Waves of hurt faced by families due to a hospitalised relative with COVID-19 in the Cape Flats by Mondli Chiya, Karien Jooste, Amy Williams

“…Individual interviews lasted 30 min– 45 min, posing semi-structured questions - probing led to thematic saturation. Data coding resulted in four themes with 11 categories. …”
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Fractional order memcapacitive neuromorphic elements reproduce and predict neuronal function by Patricia Vazquez-Guerrero, Rohisha Tuladhar, Costas Psychalinos, Ahmed Elwakil, Maurice J. Chacron, Fidel Santamaria

“…The criticality seen in the circuit was confirmed in spontaneous recordings in the live fish. …”
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Racial Identity and Student Satisfaction: Analyzing Black College-Student Experiences Through Social Media Expression by Kameron Drumright

“…High rates of expressed external identity consciousness, persistent alienation, and institutional criticism show that, while legal segregation has long since ended, its psychological legacy continues to shape Black educational experiences today. …”
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Mediating Assurance in Auditing Standards: Auditors Mitigation of Risks of Frauds by Joshua Onome Imoniana, Massimo Bianchi

“…This study critically interrogates mediating assurance in auditing lived experiences of independent auditors. …”
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The Influence of Culturally Responsive Literacy Practices on Students’ Literacy Motivation by Alida Anderson, Danielle Gervais Sodani, Traci Dennis, Madelyn Smith, Sarah Irvine Belson

“…Participant interviews and self-reflections on tutoring activities were thematically coded for student literacy motivation based on literacy identity dimensions of criticality, identity, intellect, joy, and skill. …”
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Curriculum Management Practices in Pedagogical Coordinations of Araucania Schools: Unveiling Technical/Instrumental Rationality, Control and Power Mechanisms Underlying by Juan Carlos Beltrán-Véliz

“…Four categories rose from axial coding. Findings reveal that the teaching process is reduced to an instructional process. …”
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« Duplessis ne donne pas aux étrangers. » Le regard du caricaturiste Robert La Palme sur les politiques du gouvernement Duplessis en matière d’immigration, 1944-1959 by Alexandre Turgeon

“…Between 1944 and 1959, in Le Canada and Le Devoir newspapers, caricaturist Robert La Palme tirelessly criticized Maurice Duplessis, Premier of the province of Québec. …”
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A telomere-to-telomere genome assembly of Camellia nitidissima by Xin-Feng Wang, Tong-Jian Liu, Tian Feng, Hui-Run Huang, Pu Zou, Xiao Wei, Xing Wu, Sheng-Feng Chai, Hai-Fei Yan

“…In total, 35,701 protein-coding genes were annotated. Multiple evaluation methods confirmed the contiguity (contig N50: 81.74 Mb), completeness (BUSCOs: 98.80%) and high LTR Assembly Index (LAI: 14.57) of the genome. …”
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Effects of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for the management of sleep problems in people with fibromyalgia: a multi-methods evidence synthesis by Mari Imamura, Clare Robertson, Jemma Hudson, Daniel Whibley, Lorna Aucott, Katie Gillies, Marcus Beasley, Martin J Stevens, Paul Manson, Debra Dulake, Abhishek Abhishek, Nicole KY Tang, Gary J Macfarlane, Miriam Brazzelli

“…We appraised qualitative studies using the Critical Appraisals Skills Programme tool. Data synthesis Data from quantitative studies that assessed relevant sleep outcomes using validated PROMs were analysed using random-effects pairwise and NMAs. …”
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Assessing the role of urban reform policy in fostering healthy cities: a discourse on Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission of India by Barnali Chakraborty, Priyanka Dey

“…This research revisits the case of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission of India and critically evaluates its effectiveness in promoting healthy cities. …”
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Stockholm Archipelago on Instagram—Landscape Imaginaries of Two Hashtags by Christian Widholm

“…By utilizing Instagram posts pertaining to Stockholm archipelago, the present case study aims to investigate how established landscape imaginaries appear in the light of visual conventions, online environment, and social codes that accompany social media. The analytical approach stems from the concept of landscape imaginaries, how collective understandings and representations of landscape render space. …”
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Gender, Race, and Precarity by Zuhra Abawi, Rachel Berman, Alana Powell

“… This paper critically examines the parallels of devaluation encountered by early childhood educators and sessional faculty members in Ontario as reflective praxis. …”
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Narrative Transformation in the Turkish Television Industry: The Rise of Conservative and Secular Conflict by Türker Söğütlüler

“…It was observed that in scenes involving conservative-secular poles, narrative codes change, emphasis is placed on symbols and metaphors, and tension is heightened through side-conflict elements. …”
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Ethical analysis of a case of treatment refusal: respect for patients’ autonomy in the context of the Iranian clinical environment by Afsaneh Sadooghiasl, Shiva Khalegparast, Ehsan Shamsi Gooshki

“…However, respect for patient autonomy remains a fundamental ethical principle, as outlined in codes of conduct and patient rights within healthcare services.The aim of this case presentation was to critically analyze a clinical ethics case within the Iranian context using an ethical framework. …”
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A nearly telomere-to-telomere diploid genome assembly of Firmiana kwangsiensis, a threatened species in China by Boqiang Wang, Rengang Zhang, Weibang Sun, Jing Yang

“…The genome contains a total of 67,527 coding genes, with 62,351 genes functionally annotated here. …”
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Barriers and facilitators to interdisciplinary communication during consultations: a qualitative study by Jane L Holl, Julie Johnson, Audrey Lyndon, Pingyang Liu

“…Objective Communication failures between clinicians lead to poor patient outcomes. Critically injured patients have multiple injured organ systems and require complex multidisciplinary care from a wide range of healthcare professionals and communication failures are abundantly common. …”
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A phoenix in the greenhouse: characterization and phylogenomics of complete chloroplast genomes sheds light on the putatively extinct-in-the-wild Solanum ensifolium (Solanaceae) by Matthew R. Graham, Noorpreet Kaur, Cynthia S. Jones, Kurt Lamour, Bryan A. Connolly

“…Solanum ensifolium, a member of this subgenus, is a critically endangered species endemic to Puerto Rico and known locally as erubia. …”
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National-Level Consumption of Antimicrobials in the Veterinary Sector in Uganda: A Report on Analysis of Import Data for 2021 by Marion Murungi, Patrick Vudriko, Helen Byomire Ndagije, Diana Nakitto Kesi, Allan Serwanga, Kalidi Rajab, Leonard Manirakiza, John Paul Waswa, Hassan Kasujja, Mark Barigye, Ddembe Kaweesi, Harriet Akello, Juliet Namugambe, Reuben Kiggundu, Niranjan Konduri

“…Out of all imported veterinary antimicrobials, 76% belonged to the World Health Organization (WHO)’s Highly Important Antimicrobials (HIA) category, 16% to the Critically Important (CIA), and 9% to the Highest Priority Critically Important (HPCIA) categories. …”
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Looking at NFT Art Through the Eyes of Virtual Communities: A Netnographic Analysis by Murat Aytas, Ceren Karaviran

“…With the rapid advancement of technology, the transformation of images into digital codes has enabled computer technologies and their derivatives to be included in the art environment, production, and exhibition methods, as well as traditional tools used in artworks. …”
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Buddhism in the Blockchain Age: An Ethical Analysis of Cryptocurrency by Billy Wheeler

“…This article examines the ethics of cryptocurrency from multiple Buddhist perspectives, drawing on canonical sources such as the Pāli Nikāyas, monastic codes (Vinaya), and recent interpretations by contemporary Buddhist teachers and scholars. …”
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