Consumer Choices Can Reduce Packaging Waste by Kenneth R. Berger

“… When all packaging is accounted for, it adds up to about one-third of all the trash that's thrown away in the United States. …”
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Discernment - the compass on the high sea of spirituality by Kees Waaijman

“…The article concludes that discernment permeates all spiritual practices and represents the exercise of all exercises without which one is without a compass on the high sea of spirituality. …”
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Fostering Interprofessional Education During Required Clerkships for Medical Students Across Regional Campuses by Stephanie Freed, Deborah R. Birnbaum, Jennifer Schwartz, Paul Ko, Megan Christman, Paul Wallach

“…Across all campuses, 88% of interactions occurred with healthcare professionals rather than healthcare professions students. …”
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Use of metallic ureteric stents for chronic ureteric obstruction and its association with value-based care by Yu Xi Terence Law, Ang Zhou, David Terrence Consigliere, Benjamin Yen Seow Goh, Ho Yee Tiong

“…Methods: Clinical data from our institution, including outcomes for all ureteric stents inserted for long-term management of CUO from all causes from 2014 to 2017, were retrospectively reviewed and compared between the MS and PS episodes. …”
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On a problem of Nathanson related to minimal asymptotic bases of order $h$ by Chen, Shi-Qiang, Sándor, Csaba, Yang, Quan-Hui

“…For integer $h\ge 2$ and $A\subseteq \mathbb{N}$, we define $hA$ to be the set of all integers which can be written as a sum of $h$, not necessarily distinct, elements of $A$. …”
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Surfing with the tide: Real estate as a hedge against inflation by Malović Marko, Roganović Miloš

“…Inflation undoubtedly erodes the value of corporate earnings as well as profits of financial intermediaries, thereby impacting virtually all asset classes and all kinds of investors. Nonetheless, it is usually the harshest on the receiving end, since predominantly households are most badly hit by inflation, especially those with fixed - or way too slowly adjusting incomes. …”
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Reliability of Upper Extremity Functional Performance Tests for the Non-overhead Athlete by Bryan L Riemann, George J Davies

“… # Results Only the UECKCST (both sexes) demonstrated significant (p≤ 0.003) second session performance improvements. All three tests exhibited excellent relative reliability (intraclass correlational coefficients ≥ 0.823) and except for the HRPUT in males, coefficients of variation were all below 8.8%. …”
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Monocyte Chemiluminescence Traits in Gastric Cancer by O. V. Smirnova, A. A. Sinyakov, V. V. Tsukanov

“…The activation index was higher in all gastric cancer cases compared to control (p = 0.001).Conclusion. …”
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YouTube Hindi Videos Proved to be a Valid and Reliable Source of Health Information: A Case Study of COVID-19 Vaccine by Nibha Sinha, Sonali Patle

“…Two public health researchers evaluated all the videos blinded to each other using the DISCERN, GQS, and JAMA scales. …”
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The role of the African University in the Continent’s Development by Edoru, John Michael, Adebayo, Tajudeen Sanni

“…Without knowledge production, it is impossible to talk about the achievement of the Millenium Development Goals which many countries are hoping for by the year 2025.In these goals, the emphasis is put on poverty eradication, education for all, health for all, food security for all among others. …”
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The probabilistic number theory and continuum by Vilius Stakėnas

“…The conditions on bn are considered, which imply the regularity of distribution of B(n, α) in arithmetic prog­ressions for almost all α > 0. This allows to develop a piece of probabilistic number theory on sequences B(n, α) for almost all α > 0. …”
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Detailed genetic analyses highlight genetic variation and genomic regions for lead tolerance in spring wheat by Amira M. I. Mourad, Amira M. I. Mourad, Ahmed Sallam, Ahmed Sallam, Khaled A. Farghaly, Andreas Börner

“…Lead (Pb) in soil affects wheat plants at all growth stages. However, the seedling stage is considered a sensitive growth stage for the tolerance of most abiotic stresses. …”
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Reliability and Validity of the ActivForce Digital Dynamometer in Assessing Shoulder Muscle Force across Different User Experience Levels by Christos Karagiannopoulos, Sean Griech, Brian Leggin

“…Tester, HHD, and shoulder motion assignment orders were randomized. All testing was performed in a standardized seated position. …”
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Almond snacking modestly improves diet quality and waist circumference but not psychosocial assessments and other cardiometabolic markers in overweight, middle-aged adults: A rando... by Vernon Uganiza Rayo, Lauren Okamoto, Maricarmen Cervantes, Mee Young Hong, Nathaniel Jason, Mark Kern, Changqi Liu, Elise North, Svitlana Storm, Oliver C. Witard, Shirin Hooshmand

“…Frequency of food cravings over the last 7 days of experimentation increased during ALMOND vs. CONTROL (Interaction: all p < 0.05). No differences in blood lipid profile, physical activity, and assessments of mood were observed between trials (all p > 0.05). …”
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Evaluating The Effect of Time and Temperature on The Ph, Titratable Acidity &Brix of Pasteurized LowTo-No Nectar Orange Drinks Packed in Paper Based Aseptic Packages by Azeen Kamal Al-Deen Mohammad, Nashmil Ali Abdul

“…Orang drink is the most common flavoured drink consumed in Iraq and it can be found in markets of all sizes and in all provinces making them subjected to a wide range of storage temperature and storage time. …”
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Feminist stylistic analysis and LGBTQA+ representation in Lady Gaga’s born this way by Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, Siti Hafifah

“…This also proves that this song is not solely an LGBTQA+ community anthem, instead, it is a song for all kind of self-acceptance.…”
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Adaptive Refinement of Segmented Object Contour Based on the Brightness of Neighboring Pixels Using the Ensemble Method by Vladyslav D. Koniukhov

“…Improvements in object boundary accuracy were obtained for all three sets.…”

Goat Parasite Control—General Guidelines by Sarah Reuss

“…At least 48% of farms in the southeast have parasites that are resistant to all classes of dewormers. While there is no one-size-fits-all recommendation for parasite control, the information in this fact sheet is provided for on-farm use. …”
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« Il n’y a que vous ! » Lecture(s) d’une phrase singulière by Jacques-David Ebguy

“…The impossible relation between men and women? All of that at the same time, perhaps, because of the tension established between all and nothing, and the ambiguous way in which the novel considers the “in between”: there are nothing but interpretations.…”
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Choix moraux, éthique et jeux vidéos by Antoine Rocipon

“…All videogames are about choice. Fighting or hiding ? …”
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