Quantity and quality of napping to mitigate fatigue and sleepiness among nurses working long night shifts: a prospective observational study by Kazuhiro Watanabe, Inaho Shishido, Yoichi M. Ito, Rika Yano

“…Nurses and their managers should have a better understanding of napping and consider strategically taking naps during night shifts.…”
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Food Acquisition Coping Strategies Vary Based on Food Security Among University Students by Emily Sklar, Gwen M Chodur, Leslie Kemp, Deborah S Fetter, Rachel E Scherr

“…Participants used a series of coping strategies and food access resources to maintain or improve their food security, regardless of FSS, which included couponing, strategizing when food was low, and sharing food with housemates. …”
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Evaluation of mobile clinics by MSF in pastoralist community in Doolo Zone, Somali region, Ethiopia by Birhanu Sahelie, Luke Baertlein, Bashir AIi Dubad, Mohammed Osman, Nathan Post, Beverley Stringer, Turid Piening, Hanna Majanen, Istifanus Chindong Damulak, Elburg Van Boetzalaer, Anna Kuehne, Patrick Keating

“…From January 2019, MSF strategically focused on improving access to primary healthcare in the Doolo zone of the Somali region by providing 15–20 mobile clinics covering a wide geographical area. …”
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Minimizing Power Consumption and Interference Mitigation of Downlink NOMA HetNets by IRS-Supported Aerial Base Stations by Osamah Thamer Hassan Alzubaidi, Mhd Nour Hindia, Kaharudin Dimyati, Kamarul Ariffin Noordin, Faizan Qamar, Atef Abdrabou

“…Moreover, the results demonstrate that integrating IRS into multi-ABS HetNets significantly improves the total performance by enhancing the quality of the channel between ABSs and their corresponding GUs while minimizing inter-ABS interference. Finally, by strategically optimizing ABS 3D positions and utilizing DEO among GUs, the SSR and SEE gain achieved by NOMA is shown to be more significant compared to conventional methods.…”
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An Improved Bio-Inspired Material Generation Algorithm for Engineering Optimization Problems Including PV Source Penetration in Distribution Systems by Mona Gafar, Shahenda Sarhan, Ahmed R. Ginidi, Abdullah M. Shaheen

“…Unlike conventional random selection, QILP strategically selects three distinct chemical compounds, resulting in increased diversity, a more thorough exploration of the solution space, and improved resistance to local optima. …”
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Cultural aspects of organizational agility affecting digital innovation by Dulce Goncalves, Magnus Bergquist, Richard Bunk, Sverker Alänge

“…In the context of increasing demand for fast-paced digital innovation, organizational agility becomes strategically crucial for large incumbent companies to increase their competitiveness. …”
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Public Health Messaging on Twitter During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Observational Study by Ashwin Rao, Nazanin Sabri, Siyi Guo, Louiqa Raschid, Kristina Lerman

“…Our findings underscore the importance of using moral-emotional language strategically to reduce polarization and build trust.…”
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Assessing the determinants of out-of-pocket health expenditures among Cambodian households in informal employment using survey data by Andrea Hannah Kaiser, Sovathiro Mao, Jesper Sundewall, Marlaina Ross, Sokunthea Koy, Searivoth Vorn, Pichenda Koeut, Bjoern Ekman

“…Conclusions Our findings emphasize the necessity of integrating nonpoor informal workers and their dependents into formal prepayment schemes to reduce OOPE and enhance financial protection on Cambodia’s path toward universal health coverage. Strategically engaging with private providers and pharmacies to improve access to essential services and medicines, coupled with the implementation of an effective referral system are important policy considerations to this end. …”
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Improving education for incarcerated children and young people: policy recommendations from three transnational projects in Europe by Adeela ahmed Shafi

“…Originality/value – Planned and strategically delivered interventions by expert educators in a holistic way means there is real opportunity to better support justice involved children and young people to successful transitioning back into communities, thereby potentially reducing reoffending. …”
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Using the CIPP Model to elicit perceptions of health professions faculty and students about virtual learning by Sakineh Gerayllo, Mohammadali Vakili, Leila Jouybari, Zahra Moghadam, Ali Jafari, Alireza Heidari

“…Conclusion This study has highlighted various issues related to virtual education, and the opinions of professors and students regarding changes to the online educational program should be strategically considered. The present findings can facilitate decision-making and policy-making at the macro level, enabling officials to plan appropriately, take professional measures, and decide whether to continue, cease, or revise educational goals, inputs, processes, and products.…”
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Examining the Effects of Construction Project Delays on Costs from the Perspective of Stakeholders Using a System Dynamics Approach: Insights from a Commercial Complex Project in Q... by Amirhosein Saffarinia, Hamidreza Yazdani

“…This paper proved that project managers could strategically introduce temporal delays. Specifically, under the two analyzed scenarios, managers could arrange delays such that the benefits from the delay would outweigh its costs.…”
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Jovens e os Stories do Instagram: estudo netnográfico durante a pandemia da Covid-19 by Alan César Belo Angeluci, Brasilina Passarelli, Carolina Gois Falandes, Milena Possar Garcia

“…Results. Young people strategically posted content on their main profiles, improving image quality with features and filters. …”
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Human-genome single nucleotide polymorphisms affecting transcription factor binding and their role in pathogenesis by E. V. Antontseva, A. O. Degtyareva, E. E. Korbolina, I. S. Damarov, T. I. Merkulova

“…Only comprehensive use of strategically different approaches can considerably enrich our knowledge about the role of genetic determinants in the molecular mechanisms of trait formation, including predisposition to multifactorial diseases.…”
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A Local Adversarial Attack with a Maximum Aggregated Region Sparseness Strategy for 3D Objects by Ling Zhao, Xun Lv, Lili Zhu, Binyan Luo, Hang Cao, Jiahao Cui, Haifeng Li, Jian Peng

“…In simpler terms, our approach strategically concentrates the attack modifications to specific areas to enhance effectiveness while maintaining stealth. …”
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Impacts of plant root traits and microbial functional attributes on soil respiration components in the desert-oasis ecotone by Jinlong Wang, Jinlong Wang, Jinlong Wang, Guanghui Lv, Guanghui Lv, Guanghui Lv, Jianjun Yang, Jianjun Yang, Jianjun Yang, Xuemin He, Xuemin He, Xuemin He, Hengfang Wang, Hengfang Wang, Hengfang Wang, Wenjing Li, Wenjing Li, Wenjing Li

“…Nevertheless, in arid ecosystems beset by environmental stress, the partitioning of Rs and the underlying mechanisms through which microbial and root traits govern the distinct components remain poorly understood. This study was strategically designed to investigate Rs and its components (Ra and Rh), soil properties, and root traits within the desert-oasis ecotone (encompassing the river bank, transitional zone, and desert margin) of northwest China. …”
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Are we serologically prepared against an avian influenza pandemic and could seasonal flu vaccines help us? by Iván Sanz-Muñoz, Javier Sánchez-Martínez, Carla Rodríguez-Crespo, Corina S. Concha-Santos, Marta Hernández, Silvia Rojo-Rello, Marta Domínguez-Gil, Ahmed Mostafa, Luis Martinez-Sobrido, Jose M. Eiros, Aitor Nogales

“…Moreover, we have evaluated the humoral response after immunization with a seasonal influenza vaccine. This study is strategically important to evaluate the level of population immunity that is a major factor when assessing the impact that an emerging IAV strain would have, and the role of seasonal vaccines to mitigate the effects of a pandemic.…”
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Advancing poliovirus eradication: lessons learned from piloting direct molecular detection of polioviruses in high-risk and priority geographies by Paula L. Marcet, Brandon Short, Ashley Deas, Hong Sun, Chelsea Harrington, Shahzad Shaukat, Muhammad Masroor Alam, Marycelin Baba, Adedayo Faneye, Prossy Namuwulya, Lea Necitas Apostol, Tamer Elshaarawy, John Kofi Odoom, Peter Borus, Shelina Moonsamy, Yogolelo Riziki, Marie Claire Endegue Zanga, Mesfin Tefera, Anfumbom K. W. Kfutwah, Salmaan Sharif, Varja Grabovac, Cara C. Burns, Nancy Gerloff

“…A multi-laboratory demonstration project was conceived to field-test the DD-ITD method by GPLN laboratories from the WHO African, Western Pacific, and Eastern Mediterranean regions, where wild serotype 1 or vaccine-derived polioviruses still circulate. Strategically selected laboratories were tasked to simultaneously process stool suspensions with the current gold-standard VI method and the new DD-ITD strategy. …”
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Unveiling chemical industry secrets: Insights gleaned from scientific literatures that examine internal chemical corporate documents-A scoping review. by Miaoran Dong, Marc-André Gagnon

“…<h4>Strengths</h4>Our scoping review shows how internal documents can reveal how the chemical industry strategically institutionalizes ignorance to manage business risks. …”
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Modern theoretical-methodological and economic-legal problems of implementing the concept of sustainable development of tourism and recreation in Ukraine by Ion Dubovich, Alla Anishchenko, Nadia Yurkiv, Yuliia Volkovska, Rostyslav Matsko, Oleh Rozhkovych, Mariana-Nadiia Dubovich, Oksana Pylypiak

“…It is substantiated that among the key problems of the sustainable development of tourism and recreation in Ukraine is the full-scale war of Russia against Ukraine, which has led to human casualties, serious damage and significant destruction of the natural environment, objects of cultural and historical heritage, as well as enterprises that are strategically important for the country's economy and security.Attention is drawn to the main theoretical-methodological and economic-legal problems related to the implementation of the concept of sustainable development of tourism and recreation, which require effective and rational use of natural resources, their protection and reproduction at all levels - national, regional and local. …”
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Pierre et carrières dans la Saintonge antique : identification, usages et diffusion by Jacques Gaillard, Egle Conforto

“…The port town of Barzan, on the edge of the Gironde estuary, relied on a strategically placed road, specially created to link it to Saintes, its capital, with the Thénac quarry conveniently located along the route. …”
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