THE OPPORTUNITY OF USING CLOUD-BASED COMPUTING IN NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS ON STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS - CASE STUDY by VLAD ANDREI CIUBOTARIU, COSMIN GRIGORAS, CRINA MARIA RADU, CATALIN NICOLAE TAMPU, VALENTIN ZICHIL

“… To make the most accurate behavioral assessments of mechanical parts, engineers rely heavily on numerous software solutions. …”
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Love Addiction - Current Diagnostic and Therapeutic Paradigms in Clinical Psychology. by Marilena Giovanna Maglia, Ines Lanzafame, Maria C Quattropani, Pasquale Caponnetto

“… # Methods From 30 November 2021 to July 2022 a review was conducted aimed at identifying the current diagnostic paradigms associated with this new behavioral dependence, investigating in depth what has not yet emerged, searching for strong and weak correlations with related theoretical constructs, comorbidities, investigate which evaluation scales are currently used and outline a guiding design that allows you to move between current scientific discoveries, searching for relevant studies in the databases PubMed, National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), PsycINFO, MDPI, APA, ScienceDirect, and ReserchGate…”
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Sensorimotor environment but not task rule reconfigures population dynamics in rhesus monkey posterior parietal cortex by Hao Guo, Shenbing Kuang, Alexander Gail

“…We asked if the neural dynamics to support context-sensitive sensorimotor mapping generalizes or differs between different behavioral contexts that demand such flexibility. We compared reaching under mirror-reversed vision, a case of adaptation to a modified sensorimotor environment (SE), with anti reaching, a case of applying an abstract task rule (TR). …”
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Marker and source-marker reprogramming of Most Permissive Boolean networks and ensembles with BoNesis by Paulevé, Loïc

“…Boolean networks (BNs) are discrete dynamical systems with applications to the modeling of cellular behaviors. In this paper, we demonstrate how the software BoNesis can be employed to exhaustively identify combinations of perturbations which enforce properties on their fixed points and attractors. …”
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The Influence of Perceptions of Risks and Benefits on the Continuity of Use of Fintech Services by Artur Barretti Mascarenhas, Cristiane Koda Perpétuo, Erika Borgonovo Barrote, Maria Paula Perides

“…One of the contributions of this study is that it indicates some possible demographic and behavioral characteristics of Brazilian fintech consumers, opening up space for a better understanding of the market and service improvements.…”
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Male Sexual Dysfunction by Danyon Anderson, John Laforge, Maggie M. Ross, Robert Vanlangendonck, Jamal Hasoon, Omar Viswanath, Alan D. Kaye, Ivan Urits

“…PE may be treated behaviorally or with SSRIs as first line medication.…”
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Pain Neuroscience Education for Acute Pain by Adriaan Louw, Teresa Schuemann, Kory Zimney, Emilio J Puentedura

“…Pain neuroscience education (PNE) provides individuals in pain with an understanding of the underlying neurobiology and neurophysiology of their pain experience, which has been shown to result in decreased self-reported pain, reduced disability, the alleviation of fear and fear-avoidance behaviors, diminished pain catastrophizing, and improved movement. …”
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Memory-like states created by the first ethanol experience are encoded into the Drosophila mushroom body learning and memory circuitry in an ethanol-specific manner. by Caleb Larnerd, Maria Nolazco, Ashley Valdez, Vanessa Sanchez, Fred W Wolf

“…Ethanol memory-like states appear genetically and behaviorally paralleled to the canonical learning and memory traces anesthesia-sensitive, anesthesia-resistant, and long-term memory ASM, ARM, and LTM. …”
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DEMOCRACY AND THE FIGHT AGAINST LEADERSHIP CORRUPTION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: IMPLICATION FOR CONTINENTAL DEVELOPMENT by TAIWO FRANCIS AYOMOBA

“…As a result, the study contends that if citizens continue to tolerate unethical behaviors by political leaders, the governance crisis caused by misuse of public resources by political leadership will worsen insecurity and underdevelopment in Nigeria, West Africa. …”
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Identidade e futebol: um estudo sobre membros de uma torcida organizada by Thays Moraes, Adriana Ventola Marra, Mariana Mayumi Pereira de Souza

“…Some of them find in supporters' groups a group within which they can share goals, behaviors, and ideas. This article aimed at comprehending how these supporters' organizations act in the personal, social and collective identity construction of Clube Atlético Mineiro's young supporters in Belo Horizonte city and metropolitan area, Brazil. …”
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Nyege Nyege Music Festival in Uganda: A Growing Leisure Activity with a Moral Dilemma by Amos, Ochieng, Brenda, Bonabaana, Francis Akena, Adyanga

“…Critics argue that Uganda being a strong cultural and religious conservative society should regulate (and restrict) leisure activities that deviate from the culturally and religiously acceptable moral behaviors and expectations. In this paper, we analyze the paradox of promoting Nyege Nyege music festival – a post-modern leisure practice within a morally sensitive environment. …”
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Kansyore Fisher-Hunter-Gatherers Abandoned the Northeastern Lake Victoria Shoreline during an Arid Period in the Middle Holocene: A Reconsideration of Dates from Western Kenya with... by Jones, Mica B, Ruth, Tibesasa

“…Archaeologists link evidence of specialized fishing, a seasonal land-use cycle between lake and riverine sites, and intensive investment in ceramic production to behavioral complexity after 9 thousand years ago (ka). …”
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Lying flat to play on smartphone excessively: the role of self-esteem by Shuhua Zhu, Lishen Wang, Yulu Gan

“…Additionally, Study 3 showed a causal effect of self-esteem on smartphone use desire.DiscussionThese findings provide insight into why and how lying flat affects self-esteem and smartphone use behaviors and desires, highlighting the psychological mechanisms behind the trends observed in Chinese youth.…”
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Differentiating self-disclosure interventions from self-involving interventions based on the assessment of the short-term therapeutic effects: preliminary results by Fabio Monticelli, Chiara Massullo, Antonino Carcione, Lucia Tombolini, Flaminia Guerra, Marianna Liotti, Cecilia Monticelli, Elena Gasperini, Marianna Russo, Samanta Novaretto, Letizia La Vista, Paola Mallozzi, Claudio Imperatori, Chiara Del Brutto, Benedetto Farina

“…The TSD interventions involve the revelation of personal information to the patient, while the TSI implicates the direct expressions of the therapist’s reaction to the patient’s statements and behaviors within the session. To compare the immediate therapeutic effects of the TSD and TSI interventions, we conducted a study on 57 total interventions (i.e., 35 TSI and 22 TSD, respectively) performed during 17 psychotherapy sessions in a sample of 6 patients, evaluating the effects of each intervention (TSD or TSI) based on two parameters: patient’s cooperative attunement and patient’s metacognitive functioning. …”
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Does Terminology Matter? Effects of the Citizen Science Label on Participation in a Wildlife Conservation Online Platform by Poppy McLeod, Jonathon Schuldt, Hwanseok Song, Rhiannon Crain, Janis Dickinson

“…Despite concerns that sociocultural connotations of the term citizen science may discourage engagement with such projects among certain groups, little empirical evidence is available about the behavioral effects of this terminology. One specific area of concern is the persistent gender gap in citizen science participation. …”
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Breastfeeding duration: does parity influence? A longitudinal investigation: the pro-saude study by REBECA N.M. DA SILVA, EDUARDO FAERSTEIN

“…These results point to the complex interaction of social, economic, and behavioral factors that should be considered in public policies aimed at maternal and child health.…”
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Assessment of priorities, quality, and inclusivity of digital therapeutics trials in China by Ziming Wang, Xinxin Xia, Weijia Lu, Yuguo Ye, Jin Xu

“…Most trials focused on management (52.5%) and treatment (38.1%), with few on prevention (9.4%). Mental, behavioral, or neurodevelopmental disorders represented the leading condition category of focus. …”
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Peak steps to measure ‘‘capacity for activity’’: Actigraphy in the ADAPT registry with oral treprostinil by Daniel Lachant, DO, James Gagermeier, MD, Scott Seaman, PhD, Andrew Wang, MPH, Meredith Broderick, PharmD, JD, R. James White, MD, PhD

“…We propose that Peak Steps is a more sensitive marker of treatment response than traditional actigraphy parameters, which can have large behavioral influences.…”
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Underlying mechanism of electrospun starch-based nanofiber mats to adsorb the key off-odor compounds of oyster peptides by Linfan Shi, Zhouru Li, Shiqin Qing, Zhongyang Ren, Ping Li, Songnan Li, Wuyin Weng

“…The nanofiber mats had selective adsorption behaviors as indicated by the selective adsorption rates of isobutyric acid, 1-octen-3-ol, and octanal, which were 94.96%, 85.03%, and 65.36%. …”
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Escape or encouragement? The role of media entertainment during the COVID-19 pandemic in China by Deya Xu, Ge Zhu, Fang Wu, Zhiwei Xu

“…Media entertainment use had direct effects in terms of increasing the likelihood of Chinese people engaging in preventive behaviors, but its indirect effects through emotions were limited.…”
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