How can competencies in minor surgery in general practice be increased? Assessing the effect of a compact intervention in postgraduate training: a mixed-methodsstudy by Joachim Szecsenyi, Jonas D Senft, Katja Krug, Simon Schwill, Aaron Poppleton, Dorothee Reith, Sandra Stengel

“…Objectives We aimed to assess general practice (GP) trainees’ self-perception of surgical competencies and to explore longitudinal effects of a compact intervention.Design We performed a mixed-methods study including a before and after comparison in the intervention group (IG), a comparison of attendees and non-attendees (control group (CG)) and a qualitative evaluation of the intervention. …”
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DESENVOLVIMENTO DE PRODUTOS DE FORMA EFICIENTE NAS ORGANIZAÇÕES ATUAIS by Marlons Lino da Cruz, Antonio Marcos de Oliveira Siqueira, Israel Iasbik, José Damato Neto

“…Therefore, it should be considered that customers have a perception of value and different costs of each other's products and also of the organization. …”
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Scientific virtual reality as a research tool in prehistoric archaeology: the case of Atxurra Cave (northern Spain) by Antonio Torres, Mª Ángeles Medina-Alcaide, Iñaki Intxaurbe, Olivia Rivero, Joseba Rios-Garaizar, Martin Arriolabengoa, Juan Francisco Ruiz-López, Diego Garate

“…Using VR is a substantial methodological advancement, regarding both knowledge transmission and the creation of more robust and coherent archaeological interpretations through sensory perception and historical empathy. This approach has been applied to the main decorated sector of the Atxurra Cave (Basque Country, Spain), a space containing dozens of engraved and painted representations, and surface archaeological material, subjected to a comprehensive multidisciplinary study.…”
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L’agriculture itinérante sur brûlis, une menace sur la forêt tropicale humide ? by Serge Bahuchet, Jean-Marie Betsch

“…A persistent use of a fluctuating terminology maintains the ambiguity between clearing by the fire, in a permanent purpose of conversion of the vegetation, and itinerant agriculture, by not taking into account either the variety of the agricultural systems, already underlined by Conklin (1961), or of the itinerance of the fields and thus the interdependence between a short phase of culture and a phase of many years’ fallow. The perception of the agriculture on slash-and-burn field by the majority of agronomists and ecologists is so uniformly negative: archaic, destructive for the forest, unproductive, dangerous even for the future of the planet.Another logical reference, the durability of the practices, must be investigated: in agriculture, the durability must be economically viable, socially acceptable and ecologically solid (Conway 1987) that we can translate by the capacity of an agroecosystem to maintain a stable long-term production based on an ecological, social and economic solidity/validity. …”
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Investigation of Potential Profiles and Influencing Factors of Voice Behavior among Chinese Nurses by Shuangying Huang, Hanwen Chen, Liyan Zhang, Xianming Weng, Lingming Zhou, Xiaoqin Ma, Weiyi Wang

“…Factors including night shift work, workload intensity, monthly income, years of nursing experience, professional title, position, health status, personality traits, organizational justice perception, and self-efficacy were found to significantly influence nurses' expression of their opinions. …”
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Gains and pains: a qualitative study on the implications of value-based health care for professionals by Veerle van Engen, Igna Bonfrer, Fabio Mieris, Malou Ensink, Anne Stiggelbout, Kees Ahaus, Martina Buljac-Samardzic

“…Results VBHC interacts with four themes perceived to affect professional’s motivation (perception of making a positive impact, enjoyability of job activities, personal development, and sense of community and support) and three themes perceived to affect job strain (workload, cognitive demands, and confidence). …”
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Functional outcomes in early (T1/T2) supraglottic cancer: a systematic review by Benjamin van der Woerd, Krupal B. Patel, Anthony C. Nichols, Kevin Fung, John Yoo, S. Danielle MacNeil

“…Radiation has supplanted surgery in most cases, because of the perception that surgery results in poorer functional outcomes. …”
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EASTERN MYSTICISM AND TIMOTHY LEARY: HUMAN BEYOND THE CONVENTIONAL REALITY by T. V. Danylova

“…This is a transpersonal experience that overcomes our common perception and goes beyond the usual “body-mind” frame. …”
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On Your Mark, Get Set, Choose! A Randomized Cross-Over Study Comparing Fixed and Self-Selected Rest Periods in Interval Running Among Professional Female Soccer Players by Asaf Ben-Ari, Yedidya Silverman, Uri Obolski, Israel Halperin

“…We compared the following outcomes: distance, heart rate, perception of fatigue, effort, autonomy, enjoyment, boredom, and athletes’ preferences. …”
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An Unusual Case of Ototoxicity with Use of Oral Vancomycin by Umut Gomceli, Srija Vangala, Cosmina Zeana, Paul J. Kelly, Manisha Singh

“…After the third dose of oral vancomycin, the patient reported new symptoms of lightheadedness, sensations of “buzzing” and whistling of bilateral ears, and decreased perception of hearing described as “clogged ears.” The patient reported to the emergency department the next day due to worsening of these symptoms, and vancomycin dosing was reduced to every 8 hours; however, the patient reported the auditory symptoms persisted. …”
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A Study of the Interaction Between Implanted Pacemakers and the Power-Frequency Field Produced by Traction Transformer in High-Speed EMU by Rui Tian, Yu-Long Zhang, Mai Lu, Jian-Fang Deng

“…The <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$U_{in~max}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> at the unipolar and bipolar electrodes of passengers are 0.409 mV and 0.005 mV, which are smaller than the perception sensitivity. The above results illustrated that the electromagnetic fields generated by the traction transformer are within the recognized accepted limits for passengers with pacemaker, and we recommended that individuals with heart diseases should try to choose a pacemaker with better anti-interference ability in bipolar pacing mode and keep a distance from windows as possible when riding on high-speed trains.…”
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Thurstonian Scaling for Sensory Discrimination Methods by Jian Bi, Carla Kuesten

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Novel Perspectives for Sensory Analysis Applied to Piperaceae and Aromatic Herbs: A Pilot Study by Isabella Taglieri, Alessandro Tonacci, Guido Flamini, Pierina Díaz-Guerrero, Roberta Ascrizzi, Lorenzo Bachi, Giorgia Procissi, Lucia Billeci, Francesca Venturi

“…In this pilot study as a first step, each studied botanical, belonging to Piperaceae or aromatic herbs, has been subjected to headspace solid phase micro-extraction (HS-SPME) coupled with gas-chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis to assess their spontaneous volatile emission, representing the complex chemical pattern, which encounters the consumers’ olfactory perception. Furthermore, the present investigation, performed on 12 individuals, outlines the administration of a pilot study, merging the typical sensory analysis with emotional data collection and the innovative contribution related to the study around the Autonomic and Central Nervous System activation in consumers, performed using wearable technologies and related signal processing. …”
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Development and Validation of the Self-Stigma Scale for Secondary Vocational Students (SSS-SVS) by Leng J, Cai H, Liu F, Shi X, Fan Z

“…In the second stage, the SSS-SVS, Social Recognition of Secondary Vocational Students (SR-SVS), Intensity of Willingness to Become a Secondary Vocational Student (IWB-SVS), Stigma-Consciousness Scale (SCS), Learning Adjustment Scale (LAS), Professional Identity Scale for Secondary Vocational Students (PIS-SVS), and the Self-Compassion Scale (SCoS) were administered to 1079 vocational secondary school students.Results: The SSS-SVS consisted of 21 items which were divided into three dimensions of negative characteristics, self-deprecation, and opportunity loss, reflecting secondary vocational students’ perception of negative public evaluation, self-feeling under the influence of stigma, and cognition of negative impact on their identity. …”
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A Problem of Perspective: Religions in Africa or African Traditional Religion by Osman Şahin

“…By highlighting these shared phenomena and oral traditions, this reductionist and orientalist perspective has contributed to the perception of African religions as a singular, cohesive entity. …”
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Accessibility of Patients With Special Healthcare Needs to Dental Care in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia: A Multicentre Study From Perspective of Caregiver and Dental Care Pr... by Tarek Ezzeldin, Mazin Algahtani, Nadia Abdulrahman Alghannam, Faisal Abdulkareem Alsafran, Intisar Ahmad Siddiqui, Hebah Zaki Al-Ghanim, Basma Mohamed Bader, Abdullah Abdulatif Alshubat, Adnan Hamad Almarry, Hussein Hejji IbnAhmed, Sarah Abdulhadi Kanakri, Reem Babiker Eltayeb, Mohammed Ibrahim Almuaybid, Khalaf Ali Al-Wasi

“…The demographic features, caregiver’s perception about oral healthcare accessibility and dental professional’s point of view were presented as frequencies and percentages. …”
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INTERPROFESSIONAL COLLABORATION AND HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION: an exploratory investigation into the challenges and opportunities for rehabilitation professionals. by Simone Sottana, Andrea Vianello, Matteo Tognin, Deborah Mazzarotto, Marco Ceccato, Daria Visintin, Riccardo Martignon, Francesca Magaton Rizzi, Noemi Pasquon, Lucia Savietto

“…However, comprehensive studies regarding the perceptions and implementations of interprofessional collaboration in Italy are notably absent, creating a substantial gap in academic literature and presenting numerous avenues for future inquiry. …”
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Patterns of sensory and hedonic responses for salty and umami tastes and their impact on food familiarity, consumption, and nutritional status: A gender-based analysis from a large... by Camilla Cattaneo, Sara Spinelli, Caterina Dinnella, Cristina Proserpio, Erminio Monteleone, Ella Pagliarini, Monica Laureati

“…In recent years, research on taste perception has increasingly focused on its influence on food consumption, preferences, and long-term health. …”
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Les pratiques touristiques ciblées sur l’enfance : vers une nouvelle perspective ? by Fiorella Dallari, Alessia Mariotti

“…Les problématiques sont multiples, à commencer par la subdivision en classes d’âge établie en fonction des capacités cognitives, de perception et d’interprétation des mineurs, qui impose une distinction entre enfance et adolescence : la littérature scientifique disponible à ce sujet se base en effet sur des informations indirectes, qui renvoient à la famille responsable du mineur. …”
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Prehabilitation during neoadjuvant therapy in patients with cancer of the upper gastrointestinal tract and rectum—the study protocol by Irina Chmelova, Irina Chmelova, Dalibor Pastucha, Dalibor Pastucha, Tomas Hudecek, Zdenek Guran, Zdenek Guran, Sona Ciecotkova, Lubomír Martínek, Jana Zubikova, Alena Matlova, Jakub Dolezel, Dana Salounova, Jakub Chmelo

“…Secondary outcomes include physical fitness parameters obtained from cardiopulmonary exercise testing, grip strength measured by a dynamometer, changes in body composition, EORTC QLQ-C30 quality of life questionnaire, and a questionnaire on the subjective perception of the exercise programme. Both primary and secondary outcomes will be compared between study arms (two diagnostic groups). …”
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