Eu-Substituents-Induced Modifications in the Thermoelectric Properties of the Zintl Phase Ba_1-<i>x</i>Eu<i>_x</i>Zn₂Sb₂ System by Daewon Shim, Junsu Lee, Aziz Ahmed, Ji Hee Pi, Myung-Ho Choi, Kang Min Ok, Kyu Hyoung Lee, Tae-Soo You

“…Their crystal structures were characterized by both powder and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses, and all four isotypic title compounds adopted the orthorhombic BaCu₂S₂-type (<i>Pnma</i>, <i>Z</i> = 4, Pearson code <i>oP</i>20) structure. …”
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Reims antique, acquis et perspectives by Magalie Cavé, Philippe Rollet, Régis Bontrond

“…The results of the last thirty years of excavations, as well as the research programs currently underway, allow us to reconstruct the major evolutionary phases of Reims/Durocortorum (Marne), including the overarching structure of the urban fabric, both in the historical heart of the city and in the outlying districts, which have provided the most recent and major archaeological advances. This article adopts an approach designed to assess the current state of acquired knowledge and developed hypotheses relative to the spatial organization of the city, enriching both with the most recent research developments. …”
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Review of the Handbook of Accounting, Accountability and Governance edited by Garry D. Carnegie and Christopher J. Napier by Anna Szychta

“…The general thesis of the entire collection of chapters is that “accounting, accountability and governance go beyond being technical practices to be learned, adopted and repeated, and must be studied as social and moral practices.” …”
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Multi-objective optimal offloading decision for cloud-edge collaborative computing scenario in Internet of vehicles by Sifeng ZHU, Jianghao CAI, Zhengyi CHAI, Enlin SUN

“…As a result, the uploading delay of tasks from edge server to cloud server and the queuing delay of tasks on the server increase, the execution delay decreases,the system energy consumption decreases,and the service quality index increases.The communication strategy adopts the hybrid transmission mode based on server communication and vehicle-to-vehicle communication.The experiment of the communication strategy is realized by canceling the communication mode based on vehicle-to-vehicle technology (MOIA-S). …”
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Health-related quality of life and health state utility value in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Guixiang Zhao, Siyuan Lei, Ya Li, Zhenzhen Feng, Jiansheng Li

“…After two researchers independently screened the literature, extracted the data, and evaluated the risk of bias in the included studies, pooled analysis was performed on the measurement tools adopted in more than two studies. Subgroup analysis was employed to explore the source of heterogeneity, and sensitivity analysis was used to assess the robustness of the results. …”
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Application of problem-based learning combined with responsibility-based teaching model in the clinical teaching of nursing students (PBL教学法结合责任制教学在实习护生带教中的应用研究)... by REN Huijuan (任慧娟), YUAN Xuemei (袁雪梅), QU Yue (曲悦)

“…Methods A total of 50 nursing students who participated in the internship between July 2020 and April 2021 were recruited as the control group, and routine teaching method was adopted during their clinical internship. Another 50 nursing students who participated in the internship between July 2021 and April 2022 were recruited as the observation group, and the PBL combined with responsibility-based teaching model were used in the clinical teaching. …”
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Impactos ambientales en la ciudad de Manaus: una búsqueda de comprensión Ambient impacts in the city of Manaus: an understanding search by Eveline Maria Damasceno do Nascimento, Iraildes Caldas Torres

“…The process of reproduction of the urban space leads us in front of deep transformations because each citizen points out in to a space wich determines, in the level of the daily life, the collective construction of the city, what it strengthens the necessity to identify the roles and the responsibilities of the diverse actors in face to the environmental issues and to the necessity reading consensus around them. Search to adopt a dialectical approach that allows a dialogue with various skills to understand the phenomenon in question. …”
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Proposing a two-stage screening approach to distinguish between transient and enduring postnatal depressive symptoms: A prospective cohort study by Johanne Smith-Nielsen, Ida Egmose, Stephen Matthey, Maria Stougård, Sophie Reijman, Mette Skovgaard Væver

“…What are the implications of adopting a two-stage screening approach? Methods: In a prospective cohort study, 427 postnatal women in Copenhagen who scored above the cut-off on their initial EPDS screening (EPDS-1) underwent a second screening (EPDS-2) 1–4 weeks later, without intervention in between. …”
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A Comparative Study of the Reasons for the Persistence of Buddhism and the Decline of Zoroastrianism in Ancient China by Amin Yazdkhasti, Hamidreza Pashazanous

“…The main claim of this study is that Buddhism adopted a non-political approach, especially since 845 AD. …”
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Cognitive function differs across healthy lifestyle behavior profiles: a 10-year population-based prospective cohort study by Huixiu Hu, Yajie Zhao, Di Guo, Ying Deng, Huanhuan Luo, Yuqing Hao, Chao Sun, Kang Yu

“…Conclusions: These findings imply the likelihood of an inverse correlation between the levels of engagement in healthy lifestyle behavior and the risk of cognitive impairment. Even adopting a few healthy lifestyle habits is superior to none at all, underscoring the value of lifestyle modifications for cognitive health.…”
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Meta-synthesis of drivers of the circular business model by Atieh Khodaei, Mahdi Hosseinpour, Mohammad javad Jamshidi, Yoosof Mohamadifar

“…In contrast to the linear economy, the circular economy approach has attracted a lot of attention, and researchers have highlighted the urgent need to adopt a circular economy and thus conserve resources at all levels (Velenturf & Purnell, 2021). …”
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<i>Cichorium intybus</i> L. Oligo-Polysaccharides (CIO) Exerts Antianxiety and Antidepressant Effects on Mice Experiencing Behavioral Despair and Chronic Unpredicted Mild Stress by Yanqin Luo, Xueyi Bei, Yiwen Zhang, Xinran Sun, Yongzhi Zhao, Fang Chen, Ruile Pan, Qi Chang, Qinghu He, Xinmin Liu, Ning Jiang

“…Seventy male C57BL/6N mice were adopted in the next part of the experiment and randomly divided into seven groups (Control, CUMS, Fluoxetine, MOO, CIO 25 mg/kg, and CIO 100 mg/kg) based on the sucrose preference index. …”
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Comparative end-of-life communication and support in hospitalised decedents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective regional cohort study in Ottawa, Canada by Shirley H Bush, Monisha Kabir, Peter Lawlor, James Downar, Brandi Vanderspank-Wright, Sarina Isenberg, Peter Tanuseputro, Akshai Iyengar, Claire Dyason, Julie Lapenskie, Colleen Webber, Henrique Parsons, Samantha Rose Adeli, Ella Besserer, Leila Cohen, Valérie Gratton, Rebekah Murphy, Grace Warmels, Adrianna Bruni, Chelsea Noel, Brandon Heidinger, Koby Anderson, Kyle Arsenault-Mehta, Krista Wooller, Daniel Bedard, Paula Enright, Isabelle Desjardins, Khadija Bhimji

“…Virtual team–family communication encounters occurred in 17/85 (20%) and 10/170 (5.9%) of the COVID+ve and COVID-ve groups, respectively: adjusted OR=3.68 (1.51–8.95).Conclusions In hospitalised COVID-19 pandemic wave 1 decedents, in-person family presence and in-person team–family communication encounters decreased at end of life, particularly in the COVID+ve group; virtual modalities were adopted for communication, and telephone use increased in team–family communication encounters. …”
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Système de production de fruits rouges dans la région de Souss-Massa au Maroc by Redouan Qessaoui, Salahddine Chafiki, Mohamed Alouani, Said Bahoch, Abdelhadi Ajerrar, Abdelghani Tahiri, Naima Ait Aabd, Ahmed Wifaya, Rachid Bouharroud

“…Le système de gestion intégrée des ravageurs (IPM) a été largement adopté pour le contrôle des maladies sur l'ensemble des cultures. …”
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Changes of Narrative: Osvald Sirén’s Photographic Modeling of Modern Research on Chinese Garden by Jiuwen GU, Yuanfeng SHI, Shan JIA

“…In addition, the research also explores the interaction between photography’s technical characteristics and gardens’ spatial characteristics.MethodsThis research adopts the case study of Osvald Sirén’s photographic images of Chinese gardens. …”
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Large-scale manufacturing and characterization of CMV-CD19CAR T cells by Stephen J Forman, Xiuli Wang, Ryan Urak, Miriam Walter, Min Guan, Tianxu Han, Vibhuti Vyas, Sheng-Hsuan Chien, Brenna Gittins, Mary C Clark, Sally Mokhtari, Angelo Cardoso, Don J Diamond, John Zaia, Ryotaro Nakamura

“…Background Adoptive transfer of CD19-specific chimeric antigen receptor (CD19CAR) T cells can induce dramatic disease regression in patients with B cell malignancies. …”
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Construction of Multi-level Ecological Corridor System for National Parks: A Case Study of the Proposed Nanling National Park by Yi DENG, Zeyu HUANG, Ziyi MAO, Jinling HUANG

“…Based on landscape heterogeneity between ecological source areas and corridors within the park, the research area is divided into three types of construction management and control zones, for which 12 specific measures for differentiated construction management and control are adopted. The specifics of construction management and control correspond to the forestry unit, which defines the spatial scope of the implementation of ecological corridors. …”
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Global esophageal cancer epidemiology in 2022 and predictions for 2050: A comprehensive analysis and projections based on GLOBOCAN data by Ling Qi, Mengfei Sun, Weixin Liu, Xuefeng Zhang, Yongjun Yu, Ziqiang Tian, Zhiyu Ni, Rongshou Zheng, Yong Li, Xiangxiang Pan

“…The burden of esophageal cancer remains heavy. Adopting a healthy lifestyle, including reducing tobacco and alcohol intake, avoiding moldy foods, and increasing intake of fresh fruits and vegetables, can help reduce the risk of stomach and esophageal cancer. …”
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A Pragmatic Approach to Rhetorical Technique of "Exaggeration" Based on Grice’s "Cooperative Principle" by Hassan Rahmani, Qasem Mokhtari, Mohammad Jorfi, Ebrahim Anari Bozchlooi, Mahmoud Shahbazi

“…What is important about this rhetorical technique, like any other rhetorical technique, is the process by which it was created and how it is received and read. This study adopts a descriptive-analytical approach to answer this fundamental question and utilizes Grice's "Cooperative Principle" from pragmatic theory to analyze the structural-semantic process of this rhetorical technique. …”
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Project-based management to reduce skin damage associated with acupressure medical adhesives in patients undergoing acupoint application for chronic gastritis (基于项目化管理降低慢性胃炎患者穴位贴敷医... by WANG Qian (王倩), WANG Jiehong (王捷虹), SHA Zhihui (沙志惠)

“…Finally, 235 cases of chronic gastritis were selected from the Department of Gastroenterology from October 2021 to March 2022 as the intervention group (2215 times of application) for project management; From October 2020 to March 2021, 235 patients with chronic gastritis were used as the control group (2215 times of application) and were managed by traditional mode, comparing the quality management results of the specific work, associated skin damage, and pain scores at removal of the acupressure applied in both groups. Results By adopting the project-based management model, the overall target achievement rate reached 93. 27% and the overall progress rate reached 63. 95%, which was better than the target and achieved the expected results, in which the quality monitoring results of the intervention group were significantly higher than those of the control group (P<0. 05), and the incidence of skin redness and total skin injury and pain score when removing the acupressure in the intervention group were significantly lower than those of the control group (P<0. 05). …”
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