Bowing to External Pressures: How the Threat of Lawsuits Dilutes Bias Response in Higher Education by Ryan A. Miller

“…Implementation of these models prioritizes free-speech absolutism and can overshadow the initial need for creating bias response mechanisms on campus.…”
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Sustainability and Conserved Energy Value of Heritage Buildings by Dalia Elsorady

“…As a result, models which are measured embodied energy arose to advocate the retention of heritage structures over new constructions. The initial need to measure energy capital in buildings started due to rising needs to save energy and address global sustainability goals. …”
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Preliminary development and evaluation of a mechanical handwriting assistive device to support individuals with movement disorders by Gabrielle Lemire, Gabrielle Lemire, Thierry Laliberté, Katia Turcot, Katia Turcot, Véronique H. Flamand, Véronique H. Flamand, Alexandre Campeau-Lecours, Alexandre Campeau-Lecours

“…The findings from the initial needs assessment revealed that current assistive technologies do not fully meet handwriting challenges for individuals with motor impairments. …”
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Political communication as an informational aspect of interaction between policy subjects by A. K. Botasheva

“…The article examines political communication and shows that the main institution of the political system is the state, which initially needs a policy that unites the citizens of this state. …”
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Honoring Local Context: Designing Collaborative Pre-K–12 School Literacy Action Plans by Shea N. Kerkhoff, Amy Lannin, Katie Kline, Katherine O’Daniels, Julie Sheerman, Nancy R. Singer, Laura Obubo, Diana Hammond, Tracy Brosch, Nicole Higgins, Astri Napitupulu

“…Our approach to literacy plan design supported educators through professional learning around co-constructed goals and initiated an iterative process of inquiry, revision, and growth. Initial needs/assets surveys, follow-up reflections and evaluations, and literacy plan documents provided evidence that a collaborative process in designing literacy plans is key and that teachers need to be supported as leaders in their schools to best build on their own literacy understandings and incorporate new evidence-based knowledge.…”
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Developing Learning Media Based on E-Learning on Accounting Subject for Senior High School Students by Cipto Wardoyo

“…The stages of the research were: the initial needs analysis, the initial product development, the expert validation, the first revision; the limited field tests; the second revision; and the final product. …”
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The Development of Financial Accounting Learning Tools with Gall and Borg Model by Reni Sovia Putri, Cipto Wardoyo

“…The stages were 1) Initial Needs Analysis; 2) Initial Product Developing; 3) Validation; 4) Product Revision I; 5) Limited Field Trial; 6) Product Revision II; 7) Field Trial; and 8) Final Product. …”
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Software and Hardware Development of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Student's Fitness Evaluation based on Hexagonal Obstacle Microcontroller (Evabugar Mikrohexo) by Adi Wijayanto, Muhamad Zaini

“…The stages in this development research go through several stages, namely: (1) initial needs analysis and information gathering; (2) planning; (3) product development; (4) preparation for small group trials; (5) first product revision; (6) field trials; (7) second product revision; (8) field trials; (9) third product revision; (10) dissemination and implementation. …”
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Psychometric Properties of the Science Self-Efficacy Scale for STEMM Undergraduates by Jayashri Srinivasan, Krystle P. Cobian, Minjeong Jeon

“…Biomedical research training initiatives need rigorous evaluation to achieve national goals of supporting a robust workforce in the biomedical sciences. …”
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Quality improvement report: setting up a staff well-being hub through continuous engagement by Tarannum Rampal, Aaisha Saqib

“…We used the continuous quality improvement methodology and administered an initial needs assessment survey to see if our trust staff will be interested in having such a space. …”
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Improving farming practices using multi-criteria decision analysis in geographic information system for Damask Rose cultivating by B. Shokati, M.R. Asgharipour, B. Feizizadeh

“…Thus, identifying of suitable areas where could supply plants initial needs of the environment is critical. For this goal, several criteria including soil conditions, climatologically indicators, topography situation and agro-climatology criteria were taken into account of modeling processing. …”
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Poor Quality for Poor Women? Inequities in the Quality of Antenatal and Delivery Care in Kenya. by Jigyasa Sharma, Hannah H Leslie, Francis Kundu, Margaret E Kruk

“…To achieve the national targets of maternal and neonatal mortality reduction, policy initiatives need to tackle low quality of care, starting with high-poverty areas.…”
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Analysis of Heavy Metal Pollution in the Water of the Halda River: A Distinctive Breeding Habitat for Carp Fish in Bangladesh by Afsana Kamal, Md. Manzoorul Kibria, Shahadat Hossain, Chowdhury Kaiser Mahmud, Rashmi Roy, Nighat Sultana Resma

“…Conclusion Urgent initiatives need to be taken, and effective strategies must be implemented to control the different sources responsible for the entry of heavy metals into the Halda River water.…”
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Strengthening HIV Education and Health Promotion in Schools: A Case Study of ‘Aisyiyah Junior High School Bantul, Indonesia by Dhesi Ari Astuti, Muhamad Saleh, Nurul Kurniati, Siti Fatimah, Cindy Putri Febrianti, Khoirunnisah Hasibuan

“…Overall, the school’s prevention initiatives need more focus and direct engagement with HIV topics, alongside better access to information to truly make a difference. …”
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Adolescents’ experiences of a whole-school preventive intervention addressing mental health and nonsuicidal self-injury: a qualitative study by Erik Aspeqvist, Ann-Charlotte Münger, Hedvig Andersson, Laura Korhonen, Imke Baetens, Örjan Dahlström, Maria Zetterqvist

“…Conclusions Adolescents generally perceived addressing mental health and NSSI in schools as important. Help-seeking initiatives need to be balanced against adolescents’ need for autonomy when planning mental health prevention and intervention.…”
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A qualitative study to explore mother’s experiences of a family MUAC project in two provinces in South Africa by C. Horwood, S. Luthuli, L. Haskins, S. Mapumulo, Z. Kubeka, G. Tshitaudzi

“…Most mothers experienced measuring MUAC as challenging initially, needing support from CHWs to gain confidence to measure and record findings. …”
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Periodontal Disease in Saudi Arabia: A Systematic Review of Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors by Thani Alsharari, Mohammed Fareed Felemban, Osama Khattak, Fahad Saeed Algahtani, Abdulrahman Alzahrani

“…Our public health initiatives need to focus on these high-risk individuals, who are likely to be both periodontally and systemically compromised, to provide lifestyle modification counseling and oral hygiene education for them, as well as to routinize their dental care in a way that minimizes the chances of becoming periodontally compromised.…”
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Health impact assessment of exposure to road traffic noise and air pollution according to pre- and post-densification scenarios in Helsingborg, Sweden by Erin Flanagan, Kristoffer Mattisson, Anna Oudin, Susanna Gustafsson, Ebba Malmqvist

“…NO2 exposure was estimated to increase slightly (0.7 µg/m3) post-densification, which would contribute to an estimated 4–6 % increase in natural cause mortality, pediatric asthma, respiratory hospitalization and LBW.Urban planning initiatives need to consider these prevalent urban environmental exposures and integrate a public health perspective into densification strategies. …”
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A Comparative Evaluation of the Chemiluminescence Immunoassay and ELISA for the Detection of Islet Autoantibodies in Type 1 Diabetes by Elisa Danese, Claudia Piona, Mariateresa Rizza, Elena Tiziani, Laura Pighi, Elisa Morotti, Gian Luca Salvagno, Camilla Mattiuzzi, Claudio Maffeis, Giuseppe Lippi

“…The transition from research-based screening to large-scale population initiatives needs automated and standardized assays that are capable of processing extensive sample volumes. …”
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Enhancing care service utilization and reducing burden: the role of needs assessments for dementia caregivers in long-term care by Yung-Yu Su, Wen-Fu Wang, Kai-Ming Jhang, Lih-Wen Mau, Chun-Min Chen

“…The primary outcome, caregiver burden, was assessed using the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) at the initial needs assessment (Time 1) and six months post-assessment (Time 2). …”
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