Role of self-regulation in controlling cyber loafing and smartphone addiction: Reducing health risk at the university level by Aisha Bibi, Asia Mushtaq, Wajeeha Aurangzeb, Sadaf Z. Ahmed, Mushtaq Ahmad

“…Additional factors such as students’ disengagement from tasks, lack of context familiarities, and the boring nature of the task or teaching method may increase the mobile addiction. …”
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Chemistry, Safety, and Challenges of the Use of Organic Acids and Their Derivative Salts in Meat Preservation by Olfa Ben Braïek, Slim Smaoui

“…Meat industries are constantly facing new waves of changes in the consumer’s nutritional trends, food safety, and quality requirements and legislations leading to an increase in interest for meat biopreservation to respond to all of these modern socioeconomic demands. …”
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Growing Up: Not an Easy Transition—Perspectives of Patients and Parents regarding Transfer from a Pediatric Liver Transplant Center to Adult Care by Sona Chandra, Shannon Luetkemeyer, Rene Romero, Nitika Arora Gupta

“…Patients were asked about their current health status and their perceptions of the overall transfer process. …”
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KETO-MOOD: Ketogenic Diet for Microbiome Optimization and Overcoming Depression – A Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial by Katarzyna Hongler, Astrid Lounici, Erin Maurer, Ueli Lanz, Orsolya Szathmari, Yvonne Reuter, Sandra Nussbaum, Ines Steinborn, Annika Haedrich, Melina A. Mölling, Ulf Wein, Iona Bocek, Luca Hersberger, Annette B. Brühl, Undine E. Lang, Timur Liwinski

“… Introduction: Major depressive disorder (MDD) significantly impacts millions worldwide, with limited success in achieving remission for many patients, leading to high disease burden and increased suicide risk. Psychotherapy and antidepressants, although effective, do not provide relief for all, prompting the search for alternative treatments. …”
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Low-Power Radiation-Hardened Static Random Access Memory with Enhanced Read Stability for Space Applications by Hong-Geun Park, Sung-Hun Jo

“…The proposed cell achieves a high level of read stability due to a high pull-down cell ratio (current ratio, CR) at the storage nodes and the fact that only a pair of nodes is in contact with the bit lines during read operations. …”
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Substance use and risk of suicide among adults who sought mental health and addiction specialty services through a centralised intake process in Nova Scotia: a cross-sectional stud... by JianLi Wang, Matiwos Soboka, Sherry H Stewart, Philip Tibbo

“…Stimulant (aOR=1.84, 95% CI 1.23 to 2.75) and hallucinogen (aOR=3.54, 95% CI 1.96 to 6.43) use were associated with increased odds of moderate/high suicide risk compared with denying current use. …”
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Enhancing PMMA properties: a comprehensive study of nanographene oxide and Boron nitride impact through In-Vitro analysis by Hessah Alahmad, Reem Alamir, Mohammad Asadzadeh, Umer Daood, Syed Saad Bin Qasim

“…Results The addition of nGO (17.67 ± 2.41 HV) ( p > 0.001) significantly increased the microhardness compared to the unmodified PMMA (15.91 ± 1.57 HV) (p > 0.001).The addition of both, nGO and hBN enhanced hydrophilicity (61.4° ± 2.36) and the surface roughness. …”
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Treatment Adherence to Drug Therapyin Patients with Stable Coronary Artery Disease During the COVID-19 Pandemic by S. Y. Martsevich, Y. V. Lukina, E. D. Zharkova, N. P. Kutishenko

“…In patients with SCAD during the period of home isolation in the COVID-19 pandemic and associated difficulties in contacting the attending physician, there was a decline in adherence and an increase in the number of patients who stopped taking several or all prescribed drugs.…”
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Digital Mapping of Land Suitability for Main Agricultural Crops in Romania by Cristian Valeriu Patriche, Bogdan Roșca, Radu Gabriel Pîrnău, Ionuț Vasiliniuc, Liviu Mihai Irimia

“…Firstly, we compared the evolution of mean annual temperatures and precipitations for 1961–1990 and 1990–2019 periods and found that there is a significant warming trend (an overall increase of 1.27 °C for the entire country, ranging from 0.9 °C to 1.6 °C) among the major landform units and a slight precipitation increase throughout the country (68.8 mm yr⁻¹ for the whole country, ranging from 9.3 to 118.8 mm yr⁻¹). …”
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Home Health Care Providers’ Readiness to Care for Children and Youth With Complex Medical Conditions: Protocol for a Scoping Review by Joanne Tay, Margaret Saari, Adam Mulcaster, Edward Cruz

“…However, families continue providing the bulk of care, often at great personal costs. As care complexity increases, so does the reliance on home care providers. …”
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Research status and prospects of treatment for malignant pleural mesothelioma by ZHAO Kaile, WANG Lei, GENG Jianxiong, CUI Chengwei, YU Yan

“…Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is strongly associated with a history of asbestos exposure and is characterized by high malignancy, high mortality, and poor prognosis. Current treatments for MPM are limited and generally suboptimal, resulting in a median overall survival (OS) of approximately one year for MPM patients. …”
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Student Mental Health in UK Higher Education Institutions: Protocol for a Scoping Review of Trends, Gaps, and Research Directions by Nicola Cogan, Aja Murray, Emily Long, Maria Gardani, Michelle O'Toole, Menchie Leung, Stella Kyratzi, Jelena Milicev, Katie Dryburgh, Chloe Bolota, Lacey Ho

“…Current literature remains fragmented, with limited synthesis comparing national contexts. …”
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The effect of laser ablation on the corrosion behavior, morphology and wettability of TiAlCrSiZr coating deposited by PVD by Esmaeil Khorasani-javadi, Hassan Elmkhah, Erfan Lotfi-khojasteh, Ensiye Shabanlou, Babak Jaleh, Arash Fattah-alhosseini

“…Moreover, the water contact angle of laser irradiated samples increased with days passing owing to the absorption of carbon complexes. …”
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Inside CKD: Cost-Effectiveness of Multinational Screening for CKD by Navdeep Tangri, Kook-Hwan Oh, Jason C.J. Choo, Michel Jadoul, Johan Ärnlöv, Marcelo Costa Batista, Christian F. Christiansen, Gil Chernin, Lise Retat, Joshua Card-Gowers, Timothy Coker, Salvatore Barone, Stephen Nolan, Juan Jose Garcia Sanchez

“…Screening general populations aged ≥ 45 years increased projected CKD diagnosis rates per 100,000 persons eligible for screening from 459 by current practice to 7475 patients using 2 eGFR only, or 14,392 using 2 eGFR and 1 UACR. …”
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Dismissed Industrial Areas: The Urban Project of the Montedison Factory of Akgragas in Porto Empedocle Between the Past, Present, and Future by Karim Syed, María J. Andrade, Luis Machuca Casares

“…At the same time, the cultural debate has increased awareness of the problem and the strategic role that disused industrial sites can play in meeting new needs. …”
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Gender differences in use of cigarette and non-cigarette tobacco products among adolescents aged 13–15 years in 20 African countries by Israel T. Agaku, Rose Sulentic, Adriana Dragicevic, Gibril Njie, Candace K. Jones, Satomi Odani, Tina Tsafa, Joy Gwar, Constantine I. Vardavas, Olalekan Ayo-Yusuf

“…Among girls, higher levels of reported exposure to tobacco advertisement were positively associated with shisha smoking whereas perceived tobacco harm was inversely associated with current cigarette and shisha smoking. Among boys, perceived social acceptability of smoking at parties was associated with an increased likelihood of cigarette smoking (APR=2.27; 95% Cl: 1.20–4.30). …”
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Challenges and Mitigation Strategies in the Development and Feasibility Assessment of a Digital Mental Health Intervention for Depression (VMood): Mixed Methods Feasibility Study by Leena W Chau, Jill K Murphy, Vu Cong Nguyen, Hai Nhu Tran, Harry Minas, Raymond W Lam, Kanna Hayashi, Thi Thanh Xuan Nguyen, Emanuel Krebs, John O'Neil

“…There has subsequently been a considerable increase in the use of digital mental health interventions such as smartphone apps. …”
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Characterizing obesity: A qualitative study by Tim Bober, Flor Cameron, Lane Alexander, J.G. Luiggi-Hernandez, David Rometo, Linda-Marie Lavenburg, Haley Grant, Emily Klawson, Autumn R. Boyer, Kathleen M. McTigue, Julie Gouveia-Pisano, Avani Patel, Lisa Tarasenko, Jannette Escobar, Allison Brenner, Scott M. Vouri, Feng Dai, Megan E. Hamm

“…In addition to bariatric surgery and behavioral weight management, several effective anti-obesity medications have emerged in the last ten years and become increasingly available. The goal of this qualitative study is to explore the perspectives of people with obesity (PwO), health professionals (HPs), and payors on obesity management and treatments. …”
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Credit Scoring on Cash Flow Table with Machine Learning: XGBoost Approach by Güner Altan, Server Demirci

“…In a group of companies, no matter how good a rating one company has in regard to its status within the parent company, if the other companies have low ratings, this may affect and reduce the consolidated rating. In this context, the current study focuses on groups of companies. …”
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Lung Ultrasound in Critical Care: A Narrative Review by Lee Berry, Lucas Rehnberg, Paul Groves, Martin Knight, Michael Stewart, Ahilanandan Dushianthan

“…This narrative review aims to outline the current uses of LUS within the context of published protocols, associated pathologies, LUS scoring systems, and their applications, whilst exploring more novel uses.…”
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