Re-conceptualizing trafficking-in-persons victimization using latent class analysis: Results from a community study in Cape Town, South Africa by Annah K. Bender, Erica L. Koegler, Edna G. Rich, Nicolette V. Roman, Rumi Kato Price

“…We conclude by calling for a shift from a binary prosecutorial definition to a dimensional approach of identifying trafficking, guided by the understanding that such risks exist on a spectrum influenced by one's experience of human trafficking exploitation, and behavioral and social environment.…”
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YOLO-TC: An Optimized Detection Model for Monitoring Safety-Critical Small Objects in Tower Crane Operations by Dong Ding, Zhengrong Deng, Rui Yang

“…Ensuring operational safety within high-risk environments, such as construction sites, is paramount, especially for tower crane operations where distractions can lead to severe accidents. Despite existing behavioral monitoring approaches, the task of identifying small yet hazardous objects like mobile phones and cigarettes in real time remains a significant challenge in ensuring operator compliance and site safety. …”
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Effect of selected Indonesian plants on Giardia intestinalis in an experimental in vitro model by Radka Pecková, Karel Doležal, Bohumil Sak, Dana Květoňová, Martin Kváč, Ivan Petřík, Wisnu Nurcahyo, Ivona Foitová

“…These plants exhibiting promising anti-parasitic activity were selected on the basis of collected behavioral data and their ability to decrease parasite load in Sumatran orangutans. …”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of HIV Infection among Clients Attending ICTCs in Six Districts of Tamilnadu, South India by Rajeswari Ramachandran, V. Chandrasekaran, M. Muniyandi, K. Jaggarajamma, Anasua Bagchi, Supriya Sahu

“…To assess the HIV serostatus of clients attending integrated counseling and testing centres (ICTCs) in Tamilnadu, south India (excluding antenatal women and children), and to study its association with demographic, socioeconomic, and behavioral risk factors. Design. In a prospective observational study, we interviewed clients attending 170 ICTCs from six districts of Tamilnadu during 2007 utilizing a standard pretest assessment questionnaire. …”
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Relationship between mindfulness and self-control in deaf individuals: mediating role of inner peace and moderating role of life experience by Tong-Ao Zeng, Meng Xu, Han Zhu, Fu-Xiang Li, Xuan-feng Duan, Wen-Jun An, Fu-Yi Yang

“…This study, based on the Cognitive Behavioral Theory, developed a moderated mediation model to examine the mediating role of inner peace and the moderating role of group type in the mindfulness-self-control relationship. …”
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Renewable Energy Consumption Strategies for Electric Vehicle Aggregators Based on a Two-Layer Game by Xiu Ji, Mingge Li, Zheyu Yue, Haifeng Zhang, Yizhu Wang

“…In order to address the above problems, this paper proposes an electric vehicle aggregator (EVA) scheduling strategy based on a two-layer game by constructing a two-layer game model between renewable energy generators (REG) and EVA, where the REG formulates time-sharing tariff strategies in the upper layer to guide the charging and discharging behaviors of electric vehicles, and the EVA respond to the price signals in the lower layer to optimize the large-scale electric vehicle scheduling. …”
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Delayed Speech Dengan dan Tanpa Gangguan Pendengaran pada Anak Usia 6 Bulan sampai 3 Tahun di Jala Puspa RSPAL Dr. Ramelan Surabaya Periode 2017-2020 by Anthony Stephen Halim, Edward Limantara, Wienta Diarsvitri

“…Late or untreated delayed speech can be a risk for social, emotional, behavioral and cognitive problems in adulthood. Delayed speech is associated with hearing loss, mental retardation, autism spectrum disorder (OSD), bilingualism, and lack of psychosocial stimuli. …”
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Uncertainty Inspired Early Autism Spectrum Disorder Screening via Contrastive Image-Viewing Paradigm by Ying Zhang, Yaping Huang, Jiansong Qi, Sihui Zhang, Mei Tian, Yi Tian, Fanchao Meng, Lin Guan, Tianyi Chang

“…To tackle the difficulties, in this paper, we first propose an Uncertainty-inspired ASD Screening Network (UASN) that dynamically estimates the contribution of each stimulus viewed by different subjects, and secondly, we design a contrastive image-viewing paradigm and further collect eye movement data from preschool children to reveal the visual behaviors of ASD children accordingly. Specifically, in UASN, we estimate the uncertainty of each stimulus and use it for more efficient model training and a more simplified personalized diagnosis procedure. …”
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Low seismic shaking induced densification of large spoil heap composed with low-density particle material by Jian Lv, Tao Jiang, Shuangcheng Wang, Wei Huang, Shenghua Cui, Lihu Duan, Zhenfu Huang

“…To investigate the vibration-induced densification characteristics and deformation mechanisms of a low-density spoil heap under small seismic effects, a spoil heap located in western Sichuan Province was selected as the research subject, and a large-scale shaking table test was performed.MethodsThe settlement and acceleration response behaviors of the slope model during the vibration process were analyzed using three-dimensional point cloud data and acceleration time-history data, with horizontal and horizontal-vertical bi-directional seismic waves applied at progressively increasing amplitudes. …”
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Fosab, but not fosaa, plays important role in learning and memory in fish—insights from zebrafish gene knockout study by Qiuling Wang, Qiuling Wang, Qiuling Wang, Lixin Zhang, Lixin Zhang, Lixin Zhang, Chenyuan Zhu, Chenyuan Zhu, Chenyuan Zhu, Ke Lu, Ke Lu, Ke Lu, Jiaqi Wu, Jiaqi Wu, Jiaqi Wu, Xu-Fang Liang, Xu-Fang Liang, Xu-Fang Liang

“…We used CRISPR/Cas9 technology to generate fosaa and fosab knockout zebrafish models.Results: In this study, we discovered the brain weight marked reduction in fosaa−/− and fosab−/− zebrafish compared with the wild-type (WT) (AB strain) zebrafish. In the T-maze behavioral assay, the fosab−/− zebrafish took significantly more than the average time to complete the assigned trial as the increase in the days compared to WT zebrafish, while the fosaa−/− zebrafish did not show a notable variance. …”
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Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Brain Health Indicators in Cuban Preschoolers by Yaser Ramírez Benítez, Miriela Díaz Bringas, Rodneys Mauricio Jiménez-Morales, Ijang Bih Ngyah-Etchutambe, Linda S. Pagani

“…Secondhand smoke affects nearly 40% of children worldwide, leading to serious health and behavioral problems. Being neurotoxic, it poses potential risks for child health and learning. …”
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Influences of non-uniformly distributed forming loads on deformation sequence and texture evolution in tailor heat treated Al6014 blanks by Nan Xiang, Meng-han Yang, Wan-ting Sun, Tao Huang, Hai-rui Zhang, Peng-yi Wang, Fei-yang Cheng

“…In this study, to address these issues, a control strategy that utilizes non-uniformly distributed pressure (NUDP) to regulate the regional deformation behaviors of tailor heat treated blank (THTB) is proposed. …”
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Social Representations of Breast Cancer in Patients, Accompanying Relatives and Specialists by Maria Elena Reina Suarez, Yamila Ramos Rangel, María de los Ángeles Reina Sarmiento, Leonor Cisneros Pimentel, María del Rosario Lleó Moreno, Sara Soraya Naranjo Noda

“…<strong>Background:</strong> unveiling the social representations of breast cancer can bring professionals in the psychological sciences to understand attitudes, behaviors and the influences they exert on patients, family members and specialists. …”
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Harmonizing the past: EEG-based brain network unveil modality-specific mechanisms of nostalgia by Hu Shuxiang, Hu Shuxiang, Liu Ying, Liu Ying, Yue Qizong, Yue Qizong, Zhao Huan, Zhao Huan, Zheng Maoping, Zheng Maoping

“…An unresolved question regarding nostalgia is whether different channels of nostalgia input exhibit distinct mechanisms.MethodsThis study examined the emotional and neural effects of nostalgia using various sensory channels through behavioral experiments and electroencephalography (EEG) measurements conducted with college students in China. …”
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Pilot application of an inflammation and physiological dysregulation index based on noninvasive salivary biomarkers by Andrey I. Egorov, William Xue, Jason Kobylanski, Miyu Fuzawa, Shannon M. Griffin, Timothy J. Wade, Michael Nye

“…Results Participants recruited at subsidized public housing projects in Denver, Colorado, completed a sociodemographic, behavioral, and health questionnaire and used passive drool samplers to collect five saliva samples over the course of 1 day. …”
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Synergy of Environmental Education Programs at The Bodogol Nature Conservation Education Center, Complementing The Independent Curriculum at Junior High Schools by Hapriza Aprilia, Rinekso Soekmadi, Hadi Susilo Arifin

“…Background: The global environmental crisis needs fundamental changes in people's attitudes and behaviors towards sustainability. The Bodogol Nature Conservation Education Center (PPKAB) in Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park has significant potential to support environmental education but remains underutilized due to a lack of integration with school curricula. …”
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Analysis of Sunshine Temperature Field of Steel Box Girder Based on Monitoring Data by Hailin Lu, Jing Hao, Jiwei Zhong, Yafei Wang, Hongyin Yang

“…The results demonstrate that the heat conduction process of the steel box girder has distinct “box-room effect,” and it is of great necessity to consider both the actual weather conditions at the bridge site and the “box-room effect” of steel box girder when calculating thermal behaviors of bridge structures. Finally, it is related that the particular method proposed in this paper possesses a satisfactory application prospect for temperature field analysis upon various types of bridges in different regions.…”
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Predictors of irritability in pediatric autistic populations: a scoping review by Sara Alatrash, Sara Alatrash, Tithi Paul, Julia Carbone, Melanie Penner, Melanie Penner, Atena Roshan Fekr, Atena Roshan Fekr, Azadeh Kushki, Azadeh Kushki

“…IntroductionAutism is characterized by social communication differences and repetitive behaviors, affecting 1%–2% of children. Irritability is a disabling condition affecting 19%–80% of autistic children. …”
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Investigating the Effectiveness of the Rehabilitation Package on the Cognitive Flexibility and Social Interaction of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder Based on Executive Funct... by Elham Shafiee, Sogand Ghasemzadeh, Ali Akbar Arjmandnia, Saeid Hasanzadeh, Masoud Gholamali Lavasani

“…It is suggested that this program be used to enhance and enhance executive functions and mitigate behavioral symptoms in academic environments for children with autism spectrum disorder.…”
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Optimizing heat transfer in a finned rectangular latent heat storage system using response surface methodology by Mohammadreza Ebrahimnataj Tiji, Sina Rezaei, Khashayar Hosseinzadeh, Sami Kaplan, Pouyan Talebizadehsardari, Amir Keshmiri

“…The numerical simulations are performed using the enthalpy-porosity approach, wherein the phase transition behaviors are effectively modeled by incorporating the energy, momentum, and continuity equations into one analytical framework using the finite volume method. …”
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