The Influence of lecturers’ verbal and non-verbal immediacy behaviour on perceived affective and cognitive learning in a multicultural context. by Lydie Terblanche, Terry Terblanche

“…Data was collected by means of a questionnaire that had separate sections on immediacy behaviour and learning. …”
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Pharmacotherapy for Poststroke Cognitive Impairment and Poststroke Cognitive Impairment With Dementia: A Review by Renju Ravi, Saibal Das, Tahir Hakami, Prakash B. M., Libby Pushparajan

“…PSCI occurs in more than half of individuals who have had a stroke. Despite its high prevalence, the pharmacotherapeutic options for PSCI are limited. …”
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Complex treatment of accommodation disturbances in students by O. G. Pozdeeva, I. P. Kruglyakova

“…The maximum improvement of visual functions with a lower degree of myopia (1.0‑3.0 D), increase of absolute accommodation (by 2.5‑3,.D) and reserves of the relative accommodation (up to age norms) were observed in the younger age group of patients, wich had received the treatment with Midrimax, especially when combined with electrostimulation.Conclusion: Instillation of Midrimax in the treatment of violations of accommodation contribute to the effective reduction in the degree of myopia and improve of accomodation in patients 18‑23 years old. …”
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Adsorption of Polydisperse Polyvinyl Alcohol Molecules on the Surface of Activated Carbons by J. Barkauskas, A. Vinslovaite

“…It was concluded that water molecules had a limited influence on the competitive process of polymer adsorption. …”
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Improving physical health international students enrolled in a technical college in Baikal region by M.M. Kolokoltsev, R.A. Ambartsumyan

“…Results : it was found poor fitness and low functional performance among foreign students. For this purpose they had used advanced motoring. …”
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The Canadian Occupational Performance Measure: A Feasible Multidisciplinary Outcome Measure for Pediatric Telerehabilitation by Lynn R Tanner, Kathy Grinde, Cristin McCormick

“…Seventy-three percent of the children seen in TR > one month had at least two administrations of the COPM. Eighty percent of therapists agreed or strongly agreed that the COPM was easy to use in a reasonable amount of time, helped identify functional goals, could be used with various children with varied diagnoses, and measured functional change. …”
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Efficacy and safety of metformin-sitagliptin combination for the treatment of patients with diabetes mellitus and obesity by Alexander Sergeevich Ametov, Elena Nikolaevna Pakus

“…To elucidate therapeutic effect of metformin-sitaglitin combination on the dynamics of indices of insulin resistance and functional activity of pancreaticbeta-cells, lipid metabolism and body weight in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) and obesity. …”
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Printability and Properties of Conductive Inks on Primer-Coated Surfaces by Hector R. Mendez-Rossal, Gernot M. Wallner

“…The graphite ink presented the worst printing, adhesion, and functional properties. The polymer-based ink revealed poor wettability but good adhesion and functionality. …”
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Adopting Internal Social Media: An Empirical Study Based on The Technology Acceptance Model by Tomás Baviera, Benjamín Marín-Pérez

“… Internal social media offers companies an internal communications channel that incorporates the participatory functionalities inherent to external social networking sites. …”
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THE CLINICAL AND PATHOGENETIC FEATURES OF OSTEOARTHROSIS IN WOMEN WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF OBESITY by Darya Andreyevna Kopylova, V A Ostapenko

“…Forty-three patients aged 48 to 73 years, who had been diagnosed as having osteoarthrosis in accordance with the American College of Rheumatology criteria, were examined. …”
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Synthesis, spectral characterization, biological, FMO, MEP, molecular docking, and molecular dynamics simulation studies of cytidine derivatives as antimicrobial and anticancer age... by Rahnuma Tabassum, Sarkar M.A. Kawsar, Asraful Alam, Supriyo Saha, Anowar Hosen, Imtiaj Hasan, Prinsa, Mohammed Chalkha

“…Most of the compounds resulted in >77% fungal mycelial growth. Compound 6 had antiproliferative effects on EAC cells in vitro, with an IC50 value of 1001.11 µg/ml. …”
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AN OPEN-LABEL MULTICENTER OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF THE EFFICACY, TOLERABILITY, AND SAFETY OF THE NONSTEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUG AMTOLMETIN GUACIL IN PATIENTS WITH KNEE OSTEOARTH... by E. S. Tsvetkova, L. N. Denisov, A. N. Otteva, A. L. Dubikov, S. P. Yakupova, O. N. Ivanova, N. I. Korshunov, A. R. Vaisberg, R. A. Abyshev, A. V. Tartynov, E. L. Nasonov

“…The open-label observational study included 220 patients aged 30–65 years who suffered from knee OA and intense pain during NSAID intake and had symptoms of dyspepsia in the absence of contraindications to the use of AMG. …”
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Plain radiograph evaluation of concurrent filling of tibial peg holes with bone in cementless total knee arthroplasty by Kazue Hayakawa, Hideki Date, Sho Nojiri, Yosuke Kaneko, Kohei Shibata, Nobuyuki Fujita

“…Knee Society Scores and Knee Society Functional Scores did not differ significantly between groups; however, the bone filling group had a significantly lower incidence of RLLs (p ​< ​0.05) and significantly more longitudinal trabecular thickening below the pegs (p ​< ​0.05). …”
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Plasma and MRI biomarkers capture neuronal damage in former professional boxers by Suzie Kamps, Suzan van Amerongen, Elena R. Blujdea, Marloes I. Hoppen, Bram Bongers, Kasper H. Schelvis, Dewi K. Caton, Marsh Königs, Charlotte E. Teunissen, Philip Scheltens, Rik Ossenkoppele, Everard G. B. Vijverberg

“…Cognitive performance was assessed in memory and executive functioning (EF) domains. Five boxers had follow-up measurements after ~ 7 years. …”
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Transcatheter aortic valve replacement in quadricuspid aortic valve: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Mostafa A. Khalifa, Hashim Talib Hashim, Aya Ahmed Shimal, Fathima Raahima Riyas Mohamed, Srinithi Ragunathan, Ahmed Sermed Al Sakini, Mohamed H. Elbadawi, Mohammed Rushdhi Irfan, Ibrahim Moqbel, Marwah Mohammed Almualed, Mohammedbaqer Al-Ghuraibawi, Batool S. Al-Aboudi

“…Participants had a mean age of 73.80 ± 5.07 years. The mean left ventricular ejection fraction was 41.6%, and the mean annulus area was 595.5 mm2. …”
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Awareness, access, and adoption of natriuretic peptides for diagnosis of heart failure by Antoni Bayes‐Genis, Mark C. Petrie, Brenda Moura, Ovidiu Chioncel, Maurizio Volterrani, Marianna Adamo, Amina Rakisheva, Gianluigi Savarese, Carlo Gabriele Tocchetti, Marco Metra, Giuseppe Rosano

“…There were 751 healthcare professionals across 99 countries who responded. Of them, 92.5% had access to NPs testing in hospital whereas 34.3% had no access to NTproBNP in community settings. …”
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“I always wondered if my baby is able to feel my love for them” -  Development and pilot testing of two behavioural feedback strategies designed to improve maternal self-efficacy [... by Rebecca M Pearson, Shane A Norris, Alessandra Prioreschi, Antonia Smith, Deborah M James, Kirsten L Rennie

“…Results Mothers included in this study were generally single, unemployed, and less than half had completed formal schooling. Most mothers had two or more children, and lived in informal housing (such as shacks and small, temporary prefabricated structures) with only outdoor toilet facilities available. …”
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Microbial biomass – not diversity – drives soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization in Spanish holm oak ecosystems by Elisa Bruni, Jorge Curiel Yuste, Lorenzo Menichetti, Omar Flores, Daniela Guasconi, Bertrand Guenet, Ana-Maria Hereș, Aleksi Lehtonen, Raisa Mäkipää, Marleen Pallandt, Leticia Pérez-Izquierdo, Etienne Richy, Mathieu Santonja, Boris Tupek, Stefano Manzoni

“…To understand the role of microorganisms on ecosystem functioning, we progressively incorporated microbial biomass and diversity (i.e., alpha diversity of taxa and of fungal functional groups), and selected the model that optimized prediction accuracy, while minimizing complexity.We found that microbial biomass had a strong and positive effect on both C and N mineralization rates, with heterotrophic respiration being nearly linearly controlled by biomass. …”
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Thermal and catalytic pyrolysis of waste plastic heavy distillate into diesel-like product by Jasper Okino, Zachary Siagi, Anil Kumar, Stephen Talai, Anthony Muliwa, Elly Olomo, Egide Manirambona

“…Without catalyst, the products had a density of 779 kg/m³, viscosity of 2.63 cSt, and calorific value of 46.62 MJ/kg and that obtained with kaolin catalyst had a density of 788 kg/m³, viscosity of 2.88 cSt, and calorific value of 47.23 MJ/kg, comparable to commercial diesel. …”
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Survival impact and risk factors of skeletal muscle loss during first-line EGFR-TKIs therapy in advanced lung adenocarcinoma patients by Xin Nie, Mingzhu Zou, Chenhui Song, Ping Zhang, Di Ma, Di Cui, Gang Cheng, Lin Li

“…Genetic analysis indicated muscle loss group had a higher proportion of MDM2 amplification and PIK3CA alterations (p = 0.011 & p = 0.045, respectively).Patients with baseline low muscle density and experienced ≥ Grade 2 diarrhea had higher rate of muscle loss (p = 0.005 & p < 0.001, respectively). …”
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