Gaps in the Management of Type 2 Diabetic Patients in a Metropolitan Area of Havana by Armando Rodríguez Salvá, Linet Céspedes Hernández, Addys Díaz Piñera, René García Roche, Susana Balcindes Acosta

“…The main gap was follow-up, with only 69.7 % of the patients consulted in the last year. 68.3 % have indicated pharmacological treatment, and of these 77.5 % is adhered to according to the Morinsky test 83.4 % had their blood glucose levels checked. <br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> gaps related to health services access are a direct consequence of the instability of health personnel. …”
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Characterizing the impacts of seismic lines on the water budget of a Boreal Watershed in Alberta (Western Canada) by Daniels Kononovs, Christine Rivard, Dani Degenhardt, Katherine N. Snihur, Daniela Gutierrez-Rueda, Cody N. Lazowski, Kelly J. Rozanitis, Baptiste Coutret, Kurt O. Konhauser, Daniel S. Alessi

“…Study region: A 706 km2 watershed located in a heavily industrialized region near Fox Creek, Alberta, Canada. Study focus: Petroleum exploration has increasingly disturbed boreal ecosystems in North America. …”
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‘Laugh a defiance, Laugh in hope’: Suffrage Comedy and Humour as Political Protest by Eleanor Stewart

“…Whilst hostile anti-suffragist discourse accused feminists of lacking a sense of humour, the comedies portray the resolutely cheerful and feisty female activists as agents of humour. …”
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Scoping review on interventions to improve adherence to reporting guidelines in health research by Doug Altman, David Moher, David Blanco, Isabelle Boutron, Jamie J Kirkham, Erik Cobo

“…These were grouped into five categories: (1) training on the use of reporting guidelines, (2) improving understanding, (3) encouraging adherence, (4) checking adherence and providing feedback, and (5) involvement of experts. …”
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Advanced Text Summarization Model Incorporating NLP Techniques and Feature-Based Scoring by Estabraq Abdulreda Kadhim, Mohammad-Reza Feizi-Derakhshi, Hadi S. Aghdasi

“…This study&#x2019;s summarization algorithm was tested using the CNN, XSum and BBC Summarization datasets, which aggregate documents from different areas. The methodology was checked against traditional methods using ROUGE-1 and ROUGE-2, ROUGE-L and BERTScore. …”
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Assessing the approaches to nausea and vomiting in pregnancy: insights from a nationwide survey of Italian gynecologists (PURITY light) by Romolo Di Iorio, Paola Bianchi, Elena Casolati, Elena Piccolo, Mario Mangrella

“…Statistical analysis assessed the effect of demographic characteristics on clinical behavior.ResultsData from 157 participants, mainly women (72.61%) and professionals from the Public Health System (63.69%), were analyzed. 77.71% always checked NVP during the first visit, based on patients’ reports (84.71%). 54.78% prescribed medication in mild cases, mainly the doxylamine/pyridoxine combination (64.97%).DiscussionThe results show varied practices influenced by demographic and professional factors. …”
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Villes durables : leviers de nouveaux modèles économiques et de développement? by Jean-Christophe Lipovac, Antoine Boutonné

“…La présente contribution cherche à rendre compte des premiers enseignements collectifs tirés des travaux du Groupe. …”
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Discovery of Quinazolone Pyridiniums as Potential Broad-Spectrum Antibacterial Agents by Jie Dai, Qianyue Li, Ziyi Li, Zhonglin Zang, Yan Luo, Chenghe Zhou

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Validation of the French Version of the “Patterns of Activity Measure” in Patients with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain by Charles Benaim, Bertrand Léger, Philippe Vuistiner, François Luthi

“…Face and content validities were checked during the translation process. Correlations between POAM-P/F-avoidance and TSK, POAM-P/F-pacing and CPCI-pacing, POAM-P/F-overdoing and CPCI-task persistence were highly significant (r>0.3, p<10-2). …”
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Orthogonal Components Forming of the Microprocessor-Based Protection Input Signals by F. A. Romaniuk, V. Yu. Rumiantsev, Yu. V. Rumiantsev, V. S. Kachenya

“…The model functioning was checked using two types of test actions, viz. a sinusoidal signal with a frequency of 50 Hz (idealized action) and a signal close to the real secondary current of a short-circuit current transformer. …”
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Semantic prosody of deictic verbs in the Holy Qurʾān: a corpus study by Ghuzayyil Mohammed Al-Otaibi

“…For the quantitative part, I used a number of statistical measures to identify frequent collocates of deictic verbs, and for the qualitative part, I checked concordance lines to decide on the evaluative meaning associated with each deictic verb. …”
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Elementary School Class Teacher Strategy in Instruding Ideological Values Nahdlatul Ulama – Muhammadiyyah by Lailatul Rahmi, Moh. Ferdi Hasan, Diana Monita

“…The validity of the data was checked through credibility and confirmability tests. …”
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Investigating the psychometric properties of the Iranian version of the Post- Secondary Student Stressors Index by Majid Yousefi Afrashteh, Seyedeh Mohadeseh Sadidi Shal

“…The construct validity of PSSI was also checked and modified through confirmatory factor analysis. …”
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Mongolian Education and Science Vocabulary by Anna V. Mazarchuk

“…The identified lexemes were checked against corresponding entries to Mongolic / Turkic etymological dictionaries and bilingual dictionaries of Sanskrit, Chinese, and Tibetan. …”
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USE OF AN INDIRECT ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY (ELISA) TO DETECT ANTIBODIES IN AYU (Plecogiossus altivelis) VACCINATED BY IMMERSION ADMINISTRATION by . Sukenda, Hisatsugu Wakabayashi

“…First, the procedure of the ELISA was optimized and the sensitivity was checked.  Secondly, the formalin-killed cells (FKC) of P. plecoglossicida was administered to ayu by immersion vaccination.  …”
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The Role Of Cyberchondria In Mediating Health Anxiety, Fears And Obsessions Among Students Of Private Medical Colleges Sargodha by Muhammad Usman, Adnan Afzal, Muhammad Afzal, Sundas Ahmad, Bilal Habib, Amina Iqbal

“…Conclusion: This study shows that feeling constantly worried about your health and obsessively checking the internet for information can make you feel more anxious and stressed, and can also lower your quality of life. …”
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Investigating lightweight foamed concrete prepared using selected brands of detergent and cement grades by Michael Asante‐Amankwa, Anthony Andrews

“…A total of 12 sample foamed concrete groups were manufactured and checked for compressive strength, density, and water absorption. …”
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How do predatory medical journals try to seduce and fool potential authors?: Analysis of an 18-months monitoring survey by van Loon Olaf R., van Loon Tom A.J.

“…The great majority of the journals started after 2010; the journal titles seem aimed at raising confusion with established journals and many publishers were not housed where they pretend to be. Conclusions: Checking the above aspects of journals is an important tool helping recognise the predatory character of a journal.…”
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Ameliorating Effects of Arsenic-Induced Toxicity On The Histology Of Vagina And Reproductive Hormones Of Female Sprague Dawley Rats by Amaidah Mir, Urfa Zaryab Mir, Maria Yasmeen, Mushtaq Ahmad, Kanwal Huma, Iram Kehkashan Khurshid

“…The gross weight of all the rats was checked before and at the end of the experiment. After one week of acclimatization, the control group was administered 10ml of distilled water by oral gavage daily for 14 days and the experimental group was administered 4µg of sodium arsenite dissolved in 10ml of distilled water by oral gavage daily for 14 days. …”
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Comparison of Dentinal Defects Induced by Rotary, Reciprocating, and Hand Files in Oval Shaped Root Canal - An In-Vitro Study by Harakh Chand Branawal, Neelam Mittal, Prachi Rani, Aiyman Ayubi, Silviya Samad

“…Each specimen was then checked for the presence of dentinal defects/microcracks. …”
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