Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients With Community‐Acquired Pneumonia on Inhaled Corticosteroid Therapy: A Comprehensive Analysis of Risk Factors, Disease Burden, and Pr... by Muhammad Muneeb Hassan, Sheikh Muhammad Sikandar, Farrukh Jamal, Muhammad Ameeq, Alpha Kargbo

“…Since there has been no prior research on pneumonia in our study population, we carried out this study to learn more about the situation. Methods A retrospective analysis of 912 COPD patients with CAP who were receiving ICS treatment at the DHQ Hospital in Muzaffargarh, Punjab, Pakistan was conducted. …”
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Comprehensive Analysis of microRNA Methylation Profiles and Determination of Their Functional Significance in Colorectal Cancer: A Study Protocol by Nurul Syakima Ab Mutalib, Imilia Ismail, Muhammad Redha Abdullah Zawawi, Nadiah Abu, Siti Aishah Sulaiman, Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Learn-Han Lee

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Layer Information Similarity Concerned Network Embedding by Ruili Lu, Pengfei Jiao, Yinghui Wang, Huaming Wu, Xue Chen

“…Firstly, we introduce the common vector for each node shared by all layers and layer vectors for each layer where common vectors obtain the overall structure of the multiplex network and layer vectors learn semantics for each layer. We get the node embeddings in each layer by concatenating the common vectors and layer vectors with the consideration that the node embedding is related not only to the surrounding neighbors but also to the overall semantics. …”
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Measurement of Quality of Life IV. Use of the SEQOL, QOL5, QOL1, and Other Global and Generic Questionnaires by Soren Ventegodt, Joav Merrick, Niels Jorgen Andersen

“…They are obliged to evaluate their efforts and will have to learn something from it.A questionnaire thus constitutes a useful scientific instrument, as databases based on comprehensive and thorough questionnaire surveys that seek to encompass all aspects of life can provide valuable and precise information. …”
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Contributions of a Child's Built, Natural, and Social Environments to Their General Cognitive Ability: A Systematic Scoping Review. by Jazmin Del Carmen Ruiz, James J Quackenboss, Nicolle S Tulve

“…Future research examining the interactions of multiple stressors within a child's total environment, depicting a more real-world exposure, will aid in understanding the cumulative effects associated with a child's ability to learn.…”
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Pengembangan Media Spinning Wheel Pada Materi Lambang Bilangan by Lega Zulfi Fatma Tuzzahra, Gamaliel Septian Airlanda

“…Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengembangkan media permainan Spinning Wheel agar tercipta pembelajaran berbasis learn and play juga meningkatkan motivasi belajar siswa kelas III Sekolah Dasar pada materi lambang bilangan. …”
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Family Profile of Substance Addicted Individuals by Fatmanur Alsancak, Hülya Yıldız, Hüseyin Zahid Kara, Hasan Hüseyin Taylan, Yusuf Genç

“…Families think that peer influence is highly effective in substance addiction. When families learn that the addicted person is using drugs, they are shaken economically and psychologically and experience a loss of social reputation. …”
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A Current Overview of Next-Generation Probiotics and Their Prospects in Health and Disease Management by Ke-Yan Loo, Joanne Yuen Heng Thong, Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Vengadesh Letchumanan, Kok-Gan Chan, Learn-Han Lee, Jodi Woan-Fei Law

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Using creativity and the arts to promote mental health in youth living with HIV in South Africa by Jacqueline Hoare, Rebecca Sher, Kathryn R. Cullen

“…Overall, this feedback yielded several key insights which further underscore the idea that providing youth with opportunities to engage in creative arts in a group setting may represent a promising platform for addressing mental health in YLWH in South Africa. Specifically, we learned that (1) youth enjoyed the opportunity to engage creatively, (2) these experiences helped them connect with others, (3) they gained new insights and perspectives about themselves and their lives, and (4) they experienced a positive impact on their mood and well-being.…”
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An Hourly Prediction Model of Relativistic Electrons Based on Empirical Mode Decomposition by Yedong Qian, Jianwei Yang, Hua Zhang, Chao Shen, Yewen Wu

“…Unlike previous prediction models of relativistic electrons focusing mainly on forecasting the daily value, we have developed an hourly prediction model to learn more detailed changes. In addition, due to external forcing by the solar wind, relativistic electron flux changes rapidly and is very nonstationary during magnetic storms. …”
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Streptomyces sp. MUM 195J: A Promising Probiotic for Controlling Vibrio parahaemolyticus Infection in Aquaculture by Joanna Xuan Hui Goh, Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Jodi Woan-Fei Law, Giva Kuppusamy, Janaranjani M, Kooi-Yeong Khaw, Wei Hsum Yap, Kok-Gan Chan, Vengadesh Letchumanan, Learn-Han Lee, Bey-Hing Goh

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Ventral hippocampus to nucleus accumbens shell circuit regulates approach decisions during motivational conflict. by Dylan Patterson, Nisma Khan, Emily A Collins, Norman R Stewart, Kian Sassaninejad, Dylan Yeates, Andy C H Lee, Rutsuko Ito

“…In this study, we sought to target the vHPC CA1 projection pathway to the nucleus accumbens (NAc) to delineate its contribution to AAC decision-making, particularly in the arbitration of learned reward and punishment signals, as well as innate signals. …”
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Determination of antibiotic resistance patterns of Vibrio parahaemolyticus from shrimp and shellfish in Selangor, Malaysia by Vengadesh Letchumanan, Nurul-Syakima Ab Mutalib, Sunny Hei Wong, Kok-Gan Chan, Learn-Han Lee

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Expansion of the buffalo agri-system and industry following the One Health approach by Gabriela M. Carruyo, Ericka Calderon, Armando E. Hoet

“… One Health approach is looking for conceiving health as a consequence of interaction in the interphase of the human/animal/environment complex as an interlinked whole, targeting to change how human beings have traditionally managed health. Lessons learned with the recent Covid 19 pandemic and the silent pandemic of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), among others known as potential pandemics, have put on top the need to change how to tackle health threats. …”
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Nursing students in isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic: A phenomenological study by Vistolina Nuuyoma, Frieda Makambuli

“…Students’ sources of resilience and coping mechanisms were to remain opportunistic, learn new skills and lean on family support. Moreover, isolation negatively affected students’ academic life and human connectedness. …”
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Support for mobilising medical students to join the COVID-19 pandemic emergency healthcare workforce: a cross-sectional questionnaire survey by Sten Rasmussen, Mike Sæderup Astorp, Gustav Valentin Blichfeldt Sørensen, Jeppe Emmersen, Alexander Wolfhagen Erbs, Stig Andersen

“…Ranked median scores for motivational statements in each domain were: care, 100; learn, 90; pride, 83; team, 77; needed, 75; safety, 75; supervision, 75; job, 73; duty, 66; salary, 62; historic, 50. …”
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Practical skills of psychology bachelors in working with automated HR platforms by P. Bleshmudt, O. Fil

“…The integration of such platforms into the curriculum helped students to be prepared for the real challenges of the modern labour market, where HR technologies play a key role. Students who learn how to work with these platforms gain a competitive advantage, as many companies are looking for professionals who can effectively use digital technologies. …”
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PMMB COVID-19 Bulletin: Spain (18th April 2020) by Hooi-Leng Ser, Vengadesh Letchumanan, Jodi Woan-Fei Law, Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Nurul-Syakima Ab Mutalib, Learn-Han Lee

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The image of the teacher Celestine Freinet: explication of conceptual and theoretical concepts (on the occasion of the 125^th birthday) by Lyubov' A. Kochemasova

“…Celestine Freinet sought to answer several important questions: Why might children want to learn? What will make them want this? Why might they lack a thirst for knowledge? …”
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Unfaithful Words: Tolerance by Ferenc Ruzsa

“…There is an important lesson to be learned from this for interreligious and intercultural dialogue. …”
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