Sexual dimorphism in the response to antidepressant therapy: Biological basis and clinical implications declaration of competing interests author contributions by Nedeljković Jelena, Stanić Dušanka, Petrović Jelena, Ivanović Ana, Ilić Miloš, Nikolašević-Stojković Gorana, Pejušković Bojana, Pešić Vesna

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TXT LINGO: a cross-sectional study on the impact on orthographic competence and performance by Sonia Sunny

“…The present study focuses on analyzing the linguistic features of texting and its impact on the orthographic performance of tertiary-level learners. The writing patterns of Engineering students of two South Indian states were analyzed to investigate the texting patterns of students and their influence on students’ proficiency. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Ratoon-Competent and Ratoon-Deficient Sugarcane by Hormonal and Transcriptome Profiling by Liping Zhao, Maoyong Ran, Jing Zhang, Peifang Zhao, Fenggang Zan, Jun Zhao, Wei Qin, Qibin Wu, Jiayong Liu, Xinlong Liu

“…This study elucidates the physiological and molecular mechanisms underlying the sugarcane ratooning ability observed in ratoon-competent GuiTang 29 (GT29) and ratoon-deficient Badila cultivars following stem excision. …”
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Exploring the Relationship Between Preference and Production as Indicators of L2 Sociophonetic Competence by Megan Solon, Matthew Kanwit

“…Sociophonetic competence—a component of sociolinguistic and, thus, communicative competence—has been explored in both learner production and perception. …”
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Competences of Engineers. Evidence from a Comparative Study for Russia and EU countries by Natalia Shmatko

“…To summarize, the level of general and special competencies for Russian engineers is well below what is required by their workplace. …”
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Interdisciplinary and Meta-Disciplinary Integration as a Means of Developing Students’ Communicative Competence by Y. L. Semenova, G. D. Bukharova

“…The paper considers the way of improving students’ bilingual communicative competence by means of implementing interdisciplinary and meta-disciplinary integration in teaching process. …”
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Conscious and Unconscious Gender Bias in Competence Evaluations: Mental Representations of Project Managers by Rocío Poveda-Bautista, Jose Antonio Diego-Mas, Hannia González-Urango, Carmen Corona-Sobrino

“…The study then compared these representations with conscious competence evaluations based on the International Project Management Association (IPMA) Competence Baseline, incorporating statistical methods to identify patterns of bias and preference. …”
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Are the Culex pipiens biotypes pipiens, molestus and their hybrids competent vectors of avian Plasmodium? by Rafael Gutiérrez-López, Jiayue Yan, Laura Gangoso, Ramón Soriguer, Jordi Figuerola, Josué Martínez-de la Puente

“…Although the vector competence for Cx. pipiens biotype molestus has been well studied, there is a lack of studies comparing the vector competence of Cx. pipiens biotype pipiens and their hybrids for the transmission of avian Plasmodium. …”
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PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION QUALITY DEVELOPMENT AND ITS ASSESSMENT IN COMPETENCE-BASED MODEL OF LEARNING by Irina N. Emelyanova

“…The study has revealed the following contradictions: a) in occupational and federal state educational standards; b) in educational matters approaching the career conditions and occupational behaviour pattern development mechanism, and real-time correction of occupational behaviour pattern; c) in main educational programs thematic structuring and meta-concreteness of competences content; d) in education quality improvement requirements and lack of clear quality criteria; e) in new teaching techniques and teachers’ readiness to work with them. …”
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Invasive Aedes albopictus is a competent vector for O'nyong Nyong virus by Swati Jagtap, Mine Altinli, Marlis Badusche, Manuel Chevalier, Norbert Becker, Mayke Leggewie, Esther Schnettler

“…Here, we investigated the vector competence of native and invasive culicine mosquitoes from Germany. …”
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Competition Pattern and Coping Strategies in Near Space by Junlin Yang, Jingfan Yang, Dongxu Liu, WenQing Zhang, Lijing Li

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Service or Devotion? Motivation Patterns of Russian Researchers by Natalia Shmatko, Galina Volkova

“…Most of these patterns include a focus on the creative and innovative nature of scientific work. …”
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Nonlinear association between the serum uric acid-to-creatinine ratio and all cause mortality in patients with hypertension: a ten-year cohort study using the NHANES database by Yiming Zeng, Yingying Chen, Jie Li, Liang Chen

“…The results were validated through a competing risk model. A nonlinear pattern emerged between the UCR and all-cause mortality in hypertensive patients, with an inflection point at 4.3. …”
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‘I’d Give My Right Arm to Be Ambidextrous’: Exploration Unit Managers Facing Competing Demands for Differentiation and Integration by Cylien Gibert, Sihem BenMahmoud-Jouini

“…These patterns consist of specific combinations of differentiating and/or integrating practices. …”
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Tracing the dynamic changes in the lncRNA-mediated competing endogenous RNA network during bovine preimplantation embryo development by Yuan Fan, Krishna Chaitanya Pavani, Osvaldo Bogado Pascottini, Bart J.G. Broeckx, Katrien Smits, Ann Van Soom, Luc Peelman

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Sociolinguistic Competence by L2 Chinese Learners Through the Lens of Null Object Use by Xiaoshi Li

“…These results indicated that learners successfully acquired null object use patterns in spoken Chinese, but they still required further development in understanding the nuances between overt object forms and null object use to enhance their sociolinguistic competence.…”
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Sociolinguistic Competence in Chinese Heritage Language Speakers: Variation in Subject Personal Pronoun Expression by Xinye Zhang

“…Learning a language means both mastering the grammatical structures and using contextually appropriate language, or developing <i>sociolinguistic competence</i>, which has been examined by measuring the native-like patterns of sociolinguistic variables. …”
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Linguistic familiarity and complexity of language competence recovery in Sundanese-Indonesian bilingual aphasia patients by Riki Nasrullah, Dadang Suganda, Winci Firdaus, Hishamudin Isam

“…The study aimed to find verbal expressions of bilingual aphasia patients, patterns of language competence recovery, and determinants of the language competence recovery process in Sundanese-Indonesian bilingual aphasia patients. …”
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Performance and Self-Representation of Socioemotional Competencies in Preschool Children: Implication for Adaptive Developmental Outcome by Francesca Sangiuliano Intra, Livia Taverna, Roberta Maria Incardona, Marta Tremolada, Alberto Amadori, Giulia Prestera, Antonella Brighi

“…Developing socioemotional competence in preschool children is essential to their growth. …”
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Turkish Preschool Children’s Pragmatic Competence on Apologies: The Influence of Sociolinguistic Factors and Contextual Variables by Özge Gül ZEREY, Hatice SOFU

“…This study explores Turkish preschool children’s pragmatic competence with regard to their apology realization patterns. …”
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