Knowledge, Self-Efficacy, and Correlates in Palliative and End-of-Life Care: Quantitative Insights from Final-Year Nursing and Medical Students in a Mixed-Methods Study by Germanus Natuhwera, Eve Namisango, Peter Ellis

“…Setting/participants: Final-year undergraduate medical and nursing students in eight medical and nursing schools in Uganda. Instruments included biodata sheet, the Palliative Care Quiz for Nursing questionnaire and the Palliative Care Self-Efficacy scale. …”
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Assessing swallowing disorders in adults on high-flow nasal cannula in critical and non-critical care settings. A scoping review protocol. by Ruvistay Gutierrez-Arias, Gabriel Salgado-Maldonado, Paola Letelier Valdivia, Francisco Salinas-Barahona, Carmen Echeverría-Valdebenito, Pamela Seron, INTRehab Research Group

“…Knowing the methodological characteristics, the instruments or scales used to assess the presence of dysphagia, and the results of the studies may contribute to considering swallowing assessment in this population on a routine basis, as well as to guide the conduct of new studies that may respond to less researched areas in this topic.…”
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Discourse of University: Knowledge in the Era of Contemporary Forms of Capitalism Development by E. I. Naumova, E. G. Sokolov

“…Marxist methodology was chosen as an instrument for the analysis of knowledge-based economy taking into account the need to develop Marx conception of general intellect (scientific knowledge) and revise the class theory and the theory of surplus value.The key finding is that the contemporary knowledge-based economy implements both financial and productive tendencies in conjunction. …”
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Patient safety culture: Insights from a cross-sectional study among healthcare professionals by Vijay K. Tadia, Neelam Kotwal, Rahul S. Jalaunia

“…Settings and Design: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted using a pre-validated survey instrument in a tertiary care pediatric hospital. Methods and Material: The data were collected over a period of 1 month (from 4th January 2022 to 5th February 2022) using pre-validated questionnaire based on “Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS™) Hospital Survey Version 2.0 (SOPS Hospital Survey 2.0)”. …”
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The Mental Health of Older People Living in Nursing Homes in Northern Portugal: A Cross-Sectional Study Protocol by Cláudia Rodrigues, Sandra Carreira, Rui Novais, Fátima Braga, Silvana Martins, Odete Araújo

“…Ten web survey questionnaires will be administered to the participants, including one sociodemographic and health questionnaire and nine mental health assessment instruments evaluating fear of falling; sleep quality; frailty; anxiety, depression, and stress; loneliness and social isolation; risk of acute confusion; cognition; emotional literacy; and perceived hope. …”
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Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis to Increase the Sensitivity of Screening Methods for Diagnosing Cancer Cachexia in Patients with Colorectal Cancer by J. Szefel, W. J. Kruszewski, M. Szajewski, M. Ciesielski, A. Danielak

“…In this field, there is a need to implement new instruments into clinical practice. Objective. Determining the usefulness of bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) for detecting and monitoring CC in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). …”
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ESTIMATED ELECTRICITY BILLING SYSTEM AND ITS EFFECTS ON CONSUMERS IN RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS CENTRES IN WUKARI METROPOLIS, TARABA STATE by Abubakar Ahmadu, Vyonkhen Tanko Nacho

“…The study adopted survey design with its accompanying instruments like questionnaire and indepth interview. …”
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The role of integrated management in the realization of intelligent transportation (Case study: Zahedan city) by Amir Kaveh, Maryam Karimian Bostani, Gholam reza Miri

“…The validity of the instrument and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha greater than 0.70. …”
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Influence of cataract surgery in biopsychosocial adaptation in the elderly by Leonor Rosario Diaz Alfonso, Elvira Machado Héctor, Bárbara Suárez Rodríguez, Mariela Julia Curbelo Gómez

“…Geriatric evaluation was used as assessment instrument. It was applied before and 3 months after cataract surgery and included the Yesavage Geriatric Depression Rating Scale to measure emotional function and the Katz index for functional evaluation. …”
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Final assessment tool quality of the subject Cell, Tissues and Integumentary System by Marlen Llanes Torres, Roxana Gómez Vilela, Galia Ibis Pérez Rumbaut, Laura Naranjo Hernández, Zulema Tamara Mesa Montero, Grey Alicia Crespo Lechuga

“…<br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to evaluate the quality of the ordinary examination of the Cell Tissues and Integumentary System subject through the level of difficulty and the power of the instrument discrimination.<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> observational, descriptive cross-sectional study in the field of evaluation. …”
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The Factor of Food in Biopolitics and National Security by S. A. Kravchenko

“…There offered a concrete roadmap motion to it, in particular, intending to strengthen the natural sciences and engineering for the production of food with the theoretical instruments of social sciences and humanities; to replace the outdated positivistic, scientistic postulate «knowledge - power" with the formula of ethical, humanistically oriented responsibility of scientists: "the integral knowledge of all sciences - quality food for the health of all people"; to rediscover the nature of formal rationality and its modern variations that in practice lead to the organized social irresponsibility that can be substituted by different types of value rationality, the ideology of humanism, ethics of eating healthy organic food produced in "ecologically friendly environment".…”
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Dysplastic L5-S1 Spondyloptosis in a 3-Year-Old Child: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Vikas Tandon, Rahul Kaul, Harvinder Singh Chhabra, Ankur Nanda

“…During initial stage she underwent posterior decompression along L5-S1 segment including exposure of bilateral L5 and S1 nerve roots followed by instrumented reduction (L3-S2 5.5 mm pedicle screws) utilizing a rotational-translational technique. …”
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Following Clinical Practical Guidelines in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction with St Segment Elevation and its Relation with Clinical and Demographic Variables by Francisco de Jesús Valladares Carvajal, Yordano Carlos Ravelo Coma, Lázaro de la Cruz Avilés, Mario Isaac González

“…<strong><br />Method:</strong> descriptive study which evaluated the adhesion to clinical practice guidelines in 294 patients by using an instrument of evaluation. The degree of adhesion was related with demographic variables (age and sex) and clinical (selected co-morbidities and state of the patient on discharge).…”
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Fraudulent act: essence and legal regulation by H. S. Hofeld

“…It has been established that private law instruments should not be used by participants in civil transactions to avoid paying a debt (money, damages, damage) or to execute a court decision on debt collection (money, damages, damage) that has entered into force. …”
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Non‐Pharmacological Interventions Before Cataract Surgery for Preoperative Anxiety: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis by Mahsan Nabighadim, Mojgan Mirghafourvand, Mahsa Maghalian

“…The risk of bias was evaluated using the ROBIN‐I instrument for non‐randomised studies and risk of bias 1 (ROB1) for RCTs. …”
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Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Hip Disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (HOOS) and Associated Sub-scales by Emilie N. Miley, Madeline P. Casanova, Scott W. Cheatham, Lindsay Larkins, Michael A. Pickering, Russell T. Baker

“…# Background Hip Disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (HOOS), HOOS-Joint Replacement (JR), HOOS Physical Function (PS), and HOOS-12 item scale have been suggested as reliable and valid instruments for assessing hip disability. However, factorial validity, invariance across subgroups, and repeated measures of the scale across different populations have not been well supported in the literature…”
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Evolution of EFTA in Differentiated Integration within Europe by V. V. Zolotukhin

“…A detailed examination allows for a clear distinction between Switzerland and the three member states of the European Economic Area (EEA), namely Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.Regarding the EEA, its legal framework is established through collaborative development of legal instruments with the EU. The thematic allocation is carefully structured based on existing competencies; officials of EFTA's pillar bodies within the two-pillar EEA structure maintain productive relations with the EU, while others focus on internal matters. …”
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The "conquest" of historical space in the 21st century Russia: negative historical identity? by Aurimas Švedas

“…In recent years all these components of sociopolitical identity have been used by the politicians of the Kremlin, the political scientists, and public relations' specialists as an instrument for the production of a peculiar formation – the "state patriotism." …”
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The relationship between health literacy and COVID-19 prevention behaviors among people living with HIV by Iman Navidi, Raheleh Soltani

“…The data collection tool was a questionnaire including COVID-19 prevention behaviors (5 items) and a health literacy instrument (14 items). The data were analyzed using SPSS software version 18 and for all tests, the significance level of α was considered as 0.05. …”
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Anterolateral Minithoracotomy Mitral Valve Surgery with Central Cannulation: A Three-year Single-Center Experience by Anil Sharma, Sunil Dixit, Mohit Sharma, Jai Kishan Suthar, Sourabh Mittal

“…A simplified and reproducible technique for performing mitral valve surgery through a right minithoracotomy with central aortocaval cannulation from the same incision, utilizing conventional instruments, has been developed. This innovative approach eliminates the requirement for endoscopic assistance, femoral arterial cannulation, and associated complications. …”
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