Coping with stress and health behaviors in collegiate athletes training in team sports by Łukasz Bojkowski, Kamila Litwic-Kaminska

“…Therefore, the aim of the present study was to examine the relationships between stress coping styles and health behaviors among collegiate-level male and female athletes training in team sports. …”
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Winter-spring drought in Yunnan since the early 19th century and its impact on social governance in China’s southwestern border regions by Yaqun Liang, Xiaoen Zhao, Feng Chen, Yuda Yang, Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist

“…During the period 1814–1900, outbreaks of plague occurred more frequently two to three years after the onset of drought in Yunnan, and ongoing armed conflicts favored the spread of the disease. …”
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Modification of estimate standards for pricing in construction by N.M. Levchenko

“…Clearly formulated proposals for the modification of estimated standards for pricing in construction, the implementation of which in practice will allow: to determine a more realistic cost of construction and construction work; ensure strict control over the targeted use of funds allocated to finance construction projects, as well as introduce a set of effective measures to maintain an adequate state construction policy, supported by effective institutions for regulating the activities of contractors in the construction sector.…”
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Superficial fungal infections: clinical and epidemiological study in adolescents from marginal districts of Lima and Callao, Peru by Juan Medina Flores, Vilma Bejar Castillo, Florencio Cortez Franco, Armando Betanzos Huata

“…The average prevalence was 12.61% with variation between different districts. Males were more affected (64%) than females (36%) (p = 0.001). …”
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Label-Free Kinetic Studies of Hemostasis-Related Biomarkers Including D-Dimer Using Autologous Serum Transfusion. by Heiko Rühl, Christina Berens, Anna Winterhagen, Jens Müller, Johannes Oldenburg, Bernd Pötzsch

“…Based on these data changes in biomarker levels could more precisely used to estimate the activity level of the hemostatic system.…”
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Histoplasmoma como lesão isolada do sistema nervoso central em paciente imunocompetente Histoplasmoma as isolated central nervous system lesion in an immunocompetent patient by Emerson L. Gasparetto, Arnolfo de Carvalho Neto, James Alberton, Taisa Davaus, Mara Albonei D. Pianovski, Érica Yamauchi, Luiz F. Bleggi Torres

“…Rarely, the disease may present as a histoplasmoma, simulating a neoplastic lesion. …”
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Action Research on Affective Factors and Language Learning Strategies: A Pathway to Critical Reflection and Teacher and Learner Autonomy Investigación acción sobre factores afectiv... by Yamith José Fandiño Parra

“…Critical reflection and action research are, then, presented as rigorous and systematic activities that teachers could engage in to help their students deal with the emotional difficulties of social interaction and language learning, to open their own work to inspection and, more importantly, to construct valid accounts of their educational practices. …”
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Types, method, and mode of implementation of pain/symptom maps in musculoskeletal pain rehabilitation: A scoping review protocol. by Ukponaye Desmond Eboigbe, Aliyu Lawan, Alison Rushton, David M Walton

“…Studies reporting standard patient-reported pain or body mapping interventions will be considered but studies that present X-ray or CT or MRI scans or artistic body maps will be excluded. …”
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<strong>Screening of 55 pinto bean lines for resistance to the two-spotted spider mite, <em>Tetranychus urticae</em> Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae) </strong> by Zarir Saeidi

“…In the first stage, they were classified into five groups based on the intensity of damage to their leaf disks (from 0, without damage to 6, feeding patches more than 80% of leaf area). Twenty-one lines presented the highest leaf damage index (LDI = 5.30 ± 0.27), therefore, they were excluded from subsequent experiments, except line ‘D521’, which was used as the susceptible check. …”
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Comparative long-term stabilization of pond ash using lime and cement: FTIR characterization, strength optimization and sustainable utilization by Vilasini P.P, Lakshmi Thangasamy

“…This result provides useful information that could be incorporated to achieve more efficient designs of mix and encouragement of vast re-use of industrial wastes at infrastructural development.…”
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COMPARATIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF IMMUNOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF WHITE MICE IMMUNIZED BY CELL WALL OF DIFFERENT SUBSPECIES OF FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS by T. P. Starovoitova, V. I. Dubrovina, S. A. Vityazeva, A. V. Korneva, T. A. Ivanova, M. Yu. Kotlov, S. V. Balakhonov

“…At present, development of effective vaccines of new generation is an actual problem, in particular concerning the tularemia causative agent. …”
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Fibrillary glomerulonephritis disease natural history and outcomes: a retrospective two centre cohort study by Yimeng Zhang, Jyoti Baharani, Bamidele Ajayi, Jennifer Pinney

“…Patients with crescents on the biopsy were more likely to receive a trial of immunosuppression. …”
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Investigation of Balance, Kinesiophobia, and Mobility in Older Adults Exposed to Polypharmacy by Pınar Müge Altınkaya, Sema Erden Ertürk, Yasemin Salkın, Aysun Kazak Saltı

“…Data were collected using the patient introduction and medication use questionnaire, the Berg balance scale (BBS), the Tampa kinesiophobia scale (TKS), and the timed up and go (TUG) test.Results: Individuals who completed the TUG test within 0-1414 seconds exhibited higher BBS scores when compared to those who completed the test in more than 14 seconds (p=0.001), while the TKS scores were lower (p=0.001). …”
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Channel Morphological Characteristics and Morphodynamic Processes of Large Braided Rivers in Response to Climate‐Driven Water and Sediment Flux Change in the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau... by Yucong He, Zhiwei Li, Junqiang Xia, Shanshan Deng, Yinjun Zhou

“…A new segmentation method is presented to more precisely extract braided river water body when the branch width is less than an image pixel size. …”
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A graphical modelling approach to the dissection of highly correlated transcription factor binding site profiles. by Robert Stojnic, Audrey Qiuyan Fu, Boris Adryan

“…Here, we develop a novel computational method, the Neighbourhood Consistent PC (NCPC) algorithms, which deal with these scenarios much more effectively than existing methods do. We further present a novel graphical representation, the Direct Dependence Graph (DDGraph), to better display the complex interactions among variables. …”
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Educational Module Effectiveness on Academic Procrastination and Time Management Skills among Nursing Student: Quasi Experimental Study by Ahlawat Poonam, Sharma Parul, Tyagi Nicky

“…As in post-test t- value is 5.413 which is more than the table value and is significant which shows that intervention was effective. …”
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312 Evaluation of recruitment methodologies for under-represented adolescent populations in genetic and epigenetic studies of type 2 diabetes by Christy Foster, Rober Oster, Sadeep Shrestha, Bertha Hidalgo

“…Adolescents recruited by peers were more likely to participate, though logistical hurdles such as transportation and family concerns remain. …”
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A Hybrid Deep Multistacking Integrated Model for Plant Disease Detection by Majdi Khalid, MD. Alamin Talukder

“…These results show that combining advanced ensemble methods with well-tuned models can make plant disease detection systems more generic and reliable. Our work presents a scalable and effective strategy for enhancing plant disease identification, adding to the broader application of deep learning (DL) in precision agriculture.…”
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Facile One-Step Flame Synthesis of La1−xSrxMnO3 Nanoparticles for CO Catalytic Oxidation by Hao Zhou, Qiwei Wu, Boyang Qi

“…To control the emission of CO more effectively, the preparation of highly efficient catalysts has attracted much attention. …”
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Comparison of dCas9-activator complexes for the activation of PDX1 and NGN3 pancreatic genes using the CRISPR system by Ersin Akıncı, Mehmet Fatih Cengiz, Fatma Akçakale Kaba, Adem Kaba

“…This superiority is likely due to its stronger transcriptional activation capability, which enhances gene expression more efficiently than VP64 and p300. Gene and protein expression were confirmed through RT-qPCR and immunostaining, respectively. …”
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