Psychotype and Thinking Style as Predictors of Success in Esports by Oksana Shynkaruk, Serhii Hrishkin, Nataliia Byshevets, Andrii Skalozub, Ivan Lut, Valerii Pinchuk

“…Pearson’s chi-square (χ²) test for independent samples was used to compare observed and expected frequencies. …”
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Predicting depressive symptoms through social support: a machine learning approach in military populations by Kun-Huang Chen, Pao-Lung Chiu, Ming-Hsuan Chen

“…These findings can inform the development of more responsive and personalized mental health interventions in military contexts.…”
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Methodology for Determining the Effective Thickness of the Cemented Layer of Steel by S. G. Sandomirski, A. L. Val’ko, S. P. Rudenko

“…The article substantiates that approximation of hardness change from the distance h to the product surface will allow to obtain a more reliable dependence of hardness change in the investigated area when making hardness measurements in a wider range of distance h. …”
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Prevalence and factors associated with neonatal mortality at the neonatal intensive care unit at St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor, Northern Uganda by Nicholas Aguma, Steven Ekak, Lambert Emetu, Samson Ojok, Peter Akera

“…Mary’s Hospital Lacor in Northern Uganda. Method The study collected quantitative data through retrospective descriptive review of records of 423 systematically sampled neonates admitted to the NICU between January 1st 2023 and December 31st 2023. …”
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Frequency of occurrence of k-casein genotypes and their effect on the milk productivity of Kholmogory cows by N. A. Khudyakova, I. S. Kozhevnikova, E. N. Shchipakova, A. A. Kondakova, M. S. Kalmykova

“…The total number of cows with completed lactation in the study sample was 130 heads, of which: 37 cows were first-calf heifers, 6 cows in the second lactation and 87 cows in the third or more lactation. …”
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Effects of Furrow Corn Straw Mulch on Soil Erosion and Organic Carbon Loss in Sloping Farmland in the Black Soil Region by Haiou Shen, Hongli Li, Hang Liu, Jialong Wu, Chunli Li, Yushi Liang

“…However, it is still not clear which corn straw return method is more suitable for the Chinese black soil region with cold characteristics. …”
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Dyeing of synthetic fiber-based wool blended fabrics in supercritical carbon dioxide by Abdalla A. Mousa, Fatma A. Mohamed, Saadia A. Abd El-Megied, Yehya A. Youssef

“…Also, SC-CO2 dyeing has a notable influence on a*, b* and C* values of the dyed PET, N and W/PET fabrics and showed that the uptake of the VS reactive disperse dye and their appearance colors are higher and more saturated than the aqueous dyed samples. The levelling and fastness properties of all dyed fabrics in SC-CO2 medium are similar to those obtained in the aqueous medium. …”
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Receiving financial support and its association with late-age depression: The mediating role of social engagement by Keying Song, Zijian Zhao, Amiya Saha, Jhumki Kundu

“…A total sample of 30,210 older adults aged 60 years and above were selected for the study. …”
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Contraception and PrEP knowledge, attitudes, and practices among adolescent girls and young women in Nampula, Mozambique. by Allison Hsu, Joana Falcao, Ricardino Zandamela, Allison Zerbe, Jennifer M Zech, Eduarda Pimentel de Gusmao, Elizabeth Stephanz, Mirriah Vitale, Elaine J Abrams

“…Similarly, modern contraception methods are broadly available in the public sector, but high rates of unplanned pregnancies persist. …”
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The role of single nucleotide polymorphisms of NFATC genes in the development of left ventricular hypertrophy in primary arterial hypertensive adolescents by A.V. Tovma, A. M. Kamyshnyi, A. V. Kamenshchyk, O. G. Ivanko

“…At the next stage of the study for all the patients the genotyping by a standard PCR method in a real time was performed using samples of total DNA isolated from the whole venous blood. …”
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Effective coverage of curative child health services in Ethiopia: analysis of the Demographic and Health Survey and Service Provision Assessment survey by Lenka Benova, Anteneh Asefa, Alemnesh H Mirkuzie, Tsegaye Gebremedhin Haile

“…Thus, we estimated the effective coverage of curative child health services in Ethiopia.Design We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of data from the 2016 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) and the 2014 Ethiopia Service Provision Assessment Plus (SPA+) survey.Setting Nationally representative household and facility surveys.Participants and outcomes We included a sample of 2096 children under 5 years old (from DHS) who had symptoms of one or more common childhood illnesses (diarrhoea, fever and acute respiratory infection) and estimated the percentage of sick children who were taken to a health facility (crude coverage). …”
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Protective effects of hydroxytyrosol on contrast-induced nephropathy in rats by PAN Pei-qiang, YU Fen-fen, SHAN Wen-hong, JI Wen-xuan, SUN Yan, LIU Gui-mei, HUANG Jun-yan

“…Objective To explore the relationship between oxidative stress and contrast induced nephropathy（CIN）, and observe the effects of hydroxytyrosol on CIN in CIN rats.Methods84 Wistar rats were randomly divided into 3 groups: Sham-operation group, CIN model group and hydroxytyrosol intervention group. …”
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Advanced montane bird monitoring using self-supervised learning and transformer on passive acoustic data by Yu-Cheng Wei, Wei-Lun Chen, Mao-Ning Tuanmu, Sheng-Shan Lu, Ming-Tang Shiao

“…Compared to the three state-of-the-art models based on transfer learning from ImageNet, the proposed method demonstrated improvements in overall recognition performance, with even more significant gains for tail-end species. …”
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Is the Hepatitis G Virus a Hidden Menace to Liver Health in Specific Populations? by Hassan Hussein, Muthana Khalil, Yasin Majeed

“…Although it has no clinical significance or impact on liver disease and its future course is uncertain, highly mutated (as in other RNA viruses) might happen, resulting in a severe liver injury.Objective: To evaluate the subclinical impact of hepatitis G virus infection on liver health in high-risk populations through liver function tests (LFTs) analysis.Materials and Methods: Blood samples were taken from 221 people in high-risk groups and chronic liver patients infected with hepatitis B and C viruses. …”
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Evaluation of landslide susceptibility in Nujiang Prefecture based on optimized MaxEnt model by LI Yimin, XIANG Qianying, DENG Xuanlun, FENG Xianjie

“…Jackknife method was used to calculate the influence degree of each influencing factor on susceptibility. …”
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Model Development for Estimating Sub-Daily Urban Air Temperature Patterns in China Using Land Surface Temperature and Auxiliary Data from 2013 to 2023 by Yuchen Guo, János Unger, Tamás Gál

“…Finally, two samples of Tair patterns in Beijing and the Pearl River Delta region were effectively estimated. …”
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Change Detection Based on Image Standardization and Improved Residual Network for Single-Polarization SAR Images by Mengmeng Wang, Jixian Zhang, Guoman Huang, Lijun Lu, Fenfen Hua

“…Deep-learning-based change detection (CD) methods have become an important means of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images to identify changes. …”
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Enhanced Thymoquinone Recovery from Cold-Pressed Black Seeds (Nigella sativa L.) through Freeze-Thaw and Microwave Pretreatment Techniques by Heshani Bulathsinhala, Navoda Srimali, Surakshi Rajapaksha

“…The quality of black seed oil depends greatly on the extraction method used. Traditional methods like cold pressing are valued for producing high-quality oil that retains its natural nutrients and flavor. …”
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Accurate and affordable multi-cancer early detection and localization via plasma cfDNA multi-omic profiling by Pin Cui, Weihuang He, Mingji Feng, Hanming Lai

“…Interpretation: To further explore the potential of our method for MCED, we are recruiting more than 2000 plasma samples from a retrospective cohort covering 12 common cancers in China, including cancers in lung, liver, colon, gastric, pancreas, esophagus, breast, cervix, kidney, nasopharyngeal, bile duct, and gallbladder. …”
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Study of the structure and development of oil deposits in carbonate reservoirs using field data and X-ray microtomography by D. A. Martyushev, I. N. Ponomareva, B. M. Osovetsky, K. P. Kazymov, E. M. Tomilina, A. S. Lebedeva, A. S. Chukhlov

“…At present, a large number of scientific works devoted to the study of the features of the geological structure and the development of oil deposits in complex carbonate reservoirs are based on the use of any one research method. This article shows the advantages of the integrated use of modern methods of core research, including X-ray microtomography and electron microscopy, as well as data from hydrodynamic and field studies of wells. …”
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