Design and psychometric testing of a moral intelligence instrument for pre-hospital emergency medical services personnel: a sequential-exploratory mixed-method study by Fateme Mohammadi, Rasoul Salimi, Salman Khazaei, Mostafa Bijani

“…Consequently, healthcare administrators may employ this instrument to assess moral intelligence in prehospital EMS personnel. Furthermore, when deemed necessary, they can identify and implement the most appropriate strategies, including educational interventions, to enhance moral intelligence among prehospital EMS personnel. …”
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Assessment of Confidence Levels of Undergraduate Senior Dental Students and Interns’ During Endodontic Treatment Procedures in a Sample From Saudi Arabia by Madfa AA, Almansour MI, Al‑Zubaidi SM, Almohefer SA, Alajlan SS, Alsaleh MK, Alanazi YA, Alajlan AS

“…Around 49.5% of the respondents indicated their intention to seek specialization in the future. Overall, the results of this study indicate that students and males tend to have lower levels of self-confidence in various endodontic procedures compared to interns and females (p < 0.05). …”
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Probing the Relationships Between Mandaeans (the Followers of John the Baptist), Early Christians, and Manichaeans by Brikha H. S. Nasoraia

“…Indeed, much of the Mandaeans’ thought and practice, especially their rituals of water ablution, have deep origins going back to Sumer, Akkad and Babylonia, reflecting regionally wide influences from right across the Fertile Crescent. …”
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The effects of LED light spectrum manipulation on growth and color performance of giant gourami Osphronemus gouramy Lacepede Padang strain by Bambang Kusmayadi Gunawan, Kukuh Nirmala, Dinar Tri Soelistyowati, Daniel Djokosetiyanto, Wildan Nurussalam

“…The highest growth performance was found in blue LED treatment with the specific growth rate of  2.73 ± 0.2% and feed efficiency of 86.26 ± 2.71%. The best color performance was found in red LED treatment with the RGB ratio of 44.57 ± 0.62% in dorsal fin, 38.41 ± 1.36% in pectoral fins, and 45.33 ± 2.25% in anal fin with the chromatophore cell concentration at 1.973±58 cells/mm2.   …”
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Glaucoma detection and staging from visual field images using machine learning techniques. by Nahida Akter, Jack Gordon, Sherry Li, Mikki Poon, Stuart Perry, John Fletcher, Thomas Chan, Andrew White, Maitreyee Roy

“…<h4>Purpose</h4>In this study, we investigated the performance of deep learning (DL) models to differentiate between normal and glaucomatous visual fields (VFs) and classify glaucoma from early to the advanced stage to observe if the DL model can stage glaucoma as Mills criteria using only the pattern deviation (PD) plots. …”
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Matching-Adjusted Indirect Comparison of the Efficacy and Safety of Erdafitinib vs Enfortumab Vedotin in Patients with Locally Advanced Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma by Suzy Van Sanden, Ayman Youssef, Simona Baculea, Keith Stubbs, Spyros Triantos, Zijiao Yuan, Caitlin Daly

“…**Conclusion:** The MAIC indicates comparable efficacy of erdafitinib vs EV for overall survival and progression-free survival, with erdafitinib showing a higher probability of achieving deep responses. While erdafitinib is associated with slightly more adverse events compared with EV, these events seem to be less severe.…”
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Comparing physiological and psychological effects of virtual reality vs. traditional high-intensity interval training in healthy individuals: results from a preliminary pilot rando... by Jonathan Robinson, Mohammad Haziq Bin Abdul Razak

“…Results Statistical analysis showed no significant difference in heart rate parameters between the VR and non-VR groups, indicating that both interventions achieved comparable exercise intensity and meeting the recommended levels for health benefits. …”
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Dietary Zinc Requirement of Young Giant Gouramy (Osphronemus gouramy, Lac.) by Mia Setiawati, N.R. Azwar, I. Mokoginta, R. Affandi

“…The fishes were fed upon the diets at satiation, three times daily, for 12 weeks. The results indicated no zinc deficiency symptoms in this experiment. …”
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The Managers' Perceptions of Telework Implementation Requirements in the Algerian Companies: A Post Covid-19 Assessment by Riad BENGHEBRID

“…Practical Implications: The current study seeks to provide practical guidelines on the most important requirements for implementing telework in Algerian companies after the Covid-19 pandemic. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Regain of Consciousness in Dexmedetomidine–Propofol versus Ketamine–Propofol in the Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Procedure under Sedation using BIS M... by Priya Banga, Sunder L. Negi, Banashree Mandal, Parag Barwad, Kulbhushan Saini, Krishna P. Gourav

“…Pediatric cardiac catheterization, a minimally invasive procedure, is performed to diagnose and to correct many cardiac abnormalities. Deep sedation with spontaneously breathing patients is the preferred technique for pediatric catheterization in the pediatric population. …”
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Do The Facts of Voting Rights Support Chief Justice Roberts’s Opinion in Shelby County? by Morgan Kousser

“…Initially passed in 1965, Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act required “covered jurisdictions,” at first in the Deep South and later extended to Texas, Arizona, Alaska, and certain counties and townships in other states, to “pre-clear” any changes in their election laws with the Justice Department or the District Court of the District of Columbia before putting them into effect. …”
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For Carlos Castillo-Chavez by Dean Evasius

“…In the years that followed I was able to see that Carlos channels his vitality into a remarkable capacity for work. …”
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Effects of ruminal short-chain fatty acid concentration and pH on histology, hematology, and inflammation in cannulated Holstein dairy calves by A.R. Wolfe, M.H.P.M. Narciso, R.R.E. Uwiera, A.H. Laarman

“…Blood samples were collected weekly after feeding. Rumen biopsies were taken after each infusion, and liver and rumen samples were harvested at necropsy at wk 7. …”
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Analysis of the Influence of Upper Protective Layer Mining on the Effect of Pressure Relief and Protection of Coal and Rock Masses between the Lower Overburden Layers by Jiaxin Dang, Min Tu, Xiangyang Zhang, Qingwei Bu

“…Protective seam mining is an effective gas pressure relief method in deep mining. Effective theoretical calculation methods in the current studies on the prediction of pressure relief protection effect of interbed coal and rock masses and their distribution laws are lacking. …”
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Pilot study of a comprehensive multidisciplinary inpatient-based approach to smoking cessation in patients with vascular disease by Tanner Kim, MD, Anand Brahmandam, MBBS, Dana Alameddine, MD, Rachel Forman, MD, Amin Hardik, MD, Lisa Fucito, PhD, Carlos Mena-Hurtado, MD, Raul Guzman, MD, Cassius Iyad Ochoa Chaar, MD, MS, MPH

“…Patients were provided free nicotine replacement therapy for 4 weeks. Any additional medication deemed necessary for quitting was prescribed upon discharge. …”
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Сontrolled breeding of the psychrophilic strain G-034 VIZR of Trichoderma asperellum for fast crop residues’ polymers utilization and soil enhancement by I. I. Novikova, J. A. Titova, I. V. Boykova, I. L. Krasnobaeva

“…In the work process, the following tasks were addressed: selecting psychrotolerant strains of T. asperellum with high cellulolytic activity; further controlled breeding of psychrophilic strains capable of rapid growth, active colonization of plant substrates and high sporulation at 4–8 °C; evaluating the target activity of the selected psychrophilic strain as a cellulolytic as well as antagonistic activity against cereal pathogens; obtaining laboratory samples of bioformulations by deep-surface cultivation on non-sterile peat and multirecycled wastes from the edible mushrooms production and assessing their efficacy in field small-plot trials. …”
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Effects of dietary selenium nanoparticles, selenomethionine and sodium selenite on growth performance, levels of thyroid hormones and antioxidant status of rainbow trout, Oncorhync... by Fardin Shaluei, Somayeh Hadadi, Shafigh Shafiei, Hossein Rahimi, Mehrdad Fattollahi

“…Se as a nutritional element is obtained in the aquatic environment from two main sources: feed and fertilizer. Fish species absorb dietary Se in various forms, such as organic and inorganic. …”
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Stunting and Associated Factors among Under-Five-Age Children in West Guji Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia by Eyob Afework, Selamawit Mengesha, Demelash Wachamo

“…Nearly one-third of the under-five children were stunted in the study area which needs intervention on child-feeding practice to avoid sex discrimination in the community. …”
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Isolation and Characterization of Coronavirus and Rotavirus Associated with Calves in Central Part of Oromia, Ethiopia by Umer Seid, Fufa Dawo, Asamino Tesfaye, Munera Ahmednur

“…So, the present findings show coronavirus and rotavirus infection in calves in Ethiopia that needs to be addressed by practising early colostrum feeding in newborn calves, using vaccine, or improving livestock management.…”
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Vitamin D3 requirements and relative bioavailability for starter male White Pekin ducks fed either cholecalciferol or 25-hydroxycholecalciferol by Jing Tang, Lei Zhuang, Yating Li, Dawei Luo, Zhanbao Guo, Shuaiqin Wang, Jindang Cao, Mingkai Wang, Zhengkui Zhou, Ming Xie, Shuisheng Hou

“…Ducks in the negative control group had the lowest body weight, average daily weight gain (ADG), average daily feed intake (ADFI), breast muscle percentage, plasma 25-OH-D3, plasma Ca, and tibia indices (weight, diameter, ash, density, tibia mineral, strength) (P < 0.05), with all these end points enhanced linearly or quadratically as dietary VD3 or 25-OH-D3 increased (P < 0.05). …”
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