The impact of reference groups on educating adolescents Field research in the Directorate of Women and Children Reform in Erbil by Ali Hadi Ali, Sabah Ahmed Njar

“…      The aim of this research is to demonstrate the impact of reference groups on adolescent education, as well as to identify the patterns of these groups and to indicate the impact of each of them on the education process. …”
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Serum LH levels before progesterone administration significantly affect pregnancy outcomes in hormone replacement therapy-frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycles by Xu Han, Chang Liu, Jie Wang, Ye Zheng, Huidan Wang, Mei Sun, Xiufang Li

“…Results In the overall, the 51-75th percentile group showed significant differences in LBR and miscarriage rate compared to the reference group (P = 0.010; P = 0.004), and the > 75th percentile group showed significant difference in biochemical pregnancy rate compared to the reference group (P = 0.022). …”
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The impact of implementation approaches in activity-based workplace transitions: a mixed methods study in the Swedish public sector by Pär Löfstrand, Stig Vinberg

“…Findings reveal that, when comparing employees in the intervention group with the reference group undergoing this transition, the former group outperformed the latter group. …”
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Early virologic response to сеpeginterferon alfa-2b in combination with ribavirin in treatment of patients with chronic hepatitis C by O. O. Znoyko, M. V. Maevskaya, E. A. Klimova, S. L. Maksimov, S. N. Kizhlo, N. A. Petrochenkova, F. I. Nagimova, R. A. Ivanov, Yu. N. Linkova, T. V. Chernovskaya

“…Complete EVR (HCV RNA≤15 I I U/mL) was recorded in 88% and 84% of patients receiving Algeron 1,5 and 2,0 μg/kg, respectively, in the reference group – – in 84% of patients. There were no statistically significant differences between groups where patients received Algeron in different doses and the reference group, with or without genotype stratification. …”
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Neuroprotective Effect of Lithium Chloride in Rat Model of Cardiac Arrest by I. V. Ostrova, O. A. Grebenchikov, N. V. Golubeva

“…It was found that lithium caused an increase in phosphorylated form of GSK3β: by 180% vs. the reference group (P[1]0.05), and by 150% vs. the untreated animals (P0.05).Conclusion. …”
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INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH DIFFUSIVE CLINICALLY EUTHYROID GOITER IN THE REGIONS WITH DIFFERENT IODINE OCCURENCE by E.A. Troshina, N.M. Platonova, S.I. Solov’eva, F.M. Abdulkhabirova

“…Both in the group of children with goiter and in the reference group, the average IQ indices fell within «the low normal» (80–89 points).Key words: iodine, hypothyroidism, IQ intellect index, children.…”
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Impact of nitrosative stress and endothelial damage on angioinvasive papillary thyroid cancer by Angelika Buczyńska, Maria Kościuszko, Agnieszka Adamska, Katarzyna Siewko, Janusz Dzięcioł, Małgorzata Szelachowska, Anna Popławska-Kita, Adam Jacek Krętowski

“…Specifically, elevated levels of 3-NT, PLGF, ITGAV, and ITGαVβ3 were observed, while TAC levels were decreased in the study group compared to the reference group (all, p < 0.05). Logistic regression analysis confirmed a significant association of TAC, 3-NT, and PLGF with the occurrence of angioinvasion. …”
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Value Priorities of Modern Youth in Social Adaptation by O. D. Shipunova, I. P. Berezovskaya

“…Among the young people in the reference group, target orientations on their own prestige, active social communication and spiritual gratification are of higher significance in the processes of social adaptation.Conclusion. …”
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Transcending Individual Approach of Consumption: an Investigation of Automobile Meanings by The Household Perspective by Maribel Carvalho Suarez, Leticia Moreira Casotti

“…In consumer behavior area, families are identified as fundamental reference group in the consumption process. Historically, research involving purchasing decisions have, mostly, focused on individual decisions without regard to the dynamics of interact ions within this important group. …”
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Social-Cultural Factors And Coffee Consumption In Rukungiri District Uganda by moses Agaba

“…The social-cultural factors status in terms of Social class of people/reference groups, Occupation and Life Style and as such, coffee consumption is influenced by these factors. …”
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Social-Cultural Factors And Coffee Consumption In Rukungiri District,Uganda. by Turyasingura, John Bosco, Moses, Agaba

“…The social-cultural factors status in terms of Social class of people/reference groups, Occupation and Life Style and as such, coffee consumption is influenced by these factors. …”
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Clinical Efficacy of Cycloferon in Complex Therapy of Infectious Mononucleosis in Pediatrics by E. B. Kasymova, O. A. Bashkina, KH. M. Galimzyanov

“…In the first group the children in addition to the standard therapy were treated with cycloferon for 10 days, intramuscularly or orally depending on the age. The reference group included the patients under the standard therapy alone. …”
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Risk Factors for the Occurrence of Cutaneous Neoplasms in Dogs: A Retrospective Study by Cytology Reports, 2019–2021 by Issa Carolina García-Reynoso, Cesar Augusto Flores-Dueñas, Nohemí Castro-del Campo, Mariana Jácome-Ibarra, José Carlomán Herrera-Ramírez, Sergio Daniel Gómez-Gómez, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez-Gaxiola, Soila Maribel Gaxiola-Camacho

“…Using dogs aged 0–4 years as the reference group, dogs aged 9–12 years had 0.241 times the odds of developing malignant neoplasms (95% CI: 0.141–0.415, <i>p</i> = 0.0025). …”
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Does Divorce Affect Happiness? by Zeynep Burcu Uğur

“…This study investigates the relationship between divorce and happiness with regard to different reference groups. For this purpose, individual-level data from the Life Satisfaction Survey, a suvey conducted annually since 2003, have been utilized for the 2003-2019 period. …”
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Measuring the success of programmes of care for people living with dementia: a protocol for consensus building with consumers to develop a set of Core Outcome Measures for Improvin... by Thomas Morris, Susan E Kurrle, Susanna Dodd, Paula Williamson, Leon Flicker, Len Gray, Osvaldo P Almeida, Tracy Comans, John Quinn, Kim Nguyen, Judy A Lowthian, Dominic Trépel, Alyssa Welch, Anna Kearney, Colm Cunningham, Jack Nunn, Danelle Kenny, Glenys Petrie, Tiet-Hanh Dao-Tran, Asmita Manchha

“…The methods for analysing each stage will be codesigned with stakeholders, through the conduit of a Stakeholder Reference Group including people living with dementia, formal and informal carers, aged care industry representatives, researchers, clinicians and policy actors. …”
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Investigating the Impact of Virtual Communities on Furtherance of Customers’ Buying Behavior by Mohammad Fathian, Mohammad Hosseini

“…With respect to reference groups and word-of-mouth recommendations in virtual communities, contributing factors have been detected and a model of impacts and relationships between these factors has been presented. …”
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INTERNATIONAL APPROACHES TO THE GOVERNMENT PRICE CONTROL OVER GENERICS AND BIOSIMILARS: A REVIEW by D. G. Tolkacheva, A. V. Torgov, A. S. Margazova

“…In some countries, the price is set through free competition within the reference group of drugs. However, today’s control of biosimilar pricing in Europe is just building up. …”
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Literary Elite in Processes of Socio-Cultural Modernization of Russia in 1830-1850: Main Identificational Features and Peculiarities of Status and Role Identification by T. F. Arzhanykh

“…Socio-political and psychological factors that influenced the choice of axiological meanings and behaviour patterns of various reference groups of literary and historiosophical orientation are analysed. …”
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Sex differences in the association of BMI and weight perception with depression and suicidality among Korean adolescents. by Eunha Jeong

“…In female participants without obesity, the risk of depression and suicidality with overweight perception increased by 1.106 times (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.020-1.199) and 1.295 times (95% CI 1.176-1.427), respectively, compared to that with underweight perception as the reference group. However, this difference was not statistically significant among male participants without obesity. …”
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The Female Athlete by Bucher Sandbakk S, Tønnessen E, Haugen T, Sandbakk Ø, 4

“…In this context, all coaches described how training and coaching of female athletes differs from that of men, thus considering male athletes as the reference group and male physiology and psychology as the norm. …”
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