Enzyme-mediated production of sugars from sago starch: statistical process optimization by Wee, L.L., Annuar, M.S.M., Ibrahim, Shaliza, Chisti, Y.

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Suicidality and Its Relation with Physical and Mental Conditions: Results from a Cross-Sectional Study of the Nationwide Primary Care Population Sample in Latvia by Lubova Renemane, Anda Kivite-Urtane, Elmars Rancans

“…Mental disorders and suicidality were determined using the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview, and assessments were conducted over the telephone within two weeks after the visit to the general practitioner. <i>Results</i>: Of the 1485 cases, 18.6% reported suicidality. …”
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Comparison of Childhood Caries Levels between Children of Pediatric Dentists and Children of General Dentists: A Cross-Sectional Study by Sarit Naishlos, Sigalit Blumer, Sagit Nissan, Joseph Nissan, Johnny Kharouba

“…Children of pediatric dentists were found to have fewer cases of caries than children of general dentists (<i>p</i> = 0.018). Nutrition habits did not differ between the two groups. …”
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Evaluation of the Toxicity of <i>Satureja intermedia</i> C. A. Mey Essential Oil to Storage and Greenhouse Insect Pests and a Predator Ladybird by Asgar Ebadollahi, William N. Setzer

“…The high fumigant toxicity against four major stored-product insect pests, the significant aphidicidal effect on <i>A. nerii</i>, and relative safety to the general predator <i>C. septempunctata</i> make terpene-rich <i>S. intermedia</i> essential oil a potential candidate for use as a plant-based alternative to the detrimental synthetic insecticides.…”
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The Efficacy of Ultrasound-Guided Paravertebral Block in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy by Gülçin Aydin, Oktay Aydin

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of single-dose unilateral paravertebral block (PVB) in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) under general anesthesia. <i>Materials and Methods:</i> Patients undergoing LC were randomly separated into control, preoperative block, and postoperative block groups. …”
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Health-Related Quality of Life in Relation to Fruit and Vegetable Intake among Polish Pharmacists by Magdalena Kurnik-Łucka, Dominika Grońska, Marcin Wojnarski, Paweł Pasieka, Elżbieta Rząsa-Duran, Krzysztof Gil

“…All HQoL scores, excluding physical functioning and role-physical, were significantly higher in the group declaring fruit consumption ≥1 time per day (<i>p</i> < 0.005), while physical functioning (<i>p</i> = 0.008) and general health (<i>p</i> = 0.03) were significantly higher in the group declaring vegetable consumption ≥1 time per day. …”
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Association between Functional Fitness and Health-Related Quality of Life in the Balearic Islands’ Old Adults with Metabolic Syndrome by Javier Conde-Pipó, Cristina Bouzas, Miguel Mariscal-Arcas, Josep A. Tur

“…In older subjects with MetS, a higher FF score and, within it, endurance, lower body strength, one-leg balance, and agility are positively associated with lower physical function (<i>p</i> < 0.001; d = 0.56), better general health (<i>p</i> = 0.019; d = 0.35), and better summary physical component of HRQoL (<i>p</i> < 0.001; d = 0.57). …”
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Influence of Sex and Acute Beetroot Juice Supplementation on 2 KM Running Performance by Arturo Casado, Raúl Domínguez, Sandro Fernandes da Silva, Stephen J. Bailey

“…Supplementation with BJ did not alter post-exercise blood [lactate] (<i>p</i> > 0.05) but lowered RPE_general (<i>p</i> < 0.05); Conclusions: acute BJ supplementation improves 2 km running performance in amateur runners by enhancing performance over the second half of the TT and lowering RPE_general by a comparable magnitude in males and females.…”
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Simultaneous realization of conductive segregation network microstructure and minimal surface porous macrostructure by SLS 3D printing by Xinpeng Gan, Jinzhi Wang, Zhanhua Wang, Zhuo Zheng, Marino Lavorgna, Alfredo Ronca, Guoxia Fei, Hesheng Xia

“…A general strategy, i.e. simultaneous realization of the conductive segregation network microstructure and minimal surface porous macrostructure by means of selective laser sintering (SLS) 3D printing is proposed for devices fabrication. …”
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Linking Personality and Trust in Intelligent Virtual Assistants by Lisa Schadelbauer, Stephan Schlögl, Aleksander Groth

“…Furthermore, the data point to a significant positive correlation between people’s <i>propensity to trust in general technology</i> and their trust in IVAs. Yet, they also show that those who exhibit a higher <i>propensity to trust in technology</i> tend to also have a higher <i>affinity for technology interaction</i> and are consequently more likely to adopt IVAs.…”
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Extension of the Schwarzschild black hole solution in f(R) gravitational theory and its physical properties by G. G. L. Nashed

“…Our study shows that when $$\alpha \rightarrow 0$$ α → 0 , we obtain the Schwarzschild BH solution of GR assuming some constraints on the constant of integration, and if these constraints are bounded, we obtain the anti-de Sitter (AdS)/de Sitter (dS) spacetime. For the general case, i.e., when $$\alpha \ne 0$$ α ≠ 0 , we obtain a BH solution that tends asymptotically to AdS/dS spacetime. …”
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No effects of 1 Hz offline TMS on performance in the stop-signal game by Maximilian A. Friehs, Julia Siodmiak, Michelle C. Donzallaz, Dora Matzke, Ole Numssen, Christian Frings, Gesa Hartwigsen

“…After offline TMS, functional short-term reorganization is possible, and the domain-general area (i.e., the right DLPFC) might be able to compensate for the perturbation of the domain-specific area (i.e., the right IFG). …”
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Assessment of self-perceived oral health status, psychological well-being and life satisfaction among geriatric population by Bhuvana Durga Kolli, Srinivas Pachava, Devaki Talluri, Satya Madhuri Veligatla, Jhansi Patnala, Vishnu Kumar Selvaraj

“…Psychological well-being was assessed through two domains: Perceived life stress and general health, i.e., anxiety and depression. People who were mentally retarded, bedridden and who were not interested to participate in the study are excluded. …”
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Potential Probiotic Strains of <i>Saccharomyces</i> and Non-<i>Saccharomyces</i>: Functional and Biotechnological Characteristics by Pilar Fernández-Pacheco, Cristina Pintado, Ana Briones Pérez, María Arévalo-Villena

“…Results show different capabilities depending on the property studied. In general, no <i>Saccharomyces</i> yeasts were better in the adhesion to Caco cells, prebiotic metabolism, and presented higher variability of enzymatic activities. …”
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Patients' perspectives on a patient-oriented electronic decision support tool to reduce overuse of proton pump inhibitors (arriba-PPI): a qualitative study in primary care by Alexandra Schmidt, Bettina Bücker, Michaela Maas, Susanne Löscher, Annette Becker, Annika Viniol, Julia Heisig, Stefan Wilm, Anne Barzel

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Deep Learning Based Automatic Malaria Parasite Detection from Blood Smear and Its Smartphone Based Application by K. M. Faizullah Fuhad, Jannat Ferdousey Tuba, Md. Rabiul Ali Sarker, Sifat Momen, Nabeel Mohammed, Tanzilur Rahman

“…A variety of techniques including knowledge distillation, data augmentation, Autoencoder, feature extraction by a CNN model and classified by Support Vector Machine (SVM) or K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) are performed under three training procedures named <i>general training</i>, <i>distillation training</i> and <i>autoencoder training</i> to optimize and improve the model accuracy and inference performance. …”
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Assessing the psychometric properties of the revised and abbreviated self-leadership questionnaires by Petrus Nel, Ebben van Zyl

“…In this study, a bifactor model provided evidence that the RSLQ consists of a strong general factor (i.e. self-leadership). The ASLQ also seem to measure a single dimension that is very reliable. …”
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Spectroscopic and Structural Properties of β-Tricalcium Phosphates Ca₉<i>RE</i>(PO₄)₇ (<i>RE</i> = Nd, Gd, Dy) by Veronica Paterlini, Asmaa El Khouri, Marco Bettinelli, Daniele Maria Trucchi, Francesco Capitelli

“…For the Nd³⁺ phase, emission bands are present around 900, 1050, and 1330 nm, originating from the ⁴F_3/2 level. In general, these <i>RE</i>-TCP samples are interesting luminescent materials in the visible (Dy), UV (Gd), and NIR (Nd) regions, due to weak concentration quenching even for high concentrations of the emitting ion.…”
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Awareness and Attitude of Polish Gynecologists and General Practitioners towards Human Papillomavirus Vaccinations by Piotr Sypień, Weronika Marek, Tadeusz M. Zielonka

“…HPV vaccination was recommended more often by female physicians (<i>p</i> = 0.03), general practitioners (<i>p</i> < 0.001), physicians working over five years (<i>p</i> < 0.001), doctors who regularly vaccinated themselves against influenza (<i>p</i> = 0.01) and those who vaccinated their children against HPV (<i>p</i> =0.001). …”
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Cultivating cultural capitals in introductory algebra-based physics through reflective journaling by Khanh Tran, Ana Maria Barrera, Kim Coble, Mireya Arreguin, Marissa Harris, Alex Macha-Lopez, Michaela Perez, Alegra Eroy-Reveles

“…For this study, we analyze 180 reflective journaling essays of students enrolled in General Physics I, an algebra-based introductory physics course primarily for life science majors. …”
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