Social Isolation and Aging in Zambia: Examining the Possible Predictors by Christopher Chabila Mapoma, Gift Masaiti

“…A structured questionnaire was used to solicit information from respondents. Results show that old people in Zambia experience forms of social isolation which exhibit themselves (but not limited to) through such factors as loss of appetite, stress, moody, hopeless, useless, unhappy, and lonely. …”
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Langston Hughes chez Pierre Seghers : récit d’un engagement poétique by Annick Ettlin

“…In Seghers’s view, his biography and his work can be seen as a model poetic gesture: both active and likely to solicit action.…”
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Altered Brain Activation in Early Drug-Naive Parkinson’s Disease during Heat Pain Stimuli: An fMRI Study by Ying Tan, Juan Tan, Cheng Luo, Wenjuan Cui, Hui He, Yi Bin, Jiayan Deng, Rui Tan, Wenrong Tan, Tao Liu, Nanlin Zeng, Ruhui Xiao, Dezhong Yao, Xiaoming Wang

“…To study the nonmotor signs of early PD, we investigated the reactions solicited by heat pain stimuli in early untreated PD patients without pain using fMRI. …”
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How digital transformation can influence workflows, teaching practices and curricula in (bio)process science and engineering—An interview series with stakeholders by J. F. Buyel

“…We therefore interviewed stakeholders from the fields of didactics, biotechnology and process engineering to collect the latest perspectives on the impact of digital transformation and to solicit recommendations for the adaptation of curricula and training courses to reflect new work profiles in academia and industry. …”
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Pratiques historiennes croisées de la mémoire et expériences de l’histoire dans L’Invention du quotidien (1980) de Michel de Certeau et Le Passé d’une illusion (1995) de François F... by Daniel Poitras

“…Memory, though not the object of neither books, is constantly solicited, either as a vast background (collective memory) or as an explicative principle in order to understand the contemporaries’ actualizations, the influence of their memories and the alchemies that they effectuate between their practices, passions and beliefs. …”
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Reproduction of assimilationist thinking in Norwegian social studies: Breaking the cycle through reflective practice by Christian Engen Skotnes, Priscilla Ringrose

“…Purpose: The article aims to critically reflect on a classroom situation where we, as upper secondary social studies teachers, were complicit in reproducing and soliciting assimilationist values in a student assignment. …”
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Construction on training course and training quality evaluation index system of chronic disease medication therapy management service (MTMs) in China: A Delphi study. by Wenting Cai, Yao Yao, Wenpu Lei, Huixin Li, Simin Yan, Qiuhui Wu, Jian Wang, Weihong Ge, Jinping Zhang

“…The Delphi method was used to solicit expert opinions, evaluate and improve the evaluation index system. …”
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Excès et sacré dans la littérature victorienne et édouardienne by Annie Escuret

“…Bataille constructs his heterology around the threshold of the sacred, the line marked by interdictions that solicit transgressive action. If heterology centers on the sacred as posited by those things which are hidden, objects of revulsion such as the body’s excreta (tears, sweat, blood…), the sacrificial banquet stands for the opposite, for ingestion and communion.…”
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Facilitating free travel in the Schengen area—A position paper by the European Association for Biometrics by Christoph Busch, Farzin Deravi, Dinusha Frings, Els Kindt, Ralph Lessmann, Alexander Nouak, Jean Salomon, Mateus Achcar, Fernando Alonso‐Fernandez, Daniel Bachenheimer, David Bethell, Josef Bigun, Matthew Brawley, Guido Brockmann, Enrique Cabello, Patrizio Campisi, Aleksandrs Cepilovs, Miles Clee, Mickey Cohen, Christian Croll, Andrzej Czyżewski, Bernadette Dorizzi, Martin Drahansky, Pawel Drozdowski, Catherine Fankhauser, Julian Fierrez, Marta Gomez‐Barrero, Georg Hasse, Richard Guest, Ekaterina Komleva, Sebastien Marcel, Gian Luca Marcialis, Laurent Mercier, Emilio Mordini, Stefance Mouille, Pavlina Navratilova, Javier Ortega‐Garcia, Dijana Petrovska, Norman Poh, Istvan Racz, Ramachandra Raghavendra, Christian Rathgeb, Christophe Remillet, Uwe Seidel, Luuk Spreeuwers, Brage Strand, Sirra Toivonen, Andreas Uhl

“…European Association for Biometrics (EAB), a non‐profit organisation, solicited the views of its members on ways which biometric technologies and services may be used to help with re‐establishing open borders within the Schengen area while at the same time mitigating any adverse effects. …”
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Evaluating the RELM Test Results by Michael K. Sachs, Ya-Ting Lee, Donald L. Turcotte, James R. Holliday, John B. Rundle

“…Prospective forecasts were solicited for M≥4.95 earthquakes in California during the period 2006–2010. …”
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Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Affects Performance of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Task during Provision of Feedback by Ji Hyun Ko, Oury Monchi, Alain Ptito, Michael Petrides, Antonio P. Strafella

“…Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a method that allows to disrupt processing within a given cortical region and to affect task performance for which this region is significantly solicited. Here we applied rTMS to test the hypothesis that the DL-PFC stimulation influences monitoring of working memory without interfering with other executive functions. …”
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Cultural and contextual adaptation of the Solastalgia subscale of the Environmental Distress Scale in drought-affected Kilifi, Kenya by Syed Shabab Wahid, Linda Norah Khakali, Felix Agoi, Benjamin Oestericher, Emily Mendenhall, Edna N. Bosire

“…Methods We conducted 5 expert interviews, 2 Focus Group Discussions (n = 22) and 10 cognitive interviews to solicit feedback on the EDS along the following cultural equivalency domains: Comprehensibility (Semantic equivalence); Relevance (Content equivalence); Response set (Technical equivalence) and Completeness (Semantic, criterion and conceptual equivalence). …”
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Reimagining Student Success through Engagement and Soft Outcomes: Learning from a Capstone Course in a Canadian Polytechnic by Clare Mulcahy, Ashique Khan

“…In this course, students, guided by faculty advisors, work in teams to address real-world projects solicited by individuals or organizations. Over two years, feedback was gathered through interviews and surveys with graduating students and alumni to identify opportunities for improvement and to gain deeper insight into students’ learning experiences. …”
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IN THIS ISSUE: Indigenous knowledge at the food systems forefront by Duncan Hilchey

“…We see this column and the first special collection of papers as the beginning of an ongoing effort to solicit and publish the work of Indigenous food system researchers, and we are grateful for the support of First Nations Development Institute to make this happen. …”
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Unlocking AI-Powered Tools Adoption among University Students: A Fuzzy-Set Approach by Mohamed Soliman, Reham Adel Ali, Imran Mahmud, Tawat Noipom

“…Three hundred forty university students were solicited to complete a questionnaire to collect data for the proposed model. …”
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A modified Delphi study towards developing a guideline to inform policy on fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in South Africa: a study protocol by Ferdinand C Mukumbang, Babatope O Adebiyi, Kufre J Okop, Anna-Marie Beytell

“…In phase III, using the developed prototype, we will apply the Delphi approach with experts on FASDs, soliciting their opinions on the nature and content of the proposed guidelines for policies. …”
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Types, design, implementation, and evaluation of nutrition interventions in older people in Africa: A scoping review protocol. by Anthony Manyara, Tadios Manyanga, Rudo Chingono, Shane Naidoo, Kate Mattick, Grace Pearson, Opeyemi Babatunde, Niri Naidoo, Kate A Ward, Celia L Gregson

“…<h4>Methods</h4>The review will involve: a review of available reviews on nutrition in older people in Africa (Phase 1); a review of nutrition interventions developed or implemented among older people in Africa (Phase 2); and consultation with local nutrition stakeholders in Zimbabwe, and The Gambia to contextualise Phase 1 and 2 findings and solicit insights not in the published literature (Phase 3). …”
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Bridging the communication gap in agrometeorological services: Enhancing the uptake and effectiveness for users in developing countries by Vieri Tarchiani, Sebastian Grey

“…Future directions include enhancing the legitimacy and salience of services by integrating local knowledge, expanding scope to include herders and off-farm stakeholders, building capacity among intermediaries and users, soliciting feedback, and fostering public–private partnerships for scaling and sustainability.…”
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Influence of Social Capital on Small and Medium Enterprises Performance in Wakiso District, Uganda. by Mbowa, Henry Stanley, Businge, Mbabazi Phelix, Ssemaluulu, Paul, Eton, Marus

“…Research methodology: Using qualitative and quantitative methodologies, the study solicited data from 40 participants through interviews and a self-administered questionnaire. …”
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A simulation study to quantitatively assess the performance of electronic prescribing systems in English NHS Hospital Trusts by Stephanie Klein, Athanasios Tsanas, Jamie Coleman, Rebecca Osselton, Jude Heed, Ann Slee, Neil Watson

“…We developed the web-based Electronic Prescribing Risk and Safety Evaluation (ePRaSE) tool, which comprises a bank of prescribing scenarios to evaluate the performance of EP systems. We solicited ePRaSE testing: 68 pharmacists from across 45 English NHS Trusts, utilising 13 different EP systems volunteered for the study. …”
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