The extent of sleep deprivation and daytime sleepiness in young adults by Alexandra Rubin, Rohan Mangal, Thor S. Stead, Joshua Walker, Latha Ganti

“…It is characterized by a persistent feeling of fatigue or drowsiness during the day, despite getting enough sleep at night. …”
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The Lived Experience of Suffering by Nigerian Female Breast Cancer Survivors: A Phenomenological Perspective by Chinomso Ugochukwu Nwozichi PhD, RN, CMSRN, OCN, FAAN, Margaret Olutosin Ojewale PhD, RN, Omolabake Salako BSN, RN, Deliverance Brotobor MSc, RN, Elizabeth Olaogun MSc, RN

“…By understanding the essence of their suffering, healthcare providers can develop more compassionate, context-specific care strategies that validate and support the holistic needs of survivors.…”
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South Asian women’s lived experiences of health care after disclosure of family violence: a qualitative meta-synthesis review by Surriya Baloch, Elizabeth McLindon, Mohajer Hameed, Kelsey Hegarty

“…These themes represented the perspectives, feelings, and expectations of both local and migrant South Asian women survivor participants. …”
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Exploring students’ attitudes towards their own English accent: Insights from SMA Negeri 1 Stabat by Fika Emylia Effendi, Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, Rusdi Noor Rosa

“…These findings underscore the need for educational interventions that challenge the bias toward specific accents and promote a more inclusive appreciation of the diversity within the English language. …”
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Pb-Contaminated Soil from Quintero-Ventanas, Chile: Remediation Using Sarcocornia neei by Verónica Meza-Ramírez, Ximena Espinoza-Ortiz, Pamela Ramírez-Verdugo, Paulina Hernández-Lazcano, Paulina Rojas Hermosilla

“…It analyzed the phytoremediation potential of Sarcocornia neei (Lag.) M.A. Alonso and M.B. Crespo. The plants were propagated beforehand and extracted from the El Yali wetland, a RAMSAR 878 site in Valparaíso. …”
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Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Infection and Its Determinants among Exposed Infants on Care and Follow-Up in Dire Dawa City, Eastern Ethiopia by Fisseha Wudineh, Bereket Damtew

“…Rural residence (AOR: 3.29; 95% CI: 1.40, 7.22), home delivery (AOR: 3.35; 95% CI: 1.58, 8.38), infant not receiving ARV prophylaxis at birth (AOR: 5.83; 95% CI: 2.84, 11.94), mixed feeding practices (AOR: 42.21; 95% CI: 8.31, 214.38), and mother-child pairs neither receiving ARV (AOR: 4.42; 95% CI: 2.01, 9.82) were significant independent determinants of MTCT of HIV infection. …”
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UKRAINE’S ENERGY POLICY IN THE POST-SOVIET ERA by Y. V. Borovsky

“…Due to these circumstances, a deep, politically motivated and often irreconcilable competition in the triangle Ukraine-Russia and the West has emerged. …”
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Sliding Mode Control of Vehicle Equipped with Brake-by-Wire System considering Braking Comfort by Shuai Chen, Xilong Zhang, Jizhong Wang

“…Correspondingly, in order to improve the control accuracy of the vehicle brake system and to best meet the driver’s brake needs, a braking intention recognizer relying on fuzzy logic was established, which used the road condition and the brake pedal voltage and its change rate as input, output real-time driver's braking intention, and braking intensity. …”
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Telephone coaching supports exercise in people with prediabetes and diabetes: A mixed-methods study by Ana Paula Delgado Bomtempo, Gabriela Lima de Melo Ghisi, Mariana Balbi Seixas, Adriano Luiz Pereira, Paul Oh, Danielle Aparecida Gomes Pereira, Lilian Pinto da Silva

“…The average self-reported time exercising was higher than 150 minutes/week in all phone calls. The main reasons for feeling confident and motivated to exercise were knowledge about exercise, joy in exercising, and benefits in physical health. …”
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Feature engineering on climate data with machine learning to understand time-lagging effects in pasture yield predictionGitHub by Thirunavukarasu Balasubramaniam, Wathsala Anupama Mohotti, Kenneth Sabir, Richi Nayak

“…However, different pasture species respond to climate attributes with varying time lags; for example, one species might be more influenced by last week’s weather while another by the previous month’s highlighting the nuanced temporal dependencies. …”
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Comparison of Lung-RADS Version 2022 and British Thoracic Society Guidelines in Classifying Solid Pulmonary Nodules Detected at Lung Cancer Screening CT by Claudiu Avram, Alexandru Ovidiu Mederle, Adelina Mavrea, Paula Irina Barata, Raul Patrascu

“…Results: Of the 224 patients, 198 (88%) had nodules deemed benign, while 26 (12%) had malignant nodules. …”
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Prognostic Factors of IVF&ICSI Cycle Cancellation in Patients with Endometriosis-Related Infertility by Elif Kulahci Aslan, Kiper Aslan, Cihan Cakir, Isil Kasapoglu, Berrin Avci, Baris Ata, Gurkan Uncu

“…The endometriosis phenotype of all cycles was classified into three subgroups: superficial endometriosis, ovarian endometrioma and deep infiltrating endometriosis. Cycles were divided into two groups: Group I (Cycle Cancellation) vs. …”
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Relation between pulmonary function changes and diaphragmatic ultrasound in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis by Alaa Ahmed Ibrahim, Aya Mohamed Mohamed Abd-Eldayem, Hossam Eldin Mohamed Abdel Hamid

“…Patients' diaphragm excursion during deep breathing was significantly smaller in group A than it was in the controls. …”
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Active Cycle Of Breathing Technique Terhadap Fungsi Paru pada Pasien Paska Operasi Bedah Jantung by Fakrul Ardiansyah, Elly Nurachmah, Muhamad Adam

“…The result of wilcoxon test is p=0,001< α=0,05, it is show that significant effect in PEF (Peak Expiratory Flow) pre, 3rd day PEF. ACBT consists of deep breathing and hold breathing, so the air flow easier and the discharge mucous, on the last step is the huffing technique. …”
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Critical factors influencing live birth rates in fresh embryo transfer for IVF: insights from cluster ensemble algorithms by Zheng Yu, Xiaoyan Zheng, Jiaqi Sun, Pengfei Zhang, Ying Zhong, Xingyu Lv, Hongwen Yuan, Fanrong Liang, Dexian Wang, Jie Yang

“…By combining feature matrices from NMF, accelerated multiplicative updates for non-negative matrix factorization (AMU-NMF), and the generalized deep learning clustering (GDLC) algorithm. NMFE exhibits superior accuracy and reliability in analyzing the in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET) dataset. …”
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Analysis of Cumulative Damage for Shared Rock in a Neighborhood Tunnel under Cyclic Blasting Loading Using the Ultrasonic Test by Feng Cao, Sheng Zhang, Tonghua Ling

“…With continuous advancement of the blasting excavating face, the stress concentration zone moves forward continuously, and a striped stress concentration zone, which is approximately 2 m deep, is formed gradually. Thus, a method was proposed to determine the damage range of shared rock in the neighborhood tunnel during blasting excavation, as well as the variation law of damage. …”
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Effects of different protein levels on growth performance and body composition of spotted scat, Scatophagus argus by Dieu Vo, Thanh Duc Nguyen, Hang Thi Thuy Tran, Hung Duc Pham, Huy Van Nguyen

“…The results showed that higher protein levels in diets increased the growth and reduced the feed conversion ratio (FCR) of fish (p &lt; 0.05), however, no significance was found in growth rates and FCR of fish between treatment CP38 and CP42 (p &gt; 0.05). …”
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Welfare of horses during killing for purposes other than slaughter by EFSA AHAW Panel (EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare), Søren Saxmose Nielsen, Julio Alvarez, Anette Boklund, Sabine Dippel, Fernanda Dorea, Jordi Figuerola, Mette Herskin, Miguel Angel Miranda Chueca, Eleonora Nannoni, Romolo Nonno, Anja Riber, Karl Stahl, Jan Arend Stegeman, Hans‐Hermann Thulke, Frank Tuyttens, Christoph Winckler, Mohan Raj, Antonio Velarde, Denise Candiani, Yves Van der Stede, Virginie Michel

“…Additionally, specific practices deemed unacceptable on welfare grounds are listed.…”
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The Role of the Enterohepatic Circulation of Bile Salts and Nuclear Hormone Receptors in the Regulation of Cholesterol Homeostasis: Bile Salts as Ligands for Nuclear Hormone Recept... by Richard N Redinger

“…The coordinated effect of lipid activated nuclear hormone receptors; liver X receptor (LXR), bound by oxysterol ligands and farnesoid X receptor (FXR), bound by bile acid ligands, act as genetic transcription factors to cause feed-forward cholesterol catabolism to bile acids and feedback repression of bile acid synthesis, respectively. …”
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Teenagers with type 2 diabetes mellitus as a hidden population: A qualitative study of the representations and experiences related to the disease in Mazatlán, Mexico by Nathaly Llanes-Díaz, Dewi Hernández-Montoya

“…The absence of intergenerational communication and family support within the adolescents’ families limited adolescent care practices, exacerbating their emotional distress and living the disease with the feeling of loneliness. Conclusions: Our study showed that adolescents affected by type 2 diabetes mellitus, did not experience nor they did face the disease homogeneously but accordingly to the gender and level of family support, which, therefore, should be specifically considered by care programs and health professionals to encourage adherence to treatment, taking into account the emotional well-being and psychological needs of adolescents.…”
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