Therapeutic effect of proprioceptive dolphin assisted activities on health-related quality of life and muscle tension, biomechanical and viscoelastic properties in major depressive... by Brigita Kreivinienė, Laura Šaltytė-Vaisiauskė, Sonata Mačiulskytė

“…IntroductionThe case analysis method is widely used in evaluating dolphin assisted activities due to the lack of research participants. …”
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MEViT: Generalization of Deepfake Detection With Meta-Learning EfficientNet Vision Transformer by Van-Nhan Tran, Hoanh-Su Le, Piljoo Choi, Suk-Hwan Lee, Ki-Ryong Kwon

“…Furthermore, we introduce a pair-discrimination loss to push the feature representations of fake samples away from those of real samples, and a domain adjustment loss to reduce domain shifts across different manipulation methods. …”
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Anthropometric profile of the brazilian male judo team: cross-sectional study by André Luíz Lopes, Gustavo dos Santos Ribeiro, Bruno Costa Teixeira, Randhall Bruce Carteri, Paulo Cavalcante Muzy, André Pontes-Silva

“… Objective: To describe the anthropometric profile of the Brazilian judo team and compare it with physically active individuals. Methods: Cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of eight high-performance athletes from a male judo team. …”
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Evaluation of mercury levels in hair of children resident in artisanal gold mining area in the city of Chapada de Natividade - Tocantins by Seyna Ueno Rabelo Mendes, Marina Beatriz Agostini Vasconcellos, Marilia Gabriela Miranda Catharino, Gilson Alves Quinaglia, Barbara Held

“…The hair samples were analyzed by the methods of neutron activation analysis and also by means of the DMA (Direct Mercury Analyzer) equipment, in the last case being a partnership with CETESB. …”
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The Stress Experienced and Coping Strategies Adopted by the Mothers of Children Suffering from Leukemia by Ms. Purkait Gita, Sonali Ganguly, Toma Dey

“…From the major findings of the study it is shown that majority of the mothers of children suffering from leukemia had been experiencing moderate level of stress and coping strategies adopted by them in most of the samples also were moderately successful. There is negative correlation between the experienced stress and adopted coping strategies; i.e. when stress experience is increasing, coping is decreasing and significantly as well. …”
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Motivation and self-efficacy in cycling and running athletes: a person-centered approach by Elżbieta Tokarska, Aleksandra M. Rogowska

“…IntroductionThe study aims to examine the motivation and self-efficacy of athletes who are practicing cycling and running using the person-centered approach.MethodsA sample of 156 professional athletes (73 cyclists and 83 runners), including 65% of men, participated in the cross-sectional study. …”
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Validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the Break-up Distress Scale for college students by Xin Qiao, Tingting Zhan, Tingting Zhan, Yaoguo Geng

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to revise the validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the Break-up Distress Scale (BDS) for college students.MethodsA total of 669 college students with breakup experience in the last 6 months were selected using the online survey platform Questionnaire Star and randomly divided into two groups: Sample 1 for exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and Sample 2 for confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). …”
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Use of Pharmacists and Collaborative Practice Agreements to Treat Hepatitis C: A Survey of Primary Care Clinicians in Washington State by Jocelyn R. James, Emalie Huriaux, Jon Stockton, Allison Cole, Judith I. Tsui

“…Methods: We surveyed a convenience sample of Washington (WA) State PCPs regarding HCV treatment, experience of collaborating with pharmacists, and comfort with pharmacists managing HCV care. …”
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Community caregivers’ perceptions: Family-centred postnatal care in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa by Nontuthuzelo D. Nyasulu, Myra Taylor, Nelisiwe Khuzwayo

“…Methods: A qualitative study design using a grounded theory approach was used. …”
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Crisis management process of intensive care nurse managers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a descriptive qualitative study by Şenay Takmak, Ayşe Deliktaş Demirci, Yeliz Karaçar

“…This study aims to explore the crisis management processes of ICU nurse managers during the pandemic. Methods This study used a qualitative descriptive approach. …”
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Thrombocyte aggregation activity in the conditions of intensive light deprivation by V. F. Kirichuk, V. M. Romanova, O. V. Zlobina, I. O. Bugaeva, A. Yu. Karetnikova, E. S. Terekhina, N. V. Shlyapnikov

“…The aim of the research was to study the effect of photoperiodism disturbances on platelet aggregation activity. Material and methods. The experiment was conducted in two stages in 5 groups of male rats: the control group and four experimental groups. …”
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Failure of the Law to Grant Access to Legal Abortion in Chile by Daniel F.M. Suárez-Baquero, Ilana G. Dzuba, Mariana Romero, C. Finley Baba, M. Antonia Biggs

“…Methods: Through a snowball sampling approach, we recruited adult Chilean residents who sought, were eligible for, and were denied a legal abortion after September 2017. …”
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Lasting impact: a qualitative study of perspectives on surgery by adult recipients of free mission-based surgical care in Benin by Kristin L Close, Floor T.E. Christie-de Jong

“…Participants were recruited using purposive sampling from the Mercy Ships patient database. Interview data were coded and organised into themes and subthemes using thematic content analysis in an interpretivist approach.Findings Analysis of interview data revealed three main themes: barriers to surgery, experiences with Mercy Ships and changes in perspectives of surgery after their experiences. …”
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Effects of Orem’s Self-Care Model on the Life Quality of Elderly Patients with Hip Fractures by Xiaodong Xu, Jun Han, Yajia Li, Xichun Sun, Peng Lin, Ying Chen, Fuqiang Gao, Zirong Li, Shuai Zhang, Wei Sun

“…The aim of this study was to determine the effects of Orem’s self-care program on life quality of senile patients with hip fractures. Methods. A randomized clinical trial study was conducted on 130 eligible old patients suffering from hip fractures who were selected using easy sampling methods and allocated randomly into two groups of experiment and control. …”
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Push and Pull: What Factors Attracted Applicants to Emergency Medicine and What Factors Pushed Them Away Following the 2023 Match by Michael Kiemeney, James Morris, Lauren Lamparter, Moshe Weizberg, Andy Little, Brian Milman

“…We surveyed recent applicants to EM to further understand what continues to draw them to EM and what concerns deter them from choosing a career in EM. Methods: A cross-sectional, mixed methods survey was distributed in the summer of 2023 to a convenience sample of respondents via the listservs of national EM resident and student organizations as well as clerkship directors in EM. …”
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Psychoregulation of polymodal perception of older preschoolers with different speech characteristics by Irina Y. Murashova

“…Methods. To assess speech and characterize speech development, a methodology based on the guidelines of O.B. …”
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Student Behavior and Its Association with Multi-Device Addiction and Back Pain in Western Romania by Brigitte Osser, Csongor Toth, Gyongyi Osser, Carmen Delia Nistor-Cseppento, Victor Niculescu, Laura Ioana Bondar

“…This study aimed to observe the problems of spinal pain associated with the use of mobile phones by students in schools and to find constructive solutions to turn mobile phones into an effective learning tool to be used only in the classroom. The method used in this study was to apply questionnaires to a sample of 506 students from Arad County. …”
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Modified generative adversarial network and Pseudo- Zernike matrix features extraction for human-computer interactive gesture recognition by Jing Yu, Lu Zhao

“…Meanwhile, we use the Pseudo-Zernike matrix to extract local features to enhance the feature extraction ability. Experiments show that the proposed method can obtain higher classification accuracy with fewer samples, and the convergence time is short, which verifies the reliability of the proposed method.…”
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“Lingo Climb” for vocabulary learning: Developing a game-based learning tool for elementary EFL students by Nina Sofiana, Aprilia Riyana Putri, Muhammad Alie Muzakki, Husni Mubarok

“…The findings highlight the potential of "Lingo Climb" as a culturally adapted, game-based learning tool that transforms vocabulary instruction into an engaging experience. While the study demonstrates the effectiveness of non-technological innovation, limitations include the small sample size and short-term trials. …”
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A spatial scene reconstruction framework in emergency response scenario by Nan Zheng, Danhuai Guo

“…The natural language oriented spatial scene reconstruction method provides a new solution for emergency management, but existing generative models have limited understanding of spatial relationships and lack high-quality training samples. …”
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