The Impact of Western Social Workers in Romania - a Fine Line between Empowerment and Disempowerment by Bianca Dümling

“…Since then, important changes in all areas of life have occurred, mostly with foreign financial aid and support. At the political level, democratic institutions were established, a liberal market economy was launched and laws were adapted to western standards regarding the accession into the European Union and the NATO. …”
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Revised methodology for CO₂ and CH₄ measurements at remote sites using a working standard-gas-saving system by M. Sasakawa, N. Tsuda, T. Machida, M. Arshinov, D. Davydov, A. Fofonov, B. Belan

“…The <span class="inline-formula"><i>u</i>_r</span> for CO<span class="inline-formula">₂</span> and CH<span class="inline-formula">₄</span> was mostly around 0.05 ppm and below 5 ppb, respectively. …”
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Chronic administration of prebiotics and probiotics prevent pathophysiological hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease in the cortex of APP/PS1 mice by Giorgia Sarti, Chiara Traini, Giada Magni, Selene Attorre, Giorgio Tognozzi, Edoardo Calussi, Maria Grazia Giovannini, Maria Giuliana Vannucchi, Daniele Lana

“…The abovementioned effects of the treatment were mostly evident in cortical Layer 5.DiscussionThese data confirm that prolonged dietary regimen enriched with pre- and probiotics counteracts many of the histopathological hallmarks of AD, and poses the bases for a simple, affordable treatment that may help prevent AD.…”
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Impact of recent evidence on the use of hormone therapy in the South African private sector (2001–2005) by Susan H. Podmore, Julia Botha, Andy Gray, Tonya Esterhuizen

“…The decline in ET sales was mostly accounted for by the fall in sales of CEE, 9.8% and 20.6% for the two periods respectively. …”
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Metagenomics and untargeted metabolomics reveal antibiotic resistance dynamics in an anaerobic digestion–composting system treating organic fraction of municipal solid waste by Elisabetta Fanfoni, Paolo Bellassi, Alessandra Fontana, Erika Sinisgalli, Gabriele Rocchetti, Sergio Piccinini, Lorenzo Morelli, Fabrizio Cappa

“…Results The integrated process resulted in a significant differentiation of microbial communities, resistome, and antibiotic compounds profiles, at different stages of the waste treatment plant. AD samples were mostly dominated by aminoglycoside and lincosamide ARGs, whereas AC samples by macrolide and rifamycin ARGs. …”
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Discursive Strategies of Indirect Apology in English-Language Personal Communication by E. Yu. Ilyinova, O. S. Volkova, V. A. Litvinova

“…The scenario realization mostly depends on the assessment of severity of the damage caused. …”
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HUBUNGAN TINGKAT STRES DENGAN KEJADIAN DISMENORE PRIMER PADA REMAJA DI KABUPATEN PONOROGO, INDONESIA: STUDI CROSS-SECTIONAL by Elok Dwi Sulistiani, Ruri Kharisma Fitriani, Annisa Intan Kholifatullah, Miranda Feyza Nur Imania, Lutfi Agus Salim

“…Result: Respondents’ stress levels were mostly in the normal category, with 31 respondents (32%), while primary dysmenorrhea was dominated by moderate pain, with 50 respondents (51.5%). …”
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Experiences, challenges, and training reflections of nurses in isolation wards during different pandemic prevention policy periods: a qualitative study by Dandan Zhang, Yitong Jia, Yongjun Chen, Qingqing Liao, Meimei Wang, Yin-Ping Zhang

“…Existing qualitative studies mostly focused on the experiences of frontline nurses in the early stages of the pandemic, but they overlooked the dynamic nature of the role changes and adaptation processes as the pandemic evolved. …”
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Tapinarof Cream for Adults and Children with Atopic Dermatitis—Efficacy by Race and Fitzpatrick Skin Type in Two Phase 3 Randomized Clinical Trials by Andrew F. Alexis, Leon Kircik, Raj Chovatiya, Zakiya P. Rice, Weily Soong, Tina Bhutani, Philip M. Brown, Stephen C. Piscitelli, David S. Rubenstein, Anna M. Tallman, April W. Armstrong

“…EASI75 responses were similarly higher and consistent with tapinarof versus vehicle. Adverse events were mostly mild or moderate, leading to low trial discontinuations (lower with tapinarof than vehicle). …”
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Analysis of the tripartite interactions between two bacterial symbionts, a novel Solitalea-like bacterium (Bacteroidota) and Cardinium, and the stored product mite Tyrophagus putre... by Jan Hubert, Qing Xiong, Eliza Glowska-Patyniak, Elizabeth V. Furtak, Pavel B. Klimov

“…The explanation for these results is that cTPut mostly interacts with the mite host, resulting in changes in the host’s immunity-related/regulatory pathways, indirectly affecting the symbiont SOL.IMPORTANCEHere, we describe the novel Bacteroidetes symbiont (SOL) of mites. …”
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Early Diagnosis of Knee Osteoarthritis With a Natural Language Processing–Driven Approach Based on Clinician Notes: Development and Validation Study by Narathip Thanyakunsajja, Kulsawasd Jitkajornwanich, Shan Xu, Donghee Shin, Pattama Charoenporn

“…Moreover, the diagnosis results can vary among physicians depending on their expertise. Previous studies mostly focused on using approaches, such as those involving artificial intelligence, to automatically detect knee OA through such data. …”
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Shooting Mechanisms in Nature: A Systematic Review. by Aimée Sakes, Marleen van der Wiel, Paul W J Henselmans, Johan L van Leeuwen, Dimitra Dodou, Paul Breedveld

“…The mass-specific power output is also scale dependent, with smaller mechanisms being able to release the energy for shooting faster than larger mechanisms, whereas the mass-specific work delivered by the shooting mechanism is mostly independent of the scale of the shooting mechanism. …”
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Reflective Processes and Social Orientation at Different Stages of Professionalisation (on the Example of Preparation for Medical Activity) by G. V. Manuilov, G. G. Gorelova, E. A. Rylskaya, S. V. Morozova, N. N. Vasyagina

“…The identified ways of respondents’ social orientation demonstrate the contradictory nature of relations to oneself and to others; and such relations were mostly expressed at the beginning of training. Along with the fear of being rejected, manifested at an unconscious level, the respondents took the conscious decisions to preserve own individuality and to maintain the distance with other people. …”
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Knowledge and Attitude Towards the Care For Self-harming Adolescents and the Related Factors in Emergency Department Nurses From Northern Iran by Fereshteh Foroughizad, Yasaman Yaghobi, Farzaneh Sheikholeslami, Elnaz Faraji-Nesfechi, Ehsan KazemnezhadLeili

“…Nurses’ attitudes were mostly positive, and the total ADSHQ score was 3.59±0.28. …”
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Dry Eye Cross-Sectional Study – Philippines: Comparison with the Asia Dry Eye Society Criteria and OCULUS Keratograph 5M Findings by Ruben Lim Bon Siong, MD, Bobbie Marie Santos, MD, Keshia Duyongco-Lenon, MD, Jessica Marie Abaño, MD, Reynaldo Santos, MD, Ivo John Dualan, MD

“…Patients with DED were mostly female (66.3%). Compared to normal participants, patients with DED were older (42.7 ± 14.6 years) and had higher OSDI scores (28.6 ± 21.0). …”
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Understanding food choices and promoting healthier food options among online food delivery service users in Australia: a qualitative study by Adyya Gupta, Kathryn Backholer, Catherine E. Huggins, Rebecca Bennett, Gloria K.W. Leung, Anna Peeters

“…Results Thirty Australian adults participated in the study. Participants were mostly women (80%) with a mean age of 28 years and living in metropolitan Melbourne. 85% had completed higher education, 20% lived with children < 18 years of age and > 80% used OFDS 2–5 times per week. …”
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Surface water quality assessment for drinking and pollution source characterization: A water quality index, GIS approach, and performance evaluation utilizing machine learning anal... by Abhijeet Das

“…Various water quality indices (WQIs), implementing machine learning’s models including ANN, SVM, DT, RF, LOR), and KNN, jointly revealed that 36.36 % of samples reflects excellent to good water quality, while 63.64 % renders water quality status as unsuitable, which were mostly found in the central, south-eastern, and northeastern areas. …”
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Dose-response of tomato fruit yield to far-red fraction in supplementary lighting by Elena Vincenzi, Aron Moehn, Emmanouil Katsadas, Sana Karbor, Esther de Beer, Frank Millenaar, Leo F.M. Marcelis, Ep Heuvelink

“…Fruit yield increases under additional FR were mostly associated with increased plant dry weight, with a small yet significant increase in the fraction of dry matter partitioned to the fruits. …”
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Metabolic engineering of Komagataella phaffii for enhanced 3-hydroxypropionic acid (3-HP) production from methanol by Sílvia Àvila-Cabré, Joan Albiol, Pau Ferrer

“…Co-overexpression of PYC2 and the lactate permeases ESBP6 and JEN1 genes led to a 55% improvement in 3-HP titer and product yield in methanol deep-well plate cultures compared to the reference strain, mostly due to Esbp6 activity, proving its effectiveness as a 3-HP transporter. …”
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Hypertension and cognitive impairment among older persons in rural Northern Uganda: a cross-sectional study by Joel Oyugi, Jonathan Izudi, Francis Bajunirwe

“…Available data on this association is mostly from resource-rich settings and has been understudied in resource-limited settings especially rural areas where the majority of older persons live. …”
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