Comparison of the effects of group and individual reflection methods on self-regulated learning strategies and learning motivation among emergency medical technicians: a quasi-expe... by Naser Darvishi Tabas, Zahra Amouzeshi, Seyyed Abolfazl Vagharseyyedin

“…While both methods were effective in enhancing learning motivation, group reflection proved to be more beneficial. …”
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THE EFFECT OF USING “EDMODO AND QUIPPER SCHOOL” IN BLENDED LEARNING METHOD TOWARDS STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL AT THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMAN 1 BENGKULU TENGAH by Dian Permatasari

“…This research aims to compare whether there was an effect on students’ writing quality when students were taught with blended learning method, combined with Edmodo or Quipper School. This was a quasi-experimental research with 72 students at grade XI MIPA SMAN I Bengkulu Tengah, Indonesia as the samples. …”
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“Loneliness is a sad disease”: oldest old adults’ empirical definition of loneliness and social isolation from a mixed-method study in Northern Italy by Sara Santini, Mauro Colombo, Antonio Guaita, Paolo Fabbietti, Georgia Casanova

“…Results The sample was gender-balanced and mid-low educated; more than one fourth of respondents lived alone. …”
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Probability analysis of vertical drainage improvement for soft soil settlement prediction via a Bayesian back analysis framework and the simplified Hypothesis B method by Shijie Zhai, Guangyin Du, Tao Peng, Yuxiao Wang, Zhiheng Shang

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RPA-CRISPR/Cas12a detection based on HCMV-UL123 gene: A way with higher detection rate than clinical detection methods by Tianyang Liu, Yao Wang, Zihao Liao, Xiaowen Li, Shanshan Tang, Zhongming Zhang, Ming Chu, Lanlan Wei

“…The current clinical detection methods are insufficient in sensitivity, highlighting the need for more effective approaches. …”
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The Positive Effect of Video-Game Play on College Students’ Anxiety and Depression Symptoms During the COVID-19 Pandemic Shelter-in-Place Lockdowns: Mixed Methods Study by Fengbin Hu, Zixue Tai, Jianping Liu

“…ObjectiveThis study investigated the effect of video games on mental disorders among Chinese college students during the COVID-19 pandemic shelter-in-place lockdown mandates. MethodsA mixed methods approach was adopted. The quantitative portion included a cross-sectional survey of a national sample of 2818 (n=1396, 49.54% male vs n=1422, 50.46% female) college students from 8 provinces spanning 16 geographic regions during the extended COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns in late 2021 and early 2022. …”
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Recombinant Protein Spectral Library (rPSL) DIA-MS method improves identification and quantification of low-abundance cancer-associated and kynurenine pathway proteins by Shivani Krishnamurthy, Bavani Gunasegaran, Moumita Paul-Heng, Abidali Mohamedali, William P. Klare, C. N. Ignatius Pang, Laurence Gluch, Joo-Shik Shin, Charles Chan, Mark S. Baker, Seong Beom Ahn, Benjamin Heng

“…We compared the performance of these libraries for DIA data extraction with standard methods, including sample-specific biological spectral library and library-free DIA methods. …”
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Simple, sensitive and specific detection method for polystyrene nanoplastics in food matrix based on peptide-modified Fe3O4@Au magnetic nanoparticles by Beibei Wang, Ling Sun, Kai Liu, Di Wu, Jinqiu Wang, Fang Geng

“…The peptide modified Fe3O4@Au probe (Fe3O4@Au-PSBP) showed excellent linearity in the range from 0 to 80 pg mL−1 with the limit of detection (LOD) of 0.074 pg mL−1. The method has been successfully applied in real samples, such as bottled water, salt and milk with the recoveries from 89.15 % to 110.91 %. …”
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Penalised regression improves imputation of cell-type specific expression using RNA-seq data from mixed cell populations compared to domain-specific methods. by Wei-Yu Lin, Melissa Kartawinata, Bethany R Jebson, Restuadi Restuadi, Hannah Peckham, Anna Radziszewska, Claire T Deakin, Coziana Ciurtin, CLUSTER Consortium, Lucy R Wedderburn, Chris Wallace

“…Computational deconvolution can be used to estimate cell fractions from bulk expression data and infer average cell-type expression in a set of samples (e.g., cases or controls), but imputing sample-level cell-type expression is required for more detailed analyses, such as relating expression to quantitative traits, and is less commonly addressed. …”
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Unraveling relevant cross-waves pattern drifts in patient-hospital risk factors among hospitalized COVID-19 patients using explainable machine learning methods by Fernanda Cristina Barbosa Lana, Carolina Coimbra Marinho, Bruno Barbosa Miranda de Paiva, Lucas Rocha Valle, Guilherme Fonseca do Nascimento, Leonardo Chaves Dutra da Rocha, Marcelo Carneiro, Joanna d‘Arc Lyra Batista, Fernando Anschau, Pedro Gibson Paraiso, Frederico Bartolazzi, Christiane Corrêa Rodrigues Cimini, Alexandre Vargas Schwarzbold, Danyelle Romana Alves Rios, Marcos André Gonçalves, Milena Soriano Marcolino

“…Overall, inflammatory response markers were more important than clinical characteristics. Limitations included sample representativeness and confounding factors. …”
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Comparative Study of Cu and Fe-Doped ZnO Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization, and Multifaceted Bioactivities by masome Naseri Tekyeh, Dariush Mehrparvar, Rostam Moradian, Shahriar Mahdavi, Maryam Rahimi, Mohammad Shahpouri

“…The DPPH assay showed the Zn1-XCuXO to have more antioxidant properties than other samples. We observed that the S. aureus bacterium is more sensitive to NPs than the E. coli bacterium. …”
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High risk HPV persists after treatment of genital papillomavirus infection but not after treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia by Anders Strand, Eric Wilander, Ingeborg Zehbe, Eva Rylander

“…Six to 12 months after clinical clearance of HPV infection, 39 (48%) of the women showed detectable HPV DNA in cell samples from the cervix. Of these, 26 (67%) were found to harbor high risk HPV. six (15%) low risk, and seven (18%) either had more than one HPV type or HPV that could not be classified. …”
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Effects of Dopant Metal Variation and Material Synthesis Method on the Material Properties of Mixed Metal Ferrites in Yttria Stabilized Zirconia for Solar Thermochemical Fuel Produ... by Jeffrey Leonard, Nichole Reyes, Kyle M. Allen, Kelvin Randhir, Like Li, Nick AuYeung, Jeremy Grunewald, Nathan Rhodes, Michael Bobek, James F. Klausner

“…Differences in redox performance between materials made via wet chemistry methods were minimal and these demonstrated much better performance than those synthesized via the solid state method. …”
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Early Detection of Slight Bruises in Yellow Peaches (<i>Amygdalus persica</i>) Using Multispectral Structured-Illumination Reflectance Imaging and an Improved Ostu Method by Jian Wu, Chenlin Liu, Aiguo Ouyang, Bin Li, Nan Chen, Jing Wang, Yande Liu

“…As a comparison, the global thresholding method and the Otsu method were also applied to the segmentation of the bruised region in all samples. …”
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HPLC Method for Quantification of Caffeine and Its Three Major Metabolites in Human Plasma Using Fetal Bovine Serum Matrix to Evaluate Prenatal Drug Exposure by Rosa del Carmen Lopez-Sanchez, Victor Javier Lara-Diaz, Alejandro Aranda-Gutierrez, Jorge A. Martinez-Cardona, Jose A. Hernandez

“…Precision had CV no more than 10% in all concentration levels for all analytes. …”
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Using combustion analysis to simultaneously measure soil organic and inorganic carbon by Tiffany L. Carter, Crystal Schaecher, Steve Monteith, Richard Ferguson

“…For calcareous samples, mid-infrared (MIR) spectral analysis demonstrated TRDC method as slightly more accurate than legacy KSSL methods for estimating SOC and SIC.…”
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Effect of community-based health insurance on the use of health service and perceived quality of care in Bacho Woreda, central Ethiopia: A mixed method study by Chala Damena Heyi, Anagaw Derseh, Berhan Tassew

“…Conclusion: The Members of CBHI were highly utilized in their health care and more likely to attend health care providers even for simple sickness. …”
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Epidemiology of intestinal parasite infections and multiparasitism and their impact on growth and hemoglobin levels during childhood in tropical Ecuador: A longitudinal study using... by Rojelio Mejia, Irina Chis Ster, Martha E Chico, Irene Guadalupe, Andrea Arévalo-Cortés, Andrea Lopez, Aida Y Oviedo-Vera, Philip J Cooper

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Random sample of 401 children from an Ecuadorian birth cohort followed up to 8 years of age. …”
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Development and Validation of a New LC-MS/MS Method for Simultaneous Quantification of Ivacaftor, Tezacaftor and Elexacaftor Plasma Levels in Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis Patients by Alessandro Mancini, Raffaele Simeoli, Luca Cristiani, Sara Cairoli, Fabiana Ciciriello, Alessandra Boni, Federico Alghisi, Chiara Rossi, Giacomo Antonetti, Carlo Dionisi Vici, Alessandro Giovanni Fiocchi, Renato Cutrera, Bianca Maria Goffredo

“…The clinical performance of our method has been tested on samples collected during the routine clinical practice from n = 25 pediatric patients (aged between 7 and 17 years) affected by cystic fibrosis. …”
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Comparative effect of in-person and virtual methods of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing on the fear of COVID-19 among nurses: a three-armed randomized control trial by Mohammadreza Sheikhi, Seyyed Mehdi Mousavi, Mohammad Moradi Baglooei, Mark D. Griffiths, Zainab Alimoradi

“…No significant difference was observed regarding anxiety, depression and work-related quality of life after intervention between all three groups. In-person EMDR is more effective than the virtual EMDR as a non-pharmacological method in the treatment of fear of COVID-19 among nurses. …”
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