Dietary Salt-Related Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors in Healthy and Hypertensive Turkish Adults from Food Choice Perspective by Burcu Aksoy Canyolu, Beste Özben Sadıç

“…Salt-related KABs were not found to be aligned with all positive attitudes toward salt consumption; this indicates the need for regulations that operate independently of public perceptions, such as policies for reducing salt in the food industry and making reduced-salt products more affordable to encourage healthier food choices.…”
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Bridging Instructional Gaps through Recognizing the Factors and Students’ Experiences in Distance Learning by Carla Jobelle Culajara, Juan Paolo Martin Culajara, Olivia Portos, Mark Kim Villapando

“…Mostly, it aided in the development of independence. Students usually lose concentration in their learning tasks as a result of physical distractions and due to slow internet connection. …”
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Regional economic disproportions and sustainability of regional economic systems under the 2022 sanctions by S. Ye. Afonin, V. S. Osipov

“…In the current economic and political environment, the primary task is to strive for technological independence and self-sufficiency of the economy with maximum reliance on its own resources in development, while not excluding economic expansion by increasing competitiveness of the economy in global market. …”
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Electromagnetically Driven Robot for Multipurpose Applications by Abdulrahman Alrumayh, Khaled Alhassoon, Fahd Alsaleem, Mahmoud Shaban, Fahad Nasser Alsunaydih

“…Our design overcomes these challenges by utilizing electromagnetically driven actuation, which allows each segment of the robot to bend independently at any angle, providing unprecedented flexibility and control. …”
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Optimizing Ontology Alignment through Linkage Learning on Entity Correspondences by Xingsi Xue, Chaofan Yang, Chao Jiang, Pei-Wei Tsai, Guojun Mao, Hai Zhu

“…However, since different ontologies are constructed and maintained independently, there also exists the heterogeneity problem between ontologies. …”
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Safeguards-related event detection in surveillance video using semi-supervised learning approach by Se-Hwan Park, Byung-Hee Won, Seong-Kyu Ahn

“…Our model incorporates a reconstruction module and a prediction module independently. The reconstruction module is trained to generate video frames within a sliding window, while the prediction module is trained to predict future motion feature based on the motion features within the video frames in a sliding window. …”
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Relative Financial Deprivation and Financial Satisfaction among Minimum Wage Earners in Türkiye: A Serial Mediation Analysis by Korhan Karacaoğlu, Göknur Ersarı Taşkesen

“…Furthermore, the study revealed that financial self-efficacy and financial anxiety act as mediators in the relationship between relative financial deprivation and financial satisfaction, with each acting independently. However, the study also demonstrated that financial self-efficacy and financial anxiety do not act in a serial mediation role in the relationship between financial deprivation and financial satisfaction.…”
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Thermal Changes in Guidewires Used During Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography During Electrical Conductance: An Ex-Vivo Safety Experiment by Rahul Karna, Nicholas Michael McDonald, Jacob Weiner, Théodon I. Netoff, Stuart K Amateau

“…The risks of pancreaticobiliary tissue damage secondary to electrical conduction along cannulation wires in the vicinity of electrocautery has rarely been independently studied and remains mostly a theoretical issue. …”
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An experimental study on the perception of violin bow mass distribution by Salvador-Castrillo Víctor, Picard Amélie, Spalletta Duilio, Ablitzer Frédéric, Fritz Claudia

“…The position of the centre of mass and the moment of inertia were independently modified through five distinct mass configurations, which were tested by multiple violinists. …”
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Multiple DGs for Reducing Total Power Losses in Radial Distribution Systems Using Hybrid WOA-SSA Algorithm by Khalid Mohammed Saffer Alzaidi, Oguz Bayat, Osman N. Uçan

“…Results describe the effectiveness of the proposed hybrid WOA-SSA algorithm compared with those of the IEEE standard case (without DG), repeated load flow method, and WOA and SSA algorithms applied independently. The analysis results via the proposed algorithm are more effective for reducing total active power losses and enhancing the voltage profile for various distribution networks and multi-DG units.…”
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Couple-Based Intervention to Improve HIV Care Engagement for Women and their Partners in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Outcomes of a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial by Jennifer M. Belus PhD, Alastair van Heerden PhD, Abigail C. Hines MPH, Thembelihle P. Pita MCom, Yvonne Mdakane MSS, Jessica F. Magidson PhD, Heidi van Rooyen PhD, Ruanne V. Barnabas MBChB, PhD

“…Of the ten couples randomized to START Together, 70% attended at least one intervention session (feasibility); of those, 71% attended all five sessions (acceptability). Independently rated interventionist fidelity was very high ( M  ≥ 2.94 out of 3). …”
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Lone Hepatocellular Carcinoma: An Isolated Chest Wall Malignancy by Joseph Allencherril, Sebastian Bruera, Ronan Allencherril, Richard J. Hamill

“…This case highlights that HCC may present independently of liver lesions seen on imaging in a patient without clear signs or symptoms of liver. …”
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Training of Competitive Graduates Based on the Educational Standard of the ITMO University by A. A. Shekhonin, A. O. Voznesenskaya, A. V. Bakholdin, O. A. Gavrilina

“…The paper presents the concept, structure and features ofITMOUniversity’s independently established educational standard of a new generation. …”
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Wafer-Level Characterization and Monitoring Platform for Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes by Samuel Parent, Frederic Vachon, Valerie Gauthier, Steve Lamoureux, Alexandre Paquette, Jacob Deschamps, Tommy Rossignol, Nicolas Roy, Philippe Arsenault, Henri Dautet, Serge A. Charlebois, Jean-Francois Pratte

“…This is especially true for the development of SPAD arrays 3D integrated with CMOS readout electronics, where SPAD testing is required to qualify the process, independently from the final CMOS readout circuit. This work reports on a characterization and monitoring platform dedicated to SPAD testing at die and wafer level, in the context of a 3D SPAD technology development. …”
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Pentoxifylline inhibits the fibrogenic activity of pleural effusions and transforming growth factor-β by P. Entzian, M. Schlaak, U. Seitzer, Y. Acil, M. Ernst, P. Zabel

“…We found that pentoxifylline is able to inhibit both fibroblast proliferation and collagen synthesis independently of the stimulus. We conclude that, judging from in vitro studies, pentoxifylline might offer a new approach in the therapy of pleural as well as pulmonary fibrosis.…”
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Inflammatory and Oxidative Stress Responses to High-Carbohydrate and High-Fat Meals in Healthy Humans by S. Gregersen, D. Samocha-Bonet, L. K. Heilbronn, L. V. Campbell

“…Serum and muscle expression of IL6 was elevated 3 hours after each meal, independently of macronutrient composition (P<0.01). …”
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Beam Shaping of a Dual-Reflector Antenna Using a Reflectarray as Subreflector and Embedded Unit Cell Patterns by Marzieh Mehri Dehnavi, Jean-Jacques Laurin

“…The beam shaping capability of the algorithm is demonstrated with simulations of a 100-element reconfigurable circularly polarized reflectarray, by controlling independently the 10 dB beamwidth of the antenna in two orthogonal planes The algorithm is also validated experimentally. …”
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Actinic Keratosis Clinical Practice Guidelines: An Appraisal of Quality by Joslyn S. Kirby, Thomas Scharnitz, Elizabeth V. Seiverling, Hadjh Ahrns, Sara Ferguson

“…The Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation (AGREE II) was used to appraise the quality of guidelines. Multiple raters independently reviewed each of the guidelines and applied the AGREE II tool and scores were calculated. …”
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Pharmacotherapeutic Options for Managing Neuropathic Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Giulia Di Stefano, Andrea Di Lionardo, Giuseppe Di Pietro, Giorgio Cruccu, Andrea Truini

“…We searched for relevant papers within PubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and the Clinical Trials database (ClinicalTrials.gov). Two authors independently selected studies for inclusion, data extraction, and bias assessment. …”
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An integrated approach to image quality: comparative analysis of bilinear and nearest neighbor interpolation by Wusat Ullah, Seher Ilyas, Hamza Naveed, Saalam Ali

“…Our methodology enables each interpolation technique to be applied independently, allowing for a direct comparison of their performance. …”
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