A qualitative inquiry of speech-language therapists’ views about breastfeeding management by Danica Schlome, Esedra Krüger, Bhavani Pillay

“…Conclusion: While the findings are drawn from a small sample of experienced clinicians, they offer valuable insights for speech-language pathology clinical educators and professional organisations. …”
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ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL REGIME OF THE NORTHERN DELIVERY AS A FACTOR OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NORTH AND THE ARCTIC ZONE OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION by Galina V. Goncharuk

“…As a result of the study, conclusions were drawn that state regulation of northern imports today is the basis for the socio-economic development of the North and Arctic of Russia.…”
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An exploration of South African corporate communication practices and trends by Meintjes Corne, Ilse Niemann-Struweg, Gideon de Wet

“…The sample, selected through purposive and convenience sampling, consisted of twenty-six professionals drawn from a wide range of businesses and sectors in South Africa. …”
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Cluster Analysis of Daily Cycling Flow Profiles during COVID-19 Lockdown in the UK by Matthew Burke, Dilum Dissanayake, Margaret Bell

“…The adoption of working from home postpandemic will change commuting behavior. The conclusions drawn from this study suggest consideration of noncommuting trips should be made when planning the design and location of future cycling schemes, and the HCA of flow profiles can assist in this decision-making process as a method to quantify changes in daily flow profiles of cycling.…”
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Automobile transport and armored car military units of the Russian Imperial Army. 1896–1917s by M. S. Novikov

“…An important element of preparation for war was the increase in the mobility of armies, in addition to horse-drawn and rail transport, automobiles began to appear. …”
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Insight into the Significance of Hall Current and Joule Heating on the Dynamics of Darcy–Forchheimer Peristaltic Flow of Rabinowitsch Fluid by Ji-Huan He, Doaa R. Mostapha

“…The influences of various physical parameters of the problem are debated and graphically drawn across a set of figures. It is noted that the axial velocity is reduced with the increase of the Hartmann number. …”
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Discrete Cosine Transform Matrix Based SLM Algorithm for OFDM with Diminished PAPR for M-PSK over Different Subcarriers by Prabal Gupta, Rajiv Kumar Singh, H. Pal Thethi, Balpreet Singh, Santosh Kumar Nanda

“…Amongst all the practices, the selected mapping (SLM) method has drawn more attention because of distortion-less behaviour. …”
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Simple Ion Transfer at Liquid|Liquid Interfaces by L. J. Sanchez Vallejo, J. M. Ovejero, R. A. Fernández, S. A. Dassie

“…Concerning the theoretical procedures, different computational simulations related to simple ion transfer are reviewed. The main conclusions drawn from the most accepted models are described and analyzed in regard to their relevance for explaining different aspects of ion transfer. …”
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Application of specialised knowledge in proceedings concerning defence land by A. V. Shulzhenko

“…The reasons for this state of affairs have been analysed. Attention is drawn to the claims, which differ in each case, despite similar situations of land misappropriation. …”
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Performance of a Two-Week Rehabilitation Improves Motor Function in Inpatients with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy: A Pre–Post Study by Naomi Matsuda, Yasuyuki Takamatsu, Makoto Sawada, Ikuko Aiba

“…However, no conclusions have yet been drawn regarding the beneficial effects of rehabilitation in PSP, including the optimal duration of rehabilitation and differences in treatment effects among PSP subtypes. …”
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Financing innovative economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa: the role of mobile payment systems by T. F. Alhassan, A. J. Kouadio

“…Based on these findings it is concluded that mobile payment services or systems are critical aspect of financial intermediation in sub-Saharan Africa as they offer them funds that can be drawn into the formal financial system from resources from both the population with bank accounts and the population without bank accounts, which can contribute to innovative economic growth in the region.…”
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New Insights into the Role of Metformin Effects on Serum Omentin-1 Levels in Acute Myocardial Infarction: Cross-Sectional Study by Hayder M. Alkuraishy, Ali I. Al-Gareeb

“…They are divided as follows: Group I, 62 patients with type II DM who received metformin prior to onset of acute MI; Group II, 23 patients with type II DM who did not receive metformin prior to onset of acute MI; and Group III, 30 normal healthy controls. Venous blood was drawn from each participant for determination of lipid profile, plasma omentin-1, cardiac troponin-I (cTn-I) and other routine tests. …”
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Impacts of Urbanization on Extreme Regional Precipitation Events by Wei Wu, Lei Ren, Yingjian Wei, Mengjing Guo

“…In this study, using the city of Xi’an in China as a study area, we analyze the variation in land use and the characteristics of the variation in extreme precipitation events and discuss the response of urbanization to extreme precipitation. The main conclusions drawn are as follows. (1) The construction land area of the study area rapidly expanded in size from 80.76 km2 in 1984 to 400.3 km2 in 2018. …”
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Climate change and agricultural productivity: Economic implications for food security by Riza Murabildayeva, Laila Bimendiyeva, Saltanat Kondybayeva, Zhanna Yermekova

“…These issues were compounded by the need to adapt agricultural methods and technologies to new climatic realities, which often require significant financial and human resources, particularly in developing countries with limited resources. Conclusions drawn from statistical data revealed mixed results: for Kazakhstan, the positive impact of agriculture on food security was confirmed, while CO2 emissions had an ambiguous effect on food security indicators. …”
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An Evaluation of River Health for the Weihe River in Shaanxi Province, China by Jinxi Song, Dandong Cheng, Qi Li, Xingjun He, Yongqing Long, Bo Zhang

“…Excessive socioeconomic activities in the Weihe River region have caused severe ecosystem degradation, and the call for the recovery and maintenance of the river health has drawn great attention. Based on the connotation of river health, previous research findings, and status quo of the Weihe River ecosystem, in this study, we developed a novel health evaluation index system to quantitatively determine the health of the Weihe River in Shaanxi Province. …”
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Les exclamations cachées de la forme It’s astonishing the amount of anxiety in our society : l’enchâssement du syntagme nominal, entre rupture syntaxique et continuité sémantique... by Olivia Reneaud-Jensen

“…The aim of this study is to link the semantic and pragmatic parameters which predict whether a noun phrase can be embedded, the constraints which motivate the underlying rightward movement, and tendencies in terms of lexical affinities and productivity drawn from observations taken from the COCA.…”
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Effect of DEHP on SCFA Production by Anaerobic Fermentation of Waste Activated Sludge by Rui Gong, Xiang Tang, Changzheng Fan, Baowei Zhang, Man Zhou

“…Recently, environmental problems caused by microplastics have drawn wide attention. As the microplastics have a large specific surface area, the release rate of the plasticizer from the microplastics to the environment is accelerated. …”
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On the Issue of Judges’ Salary as an Element of the Constitutional and Legal Status of Judges by V. S. Vitkova, Y. O. Hrabova

“…The article focuses on the use of the categories of «permanent population» and «existing population» while applying the regional coefficients in determining the basic amount of salary of a judge, since the judge’s salary guarantees the independence of the judge and is an integral part of his constitutional legal status. Attention is drawn to the fact that, since the judge’s salary can be determined only by the Law of Ukraine «On Judicial System and Status of Judges» the issue of the uniqueness of the application of regional coefficients requires an additional focus of scholars and practitioners, which, in turn, is related to the uncertainty of the provisions of paragraphs 2, 3, 4, Part 4 of the Art. 135 of the above mentioned Law. …”
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Ambient Air Pollution and Congenital Heart Disease: Updated Evidence and Future Challenges by Francesca Gorini, Alessandro Tonacci

“…With the exception of PM, for which there is currently moderate evidence of its positive association with overall CHD risk following exposure during the periconception and throughout pregnancy, and for ozone which shows a signal of association with increased risk of pooled CHD and certain CHD subtypes in the periconceptional period, for the other pollutants, the data are inconsistent, and no conclusion can be drawn about their role in CHD onset. Future epidemiological cohort studies in countries with different degree of air pollution and experimental research on animal models are warranted to gain a comprehensive picture of the possible involvement of ambient air pollutants in CHD etiopathogenesis. …”
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Innovation Activity of Slovak SMEs Operating in the ICT Sector

“…The research sample consisted of 1,000 randomly selected small and medium–sized enterprises operating in the ICT sector, drawn from a total of 8,416 eligible companies. Ultimately, 124 respondents completed the questionnaire, including 73 microenterprises and 51 small and medium–sized enterprises. …”
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