Quantifying the Impact of Dysmenorrhea Symptoms on Quality-of-Life and Access to Oral Contraceptives by Income by Rhea Choksey, Rohan K. Mangal, Thor S. Stead, Terrika Jones, Rosa Flores, Latha Ganti

“… # Objectives This study measures the reported impact of dysmenorrhea on patients' lives and elucidates a relationship between income and access to oral contraceptives…”
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Gender Differences in the Associations of Familial Social Support on Depressive Symptoms Among Older Adults in Rural Japan: The Shimane CoHRE Study by Takeshi Endo, Takafumi Abe, Mitsuya Morita, Minoru Isomura

“…Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that, for women, receiving emotional support from children living with them and providing instrumental support to separated children and relatives, and for men, receiving emotional support from separated children and relatives were significantly associated with a low odds ratio for depressive symptoms. …”
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The German Days of Dora Pejačević by Domagoj Marić

“…On both occasions, Pejačević lived in both cities: on the first occasion, she attended composition classes with composers who are largely forgotten today, Percy Sherwood and Walter Courvoisier. …”
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What Can Urban Gardening Really Do About Gentrification? A Case-Study of Three San Francisco Community Gardens by Guillaume Marche

“…Organized and informal garden projects are interventions in public spaces that improve the quality of residents’ lives and hence raise the question whether they heighten the gentrifying transformation of such neighborhoods, or whether they may support inhabitants’ resistance to being pushed out. …”
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Universality of human rights: general theoretical characteristics by Yu. A. Kholod

“…In essence, human rights cover a wide range of aspects, such as the right to life, liberty and security of the person, freedom of thought and expression, the right to education, work and an adequate standard of living. These rights are the basis for the development of a just and humane society. …”
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Indigenous landscaping and biophilic urbanism: case studies in Noongar Six Seasons by Agata Cabanek, Peter Newman, Noel Nannup

“…It will illustrate this in Western Australia using the Noongar People’s Six Seasons of distinct landscape each with importance for providing a living environment (shelter, food, medicine, and spiritual nourishment) and as a basic requirement for biodiversity management over 60,000 years. …”
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Mapping evidence on cryptococcal antigen infection among HIV-infected persons in sub-Saharan Africa- A scoping review protocol. by Khululiwe Dlamini, Boitumelo Moetlhoa, Astrid Turner, Kuhlula Maluleke, Tivani Mashamba-Thompson

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Infections of the central nervous system are a considerable basis of mortality in people living with HIV, with progression to cryptococcal meningitis documented at around 15% of HIV-associated mortality globally, with nearly three-quarters occurring in the sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Whole of Government: An Effective Strategy for Ensuring Child Support Post-Religious Court Rulings by Istiqomah Sinaga, Asmuni Asmuni, Dhiauddin Tanjung

“…This is a very important thing, considering that the life of children has now become more popular by government attention also in RPJMN 2020-2024 there are policies on improvements for unsurpassed quality of living for good to implement based multi dimensional multicultural sustainability and natural geography. …”
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An Intelligent Carbon-Based Prediction of Wastewater Treatment Plants Using Machine Learning Algorithms by Anwer Mustafa Hilal, Maha M. Althobaiti, Taiseer Abdalla Elfadil Eisa, Rana Alabdan, Manar Ahmed Hamza, Abdelwahed Motwakel, Mesfer Al Duhayyim, Noha Negm

“…Also, health risk due release of toxic contaminants brings problem to all living beings. At present, sensors are used in waste water treatment and transfer data via internet of things (IoT). …”
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Prophylactic mRNA Vaccination against Allergy Confers Long-Term Memory Responses and Persistent Protection in Mice by E. Hattinger, S. Scheiblhofer, E. Roesler, T. Thalhamer, J. Thalhamer, R. Weiss

“…Our data clearly indicate that mRNA vaccination against Phl p 5 induces robust, long-lived memory responses, which can be recalled by allergen exposure without side effects. mRNA vaccines fulfill the requirements for safe prophylactic vaccination without the need for booster immunizations.…”
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Evaluating News In Press About Konya In Context Of City Image by Nur Görkemli, Başak Solmaz

“…Moreover, the city is also very well-known in the world with one of the greatest philosopher, poet, theologian, and Sufi mystic Mevlana Jelaleddin Rumi, who lived most of his life in Konya. Every year nearly two million people from various cities and countries visit Mevlana Museum. …”
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Homosexual identity and network overlap predictors of HIV infection among older men from rural China: a case–control study by Yuan Li, Jia He, Yi Yang, Shuangfeng Fan, Jing Xi, ShiJiao He

“…Background The number of newly reported older (≥50 years old) people living with HIV/AIDS in China has been steadily increasing, and heterosexual transmission has been identified as the major route.Methods In this study, based on biopsychosocial model, a case–control study (74 cases vs 296 controls) was applied to find out predictors (21 potential ones) of HIV infection among older men from rural China. …”
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Clinical Factors Predicting Voluntary Driving Cessation among Patients with Parkinson’s Disease by Hidetada Yamada, Masahiro Nakamori, Tomohisa Nezu, Teppei Kotozaki, Juri Kitamura, Tomohiko Ohshita, Yoshimasa Sueda, Hirofumi Maruyama

“…Factors that influence the decision of voluntary driving cessation in patients living with Parkinson’s disease (PD) are still unclear. …”
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Thirsting for solutions: Unpacking inadequate water provision in rural communities by Sinazo Sixolisiwe Tshona, Sithenkosi Lungisa, Luluto Mgweba

“…As a result, 19% of those living in rural areas lack access to a dependable water source and 33% lack basic sanitation services. …”
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Classification, Processing Procedures, and Market Demand of Chinese Biscuits and the Breeding of Special Wheat for Biscuit Making by Xin Hu, Lejia Hu, Jing Zheng, Junkang Rong

“…With the improvement of living standards, consumers’ demand for wheat food is gradually diversified. …”
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Evaluation of the natural suitability of human settlements in the Western Sichuan Plateau region of China by Wang Feng, Haixia Lu, Mingshun Xiang

“…Thus, this study provides empirical evidence and theoretical direction for the establishment of ecological civilization in the Western Sichuan Plateau from the perspective of evaluation of natural suitability, which is crucial for promoting the area’s coordinated development and raising the standard of living for the local population.…”
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Development and validation of a dynamic nomogram to predict alexithymia in young and middle aged stroke patients by Tinglin Zhang, Feiyang Sun, Xiaodie Ma, Yaoyao Liu, Fangyan Li, Lei Zhang

“…Predictive factors for alexithymia, such as Activities of Daily Living (ADL) scores, social support levels, lesion location, educational background, and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) scores, were identified through univariate and multivariate analyses. …”
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‘O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: let the whole earth tremble before him’ (Psalm 96:9)

“… My main question in this article is: Is there a place and a future for persons who still hold to the centrality of Christ, or of Jesus of Nazareth, in their lives, but who are agnostic about what traditional Christianity would hold to be central points of dogma or even about the existence of what Cupitt and others have called an ‘objective God’? …”
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Defining harmful news reporting on community firearm violence: A modified Delphi consensus study. by Jessica H Beard, Evan L Eschliman, Anita Wamakima, Christopher N Morrison, Jim MacMillan, Jennifer Midberry

“…Twenty-one panelists were recruited from three expertise groups (lived experience of CFV, journalism practice, scholarship) and all panelists completed all three rounds. …”
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HDL Subclass Distribution Shifts with Increasing Central Adiposity by Nicholas J. Woudberg, Sandrine Lecour, Julia H. Goedecke

“…We therefore assessed changes in HDL subclass distribution over a 5.5-year free-living follow-up period in 24 black South African women. …”
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