Cardiologists' attitudes on communication about prognosis with heart failure patients by Martje H.L. van derWal, Lisa Hjelmfors, Anna Strömberg, Tiny Jaarsma

“…A total of 88 cardiologists participated in the study. Most cardiologists (82%) reported to discussing the prognosis with all HF patients; 47% at the time of diagnoses. …”
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Motion Classification With Embroidery Bend Sensors Using Multiple Zigzag-Stitch for Loose-Fitting Garments by Kaisei Minami, Yasuhiro Akiyama, Takuya Umedachi

“…We fabricated a prototype by attaching the sensors to a commercially available work jacket and pants by sewing them onto the fabric. Ten participants were requested to perform ten various activities (e.g., walking, jogging, ascending and descending stairs). …”
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Traditional Chinese Medicine Improves Activities of Daily Living in Parkinson's Disease by Weidong Pan, Shin Kwak, Yun Liu, Yan Sun, Zhenglong Fang, Baofeng Qin, Yoshiharu Yamamoto

“…Patients took either ZAZ2 (𝑛=59) or placebo granule (𝑛=56) in a blind manner for 13 weeks while maintaining other anti-Parkinson medications unchanged. All participants wore a motion logger, and we analyzed the power-law temporal autocorrelation of the motion logger records taken on 3 occasions (before, one week, and 13 weeks after the drug administration). …”
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The Effectiveness of Sand Play Therapy on Social Skills and Adaptation of Children with Separation Anxiety by Ehsan Kazemi, Meisam Ashrafi, Maryam Sadat Hosseinzadeh Maryam Sadat Hosseinzadeh, Zahra Andalibipour, Shohreh Rajab Ali, Mehran Mohebian Far Mehran Mohebian Far

“…A sample of 30 individuals was chosen through convenience sampling and then randomly split into two groups of 15 participants each, designated as the experimental group and the control group. …”
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Supplementation with Korean Red Ginseng Improves Current Perception Threshold in Korean Type 2 Diabetes Patients: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial by Kahui Park, YuSik Kim, Junghye Kim, Shinae Kang, Jong Suk Park, Chul Woo Ahn, Ji Sun Nam

“…This study was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Participants were randomly allocated to either the placebo or KRG group and took corresponding tablets for 24 weeks. …”
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Ontology of Teamwork Competency and Approaches to Its Development at Engineering University by M. N. Filatova, V. S. Sheinbaum, P. G. Shchedrovitsky

“…The article addresses the question of the professional component in “teamwork skills”, which the authors consider to be of paramount importance when it comes to engineering activities. …”
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Marché foncier et évolution des usages et des valeurs de la terre agricole à Regueb (Tunisie) by Mathilde Fautras

“…This article is based on a fieldwork research carried out between 2012 and 2014 in the region of Regueb. …”
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Exploring EFL students’ preferences and practices of study strategies: repeated reading versus testing by Sameer Aljabri

“…In the actual study behaviors, the majority of participants reported tendency to rely excessively on restudying and rereading strategies (55.6 and 24.6% respectively) rather than more effective testing strategies (19.8%). …”
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FIRM CHARACTERISTICS AND DISCRETIONARY CASH FLOW IN LISTED OIL AND GAS FIRMS IN NIGERIA by Christopher Akinwale Da-Silva, Alexander Tunde OGUNTUASE, Chris Chigo Uchehara, Godwin Emmanuel Oyedokun, Jayeola OLABISI

“…Based on the above findings, this study concluded that an abundance of operating cash flow lessens the propensity to participate in earnings management. The study therefore recommended that companies listed on the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) should abide by the governance reforms already in place in the nation, such as sufficient assessment, investigation, and scrutiny of the company's financial statement and sufficient protocols for the early identification of earnings management practices. …”
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The Relation between Body Mass Index and Retinal Photoreceptor Morphology and Microvascular Changes Measured with Adaptive Optics (rtx1) High-Resolution Imaging by Anna Zaleska-Żmijewska, Zbigniew Wawrzyniak, Magdalena Kupis, Jacek P. Szaflik

“…This study analysed the cones and retinal microvascular changes in a group of 47 healthy women with different BMI values. Participants were divided into 2 groups: the BMI group (28 women with BMI >/25) and the control group (19 lean women with BMI <25). …”
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Caregiver’s Opinions on the Design of the Screens of a Future Gamified Mobile Application for Self-Management of Type 1 Diabetes in Children in Saudi Arabia by Demah M. Alsalman, Zahra Bu Ali, Zainab Alnosaier, Norah Alotaibi, Turki M. Alanzi

“…To achieve this objective, a questionnaire was designed and distributed among 100 caregivers through face-to-face communication and social media using a Google Forms link. 65% of the participants met the inclusion criteria. The main result of this study was the design of 13 screens of a gamified application for self-management of type 1 diabetes in children from Saudi Arabia. …”
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The involvement of CgCaspase-3 in regulating the expressions of proinflammatory cytokines through NF-κB/Rel signaling pathway in oysters by Zihan Wang, Xiaopeng Li, Jiejie Sun, Shuyi Mu, Wei Wu, Renle Chang, Lingling Wang, Linsheng Song

“…Cysteinyl aspartate specific proteinase-3 (Caspase-3) is a prominent mediator of apoptosis and participates in the cell death signaling cascade. In our previous study, CgCaspase-3 identified from Crassostrea gigas was involved in CgGSDME-dependent pyroptosis. …”
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Exosome-based targeted delivery of NF-κB ameliorates age-related neuroinflammation in the aged mouse brain by Chae-Jeong Lee, Seung Hyun Jang, Jiwoo Lim, Hyunju Park, So-Hee Ahn, Seon Young Park, Hyangmi Seo, Soo-Jin Song, Jung-A Shin, Chulhee Choi, Heon Yung Gee, Youn-Hee Choi

“…We demonstrated that Exo-srIκB successfully alleviates neuroinflammation by primarily targeting activated macrophages and partially modulating the functions of age-related interferon-responsive microglia in the brain. …”
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Association of Helicobacter pylori Infection with Coronary Artery Disease: Is Helicobacter pylori a Risk Factor? by Jamshid Vafaeimanesh, Seyyed Fakhroldin Hejazi, Vahid Damanpak, Mostafa Vahedian, Mohammadamin Sattari, Mohammadreza Seyyedmajidi

“…The coronary angiography was performed using Judkins method and patients were assigned to participate in CAD positive (>50% luminal diameter stenosis) and negative groups. …”
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Bayesian active sound localisation: To what extent do humans perform like an ideal-observer? by Glen McLachlan, Piotr Majdak, Jonas Reijniers, Michael Mihocic, Herbert Peremans

“…Yet, the biases and spatial distribution of the human responses remained partially unexplained by the presented ideal observer model, suggesting that human sound localisation is sub-optimal.…”
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Más alla de la politica del recinto étnico: Algunas reflexiones a la luz de los recientes acontecimientos en el Cáucaso by Vladimir Rouvinski

“…En este trabajo, teniendo en cuenta como punto de partida los debates principales en el área de estudios de las naciones y el nacionalismo, el autor trata de aclarar las bases de los problemas modernos de la región del Cáucaso. …”
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Perception of students' motivations in gymnastic activities in physical education classes by Carla Vieira, Tatiana Rocha, António Manuel Azevedo

“…Methodology: The study group consisted of a total of 232 participants from a school cluster located in Oliveira de Azeméis, from the 5th, 7th, and 10th grades, to ensure the representativeness of the early years of each study cycle, specifically the initial, intermediate, and final stages. …”
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THE MARKET CONCEPT OF THE XXI CENTURY: A NEW APPROACH TO CONSUMER SEGMENTATION by M. I. Sokolova

“…This approach includes this population in economic activity, makes them by full-fledged participants of the market, which benefits to the creation of potential for economic growth and is a key step to getting out of poverty.…”
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Menstrual Changes after COVID-19 Infection and COVID-19 Vaccination by Işılay Taşkaldıran, Emre Vuraloğlu, Yusuf Bozkuş, Özlem Turhan İyidir, Aslı Nar, Neslihan Başçıl Tütüncü

“…Of 241 women with COVID-19 infection, 86 (35.7%) mentioned that they experienced various changes in their menstrual patterns in the first three cycles after infection. Of 537 participants who received various COVID-19 vaccines, 82 (15.1%) stated that they experienced changes in their menstrual patterns after vaccination. …”
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Las restricciones a la libre circulación de personas en la UE durante la era COVID-19: hacia un futuro incierto by Magdalena M. Martín

“…Este estudio analiza el impacto que la COVID-19 ha supuesto para la libre circulación de personas y el control de las fronteras tanto interiores como exteriores en la UE, en un momento especialmente delicado, ya que ha coincidido con la apertura de la Conferencia sobre el futuro de la UE. La hipotésis de partida es la inadecuación del marco jurídico de la libre circulación, tanto en el Derecho Internacional como en el Derecho Europeo, para adoptar las restricciones que la lucha contra la pandemia exige. …”
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