Experiencing information seeking and learning: a study of the interaction between two phenomena by Louise Limberg

“…Reports the design and findings of a research project for a doctoral thesis on information seeking and use in a learning context. …”
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Factors that influence the use of birth control by Brazilian adolescents by Diogo Fajardo Nunes Hildebrand, Andres Rodriguez Veloso

“…Also, the attitude of the partner in the relationship and contact with doctors are preponderant factors influencing the intention to use birth control methods. …”
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Diagnosis and treatment of portal hypertension in children (Part I: general issues) by Rafael Trinchet Soler, Yanet Hidalgo Marrero, Luis Marcano Sanz, Ramón Villamil Martínez

“…Undoubtedly the gastrointestinal bleeding due to esopagheal and gastroesophageal varices, erosive gastritis and peptic ulcers constitute the most difficult and dangerous challenge for doctors and patients. Although most patients are treated by non-surgical methods, the surgical treatment correctly realized in chosen patients according to the current protocols is the most effective method to diminish the portal pressure definitively and can be carried out in more than 88% of patients smaller than 2 years old with a near elective mortality to 0% in some countries. …”
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La Flora Común es la Flora Medicinal by Brent Berlin, Elois Ann Berlin

“…In addition, these species are recognized by the general population, not only by specialists or individuals who identify as traditional doctors. We can conclude that the body of Tzeltal-Tzotzil herbal knowledge is, then, the folk medicine of the Maya in the same sense as we may speak of Mexican folk medicine. …”
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Problem uporczywej terapii w świetle filozofii człowieka by Kazimierz Szałata

“…The author of the article defines the conception of medical futility at the level of anthropological philosophy and notices that in practice the designation of the moment, when we deal with the medical futility, belongs to the doctors who depends on his empiric knowledge and wisdom.…”
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Hemochromatosis Type I. Pathogenia and Diagnosis by Ismael Aramís Cervera García

“…For all these reasons this review was conducted so that doctors know more about this condition and the means available for an appropriate diagnosis.…”
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The Impact of Academic Titles of Board Member and Directors Over the Performance of Companies Traded at B3 by Marcelo Perlin, Guilherme Kirch, Daniel Vancin, Mauro Mastella

“…However, particularly, we see that only the presence of doctors with degrees obtained abroad affects positively the profitability and negatively the risk of the studied companies. …”
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Etyczne warunki rezygnacji z uporczywej terapii by Wojciech Bołoz

“…This trend is sometimes justified by the exceptional value of human life, which demands both the patient’s and doctor’s heroism. Since the Middle Ages, it has been a widely accepted practice to limit the care for human life to the use of so-called, ordinary, and proportionate remedies. …”
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National Research Universities: Training of Highly Qualified Scientific Personnel under Development Programmes by L. V. Shchegoleva, V. A. Gurtov, S. I. Pakhomov

“…Two indicators were calculated for each priority area of development of NRU reflecting the shares of defenses of candidate and doctor theses in the national research universities in relation to all thesis defenses. …”
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Biomarkers: A Definite Plus in Pneumonia by Hanssa Summah, Jie-Ming Qu

“…Ongoing research is being done in this field so as to put an array of biomarkers at the disposal of doctors to improve the diagnosis of pneumonia when patients present to them with cough or nonspecific symptoms which could easily be misinterpreted as symptoms of other conditions. …”
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A morte em forma de poesia: comoção, indignação e reivindicação em cordéis midiatizados by Simone Mendes

“…his article makes a reflection departing from the analyzes that are being developed in my doctoral research, whose focus builds itself departing from the existence of an argumentative dimension in cordel literature, that makean interface with the information media. …”
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Education and training for records management in the electronic environment - the (re)search for an appropriate model. Professional development, Training, Education, Models, Record... by McLeod J., Hare C., Johare R.

“…This study critically evaluates existing initiatives and initial results of a doctoral study searching for a best practice model.…”
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Représenter « avec » le rite : réflexivité et danse rituelle dans un tableau murui-muina by Oscar Ivan Garcia

“…This study is based on ethnographic data collected during my doctoral fieldwork and on interviews with the artist. …”
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STRATEGY FOR TEACHING MEDICAL INFORMATICS IN RUSSIAN UNIVERSITIES by Tatyana V. Zarubina, Sergey I. Karas', Elena N. Nikolaidi

“…Further the information competencies of future doctors continue to develop while studying clinical subjects. …”
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3D Automatic Segmentation of Brain Tumor Based on Deep Neural Network and Multimodal MRI Images by Zhuliang Qian, Lifeng Xie, Yisheng Xu

“…In order to solve the problems of low efficiency and low accuracy of brain tumor segmentation, this paper proposes DL to conduct research on multimodal MRI image segmentation, aiming to make accurate diagnosis and treatment for doctors. In addition, this paper constructs an automatic diagnosis system for brain tumors, uses GLCM and discrete wavelet transform (DWT) to extract features from MRI images, and then uses a convolutional neural network (CNN) for final diagnosis; finally, through four. …”
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The Pala’wan Highlanders and the World they live in: “A Weaving of Golden Threads” by Nicole Revel

“…Nicole Revel, Emeritus senior researcher at CNRS, Doctor Honoris causa (Humanities) Ateneo de Manila University, Linguist and anthropologist, works since 1970 in the Philippines. …”
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Steatotic Liver Disease: New Nomenclature and Its Localization in the Russian Federation by K. L. Raikhelson, M. V. Maevskaya, M. S. Zharkova, V. R. Grechishnikova, S. V. Okovityi, T. A. Deeva, N. V. Marchenko, M. К. Prashnova, V. T. Ivashkin

“…The results of voting by Russian doctors on the introduction of new terms and their optimal translation are presented. …”
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The Concept of Scientific Bases of Management by E. M. Korotkov

“…The chair of scientific basis of production management, which was formed at the initiative of the rector of the Moscow engineering and economic Institute, doctor of economic Sciences, Professor Kozlova Olympiada V., in the sixties, had to solve these problems. …”
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ŞEYTANIN AVUKATI'NDAN BAŞKANIN ADAMLARI'NA: ASİMETRİK İLETİŞİM VE SPİN DÖNGÜSÜNDE GERÇEKLİK ÜRETİMİ by Fuat Ustakara, Mustafa Aydemir

“…Bu çalışma, Hollywood üretimi beş filmde çeşitli metaforların kullanılması yoluyla asimetrik iletişim ve spin doctor girişimleriyle özdeşlik kurulmasına yönelmektedir. …”
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Diagnosis and treatment of portal hypertension in children (Part II: treatment) by Rafael Trinchet Soler, Yanet Hidalgo Marrero, Luis Marcano Sanz, Ramón Villamil Martínez

“…Undoubtedly the gastrointestinal bleeding due to esopagheal and gastroesophageal varices, erosive gastritis and peptic ulcers constitute the most difficult and dangerous challenge for doctors and patients. Although most patients are treated by non-surgical methods, the surgical treatment correctly realized in chosen patients according to the current protocols is the most effective method to diminish the portal pressure definitively and can be carried out in more than 88% of patients smaller than 2 years old with a near elective mortality to 0% in some countries. …”
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