Does accountability for reasonableness work? A protocol for a mixed methods study using an audit tool to evaluate the decision-making of clinical commissioning groups in England by Sarah Clark, Katharina Kieslich, Peter Littlejohns, Albert Weale

“…The question is how to ensure that these decisions are fair and legitimate. Accounts of what constitutes fair and legitimate priority setting in healthcare include Daniels’ and Sabin's accountability for reasonableness (A4R) and Clark's and Weale's framework for the identification of social values. …”
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Conjuration cartésienne et démons cybernétiques by Baptiste Loreaux

“…L’élaboration de cet art caché des inclinations réciproques au cœur du milieu moderne est d’abord examinée à travers la constitution de la pensée de Descartes et son rôle de garant de la quasi-impossibilité de penser le fonctionnement des dispositifs modernisateurs. …”
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The Initial Experience of Trans-Rectal Ultrasound and Biopsy in Diagnosis of Carcinoma Prostate In Gezira Hospital For Renal Disease And Surgery (GHRDS) by Walaa Eldin Ibraheem, Sami Mahjoub Taha, Mustafa Omran Mansour, Mohammed El Imam Mohamed Ahmed

“…Transrectal U/S findings well correlated to the histopathological results, where abnormal findings (like hypo-echoic lesions or calcifications and cysts) showed higher incidence of malignancy in 46 patients constitute 52.8% of the abnormal U/S findings. Conclusions and recommendations: PSA level is highly sensitive but less specific in detection of prostate cancer. …”
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Entanglement flow in the Kane-Fisher quantum impurity problem by Chunyu Tan, Yuxiao Hang, Stephan Haas, Hubert Saleur

“…$\delta S$ can be interpreted as a measure of the hybridization of the left-over spin in odd length subsystems with the "bath" constituted by the rest of the chain. The problem is studied both numerically using DMRG and analytically near the healed and split fixed points. …”
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Zum Verhältnis von Harmonik und Instrumentation ›vor Wagner‹ by Michael Polth

“…It will be demonstrated how instrumentation plays a constitutive part for these innovations.…”
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Anomalous Node Detection in Blockchain Networks Based on Graph Neural Networks by Ze Chang, Yunfei Cai, Xiao Fan Liu, Zhenping Xie, Yuan Liu, Qianyi Zhan

“…However, anomalous nodes typically constitute only a small portion of the transaction network, known as the minority class, while the majority of nodes are normal nodes, referred to as the majority class. …”
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Physician wellbeing in a national rehabilitation hospital, a qualitative study utilizing Maslow’s hierarchy of needs as a framework for analysis by Áine Carroll, Claire Collins, Jane McKenzie

“…The data revealed what constitutes relative deprivation and organisational injustice. …”
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Modern air defense methods and countermeasures for use in operational-tactical missiles by Mykola Bondarenko, Mykhailo Vorobei

“… In contemporary military contexts, operational-tactical missile systems constitute pivotal arsenals in modern warfare scenarios. …”
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Effect of Pretreatment and High Hydrostatic Pressure on Soluble Dietary Fiber in Lotus Root Residues by Yanyang Gu, Liying Niu, Jiangfeng Song, Chunju Liu, Zhongyuan Zhang, Chunquan Liu, Dajing Li, Lixia Xiao

“…Principal component analysis (PCA) profile illustrated that the difference of LRR-water system contributed 27.6% to the SDF physicochemical changes, and SDF from DLRR + W distinguished it from the other samples with mannose, ribose, and glucuronic acid, indicating that the drying procedure also played a role in the HHP treatment focusing on the sugar constitution. Therefore, the solid-water suspension status is a noteworthy issue before HHP treatment aiming at SDF modification.…”
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Internal Fixation of Type I Capitellum Fracture with Headless Screws: A Case Report by Charlie Sanjaya, I Ketut Gede Arta Bujangga

“…Distal humeral fractures that include capitellum and trochlea constitute approximately 6% of all distal humeral fractures and 1% of all elbow fractures. …”
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Why EU revenue matters: A case for an EU digital levy by Katerina Pantazatou

“…In this Article, I argue that beyond tax design considerations and potential constitutional impediments, the EU revenue side should be emphasised in the discussion. …”
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TRANSCENDENTALINIS EMPIRIZMAS: TARP HUSSERLIO IR DERRIDA by Natalie Depraz

“…From this standpoint, the method of cooperation between the empiricity and transcendentality in the constitution of the primordiality equates Husserlian method to the Derrida's method of primordial contamination. …”
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BOARD INDEPENDENCE AND FINANCIAL REPORTING QUALITY OF LISTED OIL AND GAS COMPANIES IN NIGERIA MODERATED BY FIRM SIZE by Adamu Lawal Bello, J. Okpanachi, T. Nyor, Lateef Olumude Mustapha

“…Secondly, the firm size should be properly put into consideration in constituting the number of non-executive directors on the board of directors of listed oil and gas companies in Nigeria. …”
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Voice assimilation of morphemic -s in the L2 English of L1 French, L1 Italian and L1 Spanish learners by Leonardo Contreras Roa, Paolo Mairano, Marc Capliez, Caroline Bouzon

“…We propose that the /s/ ~ /z/ voicing opposition may constitute an exception to the markedness hierarchy of voice contrasts for obstruents (word-initial < word-medial < word-final), whereby the word-final position is not more marked than the other positions. …”
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Screening for Gastric and Small Intestinal Mucosal Injury with Magnetically Controlled Capsule Endoscopy in Asymptomatic Patients Taking Enteric-Coated Aspirin by Xue Chen, Feng Gao, Jie Zhang

“…Magnetically controlled capsule endoscopy constitutes a safe, real-time screening modality for gastric and small intestinal mucosal injury in patients taking enteric-coated aspirin.…”
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Is a quantifier mismatch a problem for L1 Japanese learners of English? by Paul N. Nehls, Kodai Aramaki, Tomohiro Fujii

“… After identifying a linguistic difference between the English quantifier most and the Japanese quantifier hotondo ‘most’ we set out to find if the semantic difference between the two would constitute a learning problem for Japanese second language (L2) learners of English. …”
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Real-time geo-decisional system for risk and disaster management in Madagascar by Rakotoarison Tsiorinantenaina René, Hajalalaina Aimé Richard

“…A web mapping application queries the constitution of a cube and displays the result for visualization.…”
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Risk of Material Misstatement in the Audit of Payments to Budget by Oleksandr Sherstiuk

“…At the same time, such values are formed mainly based on the requirements imposed on reporting forms in regulatory and other documents that constitute the applied conceptual basis. During the audit, the auditor must remember that there is always a probability that the information disclosed in the reporting forms may contain material misstatements, which may lead to the auditor expressing an inadequate opinion on the quality of reporting. …”
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Role of private providers in the implementation of the national health insurance scheme in Zambia: a qualitative study of perceptions and experiences by Jesper Sundewall, Warren Mukelabai Simangolwa

“…Senior citizens and the informal sector constituted the majority of users. There were implementation challenges, including delays in preauthorisations, loss of member details and exclusion and restrictions of interventions in the benefits package. …”
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Civil Nationalism through Criminal Legislation in Iran (Study of the Process of Activities Leading to the Legislation of Criminal Laws Supporting Ethnic-Religious Identities in Ira... by Hossein Mirmohammad Sadeghi, Alireza Gharaghani

“…In Iran, since the constitutional revolution until now, there has been an effort to prioritize the idea of civil nationalism over competing types, namely cultural and ethnic nationalism, in which emphasis is placed on language, religion, history, or common heritage and the revival of the great civilization of the past. …”
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