A Case of Scopulariopsis brevicaulis Endocarditis with Mycotic Aneurysm in an Immunocompetent Host by Kelly Cawcutt, Larry M. Baddour, Mary Burgess

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Response strategies to maintain emotional resonant brand reputations when targeted by user-generated brand parodies by Maritha Pritchard, De la Rey Van der Waldt, David Pieter Conradie

“…Correspondingly, social media management teams are faced with a reputational risk or paracrisis, since the emotional resonance of brand reputations are being hijacked. …”
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Comfortable knowing little about lymphoedema? A qualitative study of medical interns in Australia by Samantha Bunzli, Sandra Hayes, Peter Window, Melanie Plinsinga, Natalie Kruger

“…Interviews were conducted via Microsoft Teams or telephone, video-recorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed using thematic analysis. …”
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Study protocol for Video Images about Decisions to Improve Ethical Outcomes with Palliative Care Educators (VIDEO-PCE): a pragmatic stepped wedge cluster randomised trial of older... by Joshua R Lakin, Na Wang, Howard J Cabral, Michael K Paasche-Orlow, Charlotta Lindvall, Angelo Volandes, Aretha Delight Davis, Michael R Winter, Edward T Moseley, Lori Henault, Sophia N Zupanc, Sophiya Das, Kate Sciacca, Edith A Burns, Maria T Carney, Jennifer Itty, Santiago Lopez, Kaitlin Emmert, Narda J Martin, Sherene Lambert, Jennifer Polo, Shreya Sanghani, Julianne N Dugas, Michele Gomez, Shira Gabry-Kalikow, Alexandra Dobie, Meredith Amshoff, Traci Cucinotta, Milton Joel, Lisa B Caruso, Ana Maria Ramirez, Kathleen Salerno, Qausarat Ogunneye

“…Many system and clinician factors, such as patient and clinician reticence and shortage of specialty palliative care teams, contribute to this lack of communication. …”
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Cyber Insurance Adoption and Digitalisation in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises by Nazim Taskin, Aslı Özkeleş Yıldırım, Handan Derya Ercan, Martin Wynn, Bilgin Metin

“…Digitalisation has significantly increased cybersecurity risks in organisations, notably for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in which IT departments often have relatively small teams and limited resources. Cyber insurance enables SMEs to navigate cybersecurity risks more economically, providing an essential risk transfer alternative to costly reduction strategies. …”
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Utilizing ATLS® Trauma Management Protocols: The Gold Standard for Safe and Effective Care. by Agron Dogjani, Edvin Selmani, Edmond Zaimi, Kastriot Haxhirexha, Petrit Biberaj, Basri Lenjani, Kastriot Subashi, Ilir Hasmuca, Erjona Zogaj, Amarildo Blloshmi, Klevis Doci

“…In conclusion, using ATLS trauma management protocols represents more than a guideline; it embodies a commitment to excellence in patient care. …”
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Feasibility of implementing a rapid-learning methodology to inform radiotherapy treatments: key professional stakeholders’ views by Corinne Faivre-Finn, Kevin Franks, Fiona McDonald, David P French, Daniel Johnson, Arbaz Kapadi, Gareth Price, Rebecca Holley, Kate Wicks, Kathryn Banfill, Gareth Webster

“…Objective Pragmatic methodologies, often termed rapid-learning, are being pursued that can match the pace of innovation in radiotherapy and generate evidence from the real-world treatment setting. …”
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PRE-UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING TRAINING IN INTERNATIONAL MULTI-PARTNER EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT by M. V. ZHURAVLEVA, L. V. OVSIENKO, N. Yu. BASHKIRTSEVA, L. R. IBRASHEVA, O. P. EMELYANOVA

“…This allows implementing effective forms of training, including the work in real research teams, networked educational programs, the use of virtual platforms and simulators. …”
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Understanding the drivers of a pro-environmental attitude in higher education institutions: the interplay between knowledge, consciousness, and social influence by Aqsa Sehar, Orangzab, Minhas Akbar, Minhas Akbar, Petra Poulova, Asokan Vasudevan, Tianjiao Huang

“…Furthermore, HEIs should also establish “green teams” to induce a positive environmental attitude through social influence.…”
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A narrative account of third space technology enhanced learning and teaching roles working in Australian higher education by Kate Mitchell, Kashmira Dave, Meredith Hinze, Alex Tsirgialos

“…By discussing our own journeys, not only can we begin to uncover tensions more fully, but we also uncover viable solutions to the way progression pathways, organisational structures and relationships across teams are conceived and leveraged within and across the sector. …”
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Assessment of the Distributed Ledger Technology for Energy Sector Industrial and Operational Applications Using the MITRE ATT&CK® ICS Matrix by Annabelle Lee, Sri Nikhil Gupta Gourisetti, David Jonathan Sebastian-Cardenas, Kent Lambert, Vicente Navarro, Marco Pasetti, Umit Cali, Kateryna Isirova, Ramesh Reddi, Puica Nitu, Md. Touhiduzzaman, Michael Mylrea, Philip Huff, Farrokh Rahimi, Shammya Shananda Saha

“…The MITRE ATT&CK® matrices provide a common taxonomy for offense and defense and have become a valuable conceptual tool across multiple cybersecurity disciplines for conveying threat intelligence, performing testing through red teaming or adversary emulation, and enhancing network and system defenses against intrusions. …”
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Protocol for a qualitative study exploring haemodialysis dependent patients’ arteriovenous fistula experience, values and concerns in Sydney, Australia by Vasi Naganathan, Sarah Joy Aitken, Bethany Miriam Stavert, Susan Monaro, Lisa Tienstra

“…This study seeks to describe a broad range of patient experiences related to the creation, care and surveillance of AVFs, including interactions with healthcare teams.Methods and analysis This qualitative study will use semistructured interviews with individual patients purposefully selected to provide a diverse patient population. …”
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Strategic plan formulation process in the secondary schools of sodo town administration, Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia by Demissie Dalelo, Mengistu Amare, Giorgis Chinasho

“…We recommend developing the skills of planning teams, actively involving stakeholders in the process, creating clear guidelines, providing mentorship, and organizing leadership training programs.…”
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Grand Challenges at the Interface of Engineering and Medicine by Shankar Subramaniam, Metin Akay, Mark A. Anastasio, Vasudev Bailey, David Boas, Paolo Bonato, Ashutosh Chilkoti, Jennifer R. Cochran, Vicki Colvin, Tejal A. Desai, James S. Duncan, Frederick H. Epstein, Stephanie Fraley, Cecilia Giachelli, K. Jane Grande-Allen, Jordan Green, X. Edward Guo, Isaac B. Hilton, Jay D. Humphrey, Chris R Johnson, George Karniadakis, Michael R. King, Robert F. Kirsch, Sanjay Kumar, Cato T. Laurencin, Song Li, Richard L. Lieber, Nigel Lovell, Prashant Mali, Susan S. Margulies, David F. Meaney, Brenda Ogle, Bernhard Palsson, Nicholas A. Peppas, Eric J. Perreault, Rick Rabbitt, Lori A. Setton, Lonnie D. Shea, Sanjeev G. Shroff, Kirk Shung, Andreas S. Tolias, Marjolein C.H. van der Meulen, Shyni Varghese, Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, John A. White, Raimond Winslow, Jianyi Zhang, Kun Zhang, Charles Zukoski, Michael I. Miller

“…The Workshop identified five grand challenges with cross-cutting themes and provided a roadmap for new technologies, identified new training needs, and defined the types of interdisciplinary teams needed for addressing these challenges. The themes presented in this paper include: 1) accumedicine through creation of avatars of cells, tissues, organs and whole human; 2) development of smart and responsive devices for human function augmentation; 3) exocortical technologies to understand brain function and treat neuropathologies; 4) the development of approaches to harness the human immune system for health and wellness; and 5) new strategies to engineer genomes and cells.…”
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Gastroenterological Surgery and Management of Clostridioides difficile Infection: A Review by Tomonori Takano, Hiroyuki Aiba, Mitsuo Kaku, Hiroyuki Kunishima

“…Thus, multidisciplinary teams must collaborate to diagnose, treat, and control CDI.…”
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Expectant Management of a Critically Ill Pregnant Patient with COVID-19 with Good Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes by Farah Alsayyed, Victoria Hastings, Sanford Lederman

“…Our paper is unique as there is no other published case report of a critically ill pregnant patient with COVID-19 in which delivery was deferred, and a full recovery was observed, with a vaginal delivery at term.…”
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The Formation and Evolution of Interorganisational Business Networks in Megaprojects: A Case Study of Chinese Skyscrapers by Yujie Lu, Wei Wei, Yongkui Li, Zhilei Wu, Hao Jin

“…The findings of this study also provide practical applications for owners to choose collaboration partners and to build high-performance teams and for suppliers to enter and sustain the business in the megaprojects networks.…”
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Some aspects of gene association with high sport achievements by I. B. Mosse, A. V. Kilchevsky, L. A. Kundas, A. L. Gonchar, S. L. Minin, K. V. Zhur

“…Genotype influence on gene expression was shown with the help of the UCP2 gene – its activity was higher in sportsmen with Val/Val than with Val/Ala or Ala/Ala genotypes. Consequently, genotyping and analysis of gene expression is very important for athlete selection and training.…”
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Chemotherapy-related side effects in childhood cancer in Hiwa Hospital Sulaimani city/Kurdistan region, Iraq by Awayi Ghazy Abdulkareem, Zhian Salah Ramzi, Jamal Ahmad Rashid, Heshu Sulaiman Rahman

“…The side effects of chemotherapy in children are reported by cancer treatment teams; however, only little evidence is available on the routine clinical care. …”
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Child Maltreatment and Medical Traumatic Stress—A Double-Edged Sword by Rony Kapel Lev-ari, Roy Aloni, Amit Shalev, Avi Elbaz, Yael L. E. Ankri, Shiri Ben-David, Naomi Kahana Levy, Fortu Benarroch, Amichai Ben-Ari

“…Conclusions: Children with a history of child maltreatment and trauma show an increased chance of psychological distress following medical procedures. Medical teams should be aware of this heightened risk and provide appropriate support.…”
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