Acquiring Pragmatic Competence during Short-Term Study Abroad: The Service Encounter Request by Todd Hernández, Paulo Boero

“…While abroad, they were given structured tasks and guided reflection assignments designed to develop their pragmatic competence and language awareness. …”
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EXPERIENCE OF USING THE PERPLEXITY AI-POWERED ANSWERING SYSTEM FOR EDUCA- TIONAL CONTENT GENERATION by Kateryna Osadcha, Maryna Osadcha

“…The majority of the generated educational content was well-structured, relevant, accurate, up-to-date, and informative, with source quality being ver- ifiable through the hyperlinks provided by the system. …”
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Digital health tools for hypertension self-management: evaluating user experience and effectiveness in referral hospital in Imo state by Ugonma Winnie Dozie, Gift Uchechi Daniel, Clara Ogechi Raphael, Kelechukwu Celestine Nosike Dozie, Chioma Judith Nnadede, Igwe Chidinma Nkem, Agwoko Anthony, Ikechukwu Nosike Simplicius Dozie

“…Methods This is a descriptive study design conducted in hospital setting with three hundred and thirty five (335) persons serving as the respondents. Data were obtained through the use of structured questionnaires and analyzed using the Statistical package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 27.0 software to evaluate socio-demographic characteristics, user experience, effectiveness of digital health tools, factors influencing adoption and success, and their relationship with socio-demographic variables. …”
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Effectiveness of Patients’ Education and Telenursing Follow-Ups on Self-Care Practices of Patients With Diabetes Mellitus: Cross-Sectional and Quasi-Experimental Study by Mohammed Alsahli, Alaa Abd-alrazaq, Dalia M Fathy, Sahar A Abdelmohsen, Olfat Abdulgafoor Gushgari, Heba K Ghazy, Amal Yousef Abdelwahed

“…They were reminded via telephone follow-up communication of the importance of adhering to recommendations on physical activity, nutritional intake, and the management of blood sugar (ie, insulin). Data collection was undertaken using a structured quantitative questionnaire, encompassing sociodemographic characteristics, medical symptoms and history, and knowledge of DM. …”
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A workplace-based HIV self-testing intervention as a determinant for self-testing knowledge, beliefs, and use among unskilled workers in Wakiso Uganda by Gerald Mukisa Nsereko, Khamisi Musanje, Eron Robinah Ayesiga, Loyce Kiiza Kobusingye, Rhoda Namubiru, Moses Sempala, Christine Kiwala, Martin Mabunda Baluku

“…Methods A quasi-experimental one-group pretest-posttest design was conducted among 46 participants systematically and randomly selected. Data was collected via a validated structured self-administered questionnaire and analysed using the paired samples t-tests and hierarchical multiple regression analysis in SPSS v27. …”
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Prospective associations of infant food exposures and appetitive traits with early childhood diet quality by Tonja R. Nansel, Amara Channell-Doig, Leah M. Lipsky, Kyle Burger, Grace Shearrer, Anna Maria Siega-Riz, Yong Ma

“…This study investigated associations of infant food exposures with early childhood diet quality and whether these associations are modified by infant appetitive traits. Methods Data are from the Pregnancy Eating Attributes Study (PEAS) and Sprouts follow-up study, a prospective cohort assessed from the first trimester of pregnancy through early childhood. …”
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Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Health Workers Towards Hepatitis B Virus Infection Prevention in Health Centers of Bushenyi District. by Byamukama, Julius

“…A cross-sectional study technique was used from April 2018 to June 2018 and a total of 246 healthcare professionals from health centers of Bushenyi district were included in the study using a systematic random sampling technique. Data were collected using a self-administered structured questionnaire and analyzed by using SPSS version 20, which presented tables and charts in this report. …”
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Automated Recipe Generation AI Tool from Food Images using Machine Learning. Approach for Ingredient Extraction and Cooking Instructions by Lwamaza, Eddy, Nuwasiima, Happy

“…This report represents a crucial step towards fulfilling the requirements for a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Kabale University. It is structured into three main chapters, each playing a distinct role in advancing the understanding and implementation of the proposed project. …”
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Career Development Programs and Employee Performance in Kanungu District, South Western Uganda by Ainebyona, Alex, Moses, Agaba

“…The study used a sample of 164 respondents who were both purposively and randomly selected. Data collection in this study was done using questionnaires and interviews. …”
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Age features of myocardial remodeling in men with ischemic chronic heart failure and renal dysfunction by D. A. Lashkul

“…However, in most studies structural remodeling of the myocardium was analyzed without sex and age characteristics. …”
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Multi-field information fusion-based analysis of the macroscopic and mesoscopic damage evolution and location identification of caving and water-conducting fracture zones for minin... by Jiangbo WEI, Shuangming WANG, Lang LIU, Baoning WEI, Deyu CHONG, Zhizhen LIU, Dongkui LI, Dengdeng ZHUANG, Jing ZHOU

“…ObjectiveFor the coal mining areas in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, there is an urgent need to determine the failure characteristics of the mining overburden and the spatial structural evolution of caving and water-conducting fracture zones in the overburden, which is recognized as the major challenge in coal mining through gangue grouting filling in goaves. …”
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Riscos ocupacionais relacionados ao trabalho de enfermagem em uma unidade ambulatorial especializada [Occupational risks in nursing at a specialized out-patient unit] [Riesgos labo... by Norma Valéria Dantas de Oliveira Souza, Ariane da Silva Pires, Francisco Gleidson de Azevedo Gonçalves, Luana dos Santos Cunha, Shino Shoji, Liana Viana Ribeiro, Kelly Fernanda Assis Tavares

“…It aims at describing the perceptions those workers have about the effects of work upon their health; discussing solutions proposed for control and/or elimination of the risks. Data were collected by semi structured interviews and submitted to thematic contents analysis. …”
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CLINICAL PROFILE OF PATIENTS WITH EARLY AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS (RUSSIAN COHORT OF PATIENTS) by E. E. Gubar', A. G. Bochkova, T. V. Dubinina, A. B. Dyomina, O. A. Rumyantseva, M. M. Urumova, S. V. Shubin, A. A. Godzenko, A. V. Smirnov, E. Yu. Tyukhova, S. I. Glukhova, Sh. F. Erdes

“…X-ray revealed definite SI in 49.3% of patients («classic» AS). According to MRI data, 30.1% of patients with active SI and without structural changes of sacroiliac joints had pre-radiological stage of AS (by Russian version of modified New York criteria). 74.0% of patients fulfilled both sets of ASAS criteria for axSpA, 5.5% – met only I criteria set, whereas 20.5% – only II criteria set. …”
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Design and rationale of MYOFLAME-19 randomised controlled trial: MYOcardial protection to reduce post-COVID inFLAMmatory heart disease using cardiovascular magnetic resonance Endpo... by Valentina O. Puntmann, Dietrich Beitzke, Andreas Kammerlander, Inga Voges, Dominik D. Gabbert, Marcus Doerr, Bishwas Chamling, Biykem Bozkurt, Juan Carlos Kaski, Erica Spatz, Eva Herrmann, Gernot Rohde, Philipp DeLeuw, Lenka Taylor, Christine Windemuth-Kieselbach, Cornelia Harz, Marta Santiuste, Laura Schoeckel, Juliana Hirayama, Peter C. Taylor, Colin Berry, Eike Nagel

“…ABSTRACT: Background: Cardiac symptoms due to postacute inflammatory cardiac involvement affect a broad segment of previously well people with only mild acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) illness and without overt structural heart disease. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging can identify the underlying subclinical disease process, which is associated with chronic cardiac symptoms. …”
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Semantic analysis of social media messages of patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration and diabetic macular edema by open Internet sources — a study of patients'... by V. V. Neroev, O. V. Zaytseva, A. Yu. Berdieva, Z. M. Gabdullina, M. N. Pudikov, A. A. Leonova, V. F. Khoroshevsky

“…The posts were analyzed in several steps with the technologies of automated analysis of unstructured natural language texts including semantic technologies aimed at processing large volumes of data. …”
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Factors associated with the dietary total antioxidant capacity of pregnant Brazilian women by Roberta Rejane Santos de Carvalho, Poliana Cristina de Almeida Fonseca Viola, Sandra Patrícia Crispim, Ana Karina Teixeira da Cunha França, Anderson Marliere Navarro, Bruno Feres de Souza, Franciane Rocha de Faria, Naiara Sperandio, Nathalia Pizato, Mariana de Souza Macedo, Renata Junqueira Pereira, Sylvia do Carmo Castro Franceschini, Carolina Abreu de Carvalho, Anderson Marliere Navarro, Carolina Abreu de Carvalho, Danielle Góes da Silva, Franciane Rocha de Faria, Naiara Sperandio, Jorge Gustavo Velásquez Meléndez, Míriam do Carmo Rodrigues Barbosa, Nathalia Pizato, Mariana de Souza Macedo, Renata Junqueira Pereira, Sandra Patrícia Crispim, Silvia Eloiza Priore, Sylvia do Carmo Castro Franceschini

“…Methods: A cross-sectional study with 2,232 pregnant women aged 18 years old or older, in the first, second, and third trimesters of pregnancy, from eleven cities in the five Brazilian regions. A semi-structured questionnaire was applied to assess socioeconomic, demographic, and health data, and a 24-hour dietary recall (R24h) was used to assess food consumption and analyze the dietary total antioxidant capacity (DTAC), estimated using the ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) method. …”
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PLB2Tau mice are impaired in novel and temporal object recognition and show corresponding traits in brain MRI by Jacques Micheau, Gwenaelle Catheline, Elodie Barse, Bassem Hiba, Anne Marcilhac, Michèle Allard, Bettina Platt, Gernot Riedel

“…Upon completion of their behavioural testing, animals were recorded in a 7 T MRI for brain structural integrity and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) analysis. …”
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Cardiovascular resource utilization in patients with diastolic dysfunction: A retrospective cohort analysis by Ato Howard, Paulomi Gohel, Virginia Singla, Aditi Naniwadekar, Floyd Thoma, Suresh Mulukutla, Aditya Bhonsale, Krishna Kancharla, Andrew Voigt, Alaa Shalaby, N.A. Mark Estes, III, Sandeep Jain, Samir Saba

“…HCRU included cardiac interventional, structural, surgical, and electrophysiology procedures, as well as diagnostic monitoring and imaging tests. …”
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Zipper-interacting protein kinase mediates neuronal cell death and cognitive dysfunction in traumatic brain injury via regulating DEDD by Yingxue Mei, Fei She, Ling Zhang, Gamin Kim, Ruomeng Li, Xiuzhi Zheng, Zonghai Wang, Renxuan Chen, Long Wang, Dongmei Chen, Jungho Kim, Tao Zhang, Tae Ho Lee

“…Abstract Neuronal cell death is a causative process in traumatic brain injury (TBI)-induced structural and functional impairment of the central nervous system. …”
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Patients’ acceptability and implementation outcomes of a case management approach to encourage participation in colorectal cancer screening for people with schizophrenia: a qualita... by Tempei Miyaji, Yosuke Uchitomi, Hiroyuki Okada, Masatoshi Inagaki, Maiko Fujimori, Taichi Shimazu, Masaki Fujiwara, Masafumi Kodama, Ryuhei So, Takanori Matsushita, Yusaku Yoshimura, Shigeo Horii, Hirokazu Takahashi, Naoki Nakaya, Shiro Hinotsu, Keita Harada, Norihito Yamada, Yuto Yamada, Tsuyoshi Etoh

“…In addition, three out of six providers were included.Data collection and analysis Using a structured interview, the case manager asked participants about patient acceptability and the helpful components of the intervention. …”
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