Test anxiety, psychological adaptability, and learning performance: Effects of a mindfulness training intervention on university students by Assylzhan Yessimbekova, Aigul Galiyeva, Zhadra Zhexembayeva, Bibigul Almukhambetova, Nurlan Abishev

“…To address this void, the present study aimed to examine the impact of a mindfulness training program on university students’ test anxiety, adaptability, and learning success and the interrelations among these variables. …”
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Flexural Assessment of Blast-Damaged RC Beams Retrofitted with CFRP Sheet and Steel Fiber by Jin-Young Lee, Hyun-Oh Shin, Kyung-Hwan Min, Young-Soo Yoon

“…This study presents the effects of blast-induced local damages on the flexural strength of blast-damaged and repaired specimens. …”
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Random forest algorithm identifies miRNA signatures for breast cancer detection and classification from patient urine samples by Jochen Maurer, Matthias Rübner, Chao-Chung Kuo, Birgit Klein, Julia Franzen, Julia Wittenborn, Tomas Kupec, Laila Najjari, Peter Fasching, Elmar Stickeler

“…However, the participation rate reaches approximately 50% of the eligible women, one reason being the painful compression of the breast, cited as a major issue for not participating in this very important program. Therefore, focusing current research on less painful and less invasive techniques for the detection of breast cancer is highly clinically relevant. …”
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RESULTS OF THE SURVEY CONDUCTED AMONG OPHTHALMOLOGISTS ON THE ISSUE OF EQUIPMENT OF MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS WITH OPHTHALMOLOGY DEVICES by S. V. Seraphimov

“…The problem of limited accessibility and quality of ophthalmic medical care remains one of the leading ones in the national healthcare. This article presents results of the survey conducted among ophthalmologists about the effect of large-scale equipment of all medical institutions in the Leningrad Region with modern ophthalmologic devices over the recent years.Objective is to determine the contribution of the health care modernization program to equipping the medical institutions of the Leningrad Region with modern ophthalmologic medical devices, and to identify the main areas for improving the ophthalmologic care for residents of the Leningrad region with cataracts.Materials and methods. …”
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La educomunicación para la alfabetización ecológica y la construcción participativa de una cultura ambiental en niños by Erwin Hernando Jácome Castilla, Naydú Judith Jácome Castilla, Eduardo Luis Jácome Castilla

“…Regarding this reality, the United Nations Environment Program (UNDP) presents a diagnosis that highlights the current crisis. …”
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Projected loss of rock glacier habitat in the contiguous western United States with warming by Abigail C. Lute, John T. Abatzoglou, Andrew G. Fountain, Timothy C. Bartholomaus

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A novel boundary meshfree method with two kinds of interpolations for spatially varying coefficient orthotropic thermal transfer by Jing Ling, Dongsheng Yang, Chengpeng Liu, Wei Gong

“…In some examples, the program is automatically terminated when using RBFI with polynomial bases.…”
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Dynamic Anthropometry – Research on Body Dimensional Changes by Slavenka Petrak, Ivona Rastovac, Maja Mahnić Naglić

“…Using a Vitus Smart 3D body scanner and the Anthroscan program, the test subjects were scanned and measured in the upright standing position according to ISO 20685 and in three dynamic positions. …”
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The effect of resistance training focused on eccentric phase and interval exercises in young football players by Amir Khortabi, José María Cancela Carral, Farzad Rezavandzayeri, Helena Vila Suarez

“…Football players can use the present program training to improve the essential physical factors. …”
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Relationship between Psychological Problems and Quality of Life among Leprosy Patients by Mona M. Barakat, Hanan N. Zaki

“…The study recommended that to continuous counseling and health education for leprosy patients to avoid or minimize the psychological problems and to improve their quality of life. Psycho-educational program to improve psychological well-being and quality of life of the leprosy patients. …”
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MAPPING SUBSURFACE FORMATIONS ON THE EASTERN RED SEA COAST IN JORDAN USING GEOELECTRICAL TECHNIQUES: GEOLOGICAL AND HYDROGEOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS by Batayneh Awni T.

“…The initial earth<br />models were second checked and reinterpreted using a 1-D inversion program (i.e., RESIX-IP) in order to obtain final earth models. …”
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The effect of Stop X exercises on balance, strength and range of motion of male adolescent football players with dynamic knee valgus by Rahman Hasani Chenari, Ebrahim Mohammad Ali Nasab Firouzjah, Sajad Roshani

“…The findings of this study suggest that the STOP-X injury prevention program enhances hip abduction and external rotation strength, ROM, as well as static and dynamic balance in adolescent football players with DKV. …”
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What Is the Lowest Latitude of Discrete Aurorae During Superstorms? by Jeffrey J. Love, Ian R. Mann, Timo Qvick, Kalevi Mursula

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Geomechanical characteristics of controlled backfill soil for foundations, Pucallpa, Peru by Sleyther Arturo De la Cruz Vega, Esther Noemi Noel Cornelio

“…The methods used were documentary analysis, laboratory studies and statistical processing using the Microsoft Excel program; the procedures performed for each soil test were guided and indicated by the manual of materials testing. …”
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Enhancing human pluripotent stem cell differentiation to cardiomyocytes through cardiac progenitor reseeding and cryopreservation by Austin K. Feeney, Aaron D. Simmons, Claire J. Peplinski, Xiaotian Zhang, Sean P. Palecek

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QUANTIFYING THE DIFFICULTY OF SPECIFIC MOVEMENTS IN THE STRADDLE VAULT FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN by Takashi Sano, Shohei Kokudo

“…In conclusion, it is necessary to develop a teaching program that accounts for the difficulty of these movements and to verify its effectiveness. …”
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Estimation of the average time to failure of the turning steps according to the operation data by M. V. Belousova, V. V. Bulatov

“…The correct choice of the distribution law for each technical product allows for the current calculation of reliability indicators, predicting them, as well as developing preventive measures for a specific technical product and leveling costs both during production and during operation.The article presents well-founded arguments that the failure time for turning steps is characterized by the Weibull distribution law. …”
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DESIGN AND STUDY OF DRIVE SWIVEL JOINTS FOR HYDRAULIC MANIPULATION SYSTEMS OF MOBILE TRANSPORT-TECHNOLOGICAL MACHINES by Lagerev A.V., Lagerev I.A.

“…The paper presents the design and principle of operation of a new type of articulated connection of adjacent links of manipulation systems of mobile transport and technological machines – the drive swivel joints to provide a rotary rela-tive movement of the links. …”
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Allelic Imbalance in TOR1A mRNA Expression in Manifesting and Non-Manifesting Carriers of the GAG-Deletion by Ioanna A. Armata, Andreas I. Diplas, Laurie J. Ozelius, Pullanipally Shashidharan

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A multi-focused electrospinning system with optimized multi-ring electrode arrays for the wasteless parallel fabrication of centimeter-scale 2D multilayer electrospun structures by Ja Sung Lee, Armando Ramos-Sebastian, Changho Yu, Sung Hoon Kim

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