Self-Assessment Techniques in Clinical Studies in Public Universities in Anambra State: Benefits and Alignment With Supervisors Evaluation as Perceived by Medical Students by Nneka Chinyere Ezeugo, Lydia Ijeoma Eleje, Gideon Ebuka Obiasor, Njideka Gertrude Mbelede, Kalu Eke Osonwa, Ifeoma Clementina Metu, George Uchenna Eleje

“…RESULTS Results indicate a balanced representation of gender among respondents, with the majority falling within the 21‒25 years’ age range, and nearly equal participation from students at the 500 and 600 levels across two institution types, Federal and State. …”
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Reliability and concurrent validity of the iHandy level mobile application to measure thoracolumbar range of motion in low back pain patients by Nimra Ijaz, Saima Riaz, Tahreem Raza, Sidra Ali

“…Methods This descriptive study included 40 participants, of which 20 were symptomatic, and 20 were asymptomatic for non-specific chronic pain in the lower back. …”
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The impacts of website information disclosure on organizational attractiveness: the moderating effect of corporate social responsibility performance by Fei-Chun Cheng, Chao-Chan Wu, Ching-Feng Wu

“…A total of 245 students participated in this study. Hierarchical linear modeling was used for data analysis. …”
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Internet communications of military personnel and their families in social networks as an object of digital sociology’s study by N. V. Il’ina, Yu. Yu. Sukhovskaya

“…The ways to reduce the risk of negative impact on military members and their families participate in social networks and other Internet communications by implementing legal, organizational and outreach activities have been presented.…”
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Longitudinal trends of high school physics students’ perceptions of experience, difficulty, and development in a long-term inquiry framework by Michal Sigron, Dorothy Langley, Stanisław Dylak, Edit Yerushalmi

“…Important issues are how students perceive central dimensions of their experience, and the extent to which the inquiry framework design serves to promote a sense of growth in the participants. The current research followed a group of 34 high school physics students who participated in the out-of-school Research Physics program over a 3-year period (2016–2019), gradually progressing from inquiry-oriented lab activities to an extended inquiry project under the guidance of teacher-mentors, within an instructional design of cognitive apprenticeship. …”
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Term stillbirths in Eastern Uganda: a community-based prospective cohort study by Martin Chebet, Peter Olupot-Olupot, Andrew D Weeks, Ingunn Marie S Engebretsen, Noela Regina Akwi Okalany, Francis Okello, Thorkild Tylleskär, Kathy Burgoine, David Mukunya

“…Results We enrolled 6101 participants and analysed 5496 for incidence of term stillbirth and 5296 for risk factors. …”
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Impact of Yoga Practice on Lipid Profile and Insulin Resistance in Overweight and Obese Individuals – A Pilot Study by Abhijeet Shelke, Ramesh Kawade, Subhradeep Bhattacharya, Vishal Sarkar, Neevhashiny Selvaraj

“…Methods: A prospective interventional study was carried out at a tertiary care center in India for 8 weeks. A total of 50 participants were enrolled in the study of which only 29 were regular in yoga intervention. …”
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Body Mass Index and Its Change from Adolescence to Adulthood Are Closely Related to the Risk of Adult Metabolic Syndrome in China by Bingyang Liu, Yue Li, Jiamei Guo, Yuting Fan, Ling Li, Ping Li

“…We selected 931 students from 12 to 16 years of age in Liaoyang City, China. Ninety-three participants from 18 to 22 years of age with complete baseline data were available for follow-up after 5 years. …”
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STUDY OF INTROGRESSIVE LINES OF COMMON WHEAT WITH Aegilops tauschii GENETIC MATERIAL FOR RESISTANCE TO LEAF RUST by E. R. Davoyan, D. S. Mikov, Y. S. Zubanova, D. M. Boldakov, R. O. Davoyan, I. V. Bebyakina, V. А. Bibishev

“…Lines 729, 1555, 2203, 2289, 2295, 2296, 4155, 4171 obtained with the participation of T. miguschovae and line 3261 with the participation of T. palmovae carry a combination of genes (Lr39+Lr26).…”
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German "Soft power" Policies in the Muslim World by L. R. Rustamova

“…A part of immigrant Muslims tries to live isolated from European society, professes radical currents ofIslam and participates in military conflicts abroad, participation in which in the role of active player is ruled out by Germany. …”
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Evaluation of sleep and treatment discipline in people with epilepsy by D. Streckytė, R. Mameniškienė

“…The study included 100 participants, 65% had focal epilepsy and 55% were women. …”
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Action observation with motor simulation of reactive stepping: A randomized study in older adults with a history of falls by Lotte Hagedoorn, Aurora Ruiz-Rodríguez, Ilse Leijen, Edwin van Asseldonk, Vivian Weerdesteyn

“…Additionally, we evaluated whether effects differ between AOMS of a human actor in the same experimental context or of an avatar in a virtual world. Methods: Seventy participants with a history of falls (68.3 ± 5.2y/o;52f) were subjected to 20 balance perturbations eliciting backward reactive steps. …”
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Influence of COVID-19 Lockdown on Self-Efficacy in Endodontics among Dental Students by Jelena Vidas Hrstić, Ema Paljević, Ivana Brekalo Pršo, Ivana Vidović Zdrilić, Luka Šimunović, Elvis Božac, Romana Peršić Bukmir

“…Results: Repeated measurements of each participant revealed a statistically significant difference in self-efficacy level among the three repeated measures over a three-year period (F(1, 580) = 80.226; p < 0.05). …”
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Multimodal Opera Performance Form Based on Human-Computer Interaction Technology by Lin Wu

“…Nevertheless, for such BCI systems to function, they must accurately identify their participants’ present emotional states. Although difficult to evaluate, audience participation is a vital sign of how well an opera performs. …”
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Effects of time restricted feeding combined with Lacto Ovo vegetarian diet on metabolic associated fatty liver disease management: a randomized clinical trial by Mahshad Shafiee, Amir Sadeghi, Fateme Ghafouri-Taleghani, Maryam Nilghaz, Maryam Ghods, Behnaz Narimani, Azita Hekmatdoost, Atoosa saidpour

“…This randomized clinical trial assessed the effects of combining time-restricted feeding (TRF; 16/8) with a Lacto-Ovo-Vegetarian (LOV) diet on various factors in overweight and obese patients with MAFLD. Forty-six participants were randomly assigned to either the intervention group (TRF with LOV diet) or the control group, with 21 participants completing the 12-week study in each group. …”
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Moral Crisis and Confucian Resurrection: New Three-Word Classic in China by Kin-man Chan

“…La transición del socialismo de estado al socialismo de mercado en China a partir de 1978 codujo a una sensación de desorientación y crisis moral en la población china que a mediados de la década de 1990 el Partido Comunista Chino (PCC) intentó corregir. …”
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Graph analysis based on SCN reveals novel neuroanatomical targets related to tinnitus distress by Yawen Lu, Yifeng Yang, Meijing Yan, Lianxi Sun, Caixia Fu, Jianwei Zhang, Jianwei Zhang, Yuehong Liu, Kefeng Li, Zhao Han, Guangwu Lin, Shihong Li

“…Gray matter volume (GMV) of each participant was extracted using voxel-based morphometry, a group-level structural covariance network (SCN) was constructed based on the GMV of each participant, and graph theoretic analyses were performed using graph analysis toolbox (GAT). …”
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Comparison of the Effects of Vitagnus, Soy, and Vitagnus-soy Capsules on Premenstrual Syndrome in University Students: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Roya Partovi Golshan, Maryam Moradi, Hasan Rakhshandeh, Vahid Ghavami, Seyed Mostafa Moshirian Farahi

“…Each participant took one daily capsule of Vitagnus (N=36), Soy (N=36), or a Vitagnus-soy combination (N=36) for two menstrual cycles. …”
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Acceptability and Attitude towards a Mobile-Based Home Exercise Program among Stroke Survivors and Caregivers: A Cross-Sectional Study by Amreen Mahmood, Vevita Blaizy, Aparajita Verma, Joel Stephen Sequeira, Dola Saha, Selvam Ramachandran, N. Manikandan, Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan, John M. Solomon

“…A cross-sectional study was conducted among 102 participants to understand their attitude and acceptability towards mobile-based home exercise program. …”
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Differentiated Regional (Dis)Integration Post Brexit by M. V. Strezhneva

“…Each of them can include a wide array of structural arrangements, some differentiation dynamism, different levels of centralization in separate domains, as well as certain (variable) numbers of participants in distinct arrangements. In this article the meaning of Brexit as a condition of further European (dis)integration is treated, as based on Alexander Bogdanov’s theory of organization. …”
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