Reliability and validity validation of the Chinese version of the family vitiligo impact scale by Jian Sun, Linna Li, Xue Tian, Yuping Fu

“…Abstract Background The Family Vitiligo Impact Scale (FVIS) is the first reliable and valid instrument to evaluate the psychological and social impact on family members with vitiligo. …”
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Cobalt titanate nanocatalyst for enhanced photodegradation of atrazine: kinetics, degradation efficiency, and mechanistic analysis by Jeremiah Suleiman Nuhu, Femi Emmanuel Awe, Rajni Garg, Rishav Garg, Nnabuk Okon Eddy, Hazratullah Paktin

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Causal linkage between adult height and kidney function: An integrated population-scale observational analysis and Mendelian randomization study. by Sehoon Park, Soojin Lee, Yaerim Kim, Yeonhee Lee, Min Woo Kang, Kwangsoo Kim, Yong Chul Kim, Seung Seok Han, Hajeong Lee, Jung Pyo Lee, Kwon Wook Joo, Chun Soo Lim, Yon Su Kim, Dong Ki Kim

“…Second, the genetic instrument for adult height, as reported by the GIANT consortium, was implemented, and summary-level MR of eGFRcreatinine and CKDcreatinine in a CKDGen genome-wide association study was performed (N = 567,460), with multivariable MR being adjusted for the effects of genetic predisposition on body mass index. …”
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Design and Evaluation of an Electromagnetic Bounce-Type Refreshable Braille Display by Dapeng Chen, Song Zhang, Lianshun Shen, Chenkai Li, Jianying Hua, Jia Liu, Aiguo Song

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Cognitive reappraisal improves the social decision-making performance of suicide attempters by Tong Wang, Xiaoya Liu, Moxin Duan, Bo Zhang, Li An, Shuang Liu, Dong Ming

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Credit Cycles: Econometric Analysis and Evidence for Russia by N. V. Artamonov, D. V. Artamonov, V. A. Artamonov

“…In present time the influence of monetary market and credit instruments become more and more significant. Credit resources of banking and financial structures can affect and distort to reallocation of resources for national and even for global economic. …”
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Kidney damage on fertility and pregnancy: A Mendelian randomization. by Jin Ren, Qiuyan Huang, Xiaowei Lie, Xingli Tong, Qi Yao, Ge Zhou

“…Next, we introduced the Bayesian model averaging MR analysis to detect major causal relationships and render the results robust. The genetic instruments and outcome data were derived from various large genome-wide association studies.…”
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Study of Structural, Dielectric, and Phase Transition of Strontium Doped BaTiO₃ by Asmaa Zouitine, Abdelhak El Ghandouri, Abdelhalim Elbasset, Farid Abdi, Taj-dine Lamcharfi, Hicham Laribou, Lamiae Mrharrab, Zouhairi Mohammed

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Attitudes towards the Unified State Exam as a Tool for Combating Corruption in Admissions to National Universities by A. A. Maksimenko, L. N. Dukhanina, G. A. Porosenkov, D. V. Krylova, A. M. Bushueva

“…Those who were more likely to agree that the USE helped them get into the university they wanted to enter were significantly more likely to agree with all items of the questionnaire on attitudes towards the USE as an anti-corruption instrument. In addition, the same positive correlation was found between the degree  of  condemnation  of  corruption  and  the  attitude  towards  the  USE  as  a  tool  for  combating corruption,  that  is,  respondents  who  condemn  corruption  more  agree  that  the  USE  is  a  tool  for combating corruption.Thus, we have shown that the unified state exam eliminates financial barriers to admission to Russian universities, that is, it is an anti-corruption tool, which was more often agreed by respondents who entered universities from regional and district centers, women and youth, as well as respondents who more disapprove of corruption.…”
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Factores de riesgo que influyen en la recaída de consumo de drogas lícitas e ilícitas en adolescentes atendidos en el Instituto sobre Alcoholismo y Farmacodependencia / Risk Factor... by Tatiana Blanco-Álvarez, Silvia Jiménez-Morales

“…Methodology: Quantitative study with a correlational and cross-sectional scope. Instruments: Interviews of relapsed addictive behavior users, Inventory of situations that precipitate relapse, Attention control scale, Inventory of coping skills, Scale on depression, anxiety and stress, Multidimensional scale of social support received, Scale on emotional regulation difficulties, and Brief situational confidence questionnaire. …”
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Development and psychometric evaluation of the Brief Parenting Questionnaire by Kenneth E. Miller, Alexandra Chen, Ioannis Bakolis, Gabriela V. Koppenol-Gonzalez, Maguy Arnous, Fadila Tossyeh, Dalia Al-Ogaily, Mark J. D. Jordans

“…To assess its psychometric properties, we used data from the RCT for which the instrument was developed. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to examine the factor structure of the BPQ. …”
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Implementation of the financial standards of the European Union on the example of the legislative system of Ukraine and Germany by Coughlan V.

“…The issues of the place of financial law in the system of law of the world’s leading countries and its structure remain relevant today, since it is the instrument of legislative formalization and practical implementation of financial policy and has an active impact on the socio-economic development of the State and society as a whole.Practical significance. …”
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How the Suboxone Education Programme presented as a solution to risks in the Canadian opioid crisis: a critical discourse analysis by Quinn Grundy, Fiona Webster, Daniel Z Buchman, Sheryl Spithoff, Ross E G Upshur, Abhimanyu Sud, Matthew Strang

“…Discursive themes were identified through iterative and duplicate analyses using a semistructured data extraction instrument.Results Documents characterised the Programme as addressing iatrogenic risks from overprescribing opioid analgesics, environmental risks from a toxic street drug supply and pharmacological risks relating to the dominant therapeutic alternative of methadone. …”
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Assessing Macrophyte and Ecosystem Service Changes in Shallow Eutrophic Coastal Waters Using Remote Sensing Methods by Johanna Schumacher, David Horn, Gabriela Escobar-Sánchez, Greta Markfort, Gerald Schernewski, Mario von Weber

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Item-level and Composite-level Interrater Reliability of Functional Movement Screen™ Scores Following Condensed Training in Novice Raters by Brent A Harper, Stephen M Glass

“…# BACKGROUND The Functional Movement Screen™ (FMS™) is a clinical instrument designed to use movement behaviors to screen individuals for injury risk. …”
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Characterization of Residential Woodsmoke PM2.5 in the Adirondacks of New York by George Allen, Lisa Rector

“…The particle-bound PAH data was less specific than the DC data to the PM in the woodsmoke, partly because the instrument for the former also responds to traffic pollution. …”
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Specifics of Foreign Assistance Allocation under the Trump Administration: From Inauguration to ‘Ukrainegate’ by V. I. Bartenev

“…The second section depicts the process of instrumentalization of these concepts, as well as a confrontation between the White House and the Capitol Hill over foreign aid budgets and their implementation. …”
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Unveiling the Robust Struct-Electromagnetic Characteristics of CdAB2 Chalcopyrite (A = Cr, Mn, Fe; B = P, As): A Comprehensive Ab-Initio Study by D. Vijayalakshmi, Tholkappiyan Ramachandran, G. Jaiganesh, G. Kalpana, Fathalla Hamed

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Description of current status of implementation and management of cardiac arrest in China by Shuai Liu, Huadong Zhu, Nan Zhang

“…All the startup of chest compression is manual, whereas mechanical compression instruments are increasingly involved in sequential resuscitation. …”
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EU fiscal governance and budget consolidation in Visegrád countries by Zh. N. Komissarova, E. A. Sergeev

“…The Visegrád countries did cut government expenditures, but strived to use the most effective instruments such as curbing employment in public sector. …”
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