Knowledge and Attitudes About Emergency Contraception Among Married Women in the Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey by Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Ülkü Mete Ural, Işık Üstüner, Gülşah Balık, Figen Kır Şahin, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven

“…We aimed to evaluate the knowledge level of reproductive aged women about EC pills and its relation to the contraceptive attitudes and personal characteristics. STUDY DESIGN: A cross-sectional prospective study conducted in a university hospital in Turkey. …”
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Intelligence Based Controlling Models for Effective Power Tracking and Voltage Enhancement in Grid-PV Systems by I. E. S. Naidu, T. Padmavathi, S. Venkata Padmavathi, Budidi U. Kumar

“…The underlying research work is focused on enhancement in the efficiency and voltage gain for solar PV systems with the help of designing a novel regulating framework that includes advanced converter topologies integrated with intelligent control techniques. …”
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A Fast Testing Method to Objectively Quantify the Stiffness of Stability Boots by Simon Bürgi, Judith Roost, Marco R. Hitz, Peter Schwilch, William R. Taylor, Silvio Lorenzetti

“…For comparing different stability shoe designs and prototypes, a reliable and fast testing method (FTM) is required. …”
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Modulation of Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cell Transcriptome by G-CSF Stimulation by Luz M. Avila-Portillo, Fabio Aristizabal, Angela Riveros, Martin C. Abba, Diego Correa

“…Collectively, these data suggest a direct modulatory effect of G-CSF on ADSC function, potentially altering their therapeutic capacity and thus the design of future clinical protocols.…”
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Identification of emerging harms due to COVID-19 outbreak: a qualitative study in Iran by Sina Ahmadi, Seyed Fahim Irandoost, Neda SoleimanvandiAzar, Marzieh Nojomi, Javad Yoosefi Lebni, Arash Tehrani-Banihashemi

“…Conclusion The COVID-19 crisis has intensified existing social harms and introduced new ones, rendering previous mitigation strategies ineffective. Designing novel policies and guidelines is crucial to address these evolving challenges and reduce the adverse societal impacts of the pandemic.…”
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One-Year Follow-Up of the Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy for Patients’ Depression: A Randomized, Single-Blinded, Controlled Study by Kai-Jo Chiang, Tsai-Hui Chen, Hsiu-Tsu Hsieh, Jui-Chen Tsai, Keng-Liang Ou, Kuei-Ru Chou

“…This was a single-blind randomized controlled study with a 2-arm parallel group design. Eighty-one subjects were randomly assigned to 12 sessions intervention group (CBGT) or control group (usual outpatient psychiatric care group) and 62 completed the study. …”
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Urban Stock-Demography Approach to Uncover Electric Vehicle Battery and Embedded Lithium Stock across 366 Cities in China by Chenyang Wang, Peng Wang, Linchang Zheng, Wei Chen, Yuqi Hu, Rui Jing, Yi Ding, Xiaojie Liu, Wei-Qiang Chen

“…Such high-resolution data can help governments and companies design recycling networks tailored to regional needs, promoting operational efficiency and sustainable lithium supply chains.…”
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Soil Parameter Mapping and Ad Hoc Power Analysis to Increase Blocking Efficiency Prior to Establishing a Long-Term Field Experiment by Doug Collins, Chris Benedict, Andy Bary, Craig Cogger

“…These maps were used to formulate three strategic blocking patterns and the efficiency of each pattern was compared to a completely randomized design and a west to east model not informed by soil variability. …”
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Applying Simultaneously Monte Carlo Method and Dimension Reduction in Calculating the Reliability of Water Column Separation Phenomenon by Mehdi Azhdary Moghaddam, Sakineh Safari, Abdul Hamid BahrPeyma, Mohammad GivehChi

“…Network reliability is one of the main effective indicators for designing and managing water distribution networks in normal or critical operating conditions. …”
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Achieving a Near-Infrared Absorption by A−DA’D−A Type Isoindigo-Based Small Molecular Acceptors for Organic Photovoltaics by Hui Liu, Yu Wu, Dong-Nai Ye, Na Chen, Xu-Min Huang, Shi-Yong Liu

“…In this study, two A−DA’D−A type unfused ring acceptors (URAs), IDC8CP-IC and IDC6CP-IC, were designed and synthesized using cyclopentadithiophene (CPDT) and IID core units, each functionalized with different alkyl chains (2-hexyldecyl and 2-octyldodecyl), through an atom- and step-efficient direct C–H arylation (DACH) method. …”
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Standard of prevention for infectious diseases' prevention clinical trials during pandemics: learning lessons for global policies from biomedical HIV prevention clinical trials and... by Moréniké Oluwátóyìn Foláyan, Karine Dubé, Nicaise Ndembi, Nicaise Ndembi

“…Regional and country level regulatory provisions on these issues can provide critical guidance for research design and implementation.…”
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Antidiabetic Effect of Young and Old Ethanolic Leaf Extracts of Vernonia amygdalina: A Comparative Study by Du-Bois Asante, Emmanuel Effah-Yeboah, Precious Barnes, Heckel Amoabeng Abban, Elvis Ofori Ameyaw, Johnson Nyarko Boampong, Eric Gyamerah Ofori, Joseph Budu Dadzie

“…The young leaves of Vernonia amygdalina are often utilized as vegetable and for medicinal purpose compared to the old leaves. This study was designed to evaluate and compare the antidiabetic effects between ethanolic leaf extracts of old and young V. amygdalina on streptozotocin (STZ) induced diabetic rat for four weeks. …”
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The Effect of Anterior Capsule Polishing on Capsular Contraction and Lens Stability in Cataract Patients with High Myopia by Dandan Wang, Xiaoyu Yu, Zhangliang Li, Xixia Ding, Hengli Lian, Jianyang Mao, Yinying Zhao, Yun-E. Zhao

“…The Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Zhejiang, China. Design. Prospective study. Methods. High myopic patients with a bilateral cataract who underwent phacoemulsification with 360° anterior capsular polishing in one eye and without polishing in the contralateral eye were recruited. …”
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Development of small molecule non-covalent coronavirus 3CL protease inhibitors from DNA-encoded chemical library screening by Hengrui Liu, Arie Zask, Farhad Forouhar, Sho Iketani, Alana Williams, Daniel R. Vaz, Dahlya Habashi, Karenna Choi, Samuel J. Resnick, Seo Jung Hong, David H. Lovett, Tian Bai, Alejandro Chavez, David D. Ho, Brent R. Stockwell

“…Since 3CL protease is catalytically competent only in the dimeric state, these data provide insight into the design of drug-like inhibitors targeting the native homodimer state. …”
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Determinants of the Incidence of Acute Respiratory Infections (ARIs) in Children Under Five at the Getengan Community Health Center, Tana Toraja Regency by Zadrak Tombeg, Erni Yetti R, Anto J Hadi, Ahmad Safii Hasibuan, Suherman Rate, Fitri Rahma Handayani, Nayodi Permayasa

“…Methods: The study used a cross-sectional study research design. It was conducted in January 2024. The sample of the study consisted of mothers who had toddlers aged 1-5 years and visited the Getengan Health Center about 320 toddlers. …”
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Multifunctional nanoparticles confers both multiple inflammatory mediators scavenging and macrophage polarization for sepsis therapy by Wenjie Xi, Weijie Wu, Lili Zhou, Qi Zhang, Shushu Yang, Lihong Huang, Yijun Lu, Jing Wang, Xinjin Chi, Yang Kang

“…Thus, cfDNA clearance and down-regulation of inflammatory factors are essential for the effective treatment of sepsis. Here we designed and constructed a polydopamine-based multifunctional nanoparticle for the treatment of sepsis. …”
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BERT-BiGRU-Senti-GCN: An Advanced NLP Framework for Analyzing Customer Sentiments in E-Commerce by Muhammad Rizwan Rashid Rana, Asif Nawaz, Saif Ur Rehman, Muhammad Ali Abid, Mubariz Garayevi, Jana Kajanová

“…The proposed NLP-driven, deep learning-based framework is designed to classify user feedback into positive, negative, or neutral sentiments. …”
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Luminescent Lanthanide Infinite Coordination Polymers for Ratiometric Sensing Applications by Ziqin Song, Yuanqiang Hao, Yunfei Long, Peisheng Zhang, Rongjin Zeng, Shu Chen, Wansong Chen

“…Finally, we outline future research directions for improving the design and synthesis of ratiometric Ln-CPs, such as incorporating long-lifetime reference luminescent molecules, exploring near-infrared emission systems, and developing up-conversion or two-photon luminescent materials. …”
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Cross-Technology Interference-Aware Rate Adaptation in Time-Triggered Wireless Local Area Networks by Hanjin Kim, Young-Jin Kim, Won-Tae Kim

“…This paper presents a CTI-aware rate adaptation framework designed to mitigate interference in WLANs without direct coordination with heterogeneous wireless devices. …”
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Contactless Energy Supply for Medical Drill with Integrated Temperature Sensor by Knott Anna-Lena, Sanders Mark, Prinzen Tom, Klenzner Thomas, Schipper Jörg, Kristin Julia, Schmitt Robert H.

“…There are a number of limitations to the design of such a power supply. For one, the drill is rotating. …”
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