Regulating the Urban Commons: A Romanian Case Study of Improving Building Facades by Anamaria Vrabie, Rodica Ianole-Călin

“…The qualitative analysis uncovers structural issues on how the policy was implemented and communicated to the population. It further acknowledges difficulties in managing mixed property and collective actions. …”
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The eradication of Asian longhorned beetle at Paddock Wood, UK by Dominic Eyre, Jane Barbrook

“…Public meetings, leaflet drops, press releases, television features and school visits were all used to communicate with local residents and other stakeholders. …”
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Trends in the prevalence of obesity and estimation of the direct health costs attributable to child and adolescent obesity in Brazil from 2013 to 2022. by Eduardo Augusto Fernandes Nilson, Michele Gonçalves da Costa, Ana Carolina Rocha de Oliveira, Olivia Souza Honorio, Raphael Barreto da Conceição Barbosa

“…The impacts of childhood obesity include higher risk of disease during childhood and of obesity and non-communicable diseases in adulthood and represent an important epidemiological and economic burden to countries. …”
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THE STRATEGY FOR CREATION OF THE MODERN CONCEPT OF INTEGRATIVE-HOLISTIC EDUCATION (A CASE STUDY OF MINING SCHOOLS OF THE URALS) by N. K. Chapaev, M. A. Choshanov

“…The materials of this article can be useful when modeling, the design and construction of educational organizations (systems) that meet the needs of development, the formation and socialisation of a multidimensional personality and the requirements of emerging new communications reality in the relationship of education, production and social environment.…”
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Self-Centered Function of Adaptive Immunity in Regulation of Immune Responses and in Tolerance by Silvana Balzar

“…Although mother-fetus interactions at that point become indirect systemic compartment-level communications, their interactions throughout gestation remain within the innate realm of molecular-level adaptations.…”
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Development and validation of a clinical prediction model of acute kidney injury in intensive care unit patients at a rural tertiary teaching hospital in South Africa: a study prot... by Olanrewaju Oladimeji, Constance Sewani-Rusike, Busisiwe Mrara, Fathima Paruk

“…Many tools have been developed in developed-country cohorts with higher rates of non-communicable disease, and few have been validated and practically implemented. …”
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A randomized controlled study on the effectiveness of a diabetes self-management app in Bangladesh by Bilkis Banu, Nasrin Akter, Sujana Haque Chowdhury, Nusrat Hossain Sheba, Md. Abdul Hakim Majumder

“…This successful model of intervention holds the potential for nationwide replication, offering a viable approach for self-managing diabetes and other non-communicable diseases to enhance patient outcomes and reduce healthcare burdens.…”
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Analysis of algorithms for detecting traffic incidents on highways using stationary vehicle detectors by D. V. Navoi, D. V. Kapski, N. A. Filippova, I. N. Pugachev

“….); algorithms using mobile sensors (Bluetooth, wi-fi RFID, GPS, Glonass sensors, toll system transponders, etc.). algorithms that use information from drivers (GSM communications, navigation services, Internet applications, etc.). …”
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Extracting Fruit Disease Knowledge from Research Papers Based on Large Language Models and Prompt Engineering by Yunqiao Fei, Jingchao Fan, Guomin Zhou

“…This paper, from the perspective of fruit tree industry knowledge dissemination, aims at users such as fruit farmers, fruit tree experts, fruit tree knowledge communicators, and information gatherers. It proposes a fast, cost-effective, and low-technical-barrier method for extracting fruit tree disease knowledge from research paper abstracts—K-Extract, based on large language models (LLMs) and prompt engineering. …”
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A Pilot Study on the Freelisting Method Among Adolescents with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: Feasibility, Acceptability and Study Findings by Sabrina Gmuca, Dori Abel, Mackenzie McGill, Daneka Stryker, Eda Akpek, Whitney Eriksen, Pamela F. Weiss, Peter F. Cronholm

“…Many participants reported difficulties communicating their pain. Helpful coping strategies included rest, distraction, relaxation, endurance, and extracurricular participation. …”
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Postoperative Pulmonary Hemodynamics and Systemic Inflammatory Response in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Surgery for Congenital Heart Defects by Maria Francilene S. Souza, Juliano G. Penha, Nair Y. Maeda, Filomena R. B. G. Galas, Kelly C. O. Abud, Eloisa S. Carvalho, Ana Maria Thomaz, Claudia R. P. Castro, Juliana Pereira, Antonio Augusto Lopes

“…There is scarce information about the relationships between postoperative pulmonary hemodynamics, inflammation, and outcomes in pediatric patients with congenital cardiac communications undergoing surgery. We prospectively studied 40 patients aged 11 (8–17) months (median with interquartile range) with a preoperative mean pulmonary arterial pressure of 48 (34–54) mmHg who were considered to be at risk for postoperative pulmonary hypertension. …”
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Solution-Based Ultraviolet Photodiode with ZnO Nanoparticle/Poly(3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene) Polystyrene Sulfonate Heterojunction and Negative Capacitance by Jin Li, Xin Chang, Shunpu Li, Yi Zhang, Daping Chu

“…Ultraviolet (UV) detectors have been widely applied to extensive fields, such as photoelectric microsensors, UV imaging, optical communications, and biological detection. The demand for high-performance UV detectors with low cost and easy fabrication drives the development of novel materials and structures such as wide-bandgap semiconductors, polymers, photodiodes, and phototransistors. …”
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Piano Works by Dora Pejačević – A Personal Perspective of an Interpreter by Kyra Steckeweh

“…The article highlights Pejačević’s precision in musical notation and her ability to clearly communicate her musical ideas. Moreover, the article underscores the significance of Pejačević’s piano works within her broader musical oeuvre, noting that these compositions represent the largest body of her work and showcase her evolution as a composer. …”
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Cross-Cultural Gender-Based Investigation of Filipino and Chinese Facebook Users’ Disagreement Strategies by Joan C. Ravago, John Arvin V. De Roxas, Joel M. Torres, Daisy O. Casipit, Mercedita M. Reyes

“…Despite the participants shared cultural backgrounds, Chinese communicators demonstrate proclivity for indirectness, with more extensive linguistic features to save face and downtone their disagreements. …”
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Psychosemantic approach as the basis for the algorithmization technology of processing educational information by Elena V. Tsupikova, Margarita V. Tsyguleva

“…Semantic principles (matching of logical and linguistic categories, considering the text from the inner and outer speech, considering the text as cognitive and communicative essence; differentiation between the meaning and sense as between the semantics of the outer speech and the semantics of thinking; identification of semantic relationships between information elements, etc.), psychological and pedagogical principles (self-reflection support of learning activity; self-motivation due to determining usefulness and applicability of information; self-organization of students while creating their own algorithms of learning activity, etc.), and psycholinguistic principles (building logical supporting schemes, analogues of universal subject codes; semantic evaluation of the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of information, etc.)of work with scientific and educational profession-oriented information are described and correlated with the learning content and mechanisms of students verbal and cognitive activity. …”
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The effect of a comprehensive intervention on anthropometric indices, dietary intake, and physical activity of adolescent boys with overweight by Fatemeh Sadat Hashemi Javaheri, Zahra Mousavi, Saeideh Mohammadi, Arezoo Amjadi, Khadijeh Abbasi Mobarakeh, Seyedeh Hayedeh Mousavi Shalmani, Mahdieh Torkaman, Masoomeh Alsadat Mirshafaei, Sara Khoshdooz, Zahra Saeedirad, Naser Kalantari, Parmis Mirzaei, Saeid Doaei, Nastaran Keshavarz Mohammadi, Maryam Gholamalizadeh

“…Abstract Background Non-communicable diseases in adulthood are reported to be strongly associated with adolescent obesity. …”
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Video-feedback intervention for promoting social engagement in children with neurodevelopmental disabilities by Rosario Montirosso, Serena Micheletti, Camilla Pisoni, Eleonora Mascheroni, Elisa Scarano, Elisa Scarano, Cecilia Naboni, Elisa Rosa, Annalisa Castagna, Margherita Bonino, Elisa Fazzi, Elisa Fazzi, Simona Orcesi, Simona Orcesi

“…Using the Global Rating Scale coding system (GRS), child behaviors (engagement and emotionality) and maternal behavior (sensitivity) were assessed during the FFSF.ResultsAnalyses of variance (ANOVA) indicated significant improvement post-intervention in child engagement in the Reunion episode, with an increase in mother-directed gaze communicative gestures and positive vocalization. A paired sample t-test revealed that the mother’s sensitivity significantly improves between T0 and T1 during the Reunion phase. …”
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Beyond COVID-19, the case for collecting, analysing and using sex-disaggregated data and gendered data to inform outbreak response: a scoping review by Simone E Carter, Shirin Heidari, Leah Zilversmit Pao, Marie-Amelie Degail, Marie Meudec, McKinzie Gales, Emelie Love Yonally Phillips, Christine Dubray, Clara Rodriguez Ribas Elizalde, M Ruby Siddiqui

“…A scoping review was conducted to provide an overview of the extent of sex-disaggregated data and gender analysis in outbreak response within low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).Methods Five databases were searched for peer-reviewed literature examining sex- and gender-specific outcomes for communicable disease outbreaks published in English between 1 January 2012 and 12 April 2022. …”
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Prescribed Minimum Benefits complaints: a five-year retrospective review by Lindelwa Mitchele Ngobeni, Lucky Moropeng, Evelyn Thsehla

“…Most of the complaints (43.6%, n=490/1124) were lodged by members themselves. Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) constituted most of the PMBs conditions that members complained about. …”
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Metabolically activated and highly polyfunctional intratumoral VISTA+ regulatory B cells are associated with tumor recurrence in early-stage NSCLC by Domenico Lo Tartaro, Beatrice Aramini, Valentina Masciale, Nikolaos Paschalidis, Francesco Demetrio Lofaro, Anita Neroni, Rebecca Borella, Elena Santacroce, Alin Liviu Ciobanu, Anna Valeria Samarelli, Federica Boraldi, Daniela Quaglino, Alessandra Dubini, Michele Gaudio, Gloria Manzotti, Francesca Reggiani, Federica Torricelli, Alessia Ciarrocchi, Antonino Neri, Federica Bertolini, Massimo Dominici, Pier Luigi Filosso, Franco Stella, Lara Gibellini, Sara De Biasi, Andrea Cossarizza

“…The computational analysis of intercellular communications that links ligands to target genes, performed by NicheNet, predicted B-T interactions via VISTA-PSGL-1 axis. …”
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