Is musical ability related to second-language acquisition? A meta-analysis by Rachel M. Thompson, Lauren K. Salig, L. Robert Slevc

“…Thus, we synthesized 184 effects across 57 independent studies (n =3181) with a robust variance estimation multivariate meta-analysis, and we narratively summarized partial correlation effects across 12 studies. The available evidence suggests that musical ability is indeed positively related to second-language learning, even after factoring in publication bias revealed by the meta-analysis. …”
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Revitalizing Ijtihād and Ittibāʾ in Abdul Hamid Hakim’s Works: A Study of Intellectual Reforms Within Islamic Legal Theory by Ahwan Fanani, Umul Baroroh, Achmad Irwan Hamzani

“…Abdul Hamid Hakim's efforts to revitalize ijtihād (independent reasoning) and ittibāʾ (evidence based accaptance) have brought new nuances to uṣūl fiqh. …”
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A Rehabilitation Algorithm After Lateral Ankle Sprains in Professional Football (Soccer): An Approach Based on Clinical Practice Guidelines by Zacharias Flore, Karen Hambly, Kyra De Coninck, Götz Welsch

“…The effectiveness of this novel rehabilitation algorithm remains to be evaluated in future studies. Level of Evidence: 5…”
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NK cells modulate in vivo control of SARS-CoV-2 replication and suppression of lung damage. by Harikrishnan Balachandran, Kyle Kroll, Karen Terry, Cordelia Manickam, Rhianna Jones, Griffin Woolley, Tammy Hayes, Amanda J Martinot, Ankur Sharma, Mark Lewis, Stephanie Jost, R Keith Reeves

“…Overall, we find the first significant and conclusive evidence for NK cell-mediated control of SARS-CoV-2 virus replication and disease pathology. …”
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Pattern formation of a predator-prey model with the cost of anti-predator behaviors by Xiaoying Wang, Xingfu Zou

“…Based on recent experimental evidence that anti-predator behaviors alone lead to a 40% reduction on prey reproduction rate, we also incorporate the cost of anti-predator responses into the local reaction terms in the model. …”
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Economic Impact of Changes in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Ventilation Strategies with the Advent of New Noninvasive Ventilation Techniques: A Review and Proposed Assessment Framew... by Jan B. Pietzsch, Abigail M. Garner, Michael McQueen

“…**Objectives:** Our objective was to develop a quantitative framework based on available evidence to estimate the economic impact of adoption of a HFT respiratory support strategy compared to current standard of care. …”
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Oxygen versus Reactive Oxygen in the Regulation of HIF-1α: The Balance Tips by Thilo Hagen

“…Whether or not mitochondria-derived reactive oxygen species (ROS) are involved in the regulation of Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1α has been a matter of contention for the last 10 years, with equally compelling evidence in favor and against their contribution. A number of recent papers appear to tip the balance against a role for ROS. …”
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Teaching and learning with instructional humor: a review of five-decades research and further direction by Weichen Zhou, Weichen Zhou, Jun Choi Lee

“…Based on the theoretical clarification of instructional humor, the paper further reviews existing empirical evidence regarding teachers’ use of humor in class and its impact on students’ learning, with emphasis on explaining inconsistencies in previous conclusions and identifying limitations in extant relevant works. …”
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Gastric Collision Tumors: An Insight into Their Origin and Clinical Significance by Adamantios Michalinos, Anastasia Constantinidou, Michael Kontos

“…There are no guidelines or concrete evidence to support best way of adjuvant or other types of treatment. …”
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Understanding Multiferroic Hexagonal Manganites by Static and Ultrafast Optical Spectroscopy by Yu Ting Wang, Chih Wei Luo, Takayoshi Kobayashi

“…Both the amplitude and dephasing time of coherent phonons also exhibit significant changes at TN, which provide the evidence for spin-lattice interaction in these intriguing materials.…”
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Head and Neck Myxoma Presenting as Isolated Laryngeal Polyp by Smriti Panda, Rajeev Kumar, Vikram Raj Gopinath, Prem Sagar

“…Being an uncommon tumour and mimicking vocal cord polyp, only anecdotal evidence is available in the literature. The literature was reviewed from 1986 onwards using the keywords “myxoma” and “larynx.” …”
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Evaluating the Tourist Climate Comfortable Period of China in a Changing Climate by Dan-Dan Yu, Shan Li, Zhong-Yang Guo

“…These results can provide some scientific evidence for understanding human settlement environmental constructions and further contribute in improving local or regional resilience responding to global climate change.…”
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Exercise and Training to Optimize Functional Motor Performance in Stroke: Driving Neural Reorganization? by Roberta B. Shepherd

“…Rehabilitation services remain slow to make the changes necessary to upgrade environments, attitudes, and rehabilitation methodologies to those shown to be more scientifically rational and for which there is evidence of effectiveness.…”
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Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma with WWTR1-CAMTA1 Fusion in the Parotid Gland Presenting as Bell’s Palsy by Landon J. Kunzelman, Shweta Agarwal, Nathan Boyd, Cory J. Broehm

“…At 12-month follow-up, the patient has no evidence of disease.…”
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Deubiquitinases: Novel Therapeutic Targets in Immune Surveillance? by Gloria Lopez-Castejon, Mariola J. Edelmann

“…This response is tightly regulated since any aberrant activation of immune responses would have severe pathological consequences such as sepsis or chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Accumulative evidence shows that the ubiquitin system, and in particular ubiquitin-specific isopeptidases also known as deubiquitinases (DUBs), plays crucial roles in the control of these immune pathways. …”
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Suicide in Bangladesh: An Ecological Systems Analysis by S. M. Yasir Arafat, Tamkeen Saleem

“…Results Based on the available evidence, we categorized the risk factors for suicide into ontogenic system, microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem, and chronosystem. …”
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The Key to Unlocking the Chemotherapeutic Potential of PPARγ Ligands: Having the Right Combination by Graham Skelhorne-Gross, Christopher J. B. Nicol

“…Despite extensive preclinical evidence that peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)γ activation protects against tumourigenesis, results from a few clinical trials using PPARγ ligands as monotherapy show modest success. …”
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Becoming a Caregiver: The Role of the Environment in the Process of Children Becoming Responsible for Others by Carolina Remorini

“…Consequently, it is imperative to advocate for an integrative and transdisciplinary framework for ECD studies that incorporates anthropological evidence and the cultural experiences of children and families who have been historically marginalized by dominant ECD models.…”
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Modification of Jet Structure in High-Multiplicity pp Collisions due to Multiple-Parton Interactions and Observing a Multiplicity-Independent Characteristic Jet Size by Zoltán Varga, Róbert Vértesi, Gergely Gábor Barnaföldi

“…We give predictions for multiplicity-differential jet structures and present evidence for a nontrivial jet shape dependence on charged hadron event multiplicity that can be used as a sensitive tool to experimentally differentiate between equally well-preforming simulation tunes. …”
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Regenerative Endodontic Treatment of Maxillary Incisors with a History of Severe Traumatic Injury by Nazanin Chitsaz, Mehrfam Khoshkhounejad, Hadi Assadian, Behnam Bolhari, Mohammadreza Sharifian, Zahra Mohammadi

“…The results showed some evidence of maturation in the apical third of tooth #9 and resolution of signs and symptoms on tooth #8.…”
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