Awareness and perceptions regarding autism among school teachers in Jazan region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by Eman A. Otaif, Sarah M. A. Salih, Mohammed S. Mahfouz

“…A structured validated self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. It includes three sections: sociodemographic information of the participants, the Autism Knowledge Questionnaire (AKQ), and statements exploring the teachers' attitudes toward children with autism. …”
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The mediating role of psychological capital between chameleon leadership and group cohesion among staff nurses: a cross-sectional path analysis study by Aida Mahmoud Abdel-Azeem, Ayman Mohamed El-Ashry, Safa Mohamed Amin, Fatma Fouad Elsayed

“…Design and method A cross-sectional, correlational descriptive study was conducted with a convenience sample of 282 staff nurses at Beni-Suef University Hospital. Data were collected using an online survey consisting of sociodemographic details, the Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ), the Chameleon Leadership Scale, and the Group Cohesion Scale. …”
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Effects of Forced Exercise on Withdrawal Syndrome, Brain Hippocampus Neurons Count and Level of Serum Corticosterone in Morphine Addicted Male Rats by Alireza Sarkaki, Maryam Mohammadian, Marzieh Panahi, Akram Ahangarpour, Fakher Rahim

“…Background and Objective: addiction to morphine impairs the behavioral and cognitive performances. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of forced exercise (treadmill) on withdrawal signs after morphine deprivation, serum corticostrone level, and hippocampus neurons count in brain hemisphers in rats addicted to morphine. …”
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Characterizing a sexual health and HIV risk stratification scale for sexually active adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Tanzania. by Hannah Han, Fan Yang, Sarah Murray, Gaspar Mbita, Maggie Bangser, Katherine Rucinski, Albert Komba, Caterina Casalini, Mary Drake, Esther Majani, Kelly Curran, Yeronimo Mlawa, Agnes Junga, Jeremie Zoungrana, Upendo Kategile, Angela Ramadhani, Qian-Li Xue, Stefan Baral

“…The scale also demonstrated a statistically significant association with condomless sex and could be potentially used for sexual health risk stratification (OR = 1.17, 95% CI: 1.12, 1.23). …”
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Strategies for enhancing home-based cardiac rehabilitation self-management for patients with coronary heart disease: a qualitative study by Zhen Yang, Xutong Zheng, Yu Gao, Chunqi Zhang, Aiping Wang

“…Clinical nurses were selected using purposive sampling with maximum variation strategies. …”
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Nonadherence to anti-tuberculosis treatment, reasons and associated factors among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in the communities in Indonesia. by Dina Bisara Lolong, Ni Ketut Aryastami, Ina Kusrini, Kristina L Tobing, Ingan Tarigan, Siti Isfandari, Felly Philipus Senewe, Raflizar, Noer Endah, Nikson Sitorus, Lamria Pangaribuan, Oster S Simarmata, Yusniar Ariati

“…Census officers asked all participants about their history of TB and their treatment-defined Nonadherence as discontinuation of anti-tuberculosis treatment for <6 months. Data were analyzed using STATA 14.0 (College Station, TX, USA).…”
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Personality Traits, Clinical Characteristics, and Health-Related Quality of Life of Patients with Hypertension in a Primary Hospital in Ghana by Irene A. Kretchy, Franklin Acheampong, Jane Laryea, Joseph Osafo, Emmanuel Asampong, Erica Dickson

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Caffeine and Beetroot Juice Optimize 1,000-m Performance: Shapley Additive Explanations Analysis by Xiao Liu, Lei Huo, Feng Wang, Tian Wang, Wenchao Rong, Yu He

“…Physiological, nutritional, and behavioral data were collected during each condition. …”
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Driving Anger States Detection Based on Incremental Association Markov Blanket and Least Square Support Vector Machine by Ping Wan, Chaozhong Wu, Yingzi Lin, Xiaofeng Ma

“…Meanwhile, three types of data sets including driver physiology, driving behaviors and vehicle motions, were collected by multiple sensors. …”
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Deep learning-based feature selection for detection of autism spectrum disorder by Ibrahim Nafisah, Nermine Mahmoud, Ahmed A. Ewees, Mohamed G. Khattap, Abdelghani Dahou, Safar M. Alghamdi, Ibrahim A. Fares, Mohammed Azmi Al-Betar, Mohammed Azmi Al-Betar, Mohamed Abd Elaziz, Mohamed Abd Elaziz

“…A hybrid model combining Stacked Sparse Denoising Autoencoder (SSDAE) and Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP) is employed to extract relevant features from rs-fMRI data in the ABIDE I dataset, which was preprocessed using the CPAC pipeline. …”
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Impact of Brain derived Neurotrophic factor gene polymorphism on its peripheral levels in schizophrenic patients by Irshad Bibi, Farina Hanif, Quratulain Amir, Washdev Washdev, Mohammad Furqan Bari

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School-Based Epidemiology of Schistosoma haematobium Infection in Kharif District of Amran Governorate, North of Yemen: Need for Chemopreventive Strategy Revisiting by Alansi DHZ, Mahdy MAK, Abdul-Ghani R, Azazy AA

“…Therefore, this study determined the prevalence and risk factors associated with S. haematobium infection among schoolchildren in Kharif district of the governorate.Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 529 schoolchildren aged 7 to 15 years in Kharif district. Data on children’s demographics, clinical features, behaviors, and infection-related environmental factors were collected using a structured questionnaire. …”
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The effect of implicit learning on functional connectivity in schizophrenia by Asli Ceren Hinc, Asli Ceren Hinc, Simay Selek, Ibrahim Sungur, Ibrahim Sungur, Kaan Keskin, Kaan Keskin, Furkan Yazici, Furkan Yazici, Mehmet Can Erata, Mehmet Can Erata, Yigit Erdogan, Alpaslan Yilmaz, Omer Kitis, Mehmet Cagdas Eker, Mehmet Cagdas Eker, Ali Saffet Gonul, Ali Saffet Gonul, Ali Saffet Gonul

“…Forty-two schizophrenia patients and 25 healthy controls underwent pre- and post-task rs-fMRI to evaluate changes in functional connectivity.ResultsBehavioral results indicated that all participants demonstrated shorter reaction times during sequential blocks, schizophrenia patients exhibited lower accuracy suggesting diminished implicit learning. …”
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A personal sensing technology enabled service versus a digital psychoeducation control for primary care patients with depression and anxiety: a pilot randomized controlled trial by Colleen Stiles-Shields, Karen M. Reyes, Tanvi Lakhtakia, Shannon R. Smith, Olga E. Barnas, Elizabeth L. Gray, Charles J. Krause, Kaylee P. Kruzan, Mary J. Kwasny, Zara Mir, Sameer Panjwani, Steven K. Rothschild, Lisa Sánchez-Johnsen, Nathan W. Winquist, Emily G. Lattie, Nicholas B. Allen, Madhu Reddy, David C. Mohr

“…Methods Participants were randomized to either: (1) TES: the “Vira” smartphone app (Ksana Health Inc.), informed by behavioral activation and using passive sensing technology to provide behavioral “insights” and target behaviors associated with mental health symptoms, alongside lay-provider coaching, or (2) Control: the Mood Education mobile app (ME), containing static psychoeducational resources designed to target mental health symptoms. …”
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Association between smoking status and suicidal ideation, planning, and attempts among adults in South Korea: a population-based cross-sectional survey by Jae Han Kim, Taesic Lee, Hyo Jin Park, Seon Mee Kim, Jin-Wook Kim, Jin-Wook Kim

“…Smoking is associated with an increased risk of suicide-related behaviors, yet age- and sex-specific risks remain unclear. …”
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In Vitro Assessment of Artificial Aging on the Antifungal Activity of PMMA Denture Base Material Modified with ZrO2 Nanoparticles by Shorouq Khalid Hamid, Lujain Ali Alghamdi, Faris A. Alshahrani, Soban Q. Khan, Asif Matin, Mohammed M. Gad

“…The artificial aging procedure was performed by repeating all tests at 7, 14, and 30 days following 2 rounds of thermocycling. Data were analyzed using ANOVA and Tukey’s post-hoc test (p<0.05). …”
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Enhancing Mild Cognitive Impairment Auxiliary Identification Through Multimodal Cognitive Assessment with Eye Tracking and Convolutional Neural Network Analysis by Na Li, Ziming Wang, Wen Ren, Hong Zheng, Shuai Liu, Yi Zhou, Kang Ju, Zhongting Chen

“…We extracted 31 eye movement and 8 behavioral features to assess their contributions to classification accuracy using CNN analysis. …”
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A comprehensive suite for extracting neuron signals across multiple sessions in one-photon calcium imaging by Pablo Vergara, Yuteng Wang, Sakthivel Srinivasan, Zhe Dong, Yu Feng, Iyo Koyanagi, Deependra Kumar, Yoan Chérasse, Toshie Naoi, Yuki Sugaya, Takeshi Sakurai, Masanobu Kano, Tristan Shuman, Denise Cai, Masashi Yanagisawa, Masanori Sakaguchi

“…Abstract We developed CaliAli, a comprehensive suite designed to extract neuronal signals from one-photon calcium imaging data collected across multiple sessions in free-moving conditions in mice. …”
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Mental health and coping among graduate students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a gender-based analysis by Keira C. M. Aubin, Tara A. Thachet, Isabella Hotston, Ashley M. E. Thompson, Kim G. C. Hellemans

“…BDI, BAI, DASS-S). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, chi-square tests and t-tests.ResultsFindings revealed significant mental health challenges among Canadian graduate students during the pandemic, with high rates of depression, anxiety, and stress reported. …”
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Analysis of sleep duration, energy intakes, physical activity, and metabolic syndrome based on the presence or absence of obesity and hypertension in working Korean adults by Eunsook Sung, Youngjun Lee, Sanghoo Kim, Jonghoon Park

“…These lifestyle-related conditions are intricately linked to sleep patterns, dietary behaviors, and physical activity.ObjectiveThis study aimed to examine how sleep duration, energy intake, and physical activity levels—key lifestyle factors—are associated with metabolic syndrome based on the presence or absence of obesity and hypertension among working Korean adults.MethodsWe analyzed 6,503 working Korean adults aged 20–59 years using cross-sectional data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey covering 2016–2018. …”
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