The influence of cultural belonging on social distances in native and international students from the Republic of Moldova / Influența apartenenței culturale asupra distanțelor soc... by RUSNAC Svetlana, KHORY Johnny

“…We note that there are differences in culture, denomination, but also in knowledge and experiences of communication with the representatives of other countries. The variable "year of study" has an important role in establishing social distances. …”
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Effects of weight status, sex, age, sedentary behavior, pubertal status and socioeconomic status on the physical activity of children and adolescents by Alma Weimann, Mandy Vogel, Tanja Poulain, Wieland Kiess

“…Methods This study utilized accelerometer data (SenseWear Pro 2, Bodymedia) to explore correlations between the outcome variable physical activity levels and the predictor variables weight status, sex, age, sedentary behavior, pubertal status and socioeconomic status. …”
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A hybrid fuzzy logic–Random Forest model to predict psychiatric treatment order outcomes: an interpretable tool for legal decision support by Alexandre Hudon, Alexandre Hudon, Alexandre Hudon, Alexandre Hudon

“…The most influential predictors were the duration of time granted by the court, duration requested by the clinical team, and age of the defendant. …”
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Forecasting Electricity Production in a Small Hydropower Plant (SHP) Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) by Dawid Maciejewski, Krzysztof Mudryk, Maciej Sporysz

“…Renewable Energy Sources (RESs) are difficult to predict due to weather variability. Electricity production by a run-of-river SHP is marked by the variability related to the access to instantaneous flow in the river and weather conditions. …”
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Access to HIV testing and factors associated among sexual minority women in a metropolitan region of the Brazilian Amazon by Janaína de Freitas Vale, Wanderson Santiago de Azevedo Júnior, Paula Regina Barbosa de Almeida, Adinaldo Moreira Martins, Flavine Evangelista Gonçalves, Eliã Pinheiro Botelho, Fabianne de Jesus Dias de Sousa, Cintia Yolette Urbano Pauxis Aben-Athar, Luiz Fernando Almeida Machado, Glenda Roberta Oliveira Naiff Ferreira

“…Although the testing prevalence was below 50%, the study identified that the combined prevention strategy has reached the most vulnerable populations.…”
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Treatment of Early Cesarean Scar Pregnancy with Double Balloon Catheter: A Systematic Review of the Literature by Irene Passerini, Francesco Marasciulo, Federico Prefumo, Anna Fichera, Nicola Fratelli, Filippo Alberto Ferrari, Federico Ferrari, Franco Odicino

“…Most of the patients (73%) received adjuvant systemic methotrexate (MTX) and the catheter dwell time ranges from 1 to 5 days. …”
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Multivariate Approach to Antimicrobial Residue Concentrations in Animal‐Derived Products: An Analytical Review by Juan Carlos Angeles‐Hernandez, David Alejandro Contreras Caro del Castillo, Astrid Espinosa‐Sánchez, Lizbeth E. Robles‐Jimenez, Navid Ghavipanje, Manuel Gonzalez‐Ronquillo

“…The final database comprised seven qualitative variables (antibiotic, antibiotic class, region, country, decade, EMA category, animal product and animal species) and one quantitative variable (residue concentration recorded as µg/kg). …”
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Study of the Electrical Conduction Mechanism in Low-Frequency Field for CuMnO₂ Crednerite-Type Materials Obtained by Microwave-Assisted Hydrothermal Synthesis by Catalin N. Marin, Maria Poienar, Antoanetta Lungu, Cristian Casut, Paula Sfirloaga, Iosif Malaescu

“…The experimental data were analysed based on three theoretical models, demonstrating that the most appropriate theoretical model to explain the electrical conduction mechanism in the samples is Mott’s variable range hopping (VRH) model. …”
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Interprofessional Discussion for Knowledge Transfer in a Digital “Community of Practice” for Managing Pneumoconiosis: Mixed Methods Study by Varinn Avi Sood, Heidi Rishel Brakey, Orrin Myers, Xin Shore, Akshay Sood

“…Clinical providers, the largest participant group, constituting 36.7% (n=58) of unique participants, were the most vocal group (mean 21.74, SD 2.11 average utterances per person-session). …”
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Socio-economic burden of Rift Valley fever outbreak in a pastoralist community in Marsabit County, Kenya, 2018 by Mathew Munyamaara Mutiiria, Peter Gatongi, Elvis Oyugis, Mathew Muturi, Athman Mwatondo, Bernard Chege, Juster Mungiiria

“…Stormy abortions were the most common syndrome reported at 382(99%).No routine livestock vaccination against RVF. …”
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Application of Partial Least Squares-Discriminate Analysis Model Based on Water Chemical Compositions in Identifying Water Inrush Sources from Multiple Aquifers in Mines by Yaoshan Bi, Jiwen Wu, Xiaorong Zhai, Shuhao Shen, Libin Tang, Kai Huang, Dawei Zhang

“…External validation found that the model had good stability and discrimination. (3) HCO3- and total dissolved solids (TDS) were the most important differential marker compositions that affected the discrimination results based on Variable Importance for the Projection (VIP) scores. …”
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Enhancement of biomass production of Ganoderma spp. (Polyporaceae) native strains from the Sonoran desert, Mexico, grown in liquid culture with vineyard pruning extracts by María Cruz-Félix, Lucia Angulo-Sanchez, Georgina Vargas, Aldo Gutiérrez, Antonio Orozco, Gabriela Ramos-Clamont, Martín Esqueda

“…Total triterpenoid and antioxidant capacity were prospected in the most competitive native strain vs. control strain. …”
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A machine learning approach to predict self-efficacy in breast cancer survivors by İsmail Toygar, Su Özgür, Gülcan Bağçivan, Ezgi Karaçam, Hilal Benzer, Ferda Akyüz Özdemir, Halise Taşkın Duman, Özlem Ovayolu

“…Education level ranked first in the LR (0.3874), RF (0.3290), and SVM (0.1250) models, and was the second most important variable in the XGB (0.2327) model. …”
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Impact of social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of university students and recommendations for the post-pandemic period: A systematic review by Tamiris Beppler Martins, Joaquim Henrique Lorenzetti Branco, Taís Beppler Martins, Gilmar Moraes Santos, Alexandro Andrade

“…Results: The initial search identified 3051 records and 68 studies were included in this review, with sample off 177,537 university students. Anxiety was the most commonly investigated variable (79.4%), followed by depression (75%) and stress (42.6%). …”
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Examination of Gender Differences: Causal Attributions of Treatment-Seeking Individuals With Overweight and Obesity by Carmen Henning, Caroline Seiferth, Tanja Färber, Magdalena Pape, Stephan Herpertz, Sabine Steins-Loeber, Jörg Wolstein

“…[Results] The most frequently mentioned and highly rated cause was behavior for both genders (59.8% of 639 responses). …”
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New approach of PV and thermal modeling to develop feasible cooling solutions for PV in buildings by Cornago Iñaki, Ezquer Mikel, Sorbet Francisco Javier, Kalms Alicia, Diarce Gonzalo, Irulegi Olatz, Zaversky Fritz

“…An optimized four-step control strategy emerges as the most effective, yielding a 2.3% increase in the net annual energy balance for the analyzed roof. …”
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Dental fluorosis and associated factors among Colombian schoolchildren: A Mixed Methods Study by Bruno Gutiérrez-Quiceno, Yeimy Tatiana Ortega-Burbano, Angye Paola Salcedo-Muñoz, Rafaela Reis da Silva, Johana Alejandra Moreno-Drada

“…The researchers analyzed data using descriptive statistics and multivariate analysis (quantitative), with the dependent variable fluorosis measured using Dean’s Index. …”
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Multi-tissue transcriptomic characterization of endogenous retrovirus-derived transcripts in Capra hircus by Ming-Di Li, Ming-Di Li, Hu-Rong Li, Shao-Hui Ye

“…BackgroundTransposable elements (TEs, or transposons) are repetitive genomic sequences, accounting for half of a mammal genome. Most TEs are transcriptionally silenced, whereas some TEs, especially endogenous retroviruses (ERVs, long terminal repeat retrotransposons), are physiologically expressed in certain conditions. …”
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Provider advice, pregnant persons’ expectations, and actual gestational weight gain among United States military health care beneficiaries: a secondary analysis of a randomized con... by Erin Solomon, Abby McPhail, Zoran Bursac, Melissa A. Little, G. Wayne Talcott, Rebecca A. Krukowski

“…Participants’ expectations showed a significant association with actual GWG (OR 2.1, 95% CI 1.29–3.41, p = 0.003). Most participants (64.7%) reported no provider advice about how much weight to gain during their pregnancy. …”
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Tremor Types in Parkinson Disease: A Descriptive Study Using a New Classification by Alexandre Gironell, Berta Pascual-Sedano, Ignacio Aracil, Juan Marín-Lahoz, Javier Pagonabarraga, Jaime Kulisevsky

“…No significant association was found between the studied clinical variables and tremor types. Conclusions. Mixed tremor was the most common tremor type in our series of patients with PD according to our proposed classification, which we hope will enhance understanding of the broad clinical phenomenology of PD.…”
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