Caring for people with dementia in rural Uganda: qualitative study of caregiving burden experienced by informal and formal caregivers by Herbert E Ainamani, Paul E Alele, Godfrey Z Rukundo, Samuel Maling, Edith K Wakida, Celestino Obua, Alexander C Tsai

“…. # Methods We conducted one-on-one, in-depth qualitative interviews with a purposive sample of 10 informal caregivers and 5 formal caregivers of people living with dementia in Mbarara, Uganda. …”
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The Skill of Positive Solitude Moderates the Relationship between 24 Character Strengths and Flourishing in the Second Half of Life by Noa Bachman, Yuval Palgi, Ehud Bodner

“…The current study examines two important personal resources, i.e., the skill of positive solitude and the 24 character strengths, which may be associated with flourishing in old age. Methods: A convenience sample of 1085 community-dwelling adults (M = 57.20, SD = 6.24, range = 50–87) completed an online survey with demographic measures and scales measuring personal strengths, the skill of positive solitude, and flourishing. …”
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New Patient Orientation “KANAK”(Recognizing Pediatric Room) to Prevent Child Hospitalization by Essy Sonontiko, Dodi Wijaya, Diana Rochma, Yuliah Ernawati

“…Introduction: Sick children experience crisis conditions for a change of environment when they have to be hospitalized. …”
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State anxiety and positive affect among modern digital native generations compared to earlier Polish generations by Barbara Gawda, Kalina Kosacka

“…Objectives We aimed to compare state anxiety and positive affect in people from the Polish digital native generations and older generations as some researchers suggest that experiencing fear and positive emotions in digital generations is higher and associated with excessive use of social media. Material and methods We conducted a cross-sectional study. We hypothesized that the generation Z could experience a higher level of fear and a lower level of positive affect than other generations. …”
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PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR INFLUENCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN ADULTS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT by Nevenka Mravlinčić

“…Statistical analysis included correlation and regression methods to determine the relationship between variables. …”
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Pragmatics of User Interaction with Scientific Internet Articles by T. V.  Dubrovskaya

“…Future research on the pragmatics of the production and reception of affordances should incorporate quantitative methods.…”
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Study of the effect of cutting modes on output parameters under high-speed steel turn-milling by D. A. Matlygin, A. V. Savilov, A. S. Pyatykh, S. A. Timofeev

“…Powdered highspeed steel BÖHLER S390 MICROCLEAN was used as sample material for the experiment. A monolithic carbide milling cutter served as a cutting tool. …”
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In situ monitoring tool of phycotoxins: Research progress of solid phase adsorption toxin tracking (SPATT)(原位藻毒素监测工具：固相吸附毒素跟踪技术研究进展) by 张文广(ZHANG Wenguang), 渠佩佩(QU Peipei), 李冬梅(LI Dongmei), 徐轶肖(XU Yixiao), 周国伟(ZHOU Guowei), 佟蒙蒙(TONG Mengmeng)

“…This paper reviews the key process and application progress of SPATT in marine phycotoxins adsorption, summarizes the physicochemical properties, application scenarios and screening methods of different macroporous resins, describes the preparation method and pretreatment procedure of SPATT resin bags/discs, compares the extraction and analysis methods of phycotoxins adsorbed by different resins and puts forward suggestions in toxin monitoring, sample handling and laboratory detection of SPATT based on the structural characteristics of toxins and practical experience, aiming to provide reference for SPATT application in phycotoxins monitoring and safety warning of aquatic products.固相吸附毒素跟踪（solid phase adsorption toxin tracking，SPATT）技术利用合成大孔树脂模拟滤食贝类的摄食过程，实现对藻毒素的原位被动吸附。…”
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Methodological validation study of nrCE-SDS for monoclonal antibodies by Xu Gangling, Ni Yongbo, Wu Gang, Fu Zhihao, Yu Chuanfei, Wang Lan

“…Two laboratory technicians performed experiments over three days, using the same detection method daily to analyze the test samples, alongside comprehensive methodological validation. …”
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Evaluation of physical characteristics of chevon as affected by post-mortem carcass dressing and freezing preservation by E. A. Apata, O. O. Olaleye, O. A. Apata, M. T. Olugbemi, A. B. Omojola

“…The carcasses were randomly allotted to three post-mortem dressing procedures (scalding, skinning and singeing) and meat from thigh cuts was frozen for 0, 7, 14 and 21 days. Meat samples were excised each day after thawing for physical analysis and data collected were subjected to analysis of variance (ANOVA) in a completely randomized design experiment with 3x4 factorial arrangement. …”
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Death coping ability, death attitude, and professional quality of life among geriatric nurses: a multicentre cross-sectional study by Wei Liu, Yu-Jie Su, Si-Jia Zhou, Wu-Hong Deng, Hong-Ying Hu, Qing Cui, An-Shuai Fang, Yue-Ming Peng, Wei-Xiang Luo

“…Design A multicentre cross-sectional study design was used and reported according to the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) checklist. Methods From October to November 2024, a convenience sampling method was used to survey 357 geriatric nurses from 9 hospitals in 8 provinces and cities, including Guangdong and Hubei, China, as the research subjects. …”
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DNA extraction protocols for animal fecal material on blood spot cards. by Ann-Katrin Llarena, Thomas H A Haverkamp, Wenche Støldal Gulliksen, Kristin Herstad, Arne Holst-Jensen, Eystein Skjerve, Lisbeth Rannem, Sabrina Rodriguez-Campos, Øivind Øines

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>Our experiments identified several methods suitable for extracting DNA from feces collected on blood spot cards. …”
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Self‐Supervised Pre‐Training and Few‐Shot Finetuning for Gas‐Bearing Prediction by Long Han, Xinming Wu, Renjie Chen, Yunhua Shi, Zhanxuan Hu, Huijing Fang

“…We use the iTransformer's self‐attention mechanism to calculate attribute weights for selection, and through extensive experiments, we developed a windowed multi‐attribute data input method that incorporates neighboring information to ensure lateral consistency. …”
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Determination of the Standardized Ileal Amino Acid Digestibility of U.S. Tannin-Free Sorghum in Broilers by Santiago Sasia, William Bridges, Mireille Arguelles-Ramos

“…An incomplete block design was implemented using the direct method to assess the SIAD of eight sorghum samples and one corn sample as the standard. …”
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Ways to improve biogeneity, assimilation potential and fertility of soil cover of the urban landscapes of Sumgait city by S. I. Nadjafova, Ch. Z. Bagirova

“…The aim of the research was to identify the possibility of increasing the content of humus in the soil cover of the city of Sumgait using biologics, including those containing cellulose‐decomposing microorganisms, in a controlled manner.Material and Methods. In the process of conducting laboratory experiments, we took soil samples with the introduction of various modifications of organic substances of plant origin and with the simultaneous introduction of biologics. …”
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Effects and differences of various concentration techniques on the evolution of therapeutic components in Lushan geothermal water by Bo Zhang, Zheng Fang, Keng Xuan, Wenjie Ma, Bai Gao, Yuanyuan Liu, Dandan Huang, Silei Xie, Yan Ding

“…Among the tested methods, atmospheric evaporation at 100 °C and pH = 4 demonstrated the highest concentration efficiency. …”
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3-D Model Extraction Network Based on RFM-Constrained Deformation Inference and Self-Similar Convolution for Satellite Stereo Images by Wen Chen, Hao Chen, Shuting Yang

“…Meanwhile, deep-learning methods require a large number of training samples and restoring the complete 3-D structure of the target is challenging when it is quite different from the training sample. …”
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The treatment of drug-induced rhinitis with an original intranasal combination: Efficacy and safety in experimental animals by E. A. Smolyarchuk, Xi Yang, V. M. Svistushkin, K. V. Eremeeva, Zh. M. Kozlova, D. A. Kudlay, A. S. Machikhin, A. V. Guryleva, D. A. Derevesnikova, A. A. Nedorubov

“…The photoplethysmography method has shown its effectiveness for noninvasive assessment of blood flow in the nasal mucosa. …”
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SIMPLIFIED MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF SMALL SIZED UNMANNED AIRCRAFT VEHICLE LAYOUT by V. V. Vyshinsky, A. O. Kislovskiy, S. A. Kolchev

“…The principal parts of the method are the mathematical model of layout, layout generator of this type of aircraft is built on aircraft neural networks, automatic selection module for cleaning variety of layouts generated in automatic mode, robust direct computational fluid dynamics method, aerodynamic characteristics approximators on artificial neural networks.Methods based on artificial neural networks have intermediate position between computational fluid dynamics methods or experiments and simplified engineering approaches. …”
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Research on Concrete Beam Damage Detection Using Convolutional Neural Networks and Vibrations from ABAQUS Models and Computer Vision by Xin Bai, Zi Zhang

“…In this study, the vibration data of two beam-ABAQUS models were used as the input data for a newly designed deep learning-based structural health monitoring method. There were 500 vibration samples for each case, and the peak of vibrations was several millimeters. …”
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