Enhancing service delivery via Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) at uMzimkhulu Local Municipality, South Africa by Sikhona Cornelius Nkosi, Linah Mahlahla, Kunle Oparinde

“…As a result, it is recommended that the municipality provide training for WIL students and establish efficient monitoring and evaluation processes for the WIL programmes. Additionally, the municipality should involve students in WIL programmes in matters related to progressive initiatives and provide further support to enhance their ability to handle client services. …”
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New Oral Anaticoagulant Prescribing Decisions amongst General Practitioners: Handle with Care by Ann Kirby, Aileen Murphy, Colin Bradley

“…The introduction of new oral anticoagulants (NOACs) offers a wider choice but they are more costly and their use also brings additional pharmacological considerations. **Objective:** This paper investigates if the identified risk factors (renal impairment, hepatic impairment, other co-morbidities & drug interactions) influence GPs’ NOAC prescribing decisions, using a multivariate probit model, while controlling for other GP characteristics. …”
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Exploring the Users’ Perspective of the Nationwide Self-Exclusion Service for Gambling Disorder, “Spelpaus”: Qualitative Interview Study by Johanna Tjernberg, Sara Helgesson, Anders Håkansson, Helena Hansson

“…The subcategories identified a number of reasons for self-exclusion, such as financial reasons and family reasons, and positive experiences described as a relief from gambling; in addition, important suggestions for improvement were cited, such as a more gradual return to gambling post–self-exclusion, better ways to address loopholes in the system, and transfer from self-exclusion to treatment. …”
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The Effects of Mood Disorders and Dissociative Symptoms on Suicide Attempts by Halil Özcan, Ali Emre Þevik

“…Having higher scores on DES, MDQ and BDI was positively correlated with having higher scores on BSIS. …”
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A SmartPLS4-based CB-SEM confirmatory factor analysis: A case of speaking needs for Chinese business English undergraduates by Ke Hu, Asmaa Alsaqqaf

“…These include three target needs: difficulties in oral communication, oral challenges in collaborative engagement, and required speaking activities. Additionally, there are two learning needs: perceived learning styles and perceived course satisfaction. …”
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Ising Model of User Behavior Decision in Network Rumor Propagation by Chengcheng Li, Fengming Liu, Pu Li

“…The results show that, in the rumor propagation system, von Neumann entropy can quantify well the phase transition of the system and is consistent with the phase transition information obtained by measuring the spontaneous magnetization and magnetic susceptibility of the system. In addition, the introduction of the self-identity characteristics of individual users into the Ising model has greatly changed the users’ decision-making behavior of rumor spreading and changed the internal structure of the system, thus changing the type of phase transition. …”
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The Impact of Brand Quality and Brand Innovativeness on the Purchase Intention of Local Brands by Abdelraheem Abualbasal, Celine Hasan

“…The study’s findings revealed that perceived brand quality and brand innovativeness significantly influence attitudes toward local brands. Additionally, there is a positive association between perceived local brand quality and brand innovativeness. …”
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Investigation into changes in inflammatory and immune cell markers in pre-diabetic patients from Durban, South Africa by Nomusa Christina Mzimela, Aubrey Mbulelo Sosibo, Phikelelani Siphosethu Ngubane, Andile Khathi

“…Compared to ND, the PD and T2D groups had significant increases in serum TNFα, CD40L and fibrinogen concentrations. Additionally, there were decreases in serum CRP, IL-6, and P-selectin in the PD group while these markers increased in the T2D group. …”
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Heat transfer in a 3D cubic shell heat exchanger with rotating tubes and turbulent flow by Athraa Hameed Turki, Ali Khaleel Kareem, Ali M. Mohsen

“…The data suggests that significant enhancement in heat exchanger performance can be achieved by optimizing nanofluids properties and Reynold’s numbers, while tube rotations provided no additional benefits to the efficiency of the facility.…”
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Clinical Course and Nutritional Management of Propionic and Methylmalonic Acidemias by Amira Mobarak, Heba Dawoud, Hanaa Nofal, Amr Zoair

“…Additionally, patients on higher amounts of medical formula did not necessarily show an improvement in the frequency of decompensation episodes. …”
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An Intelligent Medical Imaging Approach for Various Blood Structure Classifications by Madallah Alruwaili

“…Blood is a vital body fluid and can be instrumental in identifying various pathological conditions. …”
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How breastfeeding affects immunity? by Dawid Piecuch, Weronika Sobota, Katarzyna Zemsta, Przemysław Piskorz, Michał Zwoliński, Edyta Hańczyk, Aleksandra Sędek

“…Due to the special composition of breast milk, breastfed children protect against infections and support for additional health. Mechanisms that cause side effects that cause effects not only in the aftermath of life, but also in the aftermath of health in the aftermath of life. …”
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OM-101 Decreases the Fibrotic Response Associated with Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy by Zeev Dvashi, Keren Ben-Yaakov, Tamir Weinberg, Yoel Greenwald, Ayala Pollack

“…The dispase-injected mice were randomly divided into two groups B and C (N=25 mice); in group C, the eyes were treated with intravitreal injection of OM-101 (3 μl), and group B with PBS, as a control. After additional five days, mice were injected with the same initial treatment. …”
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Beef handling practices at Abattoirs and Butcher shops in Uganda: implications for meat safety and health of consumers by Juliet Kyayesimira, Florence Muheirwe

“…However, the meat sector is still underdeveloped in most African countries. In addition, there is limited research addressing meat safety challenges. …”
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Data-driven optimization design method and tool platform for green residential area layout by Shanshan Wang, Dayu Zhang, Xiaosai Hao, Jia Liang, Shanshan Li

“…To validate the design flow, two additional case studies were conducted. The results demonstrate that the parametric generative design of residential area layouts facilitates passive sustainable design in the early design stage and enhances environmental effects without increasing construction costs.…”
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Improving reading competence in aphasia with combined aerobic exercise and phono-motor treatment: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial. by Olga Boukrina, Elizabeth B Madden, Brian M Sandroff, Xiangqin Cui, Abubakar Yamin, Yekyung Kong, William W Graves

“…The study is structured as a Phase I/II clinical trial and compares the effects of AET plus PMT to a control condition of stretching plus PMT on reading and other language outcomes including naming, auditory comprehension, and spontaneous speech. Additionally, it investigates the immediate and sustained impacts of the intervention on CBF, functional connectivity, and task-evoked brain activity. …”
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Higher Education and the Politics of the Radical Imagination by Henry A Giroux

“…Regarding the discourse of civic courage, social responsibility and the ethical imagination, I argue that civic literacy is crucial to a democracy and that the university must play a vital role in creating the formative cultures that make critically engaged citizens possible. In addition to taking up these issues, I will point to several recommendations that provide an alternative to some of the oppressive conditions now shaping institutions of higher learning, particularly in the United States. …”
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Embodied time travel in VR: from witnessing climate change to action for prevention by Yuke Pi, Xueni Pan, Mel Slater, Justyna Świdrak, Justyna Świdrak

“…A total of 41 participants were divided into two groups: an embodied group that interacted with a virtual environment through full-body avatars, and a non-embodied group that observed the scenarios from an invisible observer’s point of view. …”
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LSTM-based framework for predicting point defect percentage in semiconductor materials using simulated XRD patterns by Mehran Motamedi, Reza Shidpour, Mehdi Ezoji

“…The sliding window technique plays a crucial role in capturing temporal dependencies within the XRD data, allowing the model to generalize to other semiconductor materials. Additionally, we observed that increasing defect percentages consistently led to a rise in background intensity. …”
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Development and Evaluation of Amlodipine-Polymer Nanocomposites Using Response Surface Methodology by Zain Alabden Ghanim Ahmed, Samer Hasan Hussein-Al-Ali, Ibrahim Abdel Aziz Ibrahim, Mike Kh. Haddad, Dalia Khalil Ali, Anwar Mahmoud Hussein, Ahmad Adnan Abu Sharar

“…From the XRD data, the Amlop-polymer nanocomposite shows semi crystallinity. In addition, the disappearance of drug peaks indicates that the drug was incorporated between the polymer molecules and was amorphous in behavior. …”
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