Washback of a High-stakes Language Exam on Spanish Teachers' Practice in Brazil by Yasser Abdullah Al Tamimi, Gladys Quevedo-Camargo, Rafael Sena Raposo de Melo

“…The Serial Assessment Program (PAS) is an annual reading test in Spanish, French or English functioning as a diagnostic, summative, and formative assessment tool and offering an entry opportunity for low-income students. …”
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Spatiotemporal Assessment of PM2.5 Exposure of a High-risk Occupational Group in a Southeast Asian Megacity by Jarl Tynan Collado, Jose Gabriel Abalos, Imee de los Reyes, Melliza T. Cruz, Gabrielle Frances Leung, Katrina Abenojar, Carlos Rosauro Manalo, Bernell Go, Christine L. Chan, Charlotte Kendra Gotangco Gonzales, James Bernard B. Simpas, Emma E. Porio, John Q. Wong, Shih-Chun Candice Lung, Maria Obiminda L. Cambaliza

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Herbal medicine use and associated factors among lactating mothers visiting maternal and child health clinic at Woldia comprehensive specialized hospital, North Wollo Zone, Ethiopi... by Teshome Gebremeskel Aragie, Mekbib Afework

“…Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted on 362 lactating women who visited the Expanded Program Immunization and Family Planning Clinics at Woldia Comprehensive Specialized Hospital from February 1 to April 30, 2023. …”
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Post-sepsis chronic muscle weakness can be prevented by pharmacological protection of mitochondria by Meagan S. Kingren, Alexander R. Keeble, Alyson M. Galvan-Lara, Jodi M. Ogle, Zoltán Ungvári, Daret K. St Clair, Timothy A. Butterfield, Allison M. Owen, Christopher S. Fry, Samir P. Patel, Hiroshi Saito

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Effects on impulsivity and delay discounting of intermittent theta burst stimulation add-on to dialectical behavioral therapy in borderline personality disorder: a randomized, sham... by Milenko Kujovic, Christian Bahr, Mathias Riesbeck, Daniel Benz, Martina Deiß, Zsofia Margittai, Sebastian Henges, Dirk Reinermann, Christian Plewnia, Eva Meisenzahl

“…Methods We performed a single-blind, randomized, sham-controlled pilot study to evaluate the efficacy of iTBS as an add-on to an 8-week DBT program for BPD in a routine inpatient setting. A total of 53 BPD patients were randomly assigned to receive either iTBS (n = 25) or sham stimulation (n = 28) during weeks 4 to 8 of DBT, and 36 patients met the inclusion criteria for the present analysis (≥ 16 of 20 iTBS/sham sessions and assessment of delay discounting). …”
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LiDAR Sensor Parameter Augmentation and Data-Driven Influence Analysis on Deep-Learning-Based People Detection by Lukas Haas, Florian Sanne, Johann Zedelmeier, Subir Das, Thomas Zeh, Matthias Kuba, Florian Bindges, Martin Jakobi, Alexander W. Koch

“…Therefore, this paper presents augmentation methods to analyze the influence of the distance, resolution, noise, and shading parameters of a LiDAR sensor in real point clouds for people detection. …”
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Effects of combined aerobic-resistance training on health-related quality of life and stress in sedentary adults by Fernanda M. Silva, Fernanda M. Silva, José P. Ferreira, Ana M. Teixeira, Alain Massart, Pedro Duarte-Mendes, Pedro Duarte-Mendes

“…After 16 weeks of follow-up, the exercise group perceived reduced stress levels compared to the control group (exercise group, Δ = −3.67 points vs. control group, Δ = 0.94 points; p > 0.05); although not significant, this result is clinically relevant. The exercise program had no significant effect on salivary stress biomarkers.DiscussionThe present study’s findings may have important clinical implications because they show that middle-aged sedentary workers are likely to benefit from adopting a regular combined exercise training regimen to promote better HRQoL (i.e., mental health component) and wellbeing.Clinical Trial Registrationclinicaltrials.gov, identifier NCT04868240.…”
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Assessing the impacts of sustainability teaching at higher education institutions by Walter Leal Filho, Laís Viera Trevisan, Subarna Sivapalan, Muhammad Mazhar, Aristea Kounani, Marcellus Forh Mbah, Ismaila Rimi Abubakar, Newton R. Matandirotya, Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis, Bruno Borsari, Rikki Abzug

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Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on tuberculosis detection and treatment in healthcare facilities across Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A comprehensive mixed-method, multi-center study. by Beshir Bedru Nasir, Oumer Sada Muhammed, Melaku Tileku Tamiru, Legese Chelkeba

“…Consequently, a thorough assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on TB care becomes imperative to devise a tailored program for managing TB amidst future pandemics, natural disasters, and conflict crises.…”
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Multidomain Behavioral Change Digital Coaching for Chronic Disease Management in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: Framework Development and Preliminary Evaluation by Konstantina Kostopoulou, Danae Lekka, Aristodemos Pnevmatikakis, Nelina Angelova, Panagiotis Stafylas, Stefanos Tamouridis, Alexandra Bargiota, Sofoklis Kyriazakos

“…Future directions include optimizing the multiagent selection process; further exploring the type 2 diabetes program; conducting an in-depth evaluation of its results, including glycated hemoglobin measurements; and expanding its applications to other chronic conditions.…”
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Effects of aquatic and land high-intensity interval trainings on selected bio- and physiological variables among obese adolescents by Ting Liao, Chuanbo Zheng, Jungang Xue, Yong “Tai” Wang, Yong “Tai” Wang

“…The participants were randomly assigned to Aquatic HIIT group (n=17) or Land HIIT group (n=11) for a four-week exercise intervention, 3 time/week. Each Intervention program was one-hour long, including 20 minutes of warm-up, 30 minutes of HIIT and 10 minutes of stretching and relaxation. …”
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and ultrasound markers of obesity as unfavorable factors in the course of coronary artery disease by D. A. Tsygankov, O. M. Polikutina

“…Statistical data processing was carried out using the Statistica 6.0 program. Quantitative variables are presented as median (Me). …”
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Purification Mechanism of Submicron Aerosol in Microbubbles by GAO Jialei1, YIN Junlian1, SONG Yuchen1, LU Xingshuo2, WANG Dezhong1

“…The size of the bubbles was captured using a high-speed camera combined with a bubble capture program, and the aerosol concentration was measured using a fast condensation particle counter and a laser dust particle counter. …”
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HORMONE IMBALANCE AS A MANIFESTATION OF STRESS IN THE FORMATION OF OLIGOMENORRHEA IN TEENAGE GIRLS by В. Диннік, О. Диннік, С. Новохатська

“…Statistical analysis was performed using the computer program Statgraphics Plus. Results were analyzed by one-way analysis of variance. …”
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Southern Ocean control on atmospheric CO₂ changes across late Pliocene Marine Isotope Stage M2 by S. Hou, L. Toebrock, M. van der Linden, F. Rothstegge, M. Ziegler, L. J. Lourens, P. K. Bijl

“…New dinoflagellate cyst assemblage data are combined with previously published sea surface temperature reconstructions to reveal past surface conditions, including latitudinal migrations of the subtropical front (STF) over the late Pliocene at Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Site 1168, offshore of western Tasmania. …”
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Cost effectiveness analysis of expanding tuberculosis preventive therapy to household contacts aged 5–14 years in the Philippines by Ghassan Ilaiwy, Jessica Keim-Malpass, Romella Tuppal, Alexander F. Ritua, Flordeliza R. Bassiag, Tania A. Thomas

“…The total cost and gain in QALYs are presented as an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) comparing cost per QALY gained for each strategy over NTT. …”
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Impacto del ejercicio físico supervisado sobre los determinantes de la condición física en población con diagnóstico post Covid 19 (Impact of supervised physical exercise on the de... by Isabel Adriana Sánchez Rojas, Linda Omaira Bejarano, Karol Dayana Romero, Harol Alexander Pachón, Carlos Iván Patiño, Sebastián Forero Salas, Yenny Paola Argüello Gutiérrez

“… La infección viral derivada del coronavirus SARS-Cov2, conduce a alteraciones de tipo multisistémico y de alta propagación que comprometen de manera potencial la calidad de vida de los seres humanos. El objetivo de la presente investigación estuvo centrado en identificar los cambios sobre la condición física en un grupo de sujetos con diagnóstico de post Covid19 tras la aplicación de un programa de ejercicio físico supervisado. …”
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Efficiency of application of innovative technologies in the organization of practical training by N. I. Taraseeva, O. V. Baulina

“…As part of the program to create a regional network site, work is underway to develop and implement mechanisms for the state order for personnel training, to expand the forms and methods that encourage students to achieve high results. …”
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MORPHOMETRIC AND HISTOCHEMICAL RESEARCH OF MELISSA OFFICINALIS L. HERB FROM THE COLLECTION OF NIKITSKY BOTANIC GARDEN by A. S. Nikitina, L. A. Logvinenko, N. V. Nikitina, S. A. Nigaryan

“…The article presents the results of morphological-anatomical, morphometric and histochemical studies of the aerial part of Melissa officinalis L., a selection variety sample from the collection of Nikitsky Botanical Garden – National Science Center (NBG-NSC) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Republic of Crimea. …”
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Mental health-promoting intervention models in university students: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol by Anabela Pereira, César Fonseca, Pedro Amaro, Anabela Afonso, Maria L Barros, Isaura Serra, Maria Fátima Marques, Cansu Erfidan, Sabina Valente, Revés Silva, Lara Guedes de Pinho

“…The results will be disseminated through publication in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at academic conferences, as well as in events organised by student associations.PROSPERO registration number CRD42022359608.…”
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