Los clásicos como resistencia: la lectura literaria en el marco de una educación lectora transmedia / The Classics as Resistance: literary reading within the framework of a transme... by Josep Ballester Roca, Jeronimo Méndez Cabrera

“…Conceiving the new reading literacies as integrated media experiences, which include transmedia proposals and projects for literary education, as a significant case study, in this work we will proceed to the qualitative analysis of Red Dead Redemption 2 as a paradigmatic sample of a video game that presents interesting intradiegetic elements and intertextualities that positively stimulate reading promotion, considering its implications in relation to the reading of certain literary classics and assessing the possibilities of this medium for the development of literary competence.…”
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Analysis of shear characteristics and strength parameters in Jiangdingya landslide, Zhouqu County by Weixiong ZHANG, Xiaohui YANG, Baoyan DING, Wenjie ZHU, Yongzhong REN

“…In order to reasonably determine the strength parameters in the stability analysis of ancient landslide accumulation layers, this study focuses on the Jiangdingya ancient landslide treatment project in Zhouqu County, Gansu Province. The study targets the the sliding body soil (gravel soil) and sliding zone soil (gravelly clay) and conducts large-scale field shear tests at two typical sections using the horizontal pushing method. …”
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EDITORIAL by Ivan Čuk

“…I wish you pleasant reading and a lot of inspiration for new research projects and articles. Ivan Čuk, Editor-in-Chief …”
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A Step-by-Step Harmonization Process for Nutritional Epidemiology Purposes: A Methodological Work of the Collaborative PROMED-COG Pooled Cohorts Study by Federica Prinelli, Silvia Conti, Claire T. McEvoy, Caterina Trevisan, Stefania Maggi, Giuseppe Sergi, Marianna Noale

“…Methods: This is a collaborative project that includes data from four Italian population studies recruited during the 1992–2023 period: BEST; Pro.V.A; ILSA; and NutBrain. …”
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La formación universitaria de deportistas de alto nivel: análisis de una compleja relación entre estudios y deporte (High level sportsmen’s and women’s university studies: an analy... by Pedro R. Álvarez Pérez, David Pérez-Jorge, Manuel E. González Ramallal, David López Aguilar

“…Key words: Studies and sport; student guidance; adapting to university life; student’s formative project; personalized attention. …”
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Exposure of medical students to sexism and sexual harassment and their association with mental health: a cross-sectional study at a Swiss medical school by Carole Clair, Joelle Schwarz, Alexandre Berney, Valerie Carrard, Sylvie Berney, Jeanne Marie Barbier

“…We excluded 26 participants (25 due to wrong answers to attention questions, and 1 who did not answer the sexism exposure question). The final sample (N=1033) included 720 women, 300 men and 13 non-binary people.Measures Prevalence of self-reported exposure to sexism/sexual harassment. …”
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Young people's perceptions of the smart city concept: An analysis of attitudes and expectations by Dujmović-Bocka Jelena J., Romić Danijela I.

“…Local leaders should focus on creating smart solutions for financing projects related to the development o f local communities.…”
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An in-depth study of the association of breast arterial calcification with cardiovascular disease, its risk factors, and other chronic noncommunicable diseases: rationale and study... by I. V. Kim, E. V. Bochkareva, E. K. Butina, O. V. Molchanova, N. Kh. Bayramkulova, E. M. Filichkina, E. B. Yarovaya, O. M. Drapkina

“…Standard digital mammograms in craniocaudal and mediolateral projections will be analyzed. The severity of BAC will be determined using a 12-point scale.Expected results. …”
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Social determinants of health and diabetes self-care management in South Africa by Assegid Hellebo, Andre Pascal Kengne, Amarech Obse, Naomi Levitt, Bronwyn Myers, Susan Cleary, Olufunke Alaba

“…Methods This study utilised cross-sectional Project Mind baseline data collected in 2017. Self-care management was coded on a scale from ‘0’ (never) to ‘7’ (daily adherence). …”
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Exploring the causal associations of the gut microbiota and plasma metabolites with ovarian cancer: an approach of mendelian randomization analysis combined with network pharmacolo... by Junfeng Guo, Chen Wang, He Li, Chenhuan Ding

“…Data on the gut microbiota were obtained from the MiBioGen consortium of 18,340 subjects and the Dutch Microbiome Project of 7,738 volunteers. Data on plasma metabolites were derived from a GWAS of plasma metabolites in 8,299 participants. …”
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Medical Marijuana Documentation Practices in Patient Electronic Health Records: Retrospective Observational Study Using Smart Data Elements and a Review of Medical Records by Donielle Beiler, Aanya Chopra, Christina M Gregor, Lorraine D Tusing, Apoorva M Pradhan, Katrina M Romagnoli, Chadd K Kraus, Brian J Piper, Eric A Wright, Vanessa Troiani

“…ObjectiveThe purpose of this project was to examine and contextualize the use of MMJ SDEs in the Geisinger population. …”
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Valoración del programa Escuelas Deportivas: Composición corporal, actividad física y capacidad aeróbica en adolescentes (Assessment of the Sport Schools program: Body composition,... by Alberto Grao-Cruces, Alberto Nuviala, Antonio Fernández-Martínez

“…Sport Schools is an educational project of after-school physical activity (PA) developed by the Andalusian Government (Spain) to promote PA and to prevent the obesity among school-aged children. …”
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Formative Evaluation of Suicide Prevention Websites for Men: Qualitative Study with Men at Risk of Suicide and with Potential Gatekeepers by Doreen Reifegerste, Anna J M Wagner, Lisa Huber, Manuel Fastuca

“…MethodsWe conducted (1) individual videoconference interviews with 24 men to evaluate the website and (2) four focus groups with 8 gatekeepers in each group (32 participants) to evaluate the online education program. The focus group sample was equally distributed regarding gender and age. …”
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Metformin Protective Effects in LPS-Induced Alzheimer's Disease Mice Model: NO-cGMP-KATP Pathway Involvement by Mojtaba Dolatshahi, Ali Khorsandinezhad, Behnam Ghorbanzadeh, Yousef Paridar, Donya Nazarinia

“…This project has studied the effects of metformin on cognition impairment, depression, hyperalgesia, stress oxidative and neuroinflammation in a rodent Alzheimer's disease (AD) model created via LPS (lipopolysaccharide). …”
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Real Earnings Smoothing and Labor Investment Efficiency: The Role of Information Asymmetry by Batool Ismael Hasan, Mehdi Heydari, Hamzeh Didar

“…This information reflects the company's future outlook, which, through consistent earnings smoothing over the years, presents a clear and positive projection of the company's future to investors and creditors. …”
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Human Schwann Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicle Isolation, Bioactivity Assessment, and Omics Characterization by Khan A, Oliveira J, Lee YS, Guest JD, Silvera R, Pressman Y, Pearse DD, Nettina AE, Goldschmidt-Clermont PJ, Al-Ali H, Williams I, Levi AD, Dietrich WD

“…Each batch of EVs was assessed to ensure their therapeutic potential in promoting neurite outgrowth and cell survival.Results: High yields of SCEVs were consistently obtained with similar comprehensive molecular profiles across samples, indicating the reproducibility and reliability of the isolation method. …”
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Reading Aloud Activities as a Way to Determine Students’ Narrative Template by Álvarez Valencia José Aldemar

“…Data collection sources for this smallscale project incorporated class observation during the reading aloud activity,
 students’ written samples as the means for them to retell the story, and interviews that were held at the end of the research process. …”
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The science and politics of ‘knowledge’ in safe sport research by Benjamin Carr

“…Development and initial factor validation of the Violence Toward Athletes Questionnaire (VTAQ) in a sample of young athletes. Society and Leisure, 42(3), 471–486. https://doi.org/10.1080/07053436.2019.1682262 Schaad, A., Jans, M., & Scott, M. (2020). …”
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The Role of Genre-Based Activities in the Writing of Argumentative Essays in EFL by Chala Bejarano Pedro Antonio, Chapetón Claudia Marcela

“…The study highlights the importance of dialogic interaction to provide scaffolding opportunities, of understanding writing as a process, and of the use of samples and explicit instruction to facilitate writing.…”
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A Systematic Review on Clinicopathological Evaluation of Neutrophil-Percentage-To-Albumin-Ratio (NPAR): An Emerging Biomarker for Hepato-Pathology and Hepato-Oncology by Abdul Rehman Khalil Shaikh, Abdul Mannan Jehangir, Anum Usman, Durga Devi, Muhammad Akram, Muhammad Mazhar

“…Study bias risk was evaluated through analysis of the Evidence Project Risk of Bias Tool. The authors performed a qualitative data synthesis to provide a comparative understanding of NPAR’s therapeutic relevance. …”
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