Sentence Context and Word-Picture Cued-Recall Paired-Associate Learning Procedure Boosts Recall in Normal and Mild Alzheimer’s Disease Patients by Rosario Iodice, Juan José García Meilán, Juan Carro Ramos, Jeff A. Small

“…These results open a potential window to improve the memory for verbalized instructions and restore sequential abilities in everyday life, such as brushing one’s teeth, fastening one’s pants, or drying one’s hands.…”
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A Novel Opportunity Losses-Based Polar Coordinate Distance (OPLO-POCOD) Approach to Multiple Criteria Decision-Making by Reza Sheikh, Soheila Senfi

“…Finally, the proposed method is exhibited through the use of numerical an example to illustrate its process. Additionally, a comparative sensitivity analysis is conducted to evaluate the outcomes of OPLO-POCOD and compare them with existing MCDM methods. …”
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High Performance 3D PET Reconstruction Using Spherical Basis Functions on a Polar Grid by J. Cabello, J. E. Gillam, M. Rafecas

“…These basis functions overlap in space producing a significantly large number of non-zero elements in the system response matrix (SRM) to store, which additionally leads to long reconstruction times. These two problems are partly overcome by exploiting spherical symmetries, although computation time is still slower compared to non-overlapping basis functions. …”
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Teacher's Personality Competence in Improving Student Learning Manners by Singgih Kusworo, Zulham Zulham

“…Habituation of manners such as sincere intention in studying, praying before and after learning, and speaking politely are the main focus in improving students' learning manners. In addition, supporting factors such as a conducive school environment also play a role in the development of student manners, while differences in students' ability to receive material are one of the inhibiting factors. …”
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Clinicopathological study of adrenal pheochromocytoma and extra-adrenal paragangliomas with reference to GAPP and PASS scoring systems by Akash Mondal, Moumita Sengupta, Soumya Dey, Anish Kar, Krishnendu Maiti, Debansu Sarkar, Uttara Chatterjee

“…Conclusion: In our study, GAPP/PASS scores successfully segregated tumor with low malignant potential from tumor with higher risk of metastasis, although specificity of GAPP was more than PASS. We also found that addition of objective parameters like SDHB immunohistochemistry may further increase the specificity of the existing scoring system.…”
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A Study of Inflammatory/Necrosis Biomarkers in the Fracture of the Femur Treated with Proximal Femoral Nail Antirotation by Mariapaola Marino, Giuseppe Palmieri, Marco Peruzzi, Flavia Scuderi, Emanuela Bartoccioni

“…Different surgical techniques were recommended for their treatment but undoubtedly they add an additional inflammatory trauma along the fracture itself. …”
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SUB-STATE ACTORS IN INTERNATIOAN RELATIONS AND THE EVOLUTION OF FEDERALISM (COOPERATION BETWEEN THE KOMI REPUBLIC AND HUNGARY IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 1990S.) by S. P. Arteev

“…In addition author focuses on the role of international relations of sub-state actors in the democratic transition. …”
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Function of boundary rivers in hydropolitics cooperation:Danube river study by Murad Kaviani Rad, Afshin Motaghi Disfani, Hossein Mokhtari Hashi, Ahmad Rashidinejad

“…Thus, as populations and economies grow and develop and national water resources are exploited for additional growth and development, government action and reaction to a higher share of these transnational sources will increase. …”
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“Edige” is the undying spiritual heritage of the Karakalpak people by Aytmuratov J.

“…Unlike existing studies, the emphasis in this work is on the predominant influence of the worldview of the Karakalpak people on the image of heroes, expressed through the prism of zhyrau’s creativity. In addition, the research focuses on a unique version of the dastan of “Edige”, presented in the Karakalpak tradition, which reflects the memories of the population of the Southern Aral Sea region and their longing for the banks of the Volga and Yaik rivers. …”
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A Case Report of Thoracic Ectopia Cordis in a Hospital in Zanjan, Iran by Mehdi Hosseini, Hassan Zamani, Shadi Moghimi, Aref Nekoufar

“…This shows that fetal echocardiography is better than ultrasound imaging in diagnosing ectopia cordis. In addition, it is recommended that pregnant women should avoid taking folic acid after the first trimester of pregnancy.…”
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Biodegradable and Stimuli-Responsive Nanomaterials for Targeted Drug Delivery in Autoimmune Diseases by Nargish Parvin, Sang Woo Joo, Tapas K. Mandal

“…These nanomaterials are designed to degrade safely in the body while releasing therapeutic agents in response to specific stimuli, including pH, temperature, redox conditions, and enzymatic activity. …”
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Suitability of Bentonite-Stabilized Laterite for Use as a Material for Nuclear Waste Containment in Sub-Saharan Africa by Emmanuel E. Arinze, Colin T. Davie

“…The results reveal that the addition of laterite improves the compaction properties of the mixture, decreases the clay concentration, increases permeability, reduces water absorption, and lowers swelling capacity. …”
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A distributed scheme for energy-efficient event-based target recognition using Internet of Multimedia Things by Manal Alsabhan, Adel Soudani, Manan Almusallam

“…The conducted experiments show that our novel method based on the general Fourier descriptor decreases the energy consumption in the camera node to only 2.4 mJ, which corresponds to 75.32% of energy-saving compared to the centralized approach, promising to prolong the network lifetime significantly. In addition, the scheme achieved more than 95% accuracy in target recognition.…”
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Huaqiao Nongchang: Isolated Settlements of Overseas Chinese Inside China by P. E. Strukova

“…The transformation of certain "huaqiao nongchang" units from unproductive state farms into profitable agricultural enterprises occurred due to various factors, including decentralization of decision-making, redirection toward local markets, alleviation of social tensions, workforce training, and their integration into the broader Chinese economy.This article supplements its analysis with excerpts from settlers' memoirs, offering firsthand insights into the lives and experiences of overseas Chinese emigrants returning to their homeland. Additionally, it provides a concise examination of the terminology associated with this subject matter.…”
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Study on Stress-Dependent Permeability of Fracture Networks in Fractured Porous Media by Yueli Feng, Yuetian Liu, Gang Lei

“…In order to investigate the stress-sensitive characteristics of fracture networks under reservoir actual stress condition and its influence on the seepage in fractured porous media, we carried out permeability tests on experimental models with fracture networks under constant-volume boundary condition. In addition, a novel analytical stress-dependent permeability model of fracture networks in different directions was derived. …”
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Benson’s spiritual relaxation and lavender aromatherapy toward anxiety, sleep quality, and blood pressure by Eppy Setiyowati, Umdatus Soleha, Mulyadi Mulyadi, Muhammad Basuni

“…Anxiety caused by illness is one of the factors contributing to elevated hypertension across all age groups. Therefore, in addition to pharmacological treatment, non-pharmacological therapy is essential to reduce anxiety, lower blood pressure, and improve sleep quality in hypertensive patients. …”
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Formation of hybrid carriers based on albumin and polyoxometalate for targeted drug delivery by M.O. Tonkushina, I.D. Gagarin, V.R. Gavrilyuk, K.A. Piunov, A.A. Ostroushko

“…The formation of hybrid drug carriers based on proteins and polyoxometalates has a number of additional benefits. Polyoxometalates are able to bind both proteins and molecules of certain drugs to obtain water-soluble products without the use of toxic reagents and organic solvents. …”
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Differential Coding of Fruit, Leaf, and Microbial Odours in the Brains of <i>Drosophila suzukii</i> and <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> by Claire Dumenil, Gülsüm Yildirim, Albrecht Haase

“…The neural responses reflect species-dependent shifts in the odour code. In addition to this, morphological differences were also observed. …”
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Chord Types and Figuration: A Bayesian Learning Model of Extended Chord Profiles by Christoph Finkensiep, Petter Ericson, Sebasian Klassmann, Martin Rohrmeier

“…We find that the proposed characterization of chords is indeed learnable and the specific inferred profiles match previous music-theoretic accounts. In addition, we can observe patterns in the use of figuration, such as the distribution of figuration tones being related to the diatonic contexts in which chords appear and chord types differing in their predisposition to generate non-chord tones. …”
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A research on self-efficacy beliefs, perception of success, competitive state anxieties of 9-13-year-old children playing soccer by Arıkan Ektırıcı, Ayse Feray Ozbal, Serdar Kocaeksı

“…Consequently, when selection criteria of 9-13 year-old children playing soccer are taken into consideration, only self-efficacy beliefs among the variables mentioned in this study between the qualified and the disqualified made a difference, whereas other variables did not make any differences. Once again, some relationships appear between anxiety and competence levels and perception of success.…”
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