Depression, Anxiety, and Stress In The Time of COVID-19 Pandemic In Kurdistan Region, Iraq by Niaz mustafa kamal, Nasih Othman

“…In regression analysis, notably female sex was a significant independent factor for higher levels of depression (coefficient 1.89, p<0.05), anxiety (coefficient 2.19, p<0.001), and stress (coefficient 1.52, p<0.05). …”
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Cryo-EM structure and evolutionary history of the conjugation surface exclusion protein TraT by Chloe Seddon, Sophia David, Joshua L. C. Wong, Naito Ishimoto, Shan He, Jonathan Bradshaw, Wen Wen Low, Gad Frankel, Konstantinos Beis

“…These findings suggest that different plasmid backbones have acquired and co-opted TraT on independent occasions.…”
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Repeat Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in Patients with Functional Dyspepsia: Yield, Findings, and Predictors of Positive Findings by Supot Pongprasobchai, Natta Asanaleykha, Pongchirat Tantayakom

“…Among 146 patients, 115 patients (79%) had negative and 31 (21%) had positive repeat EGD, including erosive gastritis (13.0%), peptic ulcer (7.5%), reflux esophagitis (1.4%), and Barrett’s esophagus (0.7%). Four independent predictors of positive repeat EGD were smoking (HR 3.88, 95% CI 1.31–11.51, P=0.015), hypertension (HR 2.96, 95% CI 1.38–6.36, P=0.050), history of malignancies (HR 3.65, 95% CI 1.16–11.46, P=0.027), and antiplatelets or NSAIDs used within 4 weeks (HR 4.10, 95% CI 1.13–14.90, P=0.032), while alarm features or failure to treatment did not predict positive repeat EGD.  …”
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Development and validation of a frailty risk model for patients with mild cognitive impairment by Yuyu Cui, Zhening Xu, Zhaoshu Cui, Yuanyuan Guo, Peiwei Wu, Xiaoyan Zhou

“…The least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) and multivariable logistic regression model were used to identify independent predictors and establish a nomogram to predict the occurrence of frailty. …”
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Integrating fMRI spatial network dynamics and EEG spectral power: insights into resting state connectivity by Souvik Phadikar, Krishna Pusuluri, Armin Iraji, Vince D. Calhoun

“…We estimated time-resolved brain networks using sliding window-based spatially constrained independent component analysis (scICA), producing resting brain networks that evolved over time at the voxel level. …”
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Political and Institutional Approaches to Advancing International Religious Freedom in the U.S. Foreign Policy in 1998–2020 by V. A. Shchipkov

“…The study concludes that over the past twenty years, religion has finally developed as an independent track of the US foreign policy, although it has been developing inconsistently and has undergone repeated corrections. …”
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Design and Verification of Large-Diameter Tower Sharding Platform for Wind Turbine by Jiawen LAN, Qianjun ZHAI, Zhongze SUN, Xiongbin WAN

“…[Method] In order to avoid the problems of cost increase and easy failure of the welding part between the platform beam and the cylinder, caused by the increase of the platform diameter, the whole large inner platform of the tower cylinder was divided into 6 independent small platforms, and 2～3 supports were designed at the lower part of the platform, with one end of the support welded with the cylinder and one end free. …”
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Prediction of Grade Classification of Rock Burst Based on PCA-SSA-PNN Architecture by Zhenyi Wang, Yalei Wang, Xiaoliang Jin

“…After preprocessing the rock burst data using PCA, four of the new linearly independent indexes PCA1, PCA2, PCA3, and PCA4 were obtained for estimating rock burst grades. …”
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Conflicts between indigenous and scientific concepts of landscape management for wildlife conservation: human-chimpanzee politics of coexistence at Bossou, Guinea by Gen Yamakoshi, Vincent Leblan

“…Even after African countries became independent, top-down operation of these reserves continued primarily due to international calls for nature conservation and to consumerist demand from western countries. …”
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Partitioned Strong Coupling of Discrete Elements with Large Deformation Structural Finite Elements to Model Impact on Highly Flexible Tension Structures by Klaus Bernd Sautter, Tobias Teschemacher, Miguel Ángel Celigueta, Philipp Bucher, Kai-Uwe Bletzinger, Roland Wüchner

“…Moreover, the proposed algorithm enables the application of two independent, standalone codes for simulating DEM and structural FEM as blackbox solvers. …”
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Effective factors on variations of wheat production in climatic regions of Fars province by leyla sharifi, saeed bazgeer, hosain mohmmadi, alireza darbaneh astaneh, mostafa karimi ahmadabad

“…From the perspective of the farmers of the province in the translog function, respectively; Soil moisture at planting time (0.692), effective rainfall during growing season (0.68) and at planting date (0.66), heat wave at harvest time (0.63), damaging rainfall (0.59) , Profit from wheat production (0.51), farmer education (0.49), soil quality (0.49) and cultivation method (0.49) with the coefficient of the mentioned criteria next to them; The most important factors explaining wheat production in Fars province. Independent variables in the translog function explain 92% of the changes in wheat production in Fars province.…”
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Identification of specific nursing competencies for older adults care in the community by María de los Angeles Villegas Dorticós, Zenia Tamara Sánchez García, Omayda Urbina Laza, Noel Alberto Pardillo Mustelier, Margarita Maritza Fundora Oropesa., Isys María Leyva Betancourt

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> the specific nursing competencies identified for the older adults care in the community will promote the critical, creative and independent thinking of nursing professionals in problem solving; which demand individualized forms of professional performance from a comprehensive vision of the older adult in the community.…”
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Dual-Polarization Self-Coherent Transceivers for Free Space Optical Communications in the Presence of Atmospheric Turbulence by Yeganeh Nasr, Shiva Kumar, Jiaoyang Bi, Mahdi Naghshvarianjahromi, M. Jamal Deen

“…This paper presents an analysis and simulation results of an FSO system utilizing the dual-polarization (DP) self-coherent scheme, where independent quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) data is transmitted for each polarization. …”
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High expression of SHP2 predicts a promising prognosis in colorectal cancer by Xibo Liu, Mengyao Li, Lirong Chen, Fei Wen, Shu Zheng, Weiting Ge

“…Multivariate analysis demonstrated that SHP2 remained an independent prognostic factor for CRC (P = 0.033). Conclusion: The expression of SHP2 was significantly higher in CRC tissues than in adjacent normal tissues. …”
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The Effect of a Training Program (Retention) on the Clinical Competence, Self-Efficacy, and Occupational Stress of Undergraduate Students of Anesthesia: The Transition from Student... by Ali Khalafi, Shahla Assadi Hovyzian, Nooshin Sarvi-Sarmeydani

“…The required data in both groups were examined by nurses' competence questionnaires (CIRN), stress and job self-efficacy through pre- and post-tests. Chi-square, independent t and paired t tests were used to analyze the data. …”
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Design and Implementation of a Wireless Power Transfer System Using LCL Coupling Network with Inherent Constant-Current and Constant-Voltage Output for Battery Charging by Pengqiang Nie, Song Xu, Zhenlin Wang, Seiji Hashimoto, Linfeng Sun, Takahiro Kawaguchi

“…The simulation results show that the system has load-independent constant-current and constant-voltage characteristics at two different frequency points. …”
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Retrieving Multiaspect Point Clouds From a Multichannel K-Band SAR Drone by Peter Brotzer, Emiliano Casalini, David Small, Alexander Damm, Elias Mendez Dominguez

“…Through a series of experiments with increasingly complex 3-D structures, we evaluate the accuracy of the derived point clouds. Independent references&#x2014;based on light detection and ranging (LiDAR) and 3-D construction models&#x2014;are used to validate our results. …”
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Abuse of authority as a ground for liability of bodies and persons performing the functions of business entities by V. H. Zhornokui

“…In general, it should be taken into account that the performance of a specific individual on behalf of a business entity in civil turnover does not change the independent nature of the will, behaviour and responsibility of such a legal entity for its actions in civil relations. …”
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Protein Kinase Cα Modulates Estrogen-Receptor-Dependent Transcription and Proliferation in Endometrial Cancer Cells by Alicia M. Thorne, Twila A. Jackson, Van C. Willis, Andrew P. Bradford

“…In this study, we demonstrate that expression of active, myristoylated PKCα conferred ligand-independent activation of estrogen-receptor- (ER-) dependent promoters and enhanced responses to estrogen. …”
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Synergism of d-limonene and temozolomide on migratory and apoptotic behaviors of human glioblastoma cell lines by Megha Gautam, Reema Gabrani

“…Methods: The effects of the combined treatment of DL and TMZ were assessed on various cellular aspects, including cell viability, anchorage-independent cell growth, and DNA damage. Furthermore, the influence of this combination on cell cycle progression, cell migration, and cell death was also investigated. …”
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