Understanding Extension for School-Based Agricultural Education #2: Utilizing Extension Services in School-Based Agricultural Education by Debra Barry, John Diaz, Alyssa Shepherd, Jennifer Patton, Stephen Gran

“… The services that Extension offers can supplement lesson plans in the classroom, can help to provide training and support for educators, and can help to build the toolbox of both first-year educators and the veteran educators that want to expand on their current lesson plans and resources. …”
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Food addiction and associated factors in newly diagnosed patients with schizophrenia: a cross-sectional comparison with siblings and healthy controls by Feten Fekih-Romdhane, Youssef Boukadida, Abir Hakiri, Wided Homri, Majda Cheour, Souheil Hallit

“…A total of 112 newly diagnosed, clinically stabilized patients with first-episode schizophrenia, 77 of their unaffected siblings and 78 healthy controls were included. …”
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Burden assessment of podoconiosis in Wayu Tuka woreda, east Wollega zone, western Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study by Kebede Deribe, Gail Davey, Kenate Bekele, Tsige Amberbir, Geleta Tadele, Abdi Samuel

“…On average, people with podoconiosis had 23.3 episodes of ALA/year and each person with podoconiosis lost 149.5 days of activity/year. …”
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Antecedents to aggression and the use of coercive measures in inpatient mental health settings: a scoping review protocol by Johan Siqveland, Mette Senneseth, Njål Herman E Sterri, Øyvind Lockertsen, Tonje Lossius Husum, Veronica Lockertsen

“…Despite an international consensus on the need to reduce their use, the antecedents to aggression and episodes involving coercive measures remain insufficiently explored. …”
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Dark QCD perspective inspired by strong CP problem at QCD scale by Bin Wang, Shinya Matsuzaki, Hiroyuki Ishida

“…The QCD × dark QCD symmetry structure constrains dark QCD meson spectra, so that the dark η′-like meson would only be accessible at the collider experiments. …”
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Mathematical Model for Transmission and Control of Covid-19. by Epasu, Simon

“…Mathematical models have been used to study the transmission and control of previous infectious disease outbreaks such as the 1918 influenza pandemic, the 2002-2004 SARS epidemic, and the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreaks. The lessons learned from these outbreaks have informed the development and application of models for COVID-19. …”
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A problem of "Raseiniai tank's" history by Arvydas Žardinskas

“… During the opening days of the German-Soviet war in the area of Raseiniai, one of the largest tank battles took place. One episode of this battle is the so-called history of the tank of Raseiniai. …”
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Modified perineal urethrostomy for the management of congenital urethral diverticulum in a 4-month-old feline by Paloma Helena Sanches da Silva, Mariana Zanini Maia, Barbara Vidal Barbosa, Pedro Antônio Bronhara Pimentel, Juliana dos Santos Masiero, Suzane Lilian Beier, Patrícia Maria Coletto Freitas

“…ABSTRACT: A male, intact, four-month-old feline was referred for veterinary evaluation due to persistent episodes of urinary incontinence that began two months prior, along with a protrusion under the skin in the perineal region. …”
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Probable Relationship between COVID-19, Pollutants and Meteorology: A Case Study at Santiago, Chile by Giovanni A. Salini, Patricio R. Pacheco, Eduardo Mera, María C. Parodi

“…Nonlinear analysis and the chaos theory formalism was applied to these new time-series, obtaining the largest Lyapunov exponent, correlation dimension, Kolmogorov entropy, Hurst exponent and the Lempel-Ziv complexity. …”
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A Text-centred rhetorical analysis of 1 Thessalonians 2:13-16 by H.J. Prinsloo

“…This article illustrates how Paul utilised a second thanksgiving for the believers' actions to benefit his cause and to vilify his opponents. The integrity of Paul’s gospel is confirmed by including the believers’ collective experience of suffering in the history of persecution and by pointing to the immanent judgement that awaits their opponents. …”
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Sexual and reproductive health and rights, HIV and migration in southern Africa: A rapid review by G Musuka, I Chingombe, E Moyo, T Chikava, B Moyo, M Mapingure, H Musuka, T Dzinamarira

“…This article presents a rapid review aimed at mapping projects, lessons and policies concerning sexual and reproductive health (SRH), HIV and migration in southern Africa. …”
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EXPLORING SCIENCE TEACHERS’ TRANSLATION OF NATURE OF SCIENCE (NOS) KNOWLEDGE TO PEDAGOGICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE (NOS PCK) by Jasmine Jain, Shu Jin Mok, Yee Ling Lee

“…Methodology - A qualitative approach was employed, involving observations of both practical and non-practical lessons, as well as semi-structured interviews with five in-service science teachers from a school in Petaling Perdana, Selangor. …”
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Multinational comparison of new antidepressant use in older adults: a cohort study by Robyn Tamblyn, David Westfall Bates, David L Buckeridge, Will Dixon, Alan J Forster, Nadyne Girard, Jennifer Haas, Bettina Habib, Siyana Kurteva, Jack Li, Therese Sheppard

“…Objectives We used an international pharmacosurveillance network to estimate the rate and characteristics of antidepressant use in older adults in countries with more conservative (UK) and liberal depression guidelines (Canada, USA).Setting Electronic health records and population-based administrative data from six jurisdictions in four countries (UK, Taiwan, USA and Canada).Participants A historical cohort of older adults (≥65 years) who had a new episode of antidepressant use between 2009 and 2014.Outcome measures The age and sex-standardised cumulative incidence of new episodes of antidepressant use in older adults was measured. …”
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Entering the corridors of power: state and church in the reception history of Revelation by Pieter G. R. de Villiers

“… This article discusses how Revelation with its vehement critique of its powerful first-century opponents was appropriated in a time when these opponents became its members, supporters and partners. …”
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Non-derivative axionic couplings to nucleons at large and small N by Francesco Bigazzi, Aldo L. Cotrone, Matti Järvinen, Elias Kiritsis

“…Then, we compute the CP-odd couplings to nucleons of the axion, the η′ and the pseudo-Goldstone mesons in both the Skyrme and the holographic QCD model with Nf = 2, 3. …”
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Constraints on the parameters of the neutrino extension of the Standard Model by Volodymyr Gorkavenko, Oleksandr Khasai, Oleg Ruchayskiy, Mariia Tsarenkova

“…Abstract Heavy neutral leptons (HNLs) are hypothetical particles proposed as a potential explanation for neutrino oscillations and the generation of the baryon asymmetry in the Universe. …”
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Steganography in Game Actions by Ching-Chun Chang, Isao Echizen

“…We explore a steganographic paradigm, in which hidden information is communicated through the episodes of multiple agents interacting with an environment. …”
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Assessment of Machine Learning Algorithms in Short-term Forecasting of PM10 and PM2.5 Concentrations in Selected Polish Agglomerations by Bartosz Czernecki, Michał Marosz, Joanna Jędruszkiewicz

“…Abstract Air pollution continues to have a significant impact on Europeans living in urban areas, and episodes of elevated PMx are responsible for a large number of premature deaths (mostly due to heart disease and stroke) each year. …”
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Diagnostic value of cerebrospinal fluid levels of D-lactate, tumour necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-6, -8, and -17 in suspected nosocomial meningitis by Sibel Yorulmaz Goktas, Arzu Yılmaztepe Oral, Emel Yılmaz, Emin Halis Akalın, Furkan Guvenc, Guven Ozkaya, Hasan Kocaeli, Seref Dogan, Selcuk Yılmazlar, Haluk Barbaros Oral

“…Methods: The CSF levels of cytokines and D-lactate were compared across 29 episodes of nosocomial meningitis, 38 episodes of pleocytosis (without meningitis) and 54 control subjects. …”
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Characteristics of pediatric patients with febrile convulsions admitted to a tertiary care hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by Alanoud A. Abuhaimed, Nawaf A. Alghamdi, Ghadah I. Alhussin, Ghadah S. Alduhaimi, Fatmah Othman, Duaa M. Baarmah, Hamad A. Alkhalaf

“…Most of the patients (77%) convulsions were triggered by upper respiratory tract infections and median duration of the convulsion episode was 4 min; 55% of the patients had a simple FC, and 40% had recurrence of FCs. …”
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