LINGUO-CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND ITS ROLE IN PROFESSIONAL FORMATION OF FUTURE SPECIALISTS OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS by Inna D. Davydchenko

“…The article discusses topical issues of the formation of linguo-cultural competence of future specialists of educational institutions. …”
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Intersecting factors of disadvantage and discrimination and their effect on daily life during the coronavirus pandemic: the CICADA-ME mixed-methods study by Carol Rivas, Amanda P Moore, Alison Thomson, Kusha Anand, Zainab Zuzer Lal, Alison Fang-Wei Wu, Ozan Aksoy

“…Lower socioeconomic status, mental health and mobility issues reduced well-being. Individual and community assets and coping strategies mitigated some issues, adapted over different pandemic phases, and focused on empowerment, self-reflection, self-care and social connectivity. …”
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Insights on the User Experience and Feasibility of an Electromyography-Driven Exergame Combined With Blood Flow Restriction for Strength Training in Hospitalized Older Adults: Mixe... by Ruben Debeuf, Reinhard Claeys, Margo Berlanger, Myrthe Bunt, Aziz Debain, Daan De Vlieger, Matthias Eggermont, Mahyar Firouzi, Stefania Guida, Katarína Kostková, Siddhartha Lieten, Lubos Omelina, Silvia Zaccardi, Bart Jansen, Eva Swinnen, David Beckwée

“…Furthermore, expert observations identified issues with color contrast, reaction time speed, and the need to tailor the game to accommodate the diverse requirements of different patient populations. …”
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Interaction mechanism and development suggestions for the full cycle construction effect of surface horizontal wells in unmined coal mines by Zhainan ZHANG, Ke YANG, Xinzhu HUA, Chunhui YE, Min YE, Wenjie LIU, Xiaolou CHI, Xin LYU

“…The backflow rate of ZJ2−1 well is relatively high and greater than 1, indicating the invasion of adjacent water sources, resulting in poor gas production of ZJ2−1 well with better fracturing effect. Finally, the key issues in the gas control process of surface horizontal wells in unmined areas of coal mines were summarized from the perspectives of optimal selection of surface horizontal well gas control technology, precise control of drilling trajectory, stability control of wellbore, optimization of drainage system, and detection of water storage environment. …”
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Structured tb risk factors in regions with low and high population density by Zinaida M. Zagdyn, A. B. Zudin, N. V. Kobesov, T. P. Vasileva, A. S. Galoyan, E. V. Verbitskaya

“…In Russia, socio-demographic, health care management, climatic and environmental TB risk factors such as population density, intensity of social contacts, availability of medical care, seasonal climate changes, environmental issues affecting quality of public health have been holding the leading place while a life standard elevates, and epidemic situation becomes improved. …”
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Conveying Equipoise during Recruitment for Clinical Trials: Qualitative Synthesis of Clinicians' Practices across Six Randomised Controlled Trials. by Leila Rooshenas, Daisy Elliott, Julia Wade, Marcus Jepson, Sangeetha Paramasivan, Sean Strong, Caroline Wilson, David Beard, Jane M Blazeby, Alison Birtle, Alison Halliday, Chris A Rogers, Rob Stein, Jenny L Donovan, ACST-2 study group, By-Band-Sleeve study group, Chemorad study group, CSAW study group, Optima prelim study group, POUT study group

“…Clinicians' difficulties with negotiating equipoise is assumed to undermine recruitment, although these issues have not yet been empirically investigated in the context of observable events. …”
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Early assistance children and their families: regulatory legal regulation by S. V. Pavlova, O. V. Rodriges-Navarro, A. V. Sokurov, T. V. Ermolenko, I. S. Ishutina, A. M. Salogub

“…The stages of the formation of the legislative process in the formation of Early aid are reflected, the social aspect of the regulatory legal regulation of the provision of early care services in the Russian Federation is also indicated.Aim. …”
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Optimizing the pretreatment conditions for waste glass sand in mortar focusing on the alkali-silica reaction mechanism by Minjae Son, Gyuyong Kim, Hamin Eu, Sangkyu Lee, Gyeongcheol Choe, Sasui Sasui, Sujeong Pyeon, Jeongsoo Nam

“…Using waste glass sand (GS) in concrete has the potential to address the depletion of natural sand resources and environmental issues, however, the degradation of concrete performance caused by the physical properties of GS hinders its practical application. …”
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Scoping Review of Economic Analyses of Rare Kidney Diseases by Blake Angell, Siyuan Wang, Thomas Gadsden, Monica Moorthy, Charu Malik, Jonathan Barratt, Olivier Devuyst, Ifeoma I. Ulasi, Daniel P. Gale, Agnivo Sengupta, Anna Palagyi, Vivekanand Jha, Stephen Jan

“…There may be significant scope for innovation in building an investment case for RKD treatments, as well as in decision-making processes to inform investment decisions.…”
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Impact of a social and behavior change campaign and volunteer malaria tester program on malaria care seeking among gold miners in Guyana by Suruchi Sood, Onika Beckles, Jennifer Orkis, Sean Wilson, Gabrielle Hunter, TrishAnn Davis, Mona Hussain, Kashana James

“…Theory-driven programs systematically designed and implemented through stakeholder involvement and engagement are practical and applicable to similar settings and SBC interventions on other global health issues.…”
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Barriers and facilitators to data-based decision making in Australian early childhood education and care: A qualitative study by Shauna Sherker, Karen Villanueva, Ruth Beatson, Caitlin M. Macmillan, Wan Yi Lee, Olivia Hilton, Carly Molloy, Sharon Goldfeld

“…Semi-structured interviews with ECEC service staff and managers were conducted between May and November 2022. Barriers spanned issues of capability (knowledge), opportunity (data systems and processes, data quality, data availability, resources) and motivation (data culture, trust, pressure). …”
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Effects of Epigallocatechin-3-<i>O</i>-Gallate on Bone Health by Patrycja Wróbel, Beata Czarczynska-Goslinska, Kyrylo Chornovolenko, Julia Liwarska, Jakub Kubiak, Tomasz Koczorowski, Agnieszka Malinska, Tomasz Goslinski, Magdalena Waszyk-Nowaczyk

“…The authors aim to present the relationship between EGCG and bone health, highlighting issues for future research and clinical applications.…”
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Dual-Branch Attention Convolution Spectral&#x2013;Spatial Feature Extraction Networks for Hyperspectral Image Classification by Genyun Sun, Cheng Jing, Aizhu Zhang, Xiaolin Chen, Hang Fu, Zhaojie Pan, Ji Cheng

“…However, the existing dual-branch approaches still face two crucial issues that hinder the further performance promotion of HSI classification: 1) The static convolution in feature extraction branches is incapable of dynamically exploring the local and global dependency features in HSI. 2) Dual-branch networks tend to overlook the fusion of deep spectral&#x2013;spatial semantic information. …”
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Preparation, Characterization and Evaluation of the Antibacterial Activity of Ag Nanoparticles Embedded in Transparent Oxide Matrices by Cristina-Ștefania Gălbau, Mihaela Idomir, Cătălin Vițelaru, Adrian Emil Kiss, Anca Constantina Parau, Lidia Ruxandra Constantin, Mihaela Dinu, Iulian Pana, Alina Vlădescu (Dragomir), Elena Laura Gaman, Marius Alexandru Moga, Cătălin Mișarcă, Mihai Vârciu, Claudia Alexandrina Irimie, Mihaela Badea

“…Daily exposure to contaminated environments and surfaces leads to serious health issues, increasing healthcare costs. Active materials that act against pathogens can effectively prevent their proliferation and contribute to increased protection against infections. …”
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Open Source Evaluatology: An evaluation framework and methodology for open source ecosystems based on evaluatology by Fanyu Han, Shengyu Zhao, Wei Wang, Aoying Zhou, Weining Qian, Xuan Zhou, Jiaheng Peng, Lan You, Yang Chen, Xiaoya Xia, Yenan Tang, Liyun Yang, Chunqi Tian

“…However, current open-source evaluation methods face several issues, such as inconsistent evaluation standards, lack of theoretical support in the evaluation process, and poor comparability of evaluation results. …”
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Engaging Social Stakeholders in National Asbestos Research for Public Health: An Italian Experience by Daniela Marsili, Alessandra Binazzi, Alessandro Marinaccio, Carolina Mensi, Lucia Fazzo, SEPRA project Working Group for the study on communication and social stakeholders’ engagement

“…Findings: Sharing major issues of concern highlighted by social stakeholders, such as the recognition of all asbestos‑related diseases besides mesothelioma and non‑occupational asbestos exposures. …”
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Fabrication and evaluation of carbonate apatite granule sponges using fish-derived collagen for advanced synthetic bone substitutes by Keiko Kudoh, Kazuya Akita, Takaharu Kudoh, Naoyuki Fukuda, Yoshihiro Kodama, Natsumi Takamaru, Naito Kurio, Kunio Ishikawa, Youji Miyamoto

“…Abstract Carbonate apatite (CO3Ap) granules have been employed as advanced bone substitutes owing to their capacity to remodel into new natural bone, aligning with the bone remodeling process. Their application spans dental clinical fields in both Japan and the US. …”
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Scoping Review of Kidney Patients and Providers Perspectives on Disaster Management by Elie Fadel, Shreya Udupa, Isabelle Ethier, Alessia N. Paparella, Lindsay Hales, Caroline Stigant, Laura Horowitz, Catherine Weber, Shaifali Sandal

“…Methodological, population, outcome, process, and impact priorities are proposed to guide future research initiatives and generate evidence to inform context and disaster-specific relief efforts.…”
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The future of supportive care interventions for colorectal cancer survivors following primary treatment: clinicians’ opinions and current practices by Angela Ju, Kate White, Rachel Campbell, Bora Kim, Lisette Wiltink, Jared Walker, Emma Hamilton, Claudia Rutherford

“…There was heterogeneity of methods used to assess ongoing issues in survivors. The referral pathways for a given treatment side-effect were also variable. …”
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Hyperspectral estimation of chlorophyll content in grapevine based on feature selection and GA-BP by YaFeng Li, XinGang Xu, WenBiao Wu, Yaohui Zhu, LuTao Gao, XiangTai Jiang, Yang Meng, GuiJun Yang, HanYu Xue

“…It was shown that SNV-based processed hyperspectral data combined with GA-BP has great potential for efficient chlorophyll monitoring in grapevine. …”
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