The Effectiveness of SMART Technique Group Counseling in Reducing Peer Pressure Among Campus Organization Students by Mutia Fitri, Saiful Akhyar Lubis

“…This research has implications for developing counselling services in higher education, particularly in helping students make more independent social decisions that align with their personal goals …”
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Total Phenolic Content and Antioxidant Activity of Different Extracts of Aronia melanocarpa L. Fruit by Nurcan Kılıç Baygutalp, Mehmet Şekeroğulları, Lale Duysak

“…Similary, both extracts FRAP and CUPRAC (Trolox Eq g/mL) activities and DPPH radical scavenging capacity (inhibition %) were highest at the concentration of 500 µL/mL.Conclusion: Aronia stands out as an antioxidant fruit and a potential natural therapeutic agents to alleviate oxidative stress. More research is needed to elucidate the exact mechanisms of action, optimum extraction method, optimal dosage, and potential side effects of the extracts.…”
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Exploring community nurses` experiences on the decentralization of non-communicable diseases` care in the Lubombo region, Eswatini by Princess Sibonelo Thwala, Thulani Ricardo Nhlabatsi

“…Therefore, this study explored and described the community nurses` experiences with decentralizing care for NCDs in the Lubombo Region of Eswatini. Methods and Materials: A descriptive qualitative study design approach was used to explore and describe the experiences of ten purposively sampled community nurses. …”
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The effects of reciprocal, self–check, and command teaching styles on dance learning by Durdica Miletic, Alen Miletic, Slavoljub Uzunovic

“…Additionally, to assess the effects of these teaching styles on factors such as Task climate, Social relatedness, Autonomy, and Ego climate, as well as the relationship between these effects and gender. Material and Methods. The study was carried out on a sample of 58 students attending a university study program for a Physical Education teacher, aged between 20 and 22, divided into three groups: reciprocal (N=19), self-check (N=18), and command (N=21). …”
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ANALYZING THE IMPACT OF SOME FISCAL AND MONETARY POLICIES IN THE VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT IN SELECTED ARAB COUNTRIES FOR THE PERIOD (1990-2010) COMPARATIVE STUDY by Ahmed Al-Mshhdani

“…It has become necessary to know the role of fiscal and monetary policies tools applied during the study period, and its objectives towards the agricultural sector in the countries of the research sample. So the research presumer to know a number of factors affecting the value of agricultural output, to present these factors are: (inflation , the size of agricultural loans, surplus or budget deficit, the exchange rate), was the search explore know the effect of these factors on the value of agricultural output in Iraq and Egypt during the period (1990-2010) and the comparison between the two, so the search method depends on two main aspects: first, the descriptive side which was based on previous studies , who studied the same subject, and secondly, the quantitative aspect, which is based on the multiple linear regression model, and then interpret the results of the quantitative aspect to assess the practical side of the study. …”
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Factors Influencing Electronic Brand Love and E-Loyalty by Reza Salehzadeh, Arash AdelPanah, seyed Mehdi Mirmehdi

“…In this study, a cross-sectional survey is conducted based on the questionnaire method to collect data from a sample of 300 customers of the Digikala Website in Isfahan, Iran. …”
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Treatment Adherence and Quality of Life of Adults Living With Hypertension in Rural Ghana by Ayisha Blessing Amadu, Kennedy Dodam Konlan, Jamilatu Barbara Amadu, Gladys Dzansi

“…Design A quantitative cross‐sectional survey was conducted. Method We randomly sampled 351 persons diagnosed with hypertension at the Baptist Medical Centre in Nalerigu, Ghana. …”
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Assessment of students, knowledge regarding AIDS in Medical Technical Institute in Erbil City by Nazar Ali Sheren, Radhwan Hussein Ibrahim, Kareem F.Aziz Al-Barzingy

“…An interview technique method was used for data collection. Results: The study indicated that there was deficient knowledge among study sample about AIDS regardless of different variables such as (age, gender, residency, social factors and economic status. …”
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ANTIMYCOTIC ACTIVITY OF ACTIVATED ZINC PYRITHIONE IN RELATION TO MALASSEZIA IN PATIENTS WITH ATOPIC DERMATITIS by E.V. Golysheva, A.M. Glushakova, A.N. Pampura, M.A. Mokronosova

“…The significant dynamics was observed in the modification of species diversity which got more sparse in skin areas where activated zinc pyrithione cream was applied. …”
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Chronic kidney disease and progression factors in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Daniel Batista Téllez, José Carlos Estrada Hernández, Leobel Morell Pérez

“…Conclusions: kidney disease usually progresses more in women and in patients with multiple cardiovascular risk factors. …”
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Childhood adversity, recent life stressors and suicidal behavior in Chinese college students. by Zhiqi You, Mingxi Chen, Sen Yang, Zongkui Zhou, Ping Qin

“…<h4>Background</h4>Although the independent effects of childhood adversities and of recent negative events on suicidality have been well-documented, the combinative role of childhood and recent adversities on risk for suicidality is still underexplored, especially in the context of Chinese culture and in consideration of specific types of negative events.<h4>Method</h4>5989 students, randomly sampled from six universities in central China, completed the online survey for this study. …”
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Adropin and Preptin Levels in β-Thalassemia Major Complications in Babylon Province by Zinah Abbass Ali, Samar Hasan Shammar

“…Commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kits were used to measure cystatin-C, ferritin, insulin, preptin, and adropin, while serum blood urea (B. urea), serum creatinine (S.Cr), and lipid profile along with fasting glucose concentration were calculated by colorimetric kit using the spectrophotometer method. Results: Serum samples were used to measure biochemical parameters of S.Cr, urea, cystatin-C, ferritin, fasting insulin, fasting glucose, adropin, preptin, and lipid profile. …”
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Assessing the replicability of RCTs in RWE emulations by Jeanette Köppe, Charlotte Micheloud, Stella Erdmann, Rachel Heyard, Leonhard Held

“…Methods We review the statistical properties of the sceptical p-value and compare those to the two-trials rule. …”
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Oral health educative-preventive program at school by Patrícia Aleixo dos Santos, Juliana Alvares Duarte Bonini Campos, Carlos Henrique Braga Borges, Natália Apolinário de Lima

“…At intergroup analyses, there was statistical difference to questions 3,5,6,8 and 11, comparing two moments; at intragroup analyses, GA showed significant knowledge change only to question 4 while for GB, same occurred to questions 3,4,5,6,8 and 11, accusing more effectiveness to educational method adopted by GB. …”
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Barriers to HIV Care and Treatment by Doctors: A review of the literature by P. Naidoo

“…All duplicate articles were removed and only studies that used doctors as the sample population were considered. Titles expressing comment, news items, opinion pieces or letters were rejected. …”
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Cluster analysis of the factors influencing innovative development of economy in regions of Russian Federation by V. N. Yur’ev, D. M. Dybok

“…As a result of a statistical analysis and Statistica use regions were divided into clusters according to the three methods: hierarchical classification, Kaverage method and two-input distribution. …”
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Modulation of the electromagnetic shielding effectiveness through micro/macrostructure design for electronic packaging by Lizhi Guan, Jingbo Fan, Zhi Kai Ng, Edwin Hang Tong Teo, Hortense Le Ferrand

“…Our proof-of-concept samples demonstrate the potential of precise micro/macrostructure design for customizing and enhancing electronic packaging’s EMI SE while achieving good heat dissipation and mechanical protection using a versatile 3D printing method. …”
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Role of Platinum Deposited on TiO2 in Photocatalytic Methanol Oxidation and Dehydrogenation Reactions by Luma M. Ahmed, Irina Ivanova, Falah H. Hussein, Detlef W. Bahnemann

“…The results of the photocatalytic activity indicate that the platinized titanium dioxide samples are always more active than the corresponding bare TiO2 for both methanol oxidation and dehydrogenation processes. …”
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Factor structure of the HIV-SM LMIC self-management questionnaire for people living with HIV in low- and middle-income countries by Tegene Legese Dadi, Girmay Medhin, Mark Spigt

“…This study aims to pilot and assess the construct validity of the HIV-SM LMIC questionnaire. Method The validation of the HIV-SM LMIC questionnaire involved two cross-sectional studies in Ethiopia. …”
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A new modelling approach for the pyrolysis step in biomass gasification by Otto A. Ortiz, Laura M. Orozco, Luis A. Rios

“…The selected model has element mass balance deviations lower than 6 % and low deviations from the experimental results reported for several biomass samples. The minimum of a sum of squares method, used to solve the equation systems, allowed imposing the positive-value condition for yields and concentrations, leading to physically sound results.…”
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