The motivation of activity of civil servants as a means to improve the efficiency of the public civil service by Kh. M. Bekmurzieva

“…In modern conditions, the effective functioning of the state apparatus is impossible without the active participation of civil servants in achieving national goals and objectives. The effectiveness of the activities of civil servants depends largely on their interest in the performance of official duties at a high level. …”
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Prevalence and Associated Factors Related to Tobacco Consumption Among University Students in Malaysia by Chui Yi Chow, Md Zobaer Hasan, Anton Abdulbasah Kamil

“…In Pearson's chi square test and Fisher's exact test, current use of tobacco was significantly associated with nationality, ethnicity, religion, school, current level of education and parents, siblings and friends use of tobacco (*p*\<0.05). …”
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A Stock Closing Price Prediction Model Based on CNN-BiSLSTM by Haiyao Wang, Jianxuan Wang, Lihui Cao, Yifan Li, Qiuhong Sun, Jingyang Wang

“…As the stock market is an important part of the national economy, more and more investors have begun to pay attention to the methods to improve the return on investment and effectively avoid certain risks. …”
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Comparative effectiveness of urine drug screening strategies alongside opioid agonist treatment in British Columbia, Canada: a population-based observational study protocol by Malcolm Maclure, M Eugenia Socías, Evan Wood, Paul Gustafson, Robert W Platt, Bohdan Nosyk, Jeong Eun Min, Micah Piske, Julie Bruneau, U Siebert, P Todd Korthuis, Paxton Bach, B Carolina Guerra-Alejos, Megan Kurz, Laura M Dale, X Joan Hu, Kyle Kampman, Tom Loughin

“…Results will be disseminated to local advocacy groups and decision-makers, national and international clinical guideline developers, presented at international conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals electronically and in print.…”
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A consensus statement on child and family health during the COVID-19 pandemic and recommendations for post-pandemic recovery and re-build by Caroline A. B. Redhead, Sergio A. Silverio, Sergio A. Silverio, Elana Payne, Elana Payne, Mari Greenfield, Mari Greenfield, Sara M. Barnett, Anna Chiumento, Beth Holder, Helen Skirrow, Ofelia Torres, Carmen Power, Staci M. Weiss, Laura A. Magee, Soo Downe, Lucy Frith, Claire Cameron

“…Drawing on findings from an expansive national collaboration, and with the well-being of children and young people in mind, we make recommendations here for post-pandemic recovery and re-build.MethodsThis consensus statement is derived from a cross-disciplinary collaboration of experts. …”
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Association between magnesium depletion score and prevalence of hyperuricemia in American adults: a study based on NHANES 2007-2018 by Yongchun Xiao, Yong Mou, Yong Mou, Ping Wu, Ke Wang, Tianjun Chen, Zhiwan Chen, Hongsheng Lin, Hua Yang, Zhisheng Ji

“…This study aims to investigate the relationship between MDS and the prevalence of HUA.MethodsA cross-sectional analysis was conducted using data from the 2007-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). …”
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Does Industrial Agglomeration Promote Carbon Efficiency? A Spatial Econometric Analysis and Fractional-Order Grey Forecasting by Zuoren Sun, Yi Liu

“…As a comparison, we found that the agglomeration effects at the level of the megalopolis are greater than those at the national level, especially for the living services industry, in which the higher levels of agglomeration make the effects on carbon efficiency change from negative to positive. …”
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Drivers of innovation value: simulation for new drug pricing evaluation based on system dynamics modelling by Qian Xing, Wendi Cheng, Wei Wang, Chunlin Jin, Haiyin Wang

“…Other significant factors include obtaining national certifications, addressing indications lacking standard treatments, and demonstrating superior efficacy. …”
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Russian Science Diplomacy at a Crossroads by R. O. Reinhardt

“…Still, most of the existing research works in the above area both in Russia and abroad can be described as somewhat fragmentary and focusing on specific case studies without providing a holistic picture of national science diplomacy models, including the Russian one. …”
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Deciding the Destiny of World War II Refuges from Lithuania by Vygintas Bronius Pšibilskis

“…Later, international organizations such as the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), International Refugee Organization (IRO), and Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees (IGCR), generously supported by the USA, took over the supervision. …”
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Investigating challenges and opportunities to achieve SDG 6: a study of Benin City, Nigeria by Ruth Ogbonmwan, Furat Al-Faraj

“…Although the Federal Government has put in measures such as the National Action Plan (NAP) to ensure that the objectives of SDG 6.1 and 6.2 are achieved, the findings of the study however have shown that there are still problems of accessibility, acceptability, availability, affordability, and quality. …”
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Arthroplasty registries at a glance: an initiative of the International Society of Arthroplasty Registries (ISAR) to facilitate access, understanding, and reporting of registry dat... by Anne Lübbeke, Lotje A Hoogervorst, Perla J Marang-van de Mheen, Heather A Prentice, Ola Rolfson, Rob G H H Nelissen, Arnd Steinbrück, Gearoid McGauran, Christophe Barea, Kajsa Erikson, Alma B Pedersen, Martyn Porter

“…The template was adopted, completed, and made publicly available by 25 of the 29 registries. Of those, 2/3 were national registries. 23 captured both hip and knee arthroplasties and 10 captured shoulder arthroplasties. …”
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Effects of water nutrient concentrations on stream macroinvertebrate community stoichiometry: a large-scale study by Beck, Miriam, Billoir, Elise, Usseglio-Polatera, Philippe, Meyer, Albin, Gautreau, Edwige, Danger, Michael

“…Relying on a stoichiometric database for >200 taxa and >1300 standardized sampling events of macroinvertebrate assemblages from the French national monitoring programme, we investigated the effect of water phosphorus and nitrogen load on stream macroinvertebrate community stoichiometry. …”
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An Easy-to-Use Method for Assessing Nitrate Contamination Susceptibility in Groundwater by Daniela Ducci

“…This research presents a methodology for assessing nitrate contamination susceptibility in groundwater using thematic maps, derived mainly from the land use map and from statistical data available at national/regional institutes of statistics (especially demographic and environmental data). …”
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Interventions used to reduce infectious aerosol concentrations in hospitals—a reviewResearch in context by Gráinne Brady, Fiona Bennin, Rosaline De Koning, Cecilia Vindrola-Padros, Sigrún Eyrúnardóttir Clark, Manish K. Tiwari, Simon Watt, Andrea Ducci, Ryo Torii, Danielle Morris, Elizabeth Lloyd-Dehler, Jerry Slann, Fiona Stevenson, Zarnie Khadjesari, Hakim-Moulay Dehbi, Lena Ciric, Ruth Epstein, John Rubin, Catherine F. Houlihan, Rachael Hunter, Laurence B. Lovat

“…Funding: This study is funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) (NIHR205439).…”
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School principals’ proposals for preventive actions to improve mental health by Roger Persson, Ulf Leo, Inger Arvidsson, Kerstin Nilsson, Kai Österberg, Carita Håkansson

“…Methods An aggregated analysis was conducted using data from a larger project involving two national surveys (N = 2871), nine group interviews (N = 39), and eleven workshops (N = 270). …”
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Incidence of Cervical Cancer in Young Adult Women: Level of Knowledge for its Prevention by Edison Sotalin Nivela, José Sixto Calvopiña del Castillo, Carlos Alberto Llerena Gómez

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> a descriptive, quantitative and correlational study was carried out on a sample selected under the criteria of nationality and age range. Data were collected through an online survey of 476 women aged 21 to 44 years. …”
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FORMATION OF THE NEW WORLD VIEW, NEW PERSON, NEW SOCIETY OF THE FUTURE by Valentina A. Voronkova

“…Study is based on the methd of hermeneutical analysis.The scientific novelty of this work is shown in the results, which indicate the formation of the noosphere worldview that seeks to realize the idea of V.Vernadsky, which manifests itself in the context of a harmonious relationship of scientific knowledge, philosophy, and religion, which produce a variety of forms of dialogue between people of different cultural backgrounds, nationalities, religions, generations and gender. Conclusions. …”
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Forecasting of Primary Air Pollutions: Emission Inventory Sample from Turkey by Filiz Dadaşer Çelik, Şükrü Taner Azgın

“…In order to improve the air quality of our cities, it is envisaged that control measures should be taken especially for reducing the residential emissions caused by heating and the determination of national emission calculation factors in order to achieve more reliable results.…”
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Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Radium-223 Dichloride in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Patients Without Previous Chemotherapy Treatment in Spain by Eva Tirado Mercier, Daniel Callejo Velasco, Marta Rubio Cabezas, Cristina Moretones Agut, Meritxell Granell Villalón

“…**Conclusions:** Although results must be assessed with caution, from the Spanish National Health System perspective and based on the results of the present analysis, radium-223 could be a suitable option of health resources’ utilization for end of life mCRPC without previous docetaxel treatment, subject to a moderate level of uncertainty.…”
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