Evolution Characteristics of Pore–Fractures and Mechanical Response of Dehydrated Lignite Based on In Situ Computed Tomography (CT) Scanning by Shuai Yan, Lijun Han, Shasha Zhang, Weisheng Zhao, Lingdong Meng

“…The results show that the dehydration effect significantly affects the pre-peak deformation and post-peak failure behavior of lignite but has no significant impact on its peak strength. …”
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Hypothesis‐Driven Research on Multiple Stressors: An Analytical Framework for Stressor Interactions by Iris Madge Pimentel, Dania Albini, Arne J. Beermann, Florian Leese, Samuel J. Macaulay, Christoph D. Matthaei, James A. Orr, Jeremy J. Piggott, Ralf B. Schäfer

“…ABSTRACT Identifying and characterizing stressor interactions is central to multiple stressor research. Such interactions refer to stronger (synergism) or weaker (antagonism) joint effects of co‐occurring stressors on biological entities, when compared to the predictions of a theoretical null model. …”
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Older adults’ self-perception, technology anxiety, and intention to use digital public services by Jing An, Xuanyu Zhu, Kexin Wan, Ziyue Xiang, Zhan Shi, Jinlong An, Weidong Huang

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Coxarthrosis etiology influences the patients’ quality of life in the preoperative and postoperative phase of total hip arthroplasty by Madalin Bulzan, Simona Cavalu, Amir Mohamed Abdelhamid, Călin Tudor Hozan, Florica Voiţă-Mekeres

“…In orthopedics, the patients’ quality of life relative to the preoperative and postoperative phase is referred with a low impact compared to other branches of medicine. …”
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Core Stability Exercises Affect Hope and Its Components in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis by Seyedeh Fatemeh Shafaei, Pouyan Ebrahimi, Ensiyeh Babaie, Alireza Shahsavar, Payam Saadat, Sepanta Saadat

“…Materials & Methods: This research employed a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. This study was conducted on MS patients referred to the Omid Clinic of Babol University of Medical Sciences Babol City, Iran, from April to June 2018. …”
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Visual biofeedback for paradoxical vocal fold motion (PVFM) by Rachelle Alyce LeBlanc, Daniel Aalto, Caroline C. Jeffery

“…Methods Adult patients referred for possible PVFM and congruent laryngoscopy findings over a two-year period were included. …”
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‘Forging healthy communities’: a service evaluation of a 12-week community-based exercise, nutrition, behaviour change and peer-support programme by Callum Leese, Blair H. Smith, Rosina Cross, Emma J. Cockcroft, Cassie Higgins

“…Methods This retrospective service evaluation included patients referred to the programme between January 2020 and December 2022 from primary care settings. …”
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The effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral coping training package with infertility stress on distress tolerance and cognitive regulation of emotion in infertile women by Samaneh GHobadi, Keivan Kakabraee, Mahmoud Goudarzi

“…Materials & Methods: This was a quasi-experimental design that involved a pre-test, a post-test, and a two-month follow-up. The participants were infertile women who were referred to infertility centers and the offices of gynecologists for infertility treatment in Kermanshah city in 2021. …”
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The effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation on attention and response inhibition of dysgraphia students by Zahra sarvarian, Rasol Roshan, MohammadReza Naeinian, Hojjatollah Farahani, Sajed Yaghobnezhad

“…Methods: The current research was semi-experimental with a pre-test and post-test design with a follow-up period with a control group. …”
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Rapid outpatient evaluation for emergency department patients with intermediate risk chest pain safely reduces admissions by Quentin Reuter, Nicholas Lesh, Michelle Reyes, David Gothard, Michael Pallaci, Michael Weinstock

“…The study compared patients evaluated in the pre‐OCPP (January‒May 2018) and the post‐OCPP period (January‒October 2022). Data were collected via non‐blinded chart review. …”
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Téa Obreht’s Transnational Disremembering within the Mythical Realism of The Tiger’s Wife by Selma Raljević

“…This paper discusses Téa Obreht's 2010 novel The Tiger's Wife within the context of transmigrations and post-national conceptions of both the real and mythical translocality. …”
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Effectiveness of Planned Teaching on Knowledge and Attitude towards Blood Pressure Control among Hypertensive Patients: A Research Protocol by Shiwani Padmakar Dandade, Arti Raut

“…Materials and Methods: A quasi-experimental one-group pre and post-test study will be conducted in Maharashtra’s community area of Wardha, India from June 2024-October 2024. …”
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VIRTUS: virtual reality exposure training for adolescents with social anxiety – a randomized controlled trial by Elizabeth S. Uduwa Vidanalage, Jella De Lee, Dirk Hermans, Iris M. Engelhard, Sara Scheveneels, Katharina Meyerbröker

“…We hypothesize that both VRE and IVE will significantly reduce social anxiety symptoms compared to WL at post-assessment, with comparable long-term efficacy between the two exposure methods. …”
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The effectiveness of neurofeedback therapy on emotional regulation and anger in 11- and 12-year-old adolescent boys with anxiety disorders by Parisa Mazahi, Arezoo Shomali Oskoei, Mehdi Roozbahani

“…Methods: The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test-follow-up design with a control group. …”
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The efficacy of acceptance and commitment based therapy on body dysmorphic disorder on women with breast cancer by Fatemeh Mina, khosro Ramezani, Ali Kamkar, MohammadYasin Karami

“…Methods: The present study is a quasi-experimental research with a pre & post -post-test-followup design with the control group. …”
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Interrelationships between income and both religious and secular ethics: panel Data Envelopment and Stochastic Frontier Analyses combined by Fabio Zagonari

“…The focus on either ante or post secularisations and on either religious or secular ethics precludes the evaluation of their relative importance in income production. …”
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The Smart city vision: The internet-of-postal-things (iopt) approach by Maria PAVLOVSKAYA, Olga KONONOVA

“…This research is aimed to highlight the significance of Postal services involvement in effective data collection, storage and aggregation. The study refers to the international sources and considers a high-level Smart city architecture and data-driven approach; gives an analysis of researches results and case studies of international Postal services in the field of socially significant initiatives; describes the functions and assets of the Russian Post. …”
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Bereavement support guidelines for caregivers in palliative care: a scoping review by Alexandra Coelho, Alexandra Coelho, Sara Albuquerque, David Dias Neto

“…Eight fundamental principles were identified, from which several clinical guidelines were derived, organized according to the moments of assessment and intervention throughout the bereavement process, including pre and post-death period: (1) organizing support for the family caregiver; (2) assessing needs and establishing a care plan; (3) ensuring information and support for the family caregiver; (4) preparing for death; (5) support at the time of death; and (6) bereavement support post-death. …”
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The Efficacy of the combined couple therapy approach based on acceptance and commitment with schema formulation (ACT/SF) on psychological flexibility and marital satisfaction by zahra borjali, javad molazade, nurallah mohammadi, abdolaziz aflakseir

“…Methods: The research method used was quasi-experimental with a pre-test, post-test design, and a control group. The statistical population consisted of all couples referred to counseling centers in Qom in 2022. …”
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Comparing efficacy of schema therapy & emotion-oriented therapy on adherence to treatment in patients with MS by Azita Mohaghegh, Biuok Tajeri, hadi keramati

“…Methods: Research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test, post- test, three-month follow-up with control group. …”
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