Unveiling the hidden burden: Exploring the psychosocial impact of cutaneous leishmaniasis lesions and scars in southern Ethiopia. by Behailu Merdekios, Misgun Shewangizaw, Abebayehu Sappo, Eshetu Ewunetu, Johan van Griensven, Jean-Pierre van Geertruyden, Melissa Ceuterick, Hilde Bastiaens

“…The analysis combined inductive and deductive approaches through an iterative process, developing a coding framework with seven themes (lesion & CL scar each) and subthemes, resulting in giving important insights in the psychosocial impacts of CL. …”
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The Immunomodulatory Properties of Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Junji Xu, Dunfang Zhang, Peter Zanvit, Dandan Wang

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Surgical Orthodontic Treatment of an Impacted Canine in the Presence of Dens Invaginatus and Follicular Cyst by Marialuce Spallarossa, Carola Canevello, Francesca Silvestrini Biavati, Nicola Laffi

“…When treating a dens invaginatus there are different therapeutic solutions: they depend on the gravity of the anomaly and on the association with the retention of a permanent tooth. …”
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A study on neutrosophic soft set and neutrosophic hypersoft set by Hema Rengaswamy, Rajeshwari Subramani, Florentin Smarandache

“…This paper mainly intends to verify whether the basic laws of set theory apply in the Neutrosophic Soft Set (NSS). The laws examined in this paper for NSS include Commutative law, Associative law, Distributive law, Involution law, Idempotent law, and Negation law (law of contradiction and law of excluded middle). …”
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Reinforced AdaBoost Learning for Object Detection with Local Pattern Representations by Younghyun Lee, David K. Han, Hanseok Ko

“…On the contrary, the proposed learning algorithm allows the sample weights to be updated individually depending on the confidence level of each weak classifier prediction, thereby reducing the number of weak classifier iterations for convergence. …”
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Quantifying Older Adults’ Spatial Perceptions of Outdoor Activity Areas for Embedded Retirement Facilities by Guannan Fu, Yinan Gai, Liqun Xiang, Lin Lin

“…Their subjective perception data were collected through subjective satisfaction questionnaires. By combining them, the authors identified correlations between older adults’ spatial perceptions and the characteristics of outdoor activity areas, quantifying the impact of various spatial features on their satisfaction. …”
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The Non-Existent May Cycle: Methods, Colonial Texts and Epigraphy by Péter Bíró

“…Current ideas based on such a model should therefore be re-examined in light of these findings and other evidence should be used in order to prove their plausibility.…”
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Attitudes and knowledge for CBT-based psychotherapy among medical students and residents in China: a survey study by Yinan Ding, Tao Pei, Pu Peng, Jiashu Yao, Jinsong Tang, Yanhui Liao

“…Methods One hundred and forty-nine participants, including medical students, residents, and other health providers (HCPs), self-reported their understanding of 18 types of psychotherapy, negative attitude towards cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and their attitude towards psychological interventions and counseling in primary care (APIC-PC) through an online survey. …”
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Editorial: Infections in the intensive care unit, volume II by Lihui Wang, Bin Lin, Bin Lin, Zhongheng Zhang, Zhongheng Zhang, Yuetian Yu, Yuetian Yu

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The ABC of tDCS: Effects of Anodal, Bilateral and Cathodal Montages of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Patients with Stroke—A Pilot Study by A. Fusco, D. De Angelis, G. Morone, L. Maglione, T. Paolucci, M. Bragoni, V. Venturiero

“…Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a noninvasive technique that is emerging as a prospective therapy for different neurologic disorders. Previous studies have demonstrated that anodal and cathodal stimulation can improve motor performance in terms of dexterity and manual force. …”
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Fuzzy logic based social trust computation scheme in Flying Ad-hoc network by Joydeep Kundu, Sahabul Alam, Arindam Dey

“…Noncooperative drones might introduce harmful and erroneous data, reducing the network's trustworthiness and throughput. Therefore, in the context of trust score, a trustworthy inter-UAV data communication can be achieved by creating a malicious node within the network. …”
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Social support may buffer, to an extent, the impact of stigma on health-related quality of life among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients by Desmond Uchechukwu Onu, Christy Ngozi Obi-keguna, Osadebe Nnabuike Oguguam, Chukwuedozie K. Ajaero, Elisha John Igwe

“…Although social support significantly buffered the detrimental impacts of the "treated differently" and "blame and judgment" domains of stigma, it did not mitigate the adverse impacts of self-stigma on HRQoL. Therefore, in addition to enhancing social support among T2DM patients, interventions may also do well to incorporate therapeutic approaches aimed at addressing the unique challenges posed by self-stigma in this vulnerable population.…”
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An Intelligent Health Monitoring Model Based on Fuzzy Deep Neural Network by Tianye Xing, Yidan Wang, Yingxue Liu, Qi Wu, Rong Ma, Xiaoling Shang

“…On the basis of previous work, the genetic algorithm and fuzzy theory were introduced as optimization tools, and a new neural network training algorithm was constructed by combining genetic algorithm, fuzzy theory, and neural network technology for structural health monitoring research. …”
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Problem-based learning in developing students’ communicative skills and creativity in teaching English for specific purposes by Jolita Šliogerienė, Irena Darginavičienė, Jelena Suchanova, Dalia Gulbinskienė, Viktorija Jakučionytė

“…The results suggest that while problem-based learning improves understanding of both theoretical and practical aspects of study programmes, technical students are more sceptical about the effectiveness of problem-based learning. …”
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Circular dichroism of relativistically–moving chiral molecules by Mitchell R. Whittam, Benedikt Zerulla, Marjan Krstić, Maxim Vavilin, Christof Holzer, Markus Nyman, Lukas Rebholz, Ivan Fernandez-Corbaton, Carsten Rockstuhl

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Involvement of p38 MAPK and MAPKAPK2 in promoting cell death and the inflammatory response to ischemic stress associated with necrotic glioblastoma by Soo Yeon Kim, Miaolu Tang, Stephen Y. Chih, Jessica Sallavanti, Yan Gao, Zhiqiang Qiu, Hong-Gang Wang, Wei Li

“…This signaling cascade was further potentiated by RAS or PI3K activation under ischemic conditions, contributing to the inflammatory gene expression response. Therefore, our study suggests that p38 could be targeted to relieve the inflammatory response in necrotic tumors and inhibit GBM progression.…”
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Quand le pèlerin chrétien est-il devenu touriste ? by Bonneau Michel

“…Les écrits sur les pèlerinages médiévaux sont nombreux et anciens, surtout ceux qui se rapportent à la Terre Sainte, donnant lieu à des analyses variées L’auteur aborde un thème rarement analysé, celui du comportement pèlerin vis-à-vis du monde profane, à travers les récits des pèlerins. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Bicyclol Treatment for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Results of a Cohort Study by I. Yu. Pirogova, S. V. Yakovleva, T. V. Neuymina, S. P. Sinitsyn, V. S. Chulkov, T. N. Shamaeva

“…No significant changes were found in the group without drug therapy.Conclusions.  Bicyclol therapy in NAFLD is accompanied by positive dynamics of inflammation activity markers, insulin resistance and lipid spectrum, which suggests a positive dynamics of the stages of liver fibrosis and steatosis.…”
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Linking Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s Disease by Géraldine Gelders, Veerle Baekelandt, Anke Van der Perren

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The Microbial Activity in PM2.5 in Indoor Air: As an Index of Air Quality Level by Hanlin Chen, Rui Du, Weishan Ren, Sujian Zhang, Pengrui Du, Yongtao Zhang

“…Additionally, the microbial activity in a room varied according to the room’s ventilation (or lack thereof), suggesting a strong association between these parameters. …”
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