Validism in the Elderly. Social Context and Functional Capacity by Mairovy Hernández Romero, Hilda María Delgado Acosta, Lourdes Elena Duany Badell, Belkis González Aguiar, Ismaray Sacerio González, Zenia Tamara Sánchez García

“…A 30 % sample was randomly selected for a total of 131 elderly people. A structured interview was carried out, which included the general variables: age, sex, level of education, occupation, personal pathological history, support collaboration and to complete the social assessment, the Family Functioning Questionnaire was applied.…”
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SEMdag: Fast learning of Directed Acyclic Graphs via node or layer ordering by Mario Grassi, Barbara Tarantino

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Complex Dynamics in Nonlinear Triopoly Market with Different Expectations by Junhai Ma, Xiaosong Pu

“…A dynamic triopoly game characterized by firms with different expectations is modeled by three-dimensional nonlinear difference equations, where the market has quadratic inverse demand function and the firm possesses cubic total cost function. The local stability of Nash equilibrium is studied. …”
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Features and Frequency of Complications Among Pilgrims with Diabetes During Hajj by Sanobia Yousuf, Muhammad Y Ahmedani

“…Results: In this study, a total of one hundred and forty-one people with diabetes participated with a mean age of 55.41 ± 10.6 years. …”
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Monte Carlo simulation methods-based models for analyzing the kinetics of drug delivery from controlled release systems by Saúl Jiménez-Jiménez, Salomón Cordero-Sánchez, José-Gerardo Mejía-Hernández, David Quintanar-Guerrero, Luz-María Melgoza-Contreras, Rafael Villalobos-García

“…Even though novel CRSs may be designed with new materials as excipients, new drugs, or emerging manufacturing technologies, the mechanisms for drug release continue to be governed by a set of similar physicochemical phenomena such as diffusion, swelling, or erosion. These phenomena are too complex to be analyzed by numerical methods; however, they are relatively accessible by probabilistic models especially the Monte Carlo simulation. …”
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Octreotide Use in a Patient with MEN-1 Syndrome and Multifocal Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Matthew H. Kemm, Cory D. Manly, Thanh D. Hoang, Vinh Q. Mai, Mohamed K. M. Shakir

“…In patients with MEN1 and subcentimeter pNETs, octreotide therapy is well tolerated and can lead to a significant drop in PP levels with no change in lesion size. …”
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Censure, éthique et propagande au sein de la revue URSS en construction by Jessica Watson

“…How to understand their works today and how to locate the place of the artist in a totalitarian regime. …”
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Capitalismo, subdesarrollo y dependencia by Theotonio Dos Santos

“…Cuestiona el concepto de desarrollo como algo universal y derivado únicamente de la expansión capitalista que no toma en cuenta las especificidades históricas y sociales de los distintos países. …”
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Emergence of Food Matters in Val Poschiavo (Switzerland) through the Definition of a Regional Transition Project by Marjolaine Gros-Balthazard

“…As markers of climate change, their transition is often examined from the tourism perspective (François et al., 2010). However, these regions are also places where people live and work, involving cross-cutting residential, productive, agricultural, energy-related and other strategies, which can provide leverage for their transition towards greater sustainability. …”
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Dropping out of a peripartum depression mHealth study: participants’ motives and suggestions for improvement by Hanna Wierenga, Konstantina V. Pagoni, Alkistis Skalkidou, Fotios C. Papadopoulos, Femke Geusens

“…Results The most common reasons for discontinuation were lack of time, problems with or loss of the pregnancy, the use of other pregnancy applications, surveys being too lengthy, the app draining too much battery, and participants incorrectly believing that their answers were irrelevant for the study. …”
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Estimation of neutral beam injector power transferred to KSTAR plasmas by Jong-Gu Kwak, J.H. Jeong, S.C. Hong

“…In a long pulse operation, the water coolant temperature is at the steady state condition in longer pulse more than 20s and the coupled neutral beam power to KSTAR plasma during the tokamak experiments is rechecked by using water flow calorimetric method after the experiment. …”
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Research Developments in Generative Adversarial Networks for Image Restoration and Communication by Zhou Peng

“…Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN) is always a popular study topic in artificial intelligence. This paper will analyze the principle of the GAN and introduce the development of the GAN and various derivative models. …”
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Quel territoire pour quelle écologie industrielle ? Contribution à la définition du territoire en écologie industrielle by Juliette Cerceau, Guillaume Junqua, Catherine Gonzalez, Valérie Laforest, Miguel Lopez-Ferber

“…We then submit to discussion a third conception of industrial ecology which appeals to a more systemic definition of the territory and opens a pathway toward a better articulation of is material, organizational and identity dimensions.…”
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Jesus and the Feminine Genius. The Anthropological Relevance of the Encounters of Jesus with Women in the Fourth Gospel by Marc Timmermans

“…Again, the Samaritan woman can serve as an example. She goes back to her town and brings her fellow Samaritans to faith in Jesus (4:39: “Many of that town believed in him”). …”
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Construção social de mercados e as tendências de consumo: o caso do Pavilhão da Agricultura Familiar da EXPOINTER (RS) by Maycon Schubert, Sergio Schneider

“…The article explores the contexts of social construction of markets, focusing on the family farmers’ market at EXPOINTER (Brazil) as research topic. The main goal is to discuss the historical development of this marketplace by using a methodology based on semistructured interviews with key actors, social movements and public officials. …”
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MESLEK YÜKSEKOKULLARININ KARİYER ÇALIŞMALARI İLE ÜNİVERSİTE ADAYLARINA KATKILARI: HARRAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ HİLVAN MESLEK YÜKSEKOKULU ÖRNEĞİ - CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNIVERSITY CANDIDATES WITH... by Hasan Bakırcı, İbrahim Hakkı Arslan, Emine Aytar

“…Araştırmada kullanılan veri toplama aracı araştırmacılartarafından geliştirilen 15 soruluk anket formudur. …”
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Intermittent Fasting Modulation of the Diabetic Syndrome in Streptozotocin-Injected Rats by Louiza Belkacemi, Ghalem Selselet-Attou, Emeline Hupkens, Evrard Nguidjoe, Karim Louchami, Abdullah Sener, Willy J. Malaisse

“…Intermittent fasting improved glucose tolerance, increased plasma insulin, and lowered Homeostatis Model Assessment index. …”
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Sondage

“…Les affirmations se contredisent, faisant valoir toute la complexité du livre qui ne reste pas moins un objet, une marchandise – certes différente d’une œuvre d’art unique – donc le produit d’une industrie avec ses propres règles. …”
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Effect of fungicides on soil respiration, microbial community, and enzyme activity: A global meta-analysis (1975–2024) by Zikai Wang, Shourong Yun, Yuli An, Liulingqian Shu, Shunjin Li, Kai Sun, Wei Zhang

“…Overall, fungicides inhibit the abundance, diversity, and enzyme activity of soil microorganisms; however, precise control of fungicide dosage is essential to minimize their toxic effects on soil.…”
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Sucrose-Sweetened Drinks Reduce the Physical Performance and Increase the Cardiovascular Risk in Physically Active Males by Raianne dos Santos Baleeiro, Aparecida Patricia Guimarães, Perciliany Martins de Souza, Rafael da Silva Andrade, Karina Barbosa de Queiroz, Daniel Barbosa Coelho, Emerson Cruz de Oliveira, Lenice Kappes Becker

“…The cardiorespiratory response to exercise (VO2max) (48.15 ± 10.42 vs. 40.98 ± 11.20), peak heart rate (186.64 ± 8.00 vs. 179.64 ± 6.28), total exercise time (15.02 ± 1.57 vs. 14.00 ± 2.18), and mechanical work (15.83 ± 4.53 vs. 13.68 ± 5.67) decreased after eSSBd intake (all values expressed in initial mean ± DP vs. final). …”
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