Risk Factors and Protective Role of Vitamin C in Coronary Artery Disease: Insights from a Case-control Study by Tilak Kumar Kadipaku, BS Gopala Krishna, Ahammad Basha Shaik

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Healthy lifestyles and risk of major non-communicable chronic diseases and mortality in individuals with metabolic syndrome by Xiang Gao, Jiali Zheng, Mengdan Liu, Chong Liu, Yixin Wang, Yan Li, Weihua Chen, Xiaoguang Li, Hui Wang

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Maternal physical activity levels in early pregnancy and the risk of spinal deformity among preschoolers at age 4: findings from the Shanghai birth cohort study by Xin Li, Xin Li, Xuan Zhou, Xuan Zhou, Juping Liang, Zefan Huang, Mengdie Jin, Xiuhua Shen, Xuanfang Wang, Binbin Fu, Peijie Chen, Qing Du, Qing Du

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Rest intolerance and associated factors among Chinese nursing students: a cross-sectional network analysis by Jiukai Zhao, Yibo Wu, Jiayi Xu, Kunshuo Du, Yu Yang, Shuang Zang

“…Conclusions Nursing students achieved a score of 60% of the total maximum on the Rest Intolerance Scale. Nursing educators and policymakers should fully consider the identified associated factors of this study when designing nursing education programs and relevant policies. …”
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THE ROLE OF MASS MEDIA IN SOCIALISATION AND WELL-BEING: THEORETICAL ANALYSIS AND PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS by Harkusha Inesa, Dubinskyi Serhii

“…It has been highlighted that mass media can have both positive and negative effects on mental health, particularly causing stress, anxiety, and depression. It also has been noted that mass media have a greater impact on the psyche of teenagers than adults. …”
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Creation of a pandemic memory by tracing COVID-19 infections and immunity in Luxembourg (CON-VINCE) by Olena Tsurkalenko, Dmitry Bulaev, Marc Paul O’Sullivan, Chantal Snoeck, Soumyabrata Ghosh, Alexey Kolodkin, Basile Rommes, Piotr Gawron, Armin Rauschenberger, Carlos Vega Moreno, Clarissa P. C. Gomes, Anne Kaysen, Jochen Ohnmacht, Valerie E. Schröder, Lukas Pavelka, Guilherme Ramos Meyers, Laure Pauly, Claire Pauly, Anne-Marie Hanff, Max Meyrath, Anja Leist, Estelle Sandt, Gloria A. Aguayo, Magali Perquin, Manon Gantenbein, Tamir Abdelrahman, Jochen Klucken, Venkata Satagopam, Christiane Hilger, Jonathan Turner, Michel Vaillant, Joëlle V. Fritz, Markus Ollert, Rejko Krüger, on behalf of the CON-VINCE consortium and the ORCHESTRA working group

“…Depression, anxiety, loneliness and stress levels increased at a point of study when there were strict containment measures, returning to baseline afterwards. …”
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Burnout and its Factors in Healthcare Workers Involved in Providing Health Care for Patients With COVID-19 at Different Stages of the Pandemic by A. B. Kholmogorova, S. S. Petrikov, A. Y. Suroyegina, O. Y. Mikita, A. A. Rakhmanina, A. P. Roy

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Silicon-coated carbon quantum dots composite nanomaterials mediate pest resistance activation in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) by Kang-Li He, Jing-Han Yang, Fu-Xiao Yu, Nuo Wei, Qian-Wei Liang, Jia-Wei Feng, Tian-Ci Yi, Xiang-Sheng Chen, Guy Smagghe, Shun-Hua Gui, Tong-Xian Liu

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Experiences With a Multicomponent Digital Behavioral Pain Management Intervention for Adults With Sickle Cell Disease: Qualitative Analysis of the CaRISMA Trial by Olubusola B Oluwole, Lakeya S McGill, Kadeem Gayle, Julia A O'Brien, Kaleab Z Abebe, Charles R Jonassaint, Megan Hamm

“…ConclusionsThis qualitative substudy of the CaRISMA trial showed that participants valued the personalized support of the health coach, education about the connection between stress and pain, and the self-reflection fostered by the pain diary. …”
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Ur-fascism in the cultural situation after postmodern: Ukrainian and Russian context by Yevheniia Bilchenko

“…In the article the basic principles of Eternal Fascism in postmodern aesthetics are given with the current of contemporary cultural context (monism, populist elitism, militarism, leaderism, traditionalism, xenophobia). Author of article stresses the principle of fear of Alien as an enemy, mechanisms of simulation of image of which in modern media are the simulation and reduction. …”
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Pleiotropic effects of PPAR-α – from benchside to bedside by I. V. Shirinsky, V. S. Shirinsky

“…PPARa activity in hepatocytes results in decrease of intracellular concentrations of lipid acids. This leads to reduction of VLDL cholesterol, increase in HDL-cholesterol and decrease in triglycerides in plasma of patients taking PPARα agonists. …”
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Rheology, mechanical properties and microstructure characterization of limestone calcined clay cement (LC3) incorporated sustainable lightweight self-compacting concrete by Snigdhajit Mukherjee, Rajesh Kumar, Monalisa Behera, Arpit Goyal, Md Reyazur Rahman

“…Finally, embodied energy assessment and cost analysis showed reduction in carbon dioxide (CO2) emission and cost by nearly 16% and 13%, respectively, leading to a step toward global net zero emission with sustainability.…”
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The Communities Organizing for Power Through Empathy (COPE) Community-Based Intervention to Improve Adult Mental Health During Disasters and Crises: Protocol for a Stepped-Wedge Cl... by Jennifer Scott, Tara Powell, Natasha M Lee-Johnson

“…We hypothesize that participants in the COPE intervention will experience greater reductions in psychological distress (eg, perceived stress, anxiety, and depression); improvements in protective factors (eg, social support and coping self-efficacy); and community participation as compared with an attention control group. …”
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Ratcheting of Steel Samples Undergoing Asymmetric Loading Cycles at Elevated Operating Temperatures: Analytical and Numerical Assessments by M. Karimi, A. Varvani-Farahani

“…The predicted and simulated ratcheting data were found to be in good agreement with the measured data. …”
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Comprehensive in silico analysis to decipher the role of long non-coding RNAs in bread wheat during fusarium head blight and leaf rust interactions by Jyothsna S, Alagu Manickavelu

“…A total of 595 wheat DElncRNAs were predicted by implementing a stringent lncRNA selection criterion. …”
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Identification and expression analysis of sugar transporter family genes reveal the role of ZmSTP2 and ZmSTP20 in maize disease resistance by Yu-xin MA, Zhi-jun ZHOU, Hong-zhe CAO, Fan ZHOU, He-long SI, Jin-ping ZANG, Ji-hong XING, Kang ZHANG, Jin-gao DONG

“…The results showed that the mazie sugar transporter family contained 24 members, all of which were predicted to be distributed on the cell membrane and had a highly conserved transmembrane transport domain. …”
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Characteristics of Microseismic Generated During Shear Failure of Granite With Structural Plane of Various Connectivities by Xianzhe Liang, Zhicheng Hu, Xiufen Qin, Yaoqun Deng, Jianqing Jiang, Guoshao Su

“…The experimental results obtained in this manuscript can provide valuable insights into the mechanism of rock shear failure and the prediction of the engineering disaster induced by rock shear failure.…”
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HEMODYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF THE BLOOD FLOW IN CAROTID ARTERY WITH PATHOLOGICAL GEOMETRY by E. D. Vitkouski, I. Y. Bazik, D. A. Baliuk, N. S. Davydova

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The mechanism of cryptocurrency adoption as a means of payment in business by J. V. Mickiewicz

“…The cryptocurrency adoption framework is analyzed through the organizational–economic mechanism, aiming to achieve practical objectives such as cost reduction, improved access to cross–border payments, and transaction security with crypto assets. …”
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Experimental Investigation of Tension Stiffening in RC Ties by Aleksandr Sokolov, Gintaris Kaklauskas, Ronaldas Jakubovskis, Mantas Juknys, Romualdas Kliukas, Pui Lam Ng, Viktor Gribniak

“…It was found that, despite the reduction in stiffness, a considerable part of the average tensile stresses were carried by the concrete at the advanced loading stages, thus effectively stiffening the RC member.…”
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