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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Immersive virtual reality to assess unilateral spatial neglect in stroke patients: a preliminary study by Chloé Sauvage, Pierre Chaulet, Luana Rivas Lopez, Johanne Garbusinski, Pierre Cabaraux, Zachary Duvigneaud, Stéphane Baudry

“…Setting: Stroke patients. Participants: A convenience sample of 32 stroke patients. …”
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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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Long-Term Outcomes of Vital Pulp Therapy in Deep Carious Lesions Using Bioceramic Materials by Abdulmageed Alhusainy

“…Materials and Methods: This research included a sample of 100 individuals who had acquired deep carious lesions. The participants were randomly allocated into two groups: Group A (n = 50) had ventral prosthetic treatment (VPT) using a bioceramic material, whereas Group B (n = 50) underwent VPT with a traditional calcium hydroxide-based material. …”
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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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Los procesos de apropiación subjetiva de los derechos sexuales: notas para la discusión by Ana Amuchástegui Herrera, Marta Rivas Zivy

“…En este artículo se pretende reflexionar sobre los procesos subjetivos mediante los cualeslas personas se otorgan a sí mismas la autorización para disponer de sus cuerpos,reconocen su sexualidad, controlan su reproducción, y exigen unas condiciones socia-les, económicas e institucionales que favorezcan el ejercicio de tales decisiones. Partien-do de experiencias de investigación cualitativa con hombres y mujeres en diversos con-textos en México, y del trabajo de Foucault sobre la sexualidad como materia ética endiferentes momentos de las sociedades occidentales, se advierte que las decisiones sobrela propia reproducción siguen caminos subjetivos diferentes de los que conducen a labúsqueda del placer sexual, hecho atribuible a la importancia de la moral católica enla historia de nuestro país. …”
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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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Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Human Health: A Key to Modern Nutritional Balance in Association with Polyphenolic Compounds from Food Sources by Magdalena Mititelu, Dumitru Lupuliasa, Sorinel Marius Neacșu, Gabriel Olteanu, Ștefan Sebastian Busnatu, Andreea Mihai, Violeta Popovici, Nicoleta Măru, Steluța Constanța Boroghină, Sebastian Mihai, Corina-Bianca Ioniță-Mîndrican, Alexandru Scafa-Udriște

“…Beyond the fact that they provide a substantial supply of energy to the body (a role that saturated fats can also perform), these unsaturated fatty acids and, especially, the essential ones are involved in cell membrane structure, blood pressure regulation, and coagulation; participate in the proper functioning of the immune system and assimilation of fat-soluble vitamins; influence the synthesis of pro- and anti-inflammatory substances; and protect the cardiovascular system. …”
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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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The Relationship between Critical Thinking and Cognitive Learning Styles with General English Proficiency and Success in Examinations by Hasan Ghavami, Moniresadat Mousavi Baghsiahi, Maryam Mehrabi, Mostafa Amiri

“…The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics through SPSS V.22.Results: Descriptive statistics showed that among critical thinking components, 35.4% of participants had deductive and inductive reasoning components. …”
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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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The relationship between cognitive and affective control and symptoms of depression and anxiety across the lifespan: A 3-wave longitudinal study by Anson Kai Chun Chau, Savannah Minihan, Sakiko Okayama, Susanne Schweizer

“…Here, we examined the directionality of the association between cognitive and affective control with symptoms of depression and anxiety across the lifespan. Methods: 1002 participants (87.2 % female, age range: 11–89 years) completed self-report measures of depressive and anxiety symptoms and an affective backward digit span task thrice at 3-month intervals. …”
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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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