Could Selectively Skipping of the Repetitive Thinking Questionnaire among a Series of Self-Report Scales in a Study Be a Coping Strategy? by İ. Volkan GÜLÜM, İhsan DAĞ

“…Objective: Depending on an observation in which some of the subjects’ nonrandom irresponsiveness to repetitive thinking questionnaire items among fully answered others in a study of current researchers, the aims of the present study were to test that whether the ignorance of repetitive thinking items is a stress coping strategy or not, to compare people who ignore the repetitive thinking items (IRT) with people who have high repetitive thinking (HRT) and low repetitive thinking (LRT) in context of attachment patterns, sychopathological symptoms and cognitive flexibility.Method: 432 (278 women and 154 men) college students were selected from a larger research project sample pool which had funded by TÜBİTAK. Participants were divided into three groups according to their repetitive thinking conditions (ignorance, high and low score). …”
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More positive and less variable North Atlantic Oscillation at high CO2 forcing by Ivan Mitevski, Simon H. Lee, Gabriel Vecchi, Clara Orbe, Lorenzo M. Polvani

“…While Earth System Models generally project a more positive NAO under 21st century high-emission scenarios, uncertainties persist as to the precise response of the NAO to increased CO2 levels, owing to large internal variability. …”
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Digital vs. Traditional: Selected Views on Creating Optimal Marketing Communication Mix by František Pollák, Peter Markovič, Kristián Kalamen

“…Purpose – This study serves as the initial phase of a broader research project. Its aim is to examine age-specific consumer preferences as one of the fundamental starting points for understanding effective marketing communication—particularly from the perspective of the transition from traditional to digital media. …”
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Knowledge and Attitudes Workers Toward Compliance Use Personal Protective Equipment by Fadilatus Sukma Ika Noviarmi, Lanobyan Hamengku Prananya

“…Related to this matter, current project was done to assess how workers' compliance to the usage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) related to knowledge, attitudes, and individual characteristics (age and educational attainment). …”
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Undergraduate Nursing Students' Satisfaction of The Clinical Learning Environment in Iraq-Kurdistan by Zuhair Rushdi Mustafa, Safiya Sabri Piro

“…The statistical calculations were performed by John's Macintosh Project Product (JMP Pro) 14.3.0. The general characteristics of nursing students were presented in mean and SD. …”
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ICAM-1 and CRP as biomarkers of 3-month outcome in acute ischaemic stroke by Gulnora Sattarovna Rakhimbaeva, Kutlibika Bakhtiyor kizi Abdurakhmonova

“…This research aims to investigate the association between ICAM-1, highly sensitive CRP(hs-CRP) and the prognosis of acute ischaemic stroke (AIS).Methods 118 patients with AIS who were treated at Tashkent Medical Academy were participants in this research project. Blood samples were collected from patients on an empty stomach within 24 hours of admission. …”
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Role of Faith-Based Organizations in Promoting Empowerment of Women in Southern Division Kabale District. by Ndyamuhaki, Rossette

“…Descriptive research design was used and data collection tools were interviews questionnaires and interview guides. A sample of 92 respondents was considered in the study. …”
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Relationship between personal anxiety and genes associated with eating disorders in women aged 45-64 by V. V. Gafarov, E. A. Gromova, I. V. Gagulin, V. N. Maksimov, A. V. Gafarova

“…A random representative sample of women aged 45-64 years (n=1074, mean age, 54,27±0,2 years) was examined in 2003-2005 at the Research Institute of Internal and Preventive Medicine, a branch of the Institute of Cytology and Genetics, within the Health, Alcohol and Psychosocial Factors In Eastern Europe (HAPIEE) project. …”
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Assessment of Potential Environmental Risks Posed by Soils of a Deactivated Coal Mining Area in Northern Portugal—Impact of Arsenic and Antimony by Marcus Monteiro, Patrícia Santos, Jorge Espinha Marques, Deolinda Flores, Manuel Azenha, José A. Ribeiro

“…Based on average I_geo values, As contamination overall was classified as “unpolluted to moderately polluted” while Sb contamination was classified as “moderately polluted” in the waste pile samples and “unpolluted to moderately polluted” in the downhill soil samples. …”
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Evaluation of insulin-like growth factor-1 in apparently healthy infants and prepubertal Egyptian children with different nutritional statuses by Hanan Mina Fouad, Amal Ahmed Mohamed, Nashwa Adel, Mohamed Abdulhay, Iman Khalifa, Randa Ibrahim, Naglaa Elsalway, Ghada Maher Thabet, Karima Nasraldin, Ingy Maher El-Hefny, Marwa S. Abd El-raouf, Dalia Ghareeb

“…We tested the stored blood samples for IGF-1 levels. The sample size was reached when all kits were consumed. …”
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Nasal microbial diversity is associated with survival in piglets infected by a highly virulent PRRSV-1 strain by Pau Obregon-Gutierrez, Martí Cortey, Gerard E. Martín-Valls, Hepzibar Clilverd, Florencia Correa-Fiz, Virginia Aragón, Enric Mateu

“…To deepen the analysis, we added samples taken from piglets before the outbreak as well as from the sows giving birth to piglets under study. …”
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A preliminary investigation into self-compassion and compassion-based intervention for mental health in the performing arts by Courtney C. Walton, James N. Kirby, Sabrina McKenzie, Sabrina McKenzie, Caroline X. Gao, Caroline X. Gao, Rosemary Purcell, Rosemary Purcell, Simon M. Rice, Simon M. Rice, Margaret S. Osborne, Margaret S. Osborne

“…These findings warrant progression to controlled evaluation of compassion-based interventions within larger samples of performing artists.…”
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An international, cross-sectional survey of preprint attitudes among biomedical researchers [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Valerie Chow, Lucas J. Santoro, Jeremy Y. Ng, David Moher, Kelly D. Cobey, Anna Catharina Vieira Armond, Sanam Ebrahimzadeh Pirshahid

“…Here, we aimed to collect perceptions and behaviours regarding preprints across an international sample of biomedical researchers. Methods Corresponding authors of articles published in biomedical research journals were identified from a random sample of journals from the MEDLINE database. …”
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Early alterations of thalami- and hippocampi-cortical functional connectivity as biomarkers of seizures after traumatic brain injury by Marina Weiler, Evan S. Lutkenhoff, Brunno M. de Campos, Raphael F. Casseb, Paul M. Vespa, Martin M. Monti

“…Approximately 50% of the enrolled sample was lost to a 2-year follow-up. After preprocessing the fMRI data, approximately 40% of the follow-up sample had to be excluded from the analysis due to excessive in-scanner movements, as assessed by state-of-the-art quality control protocols. …”
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Fundamental Parameters for Central Stars of 103 Infrared Bow Shock Nebulae by Nikhil Patten, Henry A. Kobulnicky, Matthew S. Povich, Angelica S. Whisnant, Sydney Andrews, Alexandra Boone, Srujan Dandu, Naomi Jones, S. Nick Justice, Dylan Hope, Alexander Larsen, Ryan McCrory, Julia Meredith, Maria Renee Meza, Alexandra C. Rosenthal, William Salazar, Alexander R. Sterling, Noshin Yesmin, Daniel A. Dale

“…At least 60 of 103 (60%) OB bow shock stars are binaries, consistent with the multiplicity fraction of other OB samples. The sample shows a runaway fraction of 23%, with 19 stars having v _2D ≥ 25 km s ^−1 . …”
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Red Fox (<i>Vulpes vulpes</i>) and Wolf (<i>Canis lupus</i>) as a Reservoir of <i>Cryptosporidium</i> spp. and <i>Giardia intestinalis</i> in Poland by Dorota Dwużnik-Szarek, Ewa Julia Mierzejewska, Korneliusz Kurek, Małgorzata Krokowska-Paluszak, Patrycja Opalińska, Łukasz Stańczak, Grzegorz Górecki, Anna Bajer

“…In total, 117 and 69 faecal samples obtained from red foxes and wolves, respectively, were screened for the presence of <i>Cryptoporidium</i>/<i>Giardia</i>. …”
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Identifying barriers and potential solutions to improve equitable access to community eye services: an exploratory sequential mixed methods study protocol by Min Kim, David Macleod, Michael Gichangi, Andrew Bastawrous, Matthew J Burton, Jacqueline Ramke, Oathokwa Nkomazana, Sailesh Mishra, Shalinder Sabherwal, Luke Nelson Allen, Abhishek Roshan, Sarah Karanja, Ari Ho-Foster, Keneilwe Motlhatlhedi, Nigel Bolster, Mohd Javed, Malebogo Tlhajoane, Bakgaki Ratshaa, John Tlhakanelo

“…Space will be made for the inductive identification of themes that are not necessarily captured in the framework. Sample size will be determined by thematic saturation. …”
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus GG0398 on livestock farms and meat in the Netherlands by Engeline van Duijkeren, Mike S.M. Brouwer, Bart Wullings, Michel Rapallini, Ben Wit, Tryntsje Cuperus, Paul D. Hengeveld, Sandra Witteveen, Antoni P.A. Hendrickx, Cindy M Dierikx, Kees T. Veldman

“…In total, 4529 Dutch retail meat samples were analysed and 412 (9.1%) were MRSA-positive. …”
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A Transcriptomic Signature of Depressive Symptoms in Late Life by Stuart Matan-Lithwick, Melissa C. Misztal, Mu Yang, Thomas DeLong, Shreejoy Tripathy, Jeffrey T. Dunn, David A. Bennett, Philip L. De Jager, Yanling Wang, Daniel W. Fisher, Hongxin Dong, Daniel Felsky

“…Methods: Differential expression analysis was performed on bulk-tissue RNA sequencing data generated from dorsolateral prefrontal cortex samples of elderly participants in ROS/MAP (Religious Orders Study and Memory and Aging Project; N = 998, mean age at death = 89.7 years). …”
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Graph-Based 3-Dimensional Spatial Gene Neighborhood Networks of Single Cells in Gels and Tissues by Zhou Fang, Kelsey Krusen, Hannah Priest, Mingshuang Wang, Sungwoong Kim, Anirudh Sriram, Ashritha Yellanki, Ankur Singh, Edwin Horwitz, Ahmet F. Coskun

“…Then, a graph autoencoder projects the gene proximity relationships into a latent space. …”
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