Translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Chinese version of supportive and palliative care indicators tool (SPICT-CH) to identify cancer patients with palliativ... by Zhishan Xie, Siyuan Tang, Claire E. Johnson, Lin Xiao, Jinfeng Ding, Chongmei Huang

“…The SPICT-CH exhibited good coherence (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.76) and reliability (Kappa = 0.71, 95% CI 0.71-0.72, P < 0.05). …”
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The Relationship between Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Ocular Circulation in Type-2 Diabetes by Kohei Ichinohasama, Hiroshi Kunikata, Azusa Ito, Masayuki Yasuda, Shojiro Sawada, Keiichi Kondo, Chihiro Satake, Hideki Katagiri, Toru Nakazawa

“…In 129 subjects (129 eyes) with type-2 diabetes patients and mild NPDR or NDR, standard statistical techniques were used to determine associations between clinical findings, including diabetes duration, blood levels of creatinine and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), central macular thickness (CMT; measured with optical coherence tomography), mean blur rate (MBR; measured with laser speckle flowgraphy), and ultrasound-measured carotid IMT. …”
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La problématisation dans un processus de recherche collaborative by Liliane Portelance, Louise Giroux

“…Le processus a plutôt laissé la place à la co-construction progressive et conjointe de savoirs par les praticiens et la chercheure2, en cohérence avec la problématisation dynamique de la situation étudiée. …”
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L’Union européenne : un champion en trompe l’œil de l’aide publique au développement by Yann Richard

“…The former has been increasing since the 1990s whereas the latter has been dramatically decreasing over the last fifteen years. …”
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Evaluation of Retinal Structure and Optic Nerve Function Changes in Multiple Sclerosis: Longitudinal Study with 1-Year Follow-Up by Riwanti Estiasari, Adisresti Diwyacitta, Muhammad Sidik, Ni Nengah Rida Ariarini, Freddy Sitorus, Saraf Shafa Marwadhani, Kartika Maharani, Darma Imran, Reza Aditya Arpandy, David Pangeran, Manfaluthy Hakim

“…Results. The MS group had lower BCVA (p=0.001), contrast sensitivity (p<0.001), mean GCIPL thickness (p<0.001), and mean RNFL thickness (p<0.001) than HC. …”
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Preventing and addressing youth vaping in British Columbia, Canada: Evidence from triangulation of a scoping review of vaping policy and qualitative interviews with school-aged you... by Ramona H. Sharma, Sarah J. Dow-Fleisner, Laura L. Struik

“…Interview findings revealed youth perceptions of school policies as poorly implemented, reactive, and overly punitive, highlighting the need for proactive, educational approaches to address vaping behaviors. …”
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Financial and Legal Regulation of the Security of Economic Activity by O. P. Getmanets

“…It has been determined that there is no regulatory support for financial security at all levels of the economy, including the activity of business entities, as a coherent state policy. The author proves the expediency of developing and implementing a law defining the types of threats to the stability of financial activity and the principles of counteraction, the powers of the state authorities to counteract, prevent and eliminate the threats in the financial sphere, the components of the mechanism of protection of financial interests of business entities. …”
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Naravovarstveno vrednotenje avifavne ob Savi med Krškim in Jesenicami na Dolenjskem s predlogom novega mednarodno pomembnega območja (IBA) za ptice v Sloveniji by Damijan Denac, Jakob Smole, Al Vrezec

“…Kvalifikacijskim kriterijem za opredelitev IBA/SPA Sava med Krškim in Jesenicami na Dolenjskem – (1) vrste dosegajo na območju več kot 1% nacionalne populacije, (2) vrste so zastopane na območju z najmanj dvema paroma, pri čemer je celotna nacionalna populacija večja od pet parov, in (3) vrsta je lahko kvalifikacijska le na petih najpomembnejših območjih v dani evropski regiji (Slovenija) – so ustrezale 3 vrste, kvakač Nycticorax nycticorax, črni škarnik Milvus migrans in vodomec Alcedo atthis. …”
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Geodynamics of basins above subducted slabs: An integrated modelling study of tectonics, sedimentation, and magmatism in the Timok Magmatic Complex by Stojadinović Uroš, Toljić Marinko, Trivić Branislav, Pantović Radoje, Srećković-Batoćanin Danica, Krstekanić Nemanja, Kostić Bojan, Velojić Miloš, Stefanović Jelena, Ranđelović Nikola, Maleš Maja

“…Volcano‐sedimentary basins located in the orogenic hinterland area overlying subducted slabs are observed worldwide to be driven by the switching tectonic regimes induced by the changing mechanics of the slab. …”
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Strategic foresight framework for addressing agency in sustainability transitions: a co-creation approach by Cristian Matti, Laurent Bontoux, Kathrine Jensen

“…The study advances the theoretical understanding of agency in sustainability transitions by showing how different actors can be strategically engaged through interventions aimed at shaping, navigating, and orchestrating transition pathways over time. Our findings reveal that successful transitions require balancing the agency of established institutional actors with emerging stakeholders who may lack formal authority but bring crucial perspectives and capabilities. …”
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Effect of Fungal and Fungal-Bacterial Tempe-Type Fermentation on the Bioactive Potential of Grass Pea Seeds and Flaxseed Oil Cake Mix by Bożena Stodolak, Maja Grabacka, Anna Starzyńska-Janiszewska, Robert Duliński

“…In this study, grass pea seeds with the addition of flaxseed oil cake (20% w/w) were either fermented using individual mould strains—Rhizopus oryzae, R. oligosporus, and Mucor indicus—or cofermented with the moulds and Lactiplantibacillus plantarum. …”
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Antitrust Damage Claims: A View From Efta Court by Agata Jurkowska-Gomułka

“… Articles 101 and 102 TFEU have become a pattern for competition rules provided in Articles 53 and 54 of the EEA Agreement, which entered into force on 1 January 1994. Both EU competition law and EEA competition law can be enforced before national courts. …”
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Retinal assessment in 143 patients with white matter lesions: the potential of OCTA as an evaluation tool by Dong Zhang, Xueying Jiang, Yan Zhang, Jingcui Qin

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the association between retinal status and white matter lesions (WMLs) in 143 patients aged 50–80 years, utilizing Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCTA) and the Fazekas Visual Scale for assessment.MethodsA total of 143 subjects underwent MRI scanning to assess the degree of WMLs using the Fazekas scale. …”
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Long-Term Observations of Thickness Changes of Each Retinal Layer following Macular Hole Surgery by Atsushi Tada, Shigeki Machida, Yuji Hara, Satoshi Ebihara, Masahiko Ishizuka, Mana Gonmori

“…The averaged value of each retinal layer thickness was analyzed in the temporal/upper, temporal/lower, nasal/upper, and nasal lower quadrants. Results. …”
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State of the literature discussing smoke-free policies globally: A narrative review by Jacqueline A. Teed, Meagan O. Robichaud, Michelle Duren, Hebe N. Gouda, Ryan David Kennedy

“…Some important insights from the literature related to smoke-free policy implementation included tobacco industry interference, the important role of civil society, and the need for effective communication, education, and leadership. …”
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Poetic and theatrical occasionalisms: Creation of new morphologically complex words by Joseph von Eichendorff, Johann Nepomuk Nestroy, Peter Handke and Arno Schmidt by Wolfgang U. Dressler, Barbara Tumfart, Dietmar Kunisch, Vanessa Hannesschläger

“…Chanpira (1996, see § 2) and defined as a newly created morphologically complex poetic word destined to be used with a literary function only once for a single passage and which is not taken over by anybody else. This definition holds for the authors investigated, except Eichendorff who reuses occasionalisms, which may be also reused by other lyrical poets of the same period or even later.The main part (§ 3) consists of the discussion of 17 criteria for characterising and differentiating the occasionalisms studied. …”
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Pediatric Intensive Care Provider Attitudes About Children with Medical Complexity and Neurologic Impairment: A Qualitative Study by Elizabeth J. Bleed, Leonardo Barrera, Mickayla Jones, Seema K. Shah, Megan Crowley-Matoka, Carolyn C. Foster

“…Participants were recruited via purposive and snowball sampling until information power was reached, and came from seven PICUs across six states, with 10 participants from the authors’ home institution and 10 from external PICUs. …”
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The role of chemical amendments on modulating ammonia loss and quality parameters of coâcomposts from waste cocoa pods by Rokotamana Vitinaqailevu, B. K. Rajashekhar Rao

“…Purpose Nitrogen loss as ammonia (NH3) in a waste cocoa pod co-composting process was determined following the addition of three potential chemical amendments that could lower NH3 loss. Further, amended compost products were assessed for quality and possible phytotoxicity in a pot experiment. …”
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Repeatability and Agreement of Central Vault for Implantable Collamer Lens Obtained by the Tomey OA-2000 Biometer and Spectralis OCT by Hao Wu, Zuocheng Wang, Pengfei Wang, Yifei Meng, Zengying Wang, Yuhong Xue, Bohua Jiang, Shuaixi Pan, Zhipeng Yan

“…To assess repeatability and agreement of central vault for implantable collamer lens (ICL) measured by the Tomey OA-2000 biometry and Spectralis optical coherence tomography (OCT). …”
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Spatiotemporal Variation Characteristics of Dry/Wet Spells in Longitudinal Range-Gorge Region of the Tropic of Cancer by JIN Hanyu, CHENG Qingping, REN Yitong

“…Under the background of global warming,extreme climate events occur frequently.Understanding the change in precipitation from multiple perspectives is of great significance to the utilization of water resources.Specifically,the daily precipitation data at 24 stations along the Tropic of Cancer in the Longitudinal Range-Gorge Region (LRGR) from 1961 to 2019 are used to calculate 14 wet/dry spell indices.Methods including the revised Mann-Kendall test,Pettitt,and wavelet coherence are adopted to reveal the spatiotemporal variation characteristics of the dry/wet spell indices and their correlation with the large-scale circulation index.The results indicate that:① the wet and dry spells in LRGR of the Tropic of Cancer show a significant decreasing and increasing trend,respectively,especially in the area west of Yuanjiang River and south of the Tropic of Cancer.The change in the wet and dry spell indices of most stations is mainly concentrated in 2002.② The frequency of short-duration wet spells and the contribution rate to annual precipitation demonstrate an increasing trend,and those of the medium-long-duration wet spells demonstrate a decreasing trend;the short-duration dry spells are in decline while medium-long-duration dry spells are rising,and the entire region tends to aridification.③ The extreme dry spell index is closely related to ENSO,and it has a negatively correlated co-occurrence cycle of about six years;the extreme wet spell index is closely related to the summer monsoon of the South China Sea,and it has a positively correlated co-occurrence cycle of about eight years.To sum up,the above analysis shows that dry and wet spell indices in LRGR of the Tropic of Cancer demonstrate an overall trend of aridification,which means that the drought risks are increasing.Their spatiotemporal variation characteristics and local differences may be closely related to the joint influence of the large-scale circulation index,monsoon,and channel-blocking in LRGR.…”
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