Comparison of mortality in people with type 2 diabetes between different ethnic groups: Systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies. by Umar Ahmed Riaz Chaudhry, Rebecca Fortescue, Liza Bowen, Stephen J Woolford, Felicity Knights, Derek G Cook, Tess Harris, Julia Critchley

“…Mortality risk was lower amongst people with T2D from South Asian [HR 0.68 (0.65-0.72)], Black [HR 0.82 (0.77-0.87)] and Chinese [HR 0.57 (0.46-0.70)] ethnicity compared to people of White ethnicity. Narrative synthesis corroborated these findings but demonstrated that people of indigenous Māori ethnicity had greater mortality risk compared to European ethnicity.…”
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Frameworks for mitigating the risk of waterborne diarrheal diseases: A scoping review. by Chisala D Meki, Esper J Ncube, Kuku Voyi

“…Results were summarized and described narratively. A criterion to score the strengths and weaknesses of the included frameworks was also developed.…”
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Programul lui G. Călinescu la „Jurnalul literar” în 1939 și ecourile lui postbelice by Teodora Dumitru

“….), et d’autre part, promouvoir un projet centré sur le national comme valeur ultime; Călinescu veut participer à la création d’une „grande culture roumaine”, et dans ce but il fabrique une narration cohérente qui englobe tous les écrivains roumains, classiques et contemporains. …”
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Feminism and Faith: Exploring Christian Spaces in the Writing of Sara Maitland and Michèle Roberts by Arina LUNGU-CIRSTEA

“…The tone of these contributions was extremely diverse, ranging from the passionate urge to reconcile the goals of feminism with Christianity to a complete rejection of the Church as the paramount patriarchal institution.This essay engages with these diametrically opposed narratives on Christianity and feminism as pictured in the writing of two of the contributors, Sara Maitland (1950-) and Michèle Roberts (1949-). …”
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Measurement properties of the sit-to-stand test in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis using the COSMIN guidelines... by Christopher Farley, Stuart M Phillips, Jenna Smith-Turchyn, Dina Brooks

“…Study results will be pooled by calculating weighted means and 95% confidence intervals or summarized narratively, as appropriate.<h4>Conclusion</h4>This will be the first systematic review to synthesize the measurement properties of the STS tests in people with COPD using the methods recommended by COSMIN. …”
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Protocol for a systematic review of economic evaluations considering costs and health outcomes of weather and climate-related extreme events in humans by Collins Iwuji, Saeideh Babashahi, Kingsley Orievulu, Ekeminiabasi Eyita-Okon, Dominic Kniveton

“…Data will be reported using descriptive statistics, graphical plots and a narrative synthesis.Ethics and dissemination An ethical assessment was not required. …”
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The pathogenesis of COVID-19: Hypercoagulation and D-dimer in thrombotic complications by Leonid DUBEY, Halyna LYTVYN, Olha DOROSH, Nataliya DUBEY, Olena KOZLOVA, Michal PRUC, Nina KUBIKOWSKA, Lukasz SZARPAK, Kavita BATRA, Francesco CHIRICO, Gabriella NUCERA, Svitlana DOAN, Uljana SHEVTSIV

“…However, fibrinolytic therapy may be harmful in the advanced stages of COVID-19, when the status of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) changes from suppressed fibrinolysis to its enhancement during the progression of the disease. This narrative review aims to elucidate the pathogenesis of COVID-19, which will further help in precise diagnosis and treatment.…”
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Media Image of the Arctic: Towards Qualified Human Resources by Inga M. Zashikhina

“…The media provide public narratives of social constructs. The media are used to represent such an important social construct for the state as the Russian Arctic. …”
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A global review of the impact on women from men’s alcohol drinking: the need for responding with a gendered lens by Ingrid M. Wilson, Bree Willoughby, Amany Tanyos, Kathryn Graham, Mary Walker, Anne-Marie Laslett, Leane Ramsoomar

“…Aim To document the breadth and nature of harms and impact of men’s drinking on women. Methods A narrative review, using inductive analysis, was conducted of peer-reviewed qualitative studies that: (a) focused on alcohol (men’s drinking), (b) featured women as primary victims, (c) encompassed direct/indirect harms, and (d) explicitly featured alcohol in the qualitative results. …”
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A structured framework for pediatric endocrine resident rotations: a single center experience by Rachel Zipursky, Alaina P. Vidmar, Clement C. Cheung

“…One possible contributor to this trend is a lack of exposure to pediatric endocrinology outpatient work while in residency. The aim of this narrative review is to describe a single center medical education experience to create a standardized framework for residents rotating through a pediatric endocrine rotation. …”
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The Turki-Language Diary of Insha Allah Khan Insha as a Literary Monument by Iskander R.Saitbattalov

“…So, the paper attempts a comprehensive description of the narrative as a written and literary monument. Results. …”
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The Development of Multi-competence: L1 Japanese-L2 English Expression of Path Across L2 Proficiencies with Maintained L1 Residence by Amanda Brown

“…Extending prior work (Brown & Gullberg, 2010, 2011), analyses of narrative descriptions of four motion events focused on lexical inventories of Path verbs and adverbials, frequencies of inclusion of Path, use of Path verbs, adverbials, and expressions overall, and specification of Source, Trajectory, and Goal Paths. …”
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A Comparison of the Morbidities Associated with Different Early Treatments in Tubo-Ovarian Abscess Patients by Sumanta Saha, Sujata Saha

“…Otherwise, outcomes were reported narratively. RESULTS: From 164 studies, five eligible papers (four non-randomized studies and one randomized controlled trials) were reviewed. …”
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Honduran nursing care to pressure injuries in patients with invasive mechanical ventilation: A qualitative study by Yoselin Isabel Vallejo Bustamante, Oscar Fidel Antunez Martinez

“…The interviews were recorded, and data analysis was performed using the participants’ narratives following Colaizzi’s steps. Results: Three themes were obtained, which provide insight into the phenomenon: “The strengths in Honduran nursing interventions,” “Negligence in the Honduran nursing care processes,” and “Vulnerabilities in the organizational structures.” …”
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PENGETAHUAN DAN SIKAP MASYARAKAT MEMBUANG AIR LIMBAH RUMAH TANGGA DAN KETERSEDIAAN SALURAN PEMBUANGAN AIR LIMBAH (SPAL) DI DESA TANJUNGBERLIAN BARAT, KARIMUN KEPULAUAN RIAU by Kholilah Samosir, Asih Wulansari, Mutia Yuhesti

“…Data analysis is univariate and presented in the form of tables and narratives. The results showed that public knowledge was in the bad category as many as 49 people (55.7%), attitudes were in the negative category as many as 47 people (53.4%), and the availability of SPAL that did not meet the requirements as many as 73 houses (83.0%). …”
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Interdisciplinary Approaches in Doctoral and Higher Research Education: An Integrative Scoping Review by Kritika Rana, Sarah J. Aitken, Ritesh Chimoriya

“…This scoping review follows the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and uses an integrative narrative synthesis. The review was conducted using four major academic databases (ERIC, PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science) with an exploratory search using keywords related to interdisciplinary approaches, doctoral studies, and academic collaborations. …”
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Are there also negative effects of social support? A qualitative study of patients with inflammatory bowel disease by Alexander Palant, Wolfgang Himmel

“…The aim of our study was to better understand and describe possible negative effects of social support.Design This is a secondary analysis of narrative interviews. The interviewees were selected using a maximum-variation sampling approach. …”
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English motivational discourse in the light of postmodernist tradition by Gilyasev Yu.V.

“…That is proven true by a larger portion of emotive vocabulary found in the analyzed excerpt in comparison with the two other samples. The narrative strategy together with story-telling as a primary means of communication, first-person statements, the focus on the personal experience and the verbalization of the addresser’s emotional reaction testify to the prevailing irrational and natural logic in his forming the world view for the reader. …”
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China’s peacekeeping activities within the UN: Features, challenges, and prospects by Qian Li

“…To this should be added the active efforts of Western countries aimed at discrediting the peacekeeping activities of the PRC, manifested in pushing of narratives about the exceptional selfishness of Chinese initiatives and China’s desire to achieve unilateral advantages in the ‘Taiwan issue’ by exploiting peacekeeping agenda. …”
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Going beyond cognitive approach to behavioral stream in economic sciences: Behavioristic and evolutionary perspectives by Dominika Korzeniowska, Łukasz Sułkowski

“…The paper is a proposal of the triangulation of a theory basis for the behavioral stream in economic sciences that currently mostly uses a cognitive approach, by adopting a behavioristic and evolutionary perspective into that scope of reflection. A narrative literature review of scientific databases by means of Internet search engines based on the combinations of relevant keywords was used. …”
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