Cultural & region-specific adaptation of KAP (Knowledge, attitude, and practice) tool to capture healthy lifestyle within primary care settings. by Ahmed Sameer Alnuaimi, Muslim Abbas Syed, Abduljaleel Abdullatif Zainel, Hafiz Ahmed Mohamed, Mohamed Iheb Bougmiza, Mohamed Ahmed Syed

“…<h4>Aim of the study</h4>To assesses the applicability and feasibility of the KAPS (Knowledge, attitude, and practice) survey in generating data about knowledge, attitudes, and practices about healthy lifestyles within eastern Mediterranean settings and providing foundations for testing other models or development of a newer model in this area which captures and influence behavior changes towards healthy lifestyles.<h4>Methods</h4>The KAP survey was tailored to capture the construct of healthy lifestyles (within the context of Qatar primary care settings) by reviewing existing surveys, adaptation to local context, expert consultation and feedback, pilot testing, feedback analysis, cognitive interviews and translation and validation.…”
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Influence of spousal educational disparities on intimate partner violence (IPV) against pregnant women: a study of 30 countries by M. D. Nahid Hassan Nishan, M. Z. E. M. Naser Uddin Ahmed, Saidur Rahman Mashreky, Koustuv Dalal

“…Education disparity emerged as a significant factor; lower-educated couples exhibit increased abusive behavior.…”
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Modulation Instability and Dynamical Analysis of New Abundant Closed-Form Solutions of the Modified Korteweg–de Vries–Zakharov–Kuznetsov Model With Truncated M-Fractional Derivativ... by Md. Shafiqul Islam, Md. Mamunur Roshid, Mahtab Uddin, Ashek Ahmed

“…The mKdV-ZK equation can be used to describe the behavior of ion-acoustic waves in plasma and the propagation of surface waves in deep water with nonlinear and dispersive effects in fluid dynamics. …”
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Lipodystrophy among HIV-Infected Patients Attending Care and Treatment Clinics in Dar es Salaam by Marina Njelekela, Rose Mpembeni, Alfa Muhihi, Nzovu Ulenga, Eric Aris, Deodatus Kakoko

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Fatigue crack propagation in short-fiber reinforced plastics by K. Tanaka, K. Oharada, D. Yamada, K. Shimizu

“…The influence of fiber orientation on the crack propagation behavior was studied with single edgenotched specimens which were cut from an injection-molded plate of short-fiber reinforced plastics of polyphenylenesulphide (PPS) reinforced with 30wt% carbon fibers. …”
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TepiSense: A Social Computing-Based Real-Time Epidemic Surveillance System Using Artificial Intelligence by Bilal Tahir, Muhammad Amir Mehmood

“…Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies have enabled researchers to develop tools to monitor real-world events and user behavior using social media platforms. Twitter is particularly useful for gathering invaluable information related to diseases and public health to build real-time disease surveillance systems. …”
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Influence of Parent Stressors on Adolescent Obesity in African American Youth by Lauren Allport, MinKyoung Song, Cindy W. Leung, Kellye C. McGlumphy, Rebecca E. Hasson

“…These relationships remained significant when adjusting for behavioral and psychosocial covariates. There were no significant relationships observed between other parent stressors and adolescent BMI or waist circumference. …”
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Study on the Diffusion Law of Fluidized Filling Gangue Slurry in Goaf of Coal Mine Underground by Baoning Wei, Qingxiang Huang, Dengdeng Zhuang, Xin Cao, Bo Hui, Xiao Zuo, Mengbo Zhu

“…Furthermore, the research identifies the flow characteristics of fluidized filling slurry as consistent with the Bingham fluid behavior. A calculation formula for determining the diffusion radius of the filling slurry within cracks is provided. …”
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The Deformation Mechanism of the Rings of Angular-Contact Ball Bearings During the Quenching and Tempering Process by Ruijie Gu, Yi Tong, Qiang Wang, Liaoyuan Chen, Ziyang Shang

“…Subsequently, the evolution of the stress, phase-transformation, and deformation behaviors of bearing rings during the quenching and tempering were studied in detail. …”
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Shear Strength and Pull-Out Response of Tire Shred-Sand Mixture Reinforced with Deformed Steel Bars by Beenish Jehan Khan, Irshad Ahmad, Hassan Nasir, Abdullah Abdullah, Qazi Khawar Gohar

“…Based on stress-strain behavior plots, it was indicated that the inclusion of tire shreds imparts ductility to backfill mixtures. …”
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A Facile Route to Fabricate CS/GO Composite Film for the Application of Therapeutic Contact Lenses by Pin Chen, Xin Wang, Jingyang Kong, Xiaohong Hu

“…Loaded drug amount in CS/GO composite film was a little larger than that in CS film, but without significant difference. The drug release behaviors from CS/GO composite film or CS film were investigated and revealed that the loaded drug could be controlled to release in the first hour. …”
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Impact of offensive-reward rules on young basketball players' performance during small-sided games. by Eduardo Abade, Bruno Figueira, Diogo Coutinho, Hugo Folgado, Catarina Moreira, Bruno Gonçalves

“…Conversely, the 3x3PASSES condition may be useful for promoting adaptive behaviors under a higher perception of effort. Thus, coaches should carefully choose the type of rewards when designing training tasks for youth basketball players.…”
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Development of subjectivity of future teachers in the course of professional training by Vera S. Gorynina, Il’dar M. Yusupov

“…Subjectivity of future teachers trained in colleges and universities should be considered as an adaptive quality of personality that requires creativity of mind and behavior. Debates about the psychological content of subjectivity, its types, and determinants of formation and change have not clearly defined it as a theoretical category of scientific psychology. …”
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Electroacupuncture Regulates Macrophage Polarization to Alleviate the Neuropathic Pain Induced by Spared Nerve Injury by Shi G, Hao X, Tu JF, Chen W, Fu Y, Ma X, Liu C, Li H

“…Immunofluorescence analyses were further performed to detect the effects of EA on interleukin-1β (IL-1β) expression and peripheral macrophage polarization.Results: EA attenuated pain behavior (P=0.002) and decreased inflammatory cytokines derived from macrophages (P=0.002 in the sciatic nerve; P=0.002 in the dorsal root ganglion, DRG) but not in Schwann (P> 0.05) or mast (P> 0.05) cells in SNI rats. …”
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Semantic communication aware reinforcement learning for communication fault-tolerant UAV collaborative control by ZHANG Yang, GU Hongyu, FENG Bohao, WANG Ran

“…By integrating the learned and predicted behavior patterns of the leader, the follower UAV was able to make informed decisions. …”
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A Quantum-Based Machine Learning Approach for Autism Detection Using Common Spatial Patterns of EEG Signals by S. Saranya, R. Menaka

“…Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) significantly impacts social communication, interaction, and behavior. Early diagnosis and timely intervention can improve outcomes by enabling tailored therapeutic strategies. …”
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Axiological concept of LAZINESS as an object of linguistics and psychology by Lili Wang

“…The methods of cognitive semantics made it possible to generalize the set of contextual meanings of the word; to reveal the repetitive structure of cognitive processes, in which patterns of understanding and thinking are reflected, to reconstruct such a Gestalt scenario: in the center of the simulated situation is a person who is negatively evaluated from the point of view of attitude towards laziness; assessment arises as a result of the discrepancy between the physical / psychological / psychophysiological state, character, behavior of a lazy person and the expected socio-cultural norm. …”
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Structural Alteration, Hydration Stability, Heavy Metal Removal Efficiency, and Montmorillonite Porosity Fate by Coupling the Soil Solution pH and a Thermal Gradient by Chadha Mejri, Walid Oueslati, Abdesslem Ben Haj Amara

“…Furthermore, all samples exhibit a heterogeneous hydration behavior traduced by the coexistence of different layers of type population within the crystallite. …”
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Disparities in Antenatal Care Visits between Urban and Rural Ethiopian Women by Senahara Korsa Wake, Abera Botore, Ahmed Mohammed, Kolato Gemede, Moyata Bariso, Urge Gerema

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An interpretable framework for inter-observer agreement measurements in TILs scoring on histopathological breast images: A proof-of-principle study. by Abdulkerim Capar, Dursun Ali Ekinci, Mucahit Ertano, M Khalid Khan Niazi, Erva Bengu Balaban, Ibrahim Aloglu, Meryem Dogan, Ziyu Su, Fugen Vardar Aker, Metin Nafi Gurcan

“…Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes (TILs), reflective of the immune response against cancer cells, are pivotal in understanding breast cancer behavior. However, inter-observer variability in TILs scoring methods poses challenges to reliable assessments. …”
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