Should the Food and Drug Administration Limit Placebo-Controlled Trials? by Max Goodman, Connor Pedersen

“…However, what constitutes temporary is arbitrary, as there is no absolute reference of time prescribed, nor is there a defined proportion relative to total life expectancy available. For example, many patients in trials for terminal illnesses have a limited therapeutic window and a reduced life expectancy, so they value time differently from someone with a non-terminal illness. …”
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The consequences of micro-discretions and boundaries in the social prescribing link worker role in England: a realist evaluation by Stephanie Tierney, Debra Westlake, Geoffrey Wong, Amadea Turk, Steven Markham, Jordan Gorenberg, Joanne Reeve, Caroline Mitchell, Kerryn Husk, Sabi Redwood, Anthony Meacock, Catherine Pope, Kamal R Mahtani

“…Plain language summary Problems in life affecting people’s health and well-being cannot always be fixed with medication. …”
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Õhtumaine kirikulaul ja vaimne heaolu Anno Domini 2024. Juhtumiuurimus Pühalaulu Kooli kogukonnas / Occidental Ecclesiastical Chant and Mental Well-Being Anno Domini 2024: A Case S... by Eerik Jõks

“…The interview responses were coded in three stages, producing 253 distinct statements grouped into 16 thematic categories, including spiritual community, connection to sacred texts, practical learning, and Estonian linguistic identity. …”
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The Journey to Advanced Clinical Pharmacy Practice: Global Collaboration Will Accelerate the Pace by Paul W. Bush

“…The pharmacist participated with the care team, provided drug information, patient drug-profile monitoring, intravenous therapy consultation, code team response, medication order review and first-dose dispensing. …”
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Patient buy-in to social prescribing through link workers as part of person-centred care: a realist evaluation by Stephanie Tierney, Geoffrey Wong, Debra Westlake, Amadea Turk, Steven Markham, Jordan Gorenberg, Joanne Reeve, Caroline Mitchell, Kerryn Husk, Sabi Redwood, Tony Meacock, Catherine Pope, Beccy Baird, Kamal R Mahtani

“…We also interviewed 61 patients and re-interviewed 41 of them 9–12 months later. Data were coded and developed into context–mechanism–outcome configurations, which were used to produce a programme theory. …”
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Museums and Geoconservation by Michael J. Benton, Sarah King

“…Fossil collecting is managed through codes of conduct rather than laws. The codes operate on rapidly eroding coastlines where fossils may be found at any time and if they are not collected might be lost to erosion. …”
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Trends, variation, and clinical characteristics of recipients of antiviral drugs and neutralising monoclonal antibodies for covid-19 in community settings: retrospective, descripti... by Ben Goldacre, David Evans, Sam Harper, Orla Macdonald, Alex J Walker, Richard Croker, William J Hulme, Colm D Andrews, Laurie A Tomlinson, Krishnan Bhaskaran, Henry Drysdale, Nicholas J DeVito, Ian J Douglas, Caroline E Morton, Jessica Morley, Bang Zheng, Brian MacKenna, Stephen J W Evans, Christopher T Rentsch, Helen J Curtis, Amir Mehrkar, Peter Inglesby, Jonathan Cockburn, John Parry, Frank Hester, Rose Higgins, Simon Davy, John Tazare, Viyaasan Mahalingasivam, George Hickman, Tom Ward, Rebecca M Smith, Amelia C A Green, Louis Fisher, Sebastian C J Bacon, Robin Y Park, Jon Massey, Iain Dillingham, Linda Nab, Christopher Bates, Lisa E M Hopcroft, Milan Wiedemann

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Renewable Energy Sources and the New Paradigm in Energy Engineering by Eden Mamut

“…<p>After centuries of scientific, industrial and technological achievements the current paradigm in energy engineering may be defined as the complex set of knowledge, technologies, policies but even individual and community attitudes aiming to assure at the level of each energy end-user the required quantity and quality of energy, at minimum price and with minimal impact on the environment on a life cycle reasoning from production to final use. …”
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Modeling the construction of an efficient customer club for the quantitative and qualitative development of increasing customers in the banking system by Ali Taher khani kojariha, Younos Vakil Alroaia

“…Ahmadi et al, (2023) investigated the presentation of the customer loyalty measurement model based on the five senses, emphasizing the mediating role of perceived value in the insurance industry (a case study of life and investment insurance). The results showed that the five senses with the mediating role of perceived value have a positive and direct effect on customer loyalty, and the fit of the proposed model for the relationship of the variables has been confirmed. …”
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Designing an efficient model of employee behavior intelligence by Mohammad Ali Sadeghi, Abbas Babaeenezhad, Reza Zeinalzadeh, Mehdi mohammad Bagheri

“…Robert Sternberg, in defining human intelligence, says: Intelligence is the application of "your skills and everything in them to achieve what you want to achieve in your life in a cultural and social context, relying on your abilities, and paying attention to compensating for or improving your weaknesses." …”
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Comparing the Effectiveness of Self-Compassion and Mindfulness Therapies on Affection Control of Poor Parenting Adolescents by Zahra EffatDoost Sani, Mohammad Reza Zarbakhsh Bahri, Alireza Homayuni

“…Individuals with higher levels of self- compassion can accept life’s unfortunate events easier and present precise self- assessments and reactions based on their true functions, since they are judging themselves with less strictness. …”
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The Validity of Cryptocurrency Transactions and the Analysis of Associated Disputes by Hossein Qahari, Javad Hosseinzadeh

“…Results and Discussion Legal disputes are an inevitable consequence of social life. Cryptocurrency transactions, in whatever form they may occur, have the potential to lead to legal conflicts under various legal categories. …”
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Construction and Preliminary Validation of the Children's Academic Readiness Test to Enter Primary School in Afghanistan Country by Mohammad Naeem Rasooli, Ahmad Abedi, Mohammad Ashori

“…This is because children's readiness for school entry can serve as a foundation for their future successes in various aspects of life and ensure the country's development (Meloy & Schachner 2019).Considering that assessing school readiness in the pre-primary and early elementary stages is considered important but has received less attention in the educational system of Afghanistan, the lack of a school readiness assessment program for children entering school is one of the major challenges in the education system of this country. …”
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Increasing uptake of self-management education programmes for type 2 diabetes in primary care: the Embedding research programme including an RCT by Melanie J Davies, Shona Agarwal, Danielle H Bodicoat, Alan Brennan, Simon Dixon, Helen Eborall, Agnieszka Glab, Laura J Gray, Michelle Hadjiconstantinou, Lisa Huddlestone, Nicky Hudson, Anju Keetharuth, Kamlesh Khunti, Caroline Kristunas, Graham Martin, Alison Northern, Mike Patterson, Daniel Pollard, Rebecca Pritchard, Sally Schreder, Jane Speight, Bernie Stribling, Jackie Sturt, Jess Turner, Christina Weis

“…There was no evidence of a difference in costs (−£33, 95% confidence interval −£2195 to +£2171) or quality-adjusted life-years (+0.002, 95% confidence interval −0.100 to +0.098) in the base-case analysis. …”
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Approaches used to prevent and reduce the use of restrictive practices on adults with learning disabilities: a realist review by Joy Duxbury, Alina Haines-Delmont, John Baker, Peter Baker, Gary Bourlet, Elaine Craig, James Ridley, Rachel Whyte, Beth Morrison, Michaela Thomson, Anthony Tsang, Tella Lantta

“…Inductive, deductive and retroductive thinking was used to code data with regards to contexts, mechanisms and/or their association with outcomes. …”
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Eradication of Helicobacter pylori for prevention of aspirin-associated peptic ulcer bleeding in adults over 65 years: the HEAT RCT by CJ Hawkey, Anthony J Avery, Carol AC Coupland, Colin J Crooks, Jennifer S Dumbleton, FD Richard Hobbs, Denise Kendrick, Michael Moore, Clive Morris, Gregory Rubin, Murray Smith, Diane Stevenson

“…Two factors arising when a peptic ulcer bleed occurs are avoided under the intervention and therefore defray the prevention cost: (1) the monetised value of the patient loss [valued at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) threshold £20,000/quality-adjusted life-year (QALY)] and (2) the cost of hospitalisation for a bleed. …”
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Marriage: Tradition, Female Agency and Urdu Novel by Sumaira Umar

“…This right gives a person liberty to live a desirable life. In subcontinent, women still does not have this right unanimously. …”
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