A Cross-sectional Study on the Levels of Anxiety and Depression of People under Treatment for COVID-19 in Relation to Emotional Intelligence by Gopi Rajendhiran, V. Veera Balaji Kumar

“…This study aims to understand the level of anxiety, depression, and EI of people who are recovering from COVID-19 in the hospital. …”
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Sensory Overresponsivity, Loneliness, and Anxiety in Taiwanese Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder by Ya-Cing Syu, Ling-Yi Lin

“…Interventions regarding sensory processing difficulties and emotional well-being are substantial need for adults with ASD, and our results highlight the importance of sensory overresponsiveness and anxiety in evaluating and improving the psychological well-being of adults with ASD.…”
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Impact of Greenwashing and Perceived Value on Purchase Intention in the Bottled Drinking Water Industry: Mediating Role of Trust by Rifai Apriture Afianto, Jati Waskito

“…Method: A quantitative research approach was employed, using questionnaires to collect primary data from 200 respondents in the Solo Raya region who had purchased or consumed Le Minerale products. …”
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Evidence of Helicobacter spp. in Saliva and Gastric Mucosa of Domestic Dogs in the Central Region of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil by Daniel D. Guerra Segundo, Camila B. E. Mello, Juliana F. Cargnelutti, Mariana M. Flores, Luís F. Pedrotti, Bernardo N. Antunes, Vanessa Milech, Omar G. Velasquez, Letícia R. Martins, Saulo T. L. Pinto Filho

“…Non-H. pylori Helicobacter (NHPH) species naturally colonise the stomach of animals and also induce gastric lesions in humans, highlighting their zoonotic importance. We evaluated the gastric bacterial colonisation density and gastric lesions and sought to identify the main phylogenetic groups of the Helicobacter spp. obtained from dogs in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, with this study aiming to investigate the occurrence of Helicobacter spp. in saliva and gastric samples from these dogs. …”
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The trend of suicide and self-harm in the Chinese population from 2018 to 2022 based on ambulance medical emergency cases: a retrospective study by Ruizhe Yang, Jinsu Zhou, Francis Manyori Bigambo, Wu Yan, Xu Wang, Haibo Yang

“…The study emphasizes the need for targeted prevention strategies, particularly focusing on drug-related suicides among adults and adolescents, as well as the prevalence of various self-harming behaviors.ConclusionTo reduce self-harm and suicide, interventions must be strengthened for women, who experience higher rates. Key strategies include regulating pesticides and psychotropic drugs, increasing access to mental health resources, and launching community awareness campaigns. …”
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Multiple Sclerosis and COVID-19: An Overview on Risk, Severity, and Association With Disease Modifying Therapies by Mary Hollist, Abraham Hollist, Katherine Au, Colton Betts, Maha Kirmani, Maaida Kirmani, Benjamin Armour, Mercy C Udeh, Batool F Kirmani

“…Nevertheless, significant complications persist, particularly in patients with advanced MS, who are highly vulnerable to infectious agents like SARS-CoV-2. …”
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Accuracy and Usability of Smartphone-Based Distance Estimation Approaches for Visual Assistive Technology Development by Giles Hamilton-Fletcher, Mingxin Liu, Diwei Sheng, Chen Feng, Todd E. Hudson, John-Ross Rizzo, Kevin C. Chan

“…<italic>Results:</italic> For accuracy in the image center, all approaches had &lt;&#x00B1;2.5 cm average error, except CoreML which had &#x00B1;5.2&#x2013;6.2 cm average error at 2&#x2013;3 meters. …”
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Mutational Profile and Retinal Phenotypes of PCARE-Related Cone-Rod Dystrophies in a Mexican Cohort by Víctor R. López-Rodríguez, Rocío Arce-González, Alan Martínez-Aguilar, Carlos E. Rodríguez-López, Sergio Groman-Lupa, M. Isabel Neria-González, Genaro Rodríguez-Uribe, Juan C. Zenteno

“…The study included 14 patients from 11 unrelated pedigrees with retinal dystrophies who were demonstrated to carry biallelic pathogenic variants in PCARE. …”
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Institutional factors and the performance of higher education institutions in the accounting sufficiency exam by Aline Cordeiro Santana, Bruno Barbosa de Souza, Marcos Paulo Tavares Bazet

“…In practice, the results can be useful for coordinators of undergraduate courses in accounting sciences, who can reflect on the extent to which institutional factors are relevant to be considered in the management of courses, especially in periods of crisis. …”
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Serum Creatinine Level and APACHE-II Score within 24 h of Admission Are Effective for Predicting Persistent Organ Failure in Acute Pancreatitis by Jianhua Wan, Wenqing Shu, Wenhua He, Yin Zhu, Yong Zhu, Hao Zeng, Pi Liu, Liang Xia, Nonghua Lu

“…Our study included 2090 (35%) patients out of 6024 patients who were evaluated within 24 h of hospital admission. …”
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Conquest of Cyprus by the Turks: Divergence of the Early Modern Period and Establishment of Status Quo in the Mediterranean by Emrah NAKİ

“…While this study was prepared comparatively from both Turkish and Western sources, rather than describing the anatomy of a war, it examines the relative causes leading to the conquest of Cyprus and their effects.…”
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Evaluation of the etiological spectrum of obstructive jaundice in patients attending the Al-Azhar Assiut University Hospital Endoscopy Unit in the last five years by Hamdy Mahfouz Moustafa, Ahmed Qasem Mohamed, Ali Sayed Zarea Nouh

“…Abdominal US was diagnostic for the cause of obstruction in 400 patients (62.5%). We also found that patients who had hepatic focal lesions, abdominal lymphadenopathy, and/or dilated biliary channels without obvious stones or masses in the abdominal US needed to be re-evaluated with MSCT abdomen with contrast imaging (240 cases, 37.5%). …”
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Mid-term outcomes of percutaneous pulmonary valve replacement with Edwards-Sapien bioprosthesis in native right ventricular outflow tract by Yassin Belahnech, Gerard Martí-Aguasca, Laura Dos-Subirà, Pedro Betrian-Blasco, Bruno García del Blanco, Maria Calvo-Barceló, Eduard Ródenas-Alesina, Antonia Pijuan-Domènech, Ferran Gran, Queralt Ferrer, Gemma Giralt-García, Berta Miranda, Blanca Gordon, Víctor González-Fernández, José A. Barrabés, Ferran Roses-Noguer, Ignacio Ferreira-González

“…This study assesses mid-term outcomes in 76 patients who underwent PPVR between 2016 and 2022, comparing native (40.8%) and non-native (59.2%) RVOTs. …”
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The “State Interest” and Humanitarian Diplomacy of Oliver Cromwell by L. I. Ivonina

“…The article analyzes one of the most vivid examples of such humanitarian foreign policy – foreign intervention by the Lord Protector of the English Republic, Oliver Cromwell, in the Duchy of Savoy in 1655 to protect the Waldensian Protestants, who suffered persecution there. Contrary to the modern historiography, the article argues that Cromwell did not abandon all other state considerations in questioning the conclusion of the Anglo-French alliance against Spain to stop the repression against the Waldensians. …”
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Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Phenotype, Metformin, and Survival for Colorectal Cancer Patients with Diabetes Mellitus II by Yaodu Wang, Zhiyang Wu, Likuan Hu

“…Results. In correlation tests, we found a lower tumor cell EMT degree (more E-cadherin (P=0.014) and less vimentin (P=0.011) expression in patients who used metformin, and the expression of E-cadherin and vimentin was associated with serum CA19-9 (P=0.048, P=0.009), tumor invasive depth (T) (P<0.001, P=0.045), and lymph invasion (N) (P=0.013, P=0.001). …”
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Marriage by Proxy: A Remedy to Divorce and Single Parenting as Presented in Ifá Ogbèdí Divination Poetry by Samuel Kayode Olaleye

“…Yet, the latter argument may not be strong enough since many prominent women were successful in their business enterprises and marriage even in times of the gods such as Ajé who had 200 slaves that helped her to take her wares to the market. …”
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Parties of the Shareholders’ Agreement by E. M. Bondariev

“…Contracts between third-party entities and shareholders, where the latter undertake to exercise their corporate rights in shares, in accordance with the directions of third parties, can not be attributed to shareholders’ agreements because the subject matter and purpose of such agreements and shareholders’ agreements do not coincide. Accordingly, a joint-stock company and third parties (its credit grantors, persons who did not acquire shareholder’s status because of various reasons and other persons) can not be recognized as a party to such an agreement, since they are not holders of corporate rights. …”
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Developing indoor heat-health warning systems for vulnerable populations by Choo-Yoon Yi, Chengzhi Peng

“…The development of indoor heat-health warning systems is urgently needed to enhance the health and social care for vulnerable populations who spend long hours indoors. As a proof-of-principle study, we first introduce an indoor heat-health warning system developed for the general population in the UK, demonstrating its use case based on the 2013 heatwave event. …”
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Childhood-onset enthesitis-related arthritis leading to nephrotic syndrome due to secondary amyloidosis complicated by acute pulmonary embolism - The domino effect by Vishal Mangal, Bhaskar Datt, Arun Hegde, A W Kashif, Ankit Kumar, Jaspreet Kaur, Nidhi Goel, Anil Shankar Menon

“…Similarly, the incidence of pulmonary thromboembolism in patients with nephrotic syndrome is 7.8%. We present a case of a young male who was diagnosed with JIA-ERA at the age of 13 years with multiple flares in childhood had now developed nephrotic syndrome secondary to AA amyloidosis demonstrated on renal biopsy complicated by acute pulmonary embolism and occult hepatitis B infection. …”
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Sustainable poultry education for undergraduate students by A.C. Fanatico, A․Kollanoor Johny, A. Upadhyay, S.B. Bramall

“…The team has used university farms for hands-on teaching, and traveled to India to work with international collaborators and students.Graduates are engaged citizens who can be part of community-based food systems, help poultry companies address sustainability issues, and provide a global perspective for sustainable development.…”
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