The Association Between the Onset and Ending of Volunteering on Loneliness and Perceived Social Isolation Among Older Adults: Longitudinal Evidence From the German Ageing Survey by Avery Richardson, Hans‐Helmut König, André Hajek

“…Results In an asymmetric FE regression analysis that adjusted for a multitude of time‐varying covariates, an association was shown between the onset of volunteer work and decreases in loneliness (β = −0.07; p = 0.04) in older adults. …”
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Features of the formation of an effective mechanism of public administration of health care institutions in the context of medical care for military personnel by N. V. Humenna, N. M. Kalyniuk

“…It is found that ensuring the exercise of the right to health for every Ukrainian during martial law in equal proportions is a rather difficult task, but the availability of basic medical services, even if these services cannot be provided in full everywhere, is a rather good indicator for a country which has been at war for a long time. It is substantiated that the mechanism of public administration of healthcare facilities providing medical care to military personnel should be aimed at observing human rights in the field of healthcare under martial law to ensure the protection of public health, prevent suffering and minimise the consequences of the conflict. …”
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Impact of Out-of-pocket Costs on Varenicline Utilization and Persistence by Aaron Galaznik, Katherine Cappell, Leslie Montejano, Geoffrey Makinson, Kelly H. Zou, Gregory Lenhart

“…Generalized linear models and time-to-event analyses were conducted. **Results:** There were 142,251, 458,966 and 222,241 individuals in the low, medium and high out-of-pocket cohorts, respectively. …”
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Performance Evaluation and Optimization of 3D Gaussian Splatting in Indoor Scene Generation and Rendering by Xinjian Fang, Yingdan Zhang, Hao Tan, Chao Liu, Xu Yang

“…The key dimensions of focus included the number of images, rendering time, and overall rendering effectiveness. Subsequently, based on this comparison, rigorous qualitative and quantitative evaluations are further conducted on the overall performance and detail processing capabilities of the 3DGS algorithm. …”
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Effect of chikungunya, Mayaro and Una virus coinfection on vector competence of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes by Tessa M. Visser, Haidong D. Wang, Sandra R. Abbo, Chantal B.F. Vogels, Constantianus J.M. Koenraadt, Gorben P. Pijlman

“…Additionally, we show for the first time that Ae. aegypti is a competent vector for UNAV, and that dual infections do not influence vector competence. …”
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Estimation of the size, density, and demographic distribution of the UK pet dog population in 2019 by Kirsten M. McMillan, Xavier A. Harrison, David C. Wong, Melissa M. Upjohn, Robert M. Christley, Rachel A. Casey

“…We plan to repeat the described process, in order to provide ongoing estimates: allowing for the interrogation of changes to the UK pet dog population over space and time.…”
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Microsimulation models on child and adolescent health: a scoping review protocol by Filipa Sampaio, Claire de Oliveira

“…We will search PubMed (until 23 September 2024), Embase (until 18 September 2024), CINAHL (until 9 September 2024), PsyclNFO (11 September 2024), EconLit (until 9 September 2024) and Scopus (until 10 September 2024), with an update closer to the time of manuscript submission. We will also undertake snowballing, Google searches and searches on specific journal (eg, International Journal of Microsimulation) and websites (eg, https://www.microsimulation.ac.uk/) to complement database searches. …”
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Impact of IBR Location and Parameters on Inter-Area Oscillation Modes in Bulk Power Grids by Shuchismita Biswas, Xue Lyu, Quan Nguyen, Xiaoyuan Fan, Minghui Lu, Wei Du

“…It is concluded that oscillation mode changes are highly dependent on the grid location where synchronous machines are removed and/or IBRs are added, and the observed changes can be mitigated, to some extent, by tuning two of the GFM inverter control parameters, namely 1) the active power-frequency droop coefficient; and 2) the time constant of the active power measurement low-pass filter. …”
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Cystatin C Levels in Middle-Aged Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome by Kostas Archontogeorgis, Evangelia Nena, Christina Tsigalou, Athanasios Voulgaris, Maria Xanthoudaki, Marios Froudarakis, Paschalis Steiropoulos

“…Positive correlation was found between Cyst C levels and respiratory disturbance index (RDI) (r=0.240, p=0.039) and percentage of time with oxygen saturation <90% (r=0.290, p=0.02) and negative correlation was found between Cyst C levels and average oxygen saturation during sleep (r=-0.291, p=0.012). …”
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Innovation Mirage: The Role of Technological Uncertainty in Military Instability by I. A. Istomin

“…Therefore, an increase in the time lag between introduction of various arms can mitigate destabilizing effect.…”
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Molecular Detection and Phylogenetic Analysis of the alkB Gene in Klebsiella oxytoca Strains Isolated from the Gut of Tenebrio molitor by Tsitsi Lynn Mupamhadzi, Oleen Machona, Farisai Chidzwondo, Rumbidzai Mangoyi

“…The alkB gene sequence identical to fourteen alkB gene sequences derived from Actinobacteria whole genome was detected in Klebsiella oxytoca for the first time to the best of our knowledge. The novel nucleotide sequence was published in the NCBI database under accession number OP959069. …”
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Multispectral Polarization State Analyzer of Scanning Polarimeter ScanPol by Ivan Syniavskyi, Yevgen Oberemok, Yuriy Ivanov, Mikhail Sosonkin

“…The aim of the Ukrainian space mission Aerosol-UA is to create a database based on continuous satellite measurements of the optical characteristics of aerosol and cloud particles in the Earth’s atmosphere over a long period of time. The ScanPol polarimeter is designed to acquire spatial, temporal, and spectral-polarimetric measurements simultaneously to minimize instrumental “parasitic” effects and effects of “false” polarizations due to scene movement. …”
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Doctoral Studies in the Context of Global Trends: Problems and Key Factors of Development by M. V. Seroshtan, K. A. Artamonova, G. Z. Akimova, E. V. Berezhnaya, E. V. Seroshtan

“…The authors identify three groups of key factors: dynamic changes in the development of the state policy aimed at improving management in the field of training scientific and scientific-pedagogical personnel; developed ecosystem of educational and scientific organizations that provide doctoral education, including infrastructure, information, financial, organizational resources and scientific potential; doctoral students with interest and abilities in research activities, possessing a set of competencies necessary for the development of doctoral education. At the same time, such prospective tasks are considered as increasing reputational responsibility of organizations, which offer programs for training scientific and scientific-pedagogical personnel; forming effective system of targeted training in doctoral education; developing mechanisms for integration of science, higher education and industry by means of creating consortiums, the incentives for which are laid down in the “Priority 2030” university state support program.…”
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Entrepreneurial opportunity decisions under uncertainty: Recognizing the complementing role of personality traits and cognitive skills by Emmanuel Kwasi Mensah, Lawrence Adu Asamoah, Vahid Jafari-Sadeghi

“…Findings: The findings of this research provide a conceptual basis for a broader perspective on behaviors and cognitions that motivate or hinder entrepreneurial actions while at the same time, positioning the entrepreneur’s decision at the core of decision theory. …”
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Integrated analysis of dermatomyositis reveals heterogeneous immune infiltration and interstitial lung disease-associated endotype by Xinzhi Xu, Tianwen Qiu, Kexin Sun, Xue Han, Junxia Huang, Xiuyuan Wang, Jianchao Ge, Ji Yang

“…The identified biomarkers hold promise for determining an ILD-associated endotype and predicting clinical outcomes, thereby paving the way for timely management of DM and prevention of complications.…”
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POSITIVISM AND ITS ADVERSARIES: BRADLEY, COLLINGWOOD, NIETZSCHE AND HEIDEGGER by Evaldas Nekrašas

“…For Nietzsche, positivism is a philosophy of the weak man. At the same time he believes that positivism excels all previous philosophies and is a step leading to his own philosophy. …”
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One‐Day Forecasting of Global TEC Using a Novel Deep Learning Model by Sujin Lee, Eun‐Young Ji, Yong‐Jae Moon, Eunsu Park

“…For training, we use the International GNSS Service (IGS) TEC maps from 2003 to 2012 with 2‐h time cadence. Our model has two input images (IGS TEC map and 1‐day difference map between the present day and the previous day) and one output image (1‐day future map). …”
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Preliminary Results of the Kuznetsk Coal Basin Cover Deposits Radon Hazard Assessment by Timofey Leshukov, Konstantin Legoshchin, Elizaveta Baranova, Aleksey Larionov

“…The RAC was measured in two ways—by the sorption method on activated carbon and by the method of active sampling of soil gas from a borehole. At the same time, the role of meteorological conditions and the physical properties of the soil in the radon field was assessed. …”
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Validity of a smartphone application for self-monitoring psychiatric symptoms in patients with schizophrenia by Sung-Wan Kim, Jae-Kyeong Kim, Min Jhon, Ju-Wan Kim, Seunghyong Ryu, Ju-Yeon Lee, Jae-Min Kim

“…Significant correlations were observed between app-based ratings and formal assessments at all time points. ROC analysis for single-item self-ratings using the app yielded an area under the curve of 0.829 ( p  = 0.002), indicating good accuracy. …”
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Osteoprotegerin as an Emerging Biomarker of Carotid Artery Stenosis? A Scoping Review with Meta-Analysis by Jerzy Chudek, Marta Pośpiech, Anna Chudek, Michał Holecki, Monika Puzianowska-Kuźnicka

“…Atherosclerotic occlusive disease of the extracranial part of the internal carotid artery and related embolic complications are common preventable causes of ischemic stroke (IS), attributable to 7–18% of all first-time cases. Osteoprotegerin (OPG), a soluble member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR) superfamily, is considered a modulator of vascular calcification linked to vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and collagen production in atherosclerotic plaques. …”
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