The Introduction of Gamification in the Teaching of German as a Foreign Language at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria by Olajumoke Oyedele, Moses Ayankunle

“…Most Nigerian students of German are between 16 and 30 years old. …”
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Melatonin versus midazolam in the premedication of anxious children attending for elective surgery under general anaesthesia: the MAGIC non-inferiority RCT by Christopher Deery, Robert Bolt, Diana Papaioannou, Matthew Wilson, Marie Hyslop, Esther Herbert, Nikki Totton, Zoe Marshman, Tracey Young, Jennifer Kettle, Sondos Albadri, Simon Atkins, Katie Biggs, Janet Clarkson, Chris Evans, Laura Flight, Jacqui Gath, Fiona Gilchrist, Kate Hutchence, Nicholas Ireland, Amanda Loban, Amy Norrington, Hamish Paton, Jaydip Ray, Helen Rodd, Elena Sheldon, Richard Simmonds, Christopher Vernazza

“…In the United Kingdom, the most used medicine is ‘midazolam’, which is effective, but has side effects including breathing problems, feeling wobbly and unpredictable reduction in anxiety. …”
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Spatial-Temporal Semantic Feature Interaction Network for Semantic Change Detection in Remote Sensing Images by Yuhang Zhang, Wuxia Zhang, Songtao Ding, Siyuan Wu, Xiaoqiang Lu

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Improving health-promoting workplaces through interdisciplinary approaches. The example of WISEWORK-C, a cluster of five work and health projects within Horizon-Europe by Deborah De Moortel, Michelle C Turner, Ella Arensman, Alex Binh Vinh Duc Nguyen, Víctor Gonzalez

“…Amid these transitions (6), MSD continue to be among the most common work-related health issues (7), while stress, depression, and anxiety are frequently cited by workers and managers as critical mental health concerns (8). …”
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Methods of clinical assessment from the “Clinical Recommendations” resource of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia: a systematic review by V. M. Vatolin, O. A. Sukhorukikh, Zh. A. Galeeva, D. V. Lukyantseva, O. O. Buzuverova, O. V. Kirsanova, E. M. Murtazina, D. G. Ilyukhin, L. S. Shubina

“…The unified list of clinical assessments presented in the guidelines includes 175 clinical  assessment methods. …”
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The Usage of Social Media Platforms by Iranian Medical Journals by Aliye Keikhanasab, Maryam Shekofteh, Maryam Kazerani

“…Therefore, medical journals should pay more attention to using, creating accounts, sharing, posting, and attracting followers in these networks. …”
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The Assessment of the Danger of Pathogens of Zoonotic Viral Infections as Potential Agents of Pandemics by T. E. Sizikova, V. N. Lebedev, S. V. Borisevich

“…Materials and methods. The paper presents an  analysis of data published in domestic and English-language scientific publications, as well as posted on the Internet.  …”
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Isfahan Artificial Intelligence Event 2023: Macular Pathology Detection Competition by Farnaz Sedighin, Maryam Monemian, Zahra Zojaji, Ahmadreza Montazerolghaem, Mohammad Amin Asadinia, Seyed Mojtaba Mirghaderi, Seyed Amin Naji Esfahani, Mohammad Kazemi, Reza Mokhtari, Maryam Mohammadi, Mohadese Ramezani, Mahnoosh Tajmirriahi, Hossein Rabbani

“…We received several submissions to our posted datasets that indicate the growing interest in AI-CAD technology. …”
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Chicago Public Health Department Social Media Communications on Twitter During the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Mpox Epidemic: Cross-Sectional Content Analysis by Matthew R Boyce, Margot Gordon, Rachael Piltch-Loeb, Rebecca Katz

“…Health communication campaigns traditionally relied on mass media outlets but increasingly incorporate social media platforms. This paper presents a content analysis of original communications posted to X (formerly Twitter) by the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) from May 1, 2022, to April 30, 2023, a time characterized by the concurrent COVID-19 pandemic and mpox epidemic public health emergencies. …”
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SAR and Social-Media-Based Change Detection With Dual-Threshold Fusion for Flood Inundation Mapping by Heng Huang, Yan Yu, Tao Chen, Naoto Yokoya, Jun Li, Antonio Plaza

“…As one of the most destructive natural disasters, floods are increasingly frequent and severe due to urban development and population growth. …”
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Approaches used to prevent and reduce the use of restrictive practices on adults with learning disabilities: a realist review by Joy Duxbury, Alina Haines-Delmont, John Baker, Peter Baker, Gary Bourlet, Elaine Craig, James Ridley, Rachel Whyte, Beth Morrison, Michaela Thomson, Anthony Tsang, Tella Lantta

“…Organisations should ensure that there is training for post-incident reviews including debriefing and post-incident support. …”
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The classification of historical sources on Jesuit practices in the East Slavic region in the late XVI - early XVII centuries by Angela Papazova

“…The author reviewed the documents of various periods issued in the East Slavic region and systemized widely-known historical sources on the activities of the Society of Jesus in the late XVI - early XVII cent. The present paper reveals that the source base of Jesuit practices in the abovementioned period in the East Slavic region mostly consists of archives and unpublished documents, pictorial and other artifacts. …”
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A multidisciplinary analysis of over 53,000 fascioliasis patients along the 1995–2019 countrywide spread in Vietnam defines a new epidemiological baseline for One Health approaches... by Nguyen Van De, Pham Ngoc Minh, Thanh Hoa Le, Do Trung Dung, Tran Thanh Duong, Bui Van Tuan, Le Thanh Dong, Nguyen Van Vinh Chau, Pablo F. Cuervo, M. Dolores Bargues, M. Adela Valero, Albis Francesco Gabrielli, Antonio Montresor, Santiago Mas-Coma

“…It started in the central coast, including 53,109 patients, mostly adults and females. Seasonality, linked to vegetable consumption, peaks in June, although the intensity of this peak differs according to relief/climatic zones. …”
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JWST/MIRI Observations of Newly Formed Dust in the Cold, Dense Shell of the Type IIn SN 2005ip by Melissa Shahbandeh, Ori D. Fox, Tea Temim, Eli Dwek, Arkaprabha Sarangi, Nathan Smith, Luc Dessart, Bryony Nickson, Michael Engesser, Alexei V. Filippenko, Thomas G. Brink, WeiKang Zheng, Tamás Szalai, Joel Johansson, Armin Rest, Schuyler D. Van Dyk, Jennifer Andrews, Chris Ashall, Geoffrey C. Clayton, Ilse De Looze, James M. DerKacy, Michael Dulude, Ryan J. Foley, Suvi Gezari, Sebastian Gomez, Shireen Gonzaga, Siva Indukuri, Jacob Jencson, Mansi Kasliwal, Zachary G. Lane, Ryan Lau, David Law, Anthony Marston, Dan Milisavljevic, Richard O’Steen, Justin Pierel, Matthew Siebert, Michael Skrutskie, Lou Strolger, Samaporn Tinyanont, Qinan Wang, Brian Williams, Lin Xiao, Yi Yang, Szanna Zsíros

“…Type IIn SNe (SNe IIn), classified by their dense circumstellar medium, are also known to exhibit strong IR emission from warm dust, but the dust origin and heating mechanism have generally remained unconstrained because of limited observational capabilities in the mid-IR (MIR). Here, we present a JWST/MIRI Medium Resolution Spectrograph spectrum of the SN IIn SN 2005ip nearly 17 yr post-explosion. …”
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The Circular Kitchen by Bas Jansen

“…The developed CE-LCC method (see Figure Sum.1) was applied to compare CIK variants, with the most adaptable variant showing the most favorable long-term LCC outcome. …”
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Investigating the role of neuroinflammation and brain clearance in frontotemporal lobar degeneration using 7T MRI and fluid biomarkers: protocol for a cross-sectional study in a te... by Harro Seelaar, John C Van Swieten, Elise G P Dopper, Itamar Ronen, Chloé Najac, Fieke A M Prinse, Louise van der Weerd, Lydiane Hirschler

“…The results will be disseminated through presentations at national and international conferences, open-access peer-reviewed publications, ClinicalTrials.gov and to the public through social media posts and annual newsletters.Study registration number NCT06870838; Pre-results.…”
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Avalanche hazard and control in Kazakhstan by V. P. Blagoveshchensky, I. E. Gulyaeva, O. A. Berman, V. V. Zhdanov, M. E. Tatkova

“…In 1970–1980s, five snow-avalanche stations operated in Kazakhstan: two in Il’ Alatau, two in Zhetysu Alatau, and one in the Altai. At the present time, only two stations and two snow-avalanche posts operate, and all of them are located in Il’ Alatau.Since 1951 to 2013, 75 avalanches took place in Kazakhstan, releases of them caused significant damages. …”
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Efficacy and safety of native type II collagen in modulating knee osteoarthritis symptoms: a randomised, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled trial by Cheng Luo, Weike Su, Ying Song, Shalini Srivastava

“…Abstract Purpose Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of clinical arthritis in middle‐aged and older individuals. …”
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Immunological and physiological changes of exercise-released lactate on tumors: an important and new research window by Amir Hossein Ahmadi Hekmatikar, Arsham Entesari, Hossein Shirvani

“…Resting lactate levels in cancer patients can be significantly elevated, but post-exercise lactate increases are generally lower than in healthy individuals. …”
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Re-use of Building Products in the Netherlands by Loriane Icibaci

“…Accordingly, the data collection and most findings from the qualitative analysis departed from clustering information structured by the preconceived theoretical framework. …”
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