Usage and Perceived Side Effects of Personal Protective Measures against Mosquitoes among Current Users in Delhi by Charu Kohli, Rajesh Kumar, G. S. Meena, M. M. Singh, Jyotiranjan Sahoo, G. K. Ingle

“…Data was collected using pretested semistructured questionnaire after taking written informed consent. Data was analysed using SPSS version 17. …”
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An Analysis of the Debate between al-Ṭūsī and al-Kātibī on Contingency Argument by Mehmet Tayfun Küçük

“…This article addresses a written debate between Najm al-Dīn al-Kātibī (d. 675 AH/1277 AD) and Nasīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (d. 672 AH/1274 AD) on the contingency argument, which is one of the most well-known proofs offered in history regarding the existence of God. …”
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A scoping review of digital workplace wellness interventions in low- and middle-income countries. by Yi Chiann Thai, Deanna Sim, Tracy A McCaffrey, Amutha Ramadas, Hema Malini, Jessica L Watterson

“…The review protocol was written prior to undertaking the review (OSF Registry:10.17605/OSF.IO/QPR9J).…”
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Cultivo de ciruelas en Florida by A. Sarkhosh, M. Olmstead, E. P. Miller, P. C. Andersen, J. G. Williamson, Tatiana Sanchez

“…This new 14-page fact sheet is the Spanish translation of HS895/HS250, Growing Plums in Florida, written by A. Sarkhosh, M. Olmstead, E. P. Miller, P. …”
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Test-Retest Reliability of Low-Cost Posturography for Assessing Postural Stability Control Performance during Standing by Sumet Heamawatanachai, Witawit Wiriyasakunphan, Kanokwan Srisupornkornkool, Chaiyong Jorrakate

“…The center of pressure (COP) displacement and velocity were analyzed using written software. Test-retest reliability was performed with six different standing postural stability tests in twenty healthy volunteers on two different days. …”
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Endoscopic Proximal Hamstring Repair Using a Modified Whipstitch: A Technical Note by Eric J. Cotter MD, Omair Kazi MS, Michael J. Vogel BS, Shane J. Nho MD, MS

“…If the individual may be identifiable, the author(s) has included a statement of release or other written form of approval from the patient(s) with this submission for publication.…”
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Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy after Eye Injuries: An Overexpression of Growth Factors and Cytokines Leading to a Retinal Keloid by Francesco Morescalchi, Sarah Duse, Elena Gambicorti, Mario R. Romano, Ciro Costagliola, Francesco Semeraro

“…This literature review included PubMed articles published from 1979 through 2013. Only studies written in English were included.…”
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Comparative Study of γ Radiation-Induced Effects on Fiber Bragg Gratings by Femtosecond Laser Point-by-Point Method and Line-by-Line Method by Mingyang Hou, Yumin Zhang, Xin Xiong, Lianqing Zhu

“…Moreover, an analysis into the radiation damage mechanisms in optical fibers, alongside the principles of femtosecond laser inscription, provides insights into the enhanced radiation resistance observed in femtosecond laser-written FBGs. This study thus furnishes significant guidance for the development of highly radiation-resistant FBG sensors, serving as a critical reference in the field of high-performance optical fiber sensing technologies.…”
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Effect of intermittent urethral catheter clamping combined with active urination training (ICCAUT) strategy on postoperative urinary dysfunction after radical rectal cancer surgery... by Yuchen Guo, Quan Wang, Tingting He, Sen Liang, Yunan Guan, Jianan Sun, Haiyan Hu

“…Secondary end points include urinary tract infection, time to first urination after catheter removal, catheter-related bladder discomfort syndrome, postoperative morbidity and mortality and urinary function within 30 days.Ethics and dissemination This trial was approved by the Ethics Review Committee of the First Hospital of Jilin University (24K047-001). Written informed consent will be obtained before performing any study procedures. …”
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A study comparing the effectiveness of ondansetron versus ondansetron combined with dexamethasone for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting in laparoscopic surgeries by Rajan B. Pandya, Deepika Sathe, Ankita Joshi, Vishwas Sathe

“…Materials and Methods: The Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) approved the trial materials and methods following thorough deliberation. Before surgery, written informed consent was obtained from all patients. …”
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Cultivo de ciruelas en Florida by A. Sarkhosh, M. Olmstead, E. P. Miller, P. C. Andersen, J. G. Williamson, Tatiana Sanchez

“…This new 14-page fact sheet is the Spanish translation of HS895/HS250, Growing Plums in Florida, written by A. Sarkhosh, M. Olmstead, E. P. Miller, P. …”
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A scoping review of information provided within degenerative cervical myelopathy education resources: Towards enhancing shared decision making. by Rishi Umeria, Oliver Mowforth, Ben Grodzinski, Zahabiya Karimi, Iwan Sadler, Helen Wood, Irina Sangeorzan, Petrea Fagan, Rory Murphy, Angus McNair, Benjamin Davies

“…A minority (11.3% 17/150) were written for a lay audience or for a combined audience (3.3%, 5/150).…”
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English Medium Instruction in the Russian University by T. B. Alenkina

“…Being a hybrid genre that includes an oral part and a written part, presentations have a great learning potential, which makes it possible to compare and contrast special features of an informal and formal style. …”
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Efficacy of a guided internet-based intervention (iSOMA) for somatic symptoms and related distress in university students: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial by Harald Baumeister, Michael Witthöft, Eileen Bendig, Severin Hennemann, Katja Böhme, Maria Kleinstäuber, David Daniel Ebert

“…Guidance will be provided by trained psychologists with weekly written supportive feedback. As part of the ‘Studicare’ project, the present study aims to recruit n=154 university students indicating somatic symptom burden at baseline in German-speaking universities. …”
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Pilot Study on AI Image Analysis for Lower-Limb Reconstruction—Assessing ChatGPT-4’s Recommendations in Comparison to Board-Certified Plastic Surgeons and Resident Physicians by Silke Graul, Michael A. Pais, Rafael Loucas, Tobias Rohrbach, Elias Volkmer, Sebastian Leitsch, Thomas Holzbach

“…Findings highlight that ChatGPT-4 successfully evaluated various reconstruction methods but struggled to determine the optimal solution based on the available information in visual and written forms. A chi-squared test of independence was performed to investigate the overall association between answer options (A, B, C, and D) and rater group (board-certified surgeons, ChatGPT-4, and resident). …”
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Relations between Russia and Lithuania in the contemporary Lithuanian historiography by Nerijus Šepetys

“…Butkus, and other historians written during the first decade of independence prove the existence of a strong school of diplomatic historiography. …”
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Overview of Solar Photovoltaic MPPT Methods: A State of the Art on Conventional and Artificial Intelligence Control Techniques by Debabrata Mazumdar, Chiranjit Sain, Pabitra Kumar Biswas, P. Sanjeevikumar, Baseem Khan

“…Many maximum power point tracking algorithms (MPPTs) that are employed in photovoltaic systems (PVSs) that function under both uniform and partial shade situations are structurally summarized in this work. Well-written descriptions of the features of photovoltaic modules are followed by a variety of effective control strategies, including both AI-based and traditional controllers. …”
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Promoting critical reading instruction in higher education: a three-step training scheme facilitated by using corpus technology by Yang Jing, Mei Fang

“…The data were collected through surveys, interviews, and written reports, focusing on student learning of cognitive skills such as speculating, noticing, inferring, and verifying, as synthesized by Chun (2011. …”
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Relation of Vitamin D levels with positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia – A hospital based cross-sectional comparative study by Soumitra Ghosh, Bikashita Deka

“…After approval from the institutional ethics committee and obtaining written informed consent, Vitamin D levels were assessed in both groups of cases and controls and comparison was made. …”
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From Dickens’s Theatrical Performance to Contemporary post Dickensian Narrative and Artistic Performance (Acker, Ackroyd, Waters and Rushdie) by Georges Letissier

“…With Dickens, who in this respect is very much in the Sternean-Shandian vein, theatrical performance is both inside the text (e.g. the parodic staging of Hamlet in Great Expectations) and outside the text, when dramatized versions of his novels are specially written to be acted out. It is the author’s versatility (implied as he was in a whole range of activities: fiction-writing, editing, journalism, publishing initiatives, amateur theatricals, speeches, public readings, business undertakings and so forth), together with the plurality within his works (the neo-baroque effect, perceptible among other things through the so-called “streaky bacon” or the “wonderful gargoyles”), which have served as a springboard for contemporary fiction-writers. …”
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