Pedobarography Analysis of Foot Pressure Changes in Varus Total Knee Replacement by Harisudhan Raviraja, Lokesh K Sekaran, Ganesan G Ram, Krishna K Jayaraman, Vijayaraja Elangovan, Dheepan Kumar

“…Patients who satisfied the inclusion criteria and were willing to participate in the study filled out the informed consent form, and preoperative (pre-op) and postoperative (post-op) pedobarography was done and analyzed. …”
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Personal prerequisites for the psychological safety of Russian students in close intercultural interaction by E. V. Egamberdieva, N. A. Tsvetkova

“…The students – Russian citizens who attributed themselves to other ethnic groups, have: a normative version of the development of the five basic characteristics of a “normal” personality; an average overall level of tolerance and authoritarianism as well as self-actualisation; an adequately high level of belief in the fairness of the world, their good fortune and ability to control events; activity as a leading component of subjectivity; a willingness to establish a social distance with other ethnic groups that facilitates dialogue. …”
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Phronetic Planning’s Janus Face: Charting Elite Advantage in Tehran’s Land Use Decisions by Max Stephenson, Mohammadmehdi Panahi, Neda Moayerian

“…We conclude that even a nominally phronetic planning process can fall prey to willfully undemocratic choice making. In this case, this occurred when the discretionary powers delegated to the Commission to serve the broader public interest were instead employed routinely to serve the interests of an elite. …”
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A Robot who could not dance: Generating performative presence among performer, text, and audience through exploring and performing stories by children by Linda Lorenza, Persephone Sextou

“…While the university drama students wanted to apply logic and chronology to the hospitalised children’s stories, they were willing to be vulnerable and to accept that they may not completely understand the stories. …”
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Development of digital therapeutics in Hwa-byung treatment: exploring innovation potential in Korean medicine through practitioner survey by Chan-Young Kwon

“…While DTx knowledge was limited (mean score 2.3 ± 0.9/5), most KMDs (70.6%) expressed interest in DTx development, with 65.4% willing to implement it in practice. The estimated appropriate cost for HB DTx was 24,441.5 ± 13,566.0 KRW per session.ConclusionThis study reveals a significant gap between guidelines and clinical practice in HB treatment, particularly in implementing MBMs and psychotherapies. …”
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Composition of the collection of wild apple-tree species and its prospects for use in breeding by O. N. Barsukova

“…(k-890A); within the Malus section, in M. xprunifolia (Willd.) Borkh. (k-2444, k-2430). In addition, late flowering and disease resistance characterize some forms of M. orientalis (Ugl.) …”
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Effect of Cardiac Exercise Rehabilitation on Epicardial Adipose Tissue Thickness in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease by Xing XING, Xinying GE, Ao GENG, Hongyan JIANG

“…Objective:To study the effect of cardiac exercise rehabilitation on epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) thickness in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD).Methods:A total of 66 patients with CHD were included and divided into exercise rehabilitation group (33 cases) and control group (33 cases) according to their willingness. The patients in the exercise rehabilitation group, on the basis of the conventional secondary preventive drug therapy for CHD, conducted cardiac exercise rehabilitation for 12 weeks. …”
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Pour une théorie de la réception du discours grammatical by Jean-Rémi Lapaire

“…These may provide precious, inspirational material for scholars and pedagogues willing to develop accessible forms of grammatical discourse, in which production (expression) and reception (comprehension) are better adjusted. …”
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The Sustainability of Knowledge-Sharing Behavior Based on the Theory of Planned Behavior in Q&A Social Network Community by Xin Feng, Lijie Wang, Yue Yan, Qi Zhang, Liming Sun, Jiangfei Chen, Ye Wu

“…It is very important and urgent to explore the factors that affect users’ willingness to share knowledge. In response to this problem, this paper builds a theoretical model of the factors that are affecting users’ willingness to share knowledge and uses questionnaire research methods to conduct research design and collect sample data and uses methods such as correlation analysis and structural equation modeling to verify the model and hypothesis. …”
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Experimental methodology for the quantification of crack tip plastic zone and shape from the analysis of displacement fields by J.M. Vasco-Olmo, F.A. Díaz, M.N. James, C.J. Christopher, E.A. Patterson

“…In addition, the ability to predict the shape and size of the experimentally observed crack tip plastic zone has been explored using three different analytical elastic crack tip models [Westergaard, Williams and ChristopherJames-Patterson (CJP)]. This analysis indicated that the CJP model provided the most accurate prediction of the plastic zone and shape.…”
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Opinion Expression Dynamics in Social Media Chat Groups: An Integrated Quasi-Experimental and Agent-Based Model Approach by Siyuan Ma, Hongzhong Zhang

“…The opinion dynamic is driven by two variables, people’s perceived peer support and willingness of opinion expression. The perceived peer support influences the willingness of opinion expression, and the willingness influences the dynamics of real opinion-expression. …”
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E. W. Godwin’s Month in Normandy: Travel Writing as Intertext by Richard W. Hayes

“…In Godwin’s case, his articles participated in a discursive field formed not only by Ruskin’s The Seven Lamps of Architecture but also by the accounts of Norman architecture published by the eminent French medievalist Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (1814‒79) and restoration architect Aymar Pierre Verdier (1819‒80), in addition to the drawings by Godwin’s British colleagues Eden Nesfield (1835‒88) and William Burges (1827‒81), all of whom Godwin mentions. …”
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Pharmacodynamic Modeling of Warfarin Dosing Algorithm for Cardiovascular Patients in Indonesia: A Tailored Method to Anticoagulation Therapy by Putriana NA, Latarissa IR, Rusdiana T, Rostinawati T, Akbar MR

“…Therefore, this research aimed to evaluate the impact of clinical and genetic factors on warfarin dose adjustment and to develop a dosing algorithm for patients with cardiovascular disease.Patients and Methods: A total of 77 research subjects were selected using consecutive sampling based on the inclusion criteria of cardiac outpatients on warfarin for ≥ 3 months with PT-INR data, complete medical records, and willingness to participate. Exclusion criteria included vitamin K use and inability to follow up. …”
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Rudy Kelly’s Eyes: Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco’s Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt by Øyvind Vågnes

“…At first sight Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco’s Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt belongs solidly in the same tradition as books such as James Agee and Walker Evans’s classic Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (1941), which grew out of an assignment in 1936 to produce a magazine article on the conditions sharecropper families in the South lived under during the “Dust Bowl,” as well as William T. Vollmann’s 2007 book Poor People.Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt describes the predicament of the rapidly growing underclass in the States, victims of corporate capitalism in what Hedges refers to as “sacrifice zones,” areas that have been offered up for exploitation in the name of profit. …”
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Heterogeneity and Emotional Perceptions of the Labelling of Accommodation Services in Tourism

“…Many consumers view labelling as a subjective assurance of the quality of services provided and are willing to pay a premium on the basis of the level of quality indicated by these labels. …”
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Treatment with Sulodexide Downregulates Biomarkers for Endothelial Dysfunction in Convalescent COVID-19 Patients by Alejandro J Gonzalez-Ochoa MD, Gyozo Szolnoky MD, Ana G Hernandez-Ibarra MD, Jawed Fareed PhD

“…Results Among 206 analyzed patients (103 in each group), at week 8, the sulodexide group exhibited significantly lower mean levels of Thrombomodulin (TM) (25.2 ± 7.9 ng/mL vs 29.9 ± 14.7 ng/mL, P  = .03), von Willebrand Factor (vWF) (232 ± 131 U/dL vs 266 ± 122 U/dL, P  = .02) and Interleukin-6 (IL-6) (12.5 ± 13.2 pg/mL vs 16.2 ± 16.5 pg/mL, P  = .03) compared to the placebo group. …”
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How to be Modern: The Darantière Press and Anglo-American Writers in France by Fiona McMahon

“…Along with French translations of a range of English-language short stories (by Sherwood Anderson or Edgar Allan Poe), Darantière’s catalogue boasts over a dozen English-language volumes, including those by some of the key figures of anglophone literary modernism (Bryher, Robert McAlmon, Gertrude Stein, William Carlos Williams, H.D.). Darantière’s willingness to print books in a language other than French is a tribute not only to the audaciousness of his enterprise but to the network of influence established among Anglo-American writers, publishers and booksellers in France in the first decades of the twentieth century. …”
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Usage, knowledge and attitudes towards electronic cigarettes use among nursing students in Croatia: a cross-sectional study by Leopold Kajan, Livia Puljak, Ivica Matić, Mario Marendić, Sanja Zoranić, Kata Ivanišević, Dijana Majstorović, Zrinka Puharić, Nataša Skitarelić, Marijana Neuberg, Ivana Barać, Snježana Čukljek, Marta Čivljak

“…Participants who had received education on smoking cessation were more willing to advise smokers and had clearer views on the risks and the importance of the nurse’s role in the quitting process compared to those who had not received such education. …”
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Does the Diabetic Foot Have a Significant Impact on Selected Psychological or Social Characteristics of Patients with Diabetes Mellitus? by Vladimíra Fejfarová, Alexandra Jirkovská, Eva Dragomirecká, Frances Game, Robert Bém, Michal Dubský, Veronika Wosková, Marta Křížová, Jelena Skibová, Stephanie Wu

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The Transformative Power of Embodied Behaviour: Influencing Tourists’ Experience in the Guangzhou Marathon as a Mass Participant Sports Event by Xin Xu, Guangquan Dai

“…Specifically, this research suggested that tourist behaviour with experience and attachment influenced the perceived value and cost of participation willingness through moderating and mediating effects. …”
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