Integrating a problem-solving intervention with routine care to improve psychosocial functioning among mothers of children with sickle cell disease: A randomized controlled trial. by Monika R Asnani, Damian Francis, Jennifer Knight-Madden, Susan Chang-Lopez, Lesley King, Susan Walker

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Sexual dysfunction in women with Sjögren’s syndrome: a cross-sectional observational study by Meiyu Wang, Zhenlei Gao

“…The general clinical data, sexual function feelings, medication use, psychological status, and socioeconomic factors of the patients were collected with a standardised questionnaire and assessed.Results Of the 158 patients, 124 (78.5%) were diagnosed with FSD based on Female Sexual Function Index scores <26.5. …”
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Comparison of the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction versus cognitive-behavioral therapy on emotion regulation, mindfulness, and cognitive-executive functions in f... by Emad Alkasir, Abbas Masjedi-Arani, Fatemeh Jafarian Dehkordi, Amir Sam Kianimoghadam, Behrooz Afshari, Shafigheh Yousefi

“…BACKGROUND: Rheumatoid arthritis affects physical and mental health; it brings psychological consequences such as dysfunctions in emotion regulation and cognitive-executive functions. The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) versus cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) on emotion regulation, mindfulness, and cognitive-executive functions in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. …”
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Life after Adolescent and Adult Moderate and Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Self-Reported Executive, Emotional, and Behavioural Function 2–5 Years after Injury by Torun Gangaune Finnanger, Alexander Olsen, Toril Skandsen, Stian Lydersen, Anne Vik, Kari Anne I. Evensen, Cathy Catroppa, Asta K. Håberg, Stein Andersson, Marit S. Indredavik

“…., age, years of education), injury characteristics (Glasgow Coma Scale score, MRI findings such as traumatic axonal injury (TAI), or duration of posttraumatic amnesia), symptoms of depression, or neuropsychological variables in the first year after injury predicted long-term self-reported function. Self-reported executive, emotional, and behavioural functioning were assessed among individuals with moderate and severe TBI (N=67, age range 15–65 years at time of injury) 2–5 years after TBI, compared to a healthy matched control group (N=72). …”
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Emotion dysregulation and impulsivity as overlapping symptoms in adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder: severity profiles and associati... by Eszter Kenézlői, Lívia Balogh, Szilvia Somogyi, Evelyn E. Lévay, Zsuzsa Halmai, Zsófia Nemoda, Zsolt S. Unoka, János M. Réthelyi

“…Patients with aADHD-BPD comorbidity were excluded from further analyses. The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, the Level of Personality Functioning Scale, and the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form were administered to investigate trait measures and childhood traumatization, respectively. …”
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The Effect of Task Cognitive Difficulty on Perceptual-Cognitive Indicators: Evidence on the Relationship Between Challenge Point Framework (CPF) and Cognitive Development in Table... by Taghi MM, Aghdaei M, Farsi A, Badicu G, de Sousa Fernandes MS, Yagin FH, Ardigò LP

“…But there was no significant difference between the groups.Discussion: These findings suggest that cognitive task difficulty, much like functional difficulty, aligns with predictions from the CPF, enhancing executive control and cognitive effort, and thereby supporting motor learning.Conclusion: Cognitive difficulty, like functional difficulty, takes advantage of the challenge point framework and improves cognitive–cognitive indicators.Keywords: task difficulty, attention networks, cognitive effort, challenge point, table tennis…”
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A Pipelined Architecture for Interatomic Interactions Computation Considering Atomic Distribution by Chengyang Han, Jifeng Luo, Yan Pei, Qianjian Xing, Feng Yu

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Nonlinear Equation Solver with MATLAB Graphical User Interface by Nur Idalisa Norddin, Nurul Hafawati Fadhilah, Muhammad Azri Azman Shah, Nurul Hajar Mohd Yusoff, Nur Intan Syafinaz Ahmad

“…A set of ten typical nonlinear test functions were created specifically as a benchmark suite for assessing methods in different situations. …”
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Effects of the combined letter fluency task on frontal cortex regional and dynamic oxygenation patterns by Paweł Krukow, Natalia Kopiś-Posiej, Víctor Rodríguez-González, Michał Mazur, Carlos Gómez, Jesús Poza

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Perspectives of integration of educational disciplines «Informational Networks and Systems» and «Bibliology» for students of specialty 51.03.06 Library and Information Activities... by J. V. Gushul, A. V. Mikhailova

“…Seen and identified problem areas of modern educational process: the difficulty in understanding of information technology to the current level of library specialties entrants, the reluctance of students to be responsible for the result and the inability to manage their own independent work and others.Conclusion: The urgency of the integration of interdisciplinary project and its compliance with the new educational paradigm - the modeling of the information environment of the future professional activity. …”
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Immediate memory is associated with alexithymia in Chinese Han first-episode, drug-naïve major depressive disorder by Xue Tian, Feng-feng Bai, Yong-ping Zhao, Ying Gao, Yu-ting Wang, Yuan Liu, Chu-hao Zhang, Mei-juan Li, Jie Li

“…BackgroundAlexithymia is defined as a difficulty in identifying and describing one’s own emotions. …”
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Transoral versus extraoral approach for mandibular angle fractures: A comparative study by Sathya Kumar Devireddy, R.V. Kishore Kumar, Rajasekhar Gali, Sridhar Reddy Kanubaddy, Mallikarjuna Rao Dasari, Mohammad Akheel

“…Group I had a minimum difficulty level index in 60%, moderate difficulty level in 33.3% and severe difficulty level in 6.7% while Group II had a minimum and moderate difficulty level in 46.7% and severe difficulty level in 6.7%. …”
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MILK FORMULAS 3 AND 4 IN FEEDING OF CHILDREN IN THE IZHEVSK ORPHANAGE by R. R. Kil'diyarova

“…Efficacy control of nutrition at the beginning and in 24 days of feeding with this milk formula was assessed according to anthropometric indexes, laboratory data and symptoms of functional gastro-intestinal disorders. Results: it was shown that including of studied formulas enriched with vitamins, microelements and containing lower percentage of proteins into the children diet instead of cow milk contributes to accelerated growth and development of infants, arresting of symptoms of functional digestive disturbances, improvement of the results of the red blood and faeces analyses. …”
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INVESTIGATION OF QUALITY INDICATORS OF BREAD STICKS BASED ON FIRST GRADE WHEAT FLOUR, RYE FLOUR AND TABLE BEET POWDER by I. M. Rusina, I. M. Kalesnik

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Genetic variants in complement-related genes: potential implications for cancer risk and progression by Jenny N. Fung, Ruben Pio

“…Therefore, future research combining genetic, genomic, and epigenomic data, along with functional genomics and proteomics, is needed to elucidate the potential roles of regulatory variants of complement genes in cancer. …”
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Oculomotor-Related Measures Are Predictive of Reading Acquisition in First Grade Early Readers by Avi Portnoy, Sharon Gilaie-Dotan

“…We hypothesized that reading acquisition is dependent on good oculomotor functions, and therefore inadequate oculomotor control will be associated with reading difficulties. …”
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Phenylketonuria as an Adherence Disease by Reach G

“…We propose that adherence may also be hindered by elevated phenylalanine levels in nonadherent patients, leading to cognitive and executive function impairment that reduces their ability to adhere to the diet. …”
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Understanding cognitive control in depression: the interactive role of emotion, expected efficacy and reward by Mostafa Toobaei, Mohammadreza Taghavi, Laura Jobson

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Backdoor detection in embedded system firmware without file system by Chao-jian HU, Yi-bo XUE, Liang ZHAO, Zhou-jun LI

“…Any embedded system firmware without file system will integrate its system code and user application code into a single file.This setting has brought some additional difficulties to analyze them.Aimed at this kind of firmware,the problem of library function identification was analyzed,and several heuristic methods to recognize some important function relevant with manipulating network socket and character string / memory were proposed.Based on this analysis,the backdoor detection problem of some typical types including unauthorized listener,unintended function,hidden function,outward connection request etc.were discussed,and several backdoors (one is critical level) in a real world firmware were found.The result shows this method of identifying library function can be useful for security analysis to this type of firmware.…”
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Stumbling Blocks in the Translation of English Road Traffic Terminology by Inga STOIANOVA

“…The findings of this study suggest the necessity of the original road traffic term's profound analysis in the pre-translation stage, focusing on the purpose, communicative situation, requirements, and function of the translated terminological unit. …”
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