60-month follow-up of Long Limb vs. Standard Limb Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for type 2 diabetes and obesity: the LONG LIMB RCT by Saleem Ansari, Anna Kamocka, Tina Mazaheri, Ibiyemi Ilesanmi, Lara Jimenez-Pacheco, Kleopatra Alexiadou, Joanna Tan, Harvinder Chahal, Krishna Moorthy, Sanjay Purkayastha, Anne Margot Umpleby, Stephen Robert Bloom, Francesco Rubino, Alexander Dimitri Miras, Ahmed Rashid Ahmed, Tricia Tan

“…When followed up to 60 months (5 years) after the surgery, people who had either Standard or Long Limb had similar experiences, with lasting weight loss and improvement in blood sugar levels, but there was no significant difference between the older and the newer type of surgery. …”
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Une cave à amphores, une statue en pierre et une tête coupée de la fin de l’âge du Fer à Châteaumeillant (Cher) by Sophie Krausz, Caroline Millereux, Marion Bouchet, Fabienne Olmer

“…The polished appearance of the frontal bone, along with a small eroded area in the centre could be the result of exposure to touching or weathering, at least in this anterior portion. Similarly, the cracking and darkening of the tooth enamel could be the result of being placed in an open-air setting. …”
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The Conceptual Domain of Hunting and Its Negative Representation in Love: A Cognitive-Cultural Analysis by Raheleh Gandomkar, Masoomeh Hashemi

“…These metaphors employ linguistic expressions such as hunting, snapping, enthralling, grabbing, snatching, ensnaring, catching, trapping, capturing, enslaving, and harnessing to convey a negative emotional connotation, regardless of whether the subject is a man or a woman. Discussion and Conclusion This research aimed to explore the conceptual metaphor "marriage is hunting" and its negative portrayal in the context of dating and marriage. …”
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The Investigation of Grammatical Category and Syntactic Position of “t͡ʃəmɑn”, a Modality Marker in Kalhori Kurdish by Tahereh Jafari, Shoja Tafakkori Rezayi

“…To determine the category of “t͡ʃəmɑn,” we compared its behavior with that of adverbs to establish whether it functions as an adverb. We considered several behavioral criteria, including its optional presence in the sentence, its inability to receive negative prefixes, its incompatibility with the subjunctive mood, and its required placement after evaluative adverbs. …”
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La ferme à enclos quadrangulaire du Bois des Olivettes à Roncourt (Moselle) : une catégorie d’établissement romain largement diffusée dans la vallée mosellane by Gaël Brkojewitsch, Brice Chevaux

“…In the absence of material evidence, it is not possible to establish the precise status of its occupants, or to determine whether or not it was part of a state-owned farming system.A broader analysis reveals numerous parallels with the city of the Mediomatrici, but also with those of the Leuci and Treveri. …”
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Ethics of Procuring and Using Organs or Tissue from Infants and Newborns for Transplantation, Research, or Commercial Purposes: Protocol for a Bioethics Scoping Review [version 1;... by Sebastian Porsdam Mann, Joe Brierley, Jerry Menikoff, Trung Nguyen, Brian D. Earp, Dominic Wilkinson, Julian Savulescu, Xiu Lim, Maide Barış, David Shaw, Melanie T Almonte

“…Yet, the heightened vulnerability of infants raises questions about when and whether it is ever permissible to remove these body parts or use them in research or for other purposes. …”
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Le sanctuaire romain du Vigneau à Pussigny (Indre-et-Loire) : un lieu de mémoire, de vie et d’accueil by Arnaud Coutelas, Sébastien Lepetz

“…Their structure does not follow the usual codes of the villae of Roman Gaul, whether they are centred or U-shaped. The varied items scattered throughout the assorted buildings attest to domestic occupation, but also indicate its limited character, with a fairly large representation of the serving dishes and the presence of property graffiti. …”
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Credit Risk Management Practices and Loan Performance of Commercial Banks in Uganda. A Case Study of Commercial Banks in Mbarara City by Agaba, Francis

“…Hence, the study used a quantitative approach to collect numeric and categorical data using structured questionnaires to generate inferential statistics (correlations and regressions).xiii Quantitative method have been used because it produces results that are easy to summarize, compare, generalize and confirm whether the hypotheses hold true or false. The study comprised 19 commercial banks in Mbarara City out of which the credit and management staff were investigated. …”
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The Bioethics-CSR Divide by Caio Caesar Dib

“…After all, the whole point of bioethics is either descriptive, where it seeks to understand social values and conditions that pertain to its scope, or normative, where it investigates what should be done in matters related to medicine, life sciences, and social and technological change. …”
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Investigating the effect of learning and motivational strategies on the self-efficacy of physical education and sports science students with the mediating role of academic progress... by Ahmad Sabihabdollah Alharishavi, Hasan ghalavandi, Mohammad hassani

“…The results of research in this field show that physical education and sports science professors are facing many problems, including not having many facilities, large number of students, not having sports space, lack of time, lack of motivation, lack of seriousness of students, lack of sports equipment, lack of attention from officials, lack of Planning, not having the necessary specialization, and the interference of classrooms (Dehghan Ghahfarokhi & Godarizi, 2020).Therefore, the present research seeks to evaluate this research problem: whether learning and motivational strategies with the mediating role of achievement goals and academic enthusiasm have any effect on the self-efficacy of physical education and sports science students?…”
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Natural Resource Rent and Financial Development: Testing Financial Resource Curse Hypothesis in Iran by Majid Aghaei, Mahdieh Rezagholizadeh, mohammad abdi, rawa mosavi

“…Therefore, the first question that arises is whether there is a relationship between financial development and the abundance of natural resources in these countries. …”
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Analysis of the Impact of Effectiveness of Media (Seda-va-Sima) Advertisement on the Extent of Consumers’ Urge to Consume National Commodities by Abolfazl Danaei

“…This study specifically explores the promotion of domestic product consumption through media advertising, aiming to determine whether the effectiveness of media advertising (Radio and Television) significantly influences consumer inclination towards domestic products. …”
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Investigating and prioritizing the factors affecting the success of e-commerce using the best and worst (BWM) technique. by shayan mohammadpour mir, shiba masoumi, seyed mojtaba kavoosi davoodi

“…Satisfaction means the evaluation of customers about the product or service provided to whether it was able to meet the expectations of customers or not. …”
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Designing a model for fostering organizational resilience based on organizational agility components by Heidar kadivar zinkanloo, gholamabbas shekari, saeed emamgholizadeh

“…According to the issues raised, this research tries to examine the question of whether there is a significant relationship between cognitive dissonance, scientific reasoning, and systemic thinking with the academic progress of physics students at Babol University with the mediating role of critical thinking.Theoretical FrameworkCognitive dissonanceCognitive dissonance is a psychological model that refers to specific ideologies and mental processes that manifest the fundamental empirical structures of goal reliance and emphasis on balance (Li et al, 2022).Scientific arguementA scientific argument is an attempt to prove a fact, which usually includes a claim that may be supported by data, judgments, hypotheses, or descriptors (Saberi, 2018). …”
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The relationship between cognitive dissonance, scientific reasoning and systemic thinking with the academic progress of Babol University physics students with the mediating role of... by Akram Kamel Zaherolmahni, Mohammad hassani, Hasan ghalavandi

“…According to the issues raised, this research tries to examine the question of whether there is a significant relationship between cognitive dissonance, scientific reasoning, and systemic thinking with the academic progress of physics students at Babol University with the mediating role of critical thinking. …”
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Investigating causal relationships between entrepreneurial education and sustainable employment generation in Islamic Azad Universities in Tehran by Sana Abdulali, Mohammad Naghi Imani GelepordesariI, Asghar Sharifi

“…Therefore, the researcher tries to answer the question of whether there is a causal relationship between entrepreneurial education and sustainable job creation in the Islamic Azad Universities of Tehran. …”
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Perceived effects of the hidden curriculum of return to entrepreneurship with the mediation of goal orientation by Ahmad KarimiDashtaki, Mohammadbagher Akbarpour Zangalani

“…Theoretical Framework The main issue was whether Payam Noor University students' perceptions of different aspects of the university's hidden curriculum with the mediating influence of goal orientation have an effect on their entrepreneurial tendencies or not. …”
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A randomized trial of blended first aid education for the public

“…This study seeks to validate the effectiveness of using e-learning followed by face-to-face learning in first aid education to improve laypersons’ knowledge, confidence, and willingness, compared to face-to-face only learning.Method: 128 non-healthcare adult volunteers (laypeople) were randomly assigned to either a face-to-face (control, n=58) or a blended (experimental, n=70) British Red Cross Everyday First Aid course. …”
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Early Warning Model and Currency Crisis in the Iranian Economy A Probit Approach by Mohammadjavad Khosrosereshki, Yavar Dashtbany

“…Therefore, the situation in each quarter is either crisis type 2 or ordinary. The crises are 1994q1, 1995q2, 2012q1, 2012q4, 2018q3 and q4, 2020q1 to q4, and 2023q1. …”
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Do-It-Yourself Devices for Training CPR in Laypeople: A Scoping Review by Tina van Duijn

“…Research studies were synthesized narratively, and the main characteristics of all resources were presented in a table.Results: Fifteen studies compared learning outcomes of CPR practice either pre-post DIY practice or between DIY and commercial manikins. …”
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