Effects of Self-Care Education on Self-Neglect Among Older Adults by Fereshteh Davoodi, Shahzad Pashaeypoor, Mehrnoosh Partovirad, Farshad Sharifi, Nasrin Nikpeyma

“…Participants in the control group received only routine care. Post-tests were administered six weeks later. …”
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Analysis of the influence of the anisotropy induced by cold rolling on duplex and super-austenitic stainless steels by Angelo Finelli, Martino Labanti

“…Considering the small size of the component, the method and the specimens used for the tests were not the standard one. The procedure carried out provided the strain measurement of the specimen during testing by means of resistive strain gages, bonded on the specimens.…”
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The Qur’ans of the Spanish Moriscos and the Tatars of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: Drawing Comparisons and Tracing Patterns by Katarzyna K. Starczewska

“…Both groups preserved their Muslim religiosity but, with some erudite exceptions, had only scarce knowledge of Arabic, the holy language of Qur’anic revelation. …”
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Survival trends of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for pediatric emergency patients in regional and metropolitan areas in Japan by Noriyuki Kaku, Wakato Matsuoka, Kentaro Ide, Takaaki Totoki, Katsuki Hirai, Soichi Mizuguchi, Kanako Higashi, Kenichi Tetsuhara, Hazumu Nagata, Satoshi Nakagawa, Yasuyuki Kakihana, Akira Shiose, Shouichi Ohga

“…The clinical outcomes of patients of ≤15 years of age who received ECMO during 2010–2019 were investigated, targeting the survival and performance at discharge from intensive care units (ICUs), using medical charts. Results: One hundred and fifty-five patients were analyzed (regional, n = 70; metropolitan, n = 85). …”
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Review of Lightweight Vibration Isolation Technologies for Marine Power Devices by Yuanran Qiu, Wei Xu, Zechao Hu, Junqiang Fu, Mengxuan He

“…Vibration induced by marine power devices (MPD) transmitting to the hull structure is one of the most important factors that cause ship vibration and underwater sound radiation. …”
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Analysis the MCA method as a basis decision making value engineering in determining choice of clean water house connection to the house by Amin Mawardi, Dian Suwandari Yunita, binti Suratkon Azeanita

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Expression Analysis of ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters ABCB11 and ABCB4 in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis and Variety of Pediatric and Adult Cholestatic and Noncholestatic Liver... by Cornelia Thoeni, Ruediger Waldherr, Jutta Scheuerer, Stefanie Schmitteckert, Ralph Roeth, Beate Niesler, Ernest Cutz, Christa Flechtenmacher, Benjamin Goeppert, Peter Schirmacher, Felix Lasitschka

“…Loss of functional ABCB11 and ABCB4 proteins causes early-onset refractory cholestasis or cholangiopathy. In this study, we investigated the expression and localization pattern of ABCB11 and ABCB4 using immunohistochemistry and RNA profiling in liver samples from patients with different types and stages of chronic cholestatic liver disease, with emphasis on primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), compared to a variety of cholestatic and noncholestatic hepatopathies. …”
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Designing a general employee management model with an emphasis on performance management by Maryam Nasiri, Ameneh Firozabadi, Sanjar Slajagheh, Mahdi Mohamad Bagheri

“…Performance management is one of the most important topics emphasized by shareholders, managers and creditors; considering the development of capital markets, investors always want to know the success rate of managers in using their capital. …”
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Differential impact of minimum unit pricing on alcohol consumption between Scottish men and women: controlled interrupted time series analysis by Peter Anderson, Eileen F S Kaner, Jakob Manthey, Jürgen Rehm, Amy O'Donnell, Eva Jané Llopis

“…Objective To assess the immediate impact of the introduction of minimum unit pricing (MUP) in Scotland on alcohol consumption and whether the impact differed by sex, level of alcohol consumption, age, social grade and level of residential deprivation of respondents.Design Primary controlled interrupted time series analysis and secondary before-and-after analysis of the impact of introducing MUP in Scotland using alcohol consumption data for England as control.Setting Data from Kantar Worldpanel’s Alcovision survey, a continuous retrospective online timeline follow-back diary survey of the previous week’s alcohol consumption.Participants 53 347 women and 53 143 men.Interventions Introduction of a minimum price of 50 pence per UK unit (6.25 pence/g) for the sale of alcohol in Scotland on 1 May 2018.Main outcome measures Number of grams of alcohol consumed per week, in total, in off-trade (eg, at home) and in on-trade (eg, in pubs, restaurants).Results Primary interrupted time series analyses found that the introduction of MUP was associated with a drop in reported weekly total alcohol consumption of 5.94 g (95% CI 1.29 to 10.60), a drop in off-trade consumption of 3.27 g (95% CI −0.01 to 6.56) and a drop in on-trade consumption of 2.67 g (95% CI −1.48 to 6.82). …”
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Clinical and Morphological Features of Dysplasia and Early Gastric Cancer in the Patients with Autoimmune Gastritis by A. S. Tertychnyy, N. V. Pachuashvili, D. P. Nagornaya, T. L. Lapina, E. A. Losik, A. B. Ponomarev, P. V. Pavlov, A. P. Kiryukhin, A. A. Fedorenko, D. D. Protsenko, V. T. Ivashkin

“…In five out of six patients with AIG, the localization of lesions prevailed in the stomach body, while all detected tumours were early ones, and according to the immunophenotype — of a gastric type. …”
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Zagadnienie demokracji i totalitaryzmu w myśli Józefa kard. Ratzingera - Benedykta XVI by Mariusz Sulkowski

“…W konsekwencji społeczeństwo, które przyjmuje prymat wolności „wyzwolonej” od wszelkiej prawdy (ontologicznej i aksjologicznej) wykazuje tendencje do autodestrukcji.     …”
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Fibrous Dysplasia of the Ethmoid Bone Diagnosed in a 10-Year-Old Patient by Zofia Resler, Monika Morawska-Kochman, Katarzyna Resler, Tomasz Zatoński

“…Surgical intervention is recommended only for patients with severe functional impairment, progressive deformities, or malignant transformation.…”
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FRUIT AND BERRY CROPS IN THE ENVIRONMENTS OF THE BUZULUKSKY BOR NATIONAL PARK by E. Z. Savin, A. M. Rusanov, I. O. Kin, T. V. Berezina, E. K. Loginch, T. A. Skvortsova

“…Buzuluksky Bor is the name of the largest woodland in the steppe zone (86,600 ha) of Northern Eurasia, and the only one in the Transvolga steppe. Woody vegetation of this forest consists of conifers (70%) and broadleaf trees (30%). …”
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Prospects of Antiangiogenic Therapy for Portal Hypertension in Liver Cirrhosis by D. V. Garbuzenko

“…It is shown that, so far, only tyrosine kinase inhibitors have been tested in patients with liver cirrhosis as an antiangiogenic therapy for portal hypertension. …”
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Association between the attentional network efficiency and change of direction speed ability in young male Indian footballers by Debabrata Chatterjee, Santi Ranjan Dasgupta, Santi Ranjan Dasgupta, Arkadeb Dutta, Arkadeb Dutta

“…Partial correlation was conducted between the physical (field tests) and cognitive test scores adjusted for age and BMI.ResultsCODS ability measured with IAT was significantly correlated [r = +0.507 (large), p < 0.05] with the executive control network only, nor with alerting [r = −0.039 (trivial), p > 0.05] and orienting [r = + 0.051 (trivial), p > 0.05] networks and neither the CRT task performance [r = −0.011 (trivial), p > 0.05].DiscussionA strong positive association between executive control and preplanned CODS indicates better interference control by the attentional network. …”
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Emergence of a Snake-Like Structure in Mobile Distributed Agents: An Exploratory Agent-Based Modeling Approach by Muaz A. Niazi

“…The ideas originating from the proposed algorithm can not only be used for developing self-organizing animations but can also have practical applications such as in the form of complex, autonomous, evolvable robots with self-organizing, mobile components with minimal individual computational capabilities. …”
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New Circumpapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness and Bruch’s Membrane Opening-Minimum Rim Width Assessment in Nonglaucomatous Eyes with Large Discs by Serife Bayraktar, Gulnar Sultanova, Zafer Cebeci, Emre Altinkurt, Belgin Izgi

“…This prospective, cross-sectional, observational study included a total of 91 eyes of 91 patients having nonglaucomatous eyes with large discs (Group 1) and 50 eyes of 50 healthy subjects (Group 2). The optic nerve head (ONH) parameters obtained by confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (CSLO), peripapillary RNFL thickness, BMO area, and BMO-MRW were imaged with SD-OCT. …”
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Incorporating a Bayesian Network into Two-Stage Stochastic Programming for Blood Bank Location-Inventory Problem in Case of Disasters by Shutong Chen, Changjun Wang

“…This paper is concerned with the optimal decisions of blood banks in a blood logistics network (BLN) with the consideration of natural disasters. One of the biggest challenges is how to deal with unexpected disasters. …”
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Fallibilism and Givenness in Marx's Critique of Stirner by Lawrence Dallman

“…His criticisms of rival thinkers often turn not just on their getting things wrong, but on their being too little observant of this precept. I examine one such episode: Marx’s critique of Stirner in The German Ideology. …”
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From social media to policy: Public insights on transport communication and services in Queensland by Shane Mathews, Jenny Hou, Tan Yigitcanlar, Fahimeh Golbabaei, Nayomi Kankanamge, Adam Downie, Alexander Paz

“…This study seeks to understand public opinion related to transport communication and services by delving into citizens’ insights highlighted in online posts. Public perceptions of transport communication and services is fundamental to developing more efficient, inclusive, and user-centered transportation. …”
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