Links between problem gambling and spending on booster packs in collectible card games: A conceptual replication of research on loot boxes. by David Zendle, Lukasz Walasek, Paul Cairns, Rachel Meyer, Aaron Drummond

“…Follow-up equivalence tests using the TOST procedure rejected the hypothesis that either of these effects was of practical importance (η2 > 0.04). …”
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Healthcare Resource Use and Costs of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Complications: A Scoping Review by Nancy V. Kim, Gemma McErlean, Serena Yu, Ian Kerridge, Matthew Greenwood, Richard De Abreu Lourenco

“…Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (allo-HSCT) is an expensive and resource intensive procedure. This study aims to review the literature pertaining to healthcare resource utilization (HRU) and costs associated with allo-HSCT complications. …”
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GENERALIZED MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF THE CALIBRATION PROCESSAND THE DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF THE PARAMETERS MULTIPOLE by A. V. Gusinsky

“…The quality of measuring systems of the microwave range, including vector network analyzers, largely depends on the reliability of calibration procedures and direct measurements, which allow to take into account information about the reproducible errors of measuring systems for subsequent correction. …”
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Pathological Insights into Liquid Biopsy: Role of Circulating Tumor DNA in Oral Cancer Prognosis and Therapy by Raima Kalhoro, Fatima Sarfraz, Shahzaman Memon, Ayesha Atique, Sajid Ali Majeedano, Muqaddas Fatima, Kanwal Ehsan Khan

“…Ongoing large-scale studies should be followed to validate the discovered findings while developing consistent clinical procedures. …”
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Puppet play therapy in emergency pediatric dental clinic. A randomized clinical trial by Layla N. Khogeer, Heba Jafar Sabbagh, Osama M. Felemban, Najat M. Farsi

“…Conclusions This study presents a behavior modification method demonstrating efficacy in reducing anxiety among young children who had no previous dental exposure and underwent immediate invasive dental procedures, utilizing puppet play therapy. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov with registration number NCT06326307 on March 21, 2024.…”
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Responses of Tomato Photosystem II Photochemistry to Pegylated Zinc-Doped Ferrite Nanoparticles by Ilektra Sperdouli, Kleoniki Giannousi, Julietta Moustaka, Orestis Antonoglou, Catherine Dendrinou-Samara, Michael Moustakas

“…In this study, we synthesized via a solvothermal procedure pegylated zinc-doped ferrite (ZnFer) NPs and characterized their physicochemical properties by X-ray diffraction (XRD), vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), FT-IR and UV–Vis spectroscopies, as well as transmission electron microscopy (TEM). …”
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THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF STUDENT SELF-ASSESSMENT by F. R. Saribeyli

“…In addition, it enables the student to participate in the procedures for assessing his/her own level of knowledge and develops his/her self-assessment skills. …”
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Introducing CRIS—A unified framework for systematic literature searches across disciplines by Celina Ciemer, Celina Ciemer, Thomas Jürgen Klotzbier, Sabiha Ghellal, Nadja Schott

“…Additionally, we derived a procedure from specific concepts, including the use of shared thesaurus, focus, and iterative approach, which are applied throughout the various stages of the process. …”
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AUTHOR’S INTUITION AND INTROSPECTION IN THE PROCESS OF FORMATION AND REALISATION OF SYNONYMIC STRUCTURES (BASED ON MODERN FRENCH FICTION) by Anastasiia V. Lepetiukha.

“…This led to the use of the introspection method, the procedure of inverse reconstruction (discourse → language) of virtual (linguistic) transformational processes and the “alternative” linguistic experiment consisting in the artificial substitution of some utterance by a synonymic one. …”
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FDRL: a data-driven algorithm for forecasting subsidence velocities in Himalayas using conventional and traditional soil features by Sahil Sankhyan, Ajoy Kumar, Praveen Kumar, Aaditya Sharma, K. V. Uday, Varun Dutt

“…., specific gravity and plasticity index) and qualitative indicators based on conventional soil evaluation procedures (e.g., water retention, odor, and soil color). …”
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Sustainability Reporting: Catalyst for Organizational and Professional Change by Mădălina Dumitru

“…As such, this regulation constrains and changes organisational policies and procedures, products and services, professions, and ultimately externally reported information. …”
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The Effect of Zeolitic Fertilizer on Nitrogen Retention in Soil and Its Availability to Plants by Ayaz Ahmad, Shahzada Sohail Ijaz, Fengliang Zhao, Hafeez Ullah Rafa, Ghulam Farid

“…Soil parameters (NH₄-N, NO₃-N, available N and total N) and plant parameters were recorded by following the standard procedures. Zeolitic urea retained the highest contents of NH₄-N and NO₃-N at critical growth stages (booting and maturity) of wheat crop. …”
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Comparative study of effect of clonidine with lignocaine and lignocaine alone infiltration in middle ear surgeries by Manjunatha Chandrashekar, S.N. Rajesh, K.J. Vedhashree, Prakash Handi, Sunil Khyadi

“…Methodology: 66 adult patients undergoing elective middle ear surgeries were divided into two groups, study group A (n=33) and control group B (n=33). 15ml of local anaesthesia infiltrated at posterior auricular area and between tragus and helix using 2% lignocaine with 1 in 200000 dilution of adrenaline with 30mcg of clonidine hydrochloride for study group A and 15ml of 2% lignocaine with 1 in 200000 dilution of adrenaline with 0.2ml normal saline given for control group B by the surgeon, after confirming successful blockade, procedure started. Patients were asked to rate intraoperative pain using visual analogue scale consisting of scoring from 1 to 10. …”
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Neighbor Similarity Based Agglomerative Method for Community Detection in Networks by Jianjun Cheng, Xing Su, Haijuan Yang, Longjie Li, Jingming Zhang, Shiyan Zhao, Xiaoyun Chen

“…Otherwise, if its most similar neighbor has been classified into a certain community, we insert the selected node into the community to which its most similar neighbor belongs. This procedure is repeated until every node in the network is assigned to a community; at that time, we obtain a series of preliminary communities. …”
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Serum galectin-3BP as a novel marker of obesity and metabolic syndrome in Chinese adolescents by Zhongyi Zhao, Deliang Wen, Shihan Zhen, Yanan Ma, Yanshuo Han

“…The biochemical and anthropometric variables of all the subjects were evaluated using standardized procedures. The differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) were investigated among 60 adolescents (20 normal weight, 20 overweight and 20 obese) using tandem mass tag (TMT) quantitative proteomics. …”
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Design and development of an aptamer targeting C-type lectin-like molecule-1 as a biomarker for acute myeloid leukemia: a SELEX approach by Yiwen Chen, Qinhang Li, Shifeng Lou, Hanqing Zeng, Shu Chen

“…Despite advancements in diagnostic procedures, the early identification of AML remains a significant clinical challenge, marking a distinctive niche for newer theranostic approaches to ameliorate diagnosis and treatment. …”
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Autologous stem cell transplantation in the treatment of multiple myeloma single center experience by Marjanović Slobodan, Stamatović Dragana, Tukić Ljiljana, Tarabar Olivera, Elez Marija, Mađaru Lavinika, Balint Bela, Tatomirović Željka, Kuljić-Kapulica Nada, Anđelković Nebojša

“…We performed 62 ASCT procedures in 47 patients from 1998 till 2008. Single ASCT were performed in 32 patients (68%), after 3-6 cycles of vincristine, adriamycin, dexamethasone (VAD) protocol and double in 9 patients (19%). …”
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Indications and Outcomes of Tracheostomy in Children After Congenital Heart Surgery by Pınar Yazıcı Özkaya, Eşe Eda Turanlı, İrem Ersayoğlu, Osman Nuri Tuncer, Bülent Karapınar

“…The operative mortality was 8.3% (1/12) and the overall mortality during the first year of follow-up was 8.3% (1/12).Conclusion:An early tracheostomy procedure may facilitates the weaning process and shorten the duration of positive pressure ventilation.…”
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Assessment of Anaesthesia Teams’ Non-Technical Skills in Clinical Practice before and after Simulation-Based Team Training: A Quasiexperimental Study by Anne Strand Finstad, Conrad Arnfinn Bjørshol, Ingunn Aase, Jo Røislien, Randi Ballangrud

“…The moderate agreement between the raters could be attributed to the subjective nature of the evaluation procedure. The ANTS was originally used as an individual assessment tool; however, this study has demonstrated its potential as a team assessment tool.…”
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Tourism Impact on Water Quality in Swat during Winter and Summer Seasons by Rizwan Ali, Saeeda Yousaf, Taqweem Ul Haq, Anis Safir, Sidra

“…More than half (52%) of the hotels evaluated had inadequate waste management procedures, which led to waste being discharged into nearby rivers and streams. …”
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