Perceptions and Performance of dental students using Conventional and Virtual Microscopy in Oral Pathology by Gulmina Saeed Orakzai, Waqar-Un-Nisa, Saima Irshad, Nabeela Naeem, Ammarah Afreen, Zarah Afreen

“…Material and methods: Eighty undergraduate dental students who had studies the subject of oral pathology as a compulsory subject at Watim Dental college were invited to participate in the study. Students not willing to take part in the study were excluded. …”
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Biofilm Forming Intestinal Escherichia coli as a Risk Factor for Increasing BMI in Type 2 Diabetic Patients by Sahar Salih Hussein, Asal Aziz Tawfeeq

“…BMI was calculated for study participants, and Escherichia coli was microbiologically and biochemically identified. …”
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Impaired insight in schizophrenia is associated with higher frontoparietal cerebral blood flow: an arterial spin labeling study by Jianmeng Song, Edgardo Carmona-Torres, Yasaman Kambari, Sofia Chavez, Fumihiko Ueno, Teruki Koizum, Aron Amaev, Ali Abdolizadeh, Vincenzo De Luca, Daniel M. Blumberger, Gary Remington, Bruce Pollock, Ariel Graff-Guerrero, Philip Gerretsen

“…Therefore, we sought to investigate the relationship between regional CBF, as measured by arterial spin labeling (ASL), and impaired insight in participants with schizophrenia. A total of 32 participants were included in the analysis. …”
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Changes in Angiotensin Receptor Distribution and in Aortic Morphology Are Associated with Blood Pressure Control in Aged Metabolic Syndrome Rats by Verónica Guarner-Lans, Elizabeth Soria-Castro, Rocío Torrico-Lavayen, Araceli Patrón-Soberano, Karla G. Carvajal-Aguilera, Vicente Castrejón-Tellez, María Esther Rubio-Ruiz

“…The role of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) in blood pressure regulation in MS during aging is unknown. It participates in metabolic syndrome (MS) and aging regulating vascular tone and remodeling. …”
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NAVIGATING VIOLENCE AND GENDER EQUALITY IN CONTEMPORARY NIGERIAN POLITICAL CONTEXT by ADIGUN, IBIRONKE B. DOMINION, FATAI LATEEF YUSUF

“…In Nigeria, political campaigns and elections are often marred by violence, intimidation, and corruption, eroding the credibility of the democratic process and hindering the full participation of citizens. Women, in particular, face unique challenges in navigating the political landscape, with gender-based violence and discrimination creating barriers to their political participation and leadership. …”
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The collaborative interactions of preschool children in solving problems in a collaborative virtual environment by Cristina Paniagua-Esquivel, Amaryllis Quirós-Ramírez

“…The objective of the study was to analyze the interaction of preschool children had among each other, when they play in a virtual collaborative environment. Method: The participants were seven triads (21 students) of the transition level (11 children, M = 6 years, 3 months, SD = 0.38) and a videogame designed for the participants to play in dyads, coordinating and negotiating to move forward. …”
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Correlation of lipid profiles with coronary artery plaque levels in patients undergoing coronary angiography by Sedanur Uzunpolat Yayla, Ayse Semra Demi̇r Akca, Mustafa Ozan Cakir, Gozde Nur Turmus, Abdulkerim Yayla, Sema Soner Karanfi̇l, Tugba Ci̇msi̇r Soran

“…The mean age of the individuals participating in the study was 63 years, the mean age of women was 65±12.3, and the mean age of men was 62±11.8. …”
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Practical Steps to Design Brucellosis Preventive Interventions: An Intervention Mapping Approach by Arash Ziapour, Farshid Rezaei, Mohammad Jafarzadeh, Nasim Mirzaei, Eslam Moradi‐Asl, Nazila Nejhaddadgar

“…Results Intervention mapping helped us in designing and implementing the brucellosis control educational program with the participation of participants, specifying the definition of results, performance goals and determinants, theoretical methods, practical applications, intervention design, implementation and step‐by‐step evaluation. …”
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LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES EMPLOYED BY EFL LEARNERS IN A RURAL AREA by Yanik Lailinas Sakinah, Putu Dian Danayanti Degeng, Sahiruddin Sahiruddin

“…However, studies about language learning in EFL setting in various setting with different participants are still required as to provide a comprehensive representation of how language learning strategies are applied by L2 learners, particularly in an Indonesian EFL setting. …”
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Helping land trusts prepare for a new climate: experiences of challenges and facilitators for translating knowledge about climate change adaptation in Ontario, Canada by Michael Drescher, Daria Koscinski, Jenna Quinn, Morgan Roblin

“…The results helped us identify challenges and facilitators that land trusts experience when participating in climate change knowledge translation and attempting to adapt to climate change. …”
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Improving Elementary School Teacher Candidates’ Views of Nature of Science Through Intensive Education by Tugba Ecevit, Yalcin Yalaki, Sevgi Kingir

“…At the beginning of the study, the participating STs had naive views of nature of science and some misconceptions. …”
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Grade students attending classes in primary schools and at gymnasiums at national mathematics competitions by Vulović Nenad R., Milenković Aleksandar Z., Milikić Milan P.

“…The research sample consists of all seventh and eighth-grade students who participated in national competitions from 2007 to 2024. …”
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The relationship between social safeness and pleasure and resilience levels among university athletes: A descriptive study. by Veysel Temel, Nurhan Hümeyra Özçelik

“…This study investigates the correlation between social safeness and pleasure and resilience among university students engaged in sports. A total of 350 participants (mean age, 21.09 ± 3.12 years), comprising 239 females and 111 males, were included in the sample. …”
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Investigating canonical size phenomenon in drawing from memory task in different perceptual conditions among children by Magdalena Szubielska, Marcin Wojtasiński, Monika Pasternak, Katarzyna Pasternak, Paweł Augustynowicz, Delphine Picard

“…When drawing from memory, the participants were either sighted or blindfolded (to prevent visual feedback). …”
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Privacy-enhanced federated learning scheme based on generative adversarial networks by Feng YU, Qingxin LIN, Hui LIN, Xiaoding WANG

“…Federated learning, a distributed machine learning paradigm, has gained a lot of attention due to its inherent privacy protection capability and heterogeneous collaboration.However, recent studies have revealed a potential privacy risk known as “gradient leakage”, where the gradients can be used to determine whether a data record with a specific property is included in another participant’s batch, thereby exposing the participant’s training data.Current privacy-enhanced federated learning methods may have drawbacks such as reduced accuracy, computational overhead, or new insecurity factors.To address this issue, a differential privacy-enhanced generative adversarial network model was proposed, which introduced an identifier into vanilla GAN, thus enabling the input data to be approached while satisfying differential privacy constraints.Then this model was applied to the federated learning framework, to improve the privacy protection capability without compromising model accuracy.The proposed method was verified through simulations under the client/server (C/S) federated learning architecture and was found to balance data privacy and practicality effectively compared with the DP-SGD method.Besides, the usability of the proposed model was theoretically analyzed under a peer-to-peer (P2P) architecture, and future research work was discussed.…”
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Post-Settlement Support Impact on the Welfare of Emerging Farmers’ Households in Limpopo Province, South Africa by Lesedi M. Maesela, Abenet Belete, Grany M. Senyolo

“…The result of the selection model showed that farm characteristics (farming experience, location, and soil quality), and institutional factors (transportation and market participation) influenced the receiving of the PSS by the farmers. …”
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Fatigue and perceived social support contributing to medication adherence among elderly patients with musculoskeletal disorders in Greece by Paraskevi Theofilou, Eleni Anyfantopoulou

“…In this study, 145 elderly patients (51 males and 94 females) with musculoskeletal disorders participated. It was a convenience sample, which means that participants were selected based on their accessibility and availability to the researcher. …”
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Case studies on domestic refrigerator energy rationing by implementing a hybrid PV-driven condenser cooling system by Moataz M. Abdel-Raouf, M.A. Eid, M. Elsayed, M. Salah Mansour

“…Ten condenser cooling case studies that incorporated both partially and fully loaded refrigerator storage capacities were examined experimentally. …”
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The tip of an iceberg? Adult children’s experiences with parental suicidal behaviour in childhood by Geir Tarje Bruaset, Jennifer Drummond Johansen, Tine K. Grimholt

“…Methods This qualitative, exploratory study conducted semi-structured interviews with 11 participants recruited from next-of-kin organizations and social media. …”
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Pemungutan Suara Ulang pada Pemihan Umum Tahun 2019 di Indonesia by Retno Sari Handayani

“…The problem to be discussed and analyzed in this study is how the application of Law Number 7 of 2017 Article 372 concerning Voting (PSU) and analyze the social problems that arise in its implementation. …”
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