One-Year Follow-Up of the Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy for Patients’ Depression: A Randomized, Single-Blinded, Controlled Study by Kai-Jo Chiang, Tsai-Hui Chen, Hsiu-Tsu Hsieh, Jui-Chen Tsai, Keng-Liang Ou, Kuei-Ru Chou

“…Both groups were evaluated at the pretest (before 2 weeks), posttest (after 12 therapy sessions), and short- (3 months), medium- (6 months), and long-term (12 months) follow-up. …”
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Matrix-free human 2D organoids recapitulate duodenal barrier and transport properties by Kopano Valerie Masete, Dorothee Günzel, Jörg-Dieter Schulzke, Hans-Jörg Epple, Nina A. Hering

“…The organoid monolayers recapitulated the duodenum phenotypically as well as functionally regarding glucose and short-chain fatty acid uptake. Tumour necrosis factor-alpha induced paracellular transport of 4-kDa Dextran and transcytosis of 44-kDa horseradish peroxidase. …”
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The Effect of Information Level and Coping Style on Pain and Anxiety in Needle Liver Biopsy by Nir Hilzenrat, Rose Yesovitch, Ian Shrier, Maria Stavrakis, Marc Deschênes

“…Subjects also filled out the Krantz Health Opinion Survey, a short questionnaire used to classify coping styles as either information-seeking or information-avoiding. …”
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Technology and Modeling of Nonclassical Transistor Devices by George V. Angelov, Dimitar N. Nikolov, Marin H. Hristov

“…As technology goes into the nanometer regime, semiconductor devices are confronting numerous short-channel effects. Bulk CMOS technology is developing and innovating to overcome these constraints by introduction of (i) new technologies and new materials and (ii) new transistor architectures. …”
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Traffic Anomaly Detection Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks Based on Improved Exploitation of the GM(1,1) Model by Qin Yu, Jibin Lyu, Lirui Jiang, Longjiang Li

“…Based on our systematical researches on the characteristics of WSN traffic, the causes of WSN abnormal traffic, and latest related research and development, we better exploit the GM(1,1) model following four guidelines: using a sliding window to determine historical data for modeling, optimizing initial value of one-order grey differential equation, making traffic prediction by short step exponential weighted average method, and judging whether the traffic of the next moment is abnormal by Euclidean distance. …”
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Soutenir le développement professionnel des enseignants en haute école par la recherche : analyse d’un dispositif d’appel à projets interne by Sandrine Biémar, Birgit Quinting, Isabelle Bragard

“…The main obstacle remains the time allocated to the research project, which is both too short and difficult to combine with the time allocated to teaching. …”
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Characterization of thermo-responsive shape memory bio-based thermoplastic polyurethane (SMTPU) for 3D/4D printing applications by Yang Sook Jung, Jaehyeung Park, Sunhee Lee, Eun Joo Shin

“…The tensile strength of 15–21 MPa, elongation between 534 and 585%, and a hardness of 82–85 Shore A were shown. This study further explores the sustainability and unique properties of SMTPU, making it well-suited for shape memory applications at different temperatures with varying hard segment content. …”
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Narrative Skills of Bilingual Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder by Huong Hoang, Ana Maria Gonzalez-Barrero, Aparna Nadig

“…The study investigated how narratives are influenced by both autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and bilingualism. We analyzed the short narratives of school-age Quebec French-speaking children: bilinguals with and without ASD, and monolinguals with and without ASD. …”
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Increased diagnosis of hepato-biliary-pancreatic cancer after cholecystectomy: a population-based study by Young Ae Kim, Hak Jun Kim, Mee Joo Kang, Sung-Sik Han, Hyeong Min Park, Sang-Jae Park

“…In conclusion, hepato-biliary-pancreatic cancer are frequently diagnosed subsequent to cholecystectomy. Too short period of post-cholecystectomy follow-up may hinder monitoring of hepato-biliary-pancreatic cancer occurrence.…”
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Cross-Technology Interference-Aware Rate Adaptation in Time-Triggered Wireless Local Area Networks by Hanjin Kim, Young-Jin Kim, Won-Tae Kim

“…The framework includes a CTI identification model and CTI-aware rate selection algorithms. Leveraging short-time Fourier transform, the identification model captures the time–frequency–power characteristics of CTI signals, enabling the estimation of the average power of various heterogeneous wireless technologies employed by interfering devices. …”
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Effect of Benson relaxation response technique on the quality of life among patients with systemic lupus erythematous: quasi-experimental study by Rami Masa'Deh, Arwa Masadeh, Basema Mohammad Nofal

“…Utilising an online questionnaire, the QOL was assessed among the two groups, before and 2 months after the intervention, using the Arabic version of the short form 36-item health survey.Results After 2 months of the intervention, the intervention group exhibited significantly higher levels in both components of QOL; physical (t(143.31)=15.35, p<0.001); and mental component (t(143.58)=12.35, p<0.001). …”
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Shapes in submicron ammonium sulfate particles after long-term exposure on tree leaves by Kenichi Yamane, Satoshi Nakaba, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Katsushi Kuroda, Yuzou Sano, I. Wuled Lenggoro, Takeshi Izuta, Ryo Funada

“…The particle shape deposited on the leaf surface in short-term (3–30 min) exposures in a growth chamber < 70% humidity was spherical with no corners, whereas that in long-term exposures was nonspherical flattened, angular, or irregular. …”
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Harmonic Analysis of the Spatiotemporal Pattern of Thunderstorms in Iran (1961–2010) by Ali Akbar Sabziparvar, Seyed Hossein Mir Mousavi, Mostafa Karampour, Mehdi Doostkamian, Esmaeil Haghighi, Iman Rousta, Haraldur Olafsson, Md Omar Sarif, Rajan Dev Gupta, Md Moniruzzaman, Khairul Hasan, Ali Ghasemi

“…The results of harmonic analysis indicated that mainly short-term and midterm cycles dominated Iran’s thunderstorms.…”
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Is increased mutation driving genetic diversity in dogs within the Chornobyl exclusion zone? by Megan N Dillon, Allison N Dickey, Reade B Roberts, Jennifer A Betz, Timothy A Mousseau, Norman J Kleiman, Matthew Breen

“…We then search for evidence of mutation through short tandem repeat/microsatellite diversity analyses and by calculating the proportion of recently derived alleles in individuals in both populations. …”
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Facial signals shape predictions about the nature of upcoming conversational responses by Alexandra K. Emmendorfer, Judith Holler

“…Participants (n = 80) viewed videos of short conversation fragments between two virtual humans. …”
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Aloe Vera Extract-Mediated CuO NPs as Catalysts for the Synthesis of 4-Hydroxy-3-Methoxybenzaldehyde-Connected Piperidine Derivatives and Their Antibacterial Activity by Ponnusamy Packialakshmi, Perumal Gobinath, Anis Ahamed, Hissah Abdulrahman Alodaini, Ashraf Atef Hatamleh, Mohamed Taha Yassin, Akbar Idhayadhulla, Radhakrishnan Surendrakumar

“…Using a green chemistry strategy using copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO NPs) as a catalyst, a unique one-pot synthesis of Schiff base vanillin-linked piperidine derivatives (2, 2a-2j) may be generated, with a potential yield in a short reaction time. The CuO NPs were synthesized with the aloe vera extract. …”
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Textural Analysis of Nuclear Mitotic Apparatus Antigen (NuMA) Spatial Distribution in Interphase Nuclei from Human Drug-Resistant CEM Lymphoblasts by Naima Rafki‐Beljebbar, Françoise Liautaud‐Roger, Dominique Ploton, Jean Dufer

“…., a more decondensed and coarse texture with increase of Energy and Long‐run sections and decrease of Contrast and Short‐run sections). Moreover, Optical Densities measurements indicate that MDR cells seem to contain less NuMA, a datum confirmed by immunoblotting of nuclear proteins. …”
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Disability and Migration Routes: An Explorative Analysis Among Refugees Hosted in Italy by Marco Tofani, Marco Tofani, Maurizio Marceca, Maurizio Marceca, Donatella Valente, Donatella Valente, Giovanni Galeoto, Giovanni Galeoto, Mohamed Ali Ben Zina, Imène Soumaya Salhi, Khadija Elmadmad, Khadija Elmadmad, Hind Tak Tak, Justine Gosling, Satish Mishra, Valentina Gazzaniga, Marco Cilione, Silvia Iorio

“…We investigated disability condition in refugees, identifying possible mechanisms that affect their health.MethodsThe Washington Group Short Set – Enhanced was used to identify people at risk experiencing disability. …”
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Hypovitaminosis D3, Leukopenia, and Human Serotonin Transporter Polymorphism in Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa by Anna Tasegian, Francesco Curcio, Laura Dalla Ragione, Francesca Rossetti, Samuela Cataldi, Michela Codini, Francesco Saverio Ambesi-Impiombato, Tommaso Beccari, Elisabetta Albi

“…Among these emerged the case of a woman with long-term anorexia nervosa and the case of a woman with long-term bulimia nervosa both complicated by anxiety and depression, severe hypovitaminosis D3, decrease of vitamin D receptor, leukopenia, and 5-hydroxytryptamine transporter linked polymorphic region short allele. Conclusion. The results induce hypothesising that the severe hypovitaminosis D3 might be responsible for the lack of the inflammatory response and the depressive symptoms in patients with long-term eating disorders.…”
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Hierarchical Node Replication Attacks Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks by Wassim Znaidi, Marine Minier, Stéphane Ubéda

“…Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are composed of numerous low-cost, low-power sensor nodes communicating at short distance through wireless links. Sensors are densely deployed to collect and transmit data of the physical world to one or few destinations called the sinks. …”
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