Association of functional health literacy and cognitive ability with self-reported diabetes in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing: a prospective cohort study by Ian J Deary, Chloe Fawns-Ritchie, Jackie Price

“…Objectives We investigated whether functional health literacy and cognitive ability were associated with self-reported diabetes.Design Prospective cohort study.Setting Data were from waves 2 (2004–2005) to 7 (2014–2015) of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), a cohort study designed to be representative of adults aged 50 years and older living in England.Participants 8669 ELSA participants (mean age=66.7, SD=9.7) who completed a brief functional health literacy test assessing health-related reading comprehension, and 4 cognitive tests assessing declarative memory, processing speed and executive function at wave 2.Primary outcome measure Self-reported doctor diagnosis of diabetes.Results Logistic regression was used to examine cross-sectional (wave 2) associations of functional health literacy and cognitive ability with diabetes status. …”
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ADVANCING UNDERSTANDING OF SERVICE-LEARNING: A CASE STUDY OF A UNIVERSITY IN MALAYSIA by Fong Wei Diong, Phaik Kin Cheah, Poh Chua Siah

“…The findings inform a comprehensive strategy for the design and execution of service-learning as an educational approach in higher education. …”
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Evaluating and mapping the evidence that screening for diabetic foot disease meets the criteria for population-wide screening: a scoping review by Patricia M Kearney, Claire M Buckley, Sean F Dinneen, Caroline McIntosh, Paul Kavanagh, Lauren Connell, Jennifer A Pallin

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Criminal procedural consequences of the court’s return of an indictment to the prosecutor by O. M. Drozdov, N. V. Glynska, I. V. Basysta

“…Such a return does not exclude the possibility of the prosecutor performing certain procedural actions which are of an organisational nature or are necessary to ensure the execution of a court order and to correct the deficiencies of an indictment, or a request for the application of compulsory medical or educational measures. …”
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WHY DO VIETNAMESE FIRMS HOLD CASH? by Nguyễn Thanh Hồng Ân, Hoàng Mai Phương

“…Firstly, the fact that firms with low growth opportunities have higher cash holding ratios indicates that these firms’ board of directors may have been inefficient in monitoring and disciplining the behavior of firms’ executives toward shareholder interests. Secondly, the fact that Vietnamese firms have low and dwindling cash holdings in recent years and use their cash stock mainly for transactional and precautionary purposes may be a sign of internal resource deficiency. …”
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The quality of education of the Russian political elite by N. N. Meshcheryakova, O. V. Kryshtanovskaya

“…Authors studied the biographies of 885 people who hold senior positions in the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government as of September 01, 2022.The study showed that elite education and elitist education in Russia are not one and the same. …”
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Investigating the relationship between brand experience, brand recall and brand loyalty in experiential marketing (case study: Maral Leather) by Mehdi Ajalli, Mohammad Mahdi Mozaffari, Sahar Johari

“…Many researchers and executives of the company have concluded that one of the reasons for the brand's importance and value is its brand name for the customer, which creates value for customers and the company. …”
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A narrative literature review to inform the development of a health threats preparedness framework in Ireland by Louise Marron, James Gilroy, Michelle Williams, Randal Parlour, Máirín Boland, Máirín Boland

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Analysis of the Multilevel Impact of Social Network Quality on Personality Dimensions in Purchasing by Maryam Akhavan Kharazian, Sona Shafieirad

“…Findings The innovation in this analysis lies in its multilevel execution. The output from HLM 7 software indicates multilevel relationships among the research variables. …”
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: The Magnitude and Risk Factors among Patients Admitted to Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Tewodros Tamire, Temesgen Eticha, Temesgen Bati Gelgelu

“…Therefore, identified risk factors should be considered when executing hospital-acquired infection prevention programs. …”
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Amplifying organizational performance from business intelligence: Business analytics implementation in the retail industry by Emmanuel P. Paulino

“…A survey was conducted on business analysts and executive managers of retail companies that have already been implementing BA for at least three years. …”
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Healthcare Futures: Opportunities, Challenges and Risks in a Blockchain-Driven Environment by Robert Goldberg, Peter J. Pitts, Jennifer Hinkel

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Opportune moments for task interruptions: examining the cognitive mechanisms underlying interruption-timing effects by Patricia Hirsch, Luca Moretti, Benedikt Leichtmann, Benedikt Leichtmann, Iring Koch, Verena Nitsch

“…In the present study, we used a theory-driven approach to define the mental workload during primary-task execution and to examine the effects of the interruption timing on primary-task performance.MethodsParticipants performed a primary task comprising a pre-defined sequence of six subtasks, with task interruptions occasionally occurring before the second, third, or fourth subtasks. …”
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Modulation of Cognition: The Role of Gnidia glauca on Spatial Learning and Memory Retention in High-Fat Diet-Induced Obese Rats by Wycliffe Makori Arika, Cromwell Mwiti Kibiti, Joan Murugi Njagi, Mathew Piero Ngugi

“…Learning, memory performance, and executive function are the main domains affected by an obesogenic diet. …”
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metaRange: A framework to build mechanistic range models by Stefan Fallert, Lea Li, Juliano Sarmento Cabral

“…Due to the population‐level, the package can execute such extensive simulation experiments on regular end‐user hardware in a short amount of time. …”
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Human Capital Growth and Employee Performance in Local Government in Uganda by moses Agaba

“…Compensation types should be performance-based payments, unlike the current working model, which is based on substantive considerations. About executives and occupations.…”
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Workplace Environment and Employee Performance in Local Governments in Uganda: A Case of Kabale District Local Government. by Gasengayire, Sarah

“…Kabale District Local Government should embrace building of teamwork to ensure that members of staff learn from each other on how to do things and devise means of executing their tasks. The study further recommended that there was always need for effective teamwork communication and the management of the local government and the Ministry of Local Government should always communicate effectively to the local government staff. …”
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Impact of Effective Out Sourcing on Procurement Contract Performance: A Case Study of Kisoro District Local Government. by Ndayisenga, Jack

“…The study findings revealed the impact of flexibility on the reliability of procurement contract performance in local government and these included resilience from supply challenges comes from attacking supply chain constraints from all angles and having operational, enterprises should do more to prevent fraud by actively evaluating and estimating the obstacles that may be encountered in the process of execution, sourcing flexibility has many advantages as they help to the buying firm to reduce their backorders, shortcomings in the contract management process occur because the buyer and the supplier are two different entities. …”
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Budgeting Practices and Performance of Town Councils in Uganda: A Case Study of Muhanga Town Council. by Kembabazi, Primah

“…The study recommended that zero-based budgets should be the only one to use at Muhanga town council without wasting time on other types since they rotate through all the levels of the organization and enhance service delivery, all heads of departments at Muhanga town council should get involved in budget execution in enhancing the overall budget implementation and the budgeting systems of Muhanga town council need to be supported in order to ensure prudent management of funds by use of better budgeting management practices to provide timely and quality service delivery. …”
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Contribution of NGO’s and Private Sector to Natural Forest Conservation of Nyugwe National Park Rwanda. by Sabbas, Duhayimana .A.

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