Workaholism, work engagement, and affective commitment: relationships to self-concept levels and work outcomes by Marie-Colombe Afota, Véronique Robert, Christian Vandenberghe

“…In such context, the notion of heavy work investment, an umbrella construct that subsumes different forms of investment of the self into the work domain, warrants scholarly attention as it may have both a bright and dark side for individuals. …”
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Study on Catastrophe Instability of Support System in Gypsum Goaf Based on Energy Dissipation Theory by Yuejin Zhou, Xiaoding Xu, Xiaotong Li, Meng Li, Yugui Yang

“…Therefore, this study constructed a pillar-beam support system which contained pillar plastic zones. …”
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Prognostic value of atherogenic index of plasma in pulmonary hypertension by Meng-Qi Chen, An Wang, Chuan-Xue Wan, Bin-Qian Ruan, Jun Tong, Jie-Yan Shen

“…Four potential prognostic variables, including AIP, were identified by LASSO regression to construct a nomogram. Compared to the model minus AIP, the AUC of the nomogram displayed a non-significant improvement (0.749 vs. 0.788, p = 0.298). …”
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'once they see blood then the mood for sex is spoiled' A qualitative exploration of female sex worker's male client views of menstruation, sex during menses and the menstrual disc. by Edyth Osire, Sophie Young, Enid Awiti, Cynthia Akinyi, Fredrick Otieno, Penelope A Phillips-Howard, Supriya D Mehta, Linda Mason

“…Little is known about men's knowledge and views, specifically around sex during menstruation with FSW, a population who are particularly vulnerable to violence which may be heightened during menses. To identify constructs for successful and safe menstrual disc implementation we sought to identify knowledge and attitudes towards menstruation among male clients of FSW, including views on FSW menstrual disc use during intercourse. …”
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Functional Improvements by Controlled Suture Tension in Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair by Shinji Imai, MD, PhD

“…A separate group of 37 patients was treated with the same suture construct, but the sutures were tensioned by maximum manual pulling (mean tension, 36.1 N; group B). …”
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Combined Open-Slot and Monopole 8 × 8 High-Isolation Broadband MIMO Antenna System for Sub-6 GHz Terminals by Jie Guo, Shaoqing Zhang, Chong-Zhi Han, Liang Zhang

“…Second, a dual antenna pair is constructed by placing the two antenna elements with an edge-to-edge distance of 27 mm in a mirror image placement; the 8 × 8 MIMO antenna system is brought about by symmetrically disposing four such antenna pairs with an edge-to-edge distance of 47 mm. …”
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Pain medication tapering for patients with Persistent Spinal Pain Syndrome Type II, treated with Spinal Cord Stimulation: A RCT-study protocol of the PIANISSIMO study. by Maarten Moens, Cleo Lina Crunelle, Koen Putman, Elke Wuyts, Frenn Bultinck, Hubert Van Puyenbroeck, PIANISSIMO consortium, Lisa Goudman

“…The secondary outcomes are pain intensity, health-related quality of life, participation, domains affected by substance use, anxiety and depression, medication usage, psychological constructs, sleep, symptoms of central sensitization, and healthcare expenditure.…”
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Introduction of Powder Fluxes in Rotary Degassing System Towards Intensifying Refining Process of Aluminium Alloys by M. Piękoś, Z. Smorawiński

“…This paper presents and describes the research capabilities of a prototype experimental bench for realising the composite processing of liquid aluminium alloys by involving gas refining by rotary degassing technology and refining with salts (fluxes) in powder form. The constructed unit was installed in the Experimental Foundry of the Faculty of Foundry Engineering at AGH in the Department of Moulding Processes, Mould Technology, and Non-Ferrous Metals Foundry; it is an integral part of a thyristor-based medium-frequency induction furnace with a melting capacity of up to 60 kg for aluminium alloys. …”
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Evaluation of Regional Rural e-Commerce Development Potential with Intuitive Fuzzy Information Theory by Tao Yang

“…The index system of influencing factors of rural e-commerce development is constructed through data collection and so on. After that, this study adopts the regional fuzzy information theory to evaluate the potential of rural e-commerce development, so as to obtain the main influencing factors of rural e-commerce development.…”
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The reliability of talonavicular uncoverage to indicate forefoot abduction in progressive collapsing foot deformity: a finite element analysis by Yulin Wei, Hua Liu, Can Xu

“…Methods Seven subject-specific flatfoot models were constructed based on previous study. Finite element analysis was conducted to simulate stress distribution and contact characteristics in PCFD. …”
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CT-based nomogram predicts esophageal gastric variceal bleeding in noncirrhotic portal hypertension caused by hepatic schistosomiasis by Wei Cheng, Ke-Ying Wang, Wen-Qiang Li, Yao Li, Xiao-Yan Li, Shuai Ju

“…Abstract Background To construct a nomogram combining CT varices vein evaluation and clinical laboratory tests for predicting the risk of esophageal gastric variceal bleeding (EGVB) in patients with noncirrhotic portal hypertension (NCPH). …”
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Heterozygous pathogenic STT3A variation leads to dominant congenital glycosylation disorders and functional validation in zebrafish by Linxue Meng, Zhixu Fang, Li Jiang, Yinglan Zheng, Siqi Hong, Yu Deng, Lingling Xie

“…Methods The variant was identified via trio whole-exome sequencing. We constructed wild-type and variant plasmids, transfected them into HEK293T cells and detected the expression levels of the STT3A protein. …”
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OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCE, PURE BEING AND METAPHYSICS by I. V. Karivets

“…As a result of such experience appear, for instance, Plato’s metaphysics, Descartes’ metaphysics, and the Christian mysticism of Bonaventure, which theoretical constructs are deriving from experience of pure being (light). …”
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The language use Inventory-Persian: report of the psychometric properties by Mahbubeh Nakhshab, Ali Asgary, Akram Ahmadi

“…Next, different psychometric properties including item analysis, validity (content, face, and construct), and reliability (test-retest and internal consistency) were investigated. …”
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Study on the Triggered Discharge Characteristics of Sphere Gaps for Protecting Transformer Neutral Point by Hongyan Nie, Pengfei Wang, Qingguo Chen, Zhen An, Zhixun Li

“…A finite element simulation model of the studied switch was constructed, and the electric field distribution pattern of the 125 mm diameter spark sphere gap switch when got the maximum range of the working voltage was obtained. …”
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SSMM-DS: A semantic segmentation model for mangroves based on Deeplabv3+ with swin transformer by Zhenhua Wang, Jinlong Yang, Chuansheng Dong, Xi Zhang, Congqin Yi, Jiuhu Sun

“…Using Deeplabv3+ as the basic framework, we first constructed a data concatenation module to improve the contrast between mangroves and other vegetation or water. …”
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Characterizations of cytokines and viral genomes in serum of patients with Dabie bandavirus infection by Zefeng Dong, Man Yuan, Yueping Xing, Hongkai Zhang, Qiang Shen

“…Phylogenetic trees for the L, M, and S segments of Dabie bandavirus were constructed using the maximum likelihood (ML) method in MEGA 11 software, with the bootstrap value set at 1,000.ResultsAll 10 patients with Dabie bandavirus infection exhibited a severe clinical course, resulting in three fatalities. …”
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Hemoglobin A1c to Detect Prediabetes or Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in a Rural Population of Wardha District in India by Shilpa Gaidhane, Ranjit Sah, Quazi Syed Zahiruddin, Nazli Khatib, Shital Telrandhe, Sonali Choudhari, Abhay Gaidhane

“…Receiver Operating Characteristics (ROC) were constructed for HbA1c against gold standard fasting plasma glucose and 2-h-postload glucose to determine diagnostic accuracy and cut-point values for prediabetes and T2DM. …”
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Reclaiming Subsidized Land: An Evaluation of Coal Gangue Interlayers by Yuling Gong, Zhenqi Hu, Kevin McSweeney

“…Two control treatments and eight experimental treatments were constructed. All treatments had a 30 cm surface layer of topsoil. …”
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Identification of biomarkers associated with coronary artery disease and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by bioinformatics analysis and machine learning by Chuan Lu, Mei Han, Qiqi Ma, Li Ying, Yue Zhang

“…Protein–protein interaction (PPI) network was constructed with common DEGs (co-DEGs), and hub genes were screened by Maximal Clique Centrality (MCC) algorithm. …”
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