α 2-Adrenoceptors: Challenges and Opportunities—Enlightenment from the Kidney by William A. Pettinger, Edwin K. Jackson

“…Our goal here is to focus on this horizon and bring into clear view the role of α2-AR-mediated mechanisms in these seemingly unrelated conditions. Our narrative begins with an explanation of how experiments in isolated perfused kidneys led to the discovery of a sodium-retaining process, a fundamental mechanism of hypertension, mediated by α2-ARs. …”
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The effect of physical exercise and cognition-orientated interventions on post-stroke cognitive function: Protocol for an overview of reviews. by James Smith, Philip Nagy, David Tod, Carol Holland, Hannah Jarvis

“…Interventions will be grouped into exercise, cognition-orientated, and combined interventions, and findings will be synthesised narratively. Heterogeneity assessment will be conducted to identify factors causing discordance between reviews.…”
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Application of desktop virtual reality technology in nursing student education: a realist review by Yi Li, Yushuang Chen, Guanxing Wei, Fang Ma, Qiulan Hu, Wei Wei, Yangjuan Bai

“…Methods The realist review accords with the Realist and Meta-narrative Evidence Syntheses-Evolving Standards (RAMESES). …”
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Facilitators and barriers of relatives' involvement in nursing care decisions and self-care of patients with acquired brain injury or malignant brain tumour: A scoping review proto... by Rikke Guldager, Mia Ingerslev Loft, Sara Nordentoft, Lena Aadal, Ingrid Poulsen

“…The results will be presented in tabular form, accompanied by a narrative summary related to the objective of the present scoping review. …”
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MARTIN HEIDEGGER’S METAPHYSICAL QUESTION 1935-1937: GENESIS AND CONSEQUENCES. PART ONE by Юрій МАРИНЧУК

“…A thing is the way the world is given - a narrative of the structure of thinking, life and human activity. …”
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Towards the design for a new Bible translation in Sesotho by T. J. Makutoane, J. A. Naudé

“…Within these communities, the African oral story-telling tradition survived in several forms within the narrative discourse. In view of the fact that these religious communities consist predominantly of members not able to read writen texts, another vehicle for the transfer of religious thought in Bible and religious translation is suggested. …”
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Exploring gender differences in knowledge and practices related to antibiotic use in Southeast Asia: A scoping review. by Phuc Pham-Duc, Kavitha Sriparamananthan

“…Thematic content analysis was then conducted on the selected final sources to identify recurring themes related to gender differences in antibiotic use and a narrative account was developed based on the themes. …”
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Unmasking the complexities of healthcare access in low-resource settings: a health systems approach to obstetric and under-5 healthcare in rural settings of Eastern Uganda by Rornald Muhumuza Kananura

“…The research employed narrative and inductive thematic analysis, guided by concepts of social interactions, behaviour, and health institutional systems drawn from system theory. …”
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Shaping a Collective Identity through Self-Representation: Early Suffrage Autobiographies and the Militant Experience by Chloé Clément

“…Constance Lytton and Emmeline Pankhurst indeed share how personal narratives fit with political objectives and manifest a collective purpose: that of promoting and legitimizing the militant suffrage campaign. …”
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Stress dynamics between clinical supervisors and allied health students: a scoping review protocol by Yongsheng Wang, XinRong Li, Piao Wang, Laurie Peebles, Aine O'Connor

“…Data will be analysed and summarised descriptively and presented in both tabular and narrative formats.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval is not required for this scoping review. …”
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„L’ uomo nuovo” nei testi di Virginie Despentes e Sandro Veronesi by Magdalena Lange-Henszke

“…Veronesi places the practice of care at the center of his narrative as a key element of the new masculinity. …”
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Edge-centric optimization: a novel strategy for minimizing information loss in graph-to-text generation by Zheng Yao, Jingyuan Li, Jianhe Cen, Shiqi Sun, Dahu Yin, Yuanzhuo Wang

“…Experimental results reveal that TriELMR exhibits exceptional performance across various benchmark tests, especially on the webnlgv2.0 and Event Narrative datasets, achieving BLEU-4 scores of $$66.5\%$$ 66.5 % and $$37.27\%$$ 37.27 % , respectively, surpassing the state-of-the-art models. …”
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Review of how we should define (and measure) adherence in studies examining older adults' participation in exercise classes by C Todd, H Hawley-Hague, M Horne, D A Skelton

“…Adherence is poor and reporting of adherence differs considerably between studies.Objective To explore how adherence to exercise classes for older people is defined in the literature and devise a definition for pooling data on adherence in future studies.Design Methodological review of the approaches used to measure adherence.Methods A review of the literature was carried out using narrative synthesis, based on systematic searches of MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL and PsychINFO. 2 investigators identified eligible studies and extracted data independently.Results 37 papers including 34 studies were identified. 7 papers (7 studies) defined adherence as completion (retention). 30 papers (27 studies) identified adherence using attendance records. 12 papers (11 studies) based adherence on duration of exercise and 5 papers (4 studies) specified the intensity with which participants should exercise. …”
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on intra-household gender disparities in the Middle East and North Africa region: A scoping review protocol. by Malak Ghezzawi, Sasha Fahme, Salpy Naalbandian, Jocelyn DeJong, WOMENA Study Group

“…Four independent reviewers will screen studies, and data will be charted, coded, and narratively synthesized.<h4>Discussion</h4>This review is expected to shed light on gender disparities in healthcare accessibility, mobility, and decision-making during the COVID-19 pandemic across low- and middle-income countries in the MENA region, adding to the global literature.…”
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Whither Individuality? A Re-reading of Segun Ogungbemi’s Scholarship on Individuality-Community Debate in African Philosophy by Sunday L. Oladipupo

“…This is because, the challenge of this possibility has opened a new vista in the narrative of scholars of African studies. The idea of holistic communal nature of the Africa and Africans has been redirected such that we now have two camps on the belief system, namely radical and moderate communalism. …”
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‘It was like being hit with a brick’: a qualitative study on the effect of clinicians’ delivery of a diagnosis of eye disease for patients in primary and secondary care by Lucy Moore, Jasleen Kaur Jolly, Anne Ferrey

“…Objectives To explore patients’ experiences of getting a diagnosis of eye disease, the psychological impact of this and how this could be improved.Design An exploratory qualitative interview study using a narrative approach and inductive methods.Setting This study was conducted with patients who had attended ophthalmic appointments in primary and secondary care and in opticians located in the South of England.Participants 18 people diagnosed with eye disease in England.Results Four themes were identified: the convoluted process of being diagnosed, the impact of clinicians’ words, the search for information and reflections on what could be improved. …”
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Beyond the spotlight: Unveiling the gender bias curtain in movie reviews. by Jad Doughman, Wael Khreich

“…This legacy of male-centric narratives may unconsciously influence critics' expectations and judgments. …”
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Gender stereotypes and professional experiences of female nurses in Türkiye by Zeynep Aca, Arzu Kırcal-Şahin, Akın Özdemir, Yavuz Selim Kaymakcı

“…While participants rejected the notion of nursing as a “women’s profession,” their narratives highlighted the pervasive impact of gendered expectations. …”
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Sacral Space of Ethnic Buryatia: The Cult of Healing Springs by Marina M. Sodnompilova

“…The study attempts a review of images of healing springs, their functions and significance for society — through the prism of spatial, social ‘narratives’ of culture. Materials and methods. The Buryat development space is a compound information environment comprising elements that remain relevant to date. …”
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Short-term health system responses to epidemics across hard to reach areas in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review protocol. by Annette A Murunga, Ben Ngoye, Francis P Wafula, Gilbert O Kokwaro

“…Data will be charted, coded, and narratively synthesized. our exclusion criteria will include; protocols, book chapters and countries not identified as hard to reach areas in SSA. …”
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