Duke Research at Pickett: The evolution of a free-standing research site partnering with communities toward health equity advancement by Laura Van Althuis, Sally Taylor, Debra Freeman, Stephanie Freel, Lynn Sutton, Kenisha Bethea, Leatrice Martin, Amanda McMillan, Diane Williams Garber, Keisha Bentley-Edwards, Nadine Barrett, Denise C. Snyder, Susanna Naggie

“…Geographic proximity is a recognized barrier, thus, systemic infrastructure solutions through federal programs including General Clinical Research Centers and Clinical and Translational Science Awards have sought to improve accessibility. Even with such support, academic medical centers often have limited clinical research-dedicated space apart from shared exam rooms in difficult-to-navigate hospitals or clinics. …”
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Eliminating the Effect of Rating Bias on Reputation Systems by Leilei Wu, Zhuoming Ren, Xiao-Long Ren, Jianlin Zhang, Linyuan Lü

“…Compared with existing methods, the IB method has higher ability to find the “dark horses,” that is, not so popular yet good movies, in the Academy Awards.…”
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Preparation of the New Military Units for the Front (the Experience of the Siberian Military District) by A. G. Bayer

“…Many of them have distinguished themselves in battle and have been awarded orders and honorary titles Guard names.…”
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Career development programs and employee retention: Insights from the Ministry of Works in Tanzania by Hindu Augossy, Richard Msacky, Chacha Magasi

“…Similarly, qualitative findings indicated that career development programs, including educational opportunities, career autonomy, and recognition practices such as awards and promotions, significantly enhance employee retention. …”
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Shaping the 2010 Strategic Defence & Security Review : An Exercise in Squaring Conflicting Priorities by Jean-Claude Sergeant

“…But the main causes of this black hole are to be found in a combination of factors : the competition between the three Services for securing state-of-the-art equipment, often as a result of the required level of interoperability with American Forces ; the fact that this overspecification trend has been tacitly encouraged by the incapacity or unwillingness of the MoD to scrap an arms project once the main financial gate has been cleared irrespective of its wayward development ; the “cosy relationship” between major defence industrialists, MoD procurement officials and MPs, which often affects the way major contracts are awarded. Employment considerations are likely to trump cost saving attempts. …”
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Young Artists Confronting Wartime — An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the Experience of Participation in an Art Competition by Agnieszka Weiner

“…Material and methods In-depth interviews were conducted with young artists awarded in a competition. Transcriptions of the interviews were subjected to interpretative phenomenological analysis. …”
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Transfusion medicine hackathon: Nurturing the innovative ideas to revolutionize voluntary blood donation by Shamee Shastry, Gajendra Nath Gupta, Sadhana Mangwana, Nabajyoti Choudhury, Arun Shanbhag, Suchet Sachdev

“…In the prototype phase, two teams were selected as winners and were awarded by the organizers. RESULTS: A total of 36 multidisciplinary teams representing various parts of India pitched innovative ideas. …”
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The Causes of Variation Orders and Their Effects on Cost and Time of Projects in Sulaimani Governorate by Karukh Hassan M.karim, Noori Ali, Basira Majeed

“…It includes an amendment of the initial scope of work as in the awarded contract.  This study analyses the causes of variation orders and their effects on cost and time of projects in Sulaimani governorate. …”
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Contribution of Dr. Vladimir A. Koshkin to the development of plant physiology at VIR by B. V. Rigin, I. G. Loskutov, I. I. Matvienko, Z. A. Shchedrina, R. A. Abdullaev, E. V. Zuev, E. E. Radchenko

“…He participated in collecting missions in Latin American countries (Cuba, Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil) and was awarded a Timiryazev Gold Medal. Dr. Koshkin was the author of 163 scientific publications and had about 20 certificates of authorship and patents for inventions, crop cultivars and lines. …”
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“Archbishop” Vladimir (Ivanov) and the renovationist schism in Kuban in 1941–1945 by Toporov Maxim, Priest

“…At the same time, the article suggests that Ivanov may have worked with the Soviet authorities during the occupation, as records show that after the liberation of Krasnodar he was awarded the medal “For Valiant Labour”. In December 1944 Vladimir (Ivanov) repented and was appointed to the Krasnodar cathedra as a canonical bishop in January 1945. …”
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Innovation and Collaboration Model Based on Ecological Fiscal Transfer Approach: Case Study on Green Siak Regency Policy Development by Wicaksono Baskoro, Marta Auradian, Febrina Rury, Rafi Muhammad, Gusmansyah Gusmansyah, Hergianasari Putri

“…Substantively, the ecological fiscal transfer approach is an innovative and crucial policy instrument that needs to be adopted to maintain the sustainability of forest areas in Siak Regency while continuing to encourage increased stakeholder collaboration through fiscal transfers and intergovernmental revenue sharing schemes based on ecological indicators as awards given based on the quality-of-life index in sustainable conservation efforts in Siak Regency.…”
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An Investigation of The Reasons For and Expectations From Boxing Participation of Male Athletes Who Participated in The School Sports Young Adults B Category Boxing Turkey Champion... by Hüseyin Çiçek, Metin Yaman

“…A majority (52%) of the participants planned to be national athletes in the future and received sufficient support from their social circles. 47% of the participants received rewards or bonuses from their clubs whereas 53% received no awards or bonuses.   Considering the responses of the athletes who participated in our study, it can be seen that they are fond of boxing and their social circles have sufficient knowledge of boxing.…”
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Pursuing a corporate sustainable identity: Green governance strategy, hybrid vehicle development, knowledge and sustainability performance by Akrum Helfaya, Phuong Bui

“…The study further reveals that despite economic pressures such as rising electricity costs, companies committed to GGS continue to prioritize hybrid vehicle production as a critical strategy to enhance sustainability performance and secure recognition in sustainability awards. However, a significant gap persists: 60 % of surveyed companies fail to address SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities), while 55 % neglect SDG 13 (Climate Action). …”
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The concept of civil law incentives by Yu. I. Chalyi

“…In the context of organising and conducting competitions, winners may also be awarded moral incentives. All parties, not just the party to whom the incentive is applied, are interested in the positive consequences of the use of incentives in civil legal relations. …”
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Almodóvar’s Baroque Transitions in the Early Films (1980–1995) by Frederic Conrod

“…This paper seeks to focus exclusively on the rise of the director’s style in the last two decades of the 20th century that corresponds to Spain’s problematic and somewhat tragic transition from dictatorship to democracy and explore the ‘Baroque transitions’ that led Almodóvar to national, European and international recognition prior to the obtention of the Academy Awards he received for “All about my mother” in 2000. …”
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The current problems of the digital reflection of social reality: rethinking scientific concepts by M. Kibakin, S. Grishaeva

“….); representation of the distorted virtual image for communications, hyperactivity in the appeal to various resources (“Internet surfing”) and also prevalence of motivators and estimated means – anonymous comments, “likes”, posts, reposts, symbolical encouragement and awards. Besides that, the behavior of Internet users has been considered in the context of the theory of the rational choice of the American sociologist James S. …”
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Procurement Process and The Performance of Government Funded Projects: A Case Study of Rulindo District Local Government, Rwanda by Perpetue, Kamuyumbu

“…The study revealed that there were delays in public procurement due to the procurement law itself, budget constraints, a lack of qualified personnel in public procurement, a lack of procurement plans, the financial capacity of contractors, bureaucracy, and a lack of monitoring of awarded tenders. Local governments were recommended to develop annual procurement plans based on the availability of funds, look for qualified personnel and define mechanisms for retaining them, and develop a monitoring framework that would allow them to better monitor procurement…”
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Materiality in reporting integration in South Africa: A natural language processing analysis by Cornelis T. van der Lugt, Hans-Peter Bakker, Nadia Mans-Kemp

“…Method: Natural language processing was applied to 256 reports published by the highest and lowest quality reporters in South Africa as determined by the Ernst Young Excellence in Integrated Reporting Awards. The NLP source dictionary was compiled with reference to international reporting standards. …”
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Bridging Research and Practice: Swiss Olympic’s Approach to Sports Science and Innovation by Sarah Geboltsberger

“…A maximum funding application of CHF 200,000 can be triggered per project. The fundings are awarded exclusively to national member federations of Swiss Olympic through applications. …”
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Interventional radiology placement of totally implantable venous access devices in oncology practice by Shao Jin Ong, Gopinathan Anil

“…In 1956, Forsmann, Counard and Richards were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology for their work on central venous access.2 Since then, a wide variety of central venous access options have emerged. …”
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