Analysing individual racism portrayal in Hanna Alkaf’s novel The Weight of Our Sky by Shue Wenn Yeoh, Mansour Amini, Kam-Fong Lee, Hu Oumeng

“…Through thematic analysis, the study uncovers how Alkaf illustrates racial discrimination via the characters’ behaviors, interactions, and internal conflicts. The depiction of individual racism in the novel encompasses overt and subtle forms of prejudice, although it does not extensively delve into systemic issues. …”
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Perceptions of Biosimilars Among Healthcare Providers in Saudi Arabia by Mohammed Alqahtani, Ahmed Al-jedai, Albert Wertheimer

“…However, the logistic regression analysis indicated that behavioral, normative, and control beliefs were not significant predictors of the intention to prescribe or substitute biosimilars in either group. …”
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Bibliometric analysis of trends in dental management of the children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) by Kanwalpreet Kaur, Ravinder S. Saini, Syed Altafuddin Quadri, Gustavo Vicentis Oliveira Fernandes, Anna Avetisyan, Seyed Ali Mosaddad, Artak Heboyan

“…Research on autism spectrum disorder has grown substantially over the past few years, and the authors recommend that future research concentrate on creating effective behavioral techniques that will assist children with autism spectrum disorder in coping with dental treatment.…”
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Establishing a model of peer support for pregnant persons with a substance use disorder as an innovative approach for engaging participants in the healthy brain and child developme... by Florence Hilliard, Holly Horan, Aleksandra E. Zgierska, Renee C. Edwards

“…The HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study, a multi-site prospective longitudinal cohort study, will examine human brain, cognitive, behavioral, social, and emotional development beginning prenatally and planned through early childhood. …”
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Sensory seeking and its influence on sustained attention performance in adult males with Autism Spectrum Condition by Takashi Itahashi, Ryuta Aoki, Motoaki Nakamura, Haruhisa Ohta, Ryu-ichiro Hashimoto

“…Abstract Atypical sensory responses and seeking behaviors constitute the core symptoms of autism spectrum condition (ASC). …”
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Rotational Flocking with Spontaneous Directional Changes by Xiaolu Liu, Guanbo Shao, Yudong Tang, Duxin Chen

“…Consequently, the revealed decision-making strategy facilitates a comprehensive understanding of collective behavioral transition.…”
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Unveiling the Silent Threat: Exploring Hypertension Prevalence and Risk Factors Among University Students in Syria by Shuaib Alahmad, Abudlla Samman, Rawaa Al Kayali, Rawaa Al Kayali

“…This study aimed to measure the prevalence of hypertension and elevated blood pressure among university students and to identify the associated sociodemographic characteristics, and behavioral risk factors.MethodsThis study was designed as a cross-sectional investigation with 1,100 subjects randomly selected from the students of Aleppo and Al-Wataniya universities. …”
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Dysfunctional Attitudes in Alcohol Dependents: A Comparative Study by Görkem Karakas Ugurlu, Mustafa Uğurlu, Levent Turhan, M. Hakan Türkçapar

“…Objective: Cognitive behavioral theory provides a theoretical framework for understanding the etiology and persistence of pathological drinking, and a conceptual basis for developing clinical techniques to treat the disorder. …”
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Effects of Soil Quality Enhancement on Pollinator-Plant Interactions by Yasmin J. Cardoza, Gabriel K. Harris, Christina M. Grozinger

“…We studied the effects of vermicompost (earthworm compost, VC) soil amendment on behavioral and physiological responses of pollinators to flowers and floral resources, using cucumbers, Cucumis sativus, as our model system. …”
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Cognitive Emotional Regulation Model in Human-Robot Interaction by Xin Liu, Lun Xie, Anqi Liu, Dan Li

“…This paper integrated Gross cognitive process into the HMM (hidden Markov model) emotional regulation method and implemented human-robot emotional interaction with facial expressions and behaviors. Here, energy was the psychological driving force of emotional transition in the cognitive emotional model. …”
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Nonlinear Vibration Analysis for Stiffened Cylindrical Shells Subjected to Electromagnetic Environment by Xue-Qin Li, Guang-Chen Bai, Lu-Kai Song, Wei Zhang

“…The nonlinear vibration behaviors of stiffened cylindrical shells under electromagnetic excitations, transverse excitations, and in-plane excitations are studied for the first time in this paper. …”
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Prebiotic Geochemical Automata at the Intersection of Radiolytic Chemistry, Physical Complexity, and Systems Biology by Zachary R. Adam, Albert C. Fahrenbach, Betul Kacar, Masashi Aono

“…Connectivity across multiple levels imparts the potential to create and maintain far-from-equilibrium chemical conditions and to manifest nonlinear system behaviors best approximated using automata formalisms. …”
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US parent perspectives on teen caffeine intake: An opportunity for health care provider guidance by Sarah J. Clark, Acham Gebremariam, Sara Schultz, Lindsey Ewing, Susan J. Woolford

“…Purpose: To explore parental knowledge and behaviors regarding their adolescent's intake of caffeine to provide context as to what guidance from health care providers could be helpful for families. …”
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Evaluating the ability of large language models to emulate personality by Yilei Wang, Jiabao Zhao, Deniz S. Ones, Liang He, Xin Xu

“…Abstract For social sciences, recent advancements in Large Language Models (LLMs) have the potential to revolutionize the study of human behaviors by facilitating the creation of realistic agents characterized by a diverse range of individual differences. …”
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The Risk Factors of Alcohol Dependence Severity Due to the Pandemic: A Bayesian Approach by Selahattin Caner, Nihan Potas, Nilüfer Koçtürk

“…According to Bayesian estimation, the variables affecting the severity of alcohol dependence were found to be “gender + employment status + working hours + loss of a relative due to pandemic disease + pre-pandemic alcohol consumption + coronavirus disease 2019 Anxiety Scale + cogni- tive coping + behavioral coping + alcohol use disorder.” In conclusion, we should develop a total struggle in medical, psychological, and social fields to protect public health, revise existing alcohol addiction education programs specific to the pandemic and identify risk groups in terms of determined variables. …”
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Body Composition and Metabolic Syndrome Components on Lipodystrophy Different Subtypes Associated with HIV by Livia Bertazzo Sacilotto, Paulo Câmara Marques Pereira, João Paulo Vieira Manechini, Sílvia Justina Papini

“…In conclusion, despite anthropometric alterations related to HALS these individuals present, those are not accompanied with metabolic alterations. Strategies, as behavioral changes and disorders prevention, are important to decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease development.…”
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Designing a Cocreated Intervention with African American Older Adults for Hypertension Self-Management by Kathy D. Wright, Carolyn H. Still, Lenette M. Jones, Karen O. Moss

“…A semistructured interview guide was used to elicit feedback on self-management behaviors to cocreate an intervention with the participants. …”
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Bayesian Inference of Hidden Cognitive Performance and Arousal States in Presence of Music by Saman Khazaei, Md Rafiul Amin, Maryam Tahir, Rose T. Faghih

“…We decode the arousal and performance states from the skin conductance and behavioral signals, respectively. We derive an arousal-performance model based on the Yerkes—Dodson law. …”
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Detecting Subtle Cyberattacks on Adaptive Cruise Control Vehicles: A Machine Learning Approach by Tianyi Li, Mingfeng Shang, Shian Wang, Raphael Stern

“…While overt attacks that lead to collisions are more conspicuous, subtle attacks that slightly modify driving behaviors can cause widespread impacts, including increased congestion, fuel consumption, and crash risks without being easily detected. …”
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A Review of the Research and Development of High-Frequency Measurement Technologies Used for Nonlinear Dynamics of Drillstring by Lixin Li, Jin Wang, Yingmei Yu, Yifei Xing, Fengyan Zhang, Yi Zhang, Yanyan Li

“…High-frequency measurements can provide much more new insights for drillstring dynamics compared to traditional instruments, leading to a new realm of understanding of drillstring behaviors in great detail than before. In this paper, data acquisition tools with high-frequency sample rates and the data processing are introduced. …”
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