Core competencies for international mobility for teachers and students in higher education by Evridiki Patelarou, Alexandra Trivli, Vladimir Đorđević, Stelios E. Papadakis, Giorgos M. Papadourakis, Alkinoos- Ioannis Zourmpakis, Maria Ampartzaki, Michaela Menšíková, Nada B. Ljubišić, Michail Kalogiannakis, Athina Patelarou

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Risk management of progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at the outpatient stage, taking into account the clinical phenotype and peculiarities of the course of the d... by T. V. Tayutina

“…The analysis of the effectiveness of the use of the "Program for predicting an unfavorable outcome, the development of cardiovascular complications and the effectiveness of rehabilitation measures in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (CardioRisk)" in 150 patients with COPD who are observed on an outpatient basis at the place of residence and are registered at the dispensary for the underlying disease. …”
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Impacts on Malaysian Fisheries Sectors: Lesson Learned from the Movement Control Order (MCO) by Ameer Farhan Mohd Arzaman, Hayatul Safrah Salleh, Abdul Mutalib Embong, Kais Amir Kadhim, Norzamziah Afzainizam, Loi Hoang Huy Phuoc Pham, Nurul Ashikin Abdul-Kadir, Nur Yuhanis Mohd Nasir

“…Future studies could be further enhanced in terms of the impact of COVID-19 after movement restrictions have been loosened and could use a quantitative approach to obtain significant data.…”
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Evaluating the impact of an oral nutrition supplement on biochemical profile, growth, and body composition in Indian children: an in-silico study by Sahana Sringari, Surabhi Vijaykumar, Manali Sherkane, Megha Venkatesh, Suranjana Gupta, Karan Lomore, K. V. Venkatesh, K. V. Venkatesh

“…It underscores the effectiveness of computational models in the preliminary assessment of nutrition interventions, providing foundation for targeted clinical studies to improve child health and development. However, it is important to note that the model benchmarking was conducted using data from the Indian population, and the findings may not be directly applicable to other ethnicities without further validation.…”
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Comparison of the quality of logistic regression models and a classification tree in predicting hospital mortality in elderly patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction by K. G. Pereverzeva, S. S. Yakushin, N. N. Peregudova, M. V. Mishutina

“…A retrospective analysis of the case histories of 119 sequentially enrolled patients aged ≥75 years who were hospitalized in a cardiology department due to non-STEMI in 2020-2021 was carried out. …”
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Agreement between CES-D and CIDI-SF scales of depression among older adults: a cross-sectional comparative study based on the longitudinal aging study in India, 2017-19 by T. Muhammad, Soomi Lee, Manish Kumar, T. V. Sekher, Mathew Varghese

“…Abstract Background Understanding the differences between various instruments for assessing depression will help researchers and health practitioners to choose a more appropriate tool and develop a framework to enhance resilience to mental health problems in the older population. …”
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The effectiveness of blended learning technologies in higher education: Assessment methodology by N. V. Bordovskaia, E. A. Koshkina, M. A. Tikhomirova, M. P. Iskhakova

“…In the course of the research, the authors formulated conceptual foundations and developed a methodology to study the effectiveness of blended learning technologies used in modern higher education. …”
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PREVENTION OF POST-RESTORATION PAIN BY PROCESSING CARIOUS CAVITIES WITH WETTING AGENT by O.V. Lubchenko

“…As a result of the clinical studies and comparative analysis of the data obtained after 1 day it was ascertained that in groups 1 and 3, the number of patients complain about post restoration pain was significantly higher than in the second and fourth study groups. …”
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The impact of Modernity on Physical and Spatial Transformation of Rural Settlements in Iran by Farhad Azizpour

“…Yet there is a major challenge intellectually between two systems of thoughts: modern thinking (focusing on the formation of new spatial elements) and ecology-oriented (nostalgia-oriented) in planning and implementation of rural development projects. The present paper as a theoretical fundamental research has been developed by meta-analysis method. …”
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Inadvertent perioperative hypothermia by O. V. Kravets, V. V. Yekhalov, D. A. Krishtafor, V. I. Snisar

“…A search was carried out for scientific articles over the past 10 years in electronic databases of medical publications, in particular PubMed, Google Scholar, Scopus and Web of Science, using the keywords “hypothermia accidental”, “perioperative hypothermia”, “perioperative hypothermia management”, “perioperative period”, “perioperative medicine”, etc. For analysis, articles were selected that provided data on the impact of IPH on organs and systems, the causes of its development, complications and methods of prevention and treatment. …”
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Clinical effect of Altemeier procedure on recurrent rectal prolapse by Zhai Yuze, Wang Benjun, Han Weiwei, Yu Bianfang, Gao Qianfu

“…[Methods] A retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical data of 15 patients with recurrent rectal prolapse who were treated with Altemeier procedure from January 2019 to January 2022 in the Department of Anorectal surgery of the Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Linyi People's Hospital. …”
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Research of technological and physico-chemical properties of doxepin hydrochloride by Yu. M. Okhotnikova, N. L. Solovyova, B. B. Sysuev, I. I. Krasnyuk, Zh. M. Kozlova

“…A professional approach to the development of a medicine and in particular the dosage form (DF) includes a comprehensive analysis of the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) and excipients. …”
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Comparison of smoking behaviors and associated factors between HIV-infected and uninfected men in Guilin, China: a case–control study by Yong Yu, Yong Yu, Fuqun Xiao, Fuqun Xiao, Mengqiu Xia, Liman Huang, Xiaohu Liu, Wenyu Tang, Xue Gong

“…Studies on smoking among HIV-infected individuals in China, especially compared to uninfected individuals, are scarce.PurposeThis study aimed to investigate and compare the prevalence and factors associated with smoking between HIV-infected and uninfected men in Guilin, China.MethodsA survey was conducted among 1,395 HIV-infected men at Guilin Third People’s Hospital from June to December 2022, with a 1:2 age (±1 year) and education-matched control group of 2,790 HIV-uninfected men, whose data were collected from March to August 2023. Both groups completed an online questionnaire on smoking behaviors and relevant characteristics, with a comparative analysis of associated factors conducted using chi-square tests and multivariable logistic regressions.ResultsThe rates of former smokers were comparable between HIV-infected and uninfected men [12.3% (95% CI: 10.7–13.9%) vs. 12.0% (95% CI: 10.9–13.1%)], but the current smoking rate was significantly higher in the infected group than in the uninfected group [37.6% (95% CI: 35.2–40.0%) vs. 27.6% (95% CI: 25.9–29.3%), p < 0.05]. …”
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Family adaptation as a predictor of family self-determination of digital generation students by S. V. Merzlyakova, E. P. Kayumova

“…To achieve the goal, the following methods were used: theoretical analysis, psychodiagnostic method and mathematical-statistical methods of data processing.Results. …”
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EVALUATION OF T CELL IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY BY MEANS OF CD45+ EXPRESSION IN HUMANS VACCINATED WITH LIVE REASSORTANT INFLUENZA VACCINE by A. N. Naikhin, D. A. Koren’kov, G. D. Petukhova, T. V. Chirkova, E. P. Grigorieva, L. G. Rudenko

“…Present work is a first attempt of analyzing this issue, with respect to effects of live mucosal influenza vaccine.The study involved fifty-seven healthy young persons, in whom percentage of T cells with СD45RO+, CD45RA+, CD4+СD45RO+, CD4+CD45RA+, CD8+СD45RO+, and CD8+CD45RA+ phenotypes was determined pre- and post-vaccination.Following vaccination, increased average T cell levels of all the mentioned phenotypes was revealed in those volunteers who responded to the vaccine with elevated serum antibody titers. Individual data analysis has shown that, among individuals with antibody response, a percentage of persons with CD45RO+ T cells was 35 to 57%, as compared to vaccinated persons without such antibody response (11 to 22%, p < 0.05; p < 0.01). …”
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Present Status of Pineapple Cultivation in Bangladesh: Case of Madhupur Tract by Shahriar Hasan, Soumitra Saha, Md. Safiul Islam Afrad, Md. Riazul Islam, Robius S. Sadi, Md. Tasmir R. Labib

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Effects of exopolysaccharides from Rhizobium tropici on transformation and aggregate sizes of iron oxides by Huimin Zhang, Steve L. Larson, John H. Ballard, Kauri A. Runge, Xinyun Xie, Olanrewaju M. Olafuyi, Hongxiang Hu, Fengxiang X. Han

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Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth Syndrome as a Risk Factor for Ventricular Tachycardia in Chronic Heart Failure with Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction by M. V. Fadeeva, M. R. Skhirtladze, V. T. Ivashkin

“…The small bowel bacterial overgrowth syndrome with CHF did not have a significant impact on the functional class and the indicators of clinical and biochemical analysis of blood as well as on echocardiographic data and the number of supraventricular and ventricular extrasystoles. …”
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Immune responses and recovery from spotty liver disease in layer birds by Sarah Eastwood, Timothy B. Wilson, Jiongrui Huang, Bronwyn E. Campbell, Peter C. Scott, Robert J. Moore, Thi Thu Hao Van

“…Upon necropsy, bile, spleen, jejunum, and blood samples were collected for C. hepaticus detection and host gene expression analysis using qPCR and RNA sequencing. We found that most birds challenged with C. hepaticus for the second or third time did not develop liver lesions even with the presence of C. hepaticus in their bile, suggesting that birds were resistant to disease development following repeated exposure. …”
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Interpretable machine learning for depression recognition with spatiotemporal gait features among older adults: a cross-sectional study in Xiamen, China by Shaowu Lin, Sicheng Li, Ya Fang

“…From each group (depression and non-depression), twenty-five individuals were randomly selected for Kinect-based gait analysis. Gait data were recorded using a Microsoft Kinect in the indoor experimental area. χ2 and t-tests were used for statistical comparisons. …”
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