Associations between Psychosocial and Physiological Factors and Diabetes Health Indicators in Asian and Pacific Islander Adults with Type 2 Diabetes by Dongmei Li, Jillian Inouye, Jim Davis, Richard F. Arakaki

“…IBM SPSS Amos 20 was used for the SEM analysis at 5% level of significance, and the goodness fit of the SEM model was also evaluated. The final SEM model showed that diet and exercise and foot care had positive associations, while depression had a negative association with diabetes’ health indicators. …”
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EVALUATION OF LAND SUITABILITY FOR IRRIGATED WHEAT CULTIVATION USING TWO DIFFERENT METHODS IN NORTHERN ALI AL-GHARBI DISTRICT by A. R. Anbar, A. I. Hamad

“…According to the proposal by Al-Rubaie )10(, water availability fell within the limited suitability category S3, with a rating of (66.74)%. The final suitability assessment placed the area within the unsuitable category N1, covering 75,572.73 hectares and representing 97.84% of the study area, and the limited suitability category S3, covering 1,671.93 hectares and representing 2.16% of the study area. …”
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The Effect of Steel Reinforcement Diameter on the Behavior of Concrete Beams with Corrosion by Joel Moreno-Herrera, Néstor Vega-Juarez, Jorge Varela-Rivera, Luis Fernandez-Baqueiro, Pedro Castro-Borges

“…The beams were tested a second time to determine their final structural behavior. The variations in the corrosion potential and corrosion rate of the LTR with time, together with concrete resistivity, cracking patterns, and load–displacement curves of the RC beam, are presented. …”
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Mulheres Indígenas: saberes e fazeres na pandemia by Mariana Cunha Pereira, Danielle da Silva Trindade

“…Participaram nove mulheres, incluindo as coordenadoras. Ao final consideramos que o espaço do GT construído nesse evento é uma conquista para a discussão de gênero se efetivar com a interseccionalidade da etnia. …”
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Enhancing Qualitative Research: The Use of Design Probes and Cooking Sessions Deepens the Understanding of 9- to 11-Year-Old Children’s Food Perceptions by Lotte Pater, Elizabeth H. Zandstra, Vincenzo Fogliano, Bea L. P. A. Steenbekkers

“…In the second stage, one-to-one interviews were conducted to reflect upon the assignments and to dive deeper into the reasons behind children’s experiences. In the final stage, children created a pizza with their classmates in groups of 3–6 children at their schools. …”
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Design, Fabrication, and Testing of Active Skin Antenna with 3D Printing Array Framework by Jinzhu Zhou, Haitao Li, Le Kang, Baofu Tang, Jin Huang, Zhiheng Cai

“…In this method, 3D printing technology was applied to fabricate the array framework, and the different layers were bonded to form the final antenna skin by using traditional composite process. …”
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Role of Epigenetic Histone Modifications in Diabetic Kidney Disease Involving Renal Fibrosis by Jing Sun, Yangwei Wang, Wenpeng Cui, Yan Lou, Guangdong Sun, Dongmei Zhang, Lining Miao

“…Renal fibrosis, characterized by the accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins in glomerular basement membranes and the tubulointerstitium, is the final manifestation of DKD. The TGF-β pathway triggers epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), which plays a key role in the accumulation of ECM proteins in DKD. …”
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Endobronchial ultrasound-guided cryobiopsy of a rare epicardial tumour by Toshiyuki Nakai, Atsushi Miyamoto, Mana Ogawa, Akimasa Morisaki, Nobuhiro Izumi, Sayaka Tanaka

“…Surgical resection was performed, and the tumor was found to originate from the pericardium on the left atrial wall.Results The surgical specimens contained small areas of perineurioma in addition to schwannoma, leading to the final diagnosis of extremely rare hybrid PNST.Conclusion EBUS-cryo can be one of useful biopsy techniques for diagnosing cardiac tumors.…”
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Effect of implant abutment surface treatments on bacterial biofilm composition and structure by Eduardo Anitua, Alia Murias-Freijo, Roberto Tierno, Ricardo Tejero, Mohammad Hamdan Alkhraisat

“…A total of 17 patients were involved in this study (14 included in final analyses: 15 machined, 16 TiN and 14 TiN oxidized abutments).Results No significant differences between surfaces were found considering taxa abundance, most alpha diversity metrics or community structure. …”
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Ten years of ear, nose and throat (ENT) services in Southern Africa: a scoping review by Lufunda Lukama, Colleen Aldous, Warren Kuhn, Charles Michelo, Chester Kalinda

“…Results Four themes in the fourteen studies included in the final analysis described the existing ENT services in Southern Africa: 1. …”
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Dampak Pembelajaran Berdiferensiasi Terhadap Hasil Belajar Matematika di Sekolah Dasar by Bayu Kurniawan, Anam Sutopo, Choiriyah Widyasari

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Investigation of Anisotropic Behavior and Statistical Evolution of Acoustic Emission Energy during the Deformation of Layered Sandstone by Shujian Li, Shaobin Dong, Binting Cai, Menglai Wang, Yanhong Xie, Jingguo Luo

“…With the progress of the experiment, the following phenomena pertaining to acoustic emission activities occurred, which may indicate imminent danger of collapse: (1) the crackling noises increased significantly; (2) the variation of the b value exhibited a significant downward trend; and (3) the effective power-law exponent and the optimal exponent changed in different stages and gradually decreased as the final failure was approached. The findings in this paper may provide a theoretical basis for predicting the collapse and instability of rock mass structures.…”
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Critical mobility in policy making for epidemic containment by Jesús A. Moreno López, David Mateo, Alberto Hernando, Sandro Meloni, José J. Ramasco

“…As individuals travel, possibilities to encounter new people either at the final destination or during the transportation process appear. …”
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Psychological determinants of performance in women's football: a systematic review on resilience, anxiety, motivation and cohesion by Javier Ventaja-Cruz, Jesús Manuel Cuevas Rincón, Virginia Tejada-Medina, Ricardo Martín-Moya

“…The PICO framework was applied to define the research question, and data were extracted into an Excel spreadsheet, a total of 11 articles met all the inclusion criteria and were included in the final qualitative synthesis. Results: anxiety is explored in five studies, highlighting its physiological and psychological effects on performance and its predictors in elite athletes; resilience is examined in three studies, focusing on how young female athletes adapt to adversity to enhance performance and life skills; motivation is the subject of six studies, emphasizing intrinsic and extrinsic factors driving engagement, performance, and social influences in sports; and team cohesion is analyzed in two studies, illustrating its role in fostering better performance perceptions and group dynamics. …”
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Management of Congenital Clinical Anophthalmos with Orbital Cyst: A Kinshasa Case Report by Thomas Stahnke, Andreas Erbersdobler, Steffi Knappe, Rudolf F. Guthoff, Ngoy J. Kilangalanga

“…Additionally, pigmented epithelial structures, which seem to be of ciliary body, iris, and choroidal or retinal-type epithelium origin, could be detected, prompting the final diagnosis, microphthalmia with dominant cyst formation.…”
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Decoupling and Collaboration: An Intelligent Gateway-Based Internet of Things System Architecture for Meat Processing by Jun Liu, Chenggang Zhou, Haoyuan Wei, Jie Pi, Daoying Wang

“…The quality and nutritional value of the final meat product are significantly influenced by each processing link. …”
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Fitting the Integrated Model of Location of the Pre-urban Areas with Emphasis on Environmental Balance by Atefeh Moradi, Mariam Daneshvar, Seyed Abdol-Hadi Daneshpour, Hooman Bahmanpour

“…The overall fit of the model (GOF) was calculated to be 0.55235. In the final study, it was found that all paths have significant coefficients and thus the conceptual model of research was confirmed.…”
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Owning your emotions or sentimental navel-gazing: Digital storytelling with South African pre-service student educators by Gachago Daniela, Ivala Eunice, Chigona Agnes, Condy Janet

“…This paper reflects on conversations with South African students in a final year pre-service teacher-training programme, who developed digital stories as a vehicle for student engagement across difference. …”
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Semantic Approach for Evaluation of Energy Storage Technologies under Fuzzy Environment by Dega Nagaraju, C. Chiranjeevi, Y. Rajasekhar, Senthil Kumaran Selvaraj, Utkarsh Chadha, R. Nagalakshmi, Velmurugan Paramasivam

“…Further, with the help of the main criteria weights and the weights of alternatives determined with respect to each set of subcriteria, the final normalized weights of alternatives are determined. …”
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Universal Digital Probe Electrometer for Testing Semiconductor Wafers by A. L. Zharin, U. A. Mikitsevich, A. I. Svistun, K. U. Pantsialeyeu

“…Electrical performance results reflect the influence of near-surface characteristics on the final performance of devices. The aim of the work was to develop a universal digital probe electrometer that implements various non-contact electrical methods for analyzing semiconductor wafers, in which the change in operating modes and configuration, transmission of the received data, remote testing and calibration are carried out via digital local control channels. …”
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