Unlocking Multilingual Classrooms: Preprimary Teachers’ Perspectives on Inclusive Pedagogy in Spain by López-Medina Beatriz, Agustín Mercedes Pérez

“…The research, embedded in a national research project on pre-primary teachers’ competencies in multilingual contexts, contributes insights into teaching strategies in diverse multilingual settings.…”
Get full text

Gradually Then Suddenly? Decline in Vision-Related Quality of Life as Glaucoma Worsens by Lee Jones, Susan R. Bryan, David P. Crabb

“…A postal survey using the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI VFQ-25) was administered to people with a range of VF loss identified from a UK hospital-based glaucoma service database. …”
Get full text

Building a practice-based research network for healthcare integration: a protocol paper for a mixed-method project by Danielle Mazza, Sanne Peters, Grant Russell, Christopher Barton, Elizabeth Ann Sturgiss, Samantha Paubrey Chakraborty, Timothy Staunton-Smith, Maria De Leon - Santiago

“…Dissemination will take place via various channels, including relevant national and international committees and conferences, peer-reviewed journals and social media. …”
Get full text

Sexual and gender identities and alcohol use during the COVID-19 pandemic. by Susan D Stewart, Wendy D Manning, Kristen E Gustafson, Claire Kamp Dush

“…Data from 2,429 partnered adults in the National Couples' Health and Time Use Study (n = 3,593) collected from September 2020 to April 2021 were used to model drinking patterns (frequency, amount, and drinking to cope) by sexual and gender identities, COVID-19 stress and disruption, microaggressions, and supportive climate. …”
Get full text

THE IMPACT OF GENDER DIVERSITY ON EARNINGS QUALITY OF LISTED FINANCIAL SERVICES FIRMS IN NIGERIA: ANALYSIS OF TWO-STAGE LEAST SQUARES by Joseph Olorunfemi Akande

“…The econometric model assessed earnings quality as the dependent variable, with female financial experts, female CEOs, and female board members of foreign nationality. Earnings quality was measured using the accruals quality model, evaluating the reliability of reported earnings. …”
Get full text

Challenges and Opportunities for Maximizing the Utilization of the New Development Bank in Brazil by Bruno De Conti, Cyro Faccin

“…Our findings indicate that: i) access to the BNDES partially offsets the necessity for Brazilian firms to seek loans from the NDB; ii) a rigid institutional framework within the NDB and the Brazilian government impedes project approval and proposition; iii) all loans to Brazil thus far have been denominated in US dollars, diminishing their attractiveness; iv) there has been a lack of encouragement from the Brazilian national government, attributed to the reorientation of Brazilian foreign policy following the 2016 impeachment. …”
Get full text

Azole Antifungal Consumption in Community Pharmacy Sales in Mainland Portugal: Trend Analysis from 2014 to 2023 by Sofia Moura, Paulo Duarte, Ana Sofia Oliveira, José Martinez-de-Oliveira, Ana Palmeira-de-Oliveira, Joana Rolo

“…For this purpose, we used data from community pharmacies’ sales, which are available through INFARMED (the Portuguese national authority on medicines and health products). …”
Get full text

Evaluation of contralateral arterial flow compensation using transcranial Doppler in acute internal carotid artery occlusion and implications for neurological outcome by Yichen Wang, Hong Chang, Peng Bai, Jin Chen

“…Additionally, advanced age, elevated National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale Score (NIHSSs) in the Emergency Department, sole extracranial-to-intracranial collateral circulation (EICC), and absence ACoA were independently associated with worse outcomes (all p < 0.05). …”
Get full text

Are all tuberculosis deaths correctly attributed due to tuberculosis? Analysis of causes of death (COD) using verbal autopsy: A cross-sectional study in Puducherry by Reenaa Mohan, M Rajalakshmi, G Kalaiselvan

“…Background: State Task Force National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (STF-NTEP) wanted to ascertain the cause of death of tuberculosis (TB) patients was due to TB. …”
Get full text

Zeitenwende Through the Lens of Olaf Scholz’s Government Strategic Documents by A. P. Sokolov, S. E. Protsenko

“…Key documents analyzed include the National Security Strategy, Guidelines for Feminist Foreign Policy, Strategy on China, and Defense Policy Guidelines. …”
Get full text

Impact of nationwide COVID-19 lockdown on workload and injury patterns of major trauma cases in a regional trauma centre in Singapore by Min Li Kang, Woan Wui Lim, Daniel Jin Keat Lee, Jerry Tiong Thye Goo

“…Methods: A retrospective analysis of cases from the national trauma registry was carried out comparing the lockdown period (from 7 February 2020 to 1 June 2020) to the pre-lockdown period (from 7 February 2019 to 1 June 2019). …”
Get full text

The 4E theory-based performance benchmarking of aged care service provision in community care facilities: a case study of Nanjing, China by Wei Huang, Wei Huang, Ying Hu, Lingzhi Li, Chendi Wang, Luyao Liu

“…Therefore, ensuring that older people can ‘age in place’ has become a major national priority. Community-care facilities (CCFs) play a key role in this process, but their service performance often faces challenges, with high input costs and limited output benefits. …”
Get full text

Exploring the mediating role of the non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (NHHR) in the association between obesity and sleep-disor... by Ying Cui, Ziyi Cheng

“…This study aimed to explore the mediating role of the non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (NHHR) in the association between body mass index (BMI) and SDB using data from the 2015–2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) cycles. …”
Get full text

Air pollution exposures in early life and brain development in children (ABC): protocol for a pregnancy cohort study by John Kinuthia, R Scott McClelland, Barbra A Richardson, Elizabeth Maleche-Obimbo, Brent R Collett, Sarah Benki-Nugent, Faridah H Were, Anne M Riederer, Michael Gatari, CJ Karr, Edmund YW Seto, Beatrice C Mutai, Susan Wamithi, Priscilla Wanini Edemba, Timothy V Larson, Julian D Marshall

“…Additional exposure assessment in a subset of the cohort includes residential indoor and outdoor air monitoring for fine particulate matter (PM2.5), carbon monoxide (CO), ultrafine particles (UFP) and black carbon (BC).Ethics and dissemination This study was approved by the Kenyatta National Hospital - University of Nairobi Ethics and Research Committee, and the University of Washington Human Subjects Division. …”
Get full text

The Fight against the Forced Labor and the Human Trafficking in Central Asia by L. Yu. Gusev

“…In Kyrgyzstan, a working group on the development of 3 of the National Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings (2011-2015) under the auspices of the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Migration of the Kyrgyz Republic was created. …”
Get full text

Effects of Certain Personal Attributes on Food Waste by Ákos Bartha, Bálint Horváth

“…Therefore, we can see that food waste itself is one of the most serious, paradoxical and global modern issues which the developed world has identified, and is trying to decrease by using national and international interventions in order to limit food supply anomalies and environmental loads as much as possible. …”
Get full text

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Hemodialysis: Survival Comparison and Mortality-Related Factors by Hwajeong Lee, Seok-Hui Kang

“…<i>Materials and Methods</i>: This retrospective study analyzed laboratory data from a national HD quality assessment program and claims data. …”
Get full text

Temporal–Spatial Dynamics and Collaborative Effects of Cropland Resilience in China by Liang Luo, Yetong Li, Wenjie Ma, Jianbo Rong, Jie Wei, Yong Cui, Tingting Qu

“…Cropland resilience is vital for ensuring national food security, promoting sustainable agricultural development, and adapting to global climate change. …”
Get full text

Identification of shrinkage patterns in Japan’s four major metropolitan areas based on nighttime light and population data by Hao Zheng, Runsen Zhang

“…Here, we integrated Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership–Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite nighttime light data with WorldPop population data to examine the patterns of urban shrinkage from 2012 to 2020 in Japan’s four largest metropolitan areas: Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, and Fukuoka. …”
Get full text

The spatial and temporal pattern of COVID-19 and its effect on humans’ development in China by X. Xie, E. Naminse, S. Liu, Q. Yi

“…The public open data available from January to February 2020, from the National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China and a medical knowledge sharing website were used, and spatial analysis was performed to visualize the spatial distribution pattern of COVID-19 in China. …”
Get full text