The Pollyanna Effect: The role of positive personal and group identity defense mechanisms by T.A. Nestik

“…One of the results of such mechanisms is the Pollyanna effect &ndash; the tendency of people to give preference to positive information, manifested in assessments of the present, memories of the past and expectations about the future, and reflected in the prevalence of positive words over negative in the vocabulary of the language.<br><strong>Conclusions.</strong> Individual, interpersonal and group socio-psychological mechanisms of the linguistic positivity effect have been identified, among which the former are much better studied than the others. …”
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Innovative epilepsy management: a combined figure of EEG categorization and medication mechanisms by Mohamed Taha, Douglas R. Nordli, Carol Park, Douglas R. Nordli

“…This approach not only improves educational outcomes but also offers potential applications in clinical practice for personalized epilepsy treatment strategies.ConclusionThis innovative figure bridges the gap between EEG categorization and treatment strategies, providing a valuable tool for improving epilepsy management education and clinical outcomes.Plain language summaryThis manuscript introduces a teaching tool that helps providers better understand how brainwave patterns (EEGs) relate to epilepsy types and guides them in choosing the most effective seizure medications.…”
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Prenatal stress and child development: A scoping review of research in low- and middle-income countries. by Giavana Buffa, Salomé Dahan, Isabelle Sinclair, Myriane St-Pierre, Noushin Roofigari, Dima Mutran, Jean-Jacques Rondeau, Kelsey Needham Dancause

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We searched PubMed, Scopus, and PsycINFO for English-language abstracts published from Jan 1960-Jan 2017. …”
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Home and outpatient electrostimulation in the treatment of urinary incontinence in women: a systematic review by Suele Moura Oliveira Coelho Caetano, Elma Gomes Pereira, Aline Moreira Ribeiro, Júlia Barros Brito, Clarcson Plácido Conceição dos Santos

“…There were no restrictions on date and language. The RoB2 and GRADE tools were used to assess methodological quality and evidence recommendation. …”
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Lip-Reading Classification of Turkish Digits Using Ensemble Learning Architecture Based on 3DCNN by Ali Erbey, Necaattin Barışçı

“…These results demonstrate that 3DCNN architectures and ensemble learning methods yield high success in addressing the problem of lip reading in the Turkish language. While our study focuses on Turkish digit recognition, the proposed methods have the potential to be successful in other languages or broader lip reading applications.…”
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Exploring Teen Pregnancy as a Public Health Problem: A Critical Scoping Review of Public Health Research on Teen Pregnancy in Canada by Sherri Dutton, Mir Sanim Al Mamun, Colleen M. Davison

“…Results showed although a portion of research fell within the acknowledge and illuminate categories, most of the research utilized public health language rooted in biomedical and individualistic discourses and focused on influencing individual action, rather than greater societal change. …”
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Comparison of the accuracy of implant impression by conventional open-tray and digital techniques by Joanna Majid Hayder, Fahd Sudad Ikram

“…All the models have been saved as standard tessellation language files and converted from 3- Dimensional to 2-Dimensional to calculate the distances between the center of the implants, and the implant angulations measurements by both design programs sketch up, and Auto CAD. …”
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Management Practice and Clinical Outcomes of Dementia in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review by Dessale Abate Beyene, Alemseged Beyene Berha

“…RCT studies were done on the feasibility and clinical effectiveness of cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) showed improvements in language memory domains and physical health. In addition, studies that focus on the management of human immunodeficiency virus-associated dementia (HIVAD) were reported to improve neurocognitively. …”
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XVII. Yüzyılda Osmanlı Hac Menzilleri: Rûznâmçeci İbrahim Efendi Kethüdâsı Hacı Ali Bey’in Tuhfetü’l-Huccâc Risâlesi Örneği by Şerife EROĞLU MEMİŞ

“…In the second part, the subject and parts of the work will be examined in terms of language and spelling features, the reasons for their writing and their content. …”
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The Impact of School Debates on Pupils' English-Speaking Proficiency in Selected Primary Schools in Nyakabande Sub-County Kisoro District. by Nizeyimana, Muhwehwe George

“…Debate can help learners build confidence and develop language fluency and academic study skills which is not only speaking but also reading, writing listening, and research skills.…”
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Factors influencing male involvement in family planning among married couples seeking maternity and pediatric services in Chuk by Mercy Nwankwo, Chinenye, Immaculate, Okoth

“…Study instrument validated by pilot testing and translating into local language and data collection lasted for a period of one month. …”
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Impact of Teachers’ Qualification on Effective Teaching and Learning of Senior Four History Class in Kajara County Ntungamo District by Mugoya, Peter

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Treatment Inertia and Symptom Burden in Anemia of CKD: Insights from the SATISFY Survey in the Middle East, South Africa, and T&uuml;rkiye by Arici M, Al-Ghamdi SMG, Assounga AG, El-Koraie AF, McMillan A, Camidge LJ, Sumarsono B, Blogg M, Ng DB, Lansang EP

“…To improve communication and care, doctors should be made aware of how much the symptoms of anemia affect the lives of people living with kidney disease.Disclaimer: This plain language summary represents the opinions of the authors. …”
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Usefulness of Whole-Body Fluorine-18-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography in Patients with Neurofibromatosis Type 1: A Systematic Review by Giorgio Treglia, Silvia Taralli, Francesco Bertagna, Marco Salsano, Barbara Muoio, Pierluigi Novellis, Maria Letizia Vita, Fabio Maggi, Alessandro Giordano

“…No beginning date limit and language restriction were used; the search was updated until December 2011. …”
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An online intelligent electronic medical record system via speech recognition by Xin Xia, Yunlong Ma, Ye Luo, Jianwei Lu

“…The system integrates a medical linguistic knowledge base, a specialized language model, a personalized acoustic model, and a fault-tolerance mechanism. …”
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Feasibility and Effectiveness of Telephone-Based Telephysiotherapy for Treatment of Pain in Low-Resource Setting: A Retrospective Pre-Post Design by Shambhu P. Adhikari, Pragya Shrestha, Rubee Dev

“…Pamphlets containing pictures of the prescribed exercises and instructions in the Nepali language were distributed. The treating physiotherapist made telephone calls to every patient each week to give necessary information, correction, modification, and progression of the exercise whatever required. …”
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The Association between Allergic Rhinitis and COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Cong Xu, He Zhao, Yuwan Song, Jiamin Zhou, Ting Wu, Jingjing Qiu, Junxin Wang, Xicheng Song, Yan Sun

“…We excluded letters, case reports, literature review articles, non-English language article, and non-full-text articles. The raw data from these studies were pooled into a meta-analysis. …”
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Prohibiting Babel-A call for professional remote interpreting services in pre-operation anaesthesia information. by Gernot Gerger, Nikolaus Graf, Elisabeth Klager, Klara Doppler, Armin Langauer, Verena Albrecht, Aylin Bilir, Harald Willschke, David M Baron, Maria Kletecka-Pulker

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Language barriers within clinical settings pose a threat to patient safety. …”
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