Stigma associated with mental illness: perspectives of judges and attorneys in Lebanon — a cross-sectional study by Rayan Mroué, Michele Cherro, Ghida Kassir, Elias Ghossoub, Nadia Dandan

“…Conclusions The findings imply that enhancing mental health education and awareness within the legal profession could be a key strategy to reduce stigma and improve the overall treatment of individuals with mental health issues within the criminal justice system in Lebanon.…”
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Optimizing growth, yield, and water use efficiency of Allium hirtifolium with salicylic acid under water stress condiions by Peyman Yousefvand, Yousef Sohrabi, Andrea Mastinu, Gholamreza Heidari, Weria Weisany

“…These findings suggest that applying 1 mM SA can be a viable strategy for improving the growth, yield, and water use efficiency of shallot plants under water-stressed environments.…”
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Electronic Structure Engineering of Single‐Atom Tungsten on Vacancy‐enriched V3S4 Nanosheets for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution by Min Xi, Hua Zhang, Lingfeng Yang, Youyu Long, Yifan Zhao, Anran Chen, Qiaozhi Xiao, Tingting Liu, Xuechun Xiao, Guangzhi Hu

“…Herein, a sulfur vacancy defect trapping strategy is developed to anchor tungsten single atoms onto ultrathin V3S4 nanosheets with a high loading of 25.1 wt.%. …”
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Changes in bioactive compounds' stability and colour of functional plum spread during different storage conditions by Bajić Aleksandra R., Mastilović Jasna S., Cvetković Biljana R., Kovač Renata M., Ubiparip-Samek Dragana N., Djordjević Marijana Z., Djordjević Miljana Z., Dragojlović Danka M.

“…There is growing interest in utilizing juice pomace, including plum pomace, in new food products as a sustainable strategy for reducing agro-waste. As an alternative source of dietary fibres and phenolic bioactives, plum pomace represents a valuable ingredient in functional food development. …”
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Remote team-based learning during COVID-19: lower academic performance is associated with the exclusion of test grades from final grades by Juliana Magdalon, Leandro Luongo Matos, Marcelo Vivolo Aun, Marcelo Madeira, Welbert de Oliveira Pereira, Durval Anibal Daniel Filho, Elda Maria Stafuzza Gonçalves Pires

“…Furthermore, absenteeism was higher when the online strategy was applied. Conclusion: We observed lower academic performance by medical students during remote team-based learning sessions, likely owing to the exclusion of individual readiness assurance tests grades from the final course grade calculations during the COVID-19 pandemic.…”
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Immunotherapy in Recurrent Ovarian Cancer by Keyao Chen, Jingjing Wang, Meng Yang, Shaoqiong Deng, Li Sun

“…Immunotherapy offers potential advantages in modulating the immune response against tumor cells and has emerged as a promising strategy in ovarian cancer management. This review discusses various immunotherapy modalities, including active and passive immune strategies, for recurrent ovarian cancer. …”
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Co-occurrence of behavioural risk factors for non-communicable diseases and mortality risk in Spain: a population-based cohort study by Iñaki Galán, Cristina Ortiz, Carmen Rodriguez-Blazquez, Teresa López-Cuadrado, Ana Ayuso-Álvarez

“…Targeting multiple risk behaviours should be incorporated into the public health strategy.…”
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Deep Ensemble Learning for Human Action Recognition in Still Images by Xiangchun Yu, Zhe Zhang, Lei Wu, Wei Pang, Hechang Chen, Zhezhou Yu, Bin Li

“…Finally, we design the deep ensemble learning based on voting strategy (DELVS) model to pool together multiple deep models with weighted coefficients to obtain a better prediction. …”
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Newly discovered Late Bronze Age settlement in the vicinity of Kamenovo, Kubrat municipality, northeastern Bulgariа: preliminary results by Petar Minkov, Zheni Vasileva, Denitsa Sandeva, Yana Dimitrova, Stanimira Taneva, Plamen Georgiev, Nikola Tonkov, Hristo Popov

“…Unfortunately, more than 100 years after the first discoveries, no large-scale studies focusing on the period of the 2nd millenium BC have been carried out. The fieldwork strategy included combination of various research methods – from remote and non-destructive methods (LiDAR, geophysics, field surveys) to conventional archaeological excavations (trenches and long-term excavations over a larger area) for the sites selected for these studies. …”
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Sensorless Junction Temperature Estimation of Onboard SiC MOSFETs Using Dual-Gate-Bias-Triggered Third-Quadrant Characteristics by Yansong Lu, Yijun Ding, Jia Li, Hao Yin, Xinlian Li, Chong Zhu, Xi Zhang

“…Without changing the existing hardware, the closure degree of MOS channels is controlled through a dual-gate bias (DGB) strategy to achieve reverse conduction in different patterns with body diodes. …”
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Psychosocial risks and mental health of preschool care providers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: a cross-sectional study by Sin Wan Tham, Min Fui Wong, Maslinor Binti Ismail, Noriklil Bukhary Binti Ismail Bukhary

“…Logistic regression (p < 0.05) guided by the Hosmer-Lemeshow strategy was used for analysis, with the final model evaluated for assumptions and goodness-of-fit. …”
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Realist review protocol for understanding the real-world barriers and enablers to practitioners implementing self-management support to people living with and beyond cancer by Debi Bhattacharya, Eleni Karapanagiotou, Kumud Kantilal, Wendy Hardeman, Hattie Whiteside, Matthew Small

“…We will work with healthcare organisations, cancer charities and patients to agree a strategy for disseminating to these groups.PROSPERO registration number CRD42019120910.…”
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Antibodies against the multifaceted cathepsin D protein open new avenues for TNBC immunotherapy by Valérie Laurent-Matha, Pascal Roger, Séverine Guiu, Thierry Chardès, Emmanuelle Liaudet-Coopman, Pénélope Desroys du Roure, Timothée David, Aude Mallavialle

“…Therefore, immunotherapy, which has demonstrated its efficacy in different cancer types, could be a promising strategy for TNBC, given the limited therapeutic options currently available besides conventional chemotherapy. …”
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Exploring the impact of different types of exercise on working memory in children with ADHD: a network meta-analysis by Xiangqin Song, Yaoqi Hou, Wenying Shi, Yan Wang, Feifan Fan, Liu Hong

“…Recently, exercise interventions have gained attention as a potential strategy to improve cognitive function in children with ADHD. …”
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Effects of Hsa-miR-4741/LILRB2 on Senescence of Nucleus Pulposus Cells and Their Prognostic Values in Lumbar Disc Herniation by Zhendong He, Nan Zheng, Xiu-Quan Guo, Gang-Gang Wang, Mingjian Lin

“…Surgery is a common treatment strategy for LDH, but it can recur, resulting in recurrent disk herniation (RDH).Purpose To explore the predictive value of hsa-miR-4741 and LILRB2 in the prognosis of LDH surgery and the mechanism of nucleus pulposus senescence.Method The ROC curves of RDH based on hsa-miR-4741 and LILRB2 were constructed to evaluate their predictive values in the prognosis of LDH surgery. …”
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Potentiation of Doxorubicin Cytotoxicity Utilizing Clarithromycin Loaded-PEGylated Liposomes by Islam Alfreahat MS, Hamdi Nsairat PhD, Ibrahim Deeb Aldeeb PhD, Ali Al-Samydai PhD, Walhan Alshaer PhD

“…This approach may offer a promising strategy to overcome DOX resistance and improve chemotherapy outcomes.…”
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Prevention and Control of Losses of Gaseous Nitrogen Compounds in Livestock Operations: A Review by A.A. Jongebreur, G.J. Monteny

“…For the entrepreneur, the strategy must be built on the regulations, the special conditions of his farm, and what is reasonably achievable.…”
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Modern view on the treatment of diabetic macular edema by A.V. Shelankova, M.V. Budzinskaya, I.V. Andreeva

“…Based on the foregoing, the experts concluded that it is necessary to revise the DME treatment strategy and conduct additional studies in order to identify other approaches in therapy to improve visual acuity. …”
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Mold Alkaloid Cytochalasin D Modifies the Morphology and Secretion of fMLP-, LPS-, or PMA-Stimulated Neutrophils upon Adhesion to Fibronectin by Svetlana I. Galkina, Natalia V. Fedorova, Marina V. Serebryakova, Evgenii A. Arifulin, Vladimir I. Stadnichuk, Ludmila A. Baratova, Galina F. Sud’ina

“…The production of alkaloids which modify neutrophil responses to stimulation via actin depolymerization may be part of the strategy of pathogen invasion.…”
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Non-pharmacological interventions to improve the patient experience of colonoscopy under moderate or no sedation: a systematic review protocol by Nancy N Baxter, Jill Tinmouth, Diego Llovet, Teruko Kishibe, Colin Sue-Chue-Lam, Matthew Castelo

“…The review findings will be included in future efforts to develop an implementation strategy to reduce the use of deep sedation for routine colonoscopy. …”
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