Designing an internet of things laboratory to improve student understanding of secure IoT systems by A. Ravishankar Rao, Angela Elias-Medina

“…The instructional lab material has been uploaded to the web portal https://clark.center designated by the National Security Agency for dissemination. Our approach, design, and experimental validation methodology will be useful for educators, researchers, students, and organizations interested in re-skilling their workforce.…”
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Balancing co-benefits and trade-offs between climate change mitigation and adaptation innovations under mixed crop-livestock systems in semi-arid Zimbabwe by Sabine Homann-Kee Tui, Roberto O. Valdivia, Katrien Descheemaeker, Gevious Sisito, Elisha N. Moyo, Farai Mapanda

“…Abstract Achieving Zimbabwe’s national and international commitments to food systems transformation and climate resilience building is of high priority. …”
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Prevalence and spatial distribution of workplace violence against emergency medical staff in China: a cross-sectional study by Ruofan ZHANG, Jing FENG, Ge QU, Xinyan LI, Zihui LEI, Yuchao SUN, Aoqi SHEN, Chuanzhu LV, Xingyue SONG, Yong GAN

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to analyze the prevalence and spatial distribution of workplace violence (WPV) in emergency departments (EDs) in China, to identify national trends and high-incidence areas, and to provide scientific evidence for the government to formulate and implement relevant intervention measures. …”
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCHOOLCHILDREN TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN THE TRANSITION TO A NEW TECHNOLOGICAL PARADIGM by D. A. Mahotin

“…The mentioned above necessity defines the quality of future vocational training of students according to the changing requirements of labour market, the last achievements in the technical field and technologies; serves as a warranty of maintaining competitiveness of national economy in global scales of social-economic and technological development of world production. …”
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Understanding excess mortality during COVID in Belgium: the influence of pre-existing health status and social factors by Laura Van den Borre, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Sylvie Gadeyne, Katrien Vanthomme, Didier Willaert

“…Social characteristics included a proxy for low socio-economic status, nationality of origin, and living arrangement. Excess mortality during the COVID-19 crisis was measured by computing the relative difference between all-cause mortality in 2020 or 2021 and the average yearly mortality in 2015–2019. …”
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Association of composite dietary antioxidant index with mortality risk among adults with chronic kidney disease in NHANES by Jun Sun, Haoyu Yang, Aru Sun, Huifang Guan, Weinan Xie, Lin Han, Yu Wei, Xiaoyu Zang, Pengfei Xie, Xiaolin Tong, Yiqun Lin

“…This study included 6379 adult CKD patients from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2001–2018). …”
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THE PROBLEM OF TERRITORIAL ZONING OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS by V. A. Gorbanyov, B. I. Kochurov

“…It is shown that Ukraine, Kazakhstan and China represent the greatest environmental danger for Russia.Efficient geographical zoning is a necessary condition for improving the regional economy, and ultimately ensuring national security of the country.…”
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THE CAUCASIAN DIMENSION OF THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP IN 2009-2016 by P. A. Barakhvostov

“…This complex multi-aspect and long-term process constitutes an integral part of the effort to grasp new national and regional identities made by post-Soviet states. …”
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Evaluation of primary health care nurses’ knowledge and neonatal screening performance for phenylketonuria in Alexandria by Esraa Mohammed Abd El-Samie Ismail, Wafaa Mohamed Elarousy, Shaymaa Saeed Mohamed Badawe, Rasha Mohamed Abohadida

“…Abstract Introduction Nurses play a crucial role in the primary prevention of phenylketonuria (PKU) within national screening programs for newborns. This is achieved through consult with the child’s provider promptly to arrange a PKU test, accurate collection of blood samples at maternal and child health centers, enable early detection of potential cases. …”
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New Challenges Require New Solutions. Book review of ‘The Soft Power of the United Kingdom’ by E.M. Kharitonova by N. V. Yudin

“…Kharitonova, published by the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences. …”
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Analysis of tracheal, bronchial, and lung cancer attributable to respiratory system-related risk factors in 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2019 by Shiwen Yu, Liangwei Yang, Weiwen Xu, Tian Zhao, Liyuan Han, Guofang Zhao, Ting Cai

“…Material and methods Based on the results of the 2019 Global Burden of Disease study, we calculated and analyzed the estimated annual percentage changes (EAPCs) in the age-standardized disability-adjusted life year (DALY) rates and death rates of TBL cancer attributable to total and four individual risk factors globally, regionally, and nationally. Results From 1990 to 2019, the age-standardized DALY rate and death rate of TBL cancer only attributable to ambient particulate matter pollution increased globally, and in all Socio-Demographic Index (SDI) quintiles, except for high SDI quintiles. …”
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Assimilation of temperature and relative humidity observations from personal weather stations in AROME-France by A. Demortier, M. Mandement, V. Pourret, O. Caumont, O. Caumont

“…<p>Personal weather station (PWS) networks owned by citizens now provide near-surface observations at a spatial density unattainable with standard weather stations (SWSs) deployed by national meteorological services. This article aims to assess the benefits of assimilating PWS observations of screen-level temperature and relative humidity in the AROME-France model in the same framework of experiments carried out to assimilate PWS observations of surface pressure in a previous work. …”
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Pneumococcal vaccination in elderly care facilities in Japan: A cross-sectional, web-based survey by Youngju Kim, Hironori Taniguchi, Kotoba Okuyama, Junpei Kamimoto, Kenji Kawakami

“…Strategies such as increasing awareness and encouraging pneumococcal vaccine recommendation among managing directors, especially for residents not eligible for the national subsidy program, and providing regular training on the pneumococcal vaccine for staff and residents are required.…”
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Validism in the Elderly. Social Context and Functional Capacity by Mairovy Hernández Romero, Hilda María Delgado Acosta, Lourdes Elena Duany Badell, Belkis González Aguiar, Ismaray Sacerio González, Zenia Tamara Sánchez García

“…<strong>Foundation:</strong> aging is a fact that affects the entire world population, and considerably, the most developed countries, in which life expectancy has been increasing as reflected in the United Nations report. <br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to describe the social context and functional capacity in gerontos of clinic # 8 of Health Area I of the Cienfuegos municipality during the year 2022.…”
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Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Associated with Myrciaria dubia in the Amazonia Region, Peru by Alexandra Jherina Pineda-Lázaro, Adela Vallejos-Tapullima, Angel David Hernández-Amasifuen, Santos Carballar-Hernández, Sixto Imán-Correa, Fernando Marcelo Carvajal-Vallejos, Orlando Ríos-Ramírez, Mike Anderson Corazon-Guivin

“…For the morphological and molecular analyses of the AMF, samples of rhizospheric soil and roots from two native accessions of the National Germplasm Bank of M. dubia were collected. …”
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The effect of climatic variables on vegetation indices (Case study: Orange orchards in Hassan Abad, Darab County by ALI hashemi, Hojjatollah Yazdanpanah, Mehdi Momeni

“…MODIS images from 2006 to 2016 were referenced based on territorial data and 1:25000 maps from the Iran National Cartographic Center. These images were used to calculate remote sensing vegetation indices, namely the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and enhanced vegetation index (EVI). …”
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Studies on the Association of GCK and GCKR Polymorphisms with Susceptibility to Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Meta-Analysis by Hongxia Tu, Youyi Zhang, Mingyi Wang

“…Methods: In this systematic review, we retrieved data from PubMed, EMBASE, Medline, EBSCO, Cochrane Library, and Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) databases. …”
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Design of a public health emergency equipment system for bioterrorism events in public places based on literature review, scenario analysis and Delphi consultation by Xiaowen SUN, Yongzhong ZHANG, Chao ZHAO, Tianyang DENG, Song BAI

“…Second, with reference to national standards for the allocation of health emergency equipment, a preliminary plan for the equipment system was determined through literature analysis and market research. …”
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Observation and Simulation of Wind Speed and Wind Power Density over Bac Lieu Region by Hiep Van Nguyen, Pham Xuan Thanh, Nguyen Duc Nam, Nguyen Xuan Anh, Pham Le Khuong, Hoang Hai Son, Nguyen Tien Manh, Pham Chi Cong

“…The model initial and boundary conditions are from the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Final Analyses (FNL). …”
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Vision Related Quality of Life in Patients with Keratoconus by Sevda Aydin Kurna, Ahmet Altun, Tugba Gencaga, Sezen Akkaya, Tomris Sengor

“…The purpose of this study is to evaluate the vision related quality of life in patients with keratoconus by using the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire-25 (NEI-VFQ-25). …”
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