Chronic Illnesses and Depression among Community-based Adolescents in Rural Haryana, India by Aditi Mohta, Sumit Malhotra, Mani Kalaivani, Bichitra Nanda Patra, Baridalyne Nongkynrih

“…Self-reports on chronic illnesses were elicited, followed by administration of Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) questionnaire to screen for depression, and for confirmation of diagnosis by age-appropriate Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children and Adolescents (MINI Kid), or MINI. …”
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A Unique Source for Innovative Longitudinal Research: The POPLINK Database by Annika Westberg, Elisabeth Engberg, Sören Edvinsson

“…POPLINK allows for a large array of longitudinal studies, such as social mobility, migration, fertility, mortality, civil status, kinship relations, diseases, disability and causes of death. International standards of occupations (HISCO) and diseases (ICD-10) have been applied, facilitating comparability. …”
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Antioxidant Properties of Honey from Different Altitudes of Nepal Himalayas by Neupane Bishnu Prasad, Malla Komal Prasad, Kaundinnyayana Atis, Poudel Prakash, Thapa Rashmi, Shrestha Sabina

“…In all samples, physicochemical parameters like moisture, reducing sugar, sucrose, ash, free acidity and water insoluble matter were also measured according to harmonized methods of the International Honey Commission (IHC). The results of physicochemical analysis showed that all the values, except for moisture of a small number of high altitude honey samples, are in good agreement with the current Nepalese standard. …”
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Kinematics and Dynamics Analysis and Simulation of the NGW Type Differential Mechanism by Liu Ting, Cui Peijuan, Wang Chunming, Xiao Chong, Yue Zhenbo, Beijing Research Institute of Precise Mechatronic Controls Equipment

“…Fifthly,the force amplitudes between the internal gear ring and its planetary gears are equal to each other. …”
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Corruption as a Problem of Political Theory and Political Practice by A. V. Shashkova

“…The present article names most important political consequences of corruption: shift of ideas from public development to the security of power of oligarchy, decrease of trust to the state, decrease of image of the country at the international arena, increase of its economical and political isolation, decrease of political competition. …”
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Sub-critical cohesive crack propagation with hydro-mechanical coupling and friction by S. Valente, A. Alberto, F. Barpi

“…That is the reason why the International Commission of Large Dams recommends to neglect the tensile strength of the joint between the dam and the foundation, which is the weakest point of a gravity dam. …”
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EXPORT OF RUSSIAN MANUFACTURES TO EU COUNTRIES: TENDENCIES, PROBLEMS AND OPPORTUNITIES by I. A. Korobkov

“…For the foreseeable future EU will remain Russia’s key trade partner and moreover will play an immense and significant role for the integration of the Russian Federation in the international manufacturing and industrial processes. …”
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Fighting Another’s War: Imperialist Projections on the Victorian Novel’s Continent by Tamara Wagner

“…Instead, it becomes a renegotiation of both Britain’s involvement—diplomatic or cultural as well as on the battlefield—in the wars waging in Europe at the time and, by metaphorical extension, its own “little wars” in the colonies. The “internal colonisation” practised by the Austrian-Hungarian Empire alternately serves as a convenient projection and a mirror-image of self-accusation. …”
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The financing of sports in some European Union countries by Adrian Miroslav MERKA, Viorel COJOCARU

“…Sport is a fundamental human right, recognized by major international organizations and addressed by European sports policy, which has been gradually implemented over decades. …”
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Exploring the Role of Human Resource Management in Advancing Change in the Public Sector by Akinseye Olowu

“…The role that HRM has had to play in the current international system cannot be downplayed. As a principal agent for service delivery of government functions, the process of human resource management in the public sector has a first-line impact on the performance of government functions and the realization of its programmes and policies. …”
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Impact of minimum bid requirement of Japan's electricity market on virtual power plant's profit by Reza Nadimi, Masahito Takahashi, Koji Tokimatsu, Mika Goto

“…To mitigate this, a VPP system can potentially enhance its profitability by utilizing an Internal MPR, which is a value derived from market prices and historical data, including actual and forecasted renewable power generation, and is typically lower than the market MPR. …”
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Effects of Installation Error on Tooth Surface Contact Characteristic of a Nutation Drive with Double Circular-arc Spiral Bevel Gear by Qin Chen, Yinkun Huang, Chao Jia, Ligang Yao, Jun Zhang

“…Firstly，the tooth surface equation of nutation drive double circular-arc spiral bevel gear in internal meshing form is derived. Secondly，the contact trace and geometric transmission error of the gear pair are obtained by using the tooth contact analysis （TCA）. …”
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Financial inclusion of vulnerable sectors with a gender perspective: risk analysis model with artificial intelligence based on complex thinking by Adriana Medina-Vidal, Patricia Esther Alonso-Galicia, Miguel González-Mendoza, María Soledad Ramírez-Montoya

“…Abstract The objective is to present a proposal for a gender-sensitive risk analysis model using artificial intelligence (AI) within the framework of complex thinking that provides access to opportunities, specifically for vulnerable populations such as women from underprivileged sections. This international non-parametric study highlights the vulnerability of this population in Mexico through a sample of 2787 women. …”
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Prediction of Global Ionospheric TEC Based on Deep Learning by Zhou Chen, Wenti Liao, Haimeng Li, Jinsong Wang, Xiaohua Deng, Sheng Hong

“…The analyses of four geomagnetic storm events are completely separate from the time range of the training set, so as to further validate the performance of the model. The International Reference Ionosphere model is used as a reference for the performance of our predictive model, and a rotated persistence is estimated by time‐shift algorithm of IGS‐TEC. …”
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Correlation between Doppler, Manual Morphometry, and Histopathology Based Morphometry of Radial Artery as a Conduit in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting by Om Prakash Yadava, Vinod Sharma, Arvind Prakash, Vikas Ahlawat, Anirban Kundu, Bikram K. Mohanty, Rekha Mishra, Amit K. Dinda

“…Radial artery is considered the second best conduit after internal mammary artery. Several studies have shown excellent radial artery patency. …”
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P-Selectin Targeted Dexamethasone-Loaded Lipid Nanoemulsions: A Novel Therapy to Reduce Vascular Inflammation by Viorel Simion, Cristina Ana Constantinescu, Daniela Stan, Mariana Deleanu, Monica Madalina Tucureanu, Elena Butoi, Ileana Manduteanu, Maya Simionescu, Manuela Calin

“…We found that PLN-Dex bound specifically to the surface of activated EC are efficiently internalized by EC and reduced the expression of proinflammatory genes, thus preventing the monocyte adhesion and transmigration to/through activated EC. …”
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Effects of Physical Sample Approval Practice on Performance and Competitiveness of Export-Oriented Garment Industries in Ethiopia by Amare Abuhay

“…The result also indicates that long lead time and costly process system made the sector incompetent in international market. Therefore, it can be concluded that the apparel manufacturing and exporting industries in Ethiopia should modify their approach to nurture better speed and comparably lower process costs. …”
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Construction and initial validations of the major decision-making self-efficacy scale (MDMSES) for Chinese high school students by Jingwen Li, Yanan Zhang, Limei Gao, Zhihai Qiu, Yu Zhou, Ying Guo, Tong Hao, Yongyi Li, Yu Bian, Dandan Li, Chunyan Zhu

“…The results show that the scale has a good five-factor structure (χ2/df = 1.91, CFI = 0.92, TLI = 0.91, RMSEA = 0.05, and SRMR = 0.06), and the internal consistency reliability of the total scale is 0.91. …”
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Disability in the perception of students. Results of research on attitudes toward people with disabilities by Beata Górnicka

“…It can be assumed that the attitudes declared by the students towards individuals with disabilities are related to various other factors that influence their overall social perception, internalized patterns of interpersonal behaviour, and, most importantly, direct interactions with people with disabilities. …”
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Aspects of the Biology and Culture of the Butterfly Fish, <i>Pantodon buchholzi</i>; A Potential Aquarium Fish in Nigeria by A.T. Ibim, J.O. Ike

“…In conclusion, though the species possesses a great economic potential in the local and International Ornamental fish trade, its culture is not practiced as the species and its economic potentials are not well known, among other constraints. …”
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