Exploring the Effects of an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-Based Intervention Course on University Students’ Well-Being—A Mixed-Method Study by Ronja Ruuska, Nina Katajavuori, Henna Asikainen

“…A total of 189 university students participated in the mixed-method study in the spring of 2021 comprising both quantitative and qualitative data. Students’ pre- and post-intervention burnout risk was measured, and students were divided into four groups based on their burnout-risk scores. …”
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Mobile money remittances to cope with aggregate shocks: Urban migrants and rural families under the COVID-19 lockdown in Bangladesh by Hiroyuki Egami, Yukichi Mano, Tomoya Matsumoto

“…We analyze the seven-round panel of 723 urban migrant workers paired with their rural families in Bangladesh, covering the pre- and post-lockdown period for COVID-19. During the lockdown, urban migrants and their rural families experienced substantial income losses, particularly severe in urban areas. …”
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Efficacy and safety of the combination therapy of CO2 laser and thalidomide in cutaneous classic Kaposi’s sarcoma by Xianghui Li, Ramesh Sharma Poudel, Cunwei Cao, Gao Wei, Jingping Liu

“…Throughout the 6–24 months follow-up period, patients were administered oral thalidomide at a dosage of 100 mg per day and underwent three CO2 laser sessions on average. Post-treatment, complete resolution of Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) was observed in 9 out of 10 patients, with histopathology and dermoscopy showing no residual KS-related manifestations. …”
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Understanding healthcare providers' perspectives on barriers to accessing stroke care at a resource-limited hospital in East Africa: A qualitative study from Mnazi Mmoja Referral H... by Jutta M Adelin Jørgensen, Elias Ditlevsen, Sanaa S Said, Richard W Walker, Dirk Lund Christensen, Karoline Kragelund Nielsen

“…Three broad themes and eleven sub-themes were identified, relevant at specific stages in the patient's care pathway from deciding to seek care over receiving acute stroke care in hospital to accessing post-stroke care. These themes include health system barriers (medical supplies and equipment; staff shortages; attitudes and teamwork; organization of services; health education); patient-level factors (health literacy; relational factors; worries and feeling hopeless; financial constraints); and cultural context (stroke as a spiritual malady; trust, mistrust and power). …”
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Low-Power MOSFET-Only Subthreshold Voltage Reference with High PSRR by Mohammad Rashtian, Mahdi Shahpasandi

“…The design's performance is verified through post-layout and Monte Carlo simulations in a standard 180 nm CMOS process. …”
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Desentralisasi dan Pemberdayaan Ekonomi: Sinergitas Administrasi Publik dan Sosiologi dalam Membangun Desa Mandiri by Didin Hadi Saputra, M. Nasuhi, Mufidah Mufidah, Sri Linda Holiza, Aulia Erfina, Muniati Sulam, Syafii Syafii

“…Hasil utama yang diperoleh adalah meningkatnya kapasitas aparatur desa sebesar 43% (berdasarkan pre-test dan post-test), terbentuknya dokumen perencanaan desa partisipatif berbasis sistem informasi desa, serta lahirnya dua unit usaha baru yang dikelola secara kolektif oleh masyarakat. …”
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Small mosquitoes: large implications—effects of larval crowding and starvation on locomotor activity, adult biting frequency, and insecticide resistance in two strains of Aedes aeg... by Anjali Karki, Hailey A. Luker, Keyla R. Salas, Immo A. Hansen

“…Abstract Background Stress during the larval phase of their post-embryonic development can result in reduced-size imagoes in mosquitoes. …”
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Effectiveness of Specific Professional Training in Male Elite Adolescent Team Handball Players by Wagner Herbert, Radic Vanja, Hinz Matthias

“…All underwent pre- and post-testing using the game-based performance test. …”
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Pengaruh Penggunaan Media Busy Book Untuk Melatih Kemampuan Motorik Halus Pada Siswa Autis by Galuh Kartika Dewi

“…Penelitian ini menggunakan metode Pre-eksperimen dengan jenis One Group Pre-Test Post- Test Design. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa sebagian besar siswa mengalami peningkatan setelah diberikan treatment menggunakan busy book, menunjukkan bahwa kemampuan mengancingkan baju ada 2 anak autis mulai berkembang sesuai harapan sebesar 29,6 %, 3 anak dengan presentase 70,4% anak berkembang sangat baik. 2) Pada kemampuan menali sepatu terdapat 3 anak dengan presentase 64% anak yang mulai berkembang sesuai harapan, 2 anak dengan presentase 36% anak berkembang sangat baik. 3) Pada kemampuan menempel pola terdapat 2 anak dengan presentase 27,2 % anak yang mulai berkembang sesuai harapan, 3 anak dengan presentase 72,8 % anak yang berkembang sangat baik serta adanya perbedaan yang signifikan setelah dibuktikan melalui uji Paired Sample T-Test yaitu (p=0,001<0,005) yang artinya Ho ditolak dan Ha diterima, sehingga dapat disimpulkan bahwa media busy book efektif untuk melatih kemampuan motorik halus pada siswa autis di SDN Lemah Putro 1 Sidoarjo.…”
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PolyReg: Autoregressive Building Outline Regularization via Masked Attention Sequence Generation by Longfei Cui, Chao Li, Xin Chen, Xiao Wang, Haizhong Qian

“…Through a cleverly designed self-attention mask matrix, it achieves an autoregressive output of regularized building outline coordinates, eliminating the need for cumbersome post-processing steps. Experimental results show that on the Inria Aerial Image Labeling Dataset, compared with traditional methods and existing deep learning methods, the proposed method demonstrates significant advantages in metrics such as IoU, C-IoU, and Hausdorff distance. …”
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Georgia Beyond “Radical Europeanness”: Undiscovered Directions of Foreign Policy by A. Т. Sikharulidze

“…Georgian elites believe that institutional reunifi cation with “European family” under the NATO defence shield will not only deter Moscow but will fi nally put an end to Moscow’s attempts to bring the post-soviet state under its control. Moreover, due to the tensions between the generalized West and Russian Federation, the Kremlin’s aspirations to stop what it perceives as a geopolitical expansion of the West to the east, Georgia’s approach has become even more radical. …”
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YOLO-LPSS: A Lightweight and Precise Detection Model for Small Sea Ships by Liran Shen, Tianchun Gao, Qingbo Yin

“…The characteristics of YOLO-LPSS are as follows: (1) Strengthening the backbone’s ability to extract and emphasize features relevant to small ship objects, particularly in semantic-rich layers. (2) A sophisticated, learnable method for up-sampling processes is employed, taking into account both deep image information and semantic information. (3) Introducing a post-processing mechanism in the final output of the resampling process to restore the missing local region features in the high-resolution feature map and capture the global-dependence features. …”
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Massive hiatal hernia involving prolapse of the entire stomach and pancreas resulting in pancreatitis and bile duct dilatation: a case report by Hidenori Tomida, Masahiro Hayashi, Shinichi Hashimoto

“…The patient had an uneventful postoperative course post-procedure. Conclusion A rare massive hiatal hernia, involving the stomach and pancreatic body and tail, can cause acute pancreatitis with bile duct dilatation. …”
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Biosecurity Primitive: Polymerase X‐based Genetic Physical Unclonable Functions by Zikun Zhou, Taek Kang, Jie Chen, Yesh Doctor, Jocelyn G Camposagrado, Yiorgos Makris, Alexander Pertsemlidis, Leonidas Bleris

“…., they are virtually impossible to replicate). Furthermore, a post‐sequencing feature selection methodology based on logistic regression to facilitate PUF classification is developed. …”
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Mechanistic insights of neuronal death and neuroprotective therapeutic approaches in stroke by Chun Li, Yuping Luo, Siguang Li

“…In conclusion, this review synthesizes mechanistic insights into the intricate interplay of molecular and cellular pathways driving neuronal death post-ischemia. It sheds light on cutting-edge advancements in potential neuroprotective therapeutics, underscores the promise of regenerative medicine, and offers a forward-looking perspective on potential clinical breakthroughs. …”
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Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) in pregnancy: The case of a 27-year-old woman with nephrotic syndrome at 22 weeks of gestation by Lucy Wang, Seethalakshmi Viswanathan, Eddy Fischer, Bhadran Bose

“…Renal biopsy at 4 weeks post-partum was consistent with primary FSGS. This case highlights the strategies we utilised to manage a gravid patient presenting with nephrotic syndrome at 22 weeks gestation, where diagnosis could only be confirmed on renal biopsy in the postpartum period.…”
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Producción de proteínas recombinantes a partir de animales transgénicos: Sistemas y aplicaciones by María Fernanda Alvarado-Madrigal, Tannia Chavarría-Quirós, Brayan Leiva-Montero, Juan José Mora-Román

“…La habilidad de realizar complejas modificaciones post traduccionales de una manera eficiente es una ventaja que este tipo de tecnología posee sobre el uso de otros organismos transgénicos. …”
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Developing Society Integrity and Cultural Code by Means of Social and Cultural Activity as Factor of Ensuring National Security by N. S. Bezuglaya

“…The process of shaping the civil society in the post-soviet period is based on pursuing cultural policy financed at the expense of the country budget, in contrast to western countries. …”
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Enriching Qualitative Inquiry: Exploring Immersive Technologies in Place-Based Research by Matteo Baraldo, Francesca Dolcetti, Paola Di Giuseppantonio Di Franco

“…The multimodal coding was essential for capturing how the post-earthquake period was experienced, as well as how the approaches to reconstruction influenced the social recovery and rebuilding of attachment within the affected community. …”
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PISA 2012: Inmigración y etapa de llegada al Sistema Educativo Español by Esperanza Bausela Herreras

“…Metodología. No experimental o ex post facto, diseño comparativo- causal. Análisis de datos. …”
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