Addressing technology-mediated stigma in sexual health-related digital platforms: Insights from design team members. by Abdul-Fatawu Abdulai, Amanda Fuchsia Howard, Paul J Yong, Leanne M Currie

“…., adopting an interprofessional and collaborative approach to design, educating software designers on domain knowledge about stigma, and ensuring consistent user testing of content). These findings reflected functional and non-functional design strategies as applied in software design. …”
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Accumulation conditions and target area evaluation of coalbed methane in eastern uplift of Junggar Basin by Qixiang YU, Mi TIAN, Yu LUO, Fan YANG, Yan'e CHEN, Feng WANG, Yuqiao GAO, Tao GUO

“…Utilizing well logging data, core analysis test results, and seismic data, well-seismic calibration and seismic profile interpretation were carried out. …”
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Primary liver lymphoma: review of the literature and clinical case presentation by A. K. Smolyaninova, A. V. Gubkin, Ye. Ye. Zvonkov, Yu. A. Kucheryavy

“…Male 38-year-old patient developed acute symptoms: sweating, general weakness, febrile fever, weight loss (50 kg for 4 months), abdominal pain combined to hepatomegaly and multiple focal lesions in the liver according to abdominal US, with 5 unsuccessful attempts for 6 months to receive informative tissue sample. Laboratory tests revealed progressive signs of liver failure at normal level of alpha-fetoprotein and carcino-embryonic antigen; clinical signs included progressive manifestations of liver encephalopathy, skin hemorrhages, severe edema, ascites, pruritis and excoriations. …”
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Metallized Sol–Gel coatings on ceramic glazes with photocatalytic activity by Guillermo Monrós, Carolina Delgado, José Antonio Badenes, Guillem Monrós-Andreu, Mario Llusar

“…The use of photocatalytic layers grown on the glaze facilitates the recovery of the photocatalyst, extending its lifespan and facilitating reuse tasks. The photodegradation test carried out with glazed samples on Orange II solution shows excellent photocatalytic activity in the case of TiO2 samples, with a half-life period (t1/2= 34.53 min for the optimal sample), comparable to P25 from Evonik used as reference powder. …”
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Design and modeling of a highly compact negative index floral shape metamaterial for flight navigation applications by M. Pallavi, Praveen Kumar, B. R. Shivakumar

“…Hence, the proposed design is tested at various incident angles spanning between to along the azimuth region, at a deviation. …”
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Antifungal efficacy of chitosan-mediated fenugreek nanocomposite incorporated in tissue conditioner by Mohika Damle, Ponsekar Abraham Anandapandian, B. Eswaran, Swapnaneel Pradhan, Silvin Joe C J, Shreyas Dhumke

“…Results and discussion: Chitosan-fenugreek nanoparticles were synthesized using the ionic gelation method, with fenugreek extract used for green synthesis. Kruskal-Wallis test showed significant effects over time, with 2.5 % group showing lowest fungal growth at 521 CFU/mL, followed by 2 % group at 587 CFU/mL, while the 1.5 % nanocomposite group still displayed considerable fungal growth. …”
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BUDGET USE AND PERFORMANCE OF MANUFACTURING SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SMEs) IN LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA by Mubaraq Sanni, Oladipo Oluwafolakemi Fasesin

“…The descriptive analysis was based on techniques such as graphs and tables, while the inferential analysis was done by PLS-SEM techniques to test all the hypotheses. However, the results of the analysis reveal that both diagnostic and interactive budget use have a positive significant relationship with performance of Manufacturing SMEs in Lagos State at (β = 0.148, t = 1.75, p < 0.10 ) at 1%  level of significant and (β = 0.199, t = 2.75, p < 0.01) respectively. …”
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In vitro inhibition of Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum, the causal agent of banana Xanthomonas Wilt, using medicinal plant extracts from North Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic... by Franchement Mukeshambala, Angele Ibanda, Ludivine Lassois, Gakuru Semacumu, Dhed’a Djailo, Leon Nabahungu, Guy Blomme, Godefroid Monde

“…A completely randomized design was used for the three inhibition tests (1) on Mueller Hinton Agar (MHA) using disc diffusion with 10 plant extracts; (2) in liquid YPG Broth using 10 plant extracts; and (3) on MHA using disc diffusion with 19 plant extracts. …”
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Analysis of Water and Sediment Variation Characteristics in Jingjiang River Reach before and after Operation of Three Gorges Reservoir Based on GAM by DING Jiawei, PENG Yuming, CHEN Yanfei, SHEN Jian, HUANG Liemin

“…In order to explore the different water and sediment variation characteristics in Jingjiang River reach before and after the operation of the Three Gorges Reservoir, the Mann-Kendall trend test method and rescaled range (R/S) analysis method were used to analyze and predict the variation trend of water and sediment in Jingjiang River reach, and the generalized additive model (GAM) was constructed to quantitatively analyze the influence of water and sediment outflows from the Three Gorges Reservoir on the Jingjiang River reach. …”
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La era de la ebullición global: Desafíos y oportunidades para la resiliencia climática en la región centroamericana by José Rodrigo Rojas Morales

“…[Conclusiones]: La agenda regional no se conecta con el suficiente blindaje climático que se requiere para contrarrestar los rigores de la era de la ebullición. De estos balances, y según la evidencia científica, se plantea una hoja de ruta con acciones climáticamente inteligentes y socialmente inclusivas. …”
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Particulate matter concentrations and health risks associated with cow hides singeing in Abattoirs in Benin City, Nigeria by Aimuanmwosa Frank Eghomwanre, Gracious Oghosa Edomwonyi

“…The HQ values exceeded 1.0 in all the sampling areas, implying that exposure to particulate concentrations could result in adverse health effects in abattoirs. The chi-square test revealed significant associations between reported risk factors such as: age, work experience, duration of exposure, and use of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) and health effects (dry cough, eye irritation, asthma, difficulty breathing, sore throat, and chest pain) among abattoir workers. …”
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Comparative study of packaging materials developed from fish and legume protein concentrates by Evmorfia Athanasopoulou, Angeliki Katsiroumpa, Chrysavgi Gardeli, Theofania Tsironi

“…All produced films biodegraded in <20 days during burial test in soil with high relative humidity (80 %). …”
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Comparison of algorithms for the recognition of ChatGPT paraphrased texts by Aleksandar Kartelj, Miljana Mladenović, Staša Vujičić Stanković

“…Syntax analysis of the test datasets has shown that the change of the model temperature influences syntactic features (average number of words and sentences) in English texts and slightly or not in Serbian texts. …”
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Post-Pandemic Inflation Dynamics: a Comparative Study of the Fiscal Theory in the Czech Republic and France by Makovský, Petr, Descubes, Irena, Hřebík, František

“…The paper is an empirical test of the so-called fiscal theory on the example of France and the Czech Republic. …”
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Effect of maternal HIV infection on birth outcomes among HIV positive women in Sub Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Worku Necho Asferie, Tigabu Munye Aytenew, Amare Kassaw, Habtamu Shimels Hailemeskel, Solomon Demis Kebede, Bosena Tebeje Gashaw, Demewoz Kefale

“…Publication bias was also assessed using Egger’s test with 5% significance level. Finally, the random effects analysis model was used to estimate the pooled effect size. …”
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Representaciones sociales de masculinidad en profesores varones indígenas del norte del Estado de México by Jorge Luis Cruz Hernández, Isabel Nicolás González, Xóchitl Vanessa Martínez Monroy

“… Actualmente, las políticas educativas internacionales y nacionales sugieren la incorporación de la igualdad de género en los planes educativos, debido a la violencia estructural que sigue reproduciéndose en las instituciones. Esto implica que se redoblen esfuerzos para cumplir con el objetivo 5 de la Agenda 2030, vinculado con el género. …”
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Wind Field Retrieval From Co-Polarized SAR Imagery Without External Wind Direction Assistance by Xianen Wei, Jinsong Chong, Yawei Zhao, Lijie Diao, Xuan Jin

“…This method underwent testing with Sentinel-1 Stripmap co-polarized SAR images in wind field retrieval experiments. …”
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Modeling factors related to earthquake preparedness: a structural equation modeling approach by Azadeh Fatehpanah, Elham Maraghi, Anthony Coetzer-Liversage, Mahmood Karimy, Amir H. Pakpour, Majed Maripour, Nematollah Jaafarzadeh Haghighi Fard, Marzieh Araban

“…The statistical analyses encompassed descriptive statistics, t-tests, ANOVA, correlation coefficients, confirmatory factor analysis, and structural equation modeling. …”
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Two chromatographic methods for analyzing paracetamol in spiked human plasma with its toxic metabolite, N-acetyl parabenzoquinone imine and its antidote, N-acetyl-l-cysteine by Omar M El-Abassy, Michael Gamal Fawzy, Ebraam B. Kamel

“…Both techniques passed the ICH validation tests.…”
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Scopus Indexing Delays of Articles Published in Major Pharmacy Practice Journals by Samuel Adeosun

“…Median indexing delays and Kaplan-Meier curves of indexing delays were also compared between Scopus and PubMed using Wilcoxon signed-rank and Log-Rank tests, respectively.  Results: All 7 journals (843 documents) and 4 journals (212 documents) were included (aims 1 and 2, respectively). …”
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