Prevalence of Gun Carrying and Gun Violence Victimization and Perpetration Among a Nationally Representative Sample of U.S. Youth and Young Adults by Bruce G. Taylor, PhD, Kimberly J. Mitchell, PhD, Heather A. Turner, PhD, Jackie Sheridan-Johnson, MPH, Elizabeth A. Mumford, PhD

“…On the basis of these demographic disparities in gun involvement, more work is needed to address community and other risk and protective factors across different levels of the social ecology, such as structural inequities associated with gun violence.…”
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Effects of demographic characteristics on burnout, psychological resilience, and family functioning in parents of children with disabilities by Mehmet Salih Yildirim, Mustafa Özkan Firat, Mehmet Emin Atay, Dursun Alper Yilmaz, Gökhan Dege

“…Psychological resilience was moderate to high (136.86 ± 22.13), with the highest scores in social resources and the lowest in structural style. Family functionality was moderately impaired (M ± 3.91), with problem-solving abilities being the weakest. …”
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Does corporate governance spur bank intellectual capital in an emerging economy? A system GMM analysis from Ethiopia by Abdu Mohammed Assfaw, Dhiraj Sharma

“…Abstract Purpose The current study aims to explore the impact of corporate governance (CG) mechanisms, as measured by board size, board meeting frequency, board gender diversity, number of board subcommittees, board remuneration, size of audit committee, and audit committee meeting frequency, on bank intellectual capital (as calculated by the modified value-added intellectual coefficient (M-VAIC) and its components (human capital efficiency (HCE), structural capital efficiency (SCE), and relational capital efficiency (SCE)). …”
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Organic geochemical aspects of aliphatic hydrocarbon fractions for determining coal bed methane exploration strategies of Sawahlunto and Sangatta coals by Muhamad Nur Khozin, Yulfi Zetra, R.Y. Perry Burhan

“…Sawahlunto (SL-02) and Sangatta (KD-04) coals were analyzed for the presence of aliphatic hydrocarbon fraction biomarkers to assess their organic geochemistry and its implications for selecting exploration strategies for coal bed methane (CBM). Structural identification using the gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) method revealed the distribution of n-alkanes, isoprenoids, sesquiterpenoids, and triterpenoids. …”
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Innovative Approaches for PCB Image Reconstruction: Tailored Datasets, Metrics, and Models by Qianyue Wang

“…The dataset’s realism is validated through Structural Similarity Index Measure (SSIM) analysis and a CNN-based classification test, confirming its alignment with real-world PCB defects. 2) A new evaluation metric, Detail Reconstruction Quality (DRQ), designed to measure edge reconstruction precision, addressing the limitations of traditional metrics like PSNR and MSE. …”
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Case report: pomalidomide as maintenance after salvage autologous stem cell transplantation in a patient with relapsed multiple myeloma by S. V. Semochkin, V. V. Lunin, М. А. Vernyuk, А. А. Fedenko

“…Pomalidomide is a third-generation IMiD approved for the treatment of relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma, which is efficient in patients with resistance to lenalidomide and proteasome inhibitors. Structurally, lenalidomide and pomalidomide are similar, and therefore the latter can also be considered as a drug for maintenance, however, there are no relevant phase 3 randomized trials. …”
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A Systematic Review of Clinical Trials Using mRNA Vaccines for Infectious Diseases other than COVID-19 by Athina Sofroniou, Anna Ridley

“…The clinical trials captured in this systematic review included combined vaccines, with two or more vaccines administered at the same time, and mRNA vaccines designed to encode pathogen structural components, in addition to pathogen-specific antibodies.ConclusionThis systematic review identified clinical trials investigating mRNA vaccine candidates against multiple infectious diseases, other than COVID-19, with the majority targeting viral infections. …”
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RURAL AREAS IN ROMANIA - DISCREPANCIES VERSUS URBAN AREAS AND EUROPEAN UNION by Agatha POPESCU, Cristiana TINDECHE, Alina MĂRCUȚĂ, Liviu MĂRCUȚĂ

“…The paper analyzed rural areas in Romania from a territorial, demographic, economic, social and environment point of view in the year 2020 compared to 2011 in order to point out in what measure the gaps between rural and urban areas and EU rural areas have been reduced. The data from National Institute of Statistics and Eurostat were used in this comparison where fixed indices, structural indices, regression equations, determination coefficient helped to create an image on the changes. …”
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Factors Influencing Organisational Politics and their Relationship with Emotional Intelligence and Employee Behavior: A PLS-SEM Modelling [version 4; peer review: 1 approved, 2 app... by Babita Rawat, Dhani Shanker Chaubey, Farman Ali, Sonakshi Bhatia

“…The study employed quantitative methodologies to investigate the correlations between Emotional Intelligence, Perceived Organizational Politics and Employee Behavior. The data were evaluated using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) to examine the hypothesized correlations and mediation effects. …”
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IMPACT OF THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING IN EGYPT AND ARAB WORLD by Tarek FOUDA

“…The knowledge revolution resulted in a society with special features called the knowledge society, which imposed a set of roles and responsibilities, and thus the transformation of universities in developed countries into investment universities, which made them required to change their structural, financial and administrative policy to change their outputs, which led to increased restrictions on universities, and also imposed competition between Universities in the production of knowledge so that the pressure on universities increased and they need to provide more knowledge because they are the only ones that provide human elements at the highest level to lead the community.…”
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Ultrasound and clinical and morphological evaluation of intrauterine infection in pregnant women: A retrospective study by Sergey M. Voevodin, Akif A. Iusufov, Shemanaeva V. Shemanaeva

“…Valuable and accessible markers of IUI and PI were identified in the main group using sonography: structural changes in the placenta [n=25 (46.3%)] and umbilical cord [n=15 (27.8%)], abnormal changes in the internal organs of the fetus (nonimmune hydrops [n=9 (16.7%)], calcifications [n=8 (14.8%)], etc.), oligohydramnios [n=26 (48.1%)], fetal growth retardation [n=11 (20.4%)], impaired fetoplacental blood flow [n=41 (75.9%)]. …”
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Barriers and Facilitators in Rehabilitative Nursing Care for Disabilities and Mediating Roles of Nurse-related Factors by Salwan Abed Laftah, Alaa Kadhim Abdul-Hameed, Kefah Zair Balat, Mohammed Malih Radhi

“…Validated instruments consisting of the barriers to providing patient-centered rehabilitation care scale (BPRCS), facilitators and barriers scale, and perceived organizational support (POS) scale were used to measure barriers, facilitators, and nurse-related factors. Data were analyzed using SPSS software, version 27, with Pearson’s correlation and structural equation modeling (SEM) to test the mediating results. …”
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Adsorption potential of polymer metal oxide composites for crystal violet and basic fuchsin: isotherm, kinetics, and thermodynamic studies by Ruksana Sirach, Pragnesh N. Dave

“…All three adsorbents were known to possess similar adsorption removal for both CV and BF, due to structural similarity between these two dyes. The Langmuir maximum adsorption capacity for CV and BF using these adsorbents was 302–472 mg g− 1, indicating good adsorptive removal potential (T = 30 °C). …”
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Pharmacological Mechanisms of Cryptotanshinone: Recent Advances in Cardiovascular, Cancer, and Neurological Disease Applications by Zheng Z, Ke L, Ye S, Shi P, Yao H

“…The selection of literature for inclusion, data extraction and methodological quality assessment were discussed. …”
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Adaptive Gap-Filling of Multispectral Images at Coarse and Fine Spatial Resolution by Seyedkarim Afsharipour, Li Jia, Massimo Menenti, Hamid Reza Ghafarian Malamiri

“…For coarse-resolution images, the blue band showed the lowest root mean square error (RMSE) of 0.004 to 0.03, while the near-infrared (NIR) band had higher RMSE (0.01–0.05). The structural similarity index measure (SSIM) ranged from 0.96 to 0.73 as gap percentages increased. …”
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Social participation and insomnia in Chinese older adults with multimorbidity: mediating roles of frailty, anxiety, and depression by Lei Peng, Yanwu Peng, Wu Huang

“…AMOS 26.0 software was used to assess the serial mediating role of frailty, anxiety and depression on the relationship between social participation and insomnia in older adults with multimorbidity via structural equation modeling. Results Social participation, frailty, anxiety and depression were significantly associated with insomnia in older adults with multimorbidity (p < 0.05). …”
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Substitution of Fishmeal With Soy Protein Concentrate on Growth, Organic Damage, Antioxidant, Transcriptome, and Metabolomics in Macrobrachium rosenbergii by Li Wang, Qincheng Huang, Zhimin Gu, Cui Liu, Jia Xu, Yangxin Dai, Tiantian Ye, Junjun Yan, Jilun Meng, Yutong Zheng, Bo Liu

“…Notably, increasing SPC substitution levels disrupted hepatopancreas morphology, with structural degradation becoming more pronounced beyond 40% replacement (F21). …”
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Deciphering and predicting algal bloom variability using size-fractionated organic matter and machine learning in a complex watershed by Yun Kyung Lee, Haeseong Oh, Bo-Mi Lee, Jin Hur

“…Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) further revealed the direct and indirect effects of DOM components, hydrologic variables, and fluorescence peaks on algal dynamics. …”
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Video-based telemedicine utilization patterns and associated factors among racial and ethnic minorities in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed-methods scoping r... by John M Meddar, Ratnalekha V N Viswanadham, Defne L Levine, Tiffany R Martinez, Kendra Willis, Noah Choi, Jackson Douglas, Katharine S Lawrence

“…Despite increased attention and efforts to address access barriers, our findings highlight the need for more targeted, culturally and structurally tailored interventions to improve digital inclusion.…”
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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of oxygen therapy among emergency nurses by Yazhu Zhao, Linshan Li, Yi Liu, Yongli Gao, Wei Zhang

“…From November to December 2023, data were collected from 410 qualified emergency nurses (response rate: 63.08%) across 15 tertiary hospitals using a validated, self-developed questionnaire. …”
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