Local Food Systems under a Global Influence: How Should We Holistically Assess Evolving Food Systems? by Michael Rapinski, Richard Raymond, Damien Davy, Jean-Philippe Bedell, Thora Herrmann, Priscilla Duboz

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Oral and dental health utilization among patients with special health care needs: a qualitative study in Iran by Zahra Zare, Mohammad Amin Bahrami, Foad Iranmanesh, Zahra Kavosi

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Educators' perceived barriers and facilitators to implementing a school-based nutrition, physical activity, and civic engagement intervention: a qualitative analysis by Andrew McNeely, Alexandra MacMillan Uribe, Gabrielli T. De Mello, Andres Herrero-Loza, Mahak Ali, Kaitlyn Nguyen, Yetunde Olawuyi, Chad D. Rethorst, Rebecca A. Seguin-Fowler, Jacob Szeszulski

“…As a novel approach to school-based health interventions, this program faces numerous intervention implementation challenges.MethodsTo assess potential barriers and facilitators to implementing STHS, interviews with Texas Cooperative Extension staff (n = 20) and middle school staff (n = 15) were conducted prior to implementing the program to inform program delivery. …”
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Methodological issues of optimization the sanitary-educational assistance for children with asthma during the health care reform of Ukraine by S. N. Nedelskaya, E. Y. Akulova

“…In the modern terms of structural alteration of network of establishments of health care in Ukraine a sanitary-educational help must be an effective complex in strategy of therapy of patients with asthma. …”
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Combined Effect of Low and High Rate of Corrugated Steel Fiber and Stirrups on Mechanical Performance of SFSCC Beams by Sihem Chaib*, Rachid Lassoued

“…– To improve the fragile nature of concrete, its low tensile strength, and a view to giving it the desired properties, which serve to build more durable structures at less cost, the association of a self-consolidating concrete with fiber, is considered a wise combination. …”
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FEA of Effects Induced by Diurnal Temperature Variation on Downstream Surface of Xiaowan Arch Dam by Huanhuan Li, Shaojun Fu, Gang Li, Guofei Hu

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Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves (MASW) to Estimate the Shear Wave Velocity for Engineering Characterization of Soils at Hawassa Town, Southern Ethiopia by Alemayehu Ayele, Kifle Woldearegay, Matebie Meten

“…Site characterization is a prerequisite for the successful and economic design of engineering structures and earthworks by providing geological information for any proposed project. …”
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“It’s messy and it’s massive”: How has the open science debate developed in the post-COVID era? [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] by Natascha Chtena, Juan Pablo Alperin, Alice Fleerackers, Andrew Cox, Stephen Pinfield, Pamela Abbott, Melanie T Benson Marshall

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KARATE TECHNIQUES AS A METHOD FOR CORRECTING POSTURAL SCOLIOSIS by Bălăiasa Dragoș George

“…This study examines whether traditional karate techniques can aid in postural correction through a structured 12-week intervention. Eighty-six young karate practitioners (ages 11–18) were assessed for trunk rotation angle, shoulder symmetry, and pelvic alignment before and after the program. …”
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Magnetic Field of a Ring-like Molecular Cloud by Dana Alina, Adel Umirbayeva, Yasuo Doi, Soichiro Jo, Yue Hu, Alex Lazarian, Janik Karoly, Tie Liu, Koji S. Kawabata, Alua Mukhash, Danial Zhumagayir, Tomori Hori, Tetsuharu Maruta, Ryo Imazawa, Tatsuya Nakaoka, Mahito Sasada

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Insight into rifampicin resistance behind discordant mutations in RpoB of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: A molecular dynamics simulations study by Muhammad Tahir Khan, Elise Dumont, Jialou Zhu, Kashif Iqbal Sahibzada, Madeeha Shahzad Lodhi, Mehmood Qadir, Dongqing Wei

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TEACHER'S PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: PSYCHOLOGICAL MECHANISMS AND DETERMINANTS by E. V. Yezhak

“…Contradictions of the present-day teaching practice are described and structured. Levels of accepting innovations by teachers, and their approach to self-development are considered. …”
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Augmenting Coral Growth on Breakwaters: A Shelter-Based Approach by Almog Ben Natan, Natalie Chernihovsky, Nadav Shashar

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Optimization Analysis of The Strength Capacity and The Economic Value Comparison of Castellated Steel Beam and Its Equivalent IWF Beam by Listiyono Budi, Aris Widodo, Bambang Haryadi, Bambang Endroyo, Dimas Wicaksono, Triono Subagio

“…Based on the combination between the comparison of strength capacity and the economic value, there are 14 (58.33%) profiles of the castellated steel beam which is categorized as efficient in terms of the design of the structure and cost, there are four (16.67%) profiles of the castellated steel beam which is categorized as efficient in terms of the design of the structure but not efficient in terms of cost, and there are 6 (25.00%) profiles of the castellated steel beam which is categorized as inefficient in terms of the design of the structure and cost. …”
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Care to child with muscular dystrophies dependent of home technology: mothers´ conception by Fabíola Sousa de Oliveira, Viviane Mamede Vasconcelos, Mariana Cavalcante Martins, Ingrid Martins Leite Lúcio

“…We performed semi-structured interviews and after analysis, the following categories emerged: Care of children with muscular dystrophy and Feelings and expectations of mothers of children with muscular dystrophy. …”
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The role of personality functioning and childhood trauma in patients in opioid substitution treatment by Laura Waschulin, Laura Waschulin, Stefan Hofner, Daniela Bildstein-Ebner, Jürgen Fuchshuber, Jürgen Fuchshuber, Jürgen Fuchshuber, Susanne Hörz-Sagstetter, Klemens Michlmayr, Ludwig Ohse, Ludwig Ohse, Karel D. Riegel, Victor Blüml, Victor Blüml

“…Investigating personality functioning in patients with OUD is crucial for gaining a deeper understanding of the emergence and course of illness as well as for planning appropriate treatment strategies.AimsTo empirically investigate personality functioning in a sample of patients in opioid substitution treatment and to examine the associations between personality functioning, injecting drug use (IDU) and childhood trauma.MethodsIn a cross-sectional design, 31 patients with OUDs currently in an opioid substitution treatment program were assessed with the revised Structured Interview for Personality Organization, the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5, the Addiction Severity Index – Lite and the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire. …”
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Updating parameters of an information model for road construction flow in work development project by T. V. Bobrova

“…At the PPW level, it is necessary to create a new structure and define the parameters of this structure in such a way as to satisfy the specified restrictions established by the COP in terms of time and costs,  and also provide for certain reserves for insuring possible risks.  …”
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THE LGORITHMIC BASICS OF MEASUREMENTS by A. A. Moskvitin, A. B. Cheboksary, A. V. Duplishchev

“…For this purpose, the following definition of the empirical structure is introduced. The triple (M,N,p) - empirical structure, if appropriate (giv-en by (n + m)-local relation Rm,n,p satisfies the condition (Vii... in gM) (Vai... am g N) Rm,n,p (ii, in; ai, am); in this case, the pair of numbers r = (n, m) is called the rank of this structure, and if М п N= 0, then the number k = n + m is called its complexity. …”
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Close-In Substellar Companions and the Formation of sdB-Type Close Binary Stars by L. Y. Zhu, S. B. Qian, E.-G. Zhao, E. Fernández Lajús, Z.-T. Han

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Proposing a template for selecting the coordinates of laboratory standards for executive management of the country. by mohammad hasan Izadparast, ali asghar pourezzat, Alireza Amirkabiri

“…To collect data, semi-structured interviews were conducted using thematic analysis method, and MAXqda 2020 software was used to carry out the analysis process after open and axial coding. …”
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