Cross-Cultural Gender-Based Investigation of Filipino and Chinese Facebook Users’ Disagreement Strategies by Joan C. Ravago, John Arvin V. De Roxas, Joel M. Torres, Daisy O. Casipit, Mercedita M. Reyes

“…Despite the participants shared cultural backgrounds, Chinese communicators demonstrate proclivity for indirectness, with more extensive linguistic features to save face and downtone their disagreements. …”
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The effect of a comprehensive intervention on anthropometric indices, dietary intake, and physical activity of adolescent boys with overweight by Fatemeh Sadat Hashemi Javaheri, Zahra Mousavi, Saeideh Mohammadi, Arezoo Amjadi, Khadijeh Abbasi Mobarakeh, Seyedeh Hayedeh Mousavi Shalmani, Mahdieh Torkaman, Masoomeh Alsadat Mirshafaei, Sara Khoshdooz, Zahra Saeedirad, Naser Kalantari, Parmis Mirzaei, Saeid Doaei, Nastaran Keshavarz Mohammadi, Maryam Gholamalizadeh

“…Abstract Background Non-communicable diseases in adulthood are reported to be strongly associated with adolescent obesity. …”
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Beyond COVID-19, the case for collecting, analysing and using sex-disaggregated data and gendered data to inform outbreak response: a scoping review by Simone E Carter, Shirin Heidari, Leah Zilversmit Pao, Marie-Amelie Degail, Marie Meudec, McKinzie Gales, Emelie Love Yonally Phillips, Christine Dubray, Clara Rodriguez Ribas Elizalde, M Ruby Siddiqui

“…A scoping review was conducted to provide an overview of the extent of sex-disaggregated data and gender analysis in outbreak response within low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).Methods Five databases were searched for peer-reviewed literature examining sex- and gender-specific outcomes for communicable disease outbreaks published in English between 1 January 2012 and 12 April 2022. …”
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Prescribed Minimum Benefits complaints: a five-year retrospective review by Lindelwa Mitchele Ngobeni, Lucky Moropeng, Evelyn Thsehla

“…Most of the complaints (43.6%, n=490/1124) were lodged by members themselves. Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) constituted most of the PMBs conditions that members complained about. …”
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Metabolically activated and highly polyfunctional intratumoral VISTA+ regulatory B cells are associated with tumor recurrence in early-stage NSCLC by Domenico Lo Tartaro, Beatrice Aramini, Valentina Masciale, Nikolaos Paschalidis, Francesco Demetrio Lofaro, Anita Neroni, Rebecca Borella, Elena Santacroce, Alin Liviu Ciobanu, Anna Valeria Samarelli, Federica Boraldi, Daniela Quaglino, Alessandra Dubini, Michele Gaudio, Gloria Manzotti, Francesca Reggiani, Federica Torricelli, Alessia Ciarrocchi, Antonino Neri, Federica Bertolini, Massimo Dominici, Pier Luigi Filosso, Franco Stella, Lara Gibellini, Sara De Biasi, Andrea Cossarizza

“…The computational analysis of intercellular communications that links ligands to target genes, performed by NicheNet, predicted B-T interactions via VISTA-PSGL-1 axis. …”
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Nomenclatural issues concerning cultured yeasts and other fungi: why it is important to avoid unneeded name changes by Andrey Yurkov, Artur Alves, Feng-Yan Bai, Kyria Boundy-Mills, Pietro Buzzini, Neža Čadež, Gianluigi Cardinali, Serge Casaregola, Vishnu Chaturvedi, Valérie Collin, Jack W. Fell, Victoria Girard, Marizeth Groenewald, Ferry Hagen, Chris Todd Hittinger, Aleksey V. Kachalkin, Markus Kostrzewa, Vassili Kouvelis, Diego Libkind, Xinzhan Liu, Thomas Maier, Wieland Meyer, Gábor Péter, Marcin Piątek, Vincent Robert, Carlos A. Rosa, Jose Paulo Sampaio, Matthias Sipiczki, Marc Stadler, Takashi Sugita, Junta Sugiyama, Hiroshi Takagi, Masako Takashima, Benedetta Turchetti, Qi-Ming Wang, Teun Boekhout

“…ABSTRACT The unambiguous application of fungal names is important to communicate scientific findings. Names are critical for (clinical) diagnostics, legal compliance, and regulatory controls, such as biosafety, food security, quarantine regulations, and industrial applications. …”
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Embedding Trust in the Media Access Control Protocol for Wireless Networks by Chaminda Alocious, Hannan Xiao, Bruce Christianson, Joseph Spring

“…The significant feature of TMAC is its ability to detect sender, receiver, and colluding node misbehavior at the MAC layer with a high level of accuracy, without the need to trust any of the communicating parties.…”
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What Matters in Psoriatic Arthritis: A Comparison of Patient and Clinician Perspectives by Philip J. Mease, M. Elaine Husni, Evan Siegel, Daniel E. Furst, Melissa Mcilraith, Vibeke Strand, M. Cameron Hay

“…These differential prioritizations highlight opportunities for improvement in patient–clinician communications and delineate the need for more patient‐centered research.…”
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CONTEMPORARY LINGUODIDACTICS: DEFINING GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING by T. K. Tsvetkova

“…At present the practical goal of foreign language teaching is formulated by linguodidactics in terms of competences. The communicative competence is treated as a key concept integrating all other competences. …”
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Multimorbidity clusters and associated health care cost among patients attending psychiatric clinics in Odisha, India by Priti Gupta, Solveig A. Cunningham, Mohammed K. Ali, Sailesh Mohan, Pranab Mahapatra, Sanghamitra C. Pati

“…Materials and Methods: Data were collected in the psychiatric outpatient department among patients aged 18 years and above in February-July 2019 (n = 500); follow-up data on non-communicable disease incidence were collected after 18 months. …”
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Application, opportunities, and challenges of digital technologies in the decarbonizing shipping industry: a bibliometric analysis by Guangnian Xiao, Lei Pan, Fengbo Lai

“…Future research regarding autonomous ships can further refine optimizing route planning and navigation safety, autonomous ship energy efficiency and emission control, maritime communications and navigation systems, ship electrification, and green design.…”
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The epidemiological and economic burden of diabetes in Ghana: A scoping review to inform health technology assessment. by Joseph Kazibwe, Mohamed Gad, Emmanuella Abassah-Konadu, Ivy Amankwah, Richmond Owusu, Godwin Gulbi, Sergio Torres-Rueda, Brian Asare, Anna Vassall, Francis Ruiz

“…Diabetes remains one of the four major causes of morbidity and mortality globally among non-communicable diseases (NCDs. It is predicted to increase in sub-Saharan Africa by over 50% by 2045. …”
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What are the barriers to the diagnosis and management of chronic respiratory disease in sub-Saharan Africa? A qualitative study with healthcare workers, national and regional polic... by Angela Obasi, Rachel Tolhurst, Kingsley Rex Chikaphupha, Miriam Taegtmeyer, Kevin Mortimer, Louis Niessen, Maia Lesosky, Jahangir Khan, William Worodria, Jamie Rylance, Lindsay Zurba, Imelda Bates, Stellah G Mpagama, Elizabeth Henry Shayo, Rose Oronje, Emmanuel Addo-Yobo, Brian Allwood, Hastings Banda, Amsalu Binegdie, Adegoke Falade, Bertrand Mbatchou, Beatrice Mutayoba, Nyanda Elias Ntinginya, Heather Zar, Eliya Zulu, Helen Meme, Uzochukwu Egere, Asma Elsony, Martha Chinouya, S Bertel Squire, Stephen Mulupi, Irene Ayakaka, Nicole Kozak, Elhafiz Abdalla, Rashid Osman

“…Objectives Chronic respiratory diseases (CRD) are among the top four non-communicable diseases globally. They are associated with poor health and approximately 4 million deaths every year. …”
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Promising Therapeutic Functions of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Derived-Exosome in Asthma by Jia-Ying Yuan, Xiang-Yun Wang, Zhi-Ying Tong, Yu-Chao Dong, Jia-Yi Zhao, Yi Zhang, Yan Shang

“…BMMSC-derived exosomes were considered as the dominant part of BMMSCs in cell-to-cell communications and playing curative effects. Points also hold that BMMSC-Exo could interfere with airway inflammation and airway remolding in asthma via modulating the immune response, regulating gene expression, adjusting the phenotype of macrophage, etc. …”
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Dissociation between Cerebellar and Cerebral Neural Activities in Humans with Long-Term Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss by Xiao-Min Xu, Yun Jiao, Tian-Yu Tang, Jian Zhang, Chun-Qiang Lu, Ying Luan, Richard Salvi, Gao-Jun Teng

“…The findings contribute to a growing body showing that auditory deprivation caused by cochlear hearing loss disrupts not only activity with the classical auditory pathway but also portions of the cerebellum that communicates with other cortical networks.…”
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Behavior of Mortality in Cienfuegos Province in the Period 2013-2022 by Jorge Enrique Portell del Sol, Dania Lázara Pedraza Alejo, Yusimí Alejo Padrón, Leticia Castro Morejón, Ling Denisse Santeiro Pérez, Yaniela Sarmiento Albelo

“…<strong>Foundation:</strong> in the last two decades there has been an increase in mortality in the world, caused mainly by chronic non-communicable diseases that cause a serious health problem. …”
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Study design and protocol of a low to high intensity computer-based cognitive training at home in supplement to standard care in patients with AD by Bernard Croisile, Samar Dimachki, Franck Tarpin-Bernard, Hanna Chainay

“…Results will be disseminated in oral communications or posters in international conferences and published in scientific journals.Trial registration number NCT04010175.…”
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Manajemen kepala Madrasah Ibtidaiyah dalam menumbuhkan pendidikan karakter religius pada era digital by Murni Yanto

“…The character of State Islamic Elementary School students has values that come from Pancasila, religion, culture, and national education goals, namely honest, tolerance, religious, discipline, cooperation, creative, democracy, independence, national spirit, curiosity, love for the country, friendly, communicative, respect for achievement, love peace, care for the environment, love to read, care about socially, and have responsibility. …”
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High-Frequency Power Reflects Dual Intentions of Time and Movement for Active Brain&#x2013;Computer Interface by Jiayuan Meng, Xiaoyu Li, Simiao Li, Xinan Fan, Minpeng Xu, Dong Ming

“…Active brain-computer interface (BCI) provides a natural way for direct communications between the brain and devices. However, its detectable intention is very limited, let alone of detecting dual intentions from a single electroencephalography (EEG) feature. …”
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An Analysis of Societal Determinant of Anemia among Adolescent Girls in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan by Nazneen Habib, Saif-Ur-Rehman Saif Abbasi, Wajid Aziz

“…The findings aver that anemia occurrence was significantly associated with the respondent’s and her parental education, economic well-being, prevalence of communicable diseases, menstrual disorder, exercise habits, meals regularity, and type of sewerage system.…”
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