Willingness of end users to pay for e-waste recycling by H.T.T. Nguyen, C.-H. Lee, R.-J. Hung

“…All analyses were conducted using Statistical Package for Social Sciences software (version 22.0). <br /> <strong>FINDINGS:</strong> The results revealed that the end users’ willingness to participate in recycling programs, laws and regulations, inconvenience of recycling and past experience were four key determinants significantly contributing to the willingness to pay for recycling e-waste. …”
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Gibiteca: Unidade de Informação para a mediação da leitura de histórias em quadrinhos by Rubem Borges Teixeira Ramos

“…Ao analisar essas atividades e projetos, a pesquisa constatou que as gibitecas oferecem ações que se enquadram junto as dimensões da mediação da informação, o que favorece o senso de envolvimento e a prática da leitura de histórias em quadrinhos, contribuindo tanto junto a atuação de mediadores da leitura, como profissionais conscientes para com seu dever e funções em relação a escolha e a abordagem que devem considerar junto aos quadrinhos, como quanto aos leitores alvo da mediação da leitura, com vistas a favorecer a sua formação enquanto leitores de diferentes contextos e realidades sociais, estimulando a apropriação de informação e a serem conscientes e ativos com seu papel de protagonismo social…”
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Brief Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Fibromyalgia: Feasibility and Effectiveness of a Replicated Single-Case Design by María Camino Gómez-Pérez, Azucena García-Palacios, Diana Castilla, Irene Zaragozá, Carlos Suso-Ribera

“…Outcomes were pain interference with sleep and social activities, fatigue, sadness, and pain intensity. …”
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DIGITALISATION OF CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCE BALANCING FOR EDUCATIONAL QUALITY ASSURANCE AT A DISPLACED UNIVERSITY by Oleksandr Spivakovsky, Daria Malchykova, Viktoria Yatsenko

“…Ensuring sustainable social, professional, and educational communication between dispersed participants in the educational process has become essential to crisis management. …”
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A Quantum-Based Machine Learning Approach for Autism Detection Using Common Spatial Patterns of EEG Signals by S. Saranya, R. Menaka

“…Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) significantly impacts social communication, interaction, and behavior. Early diagnosis and timely intervention can improve outcomes by enabling tailored therapeutic strategies. …”
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Rapid identification of high-temperature Daqu Baijiu with the same aroma type by UV-VIS sensor of HBT combined with Zn2+ by Yanmei Zhu, Yuanyuan Su, Yipeng Cang, Hengye Chen, Wanjun Long, Wei Lan, Xue Jiang, Haiyan Fu

“…Aim: Baijiu adulteration has always been a hot spot of social concern, especially high-temperature Daqu Baijiu, because of its better flavor quality and high value, it faces a challenge from illegal adulteration of high-grade Baijiu bottles with low-grade Baijiu. …”
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Perspectives on Care for Late-Stage Parkinson’s Disease by Kristina Rosqvist, Marianne Kylberg, Charlotte Löfqvist, Anette Schrag, Per Odin, Susanne Iwarsson

“…In the late stage of Parkinson’s disease (PD), there is an increasing disease burden not only for the patients but also for their informal caregivers and the health and social services systems. The aim of this study was to explore experiences of late-stage PD patients’ and their informal caregivers’ satisfaction with care and support, in order to better understand how they perceive the treatment and care they receive. …”
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Serious Bacterial Infections and Hepatitis C Virus Among People Who Inject Drugs: A Syndemic or Intertwined Epidemics? by Thomas J. Stopka, Robin M. Nance, L. Sarah Mixson, Hunter Spencer, Judith I. Tsui, Judith M. Leahy, Mai T. Pho, Jean DeJace, Judith Feinberg, April M. Young, Wei-Teng Yang, Amelia Baltes, Eric Romo, Randall T. Brown, Kerry Nolte, William C. Miller, William A. Zule, Wiley D. Jenkins, Joseph A. Delaney, Peter D. Friedmann

“…We examined whether syndemic interactions existed between SBI, HCV, and substance-use-related factors in rural communities, hypothesizing that injection-mediated risks elevated the likelihood for both SBIs and HCV infections, which could be exacerbated by synergistic biological–biological or biological and social interactions. We calculated the prevalence ratios (PRs) of past-year SBI associated with each risk factor in separate models. …”
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Propuesta metodológica para la identificación de zonas de atención prioritaria en materia de despoblación aplicada a la provincia de Badajoz (Extremadura) by Ana Isabel Horcajo Romo, Enrique Eugenio Ruiz Labrador, José Manuel Pérez Pintor, José Antonio Gutiérrez Gallego

“…En Europa y especialmente España, los principios básicos dirigidos a alcanzar una cohesión económica, social y territorial se ven obstaculizados por la incidencia de fenómenos como la despoblación y el progresivo envejecimiento, muy afianzados en los espacios más rurales. …”
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Frequency of Positive Anti-CCP Antibodies in Patients of Rheumatoid Arthritis with Negative Rheumatoid Factor: A Cross-sectional Retrospective Data-based Study by Nauman Ismat Butt, Muhammad Sohail Ajmal Ghoauri

“…Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 26 was used for data entry and analysis. …”
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Refining Sparse Cell-ID Trajectory of Public Service Vehicles by Spatiotemporal Modelling by Kemin Zhu, Junli Liu, Xianfeng Song, Weifeng Wang, Hao Chen

“…While a cell-id trajectory was routinely reorganized by International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI), it potentially allows to analyze transportation behaviors and social interaction of total population, with a full temporal coverage at low cost. …”
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USE OF GEOINFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN DISTANCE LEARNING OF FUTURE SPECIALISTS IN GEOGRAPHY by Vasyl V. Leta, Mykola M. Karabiniuk, Mykhailo M. Mykyta, Mykhailo M. Kachailo

“…The process of providing students with a licensed software product taking into account different levels of hardware (personal computers, laptops, tablets) is also resource-intensive. The lack of a social environment for students is another disadvantage of distance education. …”
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Developmental deficits, synapse and dendritic abnormalities in a Clcn4 KO autism mice model: endophenotypic target for ASD by Seong Mi Lee, Yura Choi, Dayeon Kim, Ha Jin Jeong, Young Ho Do, Sohee Jung, Bomee Lee, Hyung Jun Choi, Suhyeon Kim, Jung-Min Oh, Songhee Jeon, Jinju Han, Yeni Kim

“…Clcn4 KO exhibited reduced social interaction and increased repetitive behaviors assessed using three-chamber and marble burying tests. …”
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Estrategias de dirección para el enfrentamiento a la pandemia de la COVID-19 by Daimilé López Tagle, Sara Amneris Urgellés Carreras, Yoel Alberto Fleites Alonso, Osvaldo Miranda Gómez

“…Desestabilizan los sistemas de salud, la vida económica, política, social y medioambiental de un país. En una situación de pandemia, se produce un aumento progresivo de las demandas asistenciales, que responden con la curva epidémica, y exige de los sistemas sanitarios la reorganización de sus recursos en función de la atención a los pacientes. …”
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Toxoplasmosis—Awareness and Knowledge of Pregnant Women in Rural Areas of Malakand Region, Pakistan by Wali Khan, Hafeez ur Rahman, Yousef Abdal Jalil Fadladdin, Naseem Rafiq, Robi Naz, Patricio R. De los Rios-Escalante, Shabir Ahmad, Shouaa Abdulaziz Alrobaish, Noorah Saleh Al-Sowayan

“…The majority of pregnant women with one child used the social media, followed by mass media as sources of information about toxoplasmosis. …”
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Practice, Knowledge, and Attitude of Health Care Providers regarding Cancer Pain Management: A National Survey by Jinmei Liu, Ming Zhang, Juan Luo, Jiyi Xie, Xu Chen, Hanxiang Wang, Shijun Li, Shengli Yang, Chunfen Peng, Liangle Yang, Bin Deng, Yu Zhang, Cong Wang, Jianli Hu, Chen Shi

“…An open online survey was adopted using social media software (WeChat) as the platform to conduct a nationwide survey of HCPs involved in CPM in public medical institutions at all levels in China from March to June 2019. …”
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Measuring Self-Reported Well-Being of Physicians Using the Well-Being Thermometer: Cohort Study by Marios Adamou, Sarah L Jones, Niki Kyriakidou, Andrew Mooney, Shriti Pattani, Matthew Roycroft

“…The tool consists of 5 well-being domains—health, thoughts, emotions, spiritual, and social. Each domain can be measured individually or combined to produce an overall well-being score. …”
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Deep Learning-Based Feature Extraction Technique for Single Document Summarization Using Hybrid Optimization Technique by Jyotirmayee Rautaray, Sangram Panigrahi, Ajit Kumar Nayak, Premananda Sahu, Kaushik Mishra

“…Presently, the exponential growth of unstructured data on the web and social networks has made it increasingly challenging for individuals to retrieve relevant information efficiently. …”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Childhood Hypertension in Urban-Rural Areas of China: A Cross-Sectional Study by Xiaohua Liang, Lun Xiao, Yetao Luo, Jiapei Xu

“…Children living in rural areas combined with obesity, low social economic status, dietary imbalance, and abnormal lipid metabolism were associated with an increased risk of hypertension, and routine care programs should be conducted to prevent childhood hypertension.…”
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A socioecological taxonomy of determinants to colorectal cancer screening in black men: Insights from a mixed-methods systematic review by P.J. Zaire, E. Miller, A.P. Ewing, J. Hefner, K. Wright, L.H. Smith

“…Significant facilitators included aging, receiving a provider recommendation, having social support, and effective culturally appropriate outreach strategies. …”
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