PRESCHOOL ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF TEACHERS’ ATTITUDES TO ETHICAL DILEMMAS by E. V. Vorobyeva, T. N. Le-van

“…The concepts of “ethical dilemma” and “difficult situation requiring a direct professional action” were clarified. The first abovementioned concept refers to a contradiction between two equivalent values, while the second denotes a confrontation between new, progressive approaches to implementing professional duties with the stereotypes and traditions entrenched in the teaching process. …”
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Assessing health care disparities in US organ procurement organizations by Wenbo Wu, Joseph M. Messana, Nicholas Hartman, Lonnie Barnes, Randall S. Sung, Tempie Shearon, Abhijit Naik, John C. Magee, Jonathan Segal, Claudia Dahlerus, Robin Padilla, Ashley Eckard, Yang Casher, Jennifer Sardone, Kevin He

“…OPOs were ranked with national rates as references and classified according to the CMS 3-tier system. …”
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Long-acting reversible methods of contraception: trends, levels, and predictors among married women of reproductive age in Nigeria by Joseph Ayodeji Kupoluyi

“…Conclusion Even though there is evidence of improvement in the use of LARC, policies and programmes should be directed towards the identified groups to increase the availability, accessibility, and uptake of LARC in Nigeria. …”
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34th Malaysian Association of Clinical Biochemists Annual Conference in collaboration with 2nd Malaysian Biomedical Science Association Symposium 2024 by Wan Amir Nizam Wan Ahmad, Seri Narti Edayu Sarchio, Nur Najmi Mohamad Anuar, Nor Fadilah Rajab, Suvik Assaw, Rhun Yian Koh, Chooi Ling Lim, Nur Aishah Sharudin, Norlida Harun, Nurulamin Abu Bakar, Mohd Arifin Kaderi

“…Key topics covered included natural product research, herbs and metabolic disease, molecular diagnostics, pharmacology and toxicology, endocrinology, reference intervals, value-based laboratory medicine, newborn screening, the role of digital technologies in medical labs, and strategies for developing green & sustainable medical laboratories. …”
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Prevalence and factors associated with fertility desire among people living with HIV: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Xiang Yan, Jie Du, GuoPing Ji

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We performed a literature search of these meta-analyses in PubMed, the Cochrane Library, Web of Science and ScienceDirect in November 2019. We also reviewed references of eligible studies to complement the search. …”
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Incidence of adverse perinatal outcomes in highly vulnerable pregnant women – the Mothers of Rotterdam study by Kajal S. C. Mohabier, Hanneke P. de Graaf, Eric A. P. Steegers, Loes C. M. Bertens

“…Direct standardization was used to account for possible differences in case-mix composition between the studied groups. …”
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Diagnostic Values of Electrochemiluminescent Detection of Urinary CYFRA21‐1 and FDP and Their Combined Detection in Bladder Cancer by Zhuoran Li, Lu Xia, Yamin Li, Tao Huang, Ning Yang, Shannai Li, Yinyin Luo, Yaoyao Yang, Jian Zhang, Song Wu, Qifang Lei

“…We performed performance validation of the CYFRA21‐1 and FDP kits, established normal biological reference intervals, and finally analyzed the data to assess their diagnostic efficacies alone or in combination. …”
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Rapid tests to inform triage and antibiotic prescribing decisions for adults presenting with suspected acute respiratory infection: a rapid evidence synthesis of clinical effective... by Katie Scandrett, Jill Colquitt, Rachel Court, Fiona Whiter, Bethany Shinkins, Yemisi Takwoingi, Emma Loveman, Daniel Todkill, Paramjit Gill, Daniel Lasserson, Lena Al-Khudairy, Amy Grove, Yen-Fu Chen

“…Cost-effectiveness Six of the 17 included cost–utility studies were judged to be directly applicable to our review, 4 of which focused on the C-reactive protein point-of-care test. …”
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RECENT STRONG EARTHQUAKES IN CENTRAL ASIA: REGULAR TECTONOPHYSICAL FEATURES OF LOCATIONS IN THE STRUCTURE AND GEODYNAMICS OF THE LITHOSPHERE. PART 1. MAIN GEODYNAMIC FACTORS PREDET... by S. I. Sherman, Ma Jin, E. A. Gorbunova

“…The slip component corresponds to shearing along the faults revealed by geological methods, i.e. correlates with rock mass displacements in the near-fault medium. (6) GPS geodetic meas-urements show that shearing develops in the NW direction in the Tibet. Further northward, the direction changes to the sublatitudinal one. …”
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Effects of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for the management of sleep problems in people with fibromyalgia: a multi-methods evidence synthesis by Mari Imamura, Clare Robertson, Jemma Hudson, Daniel Whibley, Lorna Aucott, Katie Gillies, Marcus Beasley, Martin J Stevens, Paul Manson, Debra Dulake, Abhishek Abhishek, Nicole KY Tang, Gary J Macfarlane, Miriam Brazzelli

“…There is some evidence that compared with placebo or sham treatments, some forms of exercise [i.e. land-based aerobic exercise training in combination with flexibility training (standardised mean difference −4.69, credible interval −8.14 to −1.28) and aquatic-based aerobic exercise training (standardised mean difference −2.63, credible interval −4.74 to −0.58)] may improve sleep. …”
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HbA1c levels and breast cancer prognosis in women without diabetes by Jonas Busk Holm, Jens Meldgaard Bruun, Peer Christiansen, Reimar Wernich Thomsen, Jan Frystyk, Deirdre Cronin-Fenton, Signe Borgquist

“…Cox regression models estimated crude and adjusted hazard ratios and associated 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) of a new breast cancer event and all-cause mortality, adjusting for patient characteristics based on a directed acyclic graph. …”
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Obstetric, foetal and neonatal outcomes in adolescent pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa: Systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. by Anthony Danso-Appiah, Eric Behene, Joan Naadu Hazel, Shirley Abanga

“…All the effect measures will be presented with their 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Pooled proportions will be used to determine prevalence or incidence of specific maternal, foetal and infant health outcomes. …”
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Device Therapy in Patients with Heart Failure: Is Medication Use Optimized and Are We Targeting Those Patients Most Likely to Benefit? by Robert Wannamaker, MD, MSc, Roopinder K. Sandhu, MD, MPH, Justin A. Ezekowitz, MBBCh, MSc, Sheri L. Koshman, PharmD, Derek S. Chew, MD, MSc, Luke R. Gagnon, MD, MSc, Chen-Hsiang Ma, MD, Chandu Sadasivan, Gavin Y. Oudit, MD, PhD, Finlay A. McAlister, MD, MSc

“…No differences occurred in ICD referral based on sex (P = 0.92) or New York Heart Association class (P = 0.11), but younger patients (P = 0.007), those with ischemic heart disease (P = 0.006), and those with a longer QRS interval (P = 0.001) were more likely to be referred. …”
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Impact of short-term aircraft noise on cardiovascular disease risk in the area surrounding London Heathrow airport: the RISTANCO epidemiological study by Xiangpu Gong, Nicole Itzkowitz, Calvin Jephcote, Kathryn Adams, Glory O Atilola, John Gulliver, Marta Blangiardo, Anna Hansell

“…To identify areas with high variability in aircraft noise exposure (due to changes in flight paths because of wind direction and airport operations), we used coefficients of variation (CoV). …”
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Investigating the role of basement structures in controlling facies characteristics, depositional models, and diagenetic alterations of the Sarvak Formation in the eastern and west... by Marzieh Mahmoodi, Hamzeh Mehrabi, Reza Nozaem

“…The changes in thickness and facies variability of the Sarvak Formation were directly related to basement structures, indicating their activity during the deposition of this formation in the Persian Gulf. …”
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Falls prevention interventions for community-dwelling older adults: systematic review and meta-analysis of benefits, harms, and patient values and preferences by Jennifer Pillay, Lindsay A. Gaudet, Sabrina Saba, Ben Vandermeer, Ashiqur Rahman Ashiq, Aireen Wingert, Lisa Hartling

“…We also searched trial registries, references of included studies, and recent reviews. …”
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Detection of frictional meltwater on snow surface using a humidity indicator by Shiraz Ahmed Siddiqui, Michael Hasler, Martin Mössner, Joost van Putten, Kurt Schindelwig, Werner Nachbauer

“…During ski-snow interaction, if the frictional heat generates a meltwater layer, the formed hydroxyl ions should undergo a direct chemical reaction with crystal violet resulting in a permanent color change of the chemical. …”
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Random Finite Element Analysis and Random Factor response Mechanism for Geocell-reinforced Soil Retaining Walls by ZHANG Bingbing, SONG Fei

“…The random field analysis method established in this study is able to capture the uncertainty of engineering behavior more comprehensively and provides a more reliable prediction tool for the design of reinforced soil structures, which helps to optimize the engineering safety reserve and reduce the risk associated with uncertainty.ConclusionsThe results show that: the random envelope range of horizontal displacement and vertical settlement of reinforced earth retaining wall decreases with the decrease of height of reinforced earth retaining wall (points H-1~H-5) and away from the retaining wall face (points V-1~V-7); the decrease of fluctuation range or coefficient of variation reduces the dispersion of the calculation results, in which the cumulative distribution probability of the parameter <italic>φ</italic>₀ is closer to the random distribution results, while the parameters <italic>n</italic> and <italic>P</italic>_Mt are with the deterministic results The effect of vertical fluctuation range on the failure probability is more significant than that of horizontal direction. The research results can provide reference value for the engineering design and deformation assessment of geocell-reinforced retaining walls.…”
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Early detection to improve outcome in people with undiagnosed psoriatic arthritis: the PROMPT research programme including RCT by Neil McHugh, Laura Bojke, Mel Brooke Turfrey, Rachel Charlton, Myka Ransom, Laura C Coates, Howard Collier, Claire Davies, Emma Dures, Philip Helliwell, Jana James, Anya Lissina, Vishnu B Madhok, Alison L Nightingale, Jonathan Packham, Catherine Smith, Eldon Spackman, Cerys Tassinari, William Tillett, Sarah T Brown

“…Using Bayesian networks (BNs), direct relationships were identified between gender, body mass index (BMI), arthralgia, finger pain, fatigue, hand pain, hip pain, knee pain, swelling, back pain, myalgia and PsA. …”
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Fast Analysis of Multi-Layered Anisotropic Electromagnetic Propagation Based on Z-Transform Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method with Scale-Compressed Technique by Yuxian Zhang, Yilin Kang, Xiaoli Feng, Lixia Yang, Zhixiang Huang

“…The proposed approach facilitates accurate modeling of electromagnetic wave propagation through multi-layered anisotropic media, enabling precise evaluation of reflection and refraction coefficients over short time intervals. On first place, considering constitutive relationship between electromagnetic fields (E, H) and fluxes (D, B), Z-transform is employed to the anisotropic Maxwell’s curl equations for completing discrete-time form, and then the transverse wave vectors are exploited along a single direction to design the electromagnetic numerical differential process. …”
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