The feasibility of a novel national quality improvement programme for tobacco dependency treatment pathways in acute UK hospitals by Robyn Fletcher, Alexander Hammant, Christina Moll, Miguel Souto, Sanjay Agrawal

“…Methods: The programme utilised the Model for Improvement as its QI framework and was delivered over a 6-month period. 25 teams from across the UK were upskilled through a series of webinars and coaching sessions and undertook QI projects focused on specific areas of their local tobacco dependency treatment pathways. …”
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Assessing the impact of screening, early identification and intervention programmes for chronic kidney disease: protocol for a scoping review by Vladimir Tesar, Adeera Levin, Vivekanand Jha, Ikechi G Okpechi, Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Fergus J Caskey, Magdalena Madero, Gloria Ashuntantang, Laura N Hamonic, Abduzhappar Gaipov, Elliot K Tannor, Jo-Ann Donner, Ana Figueiredo, Reiko Inagi, Charu Malik, Monica Moorthy

“…The aim of this scoping review is to synthesise available evidence on early CKD identification programmes in all world regions and income groups. The study will also identify efforts that have been made to use interventions and implementation of early identification programmes for CKD across countries and income groups.Methods and analysis This review will be guided by the methodological framework for conducting scoping studies developed by Arksey and O’Malley. …”
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A Policy Framework for Promoting Financial Literacy in Iran by Ahmad Jahangir Feizabadi

“…It employs qualitative thematic analysis to explore the main question: What policy framework is needed to promote financial literacy in Iran?     …”
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‘It opened my eyes, my ears, and my heart’: Codesigning a substance use disorder treatment programme by Julie Bosak, Mari‐Lynn Drainoni, Cheri Bryer, Daisy Goodman, Lisa Messersmith, Eugene Declercq

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Human performance and safety in nuclear facilities – regulatory frameworks by Stephanie Pavão, Thadeu das Neves Conti

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Developing educational and career pathway frameworks in the floristry industry by Xuan (Jade) Wu, William J. McKinley, Charles R. Hall

“…The framework and findings of this research could facilitate the discussion for developing strategies to reverse the downward trends of employment.…”
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Adaptive Cut Selection in Mixed-Integer Linear Programming by Turner, Mark, Koch, Thorsten, Serrano, Felipe, Winkler, Michael

“…We present a reinforcement learning framework for selecting cuts, and train our design using said framework over MIPLIB 2017 and a neural network verification data set. …”
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An autonomous GIS agent framework for geospatial data retrieval by Huan Ning, Zhenlong Li, Temitope Akinboyewa, M. Naser Lessani

“…A prototype agent based on the framework is developed and released as a QGIS plugin and a Python program. …”
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Emotional literacy programme in special schools for children with a learning disability in England: the ZF-SEND feasibility RCT by Biza Stenfert Kroese, Gemma Unwin, Richard Hastings, Andrew Jahoda, Rachel McNamara, David Gillespie, Jeremy Segrott, Kate Ingarfield, Myrsini Gianatsi, Elizabeth Randell, Zoe Mather, Barbara Barrett, Poushali Ganguli, John Rose, Mariam Sahle, Emily Warren, Nathan Da Cruz

“…The programme Zippy’s Friends is an emotional literacy programme widely used in mainstream schools. …”
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Postgraduate study as an education program (round table discussion) by Editorial Article

“…On March 20, 2013 a round table discussion on the theme “Postgraduate study as an education program” was held in the framework of the Third IGIP international regional conference and the annual MADI methodological seminar “Innovative pedagogical technologies in engineering education”. …”
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Trajectories of Newly Arrived Migrants in the Swedish Introduction Program by Elin Ennerberg

“…I construct a typology of five different sub-groups to explore how migrants manage the different challenges of the policy program. The main contribution of the article is to highlight the individual differences among the group and how various strategies are formed within the same policy framework.…”
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About russian university education export programs under sanctions by A. A. Lebedev, A. V. Ridiger

“…Based on the results of the analysis of the current regulatory and methodological framework in the field of international scientific and educational cooperation and the results of the analysis of departmental statistics data of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia, the article discusses the impact of the sanctions of “unfriendly countries” on the functioning of educational export programs of Russian universities and on the research activities of universities subordinate to the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia.…”
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Enhancing mass vaccination programs with queueing theory and spatial optimization by Sherrie Xie, Maria Rieders, Srisa Changolkar, Bhaswar B. Bhattacharya, Elvis W. Diaz, Michael Z. Levy, Michael Z. Levy, Ricardo Castillo-Neyra, Ricardo Castillo-Neyra

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Harmonious project and program management in a changing environment by A. V. Pletnyova, E. A. Khalimon

“…Constantly changing environmental conditions, in addition to the lack of resources, are one of the biggest obstacles in the implementation of various projects and programs. Currently, companies associated with project management are trying to identify approaches that will allow them to effectively manage projects and programs in an unstable environment. …”
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Understanding familial capital and its implications for physics graduate programs by Geraldine L. Cochran, Corey Ptak, Jenna Tempkin, Téa Boone, Stella F. Nelson, Sabrina R. Henige, Diana Sachmpazidi

“…Using a variety of frameworks and methodologies, these studies have documented policies and practices in graduate programs and the results of these studies have influenced policies and practices within graduate physics programs. …”
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INDICATORS FOR DIGITALIZATION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN PEEX PROGRAM by Sergey N. Bobylev, Olga Yu. Chereshnya, Markku Kulmala, Hanna K. Lappalainen, Tuukka Petäjä, Svetlana V. Solov’eva, Vladimir S. Tikunov, Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen

“…This article describes the Pan-Eurasian Experiment (PEEX) program and indicators for monitoring of implementation and digitalization of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) inRussia, especially environmental goals. …”
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Occam-pi for Programming of Massively Parallel Reconfigurable Architectures by Zain-ul-Abdin, Bertil Svensson

“…The salient properties of the 𝚘𝚌𝚌𝚊𝚖-𝚙𝚒 language are explicit concurrency with built-in mechanisms for interprocessor communication, provision for expressing dynamic parallelism, support for the expression of dynamic reconfigurations, and placement attributes. To evaluate the programming approach, a compiler framework was extended to support the language extensions in the 𝚘𝚌𝚌𝚊𝚖-𝚙𝚒 language and a backend was developed to target the Ambric array of processors. …”
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The national radon program: Implementation experience and challenges for the future by A. M. Marennyy, S. M. Kiselev

“…Special attention is paid to the country’s first national radon program - Federal Target Program “Radon” (FTP “Radon”, 1994-1996). …”
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EU INDUSTRIAL POLICY BEFORE THE NEW PROGRAM PERIOD by V. Gaydardzhieva

“…In order to provide better framework conditions for the EU industry, different strategies have been adopted. …”
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“Back to school again” — education programs for patients with diabetes mellitus by A. S. Odarchenko, D. Y. Savitskaya, Yu. I. Philippov, L. I. Ibragimova, O. G. Melnikova, M. V. Shestakova

“…These programs have proven to be effective in the long term, as evidenced by the improvement of carbohydrate metabolism compensation indicators in patients with diabetes, as well as a reduction in the frequency of hospitalizations and complications.Thus, therapeutic education within the framework of comprehensive diabetes treatment not only contributes to the improvement of individual health indicators of patients, but also has a positive impact on the overall efficiency of the health care system.…”
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