A girl with intragenic variants in MARS2 and a chondrodysplasia phenotype by Hiroyuki Iijima, Yuko Tsujioka, Yoshiyuki Tsutsumi, Gen Nishimura, Yasushi Okazaki, Kei Murayama, Mitsuru Kubota, Akira Ohtake

“…Radiological examination showed generalized skeletal alterations including mild spondylar dysplasia and abnormal ilia, which resembled mucopolysaccharidosis; however, the urinary glycosaminoglycan levels and alpha-L-iduronidase activity in the filter paper blood were normal. …”
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Investigating the effect of mindfulness training for stress management in military training: the relationship between the autonomic nervous system and emotional regulation by Seho Lee, Jin Hyung Kim, Hakseung Kim, Sung Ha Kim, Sung Soo Park, Chang Woo Hong, Ki Tae Kwon, Seung Hun Lee, Kyoung Soo Kim, Hoon Choi, Jung Bin Kim, Dong-Joo Kim

“…Results The MT group exhibited a significant increase in HRV (14.4%, p = 0.001) and alpha asymmetry (AA) in the frontal lobe (45.7%, p < 0.001) compared to the non-MT group. …”
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EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: STUDENTS' EXPERIENCES AND INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS by Norbert Annuš

“…The study involved a quantitative survey involving a total of 500 students from different educational institutions covering primary, secondary and higher education, as well as Generation Z and Alpha. The survey gave students an insight into the concept of artificial intelligence. …”
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A simple, highly sensitive and specific serological test for the detection of antibodies to Varicella-zoster virus (<i>Varicellovirus humanalpha3</i>) by Firaya G. Nagieva, Elena P. Barkova, Olga S. Kharchenko, Alexander V. Sidorov, Galina I. Alatortseva, Bogdan S. Cherepovich, Yulia N. Tarakanova, Olga A. Trubacheva, Evgeny A. Pashkov, Artem A. Rtishchev, Oksana A. Svitich, Vitaly V. Zverev

“…Varicella-Zoster virus (VZV) is a highly contagious alpha-herpes virus. The diagnosis of chickenpox remains a difficult task especially in cases of breakthrough chickenpox, so the development of reliable laboratory tests is necessary. …”
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Chronic Kidney Disease in the Eastern Region of the State of Mexico: Implication of the Social Determinants of Health by Luis Enrique Hernández Gamundi, Donovan Casas Patiño, Alejandra Rodríguez Torres, Angélica Heredia Sánchez

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> a qualitative study was carried out in the eastern part of the State of Mexico in which 27 patients with chronic kidney disease participated who answered a semi-structured interview, using the Iramuteq v0.7alpha2 software to code the speeches. <br /><strong>Results:</strong> the voice of the disease is relegated to be devastating in its attention and way of living; income due to constant travel, medical care costs and unemployment conjugates a deadly trap that conditions the economic fragmentation of the patient; public policies are unattainable -referring to the transplant program-; culture shows a religious symbolism of protection to the health coupled with social stigmatization for suffering chronic kidney disease CKD; the health system transits in lack of service guarantees -dialysis, hemodialysis, lack of supplies-; gender shows equality in care but overload of women in patient care. …”
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Discomfort Intolerance Scale: A Study of Reliability and Validity by Kadir &Ouml;ZDEL, &Ouml;zden YAL&Ccedil;INKAYA ALKAR, &Yacute;brahim TAYMUR, M. Hakan T&Uuml;RK&Ccedil;APAR, Erkut ZAMKI, A. Emre SARGIN

“…The factor analysis resulted in two factors named &#147;discomfort (in) tolerance&#148; and &#147;discomfort avoidance&#148;. The Cronbach&#146;s alpha coefficient for the entire scale, discomfort-(in)tolerance subscale, discomfortavoidance subscale were, .592, .670, .600 respectively. …”
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Why heads matter in palaeoanthropology: The impacts and consequences of collecting skulls by Lauren Schroeder, Paige Madison, Rebecca R. Ackermann

“… This piece reflects on the importance of and focus on heads – especially the collecting of skulls and its impacts – in alpha taxonomy, biological anthropology, and Western science more broadly. …”
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Podocyte-related biomarkers' role in evaluating renal toxic effects of silver nanoparticles with the possible ameliorative role of resveratrol in adult male albino rats by Eman El-Sayed Khayal, Mona G. Elhadidy, Sulaiman Mohammed Alnasser, Manal Mohammad Morsy, Azza I. Farag, Samah A. El-Nagdy

“…Upregulation of interleukin 1 beta, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 gene expressions with downregulation of nephrin and podocin gene expressions in renal tissues were also observed. …”
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Development and validation of informed consent for blood transfusion questionnaire by Mohd Hilmi Senin, Mastura Mohd Sopian, Bakiah Shaharuddin, Muhammad Jaffri Mohd Nasir

“…For the validation phase, ICBTQ demonstrated an acceptable Cronbach’s Alpha value. One item was omitted in view of low corrected item-total correlation. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices on household food waste: Bases for formulation of a recycling system by M.R. Limon, C.B.J. Villarino

“…Data were collected through the use of researcher-made questionnaire with Cronbach’s Alpha at .82, and was supplemented by observations. …”
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CGDINet: A Deep Learning-Based Salient Object Detection Algorithm by Chengyu Hu, Jianxin Guo, Hanfei Xie, Qing Zhu, Baoxi Yuan, Yujie Gao, Xiangyang Ma, Jialu Chen, Juan Tian

“…The results show that CGDINet outperforms other mainstream significance object detection models in evaluation metrics such as <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${\mathrm {maxF}}_{\mathrm {\beta }}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mathrm {S}_{\mathrm {\alpha }}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, and MAE, with almost no increase in computational cost (FLOPs) and parameters. …”
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Identification of G-quadruplex-forming Sequences in Nucleocapsid Gene of SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern: An In Silico Analysis by Saeedeh Ghazaey Zidanloo

“…The results showed that the number, position, and G-scores of PQSs were similar in Wuhan-hu-1 and Alpha, Beta, and Gamma variants. The main difference was observed in the Delta variant, in which a PQS was deleted at position 630 of the gene, which is the top-ranked highly conserved G-quadruplex. …”
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Analytical and Clinical Evaluation of a Chemiluminescent Immunoassay to Detect Serum Chitinase-3-like Protein 1 in HBV-Related Liver Diseases by Yanqiang Liao, Se Peng, Lesheng Huang, Zhong Li, Jian Hu, Rui Xu, Wenzhi Tang, Jialing Zhuang

“…Correlation analysis revealed a significant association between CHI3L1 and alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) levels, the fibrosis-4 (FIB-4) index, and the aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index (APRI). …”
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Evaluation of Negative Cognitions in Children and Adolescents: Children&#146;s Automatic Thoughts Scale by Derya Atalan ERG&Yacute;N, Emine G&uuml;l KAP&Ccedil;I

“…Test-rest reliabilities with two weeks interval demonstrated that the Children&#146;s Automatic Thoughts Scale is a reliable instrument(r=.90). Cronbach Alpha was found to be and .94. These reliability and validity analyses supported that Children&#146;s Automatic Thoughts Scale could be used with Turkish children. …”
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Metataxonomics study of dental bioaerosols affected by waterline disinfection by Wachirakorn Poolkerd, Boonlased Swatasuk, Methanee Saengpitak, Sureeporn Muangsawat, Piriya Klankeo, Kittisak Thotsaporn, Ruchanee Salingcarnboriboon Ampornaramveth

“…The saliva samples demonstrated the highest alpha diversity (within the sample), whereas the air samples had the least. …”
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Identification of Key Genes and Pathways Involved in Circulating Tumor Cells in Colorectal Cancer by Ruijun Pan, Chaoran Yu, Yanfei Shao, Hiju Hong, Jing Sun, Zhou Zhang, Peiyong Li, Minhua Zheng

“…The top 10 hub genes were included, including eukaryotic translation elongation factor 2 (EEF2), ribosomal protein S2 (RPS2), ribosomal protein S5 (RPS5), ribosomal protein L3 (RPL3), ribosomal protein S3 (RPS3), ribosomal protein S14 (RPS14), ribosomal protein SA (RPSA), eukaryotic translation elongation factor 1 alpha 1 (EEF1A1), ribosomal protein S15a (RPS15A), and ribosomal protein L4 (RPL4). …”
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Evaluation of Giomer Using Eighth Generation Bonding Agent and Resin-Modified Glass Ionomer Cement Restoration in Non-Carious Cervical Lesions by Rajvi Bheda, Sanjyot Mulay, Anita Sanap Tandale

“…There was decrease in alpha ratings in both the study groups i.e., Giomer and RMGIC from 6 to 12 months. …”
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Interleukin-1 Receptor-Associated Kinase 4 Deficiency in a Greek Teenager by Panagiota Karananou, Anastasia Alataki, Efimia Papadopoulou-Alataki

“…It is a rare, autosomal recessive immunodeficiency that impairs toll/IL-1R immunity, except for the toll-like receptor (TLR) 3- and TLR4-interferon alpha (IFNA)/beta (IFNB) pathways. Case Report. We report the first patient in Greece with IRAK-4 deficiency. …”
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Acute stress triggers sex-dependent rapid alterations in the human small intestine microbiota composition by Bruno K. Rodiño-Janeiro, Bruno K. Rodiño-Janeiro, Olfat Khannous-Lleiffe, Olfat Khannous-Lleiffe, Marc Pigrau, Marc Pigrau, Marc Pigrau, Jesse R. Willis, Jesse R. Willis, Eloísa Salvo-Romero, Eloísa Salvo-Romero, Eloísa Salvo-Romero, Adoración Nieto, Adoración Nieto, Elba Expósito, Elba Expósito, Elba Expósito, Marina Fortea, Marina Fortea, Cristina Pardo-Camacho, Cristina Pardo-Camacho, Cristina Pardo-Camacho, Mercé Albert-Bayo, Mercé Albert-Bayo, Ana María González-Castro, Ana María González-Castro, Ana María González-Castro, Ana María González-Castro, Danila Guagnozzi, Danila Guagnozzi, Danila Guagnozzi, Danila Guagnozzi, Cristina Martínez, Cristina Martínez, Cristina Martínez, Beatriz Lobo, Beatriz Lobo, Beatriz Lobo, Beatriz Lobo, María Vicario, María Vicario, Javier Santos, Javier Santos, Javier Santos, Javier Santos, Toni Gabaldón, Toni Gabaldón, Toni Gabaldón, Toni Gabaldón, Carmen Alonso-Cotoner, Carmen Alonso-Cotoner, Carmen Alonso-Cotoner, Carmen Alonso-Cotoner

“…Differences in diversity and relative abundance of microbial taxa were examined.ResultsCold pain stress was associated with a significant decrease in alpha diversity (P = 0.015), which was more pronounced in females, along with significant sex differences in the abundance of specific taxa and the overall microbiota composition. …”
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EEG-based functional and effective connectivity patterns during emotional episodes using graph theoretical analysis by Majid Roshanaei, Hamzeh Norouzi, Julie Onton, Scott Makeig, Alireza Mohammadi

“…Coherence analysis demonstrated predominant alpha band activity across all emotions, with specific emotional states, such as fear, grief, and jealousy, exhibiting enhanced beta band activity. …”
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