INSTÂNCIA DE GOVERNANÇA REGIONAL: UMA PERSPECTIVA PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO TURÍSTICO DO POLO SÃO LUÍS by Sarany Rodrigues da Costa, Conceição de Maria Belfort de Carvalho

“…This Institution which has the function to represent the interests of public and private powers, and also of organised civil society, and to coordi-nate the actions of the Tourism Regionalization Program in regional context. We seek to, still, assess the stage of evolution of the Instância by means of the application of the Matrix of Technological Assessment, which takes into account the assessment of four basic principles: legality, legitimacy, transparency and technical and administrative management. …”
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Método sociofenomenológico. Propuesta para el análisis de la vida social cotidiana by Daniel San Martín Cantero

“…This structure is sustained in the interpretations and meanings of the subjects themselves (interpretative significances), whose orientation is towards situations and persons (intersubjectivity). …”
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Nuevas miradas y aprendizajes virtuales en la docencia universitaria: UNED de Costa Rica / New looks and virtual learning in university teaching: the Costa Rican UNED by Roxana María Morales Bonilla

“…The training was carried out it the Center for Training in Distance Education - CECED- during the year 2005, and was addressed to the educational population of the General Studies Program, School of Social Sciences, State Distance University (UNED) in Costa Rica.  …”
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Synergy of rehabilitation for stress-related disorders and ARIs in school-age children under the war condition in Ukraine by I.O. Mityuryayeva-Kornijko, Ie.A. Burlaka, T.D. Klets, O.A. Panchenko, A.V. Kabantseva, E.S. Sukhodolska

“…The purpose of the study: to increase the effectiveness of the rehabilitation for stress-related disorders and acute respiratory infections (ARIs) in school-age children under the conditions of martial law in Ukraine by means of synergistic pharmacological correction with the inclusion of immunocorrective and sedative agents. …”
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Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) as prognostic markers of COVID-19 irrespective of patients immunosuppression status: a case-control retr... by Amalia Papanikolopoulou, Eftychia Eirini Maria Gourdoupari, Polyxeni Alexiou, Charalampos Charalampous, Vasiliki Rapti, Maria Effrosyni Livanou, Eleni Kakalou, Vissaria Sakka, Konstantinos N Syrigos, Garyfallia Poulakou

“…METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed patients with COVID-19 pneumonia, sequentially admitted to our Infectious Diseases Department, from June 2021 to December 2022, after the implementation of massive SARS-CoV-2 vaccination programs in Greece. Hospitalized patients were divided in two cohorts according to immunosuppression status, using a propensity score-matching in 1:2 ratio. …”
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Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes-Palliative Care in Africa and Quality of Life, Symptoms, Patient Experience, and Caregiver Distress Among Patients With Cancer by Sriram Yennurajalingam, Olaitan Soyannwo, John Weru, Edwina Beryl VND Addo Opare-Lokko, Henriette Burger, Esther Nafulah, Oladayo Aikomo, Adeniyi Adenipekun, Irene Botchway, Mary Ocansey, Jayita Deodhar, Jianliang Dai, Clark R. Andersen, Joseph Anthony Arthur, Aline Rozman de Moraes, Penny A. Stanton, Eduardo Bruera, Suresh Reddy

“…Study participants included palliative HCPs from ECHO participating programs in Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, and South Africa. …”
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Evaluating the long-term impact of a distance learning course on attitudes, skills, practices, and knowledge in gender-affirming healthcare among healthcare professionals in Italy by Matteo Marconi, Ughetta Maria Favazzi, Pietro Carbone, Debora Guerrera, Angela Ruocco, Martina Manoli, Martina Manoli, Cristiana Barbati, Francesca Molinaro, Federica Maria Regini, Andrea Vittozzi, Alfonso Mazzaccara, Marina Pierdominici

“…While previous evaluations of training programs have shown short-term benefits, evidence on long-term outcomes remains scarce. …”
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Association between objective physical activity and frailty transition in community-dwelling prefrail Japanese older adults by Yu-Shan Lee, Yukiko Nishita, Chikako Tange, Shu Zhang, Hiroshi Shimokata, Shih-Yi Lin, Wei-Min Chu, Rei Otsuka

“…Promoting proactive programs for older adults to increase physical activity could help them stay healthy and prevent frailty deterioration.…”
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A novel missense single-nucleotide polymorphism (c.149G>A) in the bovine leptin gene and its association with growth traits in Madura cattle by Kuswati Kuswati, Irida Novianti, Rizki Prafitri, Wike Andre Septian, Rafika Febriani Putri, Chairdin Dwi Nugraha, Ahmad Furqon

“…Genetic polymorphisms in this gene can influence phenotypic traits and may serve as molecular markers for selection in breeding programs. However, comprehensive characterization of LEP gene variants in local Indonesian breeds, such as Madura cattle, remains limited. …”
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Osteoporosis Awareness in Asthma Patients Using Inhaled Corticosteroids: A Cross-Sectional Study by Sevda Cömert, İlknur Aktaş, Feyza Ünlü Özkan, Duygu Silte Karamanlioglu, Pinar Akpınar, Serap Diktaş Tahtasakal, Berrin Zinnet Eraslan, Gülcan Öztürk

“…Objective: The aim of this study was to assess osteoporosis awareness in asthma patients using inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and to identify the influencing factors.Materials and Methods: A total of 109 asthma patients using ICS (10 male, 99 female; mean age: 50.30±12.04 years) were included in the cross-sectional study. …”
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Genotyping by sequencing reveals the genetic diversity and population structure of Peruvian highland maize races by Carlos I. Arbizu, Carlos I. Arbizu, Isamar Bazo-Soto, Joel Flores, Rodomiro Ortiz, Raul Blas, Pedro J. García-Mendoza, Ricardo Sevilla, José Crossa, Alexander Grobman

“…Population divergence (FST) was very low (mean = 0.017), thus depicting extensive interbreeding among Peruvian maize. …”
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Relación entre la actividad física escolar y extraescolar en estudiantes de escuelas públicas chilenas (Relationship between school and out-of-school physical activity in Chilean... by Michelle Marambio Miranda, Tamara Núñez Fernández, Jaime Ramírez Guajardo, Pablo Ramírez Eyraud, Ximena Alejandra Palma Leal, Fernando Rodríguez-Rodríguez.

“…The variables were analyzed by means of comparison of variances and means through the T-student test on the SPSS V20 software. …”
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Interpreting machine learning models based on SHAP values in predicting suspended sediment concentration by Houda Lamane, Latifa Mouhir, Rachid Moussadek, Bouamar Baghdad, Ozgur Kisi, Ali El Bilali

“…In this regard, the current study presents a novel framework involving four standalone ML models (extra trees (ET), random forest (RF), categorical boosting (CatBoost), and extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost)) and their combination with genetic programming (GP). Three metrics (coefficient of correlation (r), root mean square error (RMSE), and Nash–Sutcliffe model-fit efficiency (NSE)) and a more advanced interpretation system SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) are used to assess the performance of these models applied to hydro-climatic datasets for prediction of SSC. …”
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Optimizing genetic diversity in Australian Holsteins and Jerseys: A comparative analysis of whole-genome and regional inbreeding depression effects by B.A. Scott, M. Haile-Mariam, F. Tiezzi, I. van den Berg, C. Maltecca, J.E. Pryce

“…These data inform next-generation mating programs, emphasizing avoiding inbreeding in genomic regions most susceptible to inbreeding depression, to enhance animal performance.…”
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Evaluation of the Effects of Postsleeve Gastrectomy Exercise on Long‐Term Glucose Profile and Weight Loss Among Iranian Females: A Prospective Cohort Study From 2016 to 2020 by Mohammad Tayefeh Norooz, Seyed Amir Ahmad Safavi‐Naini, Parnian Jamshidi, Alireza Sadeghi, Mastaneh Rajabian Tabesh, Maryam Abolhasani, Maryam Abbasi, Nasser Malekpour Alamdari, Nathan A. Berger

“…Statistical analysis was performed using paired t‐tests and linear regression in the R programming language. Results The study comprised 246 female participants with a mean age of 46.93 ± 8.07 years, drawn from an initial cohort of 249 individuals. …”
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Gender Analysis, Milk Value Chain, Kabale Uganda. Kabale: Kabale University. by Tugume, Samuel

“…The findings of the study show that the mean of the female gender was 32 years while that of the male gender was 38 years. …”
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The impact of a hazardous external environment on the quality of life, physical activity, and health of students in Ukraine, Poland, and Romania by Vladimir Potop, Igor Vypasniak, Iryna Ivanyshyn, Vasyl Lutskyi, Iryna Kryventsova, Lyudmila Shesterova, Krzysztof Prusik

“…The Mann-Whitney U test was used. Mean values, standard deviations, and percentage ratios were calculated. …”
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Evaluating Quality of Life Changes over 12 Months Among Opiate Users from Romania and Associated Worsening Factors by Melania Lavinia Bratu, Dorel Sandesc, Teodora Anghel, Felix Bratosin, Silviu Valentin Vlad, Artiom Terzi, Caius Glad Streian

“…These findings highlight the necessity for integrated treatment programs and educational interventions to improve the well-being of individuals battling opioid addiction, advocating for policy enhancements and supportive measures tailored to this demographic.…”
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Assessment of health-related quality of life and adherence to antituberculosis therapy among patients in three tertiary hospitals in Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional study by Michael Lahai, Sally-Mattu Conteh, Ahmed Vandy, Onome T. Abiri, Brian Thompson, Mohamed Bawoh, Alvin Turay, Peter Bai James

“…Results More than half of the patients 226 (58.9%) were male, with a mean age of 33.92 years. The overall adherence rate among the patients was 96.9%. …”
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An Insight Into Perceptions of Speech-language Pathologists About the Barriers to Providing Online Speech-language Therapy in Iran by Amir Shiani, Behzad Karamimatin, Moslem Soofi, Leeba Rezaei, Neda Headarzadeh-Esfahani, Fardin Moradi, Shahin Soltani

“…Snowball sampling was used to select 14 speech-language pathologists (10 females and 4 males) with a mean age of 29 years and at least one year of experience in providing online services during the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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