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Perceived risk, behavior changes and Health-related outcomes during COVID-19 pandemic: Findings among adults with and without diabetes in China
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Elsevier Ireland Ltd
, 2020 , Article)
Aims: To examine perceived infection risk of COVID-19 and the health and related behavior changes among people with diabetes, compared with people without diabetes, and to examine factors associated with self-reported ...
THE CENTRALITY OF ISLAMIC AESTHETIC VALUES AS AN EDUCATIONAL PROCEDURE
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PalArch's Journals
, 2021 , Article)
This study touches upon the aesthetics value as a pedagogical procedure in educational institutions. It also refers to the original Islamic educational theory considering the factors forming the modernized man, using ...
Feminist Discourse Strategies of Estrangement and Transcendence in the Modern Qatari Story
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كلية الآداب واللغات: جامعة محمد الشريف مساعدية - سوق أهراس الجزائر
, 2021 , Article)
This study aims to examine the feminine narrative discourse (short story) in Qatar by employing the concept of discourse as a cultural practice. These stories aim to reflect female perspectives parallelly in numerous ...
Prevalence and associated factors of DSM-5 insomnia disorder in the general population of Qatar
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BMC
, 2021 , Article)
Background: Epidemiological studies of insomnia in the Middle East remain scarce. The present study aimed to estimate the prevalence of insomnia and explore its associations in the general population of Qatar. With almost ...
A comparison of the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among circumcised and uncircumcised adult males in Rustenburg, South Africa: a cross-sectional study.
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BMC
, 2021 , Article)
South Africa has a persistent burden of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Male circumcision has been shown to be effective in preventing HIV and STIs, but data are scarce on the protective effect of circumcision in ...
Legacy effects of experimental environmental change on soil micro-arthropod communities
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wiley
, 2020 , Article)
© 2020 The Authors. Global change experiments such as experimental warming and nutrient addition strongly affect the structure and functioning of high latitude and altitude ecosystems. However, it is often unknown to what ...
Decomposition rate and stabilization across six tundra vegetation types exposed to >20 years of warming
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
© 2020 The Authors Aims: Litter decomposition is an important driver of soil carbon and nutrient cycling in nutrient-limited Arctic ecosystems. However, climate change is expected to induce changes that directly or indirectly ...
Scale effects on the relationships between land characteristics and ecosystem services- a case study in Taihu Lake Basin, China
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
© 2020 Elsevier B.V. It is generally recognized that marginal changes in landscape characteristics can influence multiple ecosystem services, but the causal relationships involved are still very unclear due to lack of ...
Effects of ambient climate and three warming treatments on fruit production in an alpine, subarctic meadow community
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Wiley
, 2021 , Article)
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Climate change is having major impacts on alpine and arctic regions, and inter‐annual variations in temperature are likely to increase. How increased climate variability will impact plant reproduction is ...
Visitors off the trail: Impacts on the dominant plant, bryophyte and lichen species in alpine heath vegetation in sub-arctic Sweden
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
Alpine ecosystems are under increasing pressure due to tourism and recreational activities. When leaving designated trails as is frequently observed, visitors can cause unintentional damage to vegetation. This study ...