The Bergen 4-Day Treatment for panic disorder patients in a rural clinical setting: a long-term follow-up study by Thorstein Olsen Eide, Thorbjørn Olsen, Hans Hansen, Bjarne Hansen, Stian Solem, Kristen Hagen

“…Methods A total of 58 patients were included using a naturalistic open-label trial design. Patients were assessed at 12-month follow-up. …”
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Adsorption of Volatile Organic Compounds and Microwave Regeneration on Self-prepared High-surface-area Beaded Activated Carbon by Shih-Ying Hsiao, Shu-Wen You, Can Wang, Ji-Guang Deng, Hsing-Cheng Hsi

“…The core kinetic parameters could provide insights for lab-scale or practical engineering scale design. In conclusion, this study demonstrates the excellent adsorption performance of SBAC and the feasibility of microwave regeneration of BACs.…”
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Validation of Indonesian Graves’ Ophthalmopathy Quality of Life Questionnaire and Its Association with Clinical Activity and Severity of Graves’ Ophthalmopathy by Cecilia Anggraini, Syntia Nusanti, Dicky Levenus Tahapary, Levina Chandra Khoe

“…Methods: The process of questionnaire validation involves transcultural adaptation and a cross-sectional design. The content validity index (CVI) and Cronbach’s alpha assessed validity and reliability, respectively. …”
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Potential of CoMn2O4 spinel as soot oxidation catalyst and its kinetics thereof by R. Nithya, Sunaina S. Patil, Hari Prasad Dasari, Harshini Dasari, S. Nethaji

“…These findings provide valuable insights into the design of efficient catalysts for soot oxidation, emphasising the importance of synthesis methods and surface characteristics.…”
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Effect of Counseling on the Knowledge and Attitude of Childbearing in Single-child Couples in Hamadan City, Iran: An Interventional Study by Sargol Shafiei, Batul Khodakarami, Farzaneh Soltani, Ghodratollah Roshanaei

“…Materials and Methods: An interventional study with a pre-test and post-test design was conducted in two groups, cases and controls, in 2022. …”
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The teacher's role in the interaction between software and mathematics education theories and its effect on the creativity of Sampad students by Seyed Mostafa Hamidi, Ali Zaeembashi, Mehrdad Namdari, Ashraf Karamzadeh

“…By using the Van Hiele’s Theory in mathematical education, by designing an educational scaffold and dialogue between the teacher and students and with the help of Variation Theory, the answer of the problem was guessed by several students and a creative student gave a complete answer. …”
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Obesity May Be Protective against Severe Perineal Lacerations by Diana Garretto, Brian B. Lin, Helen L. Syn, Nancy Judge, Karen Beckerman, Fouad Atallah, Arnold Friedman, Michael Brodman, Peter S. Bernstein

“…To determine if there is an association between BMI and 3rd- or 4th-degree perineal lacerations in normal spontaneous and operative vaginal deliveries. Study Design. We performed a retrospective case control study using a large obstetric quality improvement database over a six-year period. …”
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Macro Modeling of Column Removal in RC Frames with Consideration of Importance Factor and Infill Walls by Seyed Ali Hassanzadeh, Hamid Reza Ashrafi, Mehdi Komasi

“…For this purpose, RC building with the intermediate moment frame system for three levels of importance factor that these levels are intermediate, high, and very high IF is designed. OpenSees program is utilized for modeling RC frames. …”
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Fine-tuning d-p hybridization in Ni-B x cocatalyst for enhanced photocatalytic H2 production by Haoyu Long, Xidong Zhang, Zhenyi Zhang, Jianjun Zhang, Jiaguo Yu, Huogen Yu

“…This work provides insights into the optimal design of prospective H2-evolution catalysts.…”
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Prevalence and associated factors of probable depression amongst pregnant and parenting young females: a comparison of adolescents and young adults in rural South Africa by K. P. Seakamela, R. G. Mashaba, C. B. Ntimana, M. O. Mbombi, J. Tlouyamma, J. Tlouyamma, P. Mphekgwana, R. Nemuramba, K. Mothapo, L. Muthelo, L. N. Mabila, I. Dhau, E. Maimela, E. Maimela

“…Therefore, the current study aimed to identify the prevalence of probable depression and associated factors amongst pregnant and parenting young females.MethodThe study was a cross-sectional design, consisting of 362 pregnant and parenting adolescents and young adults aged 14–22. …”
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Validity and Reliability of Hospitalization Anxiety Scale Based on Parent Perception in Children Age 1-6 Years by Hermalinda Herman, Apiradee Pimsen, Lili Faria, Deswita, Okky Adelirandy, Rahmatika Amelda, Rahmi Ramadhan

“…The research used a descriptive-analytic research design with a cross-sectional study approach. The sample in this research were 34 parents taken by accidental sampling technique. …”
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Scope of work and contributions of female community health volunteers in Nepal’s healthcare sector: a qualitative study by Archana Shrestha, Biraj Man Karmacharya, Surakshya Kunwar, Sudim Sharma, Sabina Marasini, Anjali Joshi, Bandana Paneru, Akina Shrestha

“…Objectives To determine the perception of female community health volunteers (FCHVs) in terms of their scope of work, impact of work on their professional experiences and their coping strategies and stakeholders’ perception of FCHVs programme, their contribution to the health sector and its sustainability.Design A qualitative study involving in-depth interviews (IDIs) with FCHVs and key informant interviews (KIIs) with local stakeholders. …”
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Investigation on steady-state temperature field by a novel laminated tooth for multi-tooth in harmonic gear drive by Wang Shuyan, Chen Hongwei, Zhang Xinyi, Guo Shuming, Lin Zebin, Chen Bingkui

“…The innovation of this paper lies in the design of the temperature field of the flexspline laminated single tooth model by integrating the harmonic transmission principle. …”
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A Fatigue Driving Detection Algorithm Based on Facial Motion Information Entropy by Feng You, Yunbo Gong, Haiqing Tu, Jianzhong Liang, Haiwei Wang

“…We use FFV as an indicator to determine whether the driver is in fatigue state. Finally, we design a sliding window to get the facial information entropy. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Fragment Separation during Rock Cutting Using a 3D Dynamic Finite Element Analysis Code by Zhenguo Lu, Lirong Wan, Qingliang Zeng, Xin Zhang, Kuidong Gao

“…In the simulations, a damage material model and erosion criteria were used for the base rock, and the conical pick was designated a rigid material. The conical pick moved at varying linear speeds to cut the fixed base rock. …”
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Writing essentials and checklist of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine nursing ward round case report (中西医结合护理查房案写作要点和核对清单) by LI Ye (李野), GUO Hong (郭红), E Haiyan (鄂海燕), YE Zhenhua (叶振华), TANG Ling (唐玲)

“…Focusing on the purpose, organization, implementation and evaluation of nursing ward round, the checklist was designed to help nursing workers write high quality nursing ward round case report, and promote the standardization and application of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine nursing case report. …”
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Optical Coherence Tomography Findings in Idiopathic Macular Holes by Lynn L. Huang, David H. Levinson, Jonathan P. Levine, Umar Mian, Irena Tsui

“…To describe the characteristics of idiopathic macular holes (MH) on optical coherence tomography (OCT) and correlate OCT with clinical assessment. Design. Cross-sectional chart review and OCT assessment. …”
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Nonlinear conductive behavior of MoS2/PDMS composites for self-adaptive electrostatic protection by Hongfei Li, Zhaoming Qu, Yazhou Chen, Wei Cao, Kaihui Li

“…The electrostatic discharge experimental system designed to examine the ESD protection efficiency of MoS2/PDMS composites confirms that the composite can effectively achieve fast switching from the off state to the on state of electrostatic protection. …”
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Cannabinoid Receptor 1 Gene Polymorphisms and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and in Healthy Controls by Justyna Kuliczkowska Plaksej, Lukasz Laczmanski, Andrzej Milewicz, A. Lenarcik-Kabza, Anna Trzmiel-Bira, Urszula Zaleska-Dorobisz, Felicja Lwow, Lidia Hirnle

“…To determine the role of genetic variants of CNR1 in the etiopathology of NAFLD in women with PCOS. Design and Setting. Our department (a tertiary referral center) conducted a cross-sectional, case-controlled study. …”
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Genomic Analysis of a Serotype 5 Streptococcus pneumoniae Outbreak in British Columbia, Canada, 2005–2009 by Ruth R. Miller, Morgan G. I. Langille, Vincent Montoya, Anamaria Crisan, Aleksandra Stefanovic, Irene Martin, Linda Hoang, David M. Patrick, Marc Romney, Gregory Tyrrell, Steven J. M. Jones, Fiona S. L. Brinkman, Patrick Tang

“…A 15.5 kb genomic island was identified in outbreak strains, allowing the design of a PCR assay to track the spread of the outbreak strain. …”
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