The Extended Likeability Framework: A Theoretical Framework for and a Practical Case of Designing Likeable Media Applications for Preschoolers by Vero vanden Abeele, Bieke Zaman

“…Next, we complete the U&G framework with expectancy-value (EV) theory. EV theory helps us move from theoretical insights to concrete design guidelines. …”
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Insulin therapy adherence and its associated factors among diabetic patients in a Ghanaian primary care hospital. by Israel Abebrese Sefah, Michael Mensah, Araba Ata Hutton-Nyameaye, Emmanuel Sarkodie, Johanna C Meyer, Brian Godman, Varsha Bangalee

“…Adherence to intensive insulin therapy is necessary to achieve better glycemic control in types 1 and 2 DM. …”
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Antegrade Therapy for Management of Choledocholithiasis through Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Hepaticogastrostomy in a Patient with Surgically Altered Gastrointestinal Anatomy by Robert Dorrell, Katelyn Madigan, Swati Pawa, Rishi Pawa

“…Additionally, development of EUS-HG fistula permits intraductal therapy, thereby preventing patients from requiring surgery or percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD), thus decreasing morbidity. …”
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Therapeutic Options for the Management of the Cardiorenal Syndrome by Katerina Koniari, Marinos Nikolaou, Ioannis Paraskevaidis, John Parissis

“…Established therapeutic strategies, such as diuretics and inotropes, are often associated with resistance and limited clinical success. …”
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Retreatment with Pegylated Interferon Alpha-2a and Ribavirin in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Who Have Relapsed or Not Responded to a First Course of Pegylated Interferon-Based Therapy by Eric M Yoshida, Morris Sherman, Vincent G Bain, Curtis L Cooper, Marc Deschênes, Paul J Marotta, Samuel S Lee, Mel Krajden, Helga Witt-Sullivan, Robert J Bailey, Christopher Usaty, Kevork Peltekian, the Canadian Pegasys Study Group

“…BACKGROUND: Pegylated interferon (pegIFN) and ribavirin combination therapy remains the first-line treatment for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. …”
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Lipoprotein Nanoplatform for Targeted Delivery of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Agents by Jerry D. Glickson, Sissel Lund-Katz, Rong Zhou, Hoon Choi, I-Wei Chen, Hui Li, Ian Corbin, Anatoliy V. Popov, Weiguo Cao, Liping Song, Chenze Qi, Diane Marotta, David S. Nelson, Juan Chen, Britton Chance, Gang Zheng

“…Chlorin and phthalocyanine near-infrared photodynamic therapy agents (≤ 400/LDL) have been attached by core loading. …”
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Theoretical Bases of Working out the Strategic Development Plan of a Company by O. F. Dubrovsky

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THERMAL INSULATING MATERIAL WITH HIGH MECHANICAL STRENGTH MADE FROM CLAY BRICK WASTE AND COAL ASH USING THE MICROWAVE ENERGY by LUCIAN PAUNESCU, MARIUS FLORIN DRAGOESCU, SORIN MIRCEA AXINTE

“… The paper presents the results of experimental research for manufacture a high mechanical strength thermal insulating material using the microwave energy. …”
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Theoretical Analysis and Computational Simulation of Advanced Structured Materials by Hanxing Zhu, Daniel Balint, Zaoyang Guo

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The value of a metabolic and immune-related gene signature and adjuvant therapeutic response in pancreatic cancer by Danlei Ni, Jiayi Wu, Jingjing Pan, Yajing Liang, Zihui Xu, Zhiying Yan, Kequn Xu, Feifei Wei

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Polarization of thermal dilepton radiation by Florian Seck, Bengt Friman, Tetyana Galatyuk, Hendrik van Hees, Ralf Rapp, Enrico Speranza, Jochen Wambach

“…Using a realistic model for the in-medium electromagnetic spectral function, we predict polarization observables and compare them to experiment. This allows, for the first time, independent tests of the longitudinal and transverse components of the virtual photon's selfenergy. …”
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Characteristics and Management of Uncontrolled Gout Prior to Pegloticase Therapy: A 2-year Claims Analysis by Robert J. Morlock, Deepan Dalal, Victoria Divino, Mitchell DeKoven, Stephanie D. Taylor, Atsuko Powers, Naina Barretto, Robert J. Holt, Brian LaMoreaux

“…Rheumatology and Therapy…”
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Nonequilibrium Black Hole Thermodynamics in Anti-de Sitter Spacetime by Kai Lin

“…This work discusses the black hole thermodynamics in a weak dynamical Anti-de Sitter spacetime, which should be described by the nonequilibrium thermodynamics, because the metric depends on the time coordinate. …”
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Could a Dolutegravir-Based Antiretroviral Therapy Lead to Clinical Obesity? A Retrospective Cohort Study Conducted at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital in Hawassa, Sidama, Ethiopia by By Aberash Eifa, Worku Ketema

“…According to this study, tenofovir/lamivudine/dolutegravir (TLD)-based antiretroviral medication (ART) users are more likely to gain weight, and clinicians should advise them of the risks of weight gain as well as cost-effective ways to prevent weight gain linked to poor health outcomes in these patients. …”
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Viscosity Approximation Methods with Errors and Strong Convergence Theorems for a Common Point of Pseudocontractive and Monotone Mappings: Solutions of Variational Inequality Problems by Yan Tang

“…The strong convergence theorems are obtained under some mild conditions. Our theorems extend and unify some of the results that have been proposed for this class of nonlinear mappings.…”
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Influence of the Initial Fiber Orientation on the Weld Strength in Welding of Glass Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastics by Isabel Fiebig, Volker Schoeppner

“…The welding factors are significantly lower in welding of fiber reinforced thermoplastics than in welding of unreinforced thermoplastics due to the fiber orientation in the weld. …”
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Adaptive Immunity in Ankylosing Spondylitis: Phenotype and Functional Alterations of T-Cells before and during Infliximab Therapy by Balázs Szalay, Gergő Mészáros, Áron Cseh, Lilla Ács, Magdolna Deák, László Kovács, Barna Vásárhelyi, Attila Balog

“…The prevalence of Th2 and Th17 cells responsible for the regulation of adaptive immunity was higher in AS than in 9 healthy controls. Although IFX therapy improved patients' condition, immune phenotype did not normalize. …”
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A de Finetti theorem for quantum causal structures by Fabio Costa, Jonathan Barrett, Sally Shrapnel

“…The result also implies a new class of de Finetti theorems for quantum states subject to a large class of linear constraints, which can be of independent interest.…”
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A Theoretical Investigation Based on the Rough Approximations of Hypergraphs by Musavarah Sarwar

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Self-actualization of families with a cerebrovascular disease patient by nurses, and of self-actualization of nurses themselves: an integrative review based on family care/caring theory by Hiroko Ota, Naohiro Hohashi

“…Abstract Background and purpose When caring for patients hospitalized with cerebrovascular disease, a caring phenomenon occurs between the patient’s family and the nurse, and according to Hohashi’s Family Care/Caring Theory, the family and the nurse achieve self-actualization. …”
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