Living Group Mosaic Family: participation of people with disabilities in the community by Marta Aoki, Fátima Correa Oliver, Ariane Bazarin de Campos Cancegliero, Júlia Colussi

“…Joining the group promoted emotional changes, discoveries of skills, promotion of care and learning, self-esteem and communication improvement among participants. …”
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Effects of Selenium Supplement on B Lymphocyte Activity in Experimental Autoimmune Thyroiditis Rats by Yang Li, Xinhe Zuo, Chuan Hua, Yong Zhao, Xun Pei, Man Tian

“…In contrast with the EAT model group, the levels of serum TSH, TGAB, TPOAb, and BAFF were decreased, while IL-10 expression was increased in thyroid tissue, and Bregs ratio was upregulated in the spleen (all p<0.05) in the selenium yeast supplement EAT group. …”
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Glucocorticoid and Melanocortins: Special Issue by Stephen J. Getting

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Revealing the differences in bicycle theft and motorcycle theft: spatial patterns and contributing factors by Lin Liu, Heng Liu, Dongping Long, Xinhua Huang

“…Bicycle theft hotspots predominantly cluster in the urban core of ZG city, while motorcycle theft hotspots are primarily concentrated in the suburban regions. (2) At the community level, car parks, Internet cafes, and subway stations have a significant positive impact on bicycle theft, while bus stops and shops have a significant positive impact on motorcycle theft. …”
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Cytokines and Other Mediators in Alopecia Areata by Stamatis Gregoriou, Dafni Papafragkaki, George Kontochristopoulos, Eustathios Rallis, Dimitrios Kalogeromitros, Dimitris Rigopoulos

“…Among them, MIG, IP-10, BAFF, HLA antigens, MIG, as well as stress hormones are implicated in disease onset and activity. …”
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Effect of Dynamic Corrosion and Degradation on Fatigue Life of an AA2024-T3 Aircraft Profile: Experimental, Statistical, and Numerical Analyses by Gilberto Daniel Conejo Magaña, Víctor García García, Daniel Cahue Díaz, Nicolás Herrera-Sandoval, Orlando Hernández Cristóbal

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Registro do Sul do Brasil de Fibrilação Atrial (SBR-AF): Preditores de Recorrência de Arritmia Atrial Após a Primeira Ablação por Cateter by Muhieddine Omar Chokr

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Letter to the editor regarding the response to “Multidisciplinary consensus-based statement on the current role of Middle Meningeal Artery embolization (MMAE) in chronic SubDural H... by M. Foppen, W.P. Vandertop, D. Verbaan

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Understanding the dynamics of compliance to smoke-free policy regulations: Exploring the perspectives of venue owners and staff in Türkiye by Ezgi Baltacı, Aslı Çarkoğlu, Sejal Saraf, Toker Ergüder, Gül Ergör, Mutlu Hayran, Connie Hoe

“…Methods A qualitative open-ended survey was conducted in Istanbul and Ankara in 2021 with 58 respondents from 3 different districts in each city from four types of venues: restaurants, traditional coffee and waterpipe houses, and European-style cafés. The open-ended survey included questions to understand the knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes of respondents about Türkiye's smoke-free policy and their perceptions of the facilitators and/or barriers to smoke-free policy implementation and changes after COVID-19. …”
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New Zealand policy experts’ appraisal of interventions to reduce smoking in young adults: a qualitative investigation by Janet Hoek, Heather Gifford, Jude Ball, El Shadan Tautolo

“…Participant selection was based on seniority and expertise and ensuring diverse perspectives were represented.Interventions We examined nine interventions that could either promote greater mindfulness or introduce barriers impeding smoking uptake: smoke-free outdoor dining and bars; no tobacco sales where alcohol is sold; social marketing campaigns; real life stories (testimonials); life skills training; raise purchase age to 21; tobacco-free generation; smokers’ licence; make tobacco retail premises R18.Results The policies perceived as more effective denormalised tobacco; made it less convenient to access and use; highlighted immediate disadvantages (eg, impact on fitness); aligned with young people’s values; and addressed the underlying causes of smoking (eg, stress). …”
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L’essor de la résilience ou la promotion de nouvelles cultures du risque autour de l’adaptation aux changements climatiques ? by Florence Rudolf

“…This question was in the core of the communications about the framing of urban spaces and buildings to face climate changes, which have taken place at the congress of Acfas in may 2014 at the University of Concordia in Montreal.…”
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Photodiagnosis and photodynamic recognition of cervical cancer with SEM and AFM images. by Sevcan Aytaç, Gürkan Özbey

“…But, it was observed that the volume of particles of the mAFM images has been smaller than nAFM and bAFM images.…”
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Positive Almost Periodic Solutions for a Time-Varying Fishing Model with Delay by Xia Li, Yongkun Li, Chunyan He

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Endoscopic sphincterotomy - The basics by DS Zimmon

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Lessons learned in migrating from one commercial genetics clinical decision-making tool to another: Assessment of data integrity and utilization by Calvin Le, Kevin Tatunay, Wayne Liu, Haibo Lu, Nicole-Ann Rodis, Thomas Nam, Mercy Y. Laurino, Marianne E. Dubard-Gault

“…Although these results can ease clinicians’ concerns after such support tool transitions, our effort also highlights areas for improvement in how family and patient genetic data are recorded and utilized for clinical care and research within an institution.…”
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Leisure activities of young drug users and non-drug users: association with five personality factors by B. O. Bazyma, O. O. Serdiuk

“…Individual sports activities, reading books, going to cafes and restaurants with friends, playing computer games, and working or having a part-time job are of medium prevalence. …”
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Determination of rolling forces of corrugated profiles on stainless belt of heat exchanger for wind tunnels by Yu. V. Shchipkova, A. Yu. Popov, Yu. A. Rogoza, D. A. Kormakov

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On new spider species of the genus Episinus (Araneae, Theridiidae) from China and proposal of five species groups by Yun Liang, Jinnan Liu, Haiqiang Yin, Xiang Xu

“…During the recent surveys across various regions of China, we found three previously undescribed species which have been identified as belonging to Episinus.Three new species of Episinus Walckenaer, 1809 are described: Episinus anfu sp. nov. (♀) from Jiangxi Province, E. implicatus sp. nov. (♀) from Yunnan Province and E. pseudonubilus sp. nov. (♂♀) from Shaanxi Province. …”
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Genetically Modified Mosquitoes by Eric P. Caragata, Yoosook Lee, Eva A. Buckner

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Endosonography: New Developments in 2006 by Marc Giovannini

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