Measuring the WHO Global Breast Cancer Initiative Pillars’ key performance indicators in Sub-Saharan Africa: experience in the African Breast Cancer—Disparities in Outcomes hospita... by Pauline Boucheron, Annelle Zietsman, Angelica Anele, Awa U. Offiah, Moses Galukande, Groesbeck Parham, Leeya Pinder, Tingting Mo, Milena Foerster, Joachim Schüz, Benjamin O. Anderson, Mary Nyangasi, Isabel dos-Santos-Silva, Valerie McCormack

“…Summary: Background: The World Health Organization Global Breast Cancer Initiative aims to reduce breast cancer (BC) mortality through three pillars, whose key performance indicators (KPIs) and benchmarks are: (KPI-1) ≥60% BC diagnosed at early stage (I/II), (KPI-2) all suspected BC diagnosed ≤60 days from health system presentation, and (KPI-3) ≥80% of BC patients completing recommended treatment. …”
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How does ego depletion reduce sports performance in athletes? A systematic meta-analysis by Xu Yan, Xu Yan, Jingyi Zhong, Yezheng Wang, Ying Tian, Lijuan Wang, Congcong Li, Kaihang Liu, Wei Zhao, Liyan Wang, Hongbiao Wang

“…Subgroup analyses were conducted to compare the magnitude of effect sizes between different ego depletion initiation tasks and which type of sports performance is more susceptible to ego depletion as a moderator variable.MethodsThis article was based on Pubmed, Web of Science, Scopus, EBSCO, Embase, and Cochrane databases for the included articles, and meta-analysis of the included articles was performed using RevMan 5.4 software to evaluate the effect of ego depletion on athletes’ sports performance through standardized mean difference.ResultsEleven articles and 12 studies were finally included. …”
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Performance evaluation of biowashing pilot reactor for remediation of crude oil-contaminated soil of Kuwait by Deok Jae Lee, Sung Jong Lee, Guyoung Kang, Minkoo Park, Young Hoon Joo, Jae Ho Yeom, Namhyun Chung

“…The initial TPH concentration decreased to 38,000 mg/kg soil on day 1. …”
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A study of HEART score in patients presenting with chest pain to the emergency medicine department in Pudukkottai, Southern Tamil Nadu by Dharanidaran Baskaran, Hema Akilandeswari Sarandoss, Dheepikka Suresh Babu, Mathiyarasan Murugaiah

“…To evaluate the effectiveness of HEART scores in patients presenting with chest pain in the EMD and to stratify them using HEART score. …”
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Evaluation of parameters affecting the rice husks performance on cyanide ion removal from wastewater by Mohammed Ibrahem Basheer Al-Ubaidy

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Evaluating Entrepreneurship through a Resource-Based Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Model by Nilay Utlu, Damla Ayduğ

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Evaluation Of the Sedimentation Process in the Thickener by Using the Parameters of Longitudinal Ultrasonic Oscillations and Lamb Waves by Vladimir MORKUN, Natalia MORKUN, Vitalii TRON, Oleksandra SERDIUK, Alona HAPONENKO

“…The proposed approach allows for the consideration of pulp density, particle size of the solid phase in the ore material and the dynamics of changes in these parameters in the thickener at the initial stage of the sedimentation process. Based on the obtained values, adjustments can be made to the characteristics of its initial product, leading to reduced water usage and minimized loss of a useful component.…”
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Positive deviance/hearth intervention in collaboration between academia and NGOs: a realist evaluation by Nuzulul Kusuma Putri, Leonika Pramudya Wardhani, Ernawaty

“…This study used realist evaluation to understand how and why Positive Deviance/Hearth intervention conducted by NGOs collaborated with university work or failed to work in urban population. …”
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Long-Term Skid Resistance Evaluation of GAC-16 Based on Accelerated Pavement Testing by Xinquan Xu, Yunhong Yu, Jun Yang, Chuanhai Wu

“…The long-term antiskidding performance of the asphalt pavement could be accurately characterized using a stable BPN, loading cycles while reaching a stable BPN, the initial MTD value, and the MTD reduction rate as the evaluation indexes of the skid resistance of asphalt pavement. …”
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NONINVASIVE EVALUATION OF VASCULAR WALL STIFFNESSIN HEALTHY ADOLESCENTS, THE RISK FACTORS FOR ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION by G. P. Filippov, K. V. Boronenko, I. V. Plotnikova, Ye. S. Sitkova

“…Identify changes in the initial elastic-elastic properties of the arteries at the preclinical stage of development of hypertension.Material and methods. …”
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Evaluating the behavior of the Balaroud earth fill dam during impoundment in the final construction stage by Soroush Esmaeili-zadeh, Babak Lashkar-Ara

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Building circularity potential for post-disaster housing: LCA, cost evaluation, and material optimization by Ova Candra Dewi, Nasruddin, Nisrina Dewi Salsabila, Kartika Rahmasari, Gina Khairunnisa

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Evaluation of anxiety in a group of adult patients attending a dental surgery unit by Mayra Schemel-Suarez, Sonia Egido-Moreno, Isabel Martínez-Lizan, José López-López

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How do medical schools influence their students’ career choices? A realist evaluation by Adam Thomas, Ruth Kinston, Sarah Yardley, R. K. McKinley, Janet Lefroy

“…We conducted a realist evaluation of how and why these various social conditions in medical school influence career thinking.Methods We interviewed junior doctors at the point of applying for speciality training. …”
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Cohort study evaluating management of burns in the community in clinical practice in the UK: costs and outcomes by Julian F Guest, Graham W Fuller, Jacky Edwards

“…Objective To evaluate health outcomes, resource use and corresponding costs attributable to managing burns in clinical practice, from initial presentation, among a cohort of adults in the UK.Design Retrospective cohort analysis of the records of a randomly selected cohort of 260 patients from The Health Improvement Network (THIN) database who had 294 evaluable burns.Setting Primary and secondary care sectors in the UK.Primary and secondary outcome measures Patients’ characteristics, wound-related health outcomes, healthcare resource use and total National Health Service (NHS) cost of patient management.Results Diagnosis was incomplete in 63% of patients’ records as the location, depth and size of the burns were missing. …”
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Tomographic evaluation of dentoskeletal changes due to the treatment of class II malocclusion with Forsus appliance by Antonio Carlos Sakuno, Ana Paula Barbisan da Rosa, Fernando Akio Maeda, Tarcila Trivino, Paulo Eduardo Guedes Carvalho, Fernando César Torres

“…Purpose: This study evaluated dentoalveolar skeletal changes promoted by the Forsus appliance, associated to fixed orthodontic appliance, in the correction of Class II, division 1 malocclusion, from Computed Tomography (CT). …”
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The viewpoint of a lymphedema clinician on nutrition regarding the evaluation and education of patients diagnosed with lymphedema by Tamala Marcin, Natalia Zborovsky

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Methodology for Evaluating the Results of Intellectual Activity as an Intangible Asset for Accounting and Tax Accounting Purposes by O. V. Loseva, N. M. Abdikeev

“…The paper considers the issues of evaluating the results of intellectual activity (RIA), being elaborated in the course of innovative projects as an intangible asset (IA). …”
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Evaluation of fatigue behaviour of bituminous mixtures using a 4-point bending test by Van Bich NGUYEN

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Evaluation of carbon nanotubes/modified empty fruit bunch for adsorptive removal of methylene blue by Naalini Rajoo Alena, Md Rosli Noor Izzati

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