Ecological typology of woody vegetation of the Starohut forest massif as a component of the restoration of disturbed ecotopes by Olena Tykhonova, Tatiana Marukha, Petro Rybalko, Serhii Butenko, Serhii Horbas

“…Sugruds, consisting of oak-pine-lindenmaple forests on plains and aspen-birch-linden-maple forests in depressions, cover 2,266.9 hectares or 33.44% of the Starohut forest massif. …”
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Improving the Teaching of Persian Verse Literature for non-Persian Speakers: A Comprehensive Evaluation of Educational Materials by Amirreza Vakilifard, Fatemeh Janatirad, Zoya Rezaei Mahalati

“…Furthermore, the domains of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills also secure a prominent position in the hierarchy of desirability. …”
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Exploring socio-demographic determinants of obesity in Jordanian women of reproductive age: insights from a nationwide survey by Mahmoud Shaaban Abdelgalil, Sara Hosny El-Farargy, Mohamed Adel Dowidar, Mohamed Abd-ElGawad

“…Additionally, no significant associations were found between obesity development and variables such as the type of place of residence, educational level, frequency of reading newspapers or magazines, radio listening, television watching, or internet use in the past month (p > 0.05). …”
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Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in the Treatment of Aphasia after Stroke：A Meta-Analysis by CUI Ying, LI Bo, TIAN Guang

“…The results of meta-analysis showed that, (1) Clinical efficacy: compared with the control group, the clinical effect of the experimental group was higher [<italic>OR</italic>=3.46, 95% <italic>CI</italic> (2.30, 5.21), <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.001]. (2) WAB score: compared with the control group, the WAB- aphasia quotient (WAB-AQ) score of the experimental group was significantly higher [<italic>MD</italic>=14.06, 95% <italic>CI</italic> (11.82, 16.29), <italic>Z</italic>=12.32, <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.000 01]，WAB-spontaneous language score was significantly higher [<italic>MD</italic>=2.13, 95% <italic>CI</italic> (1.32, 2.94), <italic>Z</italic>=5.17, <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.000 01], WAB-listening comprehension score was significantly higher [<italic>MD</italic>=0.50, 95% <italic>CI</italic> (0.05,0.95)], <italic>Z</italic>=2.20, <italic>P</italic>=0.03], WAB-retelling score was significantly higher [<italic>MD</italic>=2.58,95% <italic>CI</italic> (2.18,2.98), <italic>Z</italic>=12.54, <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.000 01] and WAB-naming score was significantly higher [<italic>MD</italic>=2.07, 95% <italic>CI</italic> (1.63, 2.50), <italic>Z</italic>=9.28, <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.000 01]. (3) Picture naming test: compared with the control group, the score of picture naming test in the experimental group was higher [<italic>MD</italic>=23.17, 95% <italic>CI</italic> (10.11, 36.23), <italic>Z</italic>=3.48, <italic>P</italic>=0.000 5]. (4) CADL score: compared with the control group, the CADL score of the experimental group was higher [<italic>MD</italic>=15.08, 95% <italic>CI</italic> (10.88, 19.27), <italic>Z</italic>=7.05, <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.000 01].ConclusiontDCS can effectively improve the communication ability of daily life, picture naming ability and language abilities of spontaneous language, listening comprehension, retelling and naming in patients with aphasia after stroke, with clinical efficacy and good safety. …”
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Triamcinolona en aplicación tópica: una alternativa de valor en el tratamiento de la fimosis by Emilio Vega Azcue

“…Se excluyeron aquellos pacientes que presentaban fimosis adquirida por dilataciones forzadas, liquen esclero atrófico o balanitis serosa obliterante. …”
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Ladrão de galinhas: um diálogo sobre a estética no livro de imagem by Carla Carvalho, Marilia Menon Araújo

“…Entre los demás especialistas, recurrimos al soporte teórico de Collaro (2012), Gomes Filho (2014), Heller (2014), Hunt (2010), Kandinsky (1997), Kant (2013), Linden (2011), Neitzel e Carvalho (2013), Neitzel y Oliani (2008), Nikolajeva y Scott (2011), Santaella (2012), Todorov (2011), Willsberg y Forssman (2007). …”
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Fiddler Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Ocypodidae) From Coastal Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands: Species Descriptions and DNA Barcodes by Carl L. Thurman, John C. McNamara, Hsi‐Te Shih, Mariana V. Capparelli

“…National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, the American Museum of Natural History, New York, and the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, the Netherlands. During a field study, 51 locations were collected resulting in over 870 preserved specimens (120 lots) along the 2237‐km (1390 mi) coast of Ecuador and on three Galápagos Islands. …”
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Funktionale Mehrdeutigkeit, Tonalität und arabische Stufen. Überlegungen zu einer Reform der harmonischen Analyse by Ludwig Holtmeier

“…Ausgehend von der ›Stufentheorie‹ Emanuel Aloys Försters bezeichnen die Arabischen Ziffern dabei die jeweils vorherrschenden ›lokalen‹ Sequenz- und Kadenzmodelle. Die zugrunde liegende ›Tonalität‹ eines Musikstücks, der übergeordnete harmonische Zusammenhang, der im Zentrum des musiktheoretischen Interesses des 19. und 20. …”
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Ice-nucleating particles active below −24&thinsp;°C in a Finnish boreal forest and their relationship to bioaerosols by F. Vogel, F. Vogel, M. P. Adams, L. Lacher, P. B. Foster, G. C. E. Porter, G. C. E. Porter, B. Bertozzi, B. Bertozzi, K. Höhler, J. Schneider, T. Schorr, N. S. Umo, J. Nadolny, Z. Brasseur, P. Heikkilä, E. S. Thomson, N. Büttner, M. I. Daily, R. Fösig, A. D. Harrison, J. Keskinen, U. Proske, U. Proske, U. Proske, J. Duplissy, J. Duplissy, M. Kulmala, T. Petäjä, O. Möhler, B. J. Murray

“…Using the 6 <span class="inline-formula">min</span> time resolution PINE data, we present several lines of evidence that INPs below <span class="inline-formula">−</span>24 <span class="inline-formula">°C</span> in this location are also from biological sources: (i) an INP parameterization developed for a pine forest site in Colorado, where many INPs were shown to be biological, produced a good fit to our measurements; a moderate correlation of INPs with aerosol concentration larger than 0.5 <span class="inline-formula">µm</span> and the fluorescent bioaerosol concentration; (ii) a negative correlation with relative humidity that may relate to enhanced release of bioaerosol at low humidity from local sources such as the prolific lichen population in boreal forests; and (iii) the absence of correlation with ultra-fine particles (3.5 to 50 <span class="inline-formula">nm</span>), indicating that new particle formation events are not sources of INPs. …”
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Protective effect of brain and muscle arnt-like protein-1 against ethanol-induced ferroptosis by activating Nrf2 in mice liver and HepG2 cells by Yanan Zhao, Ranran Zhang, Ziheng Chen, Ziyi Wang, Shuang Guan, Jing Lu

“…Upon exposure to alcohol (5 % Lieber-DeCarli liquid alcohol diet for 10 days before binged alcohol with 5 g/kg body weight in vivo, 300 mmol/L for 12 h in vitro, respectively), the content of iron, reactive oxygen species (ROS) and malondialdehyde (MDA) was boosted significantly while glutathione (GSH) was decreased that mainly based on the downregulated protein expression of ferritin heavy chain (FTH), ferroportin (FPN), heme oxygenase1(HO-1) and anti-cystine/glutamate antiporter (SLC7A11), while these changes could be abolished by ferroptosis inhibitor Ferrostatin-1[Fer-1 (5 mg/kg body weight for 10 days in vivo, 10 μmol/L for 2 h in vitro, respectively)]. …”
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The ratio of COL2A1:COL1A1 in dartos tissue patients with hypospadias by Prahara Yuri, Hotman Christinus, Zico Yusuf Alfarizi, Medina Ndoye

“…Methods We collected 55 samples of dartos tissue, comprising 35 from patients with hypospadias procured from urethroplasty procedures and 20 from patients with phimosis collected during circumcision without any lichen cases at our institution. The gene expression levels of COL1A1 and COL2A1 in the dartos tissue were analyzed using reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). …”
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The use of animation tools in the media space of the “Library Night” for the development of master’s students’ teamwork skills by Ekaterina A. Mamaeva, Dmitry N. Gribkov, Vladimir V. Matveev, Tatyana V. Masharova

“…The didactic potential of animation tools for improving the quality of library education, and, in particular, for developing the teamwork skills of undergraduates has been clarified: developing the ability to listen to the alternative opinions of other team members, accept the standards and values of the group, and follow the social and moral-ethical norms of the team. …”
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Where is Batho Pele? The perspective of child and adolescent mental health service users in the Western Cape Province of South Africa by Stella Mokitimi, Kim Jonas, Marguerite Schneider, Petrus J. de Vries

“…These findings may be similar in other low-resource settings and highlight the importance of putting “people first” by listening to their voices on an ongoing basis and at all levels of service and systems strengthening.…”
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Methods to address functional unblinding of raters in CNS trials by Steven D. Targum, William P. Horan, Vicki G. Davis, Alan Breier, Stephen K. Brannan

“…First, we compared the scores of remote (site-independent) raters, blinded to TEAEs, who listened to audio recorded, site-based Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) interviews. …”
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Expected features of the course leader in the rehabilitation healthcare professionals' higher education: A qualitative study on students' perspectives. by Benedetto Giardulli, Laura Furri, Marco Testa, Andrea Dell'Isola, Gianluca Bertoni, Simone Battista

“…Five themes were generated from the analysis: 1) 'A Collaborative Manager', as students perceived course leaders as non-authoritarian managers who involved all the stakeholders in the decision-making process addressing aspects such as curriculum adjustments, program improvements, and any challenges faced; 2) 'A Diplomatic yet Honest Communicator', as students needed course leaders capable of communicating transparently; 3) 'A Flexible Mediator', as course leaders should actively listen to all stakeholders, mitigating conflicts; 4) 'An Empathic and Available Guide', as students need course leaders available and ready to help; 5) 'An Experienced Healthcare Professional', as students felt course leaders should have a clinical background related to the course they lead. …”
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Marcher, créer, révéler by Sophie Goupille

“…Free to come and go at a walking pace, until our own limits pursue us. Free to see, listen and feel everyday events and appreciate their specificity. …”
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Dermoscopy of Vitiligo and Other Hypopigmented Skin Lesions in Indian Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study by Ananya Sharma, Binod Khaitan, Vishal Gupta, M Ramam, Kanika Sahni

“…Methods: A cross-sectional study including 105 vitiligo and 137 other hypopigmented skin lesions, including ash-leaf macules (n=17), nevus depigmentosus (n=16), post-inflammatory hypopigmentation (n=16), pityriasis alba (n=15), pityriasis versicolor (n=14), idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis (IGH) (n=14), lichen sclerosus (n=12), leprosy (n=9) and others. …”
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Lanskap Konteks Sosial-Sosietal dalam Pragmatik Berbasis Cybertexts Vaksinasi Covid-19 (Socio-Social Context Landscape in Cybertexts-Based Pragmatics Covid-19 Vaccination) by R. Kunjana Rahardi

“…The data collection method applied is the listening method with reading and note-taking techniques. …”
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Alcohol, alcoholism and related consequences by M. V. Mayevskaya

“…Special techniques are applied in motivational interview: empathy (realized compassion to current emotional status of the other person), reflective listening (conducting thematically directed dialogue between psychologist and the patient to obtain data), resistance following, account of actual readiness for changes and actual needs, achievement of specific targets with assessment of specific effects. …”
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Changes in Hemodynamics and Tissue Oxygenation Saturation in the Brain and Skeletal Muscle Induced by Speech Therapy – A Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study by U. Wolf, F. Scholkmann, R. Rosenberger, M. Wolf, M. Nelle

“…Arts speech therapy (AST) is a therapeutic method within complementary medicine and has been practiced for decades for various medical conditions. It comprises listening and the recitation of different forms of speech exercises under the guidance of a licensed speech therapist. …”
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