Vaping – A Beneficial Alternative to Traditional Cigarettes or an Unexplored Danger? by Paulina Błasiak, Aleksandra Ślusarska, Patryk Mikołajec, Barbara Bilecka, Jolanta Mędyk, Małgorzata Wirkijowska, Jakub Wirkijowski, Yauheniya Patarocha, Michał Rogulski, Ruslan Huk

“… The aim of this study is to assess the risks associated with e-cigarette use, particularly in the context of cardiovascular and respiratory health. …”
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Cross-country analysis of sustainable innovation and female entrepreneurship and their influence on the presence of women in managerial positions by Inna Alexeeva-Alexeev, Pilar Guaita-Fernandez, Cristina Mazas-Perez-Oleaga

“…Despite the global increase of women in business, there is still a very small proportion of female business leaders, although the distribution varies greatly by region and sector. …”
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FEMININE ROMANTIC DISCOURSE: STRATEGIC WAYS OF THE PRAGMATIC-INTERROGATIVE COMMUNICATIVE TACTIC REALISATION by Oleksandra S. Romaniuk

“…The research demonstrates the potential of the complex approach to the study of interpersonal communicative effectiveness, considering such interdependent variables as objective and subjective integrative features and the strategic ways of increasing the communicative effectiveness. The complex approach also involves the communicative-pragmatic sphere “the external context” and the cognitive sphere “the internal context”. …”
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TRENDS IN THE EVOLUTION OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE AT THE GLOBAL LEVEL - A BRIEF REVIEW by Elena BONCIU

“…Therefore, ecological agriculture means respect for people and for nature. In this context, the objective of this paper was to briefly evaluate the trends of organic agriculture sector at global level, in the context where the development of this system is motivated by the increasing demand of consumers for food quality and safety in consumption. …”
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Recent advances in the inverse design of silicon photonic devices and related platforms using deep generative models by Sun Jae Baek, Minhyeok Lee

“…Each of these methods offers unique advantages and presents specific challenges in the context of optical device inverse design. This review critically evaluates these deep learning-based inverse design technologies, highlighting their strengths and limitations in the context of optical device design. …”
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ASPECTS REGARDING THE USE OF MARKETING FOR REDUCING CONSUMPTION by Mirela-Cristina VOICU

“…Although marketing has played for so long a crucial role in stimulating consumption, in the current context characterized by continuous environmental degradation, marketing is playing an increasingly important role in encouraging sustainable behavior aimed, in particular, at reducing consumption. …”
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Gender issues in French geography by Dominique Creton

“…This situation calls for an inquiry into the increased visibility of current research. How have developments been influenced by factors such as scientific, sociological, national and international contexts, and by the changing demographic make up of French geographers (by sex, generation, and status) ? …”
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Identifying practices of information transfer between the hospital and primary care for older adults: a scoping review protocol by Philippe Desmarais, Claire Godard-Sebillotte, Thomas Tannou, Emily G. McDonald, Dounia Rouabhia, Géraldine Layani, Dimitri Yang, Martina Alkot, Andrea Quaiattini, Sabrina Lessard, Aigul Zaripova, Carolyn Pavoni, Sandrine Couture, Yu Qing Huang, Catherine Richer, Julia Chabot, Felix Pageau, Matthieu Calafiore, Karin Fink, Gulin Yilmaz, Beuscart Jean-Baptiste

“…Information transfer practices are heterogeneous, in some places depending on individual initiative and sometimes not occurring at all.To improve current practices, we will conduct a scoping review to identify the current and suggested practices of information transfer between hospital-based physicians or pharmacists and the primary care team of older patients.Methods and analysis This scoping review will be conducted using Arksey and O’Malley’s methodological framework, augmented by Levac et al and the JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis, and the findings reported according to the PRISMA extension for Scoping Reviews. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 on Corporate Cash Holdings and Speed of Adjustment by Abbas Aflatooni, Mohammad Khatiri, Farzad Eivani

“…The results indicated that during the COVID-19 period, firms' cash holdings ratios became increased than doubled and the speed of cash ratio adjustment increased by nearly 40% compared to previous years. …”
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Issues Regarding the Appropriateness of Using Precast Reinforced Concrete Frame Structures Compared to Monolithic Reinforced Concrete Frame Structures, in Office Buildings and Resi... by Bogdan Hauşi Sorin

“…Given the current context at national and European level in terms of reducing skilled labour force in constructions, as well as the high level of density and traffic in large cities, there is an increasing emphasis on the possibility of shortening the duration of building the structural frames on site, reducing the number of workers or even reducing the level of noise pollution. …”
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Interpretations of Ontologies for Breast Cancer by Srinandan Dasmahapatra, Kieron O’Hara

“…There are increasing efforts directed at providing formal frameworks to consolidate the widening net of terms and relations used in medical practice. …”
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Safeguarding athletes and anti-doping: applying theories of vulnerability by Angela J. Schneider, Angela J. Schneider, Nelson Morales Páez, Nelson Morales Páez, Yaneí Lezama Ramírez, Yaneí Lezama Ramírez, Loughran Butcher

“…‘Safeguarding' in sport has been a fast-growing movement, particularly in the past decade, which currently encompasses a field of study and a policy development strategy. …”
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Purchase Intention of Healthy Foods: The Determinant Role of Brand Image in the Market of a Developing Country by Elizabeth Emperatriz García-Salirrosas, Manuel Escobar-Farfán, Iván Veas-González, Jorge Alberto Esponda-Perez, Rodrigo Gallardo-Canales, Rodrigo Ruiz-Andia, Virginia Mercedes Fernandez-Daza, Rosa Fabiana Zabalaga-Davila

“…In the current consumer context, the trend towards a healthy lifestyle has significantly increased the demand for healthy foods. …”
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Benefit or Coercion: the Perception of Compulsory Service Programs by Doctors Who Are Employed on the Periphery by Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Sharepina, Aleksandra Konstantinovna Lomanova

“…The article also analyzes how these types influence the professional practices of veterinary specialists and considers them in the context of evidence-based medicine and its current development. …”
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Retrospective Study on Ganglionic and Nerve Block Series as Therapeutic Option for Chronic Pain Patients with Refractory Neuropathic Pain by J. D. Gerken, T. Fritzsche, C. Denke, M. Schäfer, S. Tafelski

“…Objective. Current recommendations controversially discuss local infiltration techniques as specific treatment for refractory pain syndromes. …”
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Informed consent in genetic and genomic studies in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of bioethical issues by Yunqi Li, Deborah J. Bowen, Joon-Ho Yu

“…However, it remains unclear how well the current practices address the full range of informed consent challenges encountered by the stakeholders. …”
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Working memory capacity moderates the effect of hearing aid experience on phonological processing performance by Ruijing Ning, Emil Holmer, Henrik Danielsson, Carine Signoret, Andreea Micula, Andreea Micula, Jerker Rönnberg, Jerker Rönnberg

“…However, the role of hearing aid use in this context remains underexplored. Therefore, in the current study, we aimed (1) to tease apart the effect of hearing impairment and hearing aid use on phonological processing performance, and (2) to investigate the effect of hearing aid use on phonological processing in more detail, while considering the involvement of WMC.MethodUsing mixed effect models, we investigated rhyme judgment performance and its reliance on WMC among three groups of participants: a group of hearing aid users (n = 202), a group of hearing-impaired individuals without hearing aid (n = 54), and a group of normal hearing controls (n = 201). …”
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Prevalence Characteristics and Spatial Aggregation of Sudden Cardiac Death in Shandong Province by Counties and Districts, 2020 to 2021 by Yalin Zhou, Bingyin Zhang, Binghang Li, Danru Liu, Chunxiao Xu, Zilong Lu, Xiaolei Guo, Jixiang Ma

“…Given the lack of large‐scale comprehensive studies on the epidemiologic features and spatial clustering of SCD in general populations, particularly in the context of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events in China, this study aims to enrich the evidence base by analyzing its current situation in Shandong Province. …”
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Important issues of professional burnout among hematologists and hematology department nursing staff during the COVID-19 pandemic by O. A. Aleshina, T. P. Nikitina, N. M. Porfirieva, D. E. Vybornykh, E. N. Parovichnikova, T. I. Ionova

“…Professional burnout (PB) among medical staff, namely hematologists, is of major importance, especially given the current shortage of personnel. It is of extreme value during the COVID-19 pandemic.Aim. …”
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Assessing Patterns and Risk to Chilean Freshwater Fish Distributions Using Multi‐Species Occupancy Models by Erin E. Tracy, Evelyn Habit, Konrad Górski, Nann A. Fangue, Andrew L. Rypel

“…Finally, to put our results in the context of the rapid development in hydropower taking place throughout Chile, we analyzed predicted species richness and occupancy patterns in relation to aquatic ecosystem fragmentation risk from current and planned dams throughout Chile. …”
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