Investigating the Factors Influencing the Resilience Capacity of Rural Households Affected by Drought: A Case Study of the Villages of Zehak City by A.R. Sani Heidary, M. Daneshvar Kakhki, M. Sabouhi, H. Mohammadi

“…Data were collected by completing multidimensional questionnaires along with semi-structured interviews from households in 2023. To measure the resilience capacity of rural households, the theoretical framework of TANGO based on the estimation of the three capacities of absorption, adaptation and transfer was used through the factor analysis method, in which attitudinal and mental aspects of resilience are also taken into account. …”
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Health Facilities’ Readiness to Manage Hypertension and Diabetes Cases at Primary Health Facilities in Bidibidi Refugee Settlement, Yumbe District, Uganda by Vuchiri Ray Isadru, Rose Clarke Nanyonga, John Bosco Alege

“…HF data were collected using the Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA) checklist and a structured questionnaire used among HCWs. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20. …”
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Estratégias de enfrentamento adotadas por mulheres vítimas de violência [Coping strategies adopted by women victims of violence] [Estrategias de enfrentamiento adoptadas por mujere... by Laís Costa, Rayane Gonçalves Lordes, Dherik Fraga, Nathália Miguel Teixeira Santana, Susana Bubach, Franciéle Marabotti Costa Leite

“…Method: in this quanti-qualitative, descriptive study of 19 women victims of violence, who attended the Multidisciplinary Support Center in Serra, Espírito Santo, in 2013, semi-structured interview and recording were used to collect socioeconomic and violence data. …”
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Perceptions of students, professors, and simulated patients with a periodontology OSCE station in dentistry by Gema Cidoncha, Marta Muñoz-Corcuera, Virginia Sánchez, María Jesús Pardo Monedero, Ana Antoranz, Aurora Saiz Rodríguez

“…Background: The OSCE, or objective structured clinical examination, is a practical assessment used worldwide to evaluate students' competencies in health science degrees. …”
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INNOMINATE – digital catalogue and tools of the Identified Skeleton Collection of IUCS-CESPU by Maria João Pereira Godinho, Rui Azevedo, Áurea Madureira-Carvalho, Inês Caldas

“…Posteriormente, e após cuidada análise dos formulários (em papel) de recolha de informação sobre a coleção de ossadas cadavéricas, foi desenvolvida uma base de dados relacional assente em Structured Query Language (SQL) para o registo dos dados. …”
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Riscos ocupacionais no trabalho de limpeza hospitalar: percepções de especialistas em segurança e saúde do trabalhador [Occupational risks in hospital cleaning work: perceptions fr... by Larissia Admá de Souza Pereira, Marcia Lima da Cunha, Raquel Veiga Baptista, Regina Célia Gollner Zeitoune, Magda Guimarães de Araújo Faria, Cristiane Helena Gallasch

“…Method: in this exploratory, qualitative study with specialists in the area of worker safety and health, data were obtained, in the first half of 2020, through semi-structured interviews, recorded in digital media, and subjected to categorical thematic content analysis. …”
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Legal frameworks for blockchain applications: a comparative study with implications for innovation in Europe by Francisco Von Hafe, Francisco Von Hafe, Francisco Von Hafe, Yash Wagle, Federico Guede-Fernández, Federico Guede-Fernández, Ana Paula Giordano, Ana Paula Giordano, Luís Silva, Salomé Azevedo, Salomé Azevedo, Salomé Azevedo

“…This study compares blockchain regulations across six European geographies: Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and Malta (blockchain-specialised regulators) versus the European Union (EU), Estonia, and Portugal (generalist regulators) to map key divergences in legal maturity, asset classification, taxation, anti-money laundering/know-your-customer enforcement, and supervisory structures. A secondary objective is to evaluate how these differences impact the scalability of innovation.MethodsThis study compares blockchain regulations across six European jurisdictions through a three-phase analysis. …”
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Community and Universal Testing for TB among close contacts of microbiologically confirmed pulmonary TB patients in two high TB burden countries: a protocol for a pragmatic cluster... by Mgcini Moyo, Thobani Ntshiqa, Yohhei Hamada, Andrew Copas, Issa Sabi, Elias Nyanda Ntinginya, Julieth Lalashowi, Manthomeng Matete, Griffiths Kubeka, Lindiwe Tsope, Rachel Mukora, Don Mudzengi, Tanya Nielson, Knut Lönnroth, Stefan Niemann, Molebogeng Rangaka, Kavindhran Velen, Salome Charalambous, Stacie Stender, Lilian Tina Minja

“…In addition, it will provide evidence for high TB burden countries with inherently different cost structures compared to intermediate and low burden settings where previous cost-effectiveness analyses have been undertaken. …”
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Paeoniflorin Improves Stroke by Modulating the ESR1 Pathway: Data Mining and Validation Based on Network Approaches by Zhenshan Sun, Junjie Peng, Jiangbangrui Chu, Zhengyi Wang, Kefan Hu, Zhanpeng Feng, Mingfeng Zhou, Xingqin Wang, Songtao Qi, Zhu Zhang, Ken Kin Lam Yung

“…For the molecular docking process, Autodock was applied as the docking platform, and all the protein structures were downloaded from PDB. For experimental validation after target screening, HT22 cells were incubated with glucose-free DMEM and placed in an anaerobic chamber for 2 h. …”
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Revisiting Uric Acid Stone Dissolution Kinetics: Insights for Optimizing Medical Therapy by Paz Lotan, Michael Mastai, Yitzhak Mastai, Sapir Shekef Aloni, Itay Sagy, Bezalel Sivan, Abd E. Darawsha, David Lifshitz

“…Methods: Ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometry was employed to analyze the dissolution kinetics of intact and grounded stones in artificial urine solution at various pH levels and UA concentrations. Crystal structures of precipitates were examined by X-ray diffraction. …”
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Assessment of prehospital tracheal intubation technique using initial direct laryngoscopy during videolaryngoscopy: randomized controlled simulated trial by Cédric Cibotto, Mathieu Pasquier, Nicolas Beysard, Frédéric Rouyer, Olivier Grosgurin, Laurent Bourgeois, Elio Erriquez, Ely Braun, Birgit Andrea Gartner, Thibaut Desmettre, Laurent Suppan

“…While videolaryngoscopy has emerged as a potential alternative to direct laryngoscopy by providing a better and easier visualization of the glottis, the improved view of anatomical structures does not necessarily correlate with successful tracheal tube placement. …”
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TccP4: a novel effector identified in the Escherichia albertii strain 1551-2 required for attaching and effacing lesion formation on infected Nck-null cells by Iranildo do A. Fernandes, Tadasuke Ooka, Daiany R. P. de Lira, Fernando H. Martins, Henrique Orsi, Nina Jones, Waldir P. Elias, Tetsuya Hayashi, Tânia A. T. Gomes, Rodrigo T. Hernandes

“…The main virulence feature of this bacterium is the attaching and effacing (AE) lesion formation on infected intestinal epithelial cells, which is characterized by the formation of pedestal-like structures that are rich in F-actin. The Brazilian E. albertii 1551-2 strain can recruit F-actin using both the Nck-dependent and the Nck-independent pathways, the latter of which uses an adaptor protein named Tir-cytoskeleton coupling protein (TccP/EspFU). …”
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Estimation de l’affouillement en méandre : quelles formules dans quel contexte ? Application à la stabilisation des berges de rivières par le génie végétal by Natacha FRUCTUS, Solange LEBLOIS, Guillaume PITON, Alain RECKING, André EVETTE, Florent PEZET

“…Pour limiter les effets de l’affouillement sur les ouvrages de protection de berge, il est ensuite possible d’ajuster la profondeur et la technique d’ancrage en modifiant par exemple la longueur des pieux des fascines ou encore en réalisant des structures de bois mort sous le niveau le plus bas de reprise de la végétation arbustive en berge. …”
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Cocultured amniotic stem cells and cardiomyocytes in a 3-D acellular heart patch reduce the infarct size and left ventricle remodeling: promote angiogenesis in a porcine acute myoc... by Muhammad Arza Putra, Normalina Sandora, Tri Wisesa Soetisna, Tyas Rahmah Kusuma, Nur Amalina Fitria, Benati Karimah, Deni Noviana, Gunanti, Pribadi Wiranda Busro, Supomo, Idrus Alwi

“…Immunofluorescence analysis demonstrated positive α-actinin expression in both the pASC and coculture groups, with the coculture group displaying sarcomeric structures—an organization absent in control group. …”
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Cell wall remodeling in a fungal pathogen is required for hyphal growth into microspaces by Hinata Miki, Melani Mariscal Gomez, Ayaka Itani, Daisuke Yamanaka, Yoshikatsu Sato, Antonio Di Pietro, Norio Takeshita

“…ABSTRACT Hyphae are filamentous structures that are crucial for the lifestyle of many fungi, allowing rapid colonization of diverse substrates such as dead organic material or living host tissue. …”
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Trace elements composition of the scleral shell of the eye in various forms of glaucoma by L. L. Arutyunyan, E. N. Iomdina, Yu. S. Morozova, S. Yu. Anisimova, S. I. Anisimov

“…This can be the reason for the different severity of disorders of collagen biosynthesis and the formation of cross-links in the connective tissue structures of the sclera, as well as the varying degree changes in the hydrodynamics of the intraocular fluid, which on the whole can affect the level of intraocular pressure and the pattern of glaucoma development.…”
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An in silico approach uncovering the competency of oncolytic human adenovirus 52 for targeted breast cancer virotherapy by Muhammad Naveed, Zainab Batool, Tariq Aziz, Khushbakht Javed, Nouman Ali, Hafiz Muzzammel Rehman, Metab Alharbi, Abdullah F Alasmari, Abdulrahman Alshammari

“…The workflow of this research utilized in-silico computational drug designing approaches including retrieval of tertiary structures of both the target Breast Cancer Type 1 Susceptibility Protein (BRCA1) and the viral Human Adenovirus 52 protein, their validation generating Ramachandran Plots determining favoured amino acid residue angles and prediction of their active residues. …”
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Cloning and expression of a C3H-type zinc finger protein gene BoCCCH2 from Brassica oleracea var. italica by JIANG Ming, LIU Qing’e, ZHANG Yanru, ZHU Qi, GONG Xiu, YU Keke, ZHOU Xiuqian

“…The deduced protein sequence contained two ANK domains and two CCCH zinc finger structures, respectively, and the CCCH zinc finger types were C—X₈—C—X₅—C—X₃—H and C—X₅—C—X₄— C—X₃—H. …”
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Experimental Study on Temperature Distribution Characteristics Under Coordinated Ventilation in Underground Interconnected Tunnels by Houlin Ying, Zhisheng Xu, Zihan Yu, Yaolong Yin, Weibing Jiao

“…Underground interconnected tunnels typically have a large curvature and multiple branching structures, which pose a higher fire risk than traditional single-tube tunnels. …”
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Assessing ChatGPT’s Educational Potential in Lung Cancer Radiotherapy From Clinician and Patient Perspectives: Content Quality and Readability Analysis by Cedric Richlitzki, Sina Mansoorian, Lukas Käsmann, Mircea Gabriel Stoleriu, Julia Kovacs, Wulf Sienel, Diego Kauffmann-Guerrero, Thomas Duell, Nina Sophie Schmidt-Hegemann, Claus Belka, Stefanie Corradini, Chukwuka Eze

“…ResultsReadability analysis classified most responses as “very difficult to read” (university level) or “difficult to read” (upper secondary school), likely due to the use of medical language and long sentence structures. Clinician assessments yielded high scores for relevance (mean 4.5, SD 0.52) and correctness (mean 4.3, SD 0.65), but completeness received slightly lower ratings (mean 3.9, SD 0.59). …”
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