O planeamento da identidade da marca de destinos turísticos: aplicação do modelo de Aaker à marca Madeira by Nélia Alves, Jorge Costa, Ana Salazar

“…Com o objetivo de aferir acerca da existência de uma visão partilhada relativamente à identidade e proposta de valor da marca Madeira, e considerando esta partilha essencial à existência de uma marca de sucesso, foi desenvolvido um estudo de carácter qualitativo. …”
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Impact of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocol Compliance on Outcome After Pancreatic Surgery: Results From a Certified ERAS Center by Alina S. Ritter, MD, Thilo Welsch, MD, FACS, MBA, Freya Brodersen, MSc, Julia Auinger, MD, Parisa Moll-Khosrawi, MD, Mara R. Goetz, MD, Jan Bardenhagen, MD, Christine Nitschke, MD, Tobias Schneider, BSc, Björn Wellge, MD, Anna Suling, PhD, Faik G. Uzunoglu, MD, Asmus Heumann, MD, Felix Nickel, MD, Thilo Hackert, MD, Jakob R. Izbicki, MD

“…Of these, 90 patients (15.2%) achieved a high overall ERAS compliance of ≥70%. High compliance was associated with significantly less complications (Clavien–Dindo ≥ 3a), reduced 30-day mortality, and a shorter hospital stay. …”
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The spatial relationship and influence mechanism of traditional villages and intangible cultural heritage: a case study of the upper reaches of the Yellow River Basin by Qianming Xue, Yuehao Huang

“…The findings are as follows: (1) There are significant differences in the spatial distribution of TVs and ICH in the upper YRB. TVs exhibit a “multi-core aggregation, dispersed concentration” pattern, with a high degree of imbalance at the provincial (or autonomous region) level. …”
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Searching for electronic journal articles to support academic tasks. A case study of the use of the Finnish National Electronic Library (FinELib) by Pertti Vakkari, Sana Talja

“…</b> The data consist of a nationwide Web-survey of the end-users of FinELib, The Finnish National Electronic Library. …”
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A new strong ground motion model for predicting Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA), pseudo-acceleration spectra and displacement spectra in Iran by A.R. Hajipour, H. Moghaddam

“…The displacement spectra considered in this research are those with a constant resistance-to-weight ratio, which includes both elastic and inelastic displacement types. …”
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Characterization of food waste in Grizzly Dining Hall at Georgia Gwinnett College: A critical step toward sustainable food waste management by Ramata Sissoko Cisse, Fatima Sarahi Aguilar, Sochi Bryan Ezenagu, Mahamane Saliou Cisse, Amadou Niang

“…In Spring 2022, for three weeks, twice a week, a total of 115.08 kg of post-service food waste was collected by cafeteria workers. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Implant-Protected Occlusion in Partially Edentulous Fixed Restoration Using Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment – A Prospective Clinical Trial by Ramesh Chowdhary, S Bukkapatnam

“…Materials and Methods: A total of 20 patients in the age group of 25–61 yrs participated in this study. …”
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Joint Effect of Maternal Tobacco Smoking and Pregestational Diabetes on Preterm Births and Congenital Anomalies: A Population-Based Study in Northern Italy by Lucia Borsari, Carlotta Malagoli, Martha M. Werler, Kenneth J. Rothman, Marcella Malavolti, Rossella Rodolfi, Gianfranco De Girolamo, Fausto Nicolini, Marco Vinceti

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Enhanced Tolerance to Antifungals as a General Feature of Rho⁻ Mutants in Yeast Species: Implications to Positive Selection of Respiratory Deficiency by Zachary Johnson, Farhan Nadim, Mikhajlo K. Zubko

“…The inability of these colonies selected from ZOIs to grow on glycerol, as a single source of carbon, proved that they were rho⁻ mutants spontaneously generated in the WT populations. …”
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Residual limb neuropathic pain association with neuroma, prosthetic, function, and participation outcomes in individuals living with a transtibial amputation: an exploratory study by Camille Fournier-Farley, Mathieu Boudier-Revéret, Dany H. Gagnon

“…Results: Of the 27 neuromas diagnosed, pain intensity was associated with no use of walking aid, less daily prosthesis wearing time, a higher PDI score, and a neuroma at the common fibular nerve. …”
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Five-year Variations in Air Pollutant Emissions with Ultra-low Emission Retrofits in a 660 MW Coal-fired Power Unit by Zhiyong Li, Zhuangzhuang Ren, Chengjing Cao, Chen Liu, Zhen Zhai, Jixiang Liu, Ziyi Zhan, Changtao Huang, Lan Chen, Hongdan Yuan

“…Various studies have focused on the model simulation of pollutant emission variations on a national scale, while the specific data for a concrete generation unit was still lacking. …”
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Recovery of Cerium Dioxide from Spent Glass-Polishing Slurry and Its Utilization as a Reactive Sorbent for Fast Degradation of Toxic Organophosphates by Pavel Janoš, Pavel Kuráň, Jakub Ederer, Martin Šťastný, Luboš Vrtoch, Martin Pšenička, Jiří Henych, Karel Mazanec, Miroslav Skoumal

“…The recovery of cerium (and possibly other rare earth elements) from the spent glass-polishing slurries is rather difficult because of a high resistance of polishing-grade cerium oxide toward common digestion agents. …”
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Can Artificial Intelligence Technology Help Achieving Good Governance: A Public Policy Evaluation Method Based on Artificial Neural Network by Zhinan Xu, Zijun Liu, Hang Luo

“…By leveraging empirical data and a deep learning model based on convolutional neural networks (CNN), the model achieves a high accuracy of 93.40%, surpassing most comparable models. …”
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3D Printing/Additive Manufacturing Single Titanium Dental Implants: A Prospective Multicenter Study with 3 Years of Follow-Up by Samy Tunchel, Alberto Blay, Roni Kolerman, Eitan Mijiritsky, Jamil Awad Shibli

“…Eighty-two patients (44 males, 38 females; age range 26–67 years) were enrolled in the present study. A total of 110 3DP/AM titanium dental implants (65 maxilla, 45 mandible) were installed: 75 in healed alveolar ridges and 35 in postextraction sockets. …”
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Impact of surgical site infection (SSI) following gynaecological cancer surgery in the UK: a trainee-led multicentre audit and service evaluation by Rachel L O’Donnell, Georgios Angelopoulos, James P Beirne, Ioannis Biliatis, Helen Bolton, Melissa Bradbury, Elaine Craig, Ketan Gajjar, Michelle L Mackintosh, Wendy MacNab, Thumuluru Kavitha Madhuri, Mark McComiskey, Eva Myriokefalitaki, Claire L Newton, Nithya Ratnavelu, Sian E Taylor, Amudha Thangavelu, Sarah A Rhodes, Emma J Crosbie, Richard J Edmondson, Yee-Loi Louise Wan

“…Objectives Surgical site infection (SSI) complicates 5% of all surgical procedures in the UK and is a major cause of postoperative morbidity and a substantial drain on healthcare resources. …”
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A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN WESTERN BALKAN COUNTRIES AND SELECTED OECD COUNTRIES (2010 - 2019) OF THE EFFECT OF UNEMPLOYMENT ON NON-PERFORMING LOAN by Ercan Özen, Ajshe Komoni, Fisnik Morina, Simon Grıma, İbish Mazreku

“…The size of non-performing loans (NPLs) plays a key role in the stability of the banking sector of a country. …”
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Anti-IL-5 treatment, but not neutrophil interference, attenuates inflammation in a mixed granulocytic asthma mouse model, elicited by air pollution by Joyceline De Volder, Annelies Bontinck, Valerie Haelterman, Louis Boon, Guy F. Joos, Guy G. Brusselle, Tania Maes

“…Conclusion Inhibition of IL-5 signalling, but not neutrophil interventions, significantly attenuates eosinophilic inflammation in a mouse model of mixed granulocytic asthma, elicited by air pollution exposure.…”
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Can transparency governance promote interregional coordinated carbon emission reduction? A new perspective from China provincial transparency index by Nan Jiang, Juan Huang

“…Furthermore, a hierarchical regression analysis is conducted to test the mechanisms. …”
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HIV-Associated Central Nervous System Disease in Patients Admitted at the Douala General Hospital between 2004 and 2009: A Retrospective Study by Henry Namme Luma, Benjamin Clet Nguenkam Tchaleu, Elvis Temfack, Marie Solange Doualla, Daniela Pamela Ntchankam Ndenga, Yacouba Njankouo Mapoure, Alfred Kinyuy Njamnshi, Vincent-de-Paul Djientcheu

“…From January 1, 2004 and December 31, 2009, we did at the Douala General Hospital a clinical case note review of 672 admitted adult (age ≥ 18 years) HIV-1 patients, and 44.6% (300/672) of whom were diagnosed and treated for HIV-associated CNS disease. …”
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Pesquisa sobre Proposição de Problemas Matemáticos: Trinta Anos de Avanços a partir da Publicação “On Mathematical Problem Posing” by Jinfa Cai, Stephen Hwang, Matthew Melville

“… Em 1994, Ed Silver publicou um artigo original intitulado “On Mathematical Problem Posing”. Silver tanto ajudou a estabelecer as bases para a pesquisa de proposição de problemas como apontou direções-chave que a pesquisa de proposição de problemas poderia explorar. …”
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