Lesbianism: Deconstructing the Christian church and social hierarchies in South Africa by L. Joubert

“…To analyse how the Christian church refers to homosexuality. I will use Michel Foucault’s philosophy on discourse and power as a theoretical underpinning to examine the preconceived concept of a fixed social hierarchy within the Christian church and society. …”
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FEDERALISM, INSECURITY, AND THE PERSISTENT AGITATIONS AMONG ETHNIC GROUPS IN NIGERIA’S FOURTH REPUBLIC: ANY WAY FORWARD? by TEMITOPE EMMANUEL ABIODUN, IBRAHIM ADEDAYO OYEWOLE, ENOCH AKINLOLUWA MAKINDE

“…Federalism have been largely accepted as the better form of government in a heterogeneous society such as Nigeria, however, the kind of federal system operating in Nigeria has created many problems because diverse ethnic and religious groups are unceremoniously brought together under one umbrella. …”
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Analysis of new varieties adoption behavior of Chinese turbot farmer based on the perspective of heterogeneity by Qilei Ding, Zhengyong Yang, Renjie Xu, Yifei Chen

“…To further promote the sustainable development of the turbot aquaculture industry, the China Marine Fish Industry Technology System team has developed a new variety of fast-growing turbot (hereinafter referred to as new varieties) in 2012. However, the promotion effect of new varieties has not reached the expectation, requiring research on the adoption behavior analysis of new varieties. …”
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Improved snow geese algorithm for engineering applications and clustering optimization by Haihong Bian, Can Li, Yuhan Liu, Yuxuan Tong, Shengwei Bing, Jincheng Chen, Quance Ren, Zhiyuan Zhang

“…Abstract The Snow Goose Algorithm (SGA) is a new meta-heuristic algorithm proposed in 2024, which has been proved to have good optimization effect, but there are still problems that are easy to fall into local optimal and premature convergence. In order to further improve the optimization performance of the algorithm, this paper proposes an improved Snow Goose algorithm (ISGA) based on three strategies according to the real migration habits of snow geese: (1) Lead goose rotation mechanism. (2) Honk-guiding mechanism. (3) Outlier boundary strategy. …”
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Hip Stability Isometric Test (HipSIT): Concurrent Validity and Reference Values for CrossFit® Participants by Thiago R T Santos, Ana Luiza R Rodrigues, Henrique M P Faria, Stéphane M Teixeira, Livia S Pogetti, Andressa Silva, Renan A Resende, Juliana M Ocarino

“…Clinicians can use the data as reference values for athletes who participate in CrossFit® and should consider the difference between sexes and lower limbs…”
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“Tramando arames, pedras e fios”: espaço e estigma no trabalho de um artista by Carolina Dalla Chiesa, Pedro Henrique de Gois, Gabriela De Luca, Neusa Rolita Cavedon

“…This article aims at evidencing the stigmas related to the work developed by a street artist, specifically, in the centre of the city of Porto Alegre, a crowded spot typical of large cities where the degradation and revitalization of the space turn fears and sociability into mediators for the interactions that happen there. In order to reach this objective, we base the study mainly on the notion of stigma and the transformations that happen over time in the artisan’s and artist’s work, and look at space from an anthropological perspective, bearing in mind the meanings attributed to it. …”
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Ductus Venosus Doppler S/D Value Adjusted Alfa Fetoprotein Levels to Decrease False Positive Rates by Alptekin Tosun, Enis Özkaya, Vakkas Korkmaz, Yasemin Çekmez

“…Subjects were divided into two: AFP levels lower (n=46) and higher than 2 MomS MoMs (n=14). …”
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Personality and education: associations between personality dimensions, academic field of study, and performance in upper secondary school and higher education by Mikkel M. Thørrisen, Talieh Sadeghi

“…Regression analyses revealed that higher performance in upper secondary school was associated with higher conscientiousness and lower openness, while higher performance in higher education was associated with higher conscientiousness, higher openness, and lower emotional stability (higher neuroticism). …”
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Breather and solitonic behavior of parametric Sine–Gordon equation with phase-shift and driven term by Taj Munir, Muhammad Zaman, Can Kang, Hussan Zeb, Alrazi Abdeljabbar, Mohammed Daher Albalwi

“…Analytically, a perturbative expansion combined with multiple-scale analysis is developed to derive system dynamics up to the fifth-order expansion. Numerically, the explicit finite difference scheme and the fourth-order Runge–Kutta finite difference method are implemented. …”
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Improvement of Air Quality during the COVID-19 Lockdowns in the Republic of Slovenia and its Connection with Meteorology by Maja Ivanovski, Petra Dolšak Lavrič, Rudi Vončina, Darko Goričanec, Danijela Urbancl

“…Our findings indicate that COVID-19 restrictions had a moderate and indirect impact on PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations, which were more evident at PM10 monitoring sites near traffic locations. …”
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Comparison of Intervention Programs to Improve Trunk Stability for Active Females by Kate Schwartzkopf-Phifer, Katie Whetstone, Mark Marchino, Kevin Brown, Kyle Matsel

“… # Study Design Randomized controlled trial # Methods All subjects were tested at baseline on Beighton criteria, the FMSTM, Y-Balance Test Upper Quarter and Lower Quarter, and grip strength by an evaluator blinded to group allocation. …”
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Positive airway pressure therapy adherence and outcomes in obstructive sleep apnea: An exploratory longitudinal retrospective randomized chart review by Daniel Stevens, Michaela Title, Kathleen Spurr, Debra Morrison

“… # Results No significant differences were shown between groups for mortality, hospitalizations, or development of co-morbidities during the observation period. However, logistic regression showed significantly higher odds of adherence in male patients compared to female patients (OR=8.519; 95%CI=1.301--55.756; p=0.025) and significantly lower odds of adherence in patients with higher normal (OR=0.039; 95%CI=0.005--0.392; p=0.003), mild excessive (OR=0.039; 95%CI=0.003--0.517; p=0.014), and severe excessive (OR=0.088; 95%CI=0.012--0.635; p=0.016) daytime sleepiness compared to patients with lower normal daytime sleepiness. …”
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The Conscious Side of ‘Subliminal’ Linguistic Priming: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis and Reliability Analysis of Visibility Measures by David Hernández-Gutiérrez, Miguel A. Sorrel, David R. Shanks, Miguel A. Vadillo

“…Criteria for assessing unconscious priming include the visibility (d’) of masked words not differing significantly from zero and no positive correlation between visibility and priming. However, such outcomes could also arise for strictly methodological reasons, such as low statistical power in visibility tests or low reliability of dependent measures. …”
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A Study on Life Skills among Adolescents Attending Government Schools by Pomi Mahanta, Sonia P. Deuri, Priyadarshee Abhishek, H. Sobhana

“…Results: Students aged 14 years were significantly lower in life skills compared to the other two groups. …”
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Esophageal submucosal gland duct adenoma: a case report and literature review by Bing Zhou, Jian Zheng, Ling Huang, Hua Hao

“…Lesions located in the lower esophagus accounted for 81% of the cases. Chest and abdominal discomfort were the main clinical symptoms, and endoscopic findings mostly included polypoid masses that were impossible to correctly diagnose prior to excision and biopsy. …”
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Phantom-based investigation of block sequential regularised expectation maximisation (BSREM) reconstruction for zirconium-89 PET-CT for varied count levels by Lara M. Bonney, Matthew D. Walker, Daniel R. McGowan

“…Abstract Background Zirconium-89 (Zr-89) PET tracers have become increasingly significant in the field of nuclear medicine due to their 3-day physical half-life, allowing for the study of dynamic biological processes over relatively long timeframes. To date there has been limited publication of studies focused on optimisation of acquisition parameters for Zr-89 PET. …”
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The Approach of Tajdid’s Umar bin Abdul Aziz Rah. Through the Institution of al-Mazalim in Dealing with the issues of Deviation and Misappropriation by Hamidi Abdul Ghani, Abdul Azib Hussain, Nurul Akma Mohamed

“…The behaviors of deviation, misappropriation, and abuse of power are in direct opposition to the principles and teachings of Islam. …”
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Analysis of malondialdehyde and ferric reducing ability of plasma in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in Lucknow city, India by Mohammad Zaid Kidwai, Roshan Alam, Haseeb Ahsan, Mohammad Mustufa Khan, Saba Khan

“…Results: The level of MDA was observed to be higher (4.84 ± 1.09) in T2DM patients compared to controls (2.20 ± 0.85). The FRAP was lower among T2DM patients (509.46 ± 126.36) compared to controls (895.62 ± 179.92). …”
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Risk Factors and Predictive Model for Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation in Patients with Multiple Myeloma by Rong Bao MM, Mengtong Fan MM, Min Hu MM, Ling Li BD,   Hasichaolu BD

“…Logistic regression analysis was used to identify factors significantly associated with DIC. The predictive power of the logistic regression model was evaluated using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. …”
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Physical and functional characterization of whey protein-lignin biocomposite films for food packaging applications by Yihong Deng, Sierra Kolodjski, Grace Lewis, Gary Onan, Youngmi Kim

“…Films produced at 90 °C, with 88.65 % protein denaturation, exhibited superior mechanical properties and lower water solubility compared to WPI films treated at lower temperatures. …”
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