Concept “Holy Fool” in the Linguistic World-Image of the Russian-Speaking Population of Ukraine by Iia Gordiienko-Mytrofanova, Iuliia Kobzieva

“…The aim of the article is to identify and analyze the semantic components of the verbalized concept “holy fool” in the linguistic world-image of the Russian-speaking population of Ukraine. The main method of the conducted research was the psycholinguistic experiment. …”
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Is the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) a Single or Two Construct Measure? A Theoretical and Pragmatic Perspective by Gerald Michael Humphris, Jonathan Timothy Newton

“…Anticipatory dental anxiety was more strongly related to oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) than treatment-related dental anxiety as predicted. …”
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Integrating petrophysical data into efficient iterative cluster analysis for electrofacies identification in clastic reservoirs by Mohammed A. Abbas, Watheq J. Al-Mudhafar, Aqsa Anees, David A. Wood

“…Specifically, the clusters it establishes are less rigidly constrained than those derived from the more commonly used K-means clustering method. The EM methodology developed generates dependable electrofacies estimates in the studied reservoir intervals where core samples are not available. …”
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Geo-spatial analysis of high-risk fertility behaviors and child stunting in Ethiopia by Wondaya Fenta Zewdia, Daniel Asmelash, Yemane Asmelash

“…This study aimed to investigate the spatial association between HRFB of birth and stunting in under-five children across Ethiopia’s administrative zones.MethodThis study used cross-sectional data from the latest Mini Ethiopian Demographic and Health 2019 Survey, which included a weighted sample of 4,969 under-five children from 64 administrative zones. …”
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Health risk assessment of toxic elements in Kashan drinking water reservoirs using Monte Carlo simulation and sensitivity analysis by Bahador Nemati, Saeid Fallahizadeh, Gholamreza Mostafaei, Mohammad Bagher Miranzadeh

“…In this study, 39 water samples were collected from 13 active water reservoirs. …”
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Psychometric evaluation of a novel measure of trauma-related cannabis use to cope by Sage E. Hawn, Terrell A. Hicks, Christopher Latourrette, Anita Thomas, Daniela Chaname, Sarah Ehlke, Abigail Powers Lott

“…Despite theoretical and empirical evidence for PTSD-related cannabis use to cope, no measure of this construct exists.Objective: We sought to address this gap by developing and validating a novel measure of PTSD-specific cannabis self-medication, which we have termed the Trauma-Related Cannabis Use to Cope (TRCU) questionnaire.Method: The psychometric properties of the TRCU and how it relates to relevant constructs were examined among a diverse sample of 345 trauma-exposed undergraduate cannabis users (Mage = 22.19, SD = 6.45; 46.7% White; 79.7% woman-identifying) using structural equation modelling in Mplus.Results: Study findings indicate that the TRCU is a more precise and targeted measure of cannabis use to cope with PTSD symptomology, as compared to existing measures of cannabis coping motives. …”
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Comparative analysis of patient outcomes in pulmonary embolism with chronic inflammatory diseases by Marlon V. Gatuz, Rami Abu-Fanne, Dmitry Abramov, Mamas A. Mamas, Ariel Roguin, Ofer Kobo

“…Background: Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a critical condition with significant morbidity and mortality, particularly among patients with chronic inflammatory diseases (CID) such as rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus that are linked to a heightened risk of thromboembolic events. Method: This retrospective analysis examined 725,725 adult patients hospitalized with a primary diagnosis of PE using the National Inpatient Sample database from 2016 to 2019. …”
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Effect of gum chewing and cold therapy on postoperative cesarean women’s self-assessed pain levels and narcotics use: a comparative study by Reda Mhmoud Mohamed Hables, Nor El-Hoda Mohamed El-Sayed ElShabory, Esraa Mostafa Abd El-Aty Ibrahim

“…Purposive sample of 159 pregnant women who enrolled randomly in the three parallel groups. …”
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Assessment of Interleukin-2 and Vitamin D Status in Vitiligo Patients Compared to Healthy by Dakhil Ibrahim Sahib Aljbory, Thikra Abdullah Mahmood

“…Blood samples were collected from all participants after obtaining verbal consent. …”
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Recidivism rates of female offenders discharged from forensic psychiatric treatment by Juliane Mayer, Juliane Mayer, Viviane Wolf, Ivonne Steiner, Manuela Dudeck, Verena Klein, Judith Streb, Irina Franke

“…The goal of this study is to report offense- and disorder-related recidivism rates for the understudied group of female offenders discharged from forensic psychiatric treatment.MethodThe sample consisted of 525 German patients released from placement orders according to Section 63 (n = 110) or 64 of the German Criminal Code (n = 415), indicating a diagnosis of a serious mental disorder or substance use disorder, respectively. …”
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Network meta-analysis of tuina or acupuncture in combination with adjunctive therapy for cervical spondylotic radiculopathy by Shengxiang Zhao, Jie Yang

“…None of these therapies effectively improved patient physical signs.ConclusionNeedling + warm needle acupuncture, warm needle acupuncture + auricular acupuncture, and warm needle acupuncture + conventional therapy may better alleviate symptoms in patients with CSR. However, more well-designed multicenter, large-sample RCTs are needed to further analyze the findings from this study.Systematic review registrationhttps://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/view/CRD42023443945, CRD42023443945.…”
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Do the Street Sweeping and Washing Work for Reducing the Near-ground Levels of Fine Particulate Matter and Related Pollutants? by Sheng-Lun Lin, Yunzhou Deng, Ming-Yeng Lin, Shih-Wei Huang

“…The strategy, “sweeping-before-washing”, was the best operation method among three to suppress the UFP number concentration by 42%, while all three strategies could effectively reduce the PAH levels. …”
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CHARACTERIZATION AND MORPHOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF Varroa AND ITS SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION, IN COMMERCIAL HIVES OF TABASCO STATE, MEXICO by Emeterio Payró de la Cruz, Martina Valencia Domínguez, Blanca Patricia Castellanos Potenciano, Rodimiro Ramos Reyes

“…Subsequently, 501 Varroa specimens were extracted using the shaking and washing method, which were placed individually on slides for morphometry and digitization.  …”
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Effect of the loss on ignition on the unconfined compressive strength of residual clays from Bogotá-Colombia stabilized with cement by Liliana Carolina Hernández García, Henry A. Colorado Lopera

“…Organic matter in rock aggregates, such as subgrade, sand, and gravel, originates from the decomposition of organic remains, including plants and domestic waste. The method used to measure the organic matter content in aggregates for infrastructure projects is known as Loss on Ignition (LOI) in which the difference in weight before and after calcination is considered the percentage of loss due to oxides, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur derived from the organic material. …”
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Impact of intermittent fasting versus vitamin D on high fat fructose-induced pancreatic steatosis: possible role of aquaporins by Basma Adel Khattab, Maha Osman Hammad, Zienab Helmy Eldken, Doaa Hellal, Sherin Zohdy Mohamed, Noha Hammad Sakr

“…Given the little data regarding the potential role of aquaporins in the pathogenesis of pancreatic steatosis, this study was designed to assess the role of aquaporins and the NLRP3-inflammasome in the rat model of high-fat fructose diet (HFFD) and to investigate the impact of vitamin D supplementation and alternate day fasting (ADF) in ameliorating HFFD-induced pancreatic steatosis. Method Twenty-four Sprague-Dawley male rats were divided equally into 4 groups. …”
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Prevalence of potentially serious alcohol–medication interactions in older adults in a community pharmacy setting: a cross-sectional study by Gráinne Cousins, Alice E Holton, Cora Keeney, Benedict Ryan

“…This study aims to estimate the prevalence of POSAMINO among community-dwelling older adults using drug dispensing data from the community pharmacy setting.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting Irish Community Pharmacy.Participants 1599 consecutive older adults presenting with a prescription to 1 of 120 community pharmacies nationwide; community-dwelling, aged ≥65 years, able to speak and understand English, with no evidence of cognitive impairment. The mean age of sample was 75.5 years (SD 6.5); 55% (n=884) female.Measures 38 POSAMINO criteria were identified using participants’ pharmacy dispensing records linked to self-reported alcohol consumption (beverage-specific quantity and frequency measures) over the last 12 months.Results The overall prevalence of POSAMINO in the study population was 28%, with 10% at risk of at least one POSAMINO criteria and 18% at risk of two or more. …”
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Genetic Identification of Brazilian Mammalian Hosts of <i>Trypanosoma cruzi</i>: Improving Blood Meal Source Discrimination in Vector-Borne Transmission by Quezia Moura Oliveira, Thaíla Santos Pessanha, Alena Mayo Iñiguez

“…</i> The detection of multiple BMS species in mixed samples provides a more comprehensive and accurate landscape of <i>T. cruzi</i> transmission in nature.…”
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How Do Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Create Value Through the Integrated Reporting Framework? Empirical Study on Integrity and Driving Factors by Ozlem Kutlu Furtuna, Asiye Zeynep Uykulu

“…As of 2022, 46 firms are listed in this index and whose data was fully accessible in 2022 were selected as the sample for the study. This study determines the level of IR content elements alignment scores for Turkish-listed SMEs using the content analysis method. …”
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Zinc-Decorated and Nitrogen-Functionalized Hierarchical Porous Carbons for Carbon Dioxide Capture by Yu-Chun Chiang, Wei-Ting Chin, I-Chang Chu

“…This study developed a highly facile method to synthesize Zn-decorated and nitrogen-doped hierarchical porous carbons for carbon dioxide (CO₂) adsorption. …”
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AdjcorT-RBFNN for Air Quality Classification: Mitigating Multicollinearity with Real and Simulated Data by Siti Khadijah Arafin, Nor Azura Md Ghani, Marshima Mohd Rosli, Nurain Ibrahim

“…However, multicollinearity in air quality data can hindermodel performance.To address this issue, this study introduces theAdjcorT-RBFNN, a two-stage feature selection method, to classify air quality in Klang, Selangor. …”
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