Exploring mHealth app utilization for diabetes self-management: survey insights from a northern district in Malaysia by Premaa Supramaniam, Ying-Shan Beh, Suria Junus, Philip Rajan Devesahayam

“…Diabetes duration had a median of 6 years (IQR: 3.0, 10.0) with prevalent comorbidities like hypertension (58.0%) and dyslipidemia (42.7%). …”
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EDITORIAL by Ivan Čuk

“…Perhaps it was set too complicated to join the forum. However we would like very much to get the feedback from you, so you are invited again to send us e-mails to our address scgym@fsp.uni-lj.si. …”
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A FastSurfer Database for Age‐Specific Brain Volumes in Healthy Children: A Tool for Quantifying Localized and Global Brain Volume Alterations in Pediatric Patients by Ibrahim Zughayyar, Martin Bauer, Christopher Güttler, Ana Luisa de Almeida Marcelino, Fabienne Kühne, Claudia Buss, Christine Heim, Annette Aigner, Anna Tietze, Andrea Dell'Orco

“…Automated segmentation tools like FreeSurfer can identify differences in brain volumes between healthy and non‐healthy individuals. …”
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Exploration of novel harm reduction approaches to increase client engagement (ENHANCE): protocol for a prospective cohort study by Rachel E. Gicquelais, Caitlin J. Conway, Mikaela Becker, Erika J. Bailey, Cullen Bosworth, Rebecca Miller, Katy Mijal, Emmie Curran, Bianca Barredo, Sydney Taylor, Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, David W. Seal, Marguerite Burns, Ryan P. Westergaard

“…Abstract Background Syringe services programs (SSPs) reduce the risk of overdose by distributing supplies like naloxone. SSPs also support clients in meeting their basic needs via referrals to organizations providing food, housing, and healthcare. …”
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McFACTS III: Compact Binary Mergers from Active Galactic Nucleus Disks over an Entire Synthetic Universe by Vera Delfavero, K. E. Saavik Ford, Barry McKernan, Harrison E. Cook, Kaila Nathaniel, Jake Postiglione, Shawn Ray, Emily McPike, Richard O’Shaughnessy

“…In this work, we explore the impact of the properties of AGN host galaxies and assume an AGN lifetime and cosmological model for the density of AGN in a universe like our own. By sampling from an inferred population of AGN, we marginalize over galaxy mass to predict a population of BBH mergers observable by modern ground-based gravitational-wave observatories. …”
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HARP2 pre-launch calibration: dealing with polarization effects of a wide field of view by N. Sienkiewicz, J. V. Martins, J. V. Martins, B. A. McBride, B. A. McBride, X. Xu, X. Xu, A. Puthukkudy, A. Puthukkudy, R. Smith, R. Smith, R. Fernandez-Borda, R. Fernandez-Borda

“…In the fall of 2022, HARP2 underwent calibration at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Calibration Laboratory (Code 618). HARP2 was characterized for radiometric and polarimetric response across its FOV. …”
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EDITORIAL by Ivan Čuk

“…For those of you who would like to quote the Journal – its abbreviation in Web of Knowledge is SCI GYMNASTICS J. …”
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Banning Childlike Sex Dolls by Monique Hendriks-Lundh

“…‘dolls that appear as/look like children’. In Norway, court cases are the focal point for the criminalisation/banning of child sex dolls and are therefore central to this article. …”
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Breeding report of a new late-maturing sweet cherry cultivar Fujin by WANG Yuxia, LI Yanju, TIAN Changping, LI Fangdong, ZHANG Xu, ZHANG Fuxing, SUN Qingtian, LI Gongcun

“…In 2007, the hybrid seedlings began to bear fruit, and the breeding code of 03-6-12 was identified as a superior line. …”
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Soups, shakes and other slimming strategies: GLP-1 agonists vs. NHS type 2 diabetes path to remission programme in the battle against T2DM and weight management by Divanshi Trivedi, Ruth Crowley

“…Introduction: Excess body weight increases the risk of cardiometabolic complications, morbidity, and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).1 Effective management should prioritise medications that promote weight loss or remain weight-neutral to improve insulin sensitivity and blood glucose control. Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) agonists are well established in T2DM treatment. …”
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THE POSTMODERN CITY TEXT IN SERHIY ZHADAN’S POETICS by Tetiana M. Starostenko., Ianina V. Gurtova

“…Serhiy Zhadan also generates a number of fresh or updated forms like city-orphan, city-cripple, city-mechanism, city-animal. …”
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Provenance-Finding of Dust Storms Using AVHRR Sensor Images of NOAA Satellite (Case Study: Southwest of Iran) by Mohammad Hossein Rezaei Moghaddam, Mojtaba Mahdian Boruojeni

“…1- Introduction Dust storm is considered as one of the most important challenges in the west of Asia which has been intensified in recent decades due to various reasons like drought. These storms move a huge amount of soil particles causing severe economic, social and health damages. …”
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Modern approach to automation of internal control of quality and safety of medical care by S. Y. Morozov, M. A. Morozova, L. E. Morozova

“…This is complicated by the fact that the codes of medical services in the UMIAS system differ from the codes featured in the approved medical service nomenclature, whereas expert criteria undergo frequent updates.Conclusion. …”
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Relationship between vaginal and gut microbiome and pregnancy outcomes in eastern Ethiopia: a protocol for a longitudinal maternal-infant cohort study (the EthiOMICS study) by Piet Cools, Alemseged Abdissa, Abera Kenay Tura, Nega Assefa, Merga Dheresa, Kedir Teji Roba, Tara Wilfong, Tesfaye Assebe Yadeta, Fitsum Weldegebreal, Desalegn Admassu Ayana, Akewok Sime Negesa, Yohannes Mulugeta Demmu, Tewodros Tesfa, Tegbaru Nibrat Alemu, Tadesse Gure Eticha, Abraham Geremew, Abel Abera Negash

“…The collected data will be coded, entered into EpiData 3.1 and analysed using Stata 17.Ethics and dissemination The Institutional Health Research Ethics Review Committee (Ref No. …”
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Predictive integrated modelling of the hybrid and baseline scenarios of JT-60SA in view of the second operational phase by S. Gabriellini, V.K. Zotta, L. Garzotti, N. Aiba, J.-F. Artaud, G. Giruzzi, G. Pucella, C. Sozzi, D. Taylor, T. Wakatsuki, L. Burla, C. Leoni, R. Gatto, the JT-60SA integrated project team

“…The integrated modelling of two plasma scenarios, hybrid and baseline, envisaged for the second operational phase (OP2) of the JT-60SA tokamak has been performed using the 1.5-dimensional JINTRAC suite of codes and the Bohm/gyro-Bohm (BgB) semi-empirical transport model. …”
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The Effectiveness of Psychological Well-Being Training based on the PERMA Model for 14 to 16-Year-Old Girls with Anxiety Symptoms Zahra Daneshian: M.A. Student of Child and Adoles... by zahra danesian, Shahriar Shahidi, Saeed Ghanbari

“…Friedman's test revealed significant improvements in biological quality scores (p < 0.05) and components like positive emotions, fascination, participation, and positive relationships among girls aged 14-16. …”
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Incidence of upper respiratory tract infections with biological therapies in moderate to severe atopic dermatitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Rose Alraddadi, Rose Alraddadi, Mulham Kalantan, Mulham Kalantan, Yara Aljefri, Yara Aljefri, Hadeel Maaddawi, Abdulrahman Alsamadani, Abdulrahman Alsamadani, Athoub Kadasa, Athoub Kadasa, Abdulrahman Softah, Abdulrahman Softah, Baraa Tabbakh, Baraa Tabbakh, Rahaf Alturkistani, Abdulhadi Jfri, Abdulhadi Jfri, Abdulhadi Jfri

“…Treatment for moderate-to-severe AD includes biologics like dupilumab, tralokinumab, lebrikizumab, and JAK inhibitors (abrocitinib, upadacitinib). …”
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Some verbal cues to deception in near-death experiences by Shima Solati, Ali Izanloo, Azam Estaji

“…Result and Discussion Considering Farsi language rules, we analyzed stories from both groups separately and coded each cue as follows:Negative statementsFor this code, we counted verbs with negative prefixes, the words ‘no’, ‘nobody’, and ‘nothing’. …”
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Molecular Network <i>Polyamorphism</i> in Mechanically Activated Arsenic Selenides Under Deviation from As₂Se₃ Stoichiometry by Oleh Shpotyuk, Zdenka Lukáčová Bujňáková, Peter Baláž, Yaroslav Shpotyuk, Malgorzata Hyla, Andrzej Kozdras, Adam Ingram, Vitaliy Boyko, Pavlo Demchenko, Andriy Kovalskiy

“…Microstructure scenarios of these nanomilling-driven transformations in arsenoselenides are identified by quantum-chemical modeling using the authorized modeling code CINCA (the Cation Interlinked Network Cluster Approach). …”
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ActBeCalf: Accelerometer-based multivariate time-series dataset for calf behavior classificationZenoob - EU Open Research Repository by Oshana Iddi Dissanayake, Sarah E. McPherson, Joseph Allyndrée, Emer Kennedy, Pádraig Cunningham, Lucile Riaboff

“…The dataset includes the main behaviors of the calf time-budget, like lying, standing, walking, and running, as well as less prominent behaviors, such as sniffing, scratching, social interaction, and grooming. …”
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