Assessment of hand hygiene practices among nurses at a regional hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan: A cross-sectional study based on the World Health Organization (WHO) ‘Your 5 Mome... by Abdul Qadeer Baseer, Asmatullah Usmani, Shafiqullah Mushfiq, Mohammad Hassan Hassand, Bilal Ahmad Rahimi, Abdul Wahid Monib, Mohammad Salim Daqiq, Parwiz Niazi

“…However, compliance with recommended hand hygiene practices remains suboptimal in many resource-limited settings, including Afghanistan. Despite its importance, limited research has been conducted on hand hygiene practices in Afghan healthcare facilities, highlighting the need for further investigation. …”
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Efficacy of chlorine dioxide as a disinfectant by Shermaine Yee, Ya Chee Lim, Choon Fu Goh, Vikay Kotra, Long Chiau Ming

“… Chlorine dioxide plays a significant role in the industrial settings as disinfectants due to its broad antimicrobial property. Despite commonly use as germicide, chlorine dioxide demonstrates a good safety profile, rendering its suitability for use at water treatment and food preparation zones. …”
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Quality of Life as Medicine III. A Qualitative Analysis of the Effect of a Five-Day Intervention with Existential Holistic Group Therapy or a Quality of Life Course as a Modern Rit... by Søren Ventegodt, Birgitte Clausen, Maja Langhorn, Maximilian Kromann, Niels Jørgen Andersen, Joav Merrick

“…Every course is intended to give an immediate improvement in the quality of life, so its efficiency can be measured with the square curve paradigm. …”
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Renaturing historical centres. The role of private space in Milan's green infrastrucutres by Julia Nerantzia Tzortzi, Maria Stella Lux

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MICRO RNA: A PROSPECTIVE DIAGNOSTICBIOMARKER IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE by Syeda Uroosa Hashmi, Ameer Haider Ali

“…Epidemiological data indicates that over 50 million people globally are affected by AD, and no existing drugs have successfully reversed its progression. MicroRNAs (miRNAs), small non-coding RNA molecules consisting of approximately 22 nucleotides, play a critical role in modulating intracellular protein expression at the post-translational level through translational degradation. …”
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Jean-Philippe Luis, L’ivresse de la fortune. A.M. Aguado, un génie des affaires by Claude Morange

“…Compró grandes propiedades en provincias (como el castillo y viñedos de Château-Margaux, cerca de Burdeos), se portó en mecenas, tomando el control de la Ópera y del Teatro Italiano, protegiendo a Rossini, reuniendo una prestigiosa colección de cuadros, recibiendo al «Todo París» de la política y de las artes en sus suntuosos saraos, etc. …”
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Examining the key factors behind foreign language anxiety (FLA) in online teaching of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) by Lađarević Maja Novak

“…The research instrument used was a 33-item questionnaire adapted from the FLCAS scale (Horwitz et al., 1986) to reflect the online ESP classroom environment. …”
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Adoption of digital transformation from a firm’s creation to decline: the role of China’s mass entrepreneur and innovation campaign by Umer Sahil Maqsood, Qian Li, R. M. Ammar Zahid

“…Furthermore, the univariate test demonstrates a relative enhancement in DT after implementing MEIC, underscoring its role in effectively allocating resources within the firms to embrace DT. …”
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Understanding Recruiters’ Acceptance of Artificial Intelligence: Insights from the Technology Acceptance Model by Filomena Almeida, Ana Junça Silva, Sara L. Lopes, Isabel Braz

“…The qualitative findings underscored the transformative role of AI in recruitment, emphasizing its potential to enhance efficiency and optimize resource management. …”
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Automated Indirect Immunofluorescence Evaluation of Antinuclear Autoantibodies on HEp-2 Cells by Jörn Voigt, Christopher Krause, Edda Rohwäder, Sandra Saschenbrecker, Melanie Hahn, Maick Danckwardt, Christian Feirer, Konstantin Ens, Kai Fechner, Erhardt Barth, Thomas Martinetz, Winfried Stöcker

“…Moreover, 94.0% of all main antibody patterns were recognized correctly by the software. Owing to its performance characteristics, EUROPattern enables fast, objective, and economic IIF ANA analysis and has the potential to reduce intra- and interlaboratory variability.…”
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Seasonal Variability of Air Pollutants and Their Relationships to Meteorological Parameters in an Urban Environment by Sherly Shelton, Gayathri Liyanage, Sanduni Jayasekara, Buddhi Pushpawela, Upaka Rathnayake, Akila Jayasundara, Lesty Dias Jayasooriya

“…In addition, it was found that wind speed with its direction is the most influencing factor for the pollutant concentration except for SO2 and O3 in two cities, and this is irrespective of the season. …”
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Precommitted Investment Strategy versus Time-Consistent Investment Strategy for a Dual Risk Model by Lidong Zhang, Ximin Rong, Ziping Du

“…Short-selling and borrowing money are allowed. Due to lack of iterated-expectation property, the Bellman Optimization Principle does not hold. …”
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HYDRAULIC ELEVATOR INSTALLATION ESTIMATION FOR THE WATER SOURCE WELL SAND-PACK CLEANING UP by V. V. Ivashechkin

“…The suggested correlations for evaluating the hydraulic elevator efficiency determine the sand pack removal duration as function of its sizes and the ejected fluid flow rate. A hydraulic-elevator installation parameters estimation example illustrates removing a sand pack from a water-source borehole of 41 m deep and 150 mm diameter bored in the village of Uzla of Myadelsk region, of Minsk oblast. …”
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Hypospermia Improvement in Dogs Fed on a Nutraceutical Diet by Francesco Ciribé, Riccardo Panzarella, Maria Carmela Pisu, Alessandro Di Cerbo, Gianandrea Guidetti, Sergio Canello

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Effect of Physical Activity on Physical and Mental Health in Young Cancer Patients and Survivors: A Systematic Review of RCTs and CCTs by Ann Christin Schneider, Sofia Anzeneder, Lars Rehbein, Eva Katharina Brack, Mirko Schmidt, Valentin Benzing

“… Introduction Young cancer patients (YCP) face high risks of acute and long-term physical and mental health effects resulting from their malignancy and its treatment (Benzing et al., 2022; Siegwart et al., 2020). …”
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Leisure Patterns and Values in Adolescents from Serbia born in 1990s: An Attempt at Building a Bridge between the Two Domains by Ivana Stepanović Ilić, Marina Videnović, Nebojša Petrović

“…Being new, this topic could help a broader understanding of youth leisure and its association with inner psychological dispositions, but also with specific social context (prolonged economic crisis and post-war environment). …”
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A Green Demand-Responsive Airport Shuttle Service Problem with Time-Varying Speeds by Ming Wei, Binbin Jing, Jian Yin, Yang Zang

“…The results demonstrate that the model not only selects an optimal depot for each AFV but also determines its route and timetable plan. A sensitivity analysis is also given to assess the effect of early/late arrival penalty weights and the number of AFVs on the model performance, and the difference in quality between the proposed and traditional models is compared.…”
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Prevalence and distribution of hypertension and related risk factors in Jilin Province, China 2015: a cross-sectional study by Bin Liu, Wei Sun, Junduo Wu, Tianyi Li, Xianjing Song, Yangyu Zhang, Yingyu Liu, Longbo Li, Yunpeng Yu, Yihang Liu, Chao Qi

“…Objective This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and distribution of hypertension and its related factors in Jilin province, China.Design A cross-sectional study in four cities and four rural counties in Jilin as part of a national Chinese study.Participants and setting A total of 15 206 participants who were ≥15 years old and were selected using a stratified multistage random sampling method.Main outcome measures The prevalence of hypertension.Results The prevalence of hypertension in Jilin province was 24.7%. …”
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A Modified Newmark Methodology for Permanent Deformation Analysis of Rock-Fill Dams by Hongjun Li, Hong Zhong, Zuwen Yan, Jianming Zhao

“…Significant progress has been made to alleviate its deficiencies and overcome its simplifying assumptions, but some aspects such as the cyclic shear strength and time history vertical acceleration in the Newmark sliding displacement analysis are seldom considered strictly. …”
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Effect of the Initial Support of the Tunnel on the Characteristics of Rockburst: Case Study and Mechanism Analysis by Chunchi Ma, Junqi Fan, Xiang Ji, Xiaoyan Shi, Jun Zeng

“…The evolution of microseismicity and its indexes can be used as precursors of potentially strong rockburst. (2) Strong stiffness support is easy to concentrate high stress under the action of surrounding rock pressure, and it is easy to fail under the disturbance of external load. …”
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