Developing schools with secure bases for learners from insecure parental attachments in South Africa by Morefaith N. Sibanyoni, Peter JO Aloka

“…A purposive sample strategy was used to select grade 10 learners, with 6 learners selected from each school. …”
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Present situation and risk factors of hemodialysis with central venous catheter in patients with first autogenous arteriovenous fistula by LU Wen-wen, CAO Yan-pei, WANG Xin, REN Chong, YANG Xiao-li

“…The results showed males,no visiting to nephrologists before the initiation of hemodialysis,peritoneal dialysis and cardiocerebral vascular diseases were the risk factors of selecting CVC in the patients with first arteriovenous fistula. …”
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Clinical and cost-effectiveness of lithium versus quetiapine augmentation for treatment-resistant depression in adults: LQD a pragmatic randomised controlled trial by Jess Kerr-Gaffney, Zohra Zenasni, Kimberley Goldsmith, Nahel Yaziji, Huajie Jin, Alessandro Colasanti, John Geddes, David Kessler, R Hamish McAllister-Williams, Allan H Young, Alvaro Barrera, Lindsey Marwood, Rachael W Taylor, Helena Tee, Anthony J Cleare

“…Of those randomised to quetiapine, 95 were prescribed and initiated the medication. Of those allocated to lithium, 86 were prescribed and 84 initiated the medication. …”
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Potential of Participatory School Budgeting Practices in Improving Financial Literacy of Students by Boris V. Kupriyanov, Elena M. Karpova, Mikhail A. Shevelev

“…The proposed model allows to develop an empirical research program and select diagnostic procedures. The presented material can be helpful for teachers who use initiative school budgeting to improve students’ financial literacy.…”
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Potassium diperiodatocuprate-mediated preparation of poly(methyl methacrylate)/organo-montmorillonite composites via in situ grafting copolymerization

“…In this study, potassium diperiodatocuprate (Cu3+) was selected as an initiator to prepare poly(methyl methacrylate)/organo-montmorillonite composites (OMMT-g-PMMA) by in situ graft copolymerization. …”
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Transforming the Role of Women Farmers and of Refugees: Two Italian Experiences of Social Innovation in Mountain Areas by Elisa Ravazzoli, Cristina Dalla Torre, Thomas Streifeneder

“…By reconfiguring existing social practices, it introduces new solutions (e.g. services, practices, cooperation models) to better respond to social needs, improving the wellbeing of mountain areas. In the paper, two initiatives were selected that target empowerment of vulnerable groups (refugees and women farmers). …”
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MUSIC AS AN INSTRUMENT OF CULTURAL INFLUENCE IN GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS by Oleksandr ZLOTNYK, Svitlana BORYSOVA, Volodymyr LYTVYNOV, Oleksandr LYTVYNOV, Iryna POLUBOIARYNA

“…The article provides a comparative analysis of practical international initiatives in the field of musical diplomacy in selected countries, including Israel and Palestine, the US and Iran, South and North Korea. …”
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Capital Flow in Contemporary Global Economy by Ewa Kopeć

“…The purpose of this publication is a capital flow analysis of six selected countries that cause a growth of world-wide imbalance. …”
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The 18S rRNA methyltransferase DIMT-1 regulates lifespan in the germline later in life by M. Hafiz Rothi, Gautam Chandra Sarkar, Joseph Al Haddad, Wayne Mitchell, Kejun Ying, Nancy Pohl, Roberto G. Sotomayor-Mena, Julia Natale, Scarlett Dellacona, Vadim N. Gladyshev, Eric Lieberman Greer

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Artificial intelligence in risk prediction and diagnosis of vertebral fractures by Srikar R. Namireddy, Saran S. Gill, Amaan Peerbhai, Abith G. Kamath, Daniele S. C. Ramsay, Hariharan Subbiah Ponniah, Ahmed Salih, Dragan Jankovic, Darius Kalasauskas, Jonathan Neuhoff, Andreas Kramer, Salvatore Russo, Santhosh G. Thavarajasingam

“…Out of 14,161 studies initially identified, 79 were included, with 40 undergoing meta-analysis. …”
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Optimizing topical drop efficacy with proper eyelid positioning by Yu Xia, Nathaniel A. Blecher, Philip L. Custer, Erin G. Sieck

“…IOP control was initially prioritized over ectropion repair, with IOP remaining elevated despite topical glaucoma treatment and selective laser trabeculoplasty. …”
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Nuclear envelope signaling-role of phospholipid metabolism by DM Raben, JJ Baldassare

“…Loosely defined, signal transduction refers to the communication of a signal initiated by an extracellular agonist to the cell interior. …”
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The Coding Process and Its Challenges by Judith A. Holton

“…In substantive coding, the researcher works with the data directly, fracturing and analysing it, initially through open coding for the emergence of a core category and related concepts and then subsequently through theoretical sampling and selective coding of data to theoretically saturate the core and related concepts. …”
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Multinationals’ approach to the circular economy principles: an overview of the electronics sector and its sustainable efforts by Maria Sol Fernandes Marques Silva, Ana Paula Alves Cruz, Fabio Luiz Papaiz Gonçalves

“…Method: We performed a systematic review of the initiatives of 43 MNCs, using their corporate sustainability reports.  …”
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Additional procedures in cassation and supervision proceedings of civilistic procedure by L. A. Terekhova

“…On the other hand, it is possible not to comply with these strict rules and directly contact the Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.This extraordinary power of the Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has been preserved, precisely because the Russian legislator firmly and consistently adheres to the conviction that it is necessary to leave at least one official who is not a party to the case the right to initiate an audit of a judicial act.Conclusions. The extraordinary powers of the Chairman of the Supreme Court are of an extra-procedural nature, at best they are based on the rules of record keeping (instead of the law), are selective and opaque.…”
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Hypoxic stimulation of DCLK1 transcription and alternative-promoter switching fuels tumor malignancy in clear cell renal cell carcinoma by Jiannan Yao, Xuying Huang, Qianqian Sun, Wenjing Zhao, Nathaniel Weygant, Xiaona Fan, Heshu Liu, Zeru Xiao, Rui Yan, Yang Ge, Guangyu An, Jian Liu

“…It produces long or short isoforms through selective usage of alternative promoters (α- or β-promoter). …”
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Quality of patient, family, caregiver and public engagement in decision-making in healthcare systems: a scoping review protocol by Linda C Li, Clayon Hamilton, M Elizabeth Snow, Nancy Clark, Shannon Gibson, Maryam Dehnadi, Michelle Lui, Andrew Koster, Janet McLean

“…Introduction To advance person- and family-centred healthcare, government initiatives have supported the engagement of patients and family caregivers in decision-making in healthcare systems. …”
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Barriers and facilitators to utilization of family planning among married women in Nyabiheke camp, Rwanda by Angelique Uwigiciro, Thomas Ndaluka, Ann Karanja, Odile Habimana, Alain Favina, Dan Lutasingwa, Ritah Mukashyaka, Aflodis Kagaba

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An analysis of the adoption levels of climate-resilient technologies by farmers in the North Bengal districts of West Bengal by Akhila Badavath, Naga Harsha Vardhan Peddi, Prabhat Kumar Pal, Deepa Roy, Kavuri Kalpana, Akkamahadevi Naik

“…From each KVK region, one KVK-adopted village for the NICRA project was selected, and one village that is not adopted by KVK was selected for the study. …”
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Abortive lytic reactivation of KSHV in CBF1/CSL deficient human B cell lines. by Barbara A Scholz, Marie L Harth-Hertle, Georg Malterer, Juergen Haas, Joachim Ellwart, Thomas F Schulz, Bettina Kempkes

“…To analyze the contribution of CBF1/CSL to reactivation in human B cells, we have successfully infected DG75 and DG75 CBF1/CSL knock-out cell lines with recombinant KSHV.219 and selected for viral maintenance by selective medium. …”
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