How does playfulness (re)frame the world? Evidence for selective cognitive and behavioral redirecting in times of adversity by Xiangyou Shen, Zoe Crawley

“…This study examined playfulness as a perceptual lens and its potential broader (re)framing effects spanning cognition, emotion, and behavior in the disruptive pandemic context.MethodsTwo groups with contrasting levels of playfulness (high vs. low as measured by the Adult Playfulness Trait Scale) were derived from a nationwide US adult sample (n = 503) and compared across 19 criterion variables representing diverse perceptual, emotional, and behavioral responses during COVID-19. …”
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The relationship between the identified significant events and the emotional status of adolescents in an unstable social situation of development by S.V. Molchanov, O.V. Almazova, A.G. Dolgikh, I.V. Sultanova

“…Three methods were used: the author's questionnaire, in which participants indicated three emotionally significant events from the past year; the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21); and the Positive and Negative Experiences Scale (SPAN). …”
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Investigating the knowledge and attitude of mothers with teenagers toward human papillomavirus vaccine injection by Leila Shasti, Sayeda Zeinab Hoseinnezhad, Zohre Keshavarz, Maryam Najiabhary, Farangis Habibi, Zeinab Hamzegardeshi

“…MATERIALS AND METHODS: The current research is a cross-sectional study (descriptive and analytical) that was conducted in the health and treatment centers of Pakdasht city in the year 2021. …”
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Multiscale Graph Transformer Network With Dynamic Superpixel Pyramid for Hyperspectral Image Classification by Tingting Wang, Yao Sun, Yunfeng Hu

“…The model achieves classification accuracies of 99.01% (UP), 96.94% (IP), 99.43% (SA), and 97.95% (WHHH) using only 1%, 5%, 1%, and 1% of labeled training samples, respectively. Compared with state-of-the-art methods, MSGTN exhibits superior classification performance and enhanced robustness across varying data conditions.…”
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SENSATION SEEKING AND STRESS COPING STRATEGIES OF PARTICIPANTS IN MILITARY MISSIONS IN AFGHANISTAN AND ANTARCTIC EXPEDITIONS by Tatiana Iancheva, Galina Rogleva, Milena Kuleva

“…., 2003) and 3) Research methods of psychic instability and sensation seeking, adapted by A. …”
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From need to action: decoding the role of motivation in adherence to home-based cardiac rehabilitation exercise in chronic heart failure patients by Zhen Yang, Hao Huang, Linyu Xu, Yu Gao, Chunqi Zhang, Aiping Wang

“…This study aimed to explore the role of exercise regulatory motivation in mediating the relationship between psychological needs and exercise adherence among chronic heart failure patients, and to develop a mechanism model. Methods This study adopted an explanatory sequential mixed-methods design. …”
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Relationship between Learning Styles and Academic Performance in Medical Students at Jazan University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: A Cross-sectional Study by Mai Mohamed Elhassan Mustafa, Sami Alhazmi, Raum Abdu Hasan Ayoub, Sarah Jaber Mobarki, Reham Mousa Aljudayba, Imtenan Ali Oberi, Sarah Hassan Moafa, Yara Ajeebi, Lamyaa Ahmed Mohamed El Hassan, Salaheldin Elamin Abdalla Terair

“…We also investigated the relationships between learning styles and demographics. Materials and Methods: This was a cross sectional study with a representative sample. …”
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Assessment of patient empowerment--a systematic review of measures. by Paul J Barr, Isabelle Scholl, Paulina Bravo, Marjan J Faber, Glyn Elwyn, Marion McAllister

“…The quality of study design, methods and reporting was assessed using the COSMIN checklist. …”
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Investigating the Effectiveness of Superchlorination and Fenton Processes in Removing Hydroxychloroquine and Favipiravir from Synthetic Wastewater by Narjes Yaghoubi, Ramazan Ali Dianati Tilaki, Esmaeil Babanejad Arimi, Fathollah Gholami-Borujeni

“…The efficiency of these methods in removing antibiotics with a similar structure or enhancing their biodegradability can also be investigated.…”
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Pre-sowing seed treatment - an effective technique for the protection of seedling emergence from cyst nematodes by A. G. Babich, A. A. Babich, L. A. Belyavskaya

“…Objective of research: The study of seed treatment with pesticides as one of the ways of protection of the initial phases of growth and development of plants from phytophagous complex including cyst forming nematodes. Materials and methods: The research material contained soil samples, plants, eggs, larvae, imago, and cysts nematodes. …”
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Application of Ultrasonic and Coating Material Thickness Testing on Post-Fire Steel Construction by Zel Citra, Antonius, Agung Wahyudi Biantoro

“…So, it is necessary to test the thickness of steel tower structural elements such as columns, beams, and bracing using the Non-Destructive Test method with an Ultrasonic Material Gauge and Material Coating Thickness. …”
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Inference of cell type content from human brain transcriptomic datasets illuminates the effects of age, manner of death, dissection, and psychiatric diagnosis. by Megan Hastings Hagenauer, Anton Schulmann, Jun Z Li, Marquis P Vawter, David M Walsh, Robert C Thompson, Cortney A Turner, William E Bunney, Richard M Myers, Jack D Barchas, Alan F Schatzberg, Stanley J Watson, Huda Akil

“…These predictions were generated by averaging normalized expression levels across transcripts specific to each cell type using our R-package BrainInABlender (validated and publicly-released on github). Using this method, we found that the principal components of variation in the datasets strongly correlated with the predicted neuronal/glial content of the samples. …”
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Cemented soil-soil interface shear strength evaluation I: Size effect and characteristic experimental size quantization by Jie Zhou, Chengjun Liu, Chao Ban, Zhenming Shi, Junjie Ren, Huade Zhou, Zhong Liu, Yiqun Tang

“…The relation of the cemented soil-soil interface shear strength from commonly used direct shear sample and sample with characteristics size was concluded by a series of comparative experiments. …”
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Vision Target Tracker Based on Incremental Dictionary Learning and Global and Local Classification by Yang Yang, Ming Li, Fuzhong Nian, Huiya Zhao, Yongfeng He

“…Experiments on challenging sequences with evaluation of the state-of-the-art methods show that the proposed algorithm has better robustness to illumination changes, perspective changes, and targets rotation itself.…”
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CO₂ and hydrography acquired by autonomous surface vehicles from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea: data correction and validation by R. Martellucci, M. Giani, E. Mauri, L. Coppola, M. Paulsen, M. Fourrier, S. Pensieri, V. Cardin, C. Dentico, R. Bozzano, C. Cantoni, A. Lucchetta, A. Izquierdo, M. Bruno, I. Skjelvan

“…For future experiments, a more frequent sample collection would improve the data qualification and validation.…”
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Morphologic characteristic of rat myocardium in comorbid pathology by V. M. Vasyliuk, V. S. Khabchuk, A. Ya. Pavliak, O. Ya. Zhurakivska, A. B. Hrechyn

“…Histological, histochemical, electron microscopy, and biochemical methods were used. Results. On the 14th day of the experiment, in Group I and Group II, increased blood flow was observed in the capillaries, venules, and veins, while an arteriolar spasm in the microcirculation was found. …”
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CYLINDER OF THE DISPOSABLE MASS EXCHANGE DEVICE FOR HEMOSORPTION by F. I. Kazakov, V. V. Kirkovskу

“…Hemocarboperfusion, previously widely used in our country, can universally pass out of use due to the lack of industrial production of disposable mass exchange devices.MATERIAl AND METHODS. Physicochemical properties of materials and design features of the body samples elements of various sizes have been studied.RESULTS. …”
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Detection of Cola beverage by electronic nose by LU Xiao-li, HAI Zheng, WANG Jun

“…To review the effect of three pretreatment methods, principal component analysis and linear discriminant analysis were employed, and the result of analysis indicated that the experiment employing Na₂CO₃ as desiccant to pretreat the samples can improve the effect of detection significantly.…”
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Changes in pathophysiology of tumor growth and functional activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis in rats of both sexes with the development of Guerin's carcinoma on th... by E. M. Frantsiyants, V. A. Bandovkina, I. V. Kaplieva, E. I. Surikova, I. V. Neskubina, Yu. A. Pogorelova, L. K. Trepitaki, N. D. Cheryarina, L. A. Nemashkalova, A. Yu. Arakelova

“…RIA (radioimmune assay) and ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) methods were used to determine levels of thyroid hormones in the blood and thyroid and tumor samples, and thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) in the hypothalamus, as well as TSH in the pituitary gland. …”
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Optimization of mathematical processing of calibration curves when determining molecular mass of biologicals by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis by V. A. Tomilin, N. L. Ivanyutina, E. V. Elbert, R. A. Volkova

“…Identification and purity testing of biologicals as well as determination of their molecular mass are performed on the basis of comparison of test and reference samples by various physico-chemical methods, including Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate-Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) under reducing or non-reducing conditions. …”
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