A Comparison of Two Physical Activity Education Programs for Eighth-Grade Students: Effects on Awareness, Performance, and Self-Efficacy by Hossein Ashtarian, Parvin Bagheri, Farzad Jalilian, Afshin Almasi

“…Although educational interventions have been implemented to address this issue, the role of maternal involvement in such programs has not been thoroughly examined. This study aims to bridge this gap by comparing the effects of two physical activity education programs on eighth-grade students’ awareness, performance, and self-efficacy. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance using self-collected saliva specimens during occupational testing programs by Andrew T. Schnaubelt, David M. Brett-Major, Janet Williamson, Bailey Barcal, Julie Carstens, Ashley Peer, Michael Wiley, M. Jana Broadhurst

“…We conducted saliva-based SARS-CoV-2 screening in occupational settings in Omaha, Nebraska from December 2021 through November 2022. 8,372 saliva specimens collected from 1,480 participants were tested for SARS-CoV-2 RNA by extraction-free PCR, with 334 positive samples referred for whole-genome sequencing analysis. Program utilization, quality metrics, and sequencing outputs were compared across sites. …”
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Continuing medical education program completion and influencing factors: a cross-sectional study in Sichuan Province, China by Xuedong Liu, Xuedong Liu, Mengliang Ye

“…Comparative analysis showed that in terms of hospital characteristics, specialist hospitals, county hospitals, hospitals with 500–1,000 beds, and hospitals in the regions with government medical expenditure input equal to or more than 3,000 million RMB displayed the highest completion rates. …”
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Peculiarities of administration of medications to patients with circulatory system diseases within the framework of the federal program of preferential provision of medicines by I. K. Petrukhina, R. I. Yagudina, N. V. Veyner, T. K. Ryazanova, E. P. Gladunova, V. A. Kurkin, P. R. Blinkova, E. N. Zaitseva

“…The methods of comparative, retrospective, logical, graphical and content analysis, the method of data grouping according to Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical classification and methods of descriptive statistics were used.Results. …”
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Comparative assessment of the level of municipal waste management system development in the regions of Ukraine by O.V. Khandogina, N.Yu. Mushchynska

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The Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Squalus cubensis and Comparative Mitogenomics and Phylomitogenomics of the Family Squalidae by Katie Skufca, J. Antonio Baeza

“…Similar to other species within the family Squalidae, the Serine 1 tRNA gene exhibited a truncated D‐arm, as compared to the typical cloverleaf structure of the other 21 tRNA genes. …”
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Comparative long-term outcomes of first-line CDK4/6 inhibitors plus endocrine therapy versus endocrine therapy in patients with HR+/HER2-metastatic or advanced breast cancer: a met... by Xiaojian Wang, Xinyi Liang, Chenchen Li, Mengtian Qin, Jianyu Wu, Yuechen Qin, Yue Zou, Haijian Zeng, Chunlan Li, Xiaomeng Huang, Haiyun Tao, Jieru Quan, Xiao Wang

“…IntroductionThis meta-analysis was designed to compare the long-term outcomes of first-line cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 (CDK4/6) inhibitors plus endocrine therapy (ET) versus ET in patients with HR+/HER2-metastatic or advanced breast cancer (BC).Materials and methodsFour databases (Medline, Embase, Web of Science, and CENTRAL) were searched for literature comparing First-line CDK4/6 inhibitors plus ET to ET in patients with HR+/HER2-metastatic or advanced breast cancer. …”
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Does a take-home dose program result in better patient adherence to methadone? Evidence from Vietnam by Thuong Nong, Dominic Hodgkin, Nguyen Bich Diep, Victor Capoccia, Constance Horgan, Hoang Dinh Canh, Giang Le

“…The sensitivity analysis found a significant negative association between the likelihood of missing five consecutive doses and the patient’s continued participation in the take-home program until the last month of data collection. …”
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Estimation of Adsorption Parameters from Temperature-Programmed Desorption Thermograms: Application to the Adsorption of Carbon Dioxide onto Alumina by José A. Delgado, José L. Sotelo, José M. Gómez, Pilar Gómez

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BASNEF behavioral transformation: effect of empowerment program on children’s knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy, and practice of nail biting by Zohour Ibrahim Rashwan, Hamida Ahmed Mostafa Darweesh, Fatma Ahmed Elsobky, Samah Abdallah Mohamed Amer, Mabrouka Attia Ali Nada

“…The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of an empowerment program based on the BASNEF model on children’s knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy, and nail-biting practice. …”
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A retrospective, observational study of real-world clinical data from the Cognitive Function Development Therapy program by Eric D. Kirby, Eric D. Kirby, Eric D. Kirby, Eric D. Kirby, Brian Beyst, Jen Beyst, Sonia M. Brodie, Ryan C. N. D’Arcy, Ryan C. N. D’Arcy, Ryan C. N. D’Arcy, Ryan C. N. D’Arcy

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Effectiveness of a mindfulness-based program with virtual reality to increase safe behaviors in workers of a mining company by Raúl Guzmán, Yuri Félix Chávez-Luque, Nisida Guzmán, Guillermo Sebastián Medina, Celin Daniel Valdiviezo, Alejandro Santa-Cruz

“…The study units were randomly assigned to one of the following 2 groups: 22 to the control group (BBS) and 22 to the experimental group (mindfulness) to whom record sheets of safe behaviors related to standard risk behaviors were applied for each activity on a weekly basis, according to the BBS system where the observers did not know the composition of the groups under study.ResultsData analysis showed evidence of a significant improvement in the index of safe behavior thanks to the proposed mindfulness program, compared to the BBS program alone.ConclusionEvidence was found that the mindfulness-based program significantly reduces the number of risk behaviors likely to cause workplace accidents, maintaining that mindfulness is a very useful tool to reduce the number of incidents and/or accidents in workers. …”
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A multi-objective multi-period mathematical programming model for integrated project portfolio optimization and contractor selection by Mostafa Zahedirad, Kaveh Khalili-Damghani, Vahidreza Ghezavati, Alireza Rashidi Komijan

“…Additionally, the time complexity of both scenarios is analyzed, taking into account different numbers of variables and constraints. The analysis reveals that the second scenario exhibits superior performance in terms of CPU time. • This method applies goal programming (GP) to solve the mixed-integer mathematical programming models for project portfolio optimization and contractor selection, thoroughly comparing the two scenarios using a practical example.…”
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Soluble programmed cell death ligand-1 as a predictive biomarker for severity and poor prognosis in pulmonary tuberculosis by Xiaojue Wang, Weibing Lin, Huimin Li, Sibo Long, Jun Yan, Yiheng Shi, Hongtao Zhang, Xinting Yang, Ling Yi, Guirong Wang

“…Survival analysis revealed shorter survival times in groups with higher sPD-L1 (≥445.1 pg/ml, p = 0.0006). …”
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Linking Job Design and Training in the Romanian Organizations by Cristian MARINAŞ

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Effectiveness Evaluation of a Violence Prevention Parenting Program Implemented at Large Scale: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Elisa Rachel P. Altafim, Maria Beatriz M. Linhares

“…Parenting programs can enhance positive parenting, reduce harsh parenting, and positively impact children’s development. …”
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Detecting Anomalies in CPU Behavior Using Clustering Algorithms from the Scikit-Learn Library in Python Programming Language by Artem Turashev, Vladimir Sukhomlin

“…Classic clustering methods of the Scikit-Learn library in Python programming language are considered, such as KMeans, DBSCAN, Agglomerative Clustering and Affinity Propagation. …”
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Effectiveness of educational training program on the knowledge of COTPA Act among the nonteaching staff of a tertiary care hospital by Sourabh Paul, Bhola Nath, Aswani K. Seth, Neeraj Pawar, Tarun Chhabra

“…Data were collected before (pre-test) and after (post-test) the training program. A paired t-test was applied to compare both knowledge scores. …”
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Home-based newborn care program braving the brunt of COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed-method study by Poonam Joshi, Aloke Biswas, Bina Halder, Paramita Sengupta, Surya Kant Tiwari

“…The home-based newborn care (HBNC) program was introduced to enhance maternal and child healthcare. …”
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Assessment of the impact of procurement centralization on the drug provision for patients within the High-Cost Nosology Program in the Russian Federation by V. V. Omelyanovskiy, V. A. Ryagina, A. G. Kharitonova, K. I. Matrenin, A. A. Kingshott, O. V. Ashikhmina, M. V. Zhirov

“…In the Russian Federation, patients receive expensive drugs from the federal budget funds within High-Cost Nosology (HCN) Program.Objective: to assess the impact of drug procurement centralization on the weighted average price (WAP) per 1 unit of measurement (UM) of a drug, the procurement structure within HCN Program over 5 years (2019–2023), as well as the annual volume of procurements for each nosology and the additional annual growth compared to the previous year.Material and methods. …”
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