The Influence of Jigsaw Technique in Teaching ESP for Graduated Students at College of Physical Education for Women by بان جعفر صادق

“…This indicates that using jigsaw technique in teaching speaking skill is more effective than using the traditional method. …”
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Mitigating Class Imbalance in Network Intrusion Detection with Feature-Regularized GANs by Jing Li, Wei Zong, Yang-Wai Chow, Willy Susilo

“…UMAP visualizations confirm that SNNL produces more compact and class-consistent sample distributions. …”
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The effect of an escape room game on students’ academic self-efficacy and motivation for critical thinking: oncology nursing course by Betül Çakmak, Tuğçe Türten Kaymaz

“…Abstract Objective This study investigated the effect of an escape room game on oncology nursing course students academic self-efficacy and motivation for critical thinking. Methods This study adopted a one-group pretest–posttest experimental research design. …”
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Follicle Stimulating Hormone Levels During Androgen Deprivation Therapy Are Not Associated With Survival or Development of Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer by Kaleem Atchia, France-Hélène Joncas, Lily Summers Trasiewicz, Wei Phin Tan, Keyue Ding, Brant A. Inman, Paul Toren

“…The objective of this study was to evaluate whether higher FSH levels during androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for recurrent prostate cancer could predict the development of castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), prostate cancer-specific survival (CSS), and overall survival (OS). MethodsSerum FSH levels were measured in cryopreserved samples of the continuous ADT arm of the PR.7 trial, supplemented with analogous samples from a large contemporaneous biobank. …”
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Radiopacity degree of Bulk Fill composite resins by Tâmila da Silva Lopes Nunes, Carlos Alberto Monteiro Falcão, Daylana Pacheco da Silva, Maria Ângela Arêa Leão Ferraz, Wendell Lucas Evangelista Magalhães

“…More studies should be conducted with the composite resins used in this study due to the limited research involving these specific resins.…”
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Chemical Evolution Process and Quality Assessment of Seepage Groundwater in Tunnel Crossing Gas-Bearing Coal Seams by Yuanming Liu, Chen Peng, Qiaowei Yuan, Huiyu Chen

“…The results show that the water samples of each aquifer are weakly alkaline. Influenced by formation lithology and mineral redox reactions, the genesis of coal formation water is more complex than that of natural karst groundwater. …”
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The scale of seasonal migrations in the urban part of the Great Tit population in the southeast of the West Siberian plain by I. G. Frolov

“…To consider the influence of small settlements, where a smaller number of tits spends winter in comparison with a large city, sample sites were characterized by the population of people living within a radius of 25 km around the sample site.Results. …”
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A novel expectation-maximization approach to infer general diploid selection from time-series genetic data. by Adam G Fine, Matthias Steinrücken

“…However, many examples of genetic variation exhibiting non-additive mechanisms exist, making it critical to develop methods that can characterize selection in more general scenarios. …”
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The IL-4 Level among Patients with Autoimmune Thyroiditis in Al-Najaf Governorate, Iraq by Sarah Hasan Kadhum Al-Huchaimi, Mahdi Hussain Alammar, Sabah N. Al-Fatlawi

“…Objectives: This study aimed to find out the relationship between autoimmune thyroiditis and interleukin-4 (IL-4) levels in infected patients and compare them with healthy individuals by using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) technique. Materials and Methods: Sixty-two samples were collected from patients with autoimmune thyroiditis in AL-Najaf Governorate and 30 samples from healthy individuals as a control group during the period from March to September 2022. …”
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Effect of different drying techniques on the physicochemical and nutritional properties of Moringa oleifera leaves powder and their application in bakery product by B.M. Khaled, Ashish Kumar Das, S. M. Shamiul Alam, Nazmus Saqib, Md. Suman Rana, Sumia Rahman Sweet, Tamanna Naznin, Md. Pallob Hossain, Shanto Sardar, Zakaria Hossain, Suzana Marzan, Afrina Yesmin

“…Sun drying was less efficient in preserving antioxidant components, while vacuum drying was the most successful. But sun drying was more cost effective than that of other drying methods. …”
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Multimorbidity in the working-age population of Serbia: Results from the 2019 National Health Survey by Radić Ivana, Harhaji Sanja, Dragnić Nataša, Mijatović-Jovanović Vesna, Čanković Sonja, Čanković Dušan

“…Methods. The study is part of “The 2019 Serbian National Health Survey”, a c ross-sectional study conducted on a representative stratified two-stage sample. …”
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Optimizing Class Imbalance in Facial Expression Recognition Using Dynamic Intra-Class Clustering by Qingdu Li, Keting Fu, Jian Liu, Yishan Li, Qinze Ren, Kang Xu, Junxiu Fu, Na Liu, Ye Yuan

“…This indicates that the DICC method can effectively enhance classification precision, especially in the recognition of minority class samples. …”
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Simultaneous detection of equine sperm subpopulations with different phenomes using a novel staining technique by NILENDU PAUL, THIRUMALA RAO TALLURI, KAMARAJ ELANGO, KATHAN RAVAL, PRADEEP NAG, YASH PAL, LEGHA RAM AVTAR, T K BHATTACHARYA, ARUMUGAM KUMARESAN

“…Traditionally, various dyes were being used for assessing individual sperm functional parameters which is laborious, time consuming and require large quantity of samples. Recently, fluorescent dye-based sperm quality assessment techniques are replacing the conventional staining procedures and are proving to be more accurate, reliable and time efficient. …”
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Molecular Characterizations and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Extended- Spectrum ß-lactamase (ESBL) Producing Proteus spp. Clinical Isolates in Babol, Northern Iran by Atena Malaki1, Elaheh Ferdosi-Shahandashti2, 3*, Amirhosein Maali4, 5, Parisa Sabbagh3, Aynaz Khademian3

“…This study aimed to investigate the prevalence, antimicrobial susceptibility, molecular characteristics, and genetic relationship of ESBL-producing Proteus spp. clinical isolates in Babol, Northern Iran. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, out of 112 clinical samples, 30 Proteus spp. isolates were identified via specific biochemical assays. …”

Insight into Invertebrate Community in Solonchak Soil Type Using EDNA Metabarcoding – A Pilot Study by Lazić Cvijeta, Stefanović Milomir, Tubić Nataša Kočiš, Kuzmanović Ana, Radnović Dragan, Tamindžija Dragana, Milić Stanko, Vasin Jovica, Ninkov Jordana, Djan Mihajla

“…However, given the limited sample size, further studies should compare these two approaches using a more extensive dataset to better estimate their usefulness.…”
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End-of-Life Practices in an Intensive Care Unit of a Private Hospital in Mexico by Roberto Carlos Miranda-Ackerman, Paulina Ruiz-Ochoa, Daniela López-Ramírez, Juan Fernando Quevedo-Barrientos, Mariana Plascencia-Rendón, José Luis Landeros-Torres, Karen Fernanda Astorga-Cervantes, Alejandra González-Uribe, Ana Olivia Cortes-Flores, Carlos José Zuloaga-Fernández- del-Valle, Gilberto Morgan-Villela, Francisco José Barbosa-Camacho, Clotilde Fuentes-Orozco, Irma Valeria Brancaccio-Pérez, Alejandro González-Ojeda

“…Results: A total of 297 patients were included in this study, of which more than half were men. About 60% of our sample had private health insurance, whereas the remaining paid out of pocket. …”
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The Validation of a Novel Surveillance System for Monitoring Bloodstream Infections in the Calgary Zone by Jenine R. Leal, Daniel B. Gregson, Deirdre L. Church, Elizabeth A. Henderson, Terry Ross, Kevin B. Laupland

“…Electronic surveillance systems (ESSs) that utilize existing information in databases are more efficient than conventional infection surveillance methods. …”
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Neuroimaging markers of phenomena of perceived stigmatization in people with and without mental disorders: a systematic scoping-review by Natalia B. Lutova, Maria A. Khobeysh, Ekaterina S. Gerasimchuk, Maria O. Bocharova, Olga V. Makarevich, Mikhail Yu. Sorokin

“…Along with traditional research on psychiatric stigma, there has recently been increasing interest in the neurobiological factors associated with stigmatization.Aim: to study the most common research methods in the studies of the neurobiological correlates of stigmatization phenomenon and its components, as well as to systematize their results, taking into account their methodological limitations.Materials and Methods: The review was conducted in accordance with the PRISMA-ScR extension. …”
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Urine Metabolomic Profiling and Machine Learning in Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis: Toward Precision Treatment by Shula Shazman, Julie Carmel, Maxim Itkin, Sergey Malitsky, Monia Shalan, Eyal Soreq, Evan Elliott, Maya Lebow, Yael Kuperman

“…Methods: First-morning urine samples were collected from 52 children (32 with ASD and 20 neurotypical controls), aged 5.04 ± 1.87 and 5.50 ± 1.74 years, respectively. …”
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Nasopharyngeal Carriage, Serotype Distribution, and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i> Among PCV13-Vaccinated and -Unvaccinated Children in Iran by Fatemeh Ashrafian, Mona Sadat Larijani, Saiedeh Haji Maghsoudi, Delaram Doroud, Alireza Fahimzad, Zahra Pournasiri, Elham Jafari, Masoumeh Parzadeh, Sara Abdollahi, Elham Haj Agha Gholizadeh Khiavi, Anahita Bavand, Morvarid Shafiei, Mahdi Rohani, Amitis Ramezani

“…Serotypes 23F and 19F were prevalent in unvaccinated children, while 15B/15C was more prevalent in PCV13-vaccinated children. The included <i>S. pneumoniae</i> serotypes in PCV13 were detected more in the unvaccinated group. …”
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