Rationale and design of a randomized clinical trial of integrated eHealth for PrEP and medications for opioid use disorders for women in the criminal legal system. The Athena study by Jaimie P. Meyer, Stacey Brunson, Carolina R. Price, Morgan Mulrain, Julie Nguyen, Frederick L. Altice, Tassos C. Kyriakides, Karen Cropsey, Ellen Eaton

“…Methods We will recruit and enroll 250 women involved in the criminal legal system with opioid use disorder across two diverse settings (New Haven, CT and Birmingham, AL). Participants will be randomized to (a) the “Athena strategy,” which includes a PrEP decision aid and integrated PrEP/MOUD delivery via eHealth; or (b) enhanced standard of care (SOC) that includes a decision aid-only. …”
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Effectiveness of teaching motivational interview technique to third professional year medical students to improve counseling skills – An interventional study by Govindaraju S. L. Manojna, B. Devi Madhavi

“…Methodology: All 200 third-year medical students of a medical college participated in MI sessions for health behavior change. …”
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Development and validation of a social vulnerabilities survey for medical inpatients by Maria-Jose Santana, William A Ghali, Tolulope Sajobi, Karen L Tang, Oluwaseyi Lawal, Leonie Tesorero

“…Exploratory factor analysis was conducted to determine structural validity of the survey as a whole.Setting Patients admitted to the inpatient internal medicine service at a tertiary care hospital in Calgary, Canada.Participants A total of 406 patients were included in the study.Results The mean age of respondents was 55.5 (SD 18.6) years, with the majority being men (55.4%). …”
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Affect in Literary Translations: What is at Stake for the Author and the Translator by Klaarika Kaldjärv

“…The power imbalances within collaborations are scrutinised, raising questions about the translator’s agency. The article concludes with reflections on the challenges and potential pitfalls of authors participating in the translation of their own works, emphasising the inherent plurality of interpretations in the act of translation. …”
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Classical Universities in the Scientific and Technological Development of the Russian Empire and the USSR: Leaving the Ivory Tower by M. V. Gribovskiy

“…The purpose of the article is to characterize the dynamics of changes in the role of classical universities in the scientific and technological development of the Russian Empire and the USSR, from the point of view of their involvement in the development of the real sector of the economy. …”
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Parathyroid carcinoma: impact of preoperative diagnosis on the choice of surgical procedure by Yoshitaka Kawai, Yo Kishimoto, Hisanobu Tamaki, Takashi Fujiwara, Ryo Asato, Koji Ushiro, Shogo Shinohara, Shinpei Kada, Shinji Takebayashi, Tsuyoshi Kojima, Shuya Otsuki, Masakazu Miyazaki, Yohei Kumabe, Koichi Omori

“…Using a retrospective chart review, twenty cases of parathyroid carcinoma from nine participating centers were examined. In 11 cases with preoperative suspicion of malignancy, at least one of these three features was found: elevated serum calcium level (>14 mg/dL), palpable mass, and irregular margin on ultrasonography. …”
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Evaluation of Nurses’ Performance Regarding Personal Protective Equipment at Rania Teaching Hospital by Bayan Omar Sharif, Frishta M. Khdir, Padasht M. Khdir, Sarezh A. Rasul

“…The researchers recommended training course regarding personal protective equipment by the ministry of health/infection control department and participants of symposia. …”
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Study of Life Events and Quality of Life in Patients of Major Depressive Disorder by Alkesh Patil, Aparna Sengupta, Ashwini Mule, Sagar Karia

“…Patients from psychiatry outpatient department who fulfilled the criteria for major depressive disorder and belonging to the age range of 18–75 years were shortlisted and requested to participate in the study. After taking informed consent, data on quality of life, enjoyment and satisfaction, stressful life events and severity of depression were gathered using questionnaires and a semi structured interview. …”
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TrkB Receptor Antagonism Enhances Insulin Secretion and Increases Pancreatic Islet Size in Rats Fed a Cafeteria-Style Diet by Jorge Agustín Velasco-Gutierrez, Elena Roces de Alvarez-Buylla, Sergio Montero, Alejandrina Rodríguez-Hernández, Saraí Limón Miranda, Karmina Martínez-Santillan, María del Rosario Álvarez-Valadez, Mónica Lemus, Alejandra Flores-Silva, Adolfo Virgen-Ortiz

“…At a metabolic level, the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and its receptor trkB have been reported to participate in insulin secretion from the pancreas in response to increases in circulating blood glucose. …”
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Dynamic Proteomic Analysis of Pancreatic Mesenchyme Reveals Novel Factors That Enhance Human Embryonic Stem Cell to Pancreatic Cell Differentiation by Holger A. Russ, Limor Landsman, Christopher L. Moss, Roger Higdon, Renee L. Greer, Kelly Kaihara, Randy Salamon, Eugene Kolker, Matthias Hebrok

“…Two of the three factors (LGALS1 and LAMA2) increased expression of pancreatic progenitor transcript levels in a published hESC to beta cell differentiation protocol. In addition, LAMA2 partially blocks cell culture induced beta cell dedifferentiation. …”
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Procedural features of interrogating a juvenile suspected of murder by О. Р. Zavorina

“…The article is devoted to the analysis of procedural features of interrogation of a juvenile who has committed a criminal offense, in particular murder. …”
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Analysis of Decision-Making Styles of Department of Sports Management Students by Barbaros Serdar Erdoğan, Gökhan Acar

“…Frequency (f) analysis was performed to represent the demographic information of students participating in the survey. The arithmetic mean and standard deviation values ​​were determined to identify the decision-making styles of the students. …”
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Assessing the mental health literacy of healthcare workers at a Johannesburg tertiary hospital by Carla A. Smit, Belinda S. Marais

“…Results: Two hundred and fifty-two HCWs participated in the study. The overall median MHLS score was 129, in keeping with a previous study conducted in SA and Zambia. …”
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Exploring nutritional risks of the specific carbohydrate diet: food and nutrient intake in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis by Naima Hagström, Afsaneh Koochek, Eva Warensjö Lemming, Anders Öman, Henrik Arnell, Lillemor Berntson

“…Calcium was the sole nutrient for which the standard diet surpassed the SCD, as 9 out of 10 participants had inadequate intake. While children on the SCD showed a lower likelihood of nutrient inadequacy compared to the general population, inadequate calcium intake and elevated SFA and red meat consumption are concerning given known comorbidities in JIA. …”
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Linking workplace digitalization to work engagement: evidence from China public sector organizations by Xiaohui Zhan, Shenghua Xie

“…Based on the transactional theory of stress, this article aims to examine how workplace digitalization influences government employees’ work engagement through different appraisals (i.e., challenge and threat) and the moderating role of a personal trait (i.e., digital literacy).MethodsStructured questionnaires and a three-wave research design were used to collect data. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Healthy Lifestyles in Peruvian University Students During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic by Carme Y. Baltazar-Meza, María Custodio

“…In M1 and M2, 370 and 82 students participated, respectively. The results of the Mann–Whitney test revealed significant differences between the total healthy lifestyle score of students in M1 and M2. …”
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Immediate Respiratory Warm-Up Effect on Dynamic Inspiratory Muscle Strength in Cardiac Surgery Candidates by Bahareh Mehregan Far, Sedigheh Sadat Naimi, Mohsen Abedi, Seyed Ahmad Raeissadat, Mahmood Beheshti Monfared, Alireza Akbarzadeh Baghban

“…Materials and Methods: This study was conducted as a randomized controlled trial. Forty participants scheduled for heart surgeries were randomly assigned to either the study (RWU between two tests) or control (without RWU) groups. …”
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RespiroDynamics: A Multifaceted Dataset for Enhanced Lung Health Assessment Using Deep Learning by Ahmed Sharshar, Muhammad Sharshar, Hosam Elhady, Ahmed Aboeitta, Youssef Nafea, Yasser Ashraf, Mohammad Yaqub, Mohsen Guizani

“…Our paper presents RespiroDynamics: A Comprehensive Multimodal Respiratory Dataset, a total of more than 2k samples, compiled from 60 participants, covering a wide range of age, weight, height and others. …”
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Structural shifts in the Baltic States’ foreign trade by Vladimir G. Varnavskii

“…Employing methods of statistical and structural analysis and Trade Intensity Index (TII) calculations, the article investigates two hypotheses. The first hypothesis, proposing a general increase in the TII between the Baltic states from 2004 to 2023, is partially supported; Lithuania’s exports deviate from the overall trend due to the country’s strong trade links with Poland and Germany. …”
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Tasks and Principles of International Cooperation in the Field of Forensic Examination by I. I. Yatsenko

“…It has been proved that the introduction of tasks and principles of international cooperation in the field of forensic examination into legal regulation of Ukraine is designed to be one of the driving changes in the legal basis for accelerating the integration of international forensic activity experience into the activity of domestic experts, implementation of new developments, Ukraine’s participation in developing programs in the field of forensic examination at the global level, including at the planning stage of the concept and strategy for developing forensic examination area.…”
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