Aripiprazole use as a cause of dopamine agonist failure in the treatment of prolactinomas by Edward Mignone, Alistair K Jukes, Rowan Valentine, Richard Allison, Sunita M C De Sousa

“…Based on our case, we support close monitoring of individuals with prolactinomas on dual aripiprazole/DA therapy and recommend against the addition of aripiprazole to DA therapy where timely prolactinoma treatment is essential (e.g. aggressive prolactinomas and those associated with compressive effects).…”
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Intra-structural processes of accounting and financial results control as a tool for improving the efficiency of accounts receivable management by A. V. Fedorov, T. M. Rogulenko

“…According to the authors, the considered mechanism for building and organizing the functioning of intra-structural processes for accounting and controlling financial results ensures the adoption of operational management decisions, the timely identification and leveling of deviations, which makes it possible to overcome crisis situations and minimize the negative impact of external and internal factors on the enterprise.…”
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A Coupling Method of New EMFE and FE for Fourth-Order Partial Differential Equation of Parabolic Type by Yang Liu, Hong Li, Zhichao Fang, Siriguleng He, Jinfeng Wang

“…We derive the optimal a priori error estimates in L2 and H1-norm for both the scalar unknown u and the diffusion term γ and a priori error estimates in (L2)2-norm for its gradient λ and its flux σ (the coefficients times the negative gradient). Finally, we provide some numerical results to illustrate the efficiency of our method.…”
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On Spiritual Subjects by Fatima Seedat

“…The aim of this reading is first, to show the challenge women’s spiritual excellence presents to normative representations which privilege male spirituality, and then to illustrate the ways in which women’s spiritual excellence is negotiated in the text, at times challenging but generally reaffirming patriarchal distinctions between masculinity and femininity. …”
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Ground Hemp Fibers as Filler/Reinforcement for Thermoplastic Biocomposites by Amir Etaati, Selvan Pather, Moloud Rahman, Hao Wang

“…The results revealed that addition of either noil hemp fibre or normal treated hemp fibre into the pure polypropylene matrix increased the tensile strength almost twice and stiffness of the composites more than three times. Although noil hemp fibre composite indicated slightly lower mechanical properties than the normal alkali-treated fibre composites, the difference was not significant. …”
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Factors contributing to anxiety in adolescents surviving thalassemia major in Indonesia by Henny Suzana Mediani, Novitasari Tsamrotul Fuadah

“…Body image was identified as the most impactful factor, with poor body image raising the risk of severe anxiety by 11.6 times. Conclusions Anxiety is common among adolescent thalassemia survivors, with body image, self-esteem, and coping skills being key factors. …”
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Peat Characterization and Uptake of Nickel (II) and Cobalt (II) in a Saprist Peat Column by E.S. Asapo, C.A. Coles

“…The metal sorption capacity of the saprist peat increased with decreasing flow rate and overall the sorption capacity of Ni 2+ was two times greater than the sorption capacity of Co 2+ . …”
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Does it really help? Exploring the impact of Al-Generated writing assistant on the students’ English writing by Regina Rahmi, Zahria Amalina, Andriansyah Andriansyah, Adrian Rodgers

“…The results indicate that while the AI writing assistant aids in correcting grammatical errors and enhancing text cohesion and coherence, it lacks content density at times. In some instances, the intended message and thoughts of the students were not effectively conveyed, leading to the inclusion of ideas unrelated to the initial topic. …”
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The effect of individual education and care provided in living spaces to pregnant women in the earthquake region on prenatal distress, risk perception, and labour anxiety by Derya Kaya Şenol, Mine Gökduman Keleş

“…Education and care were provided in four 30-minute sessions, scheduled on mutually agreed-upon days and times in the living spaces of the pregnant women in the intervention group. …”
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Assessment of the Awareness of Public Health Officers on Food Safety Legislation Governing School Feeding Program and Quality of Maize From School Suppliers in Turkana County by Charles Mannara, Lucy Gicuku Njue, George Ooko Abong’

“…Aflatoxin contamination was 24 times higher than the recommended levels in Kenya. …”
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Assessing urban vegetation inequalities: Methodological insights and evidence by Alicia González-Marín, Marco Garrido-Cumbrera

“…The review highlights the importance of image acquisition times and temporal resolution in capturing dynamic urban environments. …”
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Chatbot Programmes’ ‘Arms Race’: Africa and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Ethics by Tapiwa Chagonda

“…The benefits of AI generative technologies such as chatbots in fields such as the academy; health; agriculture; music and art, have been touted in recent times, but the ethical concerns around issues of bias; possible proliferation of misinformation from algorithms that are trained on datasets that are not fully representative of the global South’s realities, especially Africa; breaches in privacy issues and threats of job losses, still linger. …”
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Understanding the nature of substance use in Zimbabwe: State of the art and ways forward: A scoping review protocol. by Blessing N Marandure, Samson Mhizha, Amanda Wilson, Clement Nhunzvi

“…Thus the present work presents a timely effort that capitalises on current efforts by the government to address substance use in the country.…”
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Thicker Carotid Intima Media Thickness in Children with Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1: A-2138T and A-2464G Mutation by Yuyun Yueniwati, Valentina Yurina, Mohammad Rasjad Indra

“…Subjects with MCP-1 promoter polymorphism have 1.471 times higher tendency to have thicker CIMT than subjects with no polymorphism in MCP1 promoter. …”
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Risky sexual behaviour and HIV testing uptake among male college students: a cross-sectional study in China by Yan Luo, Gang Zhao, Junfang Xu

“…This highlights the importance of carrying out targeted and timely HIV risk education towards college students.…”
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Research trends relating to body weight control: a systematic review and keyword network analysis of Korea Citation Index Journals (2004–2023) by Yunkyoung Oh, Eunsil Her

“…Conclusion The results of this study showed that weight control research reflecting the characteristics of the times has been steadily progressing in relation to the rapidly increasing obesity in Korea, and when developing policies or setting research directions related to weight loss in the future, research should be conducted in a prospective manner by subdividing it according to groups and interests.…”
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Hardware-efficient preparation of architecture-specific graph states on near-term quantum computers by Sebastian Brandhofer, Ilia Polian, Stefanie Barz, Daniel Bhatti

“…Our model incorporates information about gate cancellations, gate commutations, and accurate gate timing to determine an optimized graph state preparation circuit. …”
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Residual Strain Monitoring and Dynamic Characteristics of Hybrid Hollow Square Tube with Metal–FRP–Metal Sandwich Walls by Zhao Li, Mingyao Liu, Jintao Wang, Wei Ke

“…Results reveal that the hybrid HST has undergone complex residual strain history, and the strain rate is about 10 times the cooling rate. The tensile strains in the dwell stage transform into compressive strains in the cooling stage due to the mismatch of the coefficients of thermal expansion of the steel plates and the CFRP composite. …”
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Varying Collimation for Dark-Field Extraction by Ge Wang, Wenxiang Cong, Haiou Shen, Yu Zou

“…The key idea is to acquire an x-ray projection multiple times with varying collimation before an x-ray detector array. …”
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Cosimulation of Power and Temperature Models at the SystemC/TLM for a Soft-Core Processor by Zineb El Hariti, Abdelhakim Alali, Mohamed Sadik, Kaoutar Aamali

“…To address this challenge, designing at the system level is the suitable measure to tackle with the complexity of the Systems on Chip, aiming at having better adjustment between timing and accuracy for power and temperature estimations. …”
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