Childhood abuse and neglect are differentially related to perceived discrimination and structural change in empathy-related circuitry by Melike M. Fourie, Fleur L. Warton, Tess Derrick-Sleigh, Hannah Codrington, Mark Solms, Jean Decety, Dan J. Stein

“…Given the significance of empathy in contexts marred by historical conflict and systemic inequality, work on these mechanisms is particularly important in such contexts. …”
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A systematic review of conversational AI tools in ELT: Publication trends, tools, research methods, learning outcomes, and antecedents by Wan Yee Winsy Lai, Ju Seong Lee

“…Findings revealed a gradual increase in publications, with 4 (12%) from 2013 to 2021, 13 (41%) in 2022, and 15 (47%) in 2023. …”
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Balancing sustainability goals and treatment efficacy for PFAS removal from water by Md. Moshiur Rahman Tushar, Zaki Alam Pushan, Nirupam Aich, Lewis S. Rowles

“…Our review examines the environmental, economic, and social impacts of current PFAS treatment technologies across different water types and contexts. …”
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Conceptualizing the wider societal outcomes of a community health programme and developing indicators for their measurement

“… Current theories and models applied in health promotion research have tended to be deficient in accounting for the complex and increasingly fragmented policy and social contexts in which health behaviour and interventions take place. …”
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Cluster-randomized trial of the implementation of the Responses to Illness Severity Quantification (RISQ) system in children with acute malnutrition 6 to 59 months of age in Ngouri... by Nancy M. Dale, Youssouf Djidita Hagre, Susan Shepherd, George Tomlinson, Stanley Zlotkin, Masra Ngaradoum, Mahmat Bechir, Marius Madjissem, Charles Tehoua, Christopher Parshuram

“…The RISQ System is to be used as an adjunct to current care practice to aid clinicians in clinical decision-making. …”
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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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Impedance Spectroscopic Investigation of the Degraded Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell due to Ageing by Parth Bhatt, Kavita Pandey, Pankaj Yadav, Brijesh Tripathi, Manoj Kumar

“…Short circuit current density (JSC) decreases significantly whereas a noticeable increase in open circuit voltage is observed. …”
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Radiation-resistant photostructure for Schottky diode based on Cr/In2Hg3Te6 by A. A. Ashcheulov, A. V. Galochkin, I. S. Romanyuk, S. G. Dremluzhenko

“…For the optical systems operated in the increased radioactivity the photodetectors' application on In2Hg3Te6 crystal base characterized by a photosensitivity in the spectral range of 0,5–1,6 mm and also by increased radiation resistance to alpha, beta and gamma radiation is most acceptable. …”
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Administration of aspirin and risk of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma by Arooba Noor Abbasi, Fatimah Bismah Athar, Arooba Lakho

“…While Aspirin shows major benefits in other contexts, its role in PDAC risk reduction appears limited. …”
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Advancing multimodal teaching: a bibliometric and content analysis of trends, influences, and future directions by Xingrong Guo, Siyu Chen, Yiming Guo

“…This study not only highlights the current trends in multimodal teaching but also proposes a conceptual framework and future research directions, offering valuable insights for the adaptation of educational practices in increasingly digital and multimodal contexts.…”
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Impact of topography on extraordinary magnetoresistive devices by Sreejith Sasi Kumar, Stefan Pollok, Thierry Désiré Pomar, Dennis Valbjørn Christensen, Rasmus Bjørk

“…The extraordinary magnetoresistance (EMR) effect is a form of geometric magnetoresistance that occurs when the current redistribution inside a hybrid metal-semiconductor device changes when subjected to an external out-of-plane magnetic field. …”
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Organization and activities of emergency institutions in Crimea in 1921 in conditions of geopolitical tension by A. V. Ishin

“…Therefore, Western opponents tried as much as possible to use the inertia of the Civil War to destabilize one of the key regions of the RSFSR. Under the current conditions, it was quite logical that a number of leaders of the anti-bolshevik underground wanted to establish close contacts with opponents of Soviet power abroad in order to combine efforts in the fight against it, which objectively became a factor of geopolitical tension in the Soviet Republic in general, and in Crimea in particular. …”
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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

“…Thus, the current study investigated the determinants and impacts of livestock farming adoption on household income and women's dietary diversity. …”
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Sub-Saharan Africa and the World: History of Connections by Lvova Eleonora Sergeevna

“…Today, the attention of the public, businessmen, politicians, scientists is increasingly attracted to Africa, including Tropical (Sub-Saharan) Africa. …”
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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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Lumpy skin disease in the Middle East – historical and statistical data by Ya. Khatib

“…The risk of LSD spread and penetration into the disease-free countries is increasing every year. Therefore, timely monitoring of the infection spread for the development a strategy for this disease control becomes of current importance. …”
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Modernization of the Feed Water Regenerative Heating System in the “PT-60” Steam Turbine Unit Cycle by V. V. Yanchuk, V. N. Romaniuk

“…Three scenarios of the use of AHP as part of the thermal scheme of the CHP are considered, viz. with an increase in generation, with the maintenance of generation or with a decrease in the generation of electric energy. …”
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Beyond the Trends: Evolution and Future Directions in Music Recommender Systems Research by Babak Amiri, Nikan Shahverdi, Amirali Haddadi, Yalda Ghahremani

“…Although there has been a recent decrease in general interest, investigating context-aware models and hybrid techniques offers encouraging opportunities for further inquiry. …”
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