Evaluation of Bedtime Oral Hygiene Behavior and Dietary Habits in Children by S. Ceren İlisulu, Edmon Sakız, Mustafa Küçük

“… Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of bedtime oral hygiene and dietary behaviors on dental health in children.Materials & Methods: For this study, 83 parents with children aged 6 to 8 years participated. All participants who agreed to take part in the study were called on their mobile phones during 7 days (weekdays and weekend) for collecting data of bedtime routine activities of children including oral hygiene behaviors and dietary habits 1 hour before bedtime. …”
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The Impact of Circadian Preferences on Quality of Life in Patients With Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: An Evaluation Using the SF‐36 by Uğur Ergün, Ahmet Güleç, Taner Buğra Tan

“…Methods This study investigates the effect of circadian preferences on the quality of life in patients with GERD. A total of 152 participants (80 patients diagnosed with GERD and 72 healthy controls) were included in the study. …”
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The function of ASR-generated live transcription in simultaneous interpreting: trainee interpreters’ perceptions from post-task interviews by Xiaoman Wang, Binhua Wang, Lu Yuan

“…The results show that most participants perceived live transcription beneficial, with data indicating improved performance and lowered error rates in terms of terminologies, numbers, and proper names. …”
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Location privacy preserving scheme based on dynamic pseudonym swap zone for Internet of Vehicles by Min Yang, Yong Feng, Xiaodong Fu, Qian Qian

“…This randomness of choosing the pseudonym exchanging vehicles prevents dynamic pseudonym swap zone from the secure risk that the information of exchanging participants exposes to their group manager in some existing works in which each pair of pseudonym exchanging participants is assigned by the manager. …”
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Al di qua e al di là del muro: movimenti sociali in Israele e Palestina by Sabina Leoncini

“…Palestinian and Israeli associations participate every Friday for almost ten years to the protests. …”
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Relationship between anthropometric and motor characteristics and swimming performance over 400 meters freestyle in young swimmers by Esin Çağla Çağlar, Turgut Yildirim, Mehmet Kutlu, Furkan Çamiçi, Tuğrul Özkaldı

“…The aim of the study was to measure participants’ shoulder width, grip strength, flexibility and aerobic endurance and to investigate the correlation of these data with swimming times over 400 meters freestyle. …”
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Clausal agreement on adverbs in Andi by Kaye Steven

“…To the extent that adverb agreement has been observed elsewhere, it is commonly taken to signal that the items involved are semantically oriented towards the participants they agree with, aligning the phenomenon with secondary predication. …”
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“You’re not taught to think about the words you use and then it just perpetuates”— a qualitative examination of medical students’ perspectives of stigmatising language in healthcar... by Saakshi Daswani, Elizabeth Gorecki, Lisa Mellon

“…Twenty-one medical students at the RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences participated in four focus group interviews; a thematic analysis of the data was conducted. …”
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Barriers and enablers of access to diabetes eye care in Auckland, New Zealand: a qualitative study by David Squirrell, Matire Harwood, Jacqueline Ramke, Corina Grey, Rinki Murphy, Pushkar Raj Silwal, Maryam Pirouzi

“…We performed a thematic analysis and described the main barriers and enablers to accessing services using the Theoretical Domains Framework.Setting The study took place in two of the three public funding and planning agencies that provide primary and secondary health services in Auckland, the largest city in Aotearoa New Zealand.Participants Thirty people with diabetes in Auckland who had experienced interrupted diabetes eye care, having missed at least one appointment or being discharged back to their general practitioner after missing several appointments.Results We identified barriers and enablers experienced by our predominantly Pacific and Māori participants that aligned with 7 (of the 14) domains in the Theoretical Domains Framework. …”
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Behavioral and Psychological Factors Associated with 12-Month Weight Change in a Physical Activity Trial by Melissa A. Napolitano, Sharon Hayes

“…By Month 12, participants achieved 140.4±14.82 min of PA/week, with no group differences. …”
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Exploring the role of project-based learning in higher education to promote indigenous knowledge through sculpture students’ engagement with Ghanaian Adinkra symbols by Fredrick Boakye-Yiadom, Evans Kwadwo Donkor, Ronald Osei Mensah

“…A qualitative research methodology was employed, using semi-structured interviews, participant observations, and project evaluations to gather data. …”
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Lendo e pensando com Ana Fani by Sandra Lencioni

“…Seeking the future and participating in a geography that was being renewed, we both went back to the past to understand where we were situated. …”
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An FMRI meta-analysis of interoception in eating disorders by Nandini Datta, Anna Hughes, Mattia Modafferi, Megan Klabunde

“…To do so, we employed an innovative Bayesian author-topic model approach to fMRI meta-analyses that pools together neural deficits across interoceptive senses and task types in participants with and recovered from EDs. Following PRISMA guidelines, our results combine activation patterns from 1,341 initially screened studies and data from 25 manuscripts that met study criteria that compare 463 patients with EDs (current or recovered) to 450 healthy control participants (HC). …”
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Feasibility of Using Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation for Pain in Persons with Parkinson's Disease by Diana H. Rintala, Gabriel Tan, Pamela Willson, Mon S. Bryant, Eugene C. H. Lai

“…Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Community. Participants. Nineteen persons with PD and pain in the lower back and/or lower extremities. …”
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Forehead against Resistance (FAR): Preliminary Findings from A Clinical Alternative to Shaker’s Type of Exercise by Radish Kumar Balasubramaniam, Rahul Krishnamurthy, Athira Rajan, Suprasanna K

“…The result revealed that the participants had greater UES opening on FAR and its variant than the baseline swallow. …”
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Exploring undergraduate medical students and faculty perspectives on blended learning: a qualitative study in China by Xi Chen, Lei Zhou, Lin Lv, Chunhui Zhang, Xi Yu, Sisi Li, Xunchen Liao, Shaoyu Wu

“…Objectives This study aimed to explore the views and expectations of medical students and faculty members on blended learning following university-wide teaching reforms, focusing on its influence on self-directed learning (SDL) and educational effectiveness.Design A qualitative study employing grounded theory methodology with semistructured individual and group interviews.Setting A tertiary medical university after institution-wide educational reforms.Participants One administrator, 11 faculty members and 30 third-year preclinical medical students were recruited to participate in the study.Results The analysis of faculty and student perceptions yielded two core categories from faculty and three from students. …”
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Feasibility and Acceptability of Utilizing a Smartphone Based Application to Monitor Outpatient Discharge Instruction Compliance in Cardiac Disease Patients around Discharge from H... by Aimee M. Layton, James Whitworth, James Peacock, Matthew N. Bartels, Patricia A. Jellen, Byron M. Thomashow

“…Seven participants completed 1–30 days and four patients completed >31 days. …”
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Equitable food value chains through collaborative action [in an inequitable landscape] by Micaela Lipman, Domonique Griffin, Erik Woyciesjes, Gabriella Hall, Samina Raja

“…The paper relies on mixed-methods data that include key informant interviews, participant observations, and surveys of organizations that participated in the Buffalo Community Food System Grant program. …”
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Equitable food value chains through collaborative action [in an inequitable landscape] by Micaela Lipman, Domonique Griffin, Erik Woyciesjes, Gabriella Hall, Samina Raja

“…The paper relies on mixed-methods data that include key informant interviews, participant observations, and surveys of organizations that participated in the Buffalo Community Food System Grant program. …”
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Influence of Duct Configurations on the Performance of Solar-Assisted Heat Pump Dryer for Drying Tobacco Leaves by Salum Abdulkarim Suleiman, Alexander Pogrebnoi, Thomas T. Kivevele

“…In this study, we investigated the influence of three duct configurations (open, partially closed, and completely closed) on the thermal performance of SAHPD to establish the best configuration for drying tobacco leaves. …”
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