Quality of Life of Patients with Liver Cirrhosis by María Belén Alvarado Villavicencio, Evelyn Carolina Betancourt Rubio, Luis Roberto Villamarín Ponce

“…The results were shown in graphs and tables expressed in values and percentages. <br /><strong>Results</strong>: in the study carried out, statistical significance was found between the level of education and the physical, psychological and environmental domains, likewise, statistical significance was observed between the sex of the subjects and the psychological and social domains, in addition, it was found statistical significance between comorbidities and the psychological, social and environmental domain. …”
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Prevalence and initial diagnostic evaluation of smoking in adolescents from Moa, Holguín by Alexander Torres Molina

“…<br /><strong>Results</strong>: the prevalence of smoking was 17.94%. 0.83% of adolescents expressed having quit the habit (ex-smokers). 55.98% were between 17-18 years of age, and 77.61% were male. 64.86% started smoking between 12 and 14 years old, 52.51% had been smoking for 1-2 years; while 59.85% consumed between 6-10 cigarettes a day. …”
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Self-Regulated Learning is not for Everyone: Towards an Explanation for the Heterogeneous Effects of Interventions by M. S. Khamidulina, N. G. Maloshonok

“…The learning success of students depends largely on the extent to which they have developed self-regulated learning skills. These are expressed as a set of cognitive, behavioral, and motivational strategies that help students set learning goals, develop a sequence of actions to achieve them, control their behavior and surrounding circumstances, and reflect on the outcomes of their learning. …”
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Blueprint for a high-performance biomaterial: full-length spider dragline silk genes. by Nadia A Ayoub, Jessica E Garb, Robin M Tinghitella, Matthew A Collin, Cheryl Y Hayashi

“…Because these genes are co-expressed within the same silk gland, there may have been selection for similarity in regulatory regions. …”
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Prevalence of depression in visually impaired children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Ajay Kumar Bakhla, Puja Pallavi, Ravi Rohan Kisku, Nishant Goyal, Amit Kumar, Kameshwar Prasad

“…With the finally selected 13 studies consisting of 822 participants, the overall pooled prevalence of depression or dysthymia among visually impaired children or adolescents was 14% (137/822 individuals, 95% CI = 9% to 20%), with high heterogeneity between studies (I2 = 80.11%; P < 0.001). Five studies that expressed gender distribution showed a cumulative prevalence of diagnosed depressive disorders was 6.85% and 18.96%, respectively, for male (n = 219, I2 = 47.52) and female (n = 116, I2 = 60.6%) participants. …”
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Pharmacokinetic and Biodistribution Assessment of a Near Infrared-Labeled PSMA-Specific Small Molecule in Tumor-Bearing Mice by Joy L. Kovar, Lael L. Cheung, Melanie A. Simpson, D. Michael Olive

“…Since PSMA is also broadly expressed on the neovasculature of most tumors, we expect YC-27 will have clinical utility for image-guided surgery and tumor resections.…”
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Micro-Engagements through AI-Smartwatch Wearables for eHealth: User Experiential Discourses on Social Media by Ireen Mmatlou Manyuha, Elizabeth Lubinga

“…A qualitative approach, using a netnography design provided results from online discourses expressed on X (formerly known as Twitter), in response to a question tweeted about the effectiveness of smartwatches. …”
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Endothelial Cells Potentially Participate in the Metastasis of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer by Yanfei Ma, Yanghong Li, Pengwei Guo, Jingjie Zhao, Qiang Qin, Jiajia Wang, Zhengfang Liang, Dalong Wei, Zechen Wang, Jiajia Shen, Siyuan He, Qianli Tang, Guanming Lu, Guiling Shi, Lingzhang Meng

“…Based on differentially expressed genes derived from the subclusters, gene set enrichment analysis showed that EC (ATP1B3) and EC (HSPA1B) contribute to the process of metastasis, for example, in fibrosarcoma and anaplastic carcinoma. …”
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Blocking Interleukin-33 Alleviates the Joint Inflammation and Inhibits the Development of Collagen-Induced Arthritis in Mice by Yan Li, Yeqin Fu, Huan Chen, Xiaojin Liu, Mingcai Li

“…Interleukin-33 (IL-33) is a proinflammatory cytokine which is highly expressed in the synovium of RA patients and the joints of mice with collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) and exacerbates CIA in mice. …”
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Male and Female Roles in the Perception of Young People Among Belarusians, Bulgarians, and Russians by Olga V. Semenova, Valentina N. Burkova, Marina L. Butovskaya, Alexey M. Ermakov, Elena N. Kasparova, Olga V. Kalinichenko, Stanislava Stoyanova

“…At the same time results showed significant cultural differences: respondents from Bulgaria often expressed traditional views on norms of behavior for women. …”
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Higher Education and the Challenges of Network Society: Philosophical Themes by B. V. Markov

“…However, the faculty body, especially in the Humanities sphere, expressed strong criticism. The argument is that digital technologies do not solve pedagogic problems. …”
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Deteriorated and Dislocated Multiple Organizational Relationships: An Investigation of Chinese Rock Burst Prone Coal Mines by Shuai Han, Izhar Mithal Jiskani, Yue Li, Zhen Liu, Jueli Yin

“…The specific conclusions are as follows: (1) Miners’ perception of relationship quality is the lowest, and the managers’ perception of relationship quality is the highest. (2) “Closeness” relationship is expressed among peer colleagues for all multiple roles. (3) The deteriorated relation rate of miners averagely reached 19.67%, and that of supervisors averagely reached 17.63%, thereby mostly reaching 27.8% for miners with regard to supervisors. (4) The workers in high positions easily have a phenomenon of “overestimated confidence” in the perception of dislocated relationships, and the “miners-supervisors” and “supervisors-manager” dual-core contradiction have obviously been emerging. (5) The valuable, harmonious, and extent degree are relatively lowest in all relationship items.…”
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Rapid change in red cell blood group systems after the main Out of Africa of Homo sapiens by Stéphane Mazières, Silvana Condemi, Wassim El Nemer, Jacques Chiaroni

“…Pioneer attempts showed that Neandertal and Denisova, two archaic hominid populations inhabiting Eurasia, expressed blood groups currently found in sub-Saharans and a rare “rhesus”, part of which is found in Oceanians. …”
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Multifunctional Thioredoxin-Like Protein from the Gastrointestinal Parasitic Nematodes Strongyloides ratti and Trichuris suis Affects Mucosal Homeostasis by Dana Ditgen, Emmanuela M. Anandarajah, Jan Hansmann, Dominic Winter, Guido Schramm, Klaus D. Erttmann, Eva Liebau, Norbert W. Brattig

“…To characterize the antioxidant Trx-lp and its interaction with the parasite’s mucosal habitat, S. ratti and T. suis Trx-lps were cloned and recombinantly expressed. The primary antioxidative activity was assured by reduction of insulin and IgM. …”
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Lipoxins and Annexin-1: Resolution of Inflammation and Regulation of Phagocytosis of Apoptotic Cells by Michael Scannell, Paola Maderna

“…LXA4 and ATLs elicit cellular responses by interacting with a G protein -coupled receptor (ALXR) that is expressed in various cell types. ALXR, originally identified as a low-affinity N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine receptor-like 1, can bind pleiotropic ligands, i.e., both lipid and peptides, including the glucocorticoid-inducible protein, annexin-1. …”
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Fathers’ involvement in pregnancy and childbirth in Africa: an integrative systematic review by Samuel Nambile Cumber, Anna Williams, Helen Elden, Malin Bogren

“…At the same time, in 18 studies fathers expressed motivation to be involved partners and supportive fathers, despite stigma and exclusion from maternity services. …”
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Development of transversal skills in higher education programs in conjunction with online learning: relationship between learning strategies, project-based pedagogical practices, e... by Yolanda Guerra-Macías, Sergio Tobón

“…In the didactic component, socioformative project-based pedagogical practices and learning strategies showed acceptable levels. Students expressed satisfaction with complementary online activities, showing a preference for interactive videos and short videos under 4 min. …”
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Insights into active travel levels at two universities. A comparative study in Ireland and Romania by Constantin Ion Alexandru, Mullan Elaine, Luca Oana, McGregor Alisha, Abdulal Nadia, Rotaru George

“…However, many students expressed a willingness to walk or cycle if improvements were made to infrastructure, such as dedicated cycle lanes and pedestrian paths.…”
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Eternal City or the Stuff of Nightmares? The Characterisation of Rome in Portrait of a Lady and Middlemarch by Hannah Hunt

“…It explores how the differing narrative strategies of Eliot and James, broadly delineated as a blend of overt and covert narrative voice, are expressed through the response of two young brides to Rome. …”
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Technologies for personalization of brand marketing communications using artificial intelligence by A. N. Timokhovich, O. S. Bulycheva

“…The study describes the specifics of using personalized marketing communications as a modern marketing tool, which is expressed in the impact on the identification of buyers at the subconscious level. …”
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