Correlates of internalized stigma and antiretroviral therapy adherence among people living with HIV in the Volta region of Ghana by Jerry John Ouner, Rachel G. A. Thompson, Nutifafa E. Y. Dey, Robert Kaba Alhassan, Akua O. Gyamerah

“…Although this contradicts common narratives about stigma’s destructive effect, it is possible to promote good health-seeking behavior when the fear component of stigma is considered. …”
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The effect of offline student conferences on the levels of satisfaction, learning and performance of medical intern students on the basis of the Kirkpatrick’s educational model by Ezatolah Rahimi Rahimi, Nasrin Moghimi, Solmaz Derakhshan, Roonak Mohajerpour, Khaled Rahmani, Yadolah Zarezadeh

“…Nevertheless, it is necessary to evaluate its impact on the level of behavior.…”
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Application of a Knowledge, Attitude, Belief, and Practice Model in Pain Management of Patients with Acute Traumatic Fractures and Alcohol Dependence by Ying Dong, Hui Gao, Zheyu Jin, Jue Zhu, Hao Yu, Yingqing Jiang, Jun Zou

“…On this basis, the experimental group managed pain using KABP, including cognitive behavioral intervention, optimization programs, modification of personal beliefs, and behavior patterns. …”
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Rheological Properties of Cement Pastes with Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes by Gintautas Skripkiunas, Ekaterina Karpova, Irmantas Barauskas, Joana Bendoraitiene, Grigory Yakovlev

“…The cement pastes with and without MWCNT dispersion revealed the shear-thinning behavior during 120 min after mixing. The modification of cement pastes by PCE with and without MWCNT dispersion showed the shear-thickening behavior which remains during 120 min after mixing.…”
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Spatial Ecology and Movement of Ornate Box Turtles in the Escalating Drought Conditions of the Great Plains Ecoregion by Rachel E. Weaver, Thanchira Suriyamongkol, Sierra N. Shoemaker, Joshua T. Gonzalez, Ivana Mali

“…All turtles in our study exhibited homing behavior after the wildfire, but individual responses varied. …”
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Arsenic Retention on Technosols Prepared with Nanoparticles and Ferric Soil from Mine Drainage Water by Darío R. Bolaños-Guerrón, Viviana P. Sánchez-Gómez, Johanna Paz, Andrés R. Izquierdo, Carina Stael, María Balseiro-Romero

“…Besides, a mathematical model was developed using Vensim® to scale the process and predict the dynamic behavior of the adsorbent. Results indicate that adsorption behavior of technosol can be fitted to Langmuir isotherms (R2 > 0.9), with 95% of adsorption of As from an input of 4.5 mg/L. …”
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Integrative mindfulness-based infant parenting program: theoretical foundations and a novel intervention protocol by Or Burstein, Zipi Teshale Zevin, Ronny Geva, Ronny Geva

“…This program focuses on enhancing parental mindful observation, non-judgmental acceptance, and goal-driven behavior to strengthen the resilience of the parent-infant relationship. …”
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Trusted fuzzy routing scheme in flying ad-hoc network by Sahabul Alam, Joydeep Kundu, Shivnath Ghosh, Arindam Dey

“…In particular, assessing UAV behavior is still a crucial problem in this field. …”
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Fractional Electrodamage in A549 Human Lung Cancer Cells by Hilario Martines-Arano, Jose Alberto Arano-Martinez, Manuel Alejandro Mosso-Pani, Alejandra Valdivia-Flores, Martin Trejo-Valdez, Blanca Estela García-Pérez, Carlos Torres-Torres

“…The study identified a strong dependency of electrical behavior on frequency, revealing a critical role of fractional dynamics in the dielectric breakdown and susceptibility of A549 cells to voltage changes. …”
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Ultrafine dendritic Cu particles for extremely fast pressure-assisted sintering under air and pore-free bond lines by Sang Hoon Jung, Jong-Hyun Lee

“…These morphological changes in the dendrites directly affected the thermal behavior of the paste and the sintering behavior of the dendrites. …”
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Nutritional state-dependent modulation of insulin-producing cells in Drosophila by Rituja S Bisen, Fathima Mukthar Iqbal, Federico Cascino-Milani, Till Bockemühl, Jan M Ache

“…Accordingly, activating IPCs had a small, satiety-like effect on food-searching behavior and reduced starvation-induced hyperactivity, whereas activating DH44Ns strongly increased hyperactivity. …”
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Unprotected Sex with Injecting Drug Users among Iranian Female Sex Workers: Unhide HIV Risk Study by Khodabakhsh Ahmadi, Majid Rezazade, Mohammad Nafarie, Babak Moazen, Mosaieb Yarmohmmadi Vasel, Shervin Assari

“…Age, marital status, living condition, HIV knowledge, and perceived behavioral control did not affect the odds of FSWs having sex with IDUs. …”
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Interacting Large Language Model Agents Bayesian Social Learning Based Interpretable Models by Adit Jain, Vikram Krishnamurthy

“…Because interacting LLMAs learn from both prior decisions and external inputs, they can exhibit bias and herding behavior. Thus, developing interpretable models and stochastic control algorithms is essential to understand and mitigate these behaviors. …”
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Improving the Physical Properties of Nanofibers Prepared by Electrospinning from Polyvinyl Chloride and Polyacrylonitrile at Low Concentrations by Salih Abbas Habeeb, Baseem Ali Nadhim, Ban Jawad Kadhim, Mohammed Salam Ktab, Ali Jawad Kadhim, Farqad Saleem Murad

“…On the other hand, changing of the nanofiber behavior from hydrophobicity to hydrophilic increased the PAN content in PVC: PAN blends. …”
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Novel MFSD8 Variants in a Chinese Family with Nonsyndromic Macular Dystrophy by Qin Xiang, Yanna Cao, Hongbo Xu, Zhijian Yang, Liang Tang, Ju Xiang, Jianming Li, Hao Deng, Lamei Yuan

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Aspects of Studying Self-Adjustment of Mental States of the Employees of Internal Affairs Agencies of Ukraine within Professional Activity by T. L. Bilous

“…The author of the article describes how to possess various techniques of mental self-regulation, which allow to optimize the mental states and behavior of police officers in extreme situations. …”
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Can geopolymer mixture be a solution for utilizing waste glass and basic oxygen furnace slag as aggregates? by Manap Islambek, Galymzhankyzy Anel, Omarova Zhaniya, Ualiyev Dulat, Temirbekov Doszhan, Shon Chang-Seon, Zhang Dichuan, Kim Jong Ryeol

“…The samples prepared for testing expansion behavior were cured under 2 conditions: water submersion and 1M NaOH solution submersion, both maintained at 80°C. …”
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e-Cadherin in 1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-Induced Parkinson Disease by Samuela Cataldi, Michela Codini, Stéphane Hunot, François-Pierre Légeron, Ivana Ferri, Paola Siccu, Angelo Sidoni, Francesco Saverio Ambesi-Impiombato, Tommaso Beccari, Francesco Curcio, Elisabetta Albi

“…The possibility that the overexpression of the e-cadherin might be implicated in the anti-inflammatory reaction to MPTP treatment by influencing the behavior of the other analyzed molecules is discussed.…”
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Numerical Shear Tests on the Scale Effect of Rock Joints under CNL and CND Conditions by Xige Liu, Wancheng Zhu, Lankun Li

“…The scale effect of rock joint shear behavior is an important subject in the field of rock mechanics. …”
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Role of estuarine natural flocculation process in removal of Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn by S. Hassani, A.R. Karbassi, M. Ardestani

“…The flocculation rate of Ni (25%) > Zn (18.59%) > Cu (16.67%) > Mn(5.83%) > Pb(4.86%)  indicates that lead and manganese have relatively conservative behavior but nickel, zinc and copper have non-conservative behavior during Sardabroud River’s estuarine mixing. …”
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