Patients’ Perceptions of their Participation in a Clinical Trial for Postoperative Crohn’s Disease by ED Kennedy, JE Blair, R Ready, BG Wolff, AH Steinhart, PW Carryer, RS McLeod

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Differences in Sexual Function Between Trimesters During Pregnancy: An Observational Study by Sunullah Soysal, Abdullah Sarioz, Umran Kilincdemir Turgut, Gokce Anik Ilhan, Yusuf Arman, Begum Yildizhan, Tanju Pekin

“…RESULTS: Total index of female sexual function and quality, satisfaction, orgasm, and c.sensation sub-domain scores were lowest in the third trimester. …”
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Public Diplomacy in ASEAN Youth Interfaith Camp (AYIC) to Develop Indonesia’s Image in ASEAN by Rika Rahmayuni, Darmansjah Djumala

“…The study examines the ASEAN Youth Interfaith Camp (AYIC) as a public diplomacy tool aimed at enhancing Indonesia's image. Through qualitative research, using official documents and interviews, the study explores how AYIC contributes to projecting Indonesia as a tolerant and harmonious nation. …”
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Comparative Study of Modified Quantitative Buffy Coat and Two Rapid Tests in Comparison with Peripheral Blood Smear in Malaria Diagnosis in Mumbai, India by Manali M. Kocharekar, Sougat S. Sarkar, Debjani Dasgupta

“…Advantage mal card was a better follow-up tool than Parahit total.…”
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Food taboo practices and associated factors among pregnant women in Sub-Sahara Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Aysheshim Kassahun Belew, Berhanu Mengistu, Ayenew Molla Lakew, Esmeal Ali Muhammad

“…Publication bias was evaluated and addressed using Duval and Tweedie's Trim and Fill analysis. Results A total of fifty-eight studies with 20,262 pregnant women were included in this meta-analysis. …”
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The Effect of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Motor Symptoms in Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia by J. Antczak, J. Pera, M. Dąbroś, W. Koźmiński, M. Czyżycki, K. Wężyk, M. Dwojak, M. Banach, A. Slowik

“…Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has been previously investigated as a therapeutic tool for similar motor deficits in a number of neurologic conditions. …”
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Human social buffer in goats and dogs by Anna Scandurra, Biagio D’Aniello, Maria Elena Pero, Claudia Pinelli, Alfredo Di Lucrezia, Raffaella Tudisco, Piera Iommelli, Vincenzo Mastellone, Pietro Lombardi

“…Non-parametric tests together with a GzLM showed that the effect of human social buffering in goats was different in comparison to dogs: goats exhibited higher cortisol levels after the test, while dogs did not show a significant change. …”
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Reliability and Validity of Beliefs about Substance Use (BSU) Questionnaire in Alcohol Dependent Patients. by Selçuk ASLAN, Mehmet Hakan TÜRKÇAPAR, Hale Yapýcý ESER, Mustafa UÐURLU

“…No correlations have been found between total and subscale scores of DAS and total scores of CIWA, BAI and BSU. …”
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Segmenting into Adequate Units for Automatic Recognition of Emotion-Related Episodes: A Speech-Based Approach by Anton Batliner, Dino Seppi, Stefan Steidl, Björn Schuller

“…We deal with the topic of segmenting emotion-related (emotional/affective) episodes into adequate units for analysis and automatic processing/classification—a topic that has not been addressed adequately so far. …”
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CMR assessment of epicardial edipose tissue in relation to myocardial inflammation and fibrosis in patients with new-onset atrial arrhythmias after STEMI by Yanfei Ren, Xinjia Du, Maochen Li, Lei Chen, Jiahua Liu, Yixuan Wu, Yuan Lu

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Hypolipidemic effect of coffee silver skin in rats fed a high-fat diet by Ayman Mohammed El-Anany, Rehab Farouk M. Ali

“…The present study was conducted to evaluate the hypolipidemic effects of coffee silver skin (CSS) supplementation in rats fed a highfat diet (HFD). A total of 40 albino rats were used in the present study. …”
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Salivary Cortisol Determination in ACTH Stimulation Test to Diagnose Adrenal Insufficiency in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis by Lara Albert, Joaquím Profitós, Jordi Sánchez-Delgado, Ismael Capel, José Miguel González-Clemente, David Subías, Albert Cano, Eugenio Berlanga, Anna Espinal, Marta Hurtado, Rocío Pareja, Mercedes Rigla, Blai Dalmau, Mercedes Vergara, Mireia Miquel, Meritxell Casas, Olga Giménez-Palop

“…Because these patients have lower levels of cortisol-binding carrier proteins, their total serum cortisol (TSC) correlates poorly with free serum cortisol (FC). …”
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Bryophytes as Indicators of Disturbance in One of the Last Remnants of the Mountain Forests of El Oro Province, Ecuador by Ángel Benítez, Richard Nagua, Jefferson Medina, Gregorio Lapo, Erika Yangua-Solano, Rolando Andrade-Hidalgo

“…Changes in species richness and diversity were analyzed using generalized linear models (GLMs), and changes in species composition, using multivariate analysis. A total of 57 bryophyte species (36 liverworts and 21 mosses) were recorded in trunk bases. …”
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Prohexadione-Calcium Reduced Stem and Tiller Damage and Maintained Yield by Improving the Photosynthetic and Antioxidant Capacity of Rice (<i>Oryza sativa</i> L.) Under NaCl Stress by Wanqi Mei, Shaoxia Yang, Jian Xiong, Aaqil Khan, Liming Zhao, Xiaole Du, Jingxin Huo, Hang Zhou, Zhiyuan Sun, Xiaohui Yang, Nana Yue, Naijie Feng, Dianfeng Zheng

“…The results showed that Pro-Ca significantly improved Changmaogu’s (CMG’s) productive tillering rate and the total yield per plant by 17.1% and 59.4%, respectively. …”
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Improving diagnostic precision in thyroid nodule segmentation from ultrasound images with a self-attention mechanism-based Swin U-Net model by Changan Yang, Muhammad Awais Ashraf, Mudassar Riaz, Pascal Umwanzavugaye, Kavimbi Chipusu, Kavimbi Chipusu, Hongyuan Huang, Yueqin Xu

“…This method represents a significant step toward more reliable and precise diagnostics in thyroid disease management, with potential implications for enhanced patient outcomes in clinical practice.…”
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Synthesis, Molecular Docking, Molecular Dynamic Simulation Studies, and Antitubercular Activity Evaluation of Substituted Benzimidazole Derivatives by Shankar Thapa, Mahalakshmi Suresha Biradar, Shachindra L. Nargund, Iqrar Ahmad, Mohit Agrawal, Harun Patel, Ashish Lamsal

“…Hydrogen bond analysis suggested that compound 7 has greater stability and affinity towards the KasA protein compared to compound 8. Moreover, both compounds (7 and 8) were safe for acute inhalation and cutaneous sensitization. …”
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Penerapan Mekanisme Continuous Deployment dalam Pengembangan dan Pembaruan Perangkat Lunak Sistem Benam Berbasis Internet of Things by Yohanna Fransiska Aladina, Adhitya Bhawiyuga, Reza Andria Siregar, Primantara Hari Trisnawan

“…The implementation is carried out using a text editor, namely Visual Studio Code, a code repository, namely GitHub, a cloud service called Amazon Web Services (AWS), three ESP32s as IoT devices, and Jenkins as tools for continuous deployment that serve as a liaison for code distribution from GitHub to other services. …”
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The Line of Beijing in Settlement of Problems in the Basin of the South China Sea by V. Y. Vorobyev, A. V. Ivanov

“…Now, however, opponents of China in the dispute over the islands, who had previously been negotiating with Beijing on a bilateral basis, have taken the first step towards the internationalization of the debate. Meanwhile, China continues to maintain a clear negotiating tactic with its opponents in the dispute over the islands on a strictly bilateral basis, trying to bring its position to all ASEAN members involved in the dispute through each individual partner. …”
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Reply to Cosio et al. Glycation of Nail Proteins as a Risk Factor for Onychomycosis. Comment on “Gupta et al. Diabetic Foot and Fungal Infections: Etiology and Management from a De... by Aditya K. Gupta, Avner Shemer, Vasiliki Economopoulos, Mesbah Talukder

“…We find the comment on the article titled “Diabetic Foot and Fungal Infections: Etiology and Management from a Dermatologic Perspective” informative and wish to thank the authors for their added insight on this complex topic [...]…”
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Effect of (he using artificial sweeteners instead of sucrose level on the some quality characteristics of ice cream by Ahmet Güner

“…Reducing of sucrose caused decreasing in ice cream mix density, overrun and total dry solids of ice cream and affected the sensory properties negatively. …”
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