Decade of research into the acceptability of interventions aimed at improving adolescent and youth health and social outcomes in Africa: a systematic review and evidence map by Marisa Casale, Lorraine Sherr, Chris Desmond, Lucie Cluver, Oluwaseyi Dolapo Somefun, Genevieve Haupt Ronnie

“…Objective Interventions aimed at improving adolescent health and social outcomes are more likely to be successful if the young people they target find them acceptable. …”
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Improving the time-efficiency of initial mental health assessment (triaging) using an online assessment tool followed by a clinical interview via phone: a randomised controlled tri... by Irosh Fernando, Rahul Gupta, Kate Simpson, Stuart Szwec, Mariko Carey, Agatha Conrad, Todd Heard, Lisa Lampe

“…Out of 184 referrals allocated to the intervention arm, the assessment was completed in 125, but only 81 were included in the analysis, mostly due to failure of clinicians to follow the protocol (completing the assessment without using self-reported data, likely due to inexperience with the novel process). …”
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Investigating Potential Gender Differences in ChatGPT-Diagnosed Clinical Vignettes by Anjali Mediboina, Meghana Bhupathi, Keerthana Janapareddy

“…Discrepancies were resolved through a blind consensus process. Data analysis and visualization was done using RStudio v4.3.2, with statistical significance between accuracy and completeness was determined using Spearman’s R and Mann-Whitney U Tests. …”
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Strengthening open disclosure in maternity services in the English NHS: the DISCERN realist evaluation study by Mary Adams, Natalie Sanford, Charlotte Bevan, Maria Booker, Julie Hartley, Alexander Heazell, Elsa Montgomery, Maureen Treadwell, Jane Sandall

“…Primary data collection was from November 2019 to January 2022. …”
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A spatio-temporal model of Notch signalling in the zebrafish segmentation clock: conditions for synchronised oscillatory dynamics. by Alan J Terry, Marc Sturrock, J Kim Dale, Miguel Maroto, Mark A J Chaplain

“…Our spatially-explicit modelling approach, together with new imaging technologies that can measure intracellular protein diffusion rates, is likely to yield significant new insight into somitogenesis and other biological processes.…”
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Ground Penetrating Radar Assessment of Flexible Road Pavement Degradation by Sandro Colagrande, Danilo Ranalli, Marco Tallini

“…Road integrity was assessed via quantitative analysis of power curves. 1600 MHz and 600 MHz radar sections were collected in 40 damaged and undamaged road pavement sites. The collected data were processed as follows: (i) linearisation with regression analysis of power curves; (ii) assessment of absorption angle α′ which is directly proportional to absorption coefficient α (this was obtained by setting the e.m. propagation velocity to 10 cm/ns); (iii) comparison of absorption coefficients in both damaged and undamaged zones with respect to road pavement degradation. …”
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Collagenase injection versus limited fasciectomy surgery to treat Dupuytren’s contracture in adult patients in the UK: DISC, a non-inferiority RCT and economic evaluation by Joseph Dias, Puvan Tharmanathan, Catherine Arundel, Charlie Welch, Qi Wu, Paul Leighton, Maria Armaou, Belen Corbacho, Nick Johnson, Sophie James, John Cooke, Christopher Bainbridge, Michael Craigen, David Warwick, Samantha Brady, Lydia Flett, Judy Jones, Catherine Knowlson, Michelle Watson, Ada Keding, Catherine Hewitt, David Torgerson

“…Results when imputed data were included were similar. Increases in active RoM of the reference joint were similar between the two groups following treatment. …”
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Role of Smooth Muscle in Intestinal Inflammation by Stephen M Collins, Islam Khan, Bruce Vallance, Cory Hogaboam, Giovanni Barbara

“…However, it is likely that intestinal muscle cells play a more active role in the inflammatory process via the elaboration of mediators and trophic factors, including cytokines, and via the production of collagen. …”
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The impact of causation and effectuation decision-making logics on de-internationalization strategies of small- and medium-sized export firms by Pattana Boonchoo

“…Although existing research has explored internationalization processes, the decision-making dynamics underlying market withdrawal remain underexplored, particularly in emerging economy contexts. …”
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Using Chemically Unprocessed Orange Peel to Effectively Remove Hg(II) Ions From Aqueous Solutions: Equivalent, Thermodynamic, And Kinetic Investigations by Yalçın Altunkaynak

“…The pseudo-second order (PSO), which exhibited the largest regression coefficient and best described the kinetic data for the removal of Hg2+ ions, according to thermodynamic studies, it was seen that the adsorption of Hg2+ ions on ROP is a natural and endothermic process. …”
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Building a machine learning-assisted echocardiography prediction tool for children at risk for cancer therapy-related cardiomyopathy by Lindsay A. Edwards, Christina Yang, Surbhi Sharma, Zih-Hua Chen, Lahari Gorantla, Sanika A. Joshi, Nicolas J. Longhi, Nahom Worku, Jamie S. Yang, Brandy Martinez Di Pietro, Saro Armenian, Aarti Bhat, William Border, Sujatha Buddhe, Nancy Blythe, Kayla Stratton, Kasey J. Leger, Wendy M. Leisenring, Lillian R. Meacham, Paul C. Nathan, Shanti Narasimhan, Ritu Sachdeva, Karim Sadak, Eric J. Chow, Patrick M. Boyle

“…When limited to smaller subsets of case data (e.g., ≥ 1 or 2 years pre-diagnosis), performance worsened. …”
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A multi-omics strategy to understand PASC through the RECOVER cohorts: a paradigm for a systems biology approach to the study of chronic conditions by Jun Sun, Masanori Aikawa, Hassan Ashktorab, Noam D. Beckmann, Noam D. Beckmann, Michael L. Enger, Joaquin M. Espinosa, Xiaowu Gai, Xiaowu Gai, Benjamin D. Horne, Benjamin D. Horne, Paul Keim, Paul Keim, Paul Keim, Jessica Lasky-Su, Rebecca Letts, Cheryl L. Maier, Meisha Mandal, Lauren Nichols, Nadia R. Roan, Nadia R. Roan, Mark W. Russell, Jacqueline Rutter, George R. Saade, George R. Saade, Kumar Sharma, Kumar Sharma, Stephanie Shiau, Stephen N. Thibodeau, Samuel Yang, Lucio Miele, NIH Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) Consortium

“…PASC has highly variable clinical presentations, and likely includes multiple molecular subtypes, but it remains poorly understood from a molecular and mechanistic standpoint. …”
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Analysis the Variability of Agroclimatic Feasibility of Aloe Vera Cultivation in Hormozgan Province under four CO2 Representative Concentration Pathways by Shahrbanoo Qanbari Adivi, Amir Gandomkar, Morteza Khodagholi

“…The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) also has been used to determine the special weight of each factor. …”
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Evolution of Acoustic Emission Characteristics During Soil Shear Testing Based on Active Waveguide System by WU Xin, LIU Yonghong, WANG Xuemei, ZHANG Man

“…ObjectiveMonitoring internal shear processes and assessing potential risk perception in landslides is crucial for maintaining the stability of earthy slopes. …”
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The inhibitory effect of sense of power on experiential sports consumption: the chain-mediated role of psychological distance and social orientation by Kai Guo, Qian Huang

“…Psychological distance and social orientation are introduced as mediating variables.MethodsThis study utilized survey data from 1,062 Chinese sports consumers to empirically test the proposed structural equation model.ResultsThe analysis reveals the following findings: 1) Sense of power has a significant negative predictive effect on experiential sports consumption, with consumers perceiving lower sense of power more likely to choose experiential sports consumption; 2) Psychological distance mediates the relationship between sense of power and experiential sports consumption. …”
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Education of children with disabilities in New Delhi: When does exclusion occur? by Parul Bakhshi, Ganesh M Babulal, Jean-Francois Trani

“…We found that vulnerable children, particularly children with disabilities are less likely to start school and more likely to drop out of school earlier and before completing their high school education than non-disabled children, showing that the learning process is not inclusive in practice. …”
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Living in a Modern City: Digital Practices of Homeless People in St Petersburg by A. S. Chernoivanova

“…Modern technologies are a part of our lives that influence social processes – in particular, it can increase or reduce social inequality. …”
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Prevalence of Non-Communicable Diseases Among Elderly in India: A Scoping Review by Patlolla Sriram Yadav, Ajitha Katta, Gooty Shirisha, Mousami Kirtania

“…Two independent reviewers screened and selected studies, and data was extracted and analyzed using a standardized form. …”
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The Adoption of National Green Procurement Plans from the Perspective of Circular Economy by Marian Siminică, Marioara Avram, Luminița Popescu, Roxana Loredana Avram

“…The article focuses on an analysis of the impact of national green procurement plans adoption on circular economy in the European Union member states for the period 2007-2018, with the help of an unrestricted VAR panel (PVAR), based on three hypotheses according to which the impact of these plans’ adoption is positive on economic growth, CO2 emissions and circular economy. Data taken from Eurostat and processed using E-Views 9 econometric software allowed the validation of research hypotheses, confirming the positive impact of the adoption and implementation of green procurement national plans on some significant indicators characterizing the circular economy, which is likely to encourage the generalization of concerns regarding the adoption of coherent public policies in all Member States…”
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Habitual dietary methyl donor’s intake and metabolic profile in obese individuals: a cross-sectional study by Fatemeh Abdi, Mahdieh Abbasalizad Farhangi, Milad Mohammadzadeh

“…This cross-sectional study was conducted on 335 obese people. We collected dietary data using a valid and reliable 147-question Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ). …”
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