Psychological symptoms and quality of life in a population living in the "New Towns" of L'Aquila after he 2009 earthquake by Iolanda Grappasonni, Fabio Petrelli, Enea Traini, Giuliana Grifantini, Massimo Mari, Carlo Signorelli

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of mental disorders, the levels of psychological symptoms and quality of life in a sample of the population living in such reality. …”
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DEVELOPMENT OF INTERACTIVE TEACHING MATERIALS WITH RME-BASED ISPRING SUITE TO IMPROVE STUDENTS' CREATIVE THINKING SKILLS by Barra P Pradja, Nisvu Nanda Saputra, Abdul Baist, Retno Andriyani, Hairul Saleh, Ratu Sarah Fauziah Iskandar

“… With the use of the RME-based iSpring suite, this project creates interactive teaching resources to enhance students' capacity for creative thought. …”
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Unveiling Hidden Structures: Multi-Platform IoT Malware Analysis Using Graph Embeddings by Remus M. Petrache, Ciprian Oprisa, Camelia Lemnaru

“…The evaluations conducted on a dataset containing clean samples and malware from 18 distinct families indicate that our CFG embedding similarity approach can easily identify most malware family samples belonging to the same family, for the same platform, obtaining AUC scores above 90%. …”
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Sherlock-Genome: an R Shiny application for genomic analysis and visualization by Alyssa Klein, Jun Zhong, Maria Teresa Landi, Tongwu Zhang

“…Documentation and data requirements for user project data can also be found on the same GitHub page.…”
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Deformation of Early Freezing Concrete in the Assessment Stress-Strain State of Reinforced Concrete Structures by D. S. Dekhterev, D. V. Elifantiev

“…It is customary to specify in the project the minimum (critical) strength of concrete before its freezing to ensure the strength gain to the brand indicators. …”
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Evaluating basic motor competence in Italian children post-COVID-19 pandemic by Domenico Monacis, Dario Colella, Pierpaolo Limone

“…The sample (N= 107, age= 8-9 years old) was recruited from an experimental project in Lecce (Apulia). …”
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Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) expression in primary and metastatic renal cell cancer (UroCCR-65 study) by Salma Binzaqr, David Kryza, Anne-Laure Giraudet, Jean Christophe Bernhard, Marine Gross-Goupil, Mokrane Yacoub, Gaelle Margue, Elif Hindié, Clément Morgat

“…However, studies investigating the pattern of PSMA expression in primary RCC and RCC metastases according to metastatic sites are rare. 44 frozen samples of RCC, 19 primaries (9 clear cell (cc) RCC, 7 papillary (pap) RCC, and 3 chromophobe (ch) RCC) and 25 (24 samples have ccRCC histology and one is unclassified) unpaired metastases (8 from adrenals, 8 from bones, 2 from lungs, 2 from liver and 5 others (1 lymph node, 1 pancreas, 1 brain, 1 gallbladder and 1 muscle)), were available from the UroCCR project (NCT03293563). …”
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Factors affecting habitat use of asian elephants for the buffer zone management and conservation of Huai Kha Khaeng World Heritage site, Thailand by Sangsan Phumsathan, Kittisak Thongwijit, Achara Simcharoen, Warong Suksavate, Ekaphan Kraichak, Andaman Chankhao, Nantachai Pongpattananurak

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THE LIFE QUALITY OF BUYNAKSK CITY INHABITANTS, REPUBLIC OF DAGESTAN (POPULATION STUDY) by G. M. Abdurakhmanov, P. I. Gabibova, P. A. Bekshokova

“…The study was performed using a common health survey – Medical Outcomes Study-Short Form-36 (SF-36) in accordance with the requirements of the International Quality of Life Assessment Project (IQOLA).Results. We conducted a comparative analysis of age dynamics of population quality of life, as well as the male and female population of the study sample. …”
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Analysing genome sequences and associated metadata during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iraq revealed points to be improved: An observational retrospective study. by Ali Hadi Abbas, Aoula Al-Zebeeby, Mohammed Al-Saadi, Ahmed Jasim Neamah

“…Statistical analyses of sample size, distribution and other epidemiological parameters from associated metadata, as well as the quality of genome sequences were assessed. …”
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Quantitative Determination of Surface Morphology of Red Blood Cell by Özlem Kocahan Yılmaz

“…In addition, two-dimensional images,obtained by examining blood samples with light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), have been compared with the data achieved by WDPM. …”
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Soil Properties Study for the Western Side of Kut City, Iraq by noor hmood, Mohammed S. Shamkhi

“… Soil properties checks and classification are an important part of any engineering project as they directly affect buildings as well as agriculture and others. …”
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Short-term storage of tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) spermatozoa: The effect of collection type, temperature and time. by Amanda B Gillis, Emmet L Guy, Andrew J Kouba, Peter J Allen, Ruth M Marcec-Greaves, Carrie K Kouba

“…A split-plot design was utilized to assess the motility of the two pre-spermatophore sample types at two temperatures, 0°C and 20°C (n = 10 for each treatment). …”
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Unlocking the Potential of German Smart Cities: Strategy Analysis through Online Content Examination by Matthias SCHMUCK

“…In Germany, renowned for its technological achievement and commitment to sustainability, has witnessed the emergence of numerous Smart City projects. The aim of this study is to investigate the current status of Smart Cities strategy initiatives in Germany based on a sample of 82 cities. …”
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Cognitive declines precede and predict functional declines in aging and Alzheimer's disease. by Laura B Zahodne, Jennifer J Manly, Anna MacKay-Brandt, Yaakov Stern

“…Function was measured with the Blessed Dementia Rating Scale, completed by the participant (in the sample of non-demented older adults) or an informant (in the sample of prevalent AD patients). …”
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Dynamic star allele definitions in Pharmacogenomics: impact on diplotype calls, Phenotype predictions and statin therapy recommendations by Sven van der Maas, Sven van der Maas, Sven van der Maas, Simon Denil, Brigitte Maes, Brigitte Maes, Gökhan Ertaylan, Pieter-Jan Volders, Pieter-Jan Volders, Pieter-Jan Volders

“…This study examines the effect of the dynamic star allele nomenclature system on diplotypes and therapeutic recommendations using the GeT-RM dataset while also presenting a revised version to address outdated diplotypes.Materials and methodsPharmVar data up to version 6.2 were downloaded to analyze the evolution of the star allele nomenclature system. FASTQ files from 70 samples of the GeT-RM project were downloaded and aligned to GRCh38, followed by star allele calling using Aldy, PyPGx, and StellarPGx. …”
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Recent Advances in the Use of Drill Cuttings for Determining Subduction Zone Structure, Stratigraphy, and Stress State by P. H. Cornard, A. M. Schleicher, C. Regalla, M. Hamahashi, M. Kitamura, R. Fukuchi, K. T. Pickering, H. Kitajima, T. Wiersberg

“…The International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment (NanTroSEIZE) project has successfully used ultradeep riser‐drilling to collect deep crust samples via core or cuttings. …”
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Randomized trial testing a self-guided digital mental health intervention teaching calming skills for Ukrainian children by Joshua S. Steinberg, Jingxuan Sun, Katherine E. Venturo-Conerly, Gauri Sood, Patrick Mair, Oksana Davydenko, Robert Porzak, Dennis Ougrin, John R. Weisz

“…In this pre-registered randomized controlled trial (ClinicalTrials.gov Record: NCT06217705 ; first submitted January 12, 2024), we assessed the acceptability, utility, and clinical efficacy of one such DMHI (Project Calm) relative to a usual schoolwork control among a sample of Ukrainian students in grades 4–11. …”
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Research on the Design Process and Approaches for Low-Carbon Ecological Parks in Urban Areas of Northwestern China by Jingmao WANG, Haobo XU, Tao ZHANG, Jie GAO

“…In summary, this research take the Tongchuan Peony Park planning and design project as an example to explore the plantscape design of urban parks under the perspective of low carbon, with the aim of providing scientific guidance for relevant research practices in this field.…”
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Machine Learning Approach to Identifying Empathy Using the Vocals of Mental Health Helpline Counselors: Algorithm Development and Validation by Ruvini Sanjeewa, Ravi Iyer, Pragalathan Apputhurai, Nilmini Wickramasinghe, Denny Meyer

“…Additionally, considering counselor vocals from larger, more heterogeneous populations, including mixed-gender samples, will allow an exploration of the factors influencing the level of empathy projected in counselor voices more generally.…”
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