for Persons Suffering Solely from Mental Illness in Canada by Chloe Eunice Panganiban, Srushhti Trivedi

“…Many Canadians are concerned with the interaction between mental health and other social determinants of health, such as the lack of medical, disability, financial, housing, and social support and resources.[23] As a result, another layer to the ethical issue arises: Does permitting MAiD for mental illness treat the symptoms of the issue rather than the root problem itself (social, economic, and systemic inequities)? …”
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On $ \left(\mathit{p}, \mathit{q}\right) $-fractional linear Diophantine fuzzy sets and their applications via MADM approach by Hanan Alohali, Muhammad Bilal Khan, Jorge E. Macías-Díaz, Fahad Sikander

“…Reducing the supply chain's overall environmental impact is the main objective in order to improve corporate connections and the social, ecological, and economic ties with other nations. …”
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Factors Associated with Recurrent Ulcers in Patients with Gastric Surgery after More Than 15 Years: A Cross-Sectional Single-Center Study by Monica Pantea, Anca Negovan, Claudia Banescu, Simona Bataga, Radu Neagoe, Simona Mocan, Mihaela Iancu

“…We aimed to establish the independent predictive factors (from Helicobacter pylori infection, biliary reflux, histologic features of the gastric mucosa, drugs, comorbidities, and social habits) for gastric stump ulcer occurrence more than 15 years after surgery. …”
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Linking Plant Diversity and Urban Uses at the City-Block Scale to Inform Urban Planning by Muriel Deparis, Nicolas Legay, Arthur Castellanos, Chloé Duque, Ulysse Guilloteau, Francis Isselin-Nondedeu, Sébastien Bonthoux

“…A challenge for urban ecology is to reduce biotic homogenisation by promoting plant diversity from local to city scales. As ecological and social components constantly interact in cities, an urban landscape characterisation reflecting socio-spatial functioning seems essential. …”
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Functional Fitness and Self-Reported Quality of Life of Older Women Diagnosed with Knee Osteoarthrosis: A Cross-Sectional Case Control Study by Paula Andréa Malveira Cavalcante, Márcio Roberto Doro, Frank Shiguemitsu Suzuki, Roberta Luksevicius Rica, Andrey Jorge Serra, Francisco Luciano Pontes Junior, Alexandre Lopes Evangelista, Aylton José Figueira Junior, Julien Steven Baker, Danilo Sales Bocalini

“…Functional fitness was evaluated by specific tests, and the time spent in physical activity and quality of life was evaluated by the IPAQ and WHOQOL (distributed in four domains: physical: P, psychological: PS, social: S, and environmental: E) domain questionnaires. …”
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Predictors of depression among Chinese college students: a machine learning approach by Lin Luo, Junfeng Yuan, Chenghan Wu, Yanling Wang, Rui Zhu, Huilin Xu, Luqin Zhang, Zhongge Zhang

“…Other significant predictors included academic stress, BMI, vital capacity, psychological resilience, physical fitness test scores, major satisfaction, and social network use. The model achieved an accuracy of 87.5% and an AUC of 0.927. …”
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Use of key indicators to monitor sustainable development of rural areas by V. Shcherbak, L. Ganushchak-Yefimenko, O. Nifatova, N. Fastovets, G. Plysenko, L. Lutay, V. Tkachuk, O. Ptashchenko

“…Therefore, the using of key indicators for monitoring the sustainable development of rural areas provides an opportunity to take into account the specifics of sustainable development of different specialization branches of rural areas that will support high economic and social growth in the future.…”
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La gestión de la Infraestructura Verde fluvial a escala metropolitana: el caso de Sevilla a la luz de la experiencia de Barcelona by Daniel Fazeli Tello, Leandro Del Moral Ituarte, Víctor Fernández Salinas

“…Finalmente se concluye confirmando la necesidad de abordar la gestión desde una escala supramunicipal, preferentemente metropolitana, subrayando la diversidad de las fórmulas concretas; así como la necesidad de transitar desde modelos convencionales de gobernanza participativa a procesos de coproducción social y cogestión de las nuevas realidades espaciales que las Infraestructuras Verdes significan. …”
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Urban Park Planning for Sustainability: Resident Insights from China’s Major Cities by Biao He, Siyu Wang, Qian Xiong, Zheng Zhao, Yilei Hou

“…Cognitive maps reveal residents’ spatial perception of urban parks, particularly their significant differences in familiarity with the natural and social functions, artificial landscapes, and internal attractions of parks, which informs the integration of design elements that cater to varying preferences and foster a stronger sense of place. …”
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Multiplex Network Embedding Model with High-Order Node Dependence by Nianwen Ning, Qiuyue Li, Kai Zhao, Bin Wu

“…Multiplex networks have been widely used in information diffusion, social networks, transport, and biology multiomics. …”
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Exploring the Decision-making Process of Medical Students’ on Choosing Radiology as a Specialty in Northern Saudi Arabia: A Cross-sectional Study by Pakeeza Shafiq

“…All data were entered into the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) Software version 22.0 for analysis. …”
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Enhancing misogyny detection in bilingual texts using explainable AI and multilingual fine-tuned transformers by Ehtesham Hashmi, Sule Yildirim Yayilgan, Muhammad Mudassar Yamin, Mohib Ullah

“…Abstract Gendered disinformation undermines women’s rights, democratic principles, and national security by worsening societal divisions through authoritarian regimes’ intentional weaponization of social media. Online misogyny represents a harmful societal issue, threatening to transform digital platforms into environments that are hostile and inhospitable to women. …”
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Intervention Programmes for First-Episode Psychosis: A Scoping Review by Marta Gouveia, Tânia Morgado, Tiago Costa, Francisco Sampaio, Amorim Rosa, Carlos Sequeira

“…These findings highlight the value of early interventions and provide a useful resource for adapting programmes to different social and cultural contexts. It would be beneficial for future research to explore how these interventions can be tailored to diverse settings.…”
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