Prevalence of alcohol and drug consumption and knowledge of drug/alcohol-related sexual assaults among Italian adolescents by Antonio Villa, Alessia Fazio, Anna Esposito

“…Two hundred and fourty-nine boys and 263 girls aged 15 to 21 years old (M = 16.2, SD = 2.1) answered a specially structured anonymous questionnaire. Results: Recent problem drinking (‘every day’ or ‘once a week’) was reported from 9% (‘wine’) up to 28% (‘beer’) of students. …”
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Performance Comparison of Different Neuroimaging Methods for Predicting Upper Limb Motor Outcomes in Patients after Stroke by Jingyan Tao, Zhaoqing Li, Yang Liu, Jianhua Li, Ruiliang Bai

“…Several neuroimaging methods have been proposed to assess the integrity of the corticospinal tract (CST) for predicting recovery of motor function after stroke, including conventional structural magnetic resonance imaging (sMRI) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). …”
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Telehealth group intervention for adolescents and young adults with cancer: a feasibility pilot study protocol by Sherilynn F. Chan, Joanna Patten, Nancy Lau

“…Aim 2 is to conduct patient stakeholder semi-structured interviews post-intervention with 20 AYAs to gather feedback and inform intervention refinement. …”
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Solar Photocatalytic Degradation of Bisphenol A on Immobilized ZnO or TiO2 by Andreas Zacharakis, Efthalia Chatzisymeon, Vassilios Binas, Zacharias Frontistis, Danae Venieri, Dionissios Mantzavinos

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Nutritional care for children with feeding difficulties and disabilities: A scoping review. by Alyssa Klein, Malia Uyehara, Andrew Cunningham, Madina Olomi, Kristen Cashin, Catherine M Kirk

“…Findings were organized using structured matrices of challenges and opportunities across the universal progressive model of care framework in the identification and management of feeding difficulties and disabilities and support for children with feeding difficulties and disabilities and their families. …”
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IMViT: Adjacency Matrix-Based Lightweight Plain Vision Transformer by Qihao Chen, Yunfeng Yan, Xianbo Wang, Jishen Peng

“…., multi-scale feature preparatory stages and multi-scale feature perception stages, where the first stage uses the lightweight multi-branch structure to extract multi-scale features, and the second stage leverages the non-hierarchical networks to learn semantic information for downstream tasks. …”
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Individual differences in developmental trajectory leave a male polyphenic signature in bulb mite populations by Deere, Jacques A., Smallegange, Isabel M.

“…When alternative phenotypes show different life history trajectories, developmental plasticity can also affect, and be affected by, population size-structure in an eco-evolutionary interaction. Developmental plasticity often functions to anticipate future conditions but it can also mitigate current stress conditions. …”
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IMPLICITINĖ PREDIKATO KVANTIFIKACIJA IR PORT ROYALIO LOGIKA by Laisvūnas Šopauskas

“…The conclusions of this investigation are following: first, it is possible to attribute to Arnauld and Nicole negation of the IQP thesis and the thesis of analogous structure – thesis of implicit quantification of the subject; second, chapters of Port-Royal logic discussing conversion provide the evidence not for attribution of IQP thesis, but only for the attribution of a weaker proposition and, third, William Hamilton should be held to be the first adherent of IQP thesis. …”
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Security environment of the state in the context of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine activities by K. L. Buhaichuk

“…The article investigates the essence of the “security environment” concept, which has recently been used to define the goals and areas of the security and defence sector of Ukraine, and also identifies its structural elements. The term “security environment” is a combination of two concepts – “security” and “environment”. …”
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Exploring the novel environmentally friendly highly hydrophobic TiO2 coating for enhanced anti-corrosion performance of steel in potential industrial applications by Haewon Byeon, J. Sunil

“…In this study, the structural and morphological properties and the corrosion resistance of mild steel (MS) plates were enhanced through the development of titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles applied using the doctor blade coating method. …”
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Experimental Study on Physical Similar Model of Fault Activation Law Based on Distributed Optical Fiber Monitoring by Dingding Zhang, Yanyan Duan, Wengang Du, Jing Chai

“…The impact ground pressure in coal mining is closely related to the fault structure, and the fault activation pattern is different when the working face advances along the upper and lower plates of the fault, respectively. …”
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Experiences of healthcare professionals returning to work post breast cancer diagnosis in China: A descriptive qualitative study by Bijun Mao, Ya Shen, Yan Chen, Peihong Zhou, Yuping Pan

“…A descriptive qualitative study was conducted to investigate the experiences of healthcare professionals returning to work following breast cancer diagnosis. 20 doctors and nurses were interviewed face-to-face with a semi-structured interview guide in three municipal hospitals. …”
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The Serbian version of the Pandemic-Related Pregnancy Stress Scale (PREPS-SRB)-A validation study. by Konstantin Kostić, Aleksandra Kostić, Aleksandra Petrović, Andrija Vasilijević, Jelena Milin-Lazović

“…The CFA showed very good fit indices for the Serbian sample, confirming the factor structure of the original English version. The RMSEA value of 0.056 (0.036-0.075) and values for fit indices TLI (0.961) and CFI (0.974) were above the cut-off of ≥0.95, indicating an excellent fit. …”
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The Effects of Coronavirus Disease-19 Pandemic on Tuberculosis Treatment Uptake and Outcomes in the Fako Division of Cameroon by Benjamin David Thumamo Pokam, Elsie Ngu Shindoh, Cecile Ingrid Djuikoue, Cedric Seugnou Nana, Sabi Hannah Kakah, Assadioh Pierre Kana Elisee, Nicholas Tendongfor

“…Extraction forms and structured questionnaire were used to collect both quantitative and qualitative data from records and health personnel, respectively. …”
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Etiology of Tendency Toward Using Cannabis: A Qualitative Study of the Lived Experiences of Teenager’s Consumers by Soodabeh Rostami, Atousa Kalantar Hormozi, Mohammad Asgari, Ezzatollah Kordmirza Nikoozadeh

“…This qualitative study utilized a descriptive phenomenological method, conducting in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 11 teenagers aged 17-20 years old who used cannabis at least once a week in Mashhad city (Iran) in 2022. …”
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Like milk on the stove: Healthcare professionals navigating uncertainty when caring for families with 22q11DS. by Sophie Ayoub, Eva De Clercq, Cheryl Cytrynbaum, Luzius A Steiner, Bernice S Elger

“…Reflexive thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews was performed after verbatim transcription.…”
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Repurposing antiviral drugs targeting the PARP-1 and HER2 pathways with multifaceted impacts through integrated network analysis and molecular mechanics by Uma Maheshwari Mugundan, Praveen Sekar, Rajanandh Muhasaparur Ganesan

“…Protein sequence alignment further revealed conserved and semi-conserved amino acid regions, including residues such as Arginine (ARG), Aspartic acid (ASP), and Phenylalanine (PHE), offering valuable insights into the structural characteristics of the target proteins. Molecular docking studies were performed to evaluate drug-receptor interactions, leading to the selection of promising candidates: Fostemsavir, Efavirenz, Doravirine, and Didanosine for HER2, and Efavirenz, Lopinavir, Fostemsavir, and Elvitegravir for PARP-1. …”
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Metagenomic insights and biosynthetic potential of Candidatus Entotheonella symbiont associated with Halichondria marine sponges by Hiyoung Kim, Jiyeong Ahn, Jaebum Kim, Hahk-Soo Kang

“…Although a diverse array of structurally novel natural products has been isolated from Korean marine sponges, their biosynthetic origins remain largely unknown. …”
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Commonality of Virulence-Promoting Function in Rhodococcus equi Virulence Associated Proteins (Vaps) by Timothy R. Ganderton, Daniel Ghete, Karen Hogg, Graeme J. Park, Christoph G. Baumann, Anthony J. Wilkinson, Paul R. Pryor

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Features of the receiving of piezoelectric thin films by plasma spraying of powdery AlN by V. S. Feshchenko, K. N. Zyablyuk, E. A. Senokosov, V. I. Chukita, D. A. Kiselev

“…Information on the modernization of the VUP-5 installation, which allowed to spray the AlN film from the powdered state, is given.One of the significant advantages of the process developed in this work is that the substrate is heated to temperatures no higher than 300 oC, which in turn allows to combine this technology with the technology of silicon semiconductor devices.As a result, films with a thickness of 200 nm on various substrates were obtained and their surface structure was studied. It is shown that AlN films deposited on single crystal substrates such as diamond and silicon have the least roughness, while films on sitall have the worst roughness.The transmission spectra of the obtained AlN films were investigated by IR spectroscopy. …”
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