PROBLEMS OF RESEARCHING CONSUMERS ON SENSITIVE ISSUES – SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE EXAMPLE OF EMULATORY BEHAVIOR by Aleksandra Burgiel

“…The reflections are based on literature studies, author's experience in researching similar subjects and some chosen results of the primary research conducted by the author, referring among others to imitation in consumers’ behaviour. …”
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Dynamic Influence Prediction of Social Network Based on Partial Autoregression Single Index Model by Ya-hui Jia, Taotao Song, Shun-yao Wu, Qi Zhang, Yu-xia Su

“…From small groups to global societies, the interactions among people, technology, and policies need sophisticated techniques to be perceived and forecasted. …”
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Risk prediction models for stress urinary incontinence after pelvic organ prolapse (POP) surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Bi Jun Yu, Hao Chong He, Li Wang, Han Mei Shao, Ying Min Liu, Xiao Ying Yan, Jian Liu

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The development of modern-day competences in education, in the context of an agile approach by János Varga, Ágnes Csiszárik-Kocsir, Mónika Garai-Fodor

“…Digitalisation and digital content, social media platforms, the unlimited amount of information available on the internet, require a whole new set of people and knowledge. We need new competences to thrive that our parents and grandparents of the previous generation did not even know about. …”
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Effect of the Holiday Season on Weight Gain: A Narrative Review by Rolando G. Díaz-Zavala, María F. Castro-Cantú, Mauro E. Valencia, Gerardo Álvarez-Hernández, Michelle M. Haby, Julián Esparza-Romero

“…This study aims to review the literature to determine the effects of the holidays on body weight. …”
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Voices of Wisdom: Geriatric Interviews on Self-Management of Type 2 Diabetes in the United States—A Systematic Review and Metasynthesis by David F. Lo, Ahmed Gawash, Kunal P. Shah, Jasmine Emanuel, Brandon Goodwin, Don D. Shamilov, Gaurav Kumar, Nathan Jean, Christian P. White

“…This review is aimed at unraveling the intricacies of diabetic self-management among geriatric people, drawing on current insights and understanding the complex paths geriatric people navigate. …”
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The Ka’ulayawaa festivals among the Wayùu. Exploring continuities and variations in forms, meanings and contexts through ethnographic sources by Alessandro Mancuso

“…In this paper I review and compare the main sources of information about the ka’ulayawaa festivals among the Wayùu, an Amerindian people inhabiting in the semiarid Guajira peninsula (Northern Colombia and Venezuela). …”
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Operationalising “loveability”: an interdisciplinary approach to enriching quality of life experiences in cities through creative cultural spaces by Mizan Rambhoros, Raymond Richard Neutra, Rosa Cerarols, Matthew Pelowski

“…However, due to shifting, largely theoretical definitions and arguments for an unquantifiable nature, questions remain as to how people themselves think and feel about loveability within actual urban spaces. …”
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Cities as innovation poles in the digital transition. The Italian case by Giuseppe Borruso, Ginevra Balletto

“…Since the beginning of settled civilizations, cities have represented places of innovation and meeting points for flows of goods, services, people, ideas, and cultural expressions. Cities as places of interaction help to develop new ideas, solutions, and applications. …”
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Biodiversity futures: digital approaches to knowledge and conservation of biological diversity by H. Freitas, H. Freitas, A. C. Gouveia, A. C. Gouveia

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A Research to Determine Environmental Approaches of University Students: Manisa Celal Bayar University Case by Tülin Çetin, Mustafa Erkan Turan, Pınar Aytekin, Mehmet Ali Yurdusev

“…New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) scale is widely used in the literature to determine environmental attitudes of the people. …”
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Low-Grade Inflammation and Spinal Cord Injury: Exercise as Therapy? by Eduardo da Silva Alves, Valdir de Aquino Lemos, Francieli Ruiz da Silva, Fabio Santos Lira, Ronaldo Vagner Thomathieli dos Santos, João Paulo Pereira Rosa, Erico Caperuto, Sergio Tufik, Marco Tulio de Mello

“…We conducted a review of the literature published from 1974 to 2012. This review explored the relationships between low-grade inflammation, spinal cord injury, and exercise to discuss a novel mechanism that might explain the beneficial effects of exercise involving an increase in catecholamines and cytokines in people with spinal cord injury.…”
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Monacolin K as a Natural Alternative for Synthetic Statins by Julia Kozakiewicz, Aleksandra Okońska, Michał Ziemba, Kamil Kościelecki, Agnieszka Kalisz, Magdalena Krakowiak, Aleksandra Kaczmarek

“…Materials and methods: A review of chosen literature in the PubMed database was conducted, using the following key words: ,,Monacolin K”, ,,Hypercholesterolemia’’, ,,Red yeast rice’’, ,,Supplementation’’. …”
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A comprehensive scoping review of intergenerational dance programmes for cohorts with a generational gap. by Siobhán O'Reilly, Orfhlaith Ní Bhriain, Sarah Dillon, Amanda M Clifford

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Loneliness and physical inactivity are issues that affect both young people and older adults. This can have negative health outcomes and well as high costs on health services. …”
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Management and outcomes among older adults with generalized epilepsy in routine clinical practice by MarieElena Byrnes, Majed Alzahrany, Vineet Punia

“…We aimed to analyze management and outcomes in a population sparsely described in the literature through a retrospective single‐center cohort design. …”
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Elevated Serum Homocysteine Levels Have Differential Gender-Specific Associations with Motor and Cognitive States in Parkinson’s Disease by Megan C. Bakeberg, Alexa Jefferson, Maddeson Riley, Michelle Byrnes, Soumya Ghosh, Frank L. Mastaglia, Malcom K. Horne, Sarah McGregor, Rick Stell, Jade Kenna, Sue Walters, Dana Hince, Ryan S. Anderton

“…Serum homocysteine, folate, and vitamin B12 levels were measured in 205 people with PD and 78 age-matched healthy controls. …”
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The Association of moisture intake and constipation among us adults: evidence from NHANES 2005–2010 by Deng-Chao Wang, Xue-Feng Peng, Wen-Xing Chen, Miao Yu

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Development and validation of the Information Literacy Measurement Scale (ILMS-34) in Chinese public health practitioners by Hui Li, Ke-Ying Li, Xia-Rong Hu, Xuan Hong, Yan-Ting He, Hua-Wei Xiong, Yi-Li Zhang

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Presenting a merit-oriented service compensation system model for veterans in sports by Hoseain Aeinehchi, Mohammad reza Esmaeilzadeh Ghandehari, Hoseain peymanizad, Hasan Fahim Davin

“…Compensation for services depends on the characteristics of the people who are employed. The degree of competence and expertise of the people who are hired affects the likelihood of accepting a job, the level of motivation and performance of the workforce, and the characteristics of those who stay in the organization (Bazrafshan et al, 2020). …”
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Content Analysis Journal of "Islamic Financial Researches" by Davoud Rajabzadeh, Reza Golami-Jamkarani

“…The findings of the research show that 317 people were involved in writing the articles, of which 88.01% were men and 11.99% were women. …”
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