Investigating the conceptual model of the formation of psychological resilience in farmers affected by droughts in Iran using structural equation modeling by Azadeh Tahernejad, Sanaz Sohrabizadeh, Yadollah Mehrabi, Ali Mashhadi

“…The SEM results indicated that the initial model needed modifications to improve fit indices (χ²/df = 2.30, CFI = 0.67, TLI = 0.77, RMSEA = 0.042, SRMR = 0.031). …”
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Risk Factors Associated with the Colonization of Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria Upon Admission to the Intensive Care Unit: A Cross-sectional Study by Nina Sania, Yulia Rosa Saharman, Delly Chipta Lestari, Dita Aditianingsih, Andi Yasmon

“…Conclusion: In this study, two risk factors were associated with the occurrence of MDR-GNB colonization, with the prevalence of MDR-GNB colonization in patients initially admitted to the ICU still quite high. Therefore, selecting screening patients based on risk factors at the time of initial admission to the ICU is crucial for infection control programs. …”
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Scrotal Flaps for Penile Skin Reconstruction: A Systematic Review by Sorin V. Parasca, Andrei Dumitrescu, Florin R. Stanescu, Ruxandra D. Sinescu

“…<i>Materials and Methods</i>: A review of the literature was performed in PubMed Central and Scopus, and multiple keywords were employed. The initial search retrieved 9181 articles; 32 articles were finally selected, of which 13 were case reports and 19 were case series. …”
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Efficient Removal of Brilliant Green Dye Using Mesoporous Attapulgite Clay: Investigating Adsorption Kinetics, Isotherms, and Mechanisms by Amal Khudair Al-Jaafari, Muna Abd Ul Rasool AL-Kazragi

“…A systematic analysis was selected to evaluate the impact of different effective adsorption performance variables on BG dye decontamination. …”
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Feasibility Study of Transit Dosimetry (TD) with an Electronic Portal Imaging Device (EPID) in volumetric arc therapy (VMAT) for head and neck cancer (HNC) by ARVIND DIUNDI, KIRAN SHARMA, CHANDI BHATT, SANGEETA HAZARIKA

“…This dosimetric investigation aims to integrate transit dosimetry into routine clinical procedures and assess outcomes using the gamma analysis methodology.Material and Methods: This dosimetric investigation selected a cohort comprising 30 patients diagnosed with head and neck cancer (HNC) and treated using TruebeamTM & HalcyonTM medical linear accelerators (Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, CA). …”
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Adaptive image encryption approach using an enhanced swarm intelligence algorithm by Sachin Minocha, Suvita Rani Sharma, Birmohan Singh, Amir H. Gandomi

“…The performance of chaos-based encryption methods is highly impacted by the values of initial and control parameters. Therefore, this work proposes Iterative Cosine operator-based Hippopotamus Optimization (ICO-HO) to select optimal parameters for chaotic maps, which is further used to design an adaptive image encryption approach. …”
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Price and affordability of key essential medicines for children in Sri Lanka, a lower-middle-income country: comparison of two national cross-sectional surveys done 8 years apart by Shalini Sri Ranganathan, Thiyahiny Sunil Navaratinaraja, Ramasamy Balasubramaniam, Hemantha Beneragama

“…Standard drug therapy for mild lower respiratory tract infections and acute gastroenteritis remained affordable, and treating epilepsy with carbamazepine syrup remained unaffordable.Conclusion Economic access to key essential medicines for children has not improved in Sri Lanka in the 8 years’ time since the initial survey in 2009.…”
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Fluoride and calcium release from peppermint-flavored fluoride varnish containing dicalcium-phosphate-dihydrate coated with xylitol by Yosi Kusuma Eriwati, Dhea Putriani, Karen Geraldine, Heri Hermansyah

“…Bakground: Fluoride varnish with high initial fluoride and calcium release can help patients with high-risk caries. …”
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Restoration of normal occlusal relations in the complex treatment of patients with generalized periodontitis and bounded edentulous spaces by A. S. Melnychuk, M. M. Rozhko, H. M. Melnychuk

“…After evaluation of the dental occlusion relationships, all patients were performed a complex treatment of GP by selective grinding or occlusal surface adjustment with a composite material under the control of the apparatus “T-Scan III”, achieving the most correct distribution of occlusal contacts. …”
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The Effects of TRX-Based Movement Pattern Correction Exercises on the Landing Biomechanics and Balance of Female Volleyball Players Susceptible to Knee Injuries by Mohammad Kalantariyan, Niloufar Rahmani, Hadi Samadi

“…Initial assessments included anthropometric measurements, static/dynamic balance, and landing biomechanics using various tests. …”
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A robust deep learning framework for multiclass skin cancer classification by Burhanettin Ozdemir, Ishak Pacal

“…The inclusion of ConvNeXtV2 blocks in the initial two stages is driven by their ability to effectively capture fine-grained local features and subtle patterns, which are critical for distinguishing between visually similar lesion types. …”
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Study on permeability mechanism of rough fractured coal considering slippage effect by Xingyi ZENG, Bobo LI, Jianhua LI, Shulei DUAN, Yunna DING, Junsong YANG

“…In order to explore the influence of the surface roughness of coal fractures on the permeability characteristics of coal, coal samples from Liupanshui area of Guizhou Province were selected, and the pore structure of coal was characterized by scanning electron microscopy and low-temperature nitrogen adsorption test, and the surface roughness of coal was preliminarily analyzed by Hurst theory. …”
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ANALYTICAL MODEL OF DAMAGED AIRCRAFT SKIN BONDED REPAIRS ASSUMING THE MATERIAL PROPERTIES DEGRADATION by A. A. Fedotov, A. V. Tsipenko

“…GLARE patch containing the fiberglass plies oriented across the crack has the same effectiveness as the carbon and boron patches.Proposed bonded repair calculation method and corresponding computational model allow to analyze effectively the possible structural damage cases and to select optimal variant of patch installation subject to material durability undercyclic loads. …”
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Apoptosis mapping in space and time of 3D tumor ecosystems reveals transmissibility of cytotoxic cancer death. by Irina Veith, Arianna Mencattini, Valentin Picant, Marco Serra, Marine Leclerc, Maria Colomba Comes, Fathia Mami-Chouaib, Jacques Camonis, Stéphanie Descroix, Hamasseh Shirvani, Fatima Mechta-Grigoriou, Gérard Zalcman, Maria Carla Parrini, Eugenio Martinelli

“…A live fluorescent dye (red) is used to selectively pre-stain the cancer cells before co-cultures and a live fluorescent reporter for caspase activity (green) is used to monitor apoptotic cell death. …”
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Differentiated Advertising, Heterogeneous Consumers and Suitable Design of Platform Merchant by Xuefeng Zhang, Ji Luo, Xiao Liu

“…The limited endowment of initial traffic creates fierce competition among merchants for securing scarce resources in e-commerce platforms. …”
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A Case Series and Review of Febrile-Infection Related Epilepsy Syndrome (FIRES) by Tahnee Spoden, Alice Hoftman, Nanci Rascoff, Deborah McCurdy

“…The novel use of baricitinib, a non-selective JAK inhibitor, proved effective for one patient, while IL-1 and IL-6 inhibition were effective in the other two. …”
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Pathogenetic Factors Contributing to the Development of Delayed Complications of Acute Destructive Pancreatitis by A. V. Ershov, V. T. Dolgikh, O. V. Korpacheva, V. V. Rusakov, N. N. Nikolaev, S. V. Palianov

“…The day of admission to the hospital, 24 hours from the beginning of the intensive care, and Days 3 and 5 after the attack were selected as the timepoints of the study. Complete diagnostic procedures were performed once every six months after hospitalization for five years. …”
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Recreational Use of Nitrous Oxide as a Source of Frostbite Injuries to the Skin: A Review of the Literature and a Case Report by Sebastian Holm, Reza Tabrisi, Johann Zdolsek

“…The literature search was carried out in July 2024 using databases such as Embase, Web of Science and PubMed^®. From an initial pool of 83 publications, 8 studies were ultimately selected for full-text review as they met our inclusion criteria for analysis. …”
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The quality of feedback from outpatient departments at referral hospitals to the primary care providers in the Western Cape: a descriptive survey by Robert Mash, Herma Steyn, Muideen Bello, Klaus von Pressentin, Liezel Rossouw, Gavin Hendricks, Germarie Fouche, Dusica Stapar

“…Family physicians in the Western Cape formed a research network to enable them to perform practical research on key questions from clinical practice. The initial question selected by the network focused on evaluating the quality of referrals to and feedback from outpatient departments at referral hospitals to primary care providers in the Western Cape. …”
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Clinical Correlation between Findings of Renal Scintigraphy and Clinical/Laboratory Findings in Children with Febrile UTI by Ehsan Valavi, Tahereh Ziaee Kajbaf, Ali Ahmadzadeh, Roya Nikfar, Reza Najafi

“…The aim of this study was to assess the correlation between APN findings of renal cortical scintigraphy and selected clinical/ laboratory findings of febrile UTI in infants and children admitted at our center.Subjects and Methods: A prospective study was conducted in 83 infants and young children aged 1 month –8 years hospitalized with febrile UTI in nephrology ward of Abuzar children's hospital. …”
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