Arts on prescription intervention for primary healthcare patients with poor mental health or social isolation: a mixed-method study by Anita Jensen, Anders Halling, Mirnabi Pirouzifard, Martin Lindström

“…Results The paired t-test showed highly significant results (p < 0.001) for increase in both SWEMWBS and SHIS. The general linear regression. models show that women and participants with poorer self-rated health (SRH), more contacts with the healthcare system, other referrals from the primary healthcare centre, and no previous arts and culture engagement displayed significantly stronger associations with increase in SWEMWBS but not SHIS. …”
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A Comparative Approach of Cultural Intelligence Profile of Management and Non-Management Romanian Students by Laura BRANCU, Valentin MUNTEANU, Ionut GOLET

“…Cultural intelligence (CQ) is defined as the as individuals’ ability to act efficiently in different cultural contexts. Due to a significant growth of Internet-based communication, enabling virtual work teams, geographically and culturally dispersed (Stanko & Gibson , 2009), and to increased globalization over the past 20 years, the number of people who currently get in touch with other cultures has grown significantly (Eisenberg et al., 2013). …”
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GBD: incidence rates and prevalence of anxiety disorders, depression and schizophrenia in countries with different SDI levels, 1990–2021 by Jueqi Wang, Xue Guan, Ning Tao

“…Data were categorized into 5-year age groups and 95% uncertainty intervals (UI) were calculated to account for data variability.ResultsIn countries with different SDI levels, the age-standardized average annual percentage change (AAPC) in the incidence of anxiety were all shown to be increasing, and there were large gender differences between the different SDI levels, with a maximum of 0.97 (0.76–1.18) for females in countries with a high SDI level, Age-standardized more rates per 100,000 people in high SDI countries, from 658.87 in 1990 to 841.56 in 2021, and the largest gender differences in countries with a low to moderate SDI level, with AAPCs for males and females of 0.04 (0.04–0.05), 0.86 (0.63–1.09); for depression, only the countries with medium-high SDI levels were statistically significant compared to the countries with medium-low SDI levels, with AAPCs of 0.05 (0.04–0.07), 0.04 (0.04–0.05); for schizophrenia in addition to the AAPCs of the countries with medium-high SDI levels showed an increase of 0.16 (0.13–0.18); the rest decreased.ConclusionThis study highlights the current status of global incidence and prevalence of mental disorders and examines the complex interactions between the period of onset and cohort of onset of mental disorders using APC modeling, with differences in gender differences in mental disorders in countries with different SDIs, and significant differences in countries with low to medium SDI levels, requiring further exploration of the mechanisms by which socio-economic development influences gender-specific mental health. …”
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Quantitative dynamics of neural uncertainty in sensory processing and decision-making during discriminative learning by Soonho Shin, Joonsu Oh, Sun Kwang Kim, Yong-Seok Lee, Sang Jeong Kim

“…Our model shows that the neural representation of fS1 encodes uncertainties not only from vibratory stimuli but also from decision-making processes, emphasizing its crucial role across various biological contexts. We confirmed that uncertainty decreases as learning progresses and increases with interruptions in learning. …”
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A health and wellness transformation programme to ensure optimal student performance and well-being within ICE environments by Juanita Jonker, Ryk Lues

“…The programme is adaptable, enabling institutions to respond in alignment with their specific contexts and ensure congruence amongst all elements. …”
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Philosophy of School Multilingualism in the Era of Political Multiculturalism. French Experience. Case of France by N. V. Litvak

“…Further research is needed, as well as the study of potential and latent risks of the current educational policy.…”
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Drivers of Food Service Need and Use among Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic Men with Chronic Conditions in the United States by Jeong-Hui Park, Tyler Prochnow, Ledric Sherman, Caroline D. Bergeron, Ashley Merianos, Babatunde Olubajo, Sanjeela Gandhari, Matthew L. Smith

“…Food insecurity is predominant and differs across certain races and ethnicities, which highlights the importance of community-based food service access and utilization. In this context, the current study examined factors associated with community-based food service needs and utilization among middle-aged and older non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic men with chronic conditions. …”
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Banking Models Under the Impact of the Post-Crisis Organizational Changes Apt to Confer Sustainable Financial Stability - Romanian Experience by Claudia Gabriela Baicu, Olimpia State

“…The banking model practiced in Romania continues to be the traditional one. Currently, the most important challenges of the Romanian banking system are the growth of the non-performing loans, the loans in foreign currency to unhedged borrowers, the pressure to meet the Basel III requirements, as well as the possibility that the exposure of foreign banks towards Romania to decrease.…”
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Technical and cost efficiency analysis of irrigated onion production insight from smallholders irrigated onion farmers in north East Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia by Kindye Ayen, Tariku Kidane, Adane Wubet

“…The study found that the average technical efficiency score for irrigated onions in the study area was 87%, while the average cost efficiency score was 84%.DiscussionThis indicates that, on average, onion farmers in the study area could potentially increase their technical efficiency by 13% and their cost efficiency by 16% with existing inputs, technologies, and current environmental conditions. …”
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Reflections From the Pandemic: Is Connectivism the Panacea for Clinicians? by Jennifer Benjamin, Tyson Pillow, Heather MacNeill, Ken Masters, Anoop Agrawal, Neil Mehta

“…A personal narrative experience of one of the authors compels us to reflect on current approaches to learning and knowledge acquisition and use solutions to the challenges posed by GenAI through social learning contexts using connectivism. …”
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Optimising Connectivity and Energy: The Future of LoRaWAN Routing Protocols for Mobile IoT Applications by Izzah N. Buang, K. Zen, Syahrul N. Junaini

“…The proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) applications has significantly increased the demand for communication protocols that are both resilient and energy-efficient. …”
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Practitioners’ Needs for Addressing the Challenges of Sea‐Level Rise—A Qualitative Assessment by D. Hirschfeld, K. M. Archie, E. Mateo, J. C. Arnott, J. A. Vano

“…Abstract Practitioners at the local and regional scale are under increased pressure to reduce risks to people and property posed by the threats of sea‐level rise (SLR) and associated impacts. …”
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Infectious disease modeling of social contagion in networks. by Alison L Hill, David G Rand, David G Rand, Martin A Nowak, Nicholas A Christakis

“…The interaction assumptions of the model are validated using longitudinal network transmission data. We find that the current rate of becoming obese is 2 per year and increases by 0.5 percentage points for each obese social contact. …”
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THE PALESTINIAN PROBLEM IN THE MIDDLE EAST POLICY OF THE USSR / RUSSIA by T. V. Nosenko, V. A. Isaev, E. S. Melkumyan

“…Initially, the Soviet Union perceived the Palestinian theme primarily from the point of view of the problem of refugees. However, Moscow increasingly felt the need for reliable allies in the region. …”
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Exploring the barriers to, and importance of, participant diversity in early-phase clinical trials: an interview-based qualitative study of professionals and patient and public rep... by Cindy Cooper, Katie Biggs, Alexander Rothman, Christina Yap, Fiona Thistlethwaite, Della Ogunleye, Munyaradzi Dimairo, Robin Chatters, Shamila Ditta, Jonathan Woodward

“…Participants were identified via their institutional web page, existing contacts or social media (eg, X, formerly known as Twitter).Results Professionals viewed that diversity is not currently considered in all early-phase clinical trials but felt that it should always be taken into account. …”
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Digital transformation in dentistry: A survey on trends and business implications by Christian Schnitzler, Sabine Bohnet-Joschko

“…Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics to understand trends and demographic correlations.Findings indicate a significant expected increase in both the treatment and economic importance of all studied technologies by 2030. …”
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Livestock Farming Adoption in Rural Bangladesh: Determinants and Impacts on Household Income and Women's Dietary Diversity by Toma Deb Nath, Arindam Biswas, Sheikh Faruk Ahmed

“…ABSTRACT The crucial role of women in livestock farming is widely recognized, bringing multiple benefits such as increased household income, fostering stability, and improved nutrition security for women. …”
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Determinants of soybean (Glycine max.) market supply in Northwestern Ethiopia by Takele Atnafu Delele, Almaz Giziew Adugna, Birhanu Melesse Gelaw

“…Although its demand rises quickly for export and local processing, the current production status is much below the market demand. …”
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Field-isolated genotypes of Mycobacterium bovis vary in virulence and influence case pathology but do not affect outbreak size. by David M Wright, Adrian R Allen, Thomas R Mallon, Stanley W J McDowell, Stephen C Bishop, Elizabeth J Glass, Mairead L Bermingham, John A Woolliams, Robin A Skuce

“…Average breakdown size increased with herd size and varied depending on the manner of detection (routine herd testing or tracing of infectious contacts) but we found no significant variation among M. bovis genotypes in breakdown size once these factors had been accounted for. …”
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Effect of gravity on liquefaction behavior by R. Sukhumkitcharoen, J. Koseki, M. Otsubo, T. Morimoto

“…These characteristics are attributed to the stimulated loss of inter-particle contacts and an increased number of unstable particles, resulting in weakened void- and contact-based fabrics against cyclic loading under lower gravity conditions. …”
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