Mental health challenges faced by professional athletes by Dawid Szczepanek, Katarzyna Szczurek, Adrianna Biecka, Mikołaj Wyrzykowski

“…The presence of symptoms depends on the type of sport performed by the individual, past history of psychiatric diseases or sex. …”
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Core self-evaluation:an empirical study in the in the Colombian context by Orlando E. Contreras-Pacheco, Martha Liliana Torres-Barreto, Juan Camilo Lésmez-Peralta

“… core self-evaluation (CSE) refers to the essential judgments individuals make regarding their self-performance. This study aims to empi- rically examine the correlation between employee’s CSE and key organizational variables, encompassing happiness, motivation, job satisfaction, work commitment, and person-job fit. …”
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Drought Analyses of the Horné Požitavie Region (Slovakia) in the Period 1966–2013 by Jaroslav Vido, Paulína Nalevanková, Ján Valach, Zbyšek Šustek, Tsegaye Tadesse

“…Analyses of SPEI trends in individual months showed a decreasing trend of drought occurrences during the cold months of the year (i.e., October to March), while an increasing trend was indicated from April to August. …”
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Burden of benign prostatic hyperplasia in the Middle East and North Africa Region, 1990–2021 by Saeid Safiri, Fikrettin Şahin, Reza Aletaha, Mark J. M. Sullman, Reza Shekarriz-Foumani, Ali-Asghar Kolahi

“…These findings underscore the need for tailored public health policies and strategies to enhance early detection, prevention, and management of BPH, thereby reducing its impact on healthcare systems and individuals.…”
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Attachment of live sharksuckers (Echeneis naucrates) to Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) in Xiamen Bay, China by Fuxing Wu, Fuxing Wu, Bing Zhou, Bing Zhou, Hao Wu, Yufei Dai, Yu Zhang, Zhongchang Song

“…From 2022 to 2024, we recorded live sharksucker attachments on four Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin individuals, with a total of 11 events in Xiamen Bay. …”
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Optimal information dissemination strategy to promote preventivebehaviors in multilayer epidemic networks by Heman Shakeri, Faryad Darabi Sahneh, Caterina Scoglio, Pietro Poggi-Corradini, Victor M. Preciado

“…Information exchange among individuals can occur as physical contacts (e.g., word of mouth, gatherings), which provide inherent possibilities of disease transmission, and non-physical contacts (e.g., email, social networks), through which information can be transmitted but the infection cannot be transmitted. …”
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Parallelized SLAM: Enhancing Mapping and Localization Through Concurrent Processing by Francisco J. Romero-Ramirez, Miguel Cazorla, Manuel J. Marín-Jiménez, Rafael Medina-Carnicer, Rafael Muñoz-Salinas

“…In pSLAM, a video sequence is partitioned into multiple subsequences, with each processed independently, creating individual submaps. These submaps are subsequently merged to create a unified global map of the environment. …”
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Evaluation of a flow cytometry-based surrogate assay (FlowSA) for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in clinical samples by Vinit Upasani, Marjolein Knoester, Daniele Pantano, Lili Gard, Jolanda M. Smit, Bernardina T.F. van der Gun, Adriana Tami, Izabela A. Rodenhuis-Zybert

“…Furthermore, the assay was successfully used to detect infectious SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharyngeal swabs from SARS-CoV-2 positive individuals, including those with high Ct values. Notably, FlowSA identified the presence of infectious SARS-CoV-2 in biological specimens that scored negative for cytopathic effect (CPE) in cell culture and would otherwise be considered negative. …”
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Association Between Sociodemographic Variables, Healthy Habits, and Stress with Risk Scales for Liver Disease Associated with Metabolic Dysfunction by Ángel Arturo López-González, Emilio Martínez-Almoyna Rifá, Hernán Paublini Oliveira, Cristina Martorell Sánchez, Pedro Juan Tárraga López, José Ignacio Ramírez-Manent

“…Conclusions: The profile of an individual at higher risk of elevated MAFLD risk scale values is a male, aged 50 or older, belonging to lower socioeconomic levels (manual laborers), a smoker, sedentary, with low adherence to the Mediterranean diet, and with high stress scale scores.…”
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Relationship between nerve ultrasonography image and electrophysiology in diabetic polyneuropathy by Pei‐Chen Hsieh, Long‐Sun Ro, Chun‐Che Chu, Ming‐Feng Liao, Hong‐Shiu Chang, Hung‐Chou Kuo

“…The relationship of ultrasound variables for individual nerves and the ultrasound pattern sum score (UPSS) to conventional NCS findings was investigated. …”
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A Technique to Predict Bankruptcy Using Ultimate Ownership Network as Key Indicators by Dyah Sulistyowati Rahayu, Zaäfri Ananto Husodo, Jan Pidanic, Xue Li, Heru Suhartanto

“…This study examines the network of executives, directors, and shareholders to identify conglomerates, which are often characterized by a lack of explicit connections between these individuals or institutions. Understanding these networks is crucial for mitigating the risk of bankruptcy and its potential systemic effects. …”
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Altered Immune Regulation in Type 1 Diabetes by András Zóka, Györgyi Műzes, Anikó Somogyi, Tímea Varga, Barbara Szémán, Zahra Al-Aissa, Orsolya Hadarits, Gábor Firneisz

“…It develops when a susceptible individual is exposed to potential triggers in a given sequence and timeframe that eventually disarranges the fine-tuned immune mechanisms that keep autoimmunity under control in health. …”
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A Hierarchical Probabilistic Framework for Recognizing Learners’ Interaction Experience Trends and Emotions by Imène Jraidi, Maher Chaouachi, Claude Frasson

“…Results revealed that multiple concurrent emotions can be associated with the experiences of flow, stuck, and off-task and that the same trend can be expressed differently from one individual to another. The evaluation of the framework showed promising results in predicting learners’ experience trends and emotional responses.…”
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A Novel Technique for Handwritten Signature Recognition by Leila Boucerredj, Karima Kechroud, Bouaziz Noureddine, Abderrahmane Khechekhouche

“…However, the variability of handwritten signatures, influenced by individual writing styles, inconsistencies, and environmental factors, presents significant challenges for recognition systems. …”
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The effect of continuous positive airway pressure therapy on atrial fibrillation in patients with obstructive sleep apnea by Jiancheng Hu, Siyuan Zuo, Jiahui Qian, Fangfang Cheng, Dengji Wang, Yanyan Deng, Dasheng Lu, Dasheng Lu

“…Some investigations underscore its beneficial effects, including the reversal of atrial remodeling, enhanced atrial conduction, decreased AF incidence, and improved outcomes post-AF ablation in CPAP-treated individuals. Conversely, other studies reveal neutral or insignificant impacts. …”
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Relationships of emotion regulation to procrastination, life satisfaction and resilience to discomfort by Manuel González, Anna Rovella, Andrea Barrera, Mario González

“…Methods: The sample consisted of 366 individuals from the general population, with a mean age of 33 years (SD=15) and 62.1% female. …”
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Potential Role of JAK-STAT Signaling Pathway in the Neurogenic-to-Gliogenic Shift in Down Syndrome Brain by Han-Chung Lee, Kai-Leng Tan, Pike-See Cheah, King-Hwa Ling

“…These are fundamental hallmarks of the disorder that affect the quality of life of most individuals with DS. Proper brain development involves meticulous regulation of various signaling pathways, and dysregulation may result in abnormal neurodevelopment. …”
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Biologic Agents in Crohn’s Patients Reduce CD4+ T Cells Activation and Are Inversely Related to Treg Cells by Eliane Aparecida Rosseto-Welter, Leticia D’argenio-Garcia, Filipa Blasco Tavares Pereira Lopes, Ana Eduarda Zulim Carvalho, Fernando Flaquer, Vanessa Severo-Lemos, Claudia Concer Viero Nora, Flavio Steinwurz, Lucas Pires Garcia Oliveria, Thiago Aloia, Luiz Vicente Rizzo, Cristóvão Luis Pitangueira Mangueira, Karina Inacio Carvalho

“…Our purpose was to assess the effects of different treatments on CD4+ T cells in a cohort of patients with Crohn’s disease compared with healthy individuals. To examine the immune status in a Brazilian cohort, we analyzed CD4+ T cells, activation status, cytokine production, and Treg cells in blood of Crohn’s patients. …”
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Context-dependent memory in the real world: the role of frequency and context dwell time by Yura Choi, Kawon Kim, Sunwoo Moon, Geunseong Jung, Jae-Hyuk Cha, Hyungwook Yim

“…The study provides a novel way to examine the context-dependent memory effect outside of the laboratory, which not only enables researchers to measure an individual’s genuine memories in a more ecologically valid way, but also investigates factors that would be challenging to examine in the laboratory.…”
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CD8+ T-Cell Responses before and after Structured Treatment Interruption in Ugandan Adults Who Initiated ART with CD4+ T Cells <200 Cell/μL: The DART Trial STI Substudy by Jennifer Serwanga, Susan Mugaba, Auma Betty, Edward Pimego, Sarah Walker, Paula Munderi, Charles Gilks, Frances Gotch, Heiner Grosskurth, Pontiano Kaleebu

“…Conclusions. STI in individuals initiated onto ART at <200 CD4+ T-cell counts/μl significantly reduced occurrence of bifunctional CD8+IFNγ+/Perforin+ responses. …”
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