Learning about social suffering through illness narrative: possibilities and challenges by Young-Gyung Paik, Jidong Sung

“…Results Our analysis yielded three major themes: (1) categorical framings of suffering, (2) emerging recognition of narrative complexity, and (3) limited engagement with structural dimensions of social suffering. While students readily identified physical and psychological aspects of suffering, most demonstrated surface-level engagement with social dimensions. …”
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Efficient Storage Management of Optical Coherence Tomography Images using Zero-Shot Noise2Noise and a Custom Convolutional Neural Network by Alexandru-Robert FARCAŞ, Radu-Constantin FLEŞAR, Todor IVAŞCU, Sebastian-Aurelian ŞTEFĂNIGĂ

“…The processed images were reduced to approximately one-third of their original file size (from ~100 KB to ~36 KB) while maintaining high structural similarity and visual clarity. Our experiment compared the performance of a binary classification model using both processed and unprocessed images from the Optical Coherence Tomography Dataset for Image-Based Deep Learning (OCTDL) dataset. …”
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Assessing Lightweight Folding UAV Reliability Through a Photogrammetric Case Study: Extracting Urban Village’s Buildings Using Object-Based Image Analysis (OBIA) Method by Junyu Kuang, Yingbiao Chen, Zhenxiang Ling, Xianxin Meng, Wentao Chen, Zihao Zheng

“…With the rapid advancement of drone technology, modern drones have achieved high levels of functional integration, alongside structural improvements that include lightweight, compact designs with foldable features, greatly enhancing their flexibility and applicability in photogrammetric applications. …”
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Distribution of chronic latent gynecological pathologies in dairy cows by S. O. Sidashova, B. V. Gutyj, V. L. Shnaider, V. B. Todoriuk

“…The purpose of the research and production research in four breeding dairy farms of the industrial type was to establish the prevalence of chronic latent inflammatory processes of the reproductive organs, which lead to the loss of generative resources of dairy breeds of cattle. Analytical, structural-comparative, and statistical methods were used to perform the research tasks. …”
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Effects of soil organic matter properties and microbial community composition on enzyme activities in cryoturbated arctic soils. by Jörg Schnecker, Birgit Wild, Florian Hofhansl, Ricardo J Eloy Alves, Jiří Bárta, Petr Capek, Lucia Fuchslueger, Norman Gentsch, Antje Gittel, Georg Guggenberger, Angelika Hofer, Sandra Kienzl, Anna Knoltsch, Nikolay Lashchinskiy, Robert Mikutta, Hana Santrůčková, Olga Shibistova, Mounir Takriti, Tim Urich, Georg Weltin, Andreas Richter

“…We also measured three potential enzyme activities (cellobiohydrolase, leucine-amino-peptidase and phenoloxidase) and used structural equation models (SEMs) to identify direct and indirect drivers of the three enzyme activities. …”
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Parametric analysis for interphase shear stress in MoS2/PET nanocomposite under thermo-mechanical loading by Rayka Vladova, Tatyana Petrova, Elisaveta Kirilova, Boyan Boyadjiev, Apostol Apostolov, Wilfried Becker, Alexsander Moravski

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Molecular Docking and Green Synthesis of Bioinorganic TiO2 Nanoparticles against E.coli and S.aureus by Rasha Hamed Al-Serwi, Mohamed El-Sherbiny, T.V. Ajay Kumar, Abdulmalik Abdulghani Qasim, Thekra Khattar, Yahia Alghazwani, Ali Alqahtani, Venkatesan Krishnaraju, Jamal Moideen Muthu Mohamed, Venkatesa Prabhu Sundramurthy

“…A variety of techniques, including X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) coupled with energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDAX), and differential reflectance spectroscopy, had been employed to classify the structural and optical properties of the prepared bioinorganic photocatalyst (UV-DRS). …”
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Akinetopsia: a systematic review on visual motion blindness by Johanna L. Browne, Lydia Krabbendam, Jan Dirk Blom, Jan Dirk Blom, Jan Dirk Blom

“…Aetiologically, most cases were associated with structural neurological conditions such as stroke and neurodegenerative disease, and fewer with intoxications or paroxysmal neurological disorders such as epilepsy. …”
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Safety assessment of the substance calcium tert‐butylphosphonate for use in food contact materials by EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP), Claude Lambré, José Manuel Barat Baviera, Claudia Bolognesi, Andrew Chesson, Pier Sandro Cocconcelli, Riccardo Crebelli, David Michael Gott, Konrad Grob, Evgenia Lampi, Marcel Mengelers, Alicja Mortensen, Inger‐Lise Steffensen, Christina Tlustos, Henk Van Loveren, Laurence Vernis, Holger Zorn, Ronan Cariou, Laurence Castle, Emma Di Consiglio, Roland Franz, Maria Rosaria Milana, Eric Barthélémy, Remigio Marano, Gilles Rivière

“…The substance did not induce gene mutations in bacterial cells and structural chromosomal aberrations in mammalian cells, thus, did not raise concern for genotoxicity. …”
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American struggle for global leadership and the strategic options of Serbia by Lišanin Mladen

“…Contemporary turbulence regarding the issue of global leadership (referred to by some authors as "primacy" or "hegemony") takes place within a specific context, manifested through a single fundamental rift: the one based on key actors' attitudes towards the necessity of structural revision of the world system, contrasted with aspirations to maintain the status quo. …”
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Association of ventricular arrhythmias with lamotrigine: an observational cohort study by Sodam Kim, Landon Welch, Bertha De Los Santos, Przemysław B. Radwański, Mark A. Munger, Kibum Kim

“…Abstract Whether lamotrigine (LTG) is associated with ventricular tachycardia (VT) in bipolar disorder (BPD), partial seizures (PSZ) and generalized tonic-clonic seizures (GTSZ) with and without structural heart disease (SHD) remains controversial leading to a real-world comparative cohort observational study. …”
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Unveiling the role of stakeholder involvement for digital transformation of Indian food SMEs by Sumit Gupta, Deepika Joshi, Sandeep Jagtap, Hana Trollman, Virendra Kumar Verma

“…This paper studies the role of stakeholder involvement in digital transformation in Indian food SMEs. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) is used on survey responses from 103 food SMEs using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). …”
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SYSTEM OF FORMATION OF DEVELOPMENT OF FUTURE HEADS’ OF GENERAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION READINESS FOR STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT IN MASTER’S DEGREE COURSES by Olha V. Lebid

“…It contains the goal (formation of the readiness of the future head of a comprehensive educational institution for strategic management in the conditions of the magistracy in accordance with the modern needs in their professional activities for the sake of which the structural and functional model is created), the tasks, the principles (systemic and systematic, the connection of learning with practical activity, consciousness and activity of learning, the reinforcement of knowledge), methodological principles (systemic, synergetic, competence-oriented, student-centered, active, axiological, acmeological, andragogical), and pedagogical conditions. …”
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Applicability of the Chinese weight self-stigma questionnaire and its relationships with depression, physical exercise, and quality of life by Yuchao Fu, Jixiang Liu, Wei Lyu

“…Study 2 used the WSSQ (two dimensions: self-devaluation, Fear of Enacted Stigma), physical exercise scale (frequency, intensity, duration), DASS-21 (three subscales), and life satisfaction scale to construct structural equation models for testing chain mediation. …”
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Finite Element Analysis of Post-Buckling Failure in Stiffened Panels: A Comparative Approach by Jakiya Sultana, Gyula Varga

“…These findings highlight the significance of precision manufacturing, particularly in improving and optimizing the structural efficiency of stiffened panels in aerospace industries.…”
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How do individuals’ goals affect sustainable household waste recycling practices among young consumers? Evidence from Dhaka City, Bangladesh by Md Hasibul Islam, Mashnur Mahbub, Md. Mahiuddin Sabbir

“…The partial least squares structural equation modeling technique was used to analyze the data. …”
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An exploratory study of implementing a breakthrough series collaborative in early childhood education and care centers in the United States by Tamara Halle, Anne Douglass, Jennifer Cleveland, Tiffany Bamdad, Hallie Garrison, Kerensa Nagle, Kathryn Tout, Jennifer Agosti, Stephanie Doyle, Diana Gal-Szabo

“…As for improvements in short-term outcomes, teachers’ sense of efficacy increased over time, and participants reported structural changes to organizational functions (such as staff meetings and protected staff time) that removed barriers and allowed educators the time and space to take initiative for quality improvement activities. …”
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A Lightweight Neural Network for Denoising Wrapped-Phase Images Generated with Full-Field Optical Interferometry by Muhammad Awais, Younggue Kim, Taeil Yoon, Wonshik Choi, Byeongha Lee

“…The results demonstrate that WPD-Net achieves superior noise suppression while preserving fine structural details even with mixed speckle and Gaussian noises. …”
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Unemployment as a new phenomenon of the transition economy of Russia in 1990–2000: causes, problems, solutions (on the example of the Southern Urals) by O. V. Salikhova, N. V. Baryshnikova

“…To achieve this goal, the following methods were used: statistical, system-structural, descriptive, comparative-historical. The sources include materials from federal and regional archives, statistical data from the Orenburg, Chelyabinsk regions and the Republic of Bashkortostan. …”
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Synthesis and electrochemical characterization of APS/FeCl3-PPy@Co2O3 nanocomposites for supercapacitors by Sagar Kute, Munish Pandey, Manohar Zate

“…They were characterised through structural and electrochemical studies involving UV-Vis, FTIR, BET, XRD, and FE-SEM-EDX analyses. …”
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