Exercise barriers and facilitators during hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a qualitative study by Kerry Courneya, Mi-Seong Yu, Ki-Yong An, Jiyong Byeon, Meeok CHOI, June-Won Cheong, Justin Y Jeon

“…Facilitators of exercise included willpower, easy and simple exercise, convincing explanations from haematologists and supervised support from exercise specialists.Conclusion Our study has identified potential barriers and facilitators associated with exercise participation during HSCT. …”
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A Water Balance Model Based on Budyko Framework and Its Calibration through Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm by Umut Okkan, Umut Kırdemir

“…To validate the performance of model calibrated via PSO, statistical measures were assessed. The results derived from the study show that water budget model is successful in modeling of monthly runoff series.…”
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As migrações dos jogadores brasileiros para o "império do meio" do futebol chinês by Bertrand Piraudeau

“…Thus, the geographical approach of the migrations of the Brazilian footballers invites, finally, to ask us about the spatial dynamics and the migratory relations created and developed by the Chinese clubs, and lived by the Brazilian players.…”
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Parties of the Shareholders’ Agreement by E. M. Bondariev

“…The author of the article has studied the problem of determining the subjective aspect of a shareholders’ agreement. On the basis of the analysis of the legislation of Ukraine and other countries, as well as the legal doctrine of corporate law, the author has concluded that exclusively shareholders of a particular company should be recognized as such persons, since they as the holders of subjective corporate rights, have the opportunity to exercise them in the manner determined by such an agreement. …”
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Estimating hip impact velocity and acceleration from video-captured falls using a pose estimation algorithm by Reese Michaels, Tiago V. Barreira, Stephen N. Robinovitch, Jacob J. Sosnoff, Yaejin Moon

“…To address this limitation, we aimed to validate the use of the AI-based pose estimation algorithm (OpenPose) in assessing the hip impact velocity and acceleration of video-captured falls. …”
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A Qualitative Study on Consumption Motivations in Turkish Marriage Rituals by Elif Boyraz, Çiğdem Aliçavuşoğlu

“…As a result of the thematic analysis, the categories were determined as; meeting, marriage proposal, asking for the girl’s hand in marriage - betroth- engagement, bundle, henna night, to fetch the bride, marriage and wedding, photo shooting, shopping, jewelry sharing, material effect, the effect of the pandemic and using social media in ritual consumption. …”
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Developing indoor heat-health warning systems for vulnerable populations by Choo-Yoon Yi, Chengzhi Peng

“…With respect to the changing environmental conditions and extreme heat events associated with climate change, this article presents a review of existing heat-health warning systems* and discusses how such systems can be further augmented to account for indoor environmental conditions. …”
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Power-sharing and Identity-Politics Transformation in Zanzibar, Tanzania by Moh'd Haji

“…This study pinpoints two important aspects of transformational identity politics through power-sharing. …”
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Excretory Function of Intestinal Tract Enhanced in Kidney Impaired Rats Caused by Adenine by Yu Yun, Tao Gao, Yue Li, Zhiyi Gao, Jinlian Duan, Hua Yin, Weigang Duan

“…Uric acid, urea (BUN), and creatinine in serum were determined with assay kits, and BUN and creatinine in every intestinal segment were also determined. …”
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A Fused Multiscale Pictorial Sequence Learning Mechanism Applied to Pavement Detection by Zhang Jiazhen, Wang Xiulai, Zhao Shuxu

“…The static statistical evaluation value is retained as one of the specific data to assist in identifying the sample, and the two angle data complement each other to maximize the feature information entropy. …”
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Propensity score matching analysis of valve-sparing versus aortic root replacement in type A aortic dissection patients by Ling Chen, Yichao Pan, Huaijian Zhang, Yi Chen, Chunsheng Wang, Zhihuang Qiu, Heng Lu, Liangwan Chen

“…Multivariable analysis is identifying advanced age, high Body Mass Index (BMI), Marfan syndrome, severe aortic regurgitation, bicuspid aortic valve, increased aortic root diameter, and reduced aortic cross-clamp time (ACC) as significant factors associated with ARR. After Propensity Score Matching (PSM), VSRR is showing significantly higher 5-year survival rates than ARR (80.2% vs. 64.1%, P = 0.001), validated by Inverse Probability of Treatment Weighting (IPTW) analysis. …”
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Economic impacts of floods in China and adaptation strategies under climate change by Ying Xue, Jun Xia, Yuan Liu, Lei Zou

“…This study used the Adaptive Regional Input–Output model to comprehensively assess the economic impacts of the July 2021 Henan flood, with a main focus on indirect economic losses (IELs) that are often underestimated in traditional assessments. …”
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Relationship between Internet use and offline leisure activities among Chinese older adult people: a moderated mediation model by Shuai Xiang, Qinwen Deng, Boli Chen

“…Theories of active aging and environmental gerontology guided the construction and assessment of the mediating role of self-perception of aging between Internet use and offline leisure activities. …”
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Efficient sex hormone biosensors in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells to evaluate human aromatase activity and inhibition by Jie Wu, Matthias Bureik, Mario Andrea Marchisio

“…These two assays allow the screening of a large number of chemicals and proteins in a fast and economic fashion. …”
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Chaotic Dynamics of the Fractional Order Predator-Prey Model Incorporating Gompertz Growth on Prey with Ivlev Functional Response by G.s. Mahapatra, Sarker Md Sohel Rana, Md. Jasim Uddin, P. K. Santra

“…This study identifies certain conditions for the local asymptotic stability at the fixed points of the proposed prey-predator model. …”
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Kernel density estimation of egg attachment areas aids in revealing spatiotemporal changes in Chinese sturgeon spawning grounds by Pengsheng Li, Xuan Ban, Jinming Wu, Hui Zhang, Junyi Li, Li Shen, Zhigang Liu, Hao Du

“…Identifying precise egg attachment areas and tracking trends of spawning magnitude (total amount of spawned eggs) are critical for accurate habitat assessment and effective conservation efforts, especially for lithophilic spawning fishes. …”
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Constructing a Southwest Florida Bell Peppers Enterprise Budget by Tara Wade, Barbara Hyman, Eugene McAvoy

“… Enterprise budgets can assist with forecasting as well as help managers coordinate resources, make production decisions, examine expenditures, and anticipate outcomes from changes in production practices. …”
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Le modèle Universal Instructional Design au service de l’égalité des chances dans les universités canadiennes : apports, enjeux et défis by Ruth Philion, Christine Lebel, Louise M. Bélair

“…This article presents issues associated with this approach in consideration of a context where program objectives continue to lack clarity.…”
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APRENDIZAJES SOBRE LA ENSEÑANZA DE LA BLANQUEDAD EN AMÉRICA LATINA by Gisela Carlos Fregoso

“…Parte de la metodología fue llevar a cabo dos seminarios desde México, cada seminario de seis meses, en donde participaron en total sesenta y tres ponentes y aproximadamente cien asistentes. Basada en los hallazgos de esta investigación, en este artículo sostengo la hipótesis de que las personas blancas y mestizas desean ser parte de las conversaciones antirracistas, pero desde posicionamientos binarios los cuales contribuyen a discusiones «blancos vs. no blancos». …”
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Safety, Efficacy, and Predictive Factors of Conventional Epithelium-Off Corneal Crosslinking in the Treatment of Progressive Keratoconus by Rebecca Farhat, Mohamad Khaled Ghannam, Georges Azar, Joseph Nehme, Marwan Sahyoun, Najib Georges Hanna, Mariana Abi Karam, Charbel El Haber, Alexandre Schakal, Alexandre Jalkh, Ameed Samaha

“…Concerning the CDVA outcome, multivariate analysis showed that a better preoperative CDVA was associated with higher improvement in CDVA, and higher baseline K max and higher posterior mean K were associated with a worse outcome CDVA. …”
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