Social Contribution-Based Routing Protocol for Vehicular Network with Selfish Nodes by Haigang Gong, Lingfei Yu, Xue Zhang

“…Previous works usually assume that all nodes in the network are willing to forward packets for others, which is impractical in real world. …”
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Blood coagulation system in patients with chronic kidney disease: a prospective observational study by Xi Yang, Yang Wang, Ri-bao Wei, Ting-yu Su, Meng-jie Huang, Ping Li, Xiang-mei Chen, Ping Di, Qing-ping Li

“…The platelet count, platelet aggregation, von Willebrand factor antigen (vWF:Ag), vWF ristocetin cofactor activity (vWF:RCo), fibrinogen, factor V (FV), FVII, FVIII, antithrombin III, protein C, protein S, D-dimer, standard coagulation tests and thromboelastography were measured in patients with CKD and controls. …”
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Effectiveness of physical activity counselling provided for people with type 2 diabetes mellitus in primary healthcare in North Karelia, Finland: a register-based evaluation study by Tiina Laatikainen, Tuula Marketta Martiskainen, Marja-Leena Lamidi, Mika Venojärvi, Heikki Tikkanen

“…The number of counselling sessions and their content were tailored according to patients needs and willingness to participate. To assess the effects of PA to management of T2D clinical outcome measures such as weight and Haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and lipid levels were assessed using data from electronic patient records. …”
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The influence of physical activity levels on lactate production during squat training using a functional electromechanical dynamometer by Indya del-Cuerpo, Daniel Jerez-Mayorga, Luis Javier Chirosa-Ríos, Felipe Caamaño-Navarrete, Pedro Delgado-Floody

“…Material and methods Twenty-nine students majoring in Sports Science willingly participated in this study. Participants visited the lab four times within a two-week period, ensuring at least 48 h between visits. …”
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A Perspective on Explainable Artificial Intelligence Methods: SHAP and LIME by Ahmed M. Salih, Zahra Raisi‐Estabragh, Ilaria Boscolo Galazzo, Petia Radeva, Steffen E. Petersen, Karim Lekadir, Gloria Menegaz

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Enlightenment and Totalitarianism A Book Review of Critique and Crisis, Enlightenment and the Pathogenesis of Modern Society by Behnam Joodi, Majid Tavassoli Roknabadi

“…Koselleck’s critique and its historical entwinement with twentieth-century totalitarianism is a biased or willfully selective picture.…”
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Students’ Perceptions of PBL Usefulness by Babo Lurdes, Mendonça Jorge, Pinto Carla

“…In this regard, we consider that factors such as maturity, education level, workload in other courses, and prior PBL experience may influence students’ willingness to adhere to PBL.…”
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Realizing Decent Work in a "Sandwich" Position: Assessing VET Trainers' Working Conditions in Times of Multiple Transformations by Manuel Nicklich, Marco Blank, Sabine Pfeiffer

“…Findings: We show that although there is a willingness on the part of OVETTs to handle change and transformation, they are not sufficiently involved in their companies' strategic decisions. …”
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Latinska šola v Rušah, ruški Romul Luka Jamnik, Gesta Romanorum in izgubljena igra De Joviniano imperatore mire correcto by David Movrin

“…Hkrati prikaže obravnavo tega motiva, znanega kot ATU 757, »Kazen za cesarjevo ošabnost«, v vrsti drugih izročil, od njegovih korenin iz svetopisemske zgodbe o kralju Nebukadnezarju (Dan 3,31–4,34) prek avtorjev, kot so bili Herrand Wildonski, Geoffrey Chaucer, Hans Sachs, William Morris in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, vse do sodobne opere iz 20. stoletja, ki sta jo napisala Josef Tal in Israel Eliraz. …”
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Presence of Cryptosporidium spp and other enteroparasites with pathogenic potential in hemodialysis patients: an open controlled study by Yara Leite Adami, Nycole Abreu Gama, Flavia de Souza Cunha, Regina Helena Saramago Peralta, Jocemir Ronaldo Lugon

“…Methods: Fecal samples were processed using the Hoffmann-Pons-Janner, Ritchie, Willis, and Rugai techniques. Patients with kidney failure from two dialysis centers undergoing HD for more than 3 months were included. …”
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Empowered Resistance by Shandon C. Klein

“…Employing the womanist theological ethics of Katie G. Cannon and Delores Williams, along with the quare theory of E. Patrick Johnson, this paper theorizes an ethic of resistance and an ethic of control. …”
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Digital Platform for Pediatric Mental Health Support During Armed Conflicts: Development and Usability Study by Hila Segal, Arriel Benis, Shirley Saar, Iris Shachar-Lavie, Silvana Fennig

“…Participants expressed a strong willingness to regularly use the platform in their practice (mean 4.40, SD 0.53), suggesting its potential for broad application. …”
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ADAMTS13 Improves Endothelial Function and Reduces Inflammation in Diabetic Retinopathy by Ahmed M. Abu El-Asrar, Mohd I. Nawaz, Ajmal Ahmad, Mairaj Siddiquei, Eef Allegaert, Lowie Adyns, Lotte Vanbrabant, Priscilla W. Gikandi, Gert De Hertogh, Sofie Struyf, Ghislain Opdenakker

“…The protease, a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin type 1 motif member 13 (ADAMTS13), known to cleave only the von Willebrand factor (VWF), has powerful regulatory effects on microvascular platelet adhesion, thrombosis, inflammation, and endothelial dysfunction. …”
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My Bad, You Got This: witnessing, therapist attitude and the synergy between psychedelics and inner healing intelligence in the treatment of trauma by Lawrence Fischman

“…In both settings, the therapist’s willingness to acknowledge her technical limitations or failings, coupled with a conviction that the participant/patient’s primary need in processing trauma is to feel witnessed, facilitates the integration of dissociated experience.…”
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Hospital utilization and telemedicine preferences in patients with late-stage Parkinson’s disease and caregivers by Seo Hyun Hong, Seoyeon Kim, Seungmin Lee, Bora Jin, Jung Hwan Shin, Kyung Ah Woo, Han-Joon Kim

“…One third of respondents were open to telemedicine, with differing preferences between age groups. 22% of HY5 patients or their caregivers were willing to pay more for telemedicine than in-person visit. …”
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A Khwārazmian Saint in the Golden Horde: Közlük Ata (Gözlī Ata) and the Social Vectors of Islamisation by Devin DeWeese

“…The social bonds included marital ties, but also involved relationships framed in terms of the initiatory bond between master and disciple ; the legitimacy of forming such bonds on a large-scale communal level, with groups or individuals willing to commit to a Sufi shaykh without fully committing to the most rigorous expectations of a Sufi disciple, had only recently been legitimised, in effect, in the works of prominent Sufis linked with the Suhravardī tradition, in the 12th and 13th centuries. …”
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Companionship during Childbirth: Pregnant Women’s Perception, Acceptability, and Preferences in a Tertiary Health Center in Northwestern Nigeria by Jamila Abubakar Garba, Zainab Kontagora Abdullahi, Saratu Bello, Abubakar Abubakar Panti, Amina Gambo Umar, Karima Abubakar Tunau

“…Conclusion: The majority of the respondents believed that it is essential to have a companion during childbirth and are willing to accept it. The factors associated with the acceptability of having a companion during childbirth were educational status and awareness of companionship during childbirth.…”
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Peter I and the Birth of the Russian Empire: Political Leadership and Military Successes in Comparative Perspective by A. Dimitrov, G, Durev

“…The authors make a series of comparisons between Peter I and other monarchs of the epoch, such as Carl XII, August II, Frederick I, Carlos II, Willem III, Leopold VI, and others, relying on three main categories, namely education, “vices and virtues” and political views. …”
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Efficacy of Lockdowns in Africa by Daglous Makumbe

“…Although there was a willingness to institute lockdowns in Africa, the context made it almost impossible for many countries to effectively and efficiently implement. …”
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of proactive home visits compared with site-based community health worker care on antenatal care outcomes in Mali: a cluster-randomised trial by Osondu Ogbuoji, Caroline Whidden, Emily Treleaven, Youssouf Keita, Kassoum Kayentao, Ari Johnson, Jenny X Liu, Minahil Shahid, Mohamed Berthé, Armand Zimmerman, David Charles Boettiger, Coumba Traoré, Mahamadou Sogoba, Saibou Doumbia, Amadou Beydi Cissé

“…We estimated programme costs, incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs) and probabilities of the intervention being more cost-effective than the control at different willingness-to-pay (WTP) thresholds.Results Proactive home visits were cost-saving from the CHW programme’s perspective (ICERs: −$21.39 to −$79.20 per ANC utilisation outcome) and from the Full ANC programme perspective (ICERs: −$1.70 to −$6.30 per ANC utilisation outcome) compared with the fixed-site CHW care. …”
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