Demands and resources of a long-standing bring-your-dog-to-work program: a constant comparative analysis by Braxton Schieler, Niwako Ogata, Leanne O. Nieforth

“…The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate how a long-standing bring-your-dog-to-work program at a large midwestern university veterinary college, the Dogs at Work Program, impacted the workplace well-being of program participants.MethodsA total of n = 11 staff and faculty members who participated in the program completed semi-structured interviews about their experiences. …”
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Translation and Impact of the National Diabetes Prevention Program in Two Rural Settings: Participant Outcomes, Individual Experiences, and Recommendations by Jenifer J. Thomas, Bhibha M. Das, Lesley D. Lutes, Lacey Dickson, Parres Holliday, Brianna Adams, Hannah McNamee

“…Variables of interest included the Lifestyle-Health-Related Self-Concept questionnaire (HRSC), weight, and physical activity. The second program (Hybrid-Format DPP) occurred in 2022 with the goal of understanding individual participant experiences within the program by conducting a reflexive thematic analysis on data obtained during a semi-structured group interview with 3 participants. …”
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Changes in Dental Caries Risk among Middle School Students Using an ICT-Based Caries Management Program by An-Na Yeo, Yu-Min Kang, Su-Young Lee

“…The Caries Management by Risk Assessment (CAMBRA) model provides a structured, risk-based approach for caries prevention and management. …”
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Effect of positive thinking intervention based on multimedia program on psychological security and life expectancy in patients with COVID-19 by Shahla Teymoori Korrani, Shahram Etemadifar, Shahnaz Nemati, Hadi Raeisi, Bita Sadeghi

“…This will enable people to deal with difficult situations by improving their psychological structures and promoting higher levels of well-being and mental health for patients by health policymakers.…”
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Professional educators’ experiences teaching internationally educated nurses attending bridging programs: a qualitative interview study by Anna-Maria Sarstrand Marekovic, Emina Hadziabdic, Päivi Juuso, Kristiina Heikkilä

“…The data were collected between December 2021 and March 2023 through semi-structured interviews with 15 educators involved in bridging programs at two universities in Sweden. …”
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RTCi versus OSBC teaching method in eight-year medical program: a randomized, controlled educational research by Lu Wang, Ben Zhao, Xiaohui Wang, Minghao Guo, Lu Wang, Lei Dou, Yinan Sun

“…The two groups were compared in terms of on-schedule graduation, the number of papers published per student, grade-weighted scores and objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) scores. Results The 230 participants were randomly divided into two groups. …”
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Alert Reduction and Telemonitoring Process Optimization for Improving Efficiency in Remote Patient Monitoring Programs: Framework Development Study by Job van Steenkiste, Niki Lupgens, Martijn Kool, Daan Dohmen, Iris Verberk-Jonkers

“…A structured method for telemonitoring process optimization is lacking. …”
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Clinical evaluation of the implementation of the first pilot Russian integrated program for an integrated approach to the management of diabetes mellitus “NORMA” by G. R. Galstyan, A. Y. Mayorov, O. G. Melnikova, N. I. Holmskaya, Z. A. Hamradjanov, V. I. Milyutin, M. V. Shestakova

“…In this regard, the search for new integrated solutions that could strengthen disease control and improve clinical outcomes becomes relevant.AIM: To assess the impact of the developed integrated approach to disease management on the clinical and metabolic outcomes of patients with type 1 (T1DM) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) participating in the “NORMA” pilot program for 3 and 6 months.MATERIALS AND METHODS: “NORMA” is the first Russian program designed to implement an integrated approach to DM management combines structured online education, blood glucose monitoring, supervision by endocrinologist, and administrative support. …”
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Integrating an exercise program into opioid agonist therapy: a pilot study on feasibility, fitness improvements, and participation challenges by Einar Furulund, Siv-Elin Leirvåg Carlsen, Silvia Eiken Alpers, Jørn Henrik Vold, Karl Trygve Druckrey-Fiskaaen, Tesfaye Madebo, Sindre M. Dyrstad, Torgeir Gilje Lid, Lars Thore Fadnes

“…Integrating exercise programs with OAT may reduce health disparities and improve well-being. …”
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Effects of Neuromuscular Training on Performance and Injury Prevention in Youth Team Sports: Development of an Evidence-Based Educational Program by Markus Tschopp, Nicklaus Hess, Pascal Andrey, Adrian Rothenbühler, Fabian Studer

“… • Definition of key concepts and models (e.g., performance model, long-term athlete development model). • Structuring of knowledge according to educational levels (Jugend+Sport, national federations, coach education) and along the talent pathway (FTEM model, F1 to T4)…”
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Priority development areas as a tool for enterprises support in Russian monotowns by S. G. Beleva, V. V. Veterinarov, G. S. Kozlyakov, O. V. Suchkova

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CONCERNING AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRESS IN RUSSIA by Elena N. Akhapkina, Larisa A. Krokhmal

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Diagnóstico e análise de sistemas da qualidade: um modelo para avaliação e preparação dos sistemas para a certificação ISO 9000 by Denise Dumke de Medeiros

“…<br>This work presents a model based on three fundamental elements of a quality system: the responsibility of the Administration, the human resources and materials, and the structure of the system itself These elements allow an objective diagnosis of the elements that compose a quality system. …”
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FEATURES OF WRITTEN LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION BY MEANS OF THE UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE (on the example of official-business, epistolary and conversational-functional styles) by Catherine S. Bondarchuk, Olha A. Chumachenko

“…Achieving this goal involves a number of tasks: 1) to outline the features of construction, placement of details, language tools of business letters; 2) to study the structure and linguistic richness of Lesya Ukrainka’s letters; 3) identify typical and different linguistic and stylistic means of business and private letters; 4) analyze the features of messages transmitted using instant messaging programs Viber and Telegram; 5) to investigate the influence of gender on the features of language means of various forms of written communication. …”
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MOLECULAR DESIGN OF N-ACYL DERIVATIVES OF 2-(2-OXOPYROLIDIN-1-YL)-ACETAMIDE WITH GABA-ERGIC AND GLUTAMATERGIC ACTIVITIES by I. P. Kodonidi, A. S. Chiriapkin, D. E. Tworowski

“…The simulated compounds were designed in the HyperChem 8.0.8 program. This program was also used to optimize geometry using the force field of molecular mechanics MM+. …”
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Perfection of hoe-type motions of sportswomen specialized in synchronous swimming in base positions of compulsory exercise by M.V. Gordieieva

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The Subclonal Architecture of Metastatic Breast Cancer: Results from a Prospective Community-Based Rapid Autopsy Program "CASCADE". by Peter Savas, Zhi Ling Teo, Christophe Lefevre, Christoffer Flensburg, Franco Caramia, Kathryn Alsop, Mariam Mansour, Prudence A Francis, Heather A Thorne, Maria Joao Silva, Nnennaya Kanu, Michelle Dietzen, Andrew Rowan, Maik Kschischo, Stephen Fox, David D Bowtell, Sarah-Jane Dawson, Terence P Speed, Charles Swanton, Sherene Loi

“…Other alterations that could define subclones such as structural variants or epigenetic modifications were not assessed.…”
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STATIC AND DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTIC ANALYSIS AND MULTI-OBJECTIVE TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION OF GEARBOX by LIU Wei, ZHU Xiang, GAO Ting, FANG Weidong, LI Hao, CHEN Xuehui, HAO Shuai

“…At the same time，the iterative curves of the optimization results of the three weighting methods were compared to verify the advantages of the combination weighting method.Then, the compromise programming method was used to normalize the sub objectives to obtain the comprehensive objective function.Finally, based on the topology optimization results, stress displacement nephogram，and modal shapes, the box structure was improved.Compared with the original box，the improved box reduces the mass by 11.2%, the maximum stress of the box decreases by 39.6%, the displacement decreases by 5.1%, the node displacement amplitude response decreases by 82.8%, and the all first four-order frequencies increase.The proposed weight allocation method improves the disadvantages of low reliability of sub objective weight value allocation and ignoring subjective judgment, realizes the lightweight of the box. …”
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MODELS OF NETWORK EDUCATION AND PRINCIPLES OF SETTING-UP EDUCATIONAL CLUSTERS by Galina I. Evlampieva

“…The article discusses issues connected with transforming of higher professional education into the network form in conditions of world economy globalization and presents various models of network form of education based on the experience of the education organization of network programs. Specific features of network structures include replacing multilayer hierarchical systems by cluster associations of organizations which can eliminate barriers for innovation and support concentration of related production units and enterprises of service sector. …”
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Temperature Stabilization of Electromagnetic Wave Phase Velocity in Rectangular Waveguide with Layered Nanocomposite Ferroelectric Film by I. G. Mironenko, A. A. Ivanov

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