Ethnic differences between South Asians and white Caucasians in cardiovascular disease-related mortality in developed countries: a systematic literature review protocol by Olalekan Abdulrahman Uthman, Mubarak Patel, Salim Abatcha

“…If insufficient data is founded or studies are highly heterogeneous, a narrative synthesis will be conducted.Ethics Formal ethical approval is not required for this review.Dissemination The results and findings of this systematic literature review will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publications and reports.PROSPERO registration number CRD42021240865.…”
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Association between frailty and hospital-related adverse events in older hospitalised patients: a systematic literature review protocol by Jay Banerjee, Brad Manktelow, Abdullah Alshibani, Faris Alotaibi

“…If there is high heterogeneity and a meta-analysis is not feasible, a narrative synthesis and analysis guided by Cochrane criteria will be conducted, and results will be presented in appropriate tables and figures.Ethics and dissemination No ethical approval will be obtained for this review since it will use secondary published data. …”
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Affect in Literary Translations: What is at Stake for the Author and the Translator by Klaarika Kaldjärv

“…Through examples, it demonstrates how authors can actively engage in the translation process to safeguard their narrative nuances. Case studies, including instances involving Umberto Eco, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Carlos Fuentes, and Günter Grass, illustrate various levels of authorial control and collaboration. …”
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AMERICAN POLONIA’S RESOURCES OF IFLUENCE AND US FOREIGN POLICY by I. D. Loshkariov

“…The second narrative is a reproduction of widespread stereotypes about Poles, including in the popular culture. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Entrepreneurial Competencies Development among University Students by A. V. Pesha, M. N. Shavrovskaya, T. A. Lapina

“…Empirical data were collected using an online survey and the method of narrative essays. The data obtained were interpreted and processed using qualitative and quantitative analysis methods, including descriptive statistics, correlation analysis (Pearson correlation coefficient, R), one-factor analysis of variance, factor analysis and qualitative analysis of student histories. …”
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Value of robotic surgery simulation for training surgical residents and attendings: a systematic review protocol by Ngan Nguyen, Kathryn K Howard, Hussein Makki, Nathan M Novotny, Misa Mi

“…The studies were then determined to meet initial screening criteria by one individual for abstract and title with full text screening performed by two authors independently and in duplicate. Narrative themes will be collected, analysed and summarised where possible.Ethics and dissemination There is no Institutional Review Board approval required given that the work is carried out on previously published papers. …”
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CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF MAQĀṢIDĪ TAFSĪR ON DISASTER MITIGATION IN THE STORY OF PROPHET LŪṬ: AN EXAMINATION OF THE INTERPRETATION OF Q.S. AL-ḤIJR: 61-74 by Tri Faizah Anggraini

“…In the Qur'an, indications of disaster mitigation are presented through the narrative Lūṭ story. However, the story of Lūṭ is often read with reference to the centrality of the sexuality of the Sodomites, so that aspects of disaster mitigation are often marginalized. …”
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A Conceptual Framework for Mentorship Support to Early-Career Black Women Academics in South Africa by Maréve Biljohn, Tatenda Shaleen Marange, Aliza le Roux, Kathleen Schroeder

“…Through a qualitative research approach, a narrative literature review is provided based on content analysis of literature, both peer-reviewed and non-reviewed. …”
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The Town and the City in Charles Williams's Fiction by Maurice Levy

“…Il sera important de montrer comment dans chaque roman la dynamique narrative naît de cette opposition entre la ville des hommes et la Cité de Dieu, et dans quelle mesure est efficace, ou simplement acceptable dans un univers fictionnel, cette tacite référence à St Augustin.…”
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Intercultural and Intertextual Crossings in Sarah Howe’s Loop of Jade (2015) by Yasna Bozhkova

“…Loop of Jade explores the experience of cultural hybridity and deracination through an intertextual poetics predicated on artifice and irony, going against the grain of a simple, unmediated confessional poetic narrative “of the origins.” After the actual experience of return paradoxically leads to a crisis of identification, intertextuality becomes an alternative route allowing Howe to approach her origins obliquely. …”
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A comprehensive outline of antimicrobial resistance, antibiotic prescribing, and antimicrobial stewardship in South Africa: A scoping review protocol. by Suwayda Ahmed, Rukshana Ahmed, Razia Zulfikar Adam

“…The results of the review will be tabulated and include a narrative synthesis of the findings.…”
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La production biopolitique des espaces touristiques au Lesotho : le cas de la réserve naturelle de Bokong by Itumeleng Mokhele

“…L'étude est de nature qualitative. Une enquête narrative et des entretiens approfondis ont été menés pour recueillir des données dans un village à Ha Lejone, dans le district de Leribe. …”
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Diagnostic Features of Common Oral Ulcerative Lesions: An Updated Decision Tree by Hamed Mortazavi, Yaser Safi, Maryam Baharvand, Somayeh Rahmani

“…Diagnosis of oral ulcerative lesions might be quite challenging. This narrative review article aims to introduce an updated decision tree for diagnosing oral ulcerative lesions on the basis of their diagnostic features. …”
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Interpretation of Historical Facts in Modern Italian Literature by the Example of Umberto Eco’s Novel “Baudolino” by O. Yu. Mushtanova

“…In the novel «Baudolino» Umberto Eco not only interprets creatively certain facts of the past, but he also practices the postmodern concept of history, according to which the past is unknowable as objective and ultimate truth and therefore it exists only in the form of a narrative. The past and the present have no fundamental difference, the history is always interpreted from the perspective of the present.…”
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Public Administration Reform over Time – Did Change Lead to a More Effective Integrity Management? by Christoph Demmke

“…In this theoreti­cal paper, a narrative is employed that re-reads the old Weberian model as a model of ‘institutional integrity’, which is slowly replaced by a public management concept that focuses on individual integrity. …”
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Communication, heritage, and identity: The media’s discourse about the national party of cement in Olavarria, Argentina by María Vanesa Giacomasso, Griselda Lemiez, María Eugenia Conforti

“…A methodology of discourse analysis was used to identify, in the journalistic narrative, the way in which meanings are represented and constructed in relation to identity and local cultural heritage. …”
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Non-Fiction from a Historical Perspective: Situation of Lithuanian Statemen Amid Tragic Events of 1940–1941 by Юрате Ландсберґіте-Бехер

“…There are unresolved questions where non-fiction is invaluable to changing the pro-Soviet historical narrative. The first question is the meeting of the last Government and the loss of Independence on June 15, 1940. …”
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Search for new antimicrobials against extended spectrum β-lactamase-positive Escherichia coli: Potential of fungi from the phylum Ascomycota by Walter Oliva Pinto Filho Segundo, Luciana Aires de Oliveira, Ana Cláudia Alves Cortez, Érica Simplício de Souza, Hagen Frickmann, João Vicente Braga de Souza

“…In addition, those fungi have also been investigated regarding their usefulness for the biosynthesis of nanoparticles with antimicrobial activity. This narrative review introduces clinically relevant Escherichia coli pathovars, the historical contributions of the phylum Ascomycota to the production of antimicrobials, aspects of bioprocesses in the production of antimicrobial metabolites and different approaches of research targeting new antimicrobials such as screenings for fungi in environments not yet studied and the green synthesis mediated by fungi with antimicrobial activity.…”
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Nurses' Experiences of Communicating With Families in Municipal Home Health Care by Elisabeth Bruce, Susanna Pusa, Karin Sundin

“…Methods Fourteen registered nurses working in home health care in Sweden participated in individual narrative semistructured interviews. The interviews were analysed with content analysis. …”
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Neural Plasticity in Common Forms of Chronic Headaches by Tzu-Hsien Lai, Ekaterina Protsenko, Yu-Chen Cheng, Marco L. Loggia, Gianluca Coppola, Wei-Ta Chen

“…In this review, we provide a narrative overview of recent advances on the neuroimaging, electrophysiological and genetic aspects of neural plasticity associated with the most common forms of chronic headaches, including migraine, cluster headache, tension-type headache, and medication overuse headache.…”
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