Awareness and Perception of Healthcare Providers about Proxy Consent in Critical Care Research by Rania Mahafzah, Karem H. Alzoubi, Omar F. Khabour, Rana Abu-Farha

“…Respondents also agreed that the informed consent process should explain research protocols and procedures (76.6%), therapeutic alternatives (84.1%), potential benefits (41.4%), and potential risks (44.1%) and that participation in the research is voluntary (66.9%). …”
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Evaluating Safety Issues for Taxi Transport Management by Kayvan Aghabayk, Sina Rejali, Seyed Alireza Samerei, Nirajan Shiwakoti

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Awareness and perception of prevention and management options of sexually transmitted infections among students at secondary school in Rivers State, Nigeria by Florence Mandah, Oluebubechukwu Udi, Pamela Thompsom-Abiye, Basil Ogbu

“…Results 99.3% of participants agreed that STIs can be treated with pharmaceutical drugs, 33% believed in the effectiveness of local concoctions, while 68.3% indicated that divine intervention of prayers offers a cure. 290 (96.6%) participants strongly agreed that young people should be educated on STIs in schools. …”
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Application of Homogenized Load-Bearing Ring Hypothesis in Roadway Supporting by Quntao Zhang, Jianwei Zheng, Xiaodong Sun, Wenzhou Li, Kang Yi, Yukai Fu, Jiulin Shi, Shuai Wang, Biao Liu, Qi Wang

“…Artificial support system takes advantages of self-bearing capacity of surrounding rock mass in roadway support, which is one of the important supporting ideas in modern times. …”
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Stigma associated with mental illness: perspectives of judges and attorneys in Lebanon — a cross-sectional study by Rayan Mroué, Michele Cherro, Ghida Kassir, Elias Ghossoub, Nadia Dandan

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Reliability and Validity of Beliefs about Substance Use (BSU) Questionnaire in Alcohol Dependent Patients. by Selçuk ASLAN, M. Hakan TÜRKÇAPAR, Hale Yapıcı ESER, Mustafa UĞURLU

“…Conclusion: Our findings support that Turkish version of BSU is an adequate tool that can be used to evaluate alcohol addicted patients` cognitive believes about alcohol use…”
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Regenerative Potential of Granulation Tissue in Periodontitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Naiwen Tan, Maja Sabalic, Linh Nguyen, Francesco D’Aiuto

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Evaluation of respiratory muscle strength in individuals having Down syndrome by Fernanda Roseane Furlan, Dayla Sgariboldi, Patrícia Brigatto, Eli Maria Pazzianotto- Forti

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Problematic issues of using the toolkit of economic cybernetics by V. Persianov, A. Kurbatova

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Analyzing the discourse of tourism development with a justice-oriented and moderate approach by Mostafa Ghodrati, Mehraban Hadipeykani, Reza Ebrahimzadeh

“…According to the above, it can be generally said that the tourism industry is a nascent industry in the country, which is still at the beginning of its work (Nemati, et al., 2014). …”
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Transgenic plants as genetic models for studying functions of plant genes by A. V. Kochetov, V. K. Shumny

“…In addition, some pathogenesis-related proteins (PR-4 family) possess RNase activity and can inhibit growth of pathogenic fungi. Investigation of transgenic plants revealed that high ribonuclease activity in apoplast correlated with increased resistance against tobacco mosaic virus. …”
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Characteristics and mechanism of MBT anomaly of Karakum desert related with the Hindu Kush earthquake by Yifan Ding, Ziqing Wang, Yuan Qi, Wenfei Mao, Qiqi Zhang, Lixin Wu

“…The temporal characteristics of the positive MBT anomaly can be described in sequence as follows: pre-earthquake (pre-EQ) rising, near-earthquake (near-EQ) enhancing, co-earthquake (co-EQ) peaking, after-earthquake (after-EQ) persisting and dissipating eventually. …”
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Folic acid alleviates the negative effects of dexamethasone induced stress on production performance in Hyline Brown laying hens by Xi Sun, Chaohui Wang, Sijing Li, Xiaoying Liu, Yun Li, Yumeng Wang, Yuxin Niu, Zhouzheng Ren, Xin Yang, Xiaojun Yang, Yanli Liu

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Postharvest Storage Practices of Maize in Rift Valley and Lower Eastern Regions of Kenya: A Cross-Sectional Study by Peter Koskei, Christine C. Bii, Protus Musotsi, Simon Muturi Karanja

“…The quantity of discoloured and mouldy maize consumed ranged from 0 to 90 kg; 7 (2.2%) respondents consumed mouldy maize, 36 (11.5%) fed it to cows, and 19 (6.1%) fed it to poultry. A small percentage (3.5%) believed mouldy maize is safe for human consumption, 23.6% for animal consumption, while 15.0% considered it safe for brewing, with the differences between the two regions being statistically significant (P value <0.05). …”
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Ordos Mausoleum of Genghis Khan: History and Modernity by Nomin D. Tsyrenova, Chingis Ts. Tsyrenov

“…The Ordos Mausoleum of Genghis Khan and the tourist complex of the same name can be considered as one of the modern forms of the cult of veneration of Genghis Khan, as well as a striking example of the pragmatic implementation of the policy of memory on the part of the official Chinese authorities in relation to the great conqueror and the Mongol Empire as a whole. …”
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La Mélancolie et l’aspect spatio-temporel de l’identité dans Le pion sur l’échiquier d’Irène Némirovsky by Liudmyla Parfeniuk

“…These tendencies, it is believed, can be neutralised by theories that focus on the dialogical nature of the subject. …”
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Qualitative financial modelling in fractal dimensions by Rami Ahmad El-Nabulsi, Waranont Anukool

“…Abstract The Black–Scholes equation is one of the most important partial differential equations governing the value of financial derivatives in financial markets. …”
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Characterization of probiotic Bacillus sp. NP5 metabolites and their effect on female catfish broodstock re-maturation by Valensia Enzeline, Widanarni Widanarni, Agus Oman Sudrajat, Alimudin Alimudin

“… Probiotics are believed to contain active components that influence fish reproduction. …”
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Severe Symptomatic Primary CMV Infection in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients with Low Population Seroprevalence by Catherine Rowan, Ciaran Judge, Mary D. Cannon, Garret Cullen, Hugh E. Mulcahy, Elizabeth Ryan, Cillian F. De Gascun, Glen A. Doherty

“…Conversely, primary CMV infection is believed to be uncommon in immunocompetent adults due to high population seroprevalence. …”
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Pulse Waveform Analysis of the Ocular Blood Flow Using Laser Speckle Flowgraphy before and after Glaucoma Treatment by Satoko Masai, Kyoko Ishida, Ayako Anraku, Tetsuro Takumi, Goji Tomita

“…Although reduction in intraocular pressure (IOP) is the principle of glaucoma treatment, impaired ocular blood flow is believed to play a role in the progression of glaucoma. …”
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