Exploring Religiosity among the Educated Generation of the 70s in Yazd City: A Qualitative Study by Ahmad Kalateh Sadati, Asal Razavi

“…In conclusion, while the younger generation was shifting toward more secular and individualistic values, the older generation struggled to adapt to these changes. …”
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Full-Blood Inflammatory Ratios Predict Length of Stay but Not Early Death in Romanian Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Ionut-Valentin Stanciu, Ariadna-Petronela Fildan, Barkha Rani Thakur, Adrian Cosmin Ilie, Livia Stanga, Cristian Oancea, Emanuela Tudorache, Felix Bratosin, Ovidiu Rosca, Iulia Bogdan, Anca Chisoi, Ionela Preotesoiu, Viorica Zamfir, Elena Dantes

“…In low-event European cohorts, their chief value may lie in serving as cost-free gatekeepers, flagging those who should proceed to more advanced cytokine or genomic testing. Although routine reporting of NLR and SII may support low-cost surveillance, validation in larger, multicentre cohorts with serial sampling is needed before these indices can be integrated into clinical decision-making.…”
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Clinical profiles and care of transgender children and adolescents who receive specialized consultations: do individuals who are assigned female at birth differ? by Chystelle Lagrange, Nina Verger, Julie Brunelle, Fanny Poirier, Hugues Pellerin, Nicolas Mendes, Gregor Mamou, Nifoular Forno, Laetitia Martinerie, David Cohen, Agnès Condat

“…Abstract Context Clinical data on transgender children and adolescents are scarce, and sample sizes often do not allow for comparisons according to sex assigned at birth. …”
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Factors of innovative behavior affecting Indonesian lecturers' contextual and task performance by Ririn Handayani, Widodo Widodo, Umalihayati, Megawati Megawati, Jafriansen Damanik, Saptana Tri Prasetiawan

“…Grit has a more substantial influence on lecturers’ innovative behavior than others. …”
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Vitamin E and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Adults: Results from the Health Survey of São Paulo with Focus on Nutrition (ISA-Nutrition) by Marcela Larissa Costa, Cristiane Hermes Sales, Paula Victoria Felix, Jaqueline Lopes Pereira, Marcelo Macedo Rogero, Flavia Mori Sarti, Regina Mara Fisberg

“…The majority of the sample was female (57.6%), and 29.1% had three or more CVDR. …”
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<p><strong>Species identification and seasonal prevalence of house dust mites in Assiut City, Egypt: A descriptive study in an urban area</strong></p> by Radwa Ibrahim, Hanan Eldeek, Hussien Rezk, Ragaa Othman, Azza El-Tayeb, Magda Elnazer

“…Seasonal variations significantly affected the prevalence of house dust mites; the highest frequency was noticed during winter (66.7%) and the least frequency was noticed during summer (13.3%). Kero-float method was more sensitive and accurate than modified Berlese-Tullgren funnel in mites' extraction in a given sample (100% and 47.9% respectively). …”
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Pengelompokan Hasil Pencarian Skripsi Berbahasa Indonesia Menggunakan Metode DBSCAN dengan Pembobotan BM25 by Rangga Adi Satria, Indriati Indriati, Sutrisno Sutrisno

“…Search results can be clustered with the purpose of presenting the documents in more detailed way and to ease further searches. In order to cluster the search results of Indonesian language thesis, using the title and abstract of the thesis, BM25 word weighting and DBSCAN clustering were used, a clustering method that considers the document sample density point. …”
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Balancing Environmental Sustainability and Nutrition: Dietary Climate Impact in Relation to Micronutrient Intake and Status in a Swedish Cohort by Anna Stubbendorff, Ulrika Ericson, Ylva Bengtsson, Yan Borné, Emily Sonestedt, Elinor Hallström, PhD

“…Blood samples were drawn and analyzed for micronutrients in different subgroups. …”
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From classroom to screen: a cross-sectional study on medical students’ first experiences with e-learning during the COVID-19 pandemic by Laleh Khojasteh, Zahra Karimian, Elham Nasiri, Sedigheh Sharifzadeh, Majid Reza Farrokhi

“…In medical schools where teacher-student interaction was better, more satisfaction was observed (P &lt; 0.001). The gender factor had no effect on students’ views.ConclusionEven though it seems like e-learning can be a good substitute for or complement to face-to-face training, the most important thing that makes this method more effective is the interaction between the teacher and the students.…”
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High Gastrointestinal Colonization Rate of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci among Hospitalized Patients: Potential Source for Resistant Gene by Techilo Habtemariam Mengesha, Musa Mohammed Ali, Mulugeta Mengistu, Demissie Assegu Fenta

“…Therefore; this study was aimed to determine the gastrointestinal colonization rate of VRE, its antimicrobial susceptibility profile, and associated factors among hospitalized patients. Methods. Prospective cross-sectional study was conducted using stool samples from 223 patients admitted to different wards at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, from April 1 to June 30, 2021. …”
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Functional efficiency of pancreatic cell-engineered construct in an animal experimental model for type I diabetes by N. V. Baranova, A. S. Ponomareva, L. A. Kirsanova, A. O. Nikolskaya, G. N. Bubentsova, Yu. B. Basok, V. I. Sevastianov

“…In T1D rats, CEPC has a more potent antidiabetic effect than islets of Langerhans. …”
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Facile Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Fe_0.65Mg_0.35Cr₂O₄@C Nanocomposite for Efficient Removal of Cd(II) Ions from Aqueous Media by Ehab A. Abdelrahman, Reem K. Shah, Mortaga M. Abou-Krisha, Fawaz A. Saad, Alaa M. Munshi

“…EDX analysis confirmed the elemental composition of both samples, with F600 containing higher carbon content (7.0%) compared to F800 (3.4%), attributed to the more complete combustion of organic precursors during F800’s synthesis. …”
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Characteristics of the microbiota in patients with various clinical phenotypes of occupational COPD and chronic bronchitis by Fedotov V.D., Zhestkov A.V., Lyamin A.V., Lavrenyuk N.А., Dobrotina I.S., Falaleeva E.A.

“…The COPD OE phenotype “E” was qualitatively different from the phenotype “B” due to the predominance of Pseudomonadota (p = 0.0005), potentially pathogenic microorganisms over non-pathogenic microorganisms (54% versus 19%, p = 0.0005), lesser quantity of Neisseriales, more antibiotic-resistant microorganisms and more Candida spp. …”
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Prevalence of polypharmacy and pharmacotherapy complexity in elderly people living with HIV in Spain. POINT study by Mercedes Gimeno-Gracia, Javier Sánchez-Rubio-Ferrández, María de las Aguas Robustillo-Cortés, Ramón Morillo-Verdugo

“…A characterization of antiretroviral treatment, as well as a determination of the prevalence of comorbidities; of the most common types of concomitant medication; of adherence rates; of the pharmacotherapeutic complexity; and of drug-drug interactions were also among the goals of the study. Method: This was a multi-center, cross-sectional observational study that included persons living with HIV aged 65 years or more who were on active antiretroviral treatment. …”
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Menstrual blood and ritual beliefs: a qualitative study on menstrual health and hygiene practices among senior high school girls in Volta Region, Ghana by Sitsofe Gbogbo, Israel Wuresah, Wisdom Axame, Priscilla Klutse, Emmanuel Gbogbo, Robert Kokou Dowou, Sarah Odi Mantey, Sarah Abena Yeome Ayitey, Ishmael Boateng, Paramount Eli Nelson, Nuworza Kugbey, Victor Christian Korley Doku, Julie Hennegan, Frank E. Baiden, Fred N. Binka

“…Methods This qualitative study employed an exploratory design, using purposive and convenience sampling to select participants from five senior high schools in the Volta Region. …”
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Carotid atherosclerosis in postmenopausal patients with undifferentiated connective tissue dysplasia by M. A. Shambatov, N. V. Izmozherova, A. A. Popov, I. F. Grishina, A. A. Vikhareva, G. B. Kolotova

“…To evaluate the relationship between undifferentiated connective tissue dysplasia and atherosclerosis of the brachiocephalic arteries (BCA) in postmenopausal women.Materials and methods. A cross-sectional study enrolled 120 women, aged 68 (65 ± 70) years, the duration of menopause: 18 (16 ± 21) years. …”
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Improving Communication Signal Transmission in Multiple Low-e Windows Using Frequency Selective Surfaces by Rocio Chueca, Maria Munoz, Ana Cueva, Raul Alcain, Carlos D. Heras, Inigo Salinas

“…As a validation of our method, we show designs for windows with attenuation minima at 1, 1.8 and 5.8 GHz. …”
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The 20&thinsp;m Africa rice distribution map of 2023 by J. Jiang, J. Jiang, J. Jiang, H. Zhang, H. Zhang, H. Zhang, J. Ge, J. Ge, J. Ge, L. Zuo, L. Xu, L. Xu, M. Song, M. Song, M. Song, Y. Ding, Y. Ding, Y. Ding, Y. Xie, Y. Xie, Y. Xie, W. Huang, W. Huang

“…The average classification accuracy of the proposed method for the validation set is more than 85 %, and the <span class="inline-formula"><i>R</i>²</span> of the linear fit to various existing statistical data is more than 0.9, which proves that the proposed method can achieve the spatial distribution mapping of rice under complex climatic conditions in a large region, providing crucial data support for rice monitoring and agricultural policy development. …”
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Enzymeless electrochemical detection of hydrogen peroxide using NiO octahedron decorated 3D graphene hydrogel by Mohamed A. Yassin, Ayman F. Abou-Hadid, Hamouda M. Mousa, Chan Hee Park, Cheol Sang Kim, Ali Salem, Mohamed A. Mattar

“…Various physicochemical methods such as FE-SEM, HR-TEM, XRD, TGA and Raman were utilized to characterize the morphology and structure properties of the as-prepared samples. …”
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Machine Learning Analysis of Arterial Oscillograms for Depression Level Diagnosis in Cardiovascular Health by Vladislav Kaverinsky, Dmytro Vakulenko, Liudmyla Vakulenko, Kyrylo Malakhov

“…Through dimensionality reduction using UMAP, two distinct classes emerged, categorized as lighter and more severe cases. Utilizing machine learning methods, an automated classifier was developed based on correlated ULF indicators, which led to improved classification accuracy. …”
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