Growth and Productivity Assessment of Short-Duration Rice (Oryza sativa L. and Upland NERICA) Genotypes in Semiarid North-Central Namibia by Simon K. Awala, Kudakwashe Hove, Vistorina Shivute, Johanna S. Valombola, Pamwenafye I. Nanhapo, Yoshihiro Hirooka, Osmund D. Mwandemele, Morio Iijima

“…In semiarid regions, drought is the major threat to crop production, but climate change and variability often bring floods to the regions, forming seasonal wetlands causing damage to local, drought-adapted staple grains and, hence, low yields and food deficit. …”
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İntörn Hemşirelere Verilen Akılcı İlaç Uygulamaları Eğitiminin İlaç Uygulamaları ile İlgili Tıbbi Hata Eğilimlerine Etkisi by Derya Suluhan, Emine Öksüz, Gamze Sarıkoç, Sibel Yılmaz Şahin, Hatice Ayhan, Gülşah Kök, Tülay Başak, Dilek Yıldız, Gülden Güvenç, Öznur Kavaklı, Emine İyigün

“…Bu uygulamalardan biri akılcı ilaç kullanımıdır.Amaç: Bu araştırmanın amacı; intörn hemşirelere verilen akılcı ilaç uygulamaları eğitiminin öğrencilerin tıbbi hataya eğilimleri üzerine etkisini incelemektir.Yöntem: Bu araştırma tek merkezli, yarı deneysel bir çalışma olup, Ankara’da bir hemşirelik yüksekokulunda yürütüldü. …”
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Evaluating implementation of a hospital‐based cancer registry to improve childhood cancer care in low‐ and middle‐income countries by Melissa R. Maas, Allison Yang, Michele A. Muir, James B. Collins IV, Courtney Canter, Gevorg Tamamyan, Inam Chitsike, Francine Kouya, Kim Hoa Nguyen, Alia Ahmad, Ana Patricia Alcasabas, Yi‐Jin Gao, Kimberly J. Johnson, Gia Ferrara, Nickhill Bhakta, Benyam Muluneh

“…Wide variation in the success of implementation has warranted further research into the implementation approach, to create a sustainable and adaptable HBCR in LMICs. Methods Seven of 89 sites using the SJCARES registry were selected, stratified by global region and stage of implementation. …”
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Mağaza İmajının İkon Marka Algısına Yansıması by Yelda Ülker, Nurhan Babür Tosun

“…İkon marka olmak isteyen markalar, mağazaatmosferi unsurlarını da bu amaç doğrultusunda belirlemektedir. Diğer bir deyişle mağaza atmosferine önemveren markalar farklılaşıp tüketicinin duygularına seslenerek genellikle ikon haline gelme çabası içindedir.Bu bağlamda çalışmanın temel amacı, mağaza imajı ile ikon marka ve alt boyutları olan marka kişiliği,kimlik miti ve marka hikayeciliği algısı arasında anlamlı bir ilişkinin olup olmadığının saptanmasıdır. …”
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Therapeutic Efficacy of Intranasal <i>N</i>-Acetyl-L-Cysteine with Cell-Penetrating Peptide-Modified Polymer Micelles on Neuropathic Pain in Partial Sciatic Nerve Ligation Mice by Hiroshi Nango, Ai Takahashi, Naoto Suzuki, Takumi Kurano, Saia Sakamoto, Taiki Nagatomo, Toyofumi Suzuki, Takanori Kanazawa, Yasuhiro Kosuge, Hiroko Miyagishi

“…Western blotting and immunohistochemistry were conducted to evaluate ionized calcium-binding adapter molecule 1 (Iba-1) expression and microglial activation in the spinal cord. …”
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The effect of nature on creativity through mental imagery. by Aaron C Drake, Fiza Hasan, Arianna Gibson, Julia W Y Kam

“…We implemented a within-subjects design, wherein participants completed both mental walk conditions (in a nature and urban environment) at least five days apart in counterbalanced order on an online platform. …”
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İNMELİ HASTALARDA DEPRESİF BELİRTİLERİN SAĞLIKLA İLİŞKİLİ YAŞAM KALİTESİNE ETKİSİ by Selin Süslü, Merdiye Şendir

“…ÖZETGiriş:İnmelihastalarda inme sonrası depresif semptomlar yaygın görülmektedir ve hastalarınyaşam kalitesini olumsuz etkileyebilmektedir.Amaç:Buaraştırmanın amacı, inmelihastalarda inme sonrası gelişendepresif belirtilerin sağlıkla ilişkili yaşamkalitesine etkisini incelemektir.Yöntem:Tanımlayıcıtipte olan bu araştırmanın örneklemini,Mart-Mayıs 2012 tarihleriarasında bir Üniversite Hastanesinin Nöroloji Anabilim Dalına bağlıpolikliniklerine başvuran ve araştırmaya katılmayı kabul eden toplam 100 inmehastası oluşturdu. …”
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Covid-19 Pandemi Dönemi Uzaktan Eğitim Sürecine İlişkin Öğretmen ve Öğrenci Görüşleri by Sevda Çetin, Dilek Akduman

“…Araştırmada nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden olgubilim (fenomenoloji) deseni, veri toplama aracı olarak ise “yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme formu” kullanılmıştır. …”
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ÖRGÜT KÜLTÜRÜ ALGISININ ÖRGÜTSEL ÇEVİKLİK ÜZERİNDEKİ ETKİSİNİN İNCELENMESİ by Suzan Basrı, Kürşad Zorlu

“…Bu çalışmanın amacı, çalışanların örgüt kültürü algılarının örgütsel çeviklik üzerindeki etkisini incelemektir. …”
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Toxicity effect of Ricinus communis methanolic extracts against Bactrocera cucurbitae (Diptera: Tephritidae) by Sadia Manzoor, Rasheed Akbar, Afaq Hussain, Amjad Ali, Brekhna Faheem, Maid Zaman, Abid Farid, Ijaz Hussain, Imtiaz Ali Khan, Kahkashan Perveen (ORCID:

“…Bactrocera cucurbitae, commonly known as the melon fruit fly, stands as a formidable threat to global agriculture, particularly in the cultivation of cucurbitaceous crops. The adaptability, high reproductive capacity, and broad host range of B. cucurbitae make it a persistent challenge for growers worldwide. …”
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Analysis of the dynamics of occupational morbidity and its consequences in Ukraine in comparison with other countries of the world by M.H. Prodanchuk, A.V. Basanets, O.P. Kravchuk, K.Y. Hashynova, V.A. Hvozdetskyy

“…The results obtained in the study indicate the discrepancy of statistical data on occupational morbidity and its consequences with the real situation: the level of occupational morbidity in Ukraine is 17 times lower than the European average, despite the fact that the working conditions in most of them do not meet hygienic standards. …”
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Privacy-preserving federated learning framework with irregular-majority users by Qianxin CHEN, Renwan BI, Jie LIN, Biao JIN, Jinbo XIONG

“…In response to the existing problems that the federated learning might lead to the reduction of aggregation efficiency by handing the majority of irregular users and the leak of parameter privacy by adopting plaintext communication, a framework of privacy-preserving robust federated learning was proposed for ensuring the robustness of the irregular user based on the designed security division protocol.PPRFL could enable the model and its related information to aggregate in ciphertext on the edge server facilitate users to calculate the model reliability locally for reducing the additional communication overhead caused by the adoption of the security multiplication protocol in conventional methods, apart from lowering the high computational overhead resulted from homomorphic encryption with outsourcing computing to two edge servers.Based on this, user could calculate the loss value of the model through jointly using the verification sets issued by the edge server and that held locally after parameter updating of the local model.Then the model reliability could be dynamically updated as the model weight together with the historic information of the loss value.Further, the model weight was scaled under the guidance of prior knowledge, and the ciphertext model and ciphertext weight information are sent to the edge server to aggregate and update the global model parameters, ensuring that global model changes are contributed by high-quality data users, and improving the convergence speed.Through the security analysis of the Hybrid Argument model, the demonstration shows that PPRFL can effectively protect the privacy of model parameters and intermediate interaction parameters including user reliability.The experimental results show that the PPRFL scheme could still achieve the accuracy of 92% when all the participants in the federated aggregation task are irregular users, with the convergence efficiency 1.4 times higher than that of the PPFDL.Besides, the PPRFL scheme could still reach the accuracy of 89% when training data possessed by 80% of the users in the federated aggregation task were noise data, with the convergence efficiency 2.3 times higher than that of the PPFDL.…”
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Öğretmen Eşitlik Algısı Ölçeği: Geçerlik ve Güvenirlik Çalışması by Orhun Kaptan

“…AFA ile elde edilen 18 maddeden oluşan bir anket formu DFA için veri toplama aracı olarak kullanılmıştır. Güvenirlik çalışmalarına göre ölçeğin geneli için Cronbach Alfa katsayısı .87, Guttman iki yarı katsayısı .81 ve test tekrar test korelasyonu .91 olarak bulunmuştur. …”
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Optimization of the green synthesis of gold nanorods using aqueous extract of peeled sour guava as a source of antioxidants. by M Camila Patiño-González, Claudia E Echeverri-Cuartas, Sandra Torijano-Gutiérrez, Sandra Milena Naranjo-Rios, Natalia A Agudelo

“…Therefore, we developed an AuNR biosynthesis method using an aqueous extract of sour guava (Psidium araca). Initially, a study was conducted to determine the antioxidant capacity of different parts of the fruit (pulp and peel) over 14 days. …”
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Temperature and repeated catecholamine surges modulate regional wall motion abnormalities in a rodent takotsubo syndrome model by Ermir Zulfaj, AmirAli Nejat, Abdulhussain Haamid, Aaron Espinosa, Ahmed Elmahdy, Tetiana Pylova, Sandeep Jha, Björn Redfors, Elmir Omerovic

“…RWMA analysis offers promise as a diagnostic and prognostic tool in TS, and the delayed adaptive response presents a potential pathway for therapeutic intervention.…”
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Modelling height to crown base using non-parametric methods for mixed forests in China by Zeyu Zhou, Huiru Zhang, Ram P. Sharma, Xiaohong Zhang, Linyan Feng, Manyi Du, Lianjin Zhang, Huanying Feng, Xuefan Hu, Yang Yu

“…This study simulated the HCB of Spruce fir broadleaved mixed forest in Northeast China using four non-parametric model approaches: generalized additive model, Cubist, boosted regression tree (BRT), and multiple adaptive regression spline. Because of the different genetic characteristics and growth patterns of different tree species, species-specific tree groups were formed, and the HCB of each species-specific group was simulated by the different models. …”
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La Paille, un matériau pour transmettre by Volker Ehrlich, Édouard Vermès

“…This can be observed, for instance, in the case of a pedagogical worksite where an eight story apartment building in Paris was insulated using straw-bales. …”
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Enhancing resilience: the impact of a near-peer mentoring program on medical students by Lea Pölczman, Lea Pölczman, Dorottya Árva, Dorottya Árva, Zsuzsa Győrffy, Márk Jámbor, András Végh, András Végh, Gergő Kristóf, György Purebl, Edmond Girasek

“…Data was collected at two points, 5 months apart, at the semester’s start (August 2022) and end (February 2023). …”
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Comparison of the Efficacy of Artificial Intelligence-Powered Software in Crown Design: An In Vitro Study by Ziqiong Wu, Chengqi Zhang, Xinjian Ye, Yuwei Dai, Jing Zhao, Wuyuan Zhao, Yuanna Zheng

“…Methods: A total of 33 clinically adapted posterior crowns were involved in the standard group. …”
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Reliability and Validity of the Functional Movement Screen™ with a Modified Scoring System for Young Adults with Low Back Pain by Khalid Alkhathami, Yousef Alshehre, Sharon Wang-Price, Kelli Brizzolara

“…The video-recorded performance also was scored twice six weeks apart by the same investigator to determine intra-rater reliability…”
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