Individual and Environmental Impacts on Sexual Health of Caribbean youth by Sarah J. Lerand, Marjorie Ireland, Robert W. Blum

“…Depressed mood was not correlated with any of the outcome variables.The findings of the study demonstrate an association between individual and socioenvironmental factors and sexual health behaviors in the lives of Caribbean youth. Strong associations between rage and physical/sexual abuse and risky sexual behaviors are of notable concern.…”
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Basic reproduction number for certain infectious porcine diseases: estimation of required level of vaccination or depopulation of susceptible animals by V. M. Gulenkin, F. I. Korennoy, A. K. Karaulov

“…The necessary conditions for wild boar depopulation aimed to prevent new African swine fever outbreaks are identified, namely, the elimination of at least 75% of the wild boar population living in the risk zone within the period of time equal to one infectious period.…”
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An Atypical Presentation of a Male with Oral-Facial-Digital Syndrome Type 1 Related Ciliopathy by Sheena Sharma, Jennifer M. Kalish, Ethan M. Goldberg, Francis Jeshira Reynoso, Madhura Pradhan

“…He is currently on chronic hemodialysis awaiting transplant from a living donor. Conclusions. We present a male patient with OFD1 mutation who lacks the classic OFD1 phenotype who presented with end-stage renal disease without evidence of polycystic changes within the kidneys.…”
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Family Profile of Substance Addicted Individuals by Fatmanur Alsancak, Hülya Yıldız, Hüseyin Zahid Kara, Hasan Hüseyin Taylan, Yusuf Genç

“…In this study, the profiles of the families of substance addicts living in Sakarya were revealed by adopting a descriptive screening model, and it was aimed to make some concrete suggestions about this by examining the effects of family characteristics on addicted people. …”
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An Enhanced Drone Technology for Detecting the Human Object in the Dense Areas Using a Deep Learning Model by Mohamad Reda A. Refaai, Dhruva R. Rinku, I. Thamarai, null S. Meera, Naresh Kumar Sripada, Simon Yishak

“…Traditional firefighting methods, which rely on ground operation inspections, have major limits and may threaten firefighters’ lives. As a result, remote sensing techniques, particularly UAV-based remotely sensed techniques, are currently among the most sought-after wildfire-fighting approaches. …”
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Perceived Burden and Healthy Lifestyle Behavior in Family Caregivers of the Persons with Disabilities in Bukhara by Hülya YÜCEL, Nurhayat KORKMAZ

“…The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between perceived caregiver burden and healthy lifestyle behavior in family members caring for young persons living with disabilities under the age of 24 years. …”
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Teacher’s Challenges towards Online Learning in Pandemic Era by Elsa Rosalina, Nasrullah Nasrullah, Eka Puteri Elyani

“…The findings of this research are most of the teachers agree that the challenges to applying online learning are in facilitation such as internet connection, quota, the places of home living, and the process of online learning itself such as the teacher’s less in technology for designing interesting online learning activities, less communicative, lack of interaction, and fostering an effective online learning climate and for the strength and the weakness of online learning activities most of the teachers agree that the strength of online learning is flexible in time and place, thus the teaching and learning can conduct everywhere and anytime, for the weakness the teacher agree that online learning can’t conduct maximal pedagogy process in learning activities.     …”
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Gut and intraocular fluid dysbiosis in people with type 2 diabetes-related retinopathy in India: A case for further research by Taraprasad Das, Brijesh Takkar, Shalem R Padakandala, Sisinthy Shivaji

“…Given these unique observations in individuals living in one region of India, further research involving people from different regions is required to identify indices for possible regional or global use.…”
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Qualitative and Quantitative Microbiological Studies of Paediatric Artemether-Lumefantrine Dry Powders and Paracetamol Syrups Obtained from Selected Drug Stores in Accra, Ghana by Solomon Opoku, Isaac Nyanor

“…Infants and children under five years generally have high susceptibility to pathogenic and opportunistic infections due to immaturity and inexperience of their immune responses. The lives of these young children are threatened when they consume pharmaceutical preparations of poor microbiological quality. …”
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The impact of emotional distress on suicidal ideation in head and neck cancer patients: A review by Priya Baluni, Ravindra Singh, Rishima Bhutani, Anushka Mishra

“…Suicide is a notable cause of mortality worldwide, with cancer patients having almost double the rate of suicide deaths compared to the general US population. Living with head and neck cancer is psychologically and emotionally distressing for the patient. …”
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Gapped phases with non-invertible symmetries: (1+1)d by Lakshya Bhardwaj, Lea E. Bottini, Daniel Pajer, Sakura Schafer-Nameki

“…The approach that we propose uses the Symmetry Topological Field Theory (SymTFT) as a key input: associated to a field theory in $d$ spacetime dimensions, the SymTFT lives in one dimension higher and admits a gapped boundary, which realizes the categorical symmetries. …”
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Sensitization to nsLTP: A Retrospective Study in An Italian Pediatric Population over the Last Decade by Cristiana Indolfi, Giulio Dinardo, Angela Klain, Marcella Contieri, Giuseppina Rosaria Umano, Fabio Decimo, Salvatore Abbadessa, Carolina Vitulano, Giorgio Ciprandi, Michele Miraglia del Giudice

“…However, there is poor knowledge about its prevalence and clinical manifestation in children living in the Mediterranean. Materials and Methods. …”
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Machine learning for predicting Chagas disease infection in rural areas of Brazil. by Fabio De Rose Ghilardi, Gabriel Silva, Thallyta Maria Vieira, Ariela Mota, Ana Luiza Bierrenbach, Renata Fiuza Damasceno, Lea Campos de Oliveira, Alexandre Dias Porto Chiavegatto Filho, Ester Sabino

“…<h4>Methods</h4>In this study, we developed machine learning algorithms to predict the risk of Chagas disease based on five general factors: age, gender, history of living in a mud or wooden house, history of being bitten by a triatomine bug, and family history of Chagas disease. …”
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ROMANIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OF 2020. A CASE STUDY OF THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND THE CHALLENGES OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC by Marius-George COJOCARU

“…We paid special attention to the way elections are organized for the citizens living abroad, both in the polling stations set up with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but also to voting by mail.…”
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Cytokine and eicosanoid regulation by Schistosoma mansoniduring LSE penetration by A. C. Fusco, B. Salafsky, T. Shibuya

“…Cercarial penetration, in low to moderate numbers, does not cause a normal skin inflammatory response; therefore, the authors sought to determine whether cercariae can down-regulate keratinocyte activation and thus the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines and eicosanoids. Human living skin equivalent (LSE, Organogenesis) consisting of dermal, epidermal and stratum corneum-like layers was used as the skin substrate. …”
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The impact of obstetric violence on postpartum quality of life through psychological pathways by Shahnaz Kohan, Desirée Mena-Tudela, Samaneh Youseflu

“…Abstract Pregnancy and childbirth as important events in women’s lives should be guided based on quality and humanized principles. …”
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Meteorological-Hydrological-Agricultural Drought Analysis of Devegeçidi Reservoir by Nermin Şarlak, Abdullah Muratoğlu, Şahnaz Tiğrek

“…The reservoir has been a feeding and breeding ground for migratory birds and some other living ecosystems for many years. However, from time to time, the water volume in the reservoir decreased to a level that could not meet the irrigation water demand and water had to be supplemented from other dams on the Tigris River. …”
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Resilience, coping strategies, and disaster experience: a path analysis of preparedness and avoidance in Taiwan by Yi-Ling Wu, Tsai-Wen Lin, Jason Lam, Samuel S. C. Wang, Herman H. M. Lo

“…Across all models, problem-solving, assertiveness, and living with family consistently predicted higher preparedness, while income consistently predicted lower denial and avoidance behaviors. …”
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Multifunctional Graphdiyne Enables Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells via Anti-Solvent Additive Engineering by Cong Shao, Jingyi He, Jiaxin Ma, Yirong Wang, Guosheng Niu, Pengfei Zhang, Kaiyi Yang, Yao Zhao, Fuyi Wang, Yongjun Li, Jizheng Wang

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Vocational Bias: A Potential Pitfall in the Use of Key Informant Interviews in Pediatric Community Needs Assessments by Kimberly Northrip, Candice Chen, Jennifer Marsh

“…No difference was observed in response type between those who had lived in the community at some point and those who had not. …”
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