Spirituality as a Positive Youth Development Construct: A Conceptual Review by Daniel T. L. Shek

“…The concept of spirituality as a positive youth development construct is reviewed in this paper. Both broad and narrow definitions of spirituality are examined and a working definition of spirituality is proposed. …”
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Pathological Correlation of a Cardiac Mass with Multimodality Imaging by Sumit Sohal, Farida A. Tanko, Esad Vucic, Sergio Waxman, Suresh Gupta, Billie Fyfe-Kirschner

“…Here in this case report, we describe the use of various forms of noninvasive imaging techniques to narrow the differential diagnosis and form an operative plan for a cardiac mass later identified as a benign myxoma originating from the right ventricle on histological examination.…”
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Clinical Practice Guidelines for Severe Asthma Treatment. by Eddy Pereira Valdes, Moisés Santos Peña, Belkys Rodríguez Llerena

“…This disease is characterized by an overreaction of the tracheobronchial tree with hyperactivity after certain stimulus consisting of a diffuse narrowing of the respiratory ways related with an excessive contraction of the bronchial smooth muscle, hyper-secretion of mucus and mucosa edema. …”
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The Pros and Cons of Dental Laser Therapy in Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics—A Systematic Review by Priyanka Sarangi, Shradha Suman, Sukanta Kumar Satapathy, Rinki Meher, Abhisek Das, Divya M Pradeep

“…By utilizing keywords, additional filters, and inclusion and exclusion criteria, the initial pool of 387 articles was narrowed down to 12. Laser reduces endodontic postoperative discomfort and improves patient satisfaction, according to research.…”
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After the Strike is Before the Strike. On the Current Development of Collective Bargaining Relationships at Deutsche Bahn by Berndt Karl Keller

“…With the Collective Bargaining Unity Act of 2015, the power of smaller professional unions was supposed to be narrowed down again. The rules in the Collective Bargaining Unity Act, however, are too vague to prevent union conflicts from occurring within a company. …”
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Krakowski projekt czterotomowej „Historii kina” by Tadeusz Lubelski

“…W zamierzeniu autorów ma to być książka wykorzystująca nowe źródła, uwzględniająca przyjęte dziś kryteria ocen i aktualne opracowania naukowe, która w formie kompetentnej narracji będzie uczyć rozumienia dziejów kina, a zarazem stanowić bazę lekturową dla dalszych studiów. …”
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Effect of Adalimumab on Refractory Arthritis in Juvenile Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy with Anti-MDA5 Autoantibody by Takako Miyamae, Takuma Hara, Aki Hanaya, Yumi Tani, Takayuki Kishi, Hisashi Yamanaka

“…Radiography showed progressive MCP joint space narrowing and joint erosion. Adalimumab was initiated 14 months after disease onset. …”
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Crossing Virtual Doors: A New Method to Study Gait Impairments and Freezing of Gait in Parkinson’s Disease by Luis I. Gómez-Jordana, James Stafford, C. (Lieke) E. Peper, Cathy M. Craig

“…The PD-f group always walked slower, with a smaller step length, and showed the largest increases in gait variability. The narrow doorway induced FOG in 66% of the trials, while the standard doorway caused FOG in 29% of the trials. …”
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Surface Modifications of Layered Perovskite Oxysulfide Photocatalyst Y2Ti2O5S2 to Enhance Visible‐Light‐Driven Water Splitting by Xizhuang Liang, Junie Jhon M. Vequizo, Lihua Lin, Xiaoping Tao, Qiulian Zhu, Mamiko Nakabayashi, Daling Lu, Hiroaki Yoshida, Akira Yamakata, Takashi Hisatomi, Tsuyoshi Takata, Kazunari Domen

“…This work provides insights into precise surface modifications of narrow‐bandgap photocatalysts as a means of improving the solar water splitting process.…”
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“Local versus Nonlocal” Enterprise Linkages of Global Cities: A Comparison between Beijing and Shanghai, China by Jiayi Lu, Dongqi Sun, Jiali Yu, Jiaming Li, Fangqu Niu

“…According to the Outline of Collaborative Development of Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei Province, enterprise linkages between Beijing and Hebei should be strengthened in order to narrow the economic gap between the center and the hinterland. …”
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Advancements in eco-friendly lead-free perovskite/Sb2Se3 tandem solar cells: TCAD simulations by Tarek I. Alanazi, Ahmed Shaker, Dalia Selim, Mohamed Okil

“…This paper explores advancements in an eco-friendly tandem solar cell (TSC) that incorporates both lead-free wide bandgap perovskite and narrow bandgap antimony selenide (Sb2Se3), focusing on optimization strategies utilizing TCAD numerical simulations. …”
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A Modified Surgical Technique of Fovea-Sparing Internal Limiting Membrane Peeling: Continuous Arc-Shaped Foldback Peeling by Zheng-Gao Xie, Qing-Yi He, Jun Zhu, Wei Du, Jun Tong, Fang Chen

“…The above operations were repeated, and all ILM flaps were removed from the outside to paracentral fovea until a narrow strip of ILM remained. Finally, the narrow strip of ILM was excised using a vitreous cutter. …”
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Long-term stable laser injection locking for quasi-CW applications by Florian Kiesel, Kirill Karpov, Alexandre De Martino, Jonas Auch, Christian Gross

“…Abstract Generating high output powers while achieving narrow line single mode lasing are often mutual exclusive properties of commercial laser diodes. …”
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A Refractive Index-Based Dual-Band Metamaterial Sensor Design and Analysis for Biomedical Sensing Applications by Lakshmi Darsi, Goutam Rana

“…The proposed structure exhibits a narrow bandwidth of 0.022 THz and 0.036 THz at resonances. …”
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Riparian forest communities along watercourses in the Sutjeska National Park (SE Bosnia and Herzegovina) by Đorđije Milanović, Vladimir Stupar

“…The classification has revealed five ecologically interpretable relevé groups: (1) willow scrub of Salix eleagnos and S. caprea on fertile fine grained deposits; (2) forests of Alnus glutinosa and Salix alba also on finer deposits; (3) narrow strips of Alnus glutinosa along the low banks of smaller streams; (4) narrow strips of Alnus glutinosa along the steep banks of wider streams; (5) thermo-mesophilous scrub of Salix eleagnos and Ostrya carpinifolia on gravel beds. …”
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Relevance, ad hoc concepts and analogy by Ewa Mioduszewska

“…The mechanisms underlying category narrowing/broadening seem not to be explicitly described and explained. …”
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A Dual Active Black Hole Candidate with Mass Ratio ~7:1 in a Disk Galaxy by Xiao Cao, Yan-Mei Chen, Yong Shi, Junfeng Wang, Zhijie Zhou, Min Bao, Qiusheng Gu, Alexei Moiseev, Luis C. Ho, Lan Wang, Guangquan Zeng

“…The off-centered BH generates obvious broad and narrow emission-line regions, which gives us a robust estimation of a 1.3 × 10 ^6 M _⊙ BH mass. …”
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Study on Sound Wave Scattering Effects of Different Markers Placed on Dam Face in Deepwater Reservoir by Yan Xiang, GuangZe Shen, ZhengFei Cheng, Kai Zhang

“…The water surface of the river valley is narrow and the geometric features of hydraulic structures are complex, which result in different absorption, reflection, and diffraction effects on sound waves for various propagation media. …”
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Fast mode selection of intra prediction algorithm based on spatial and frequency analysis by Shu-bo ZHAN, Jian-bin SONG, Li MA, Fang-chun YANG

“…By using of the features of DCT coefficients in frequency domain and the correlation of the predictive mode in spatial domain,the proposed algorithm evaluated the complexity of encoding block and selected encoding block size firstly,computed the texture direction and pre-selected most possibly prediction mode of 16×16 block secondly,and then got the neighbor block’s optimum mode and narrowed mode selection range of 4×4 block.The experiments show that,compared with existing algorithms,in the case of almost equal quality,the speed of the algorithm is significantly improved.…”
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Beyond the State: Global Policy and Transnational Administration by Kim Moloney, Diane Stone

“…The conceptual distance between the sovereign state and the global domain of policy making and administration is narrowing, challenging the prevailing methodological nationalism. …”
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