Validation of a New Instrument for Self-Assessment of Nurses’ Core Competencies in Palliative Care by Kari Slåtten, Ove Hatlevik, Lisbeth Fagerström

“…A total of 122 clinical nurse specialists who had completed a postbachelor program in palliative care at two university colleges in Norway answered the questionnaire. …”
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Marching towards the Cruzada: Douglas Jerrold's road to nationalist Spain by F. Hale

“…Generally speaking, Roman Catholics in the United Kingdom favoured the insurgency of General Francisco Franco, who promised to restore the disestablished Catholic Church to its perch of privilege from which the socialist government had removed it and end the violent anticlericalism which had ravaged religious personnel in Spain. …”
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Facile Conversion and Optimization of Structured Illumination Image Reconstruction Code into the GPU Environment by Kwangsung Oh, Piero R. Bianco

“…Further adding to the computing burden is that the code, even within the MATLAB environment, can be inefficiently written by microscopists who are noncomputer science researchers. In addition, they do not take into consideration the processing power of the graphics processing unit (GPU) of the computer. …”
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THE IMPACT OF DATA SECURITY ON THE INTENTION OF VIETNAMESE CONSUMERS TO USE E-WALLETS by Thi Thu Huong Hoang, Hoang Nam Vu, Thi Khanh Chi Nguyen

“…Based on the research results, the study provides recommendations for consumers, e-wallet providers, and governmental agencies to increase awareness of and responsibility for information security among the consumers who use e-wallets.…”
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JEJAK SEJARAH PERGESERAN IDENTITAS AGAMIS MENJADI PUB-KULTUR DI PATI by Fathimatuz Zahra

“…While from Babad Randukuning, the story of tayub dancer struggle called “Rondho Kuning”, the first women who built dance community although initially opposed by the Duke at that time, religious identity has shifted toward pub-culture. …”
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Bilateral lower extremity amputation in a transgender female on estrogen therapy suffering from recurrent, medication-resistant arterial thrombi by Mitchell C. McDaniels, BS, Patrick D. Conroy, MD, Philip M. Batista, MD

“…This case report presents a 40-year-old transgender female with a history of gender-affirming hormone therapy who experienced recurrent, medication-resistant arterial thrombi leading to bilateral lower extremity amputations. …”
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Prospective Five-Year Follow-Up of Patients with Schizophrenia Suspected with Parkinson’s Disease by Asako Yoritaka, Tetsuo Hayashi, Keiko Fusegi, Rie Inami, Nobutaka Hattori

“…We enrolled six patients with schizophrenia who had parkinsonism and were diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease according to the Movement Disorder Society Clinical Diagnostic Criteria, except for the fifth absolute exclusion criteria. …”
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Japanese Mothers’ Communication on Sexuality Education with Elementary School-Age Children (7–11) by Takahiro Sato, Chie Kataoka, Tomomi Mitsutake, Cathy McKay, Hirotaka Kizuka, Manami Koide, Miho Miyachi, Takafumi Tomura, Yu Furuta

“…There were six mothers who consented to participate in this study, sharing their thoughts, opinions, and experiences related to sexuality education. …”
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Sixty years of life with François Gros by Scherrer, Klaus

“…This is meant to be a personal account of my relationship with François Gros who, as the director of the laboratory where I had my first team became a close and fatherly friend. …”
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Iatrogenic Sinistral Hypertension Complicating Screening Colonoscopy by Oliver J. Ziff, A. M. James Shapiro

“…However, this procedure is not without risk, including colonic perforation. We report a patient who was managed conservatively after colonoscopy induced perforation. …”
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A Case of Scopulariopsis brevicaulis Endocarditis with Mycotic Aneurysm in an Immunocompetent Host by Kelly Cawcutt, Larry M. Baddour, Mary Burgess

“…We describe a case of an immunocompetent 65-year-old male with a history of mitral valve repair with prosthetic ring placement who developed acute left posterior knee pain. Imaging showed a left popliteal artery aneurysm and thrombus, and further evaluation with transesophageal echocardiogram demonstrated two large, mobile mitral valve vegetations. …”
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Processing large amounts of data in Python for the purposes of applied socio-economic research: advantages and current issues by E. S. Konishchev

“…The relevance of   the topic and purpose of  the article is   due to   the existing scientific gap related to a  comprehensive consideration of   the technical aspects of   the use of  programming languages and associated tools for socio-economic research. Thus, many authors who use programming languages in   their works rarely provide information regarding the advantages of   certain algorithms or  approaches. …”
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Attitudes and Behaviours of Health Workers and the Use of HIV/AIDS Health Care Services by Jonathan M. Dapaah

“…In-depth interviews, informal conversations, and participant observation were used to collect data from health workers providing VCT and ART and clients who access these services in two Ghanaian hospitals. …”
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Overloads and interferences as risk factors in periodontal disease. by Esther María Castillo Betancourt, Marta M. Bosch Pons, Bienvenido Mesa Reinaldo, Maricela Seijo Machado, Zahily Espino Otero

“…<strong>Method:</strong> Descriptive, retrospective analytical study of 100 patients who attended to the Periodontal Consultation in Cienfuegos Dental Clinic between January, 2002 and January, 2007, with diagnosis of periodontitis and occlusal overload and interferences. …”
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Successful Treatment of Atlantoaxial Subluxation in an Adolescent Patient with BrachytelephalangicChondrodysplasia Punctata by Yoh Fujimoto, Yuki Taniguchi, Yasushi Oshima, Yoshitaka Matsubayashi, Keita Okada, Nobuhiko Haga, Sakae Tanaka

“…Some reports have described infants with CDPX1 who exhibited cervical spinal stenosis. However, the natural course of cervical spinal lesions in this condition has not been elucidated. …”
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Beyond the Niche Hypothesis. Property, Marriage, and the Onset of Familial Reproduction in Rural Northwest Germany, 1820–1866 by Georg Fertig

“…For farmholders, niche inheritance was an important contribution; but parental death also leads to an increase of nuptiality among those who did not own landed property. Beyond ownership, the importance of familial labour roles, particularly of older and younger women, can explain this observation. …”
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Abolishment of a tax on imputed income: consequences for business and budget by N. Z. Zotikov

“…The main conclusion of the study is the fact that the patent taxation system, which can be applied by entrepreneurs who have ceased to be payers of tax on imputed income, needs a radical transformation. …”
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Is a careers consultant for researchers a ‘third space’ professional in higher education? by Kate Murray

“… In the limited research about the roles of careers professionals in higher education, very little has been written about careers consultants who specifically support academic researchers such as postgraduate research students and early career researchers, including postdoctoral research associates. …”
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CHALLENGES FOR RUSSIAN UNIVERSITY AND SCHOLARS by Irina B. Nazarova

“…They are induced to improve their skills or give way to those who are younger, have experience in leading educational and research institutions, or greater in academic achievement.The paper analyzes the strategic documents of the leading Russian universities, annual reports on the implementation of development programs.Russian scholars mostly write in Russian, read and cite articles of Russian-language authors. …”
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CYP2A6 Polymorphisms May Strengthen Individualized Treatment for Nicotine Dependence by Yawo Mawuli Akrodou

“…In a clinical trial involving the use of bupropion, people who were carriers of slow nicotine metabolizers were found to have a tendency to maintain abstinence 1.7 times longer than people with normal nicotine metabolizers. …”
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