Assessing Health Technology Literacy and Attitudes of Patients in an Urban Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic: Cross-Sectional Survey Study by Julia Tartaglia, Brendan Jaghab, Mohamed Ismail, Katrin Hänsel, Anna Van Meter, Michael Kirschenbaum, Michael Sobolev, John M Kane, Sunny X Tang

“…ResultsA total of 256 patients were included in the analysis. The mean age of participants was 32 (SD 12.6, range 16-70) years. …”
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Economic Evaluation Methodologies of Remote Patient Monitoring for Chronic Conditions: Scoping Review by Siri Bjorvig, Elin Breivik, Jordi Piera-Jiménez, Carme Carrion

“…Other approaches included cost-consequence analysis (7 studies), cost-minimization analysis (3 studies), cost-benefit analysis (2 studies), cost analysis (8 studies), and budget impact analysis (1 study). …”
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Source identification of hydrocarbon pollution in water, soil and sediments in southern Tehran by Mohammad Mahmudi, Seyed Hossein Hashemi, Amir Salemi

“…The average concentration of PAHs compounds in water samples was 2127.72 ppb ranging from 5 to 147125.56, in soil samples was 6715.7 ppb, ranging from 5 to 446642, and in sediment samples was957.77 ppb ranging from5 to11992.02. …”
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Contemporary Volunteering in the Formation of Prosocial Behaviour of a Person by P. A. Kislyakov, E. A. Shmeleva, O. Gowin

“…The data obtained were generalised and processed using qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis, including content analysis, percentage analysis, correlation analysis through Pearson coefficient and factor analysis (principal component method, varimax rotation). …”
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Assessment in education: Current trends, problems and contradictions (review of scientific publications) by I. B. Shmigirilova, A. S. Rvanova, O. V. Grigorenko

“…The wide range of assessment goals confirms the significance of the assessment as the education component; however, it results in some contradictions between the goals, which appear in estimated dichotomies: formative and summative assessment, norm-based and criteria-based assessment. …”
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A new underwater camera trap for freshwater wildlife monitoring by Lionel L'Hoste, Xavier Mestdagh, Aurélien Besnard, Yoanne Didry, Mathilde Foucteau, Adriano Gama, Rémy Haas, Frank Minette, Pauline Priol, Rémy Schwartz, Nicolas Titeux

“…The ventral part of the body displays the most interesting features for species, stage or sex recognition and even for individualisation in some species. The UCT produces standardised images where the background is uniform, the animals are evenly illuminated, their distance to the camera is fixed and the shooting angle is controlled, thereby facilitating the automation of image processing and analysis. …”
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Systematic bacteriophage selection for the lysis of multiple Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains by Finja Rieper, Finja Rieper, Johannes Wittmann, Boyke Bunk, Cathrin Spröer, Melanie Häfner, Christian Willy, Mathias Müsken, Holger Ziehr, Imke H.E. Korf, Dieter Jahn, Dieter Jahn

“…Comparative host spectrum analyses were carried out using double agar overlay plaque assay (DPA) and planktonic killing assay (PKA), which resulted in 70% of the cases in the same host range. All phages were assigned to known phage genera, but some of the phages are new species. …”
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Qualitative process evaluation from a complex systems perspective: A systematic review and framework for public health evaluators. by Elizabeth McGill, Dalya Marks, Vanessa Er, Tarra Penney, Mark Petticrew, Matt Egan

“…Evaluations were conducted in settings such as schools, workplaces, and neighborhoods in 13 different countries (9 high-income and 4 middle-income). All reported some utilization of complex systems concepts in the analysis of qualitative data. …”
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Semantic segmentation of optical satellite images for the illegal construction detection using transfer learning by Yashasvi Mehta, Abdullah Baz, Shobhit K. Patel

“…As urban populations grow, the demand for new infrastructure intensifies. However, some builders often neglect to obtain necessary permits, resulting in unstable structures that endanger public safety and disrupt city planning. …”
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The role of demographic history and selection in shaping genetic diversity of the Galápagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus). by Gabriella Arauco-Shapiro, Katelyn I Schumacher, Dee Boersma, Juan L Bouzat

“…The comparison of neutral and adaptive markers in these two demographically distinct species allowed assessment of the potential role of balancing selection in maintaining levels of MHC variation during bottleneck events. Our analysis suggests that the lack of genetic diversity at both neutral and adaptive loci in the Galápagos penguin likely resulted from its restricted range, relatively low abundance, and history of demographic bottlenecks. …”
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The Linguistic Interpretation for Language Union – Language Family by E.A. Balalykina

“…In order to fulfill the goal of this work, descriptive, comparative, and historical methods have been used. A range of examples has been provided to prove that some languages, mainly Slavonic and Baltic languages, form a language family rather than a language union, because a whole number of features in their systems are the heritage of their common Indo-European past. …”
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The potential of generative AI with prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET/CT: challenges and future directions by Islam Md Zobaer, Spiro Ergi, Yap Pew-Thian, Gorin Michael A., Rowe Steven P.

“…However, there are unique clinical challenges associated with PSMA-PET imaging that still need to be addressed to ensure its continued widespread integration into clinical care and research trials. Some of those challenges are the very wide dynamic range of lesion uptake, benign uptake in organs that may be adjacent to sites of disease, insufficient large datasets for training AI models, as well as artifacts in the images. …”
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PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PROCUREMENT TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY: ASSESSING THE MANAGERIAL CAPABILITIES OF PUBLIC-SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS IN AFRICA by Betty Oluwafunso OLOJEDE

“…Up to 40 PPP-capabilities were exhibited on an average score (41-60%) level, with mean score (MS) value range of 3.13 ≤ MS ≤ 3.70, for the public projects procured. …”
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Multiple transitions resulting from remediation and re-entry of first-year undergraduate medical students: expectations and experiences, emotions and recommendations by Nokuthula Tlalajoe-Mokhatla

“… Transitioning from school to tertiary education can be daunting and overwhelming, and neither students nor institutions are necessarily prepared for these transitions. Some students may even experience multiple transitions in their academic programmes. …”
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A reduced state of being: The role of culture in illness perceptions of young adults diagnosed with depressive disorders in Singapore. by Wen Lin Teh, Ellaisha Samari, Laxman Cetty, Roystonn Kumarasan, Fiona Devi, Shazana Shahwan, Nisha Chandwani, Mythily Subramaniam

“…Data reached saturation after 33 interviews (10 to 12 interviews per ethnic group) and five themes emerged from the thematic analysis: 1) A reduced state of being experienced at a point of goal disengagement, 2) the accumulation of chronic stressors in a system that demands success and discourages the pursuit of personally meaningful goals, 3) a wide range of symptoms that are uncontrollable and disabling, 4) poor decision making resulting in wasted opportunities, with some positive takeaways, and 5) accepting the chronicity of depression. …”
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Multimorbidity frameworks impact the composition of patterns and their associations with patient-reported outcomes among people with HIV by Luxsena Sukumaran, Alan Winston, Jane Anderson, Marta Boffito, Frank A. Post, Memory Sachikonye, Patrick W. G. Mallon, Laura Waters, Jaime Vera, Fiona Burns, Caroline A. Sabin

“…Results: The analyses included 1073 people with HIV (median [interquartile range; IQR] age 52 [47 - 59] years; 85% male; 97% on ART). …”
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Moringa leaf extract as a natural alternative for the growth, yield, and yield components of onion (Allium cepa L.) varieties in central Gondar, North Ethiopia by Gizachew Marie, Aleminew Tagele, Simegn Kinfu

“…In addition, MRR observed on Nafis variety sprayed with MLE (4%) was above the acceptable range. Hence, it can be concluded that Nafis variety combined with foliar application MLE (4%) can enhance the growth and productivity of onion.…”
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The Challenges of Local Intra-Articular Therapy by Gailute Kirdaite, Jaroslav Denkovskij, Diana Mieliauskaite, Jolita Pachaleva, Eiva Bernotiene

“…Currently, the outcomes of local synovectomies are well studied; however, there is still a lack of a comprehensive analysis of current local intra-articular treatments highlighting their advantages and disadvantages. …”
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Migration and population characteristics of white-naped cranes wintering on the Korean Peninsula by Hyung-Kyu Nam, Hwa-Jung Kim, Batmunkh Davaasuren, Tseveenmyadag Natsagdorj, Nyambayar Batbayar, Jugdernamjil Nergui, Jin-Young Park, Otgonbayar Tsend, Wee-Heang Hur, Dong-Won Kim, Yu-Seong Choi

“…In 2022 and 2023, the migratory routes were tracked using GPS transmitters attached to 12 cranes captured in eastern Mongolia. The analysis revealed a remarkable 2313.7% increase in the number of cranes wintering in Korea between 2000 and 2024 and demonstrated an expansion in their wintering range. …”
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Reduced temporal variability of cortical excitation/inhibition ratio in schizophrenia by Frigyes Samuel Racz, Kinga Farkas, Melinda Becske, Hajnalka Molnar, Zsuzsanna Fodor, Peter Mukli, Gabor Csukly

“…In line, in this study we analyzed resting-state EEG recordings from 30 patients with SZ and 31 healthy controls (HC) and characterized E/I ratio via β separately for low- (1–4 Hz) and high- (20–45 Hz) frequency regimes in a time-resolved manner. Results from this analysis confirmed the bimodal nature of power spectra in both HC and SZ, with steeper spectral slopes in the high- compared to low-frequency ranges. …”
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