A Conditioned Exchange by Fredrik Torisson

“…This relationship can be discussed in terms of a different kind of conditioning that has less to do with industrialisation, but which could, in extension, form a starting point for discussions on architecture’s role in the formation and conditioning of homo œconomicus.…”
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Cognitive prehabilitation for geriatric patients undergoing elective surgery: a PRISMA-P-compliant protocol for a systematic review by Yu He, Nianyi Sun, Wenchen Zou, Anren Zhang, Xiaochai Han, Caitao Chen

“…The planned start and end dates for the study were 1 September 2021 and 1 August 2023.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval will not be required for this protocol. …”
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Romantic pre-wedding tourism: a lucrative market for a destination’s tourism development? The example of the Dalat climatic resort in Vietnam by Anh Thư Lê

“…To meet this demand, pre- and post-wedding destinations (the product’s start and end points, respectively), are becoming increasingly ‘romantic’ to attract this clientele. …”
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Helicobacter pylori CagA and IL-1β Promote the Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in a Nontransformed Epithelial Cell Model by Haruki Arévalo-Romero, Isaura Meza, Gabriela Vallejo-Flores, Ezequiel M. Fuentes-Pananá

“…Gastric cancer is the third cause of cancer death worldwide and infection by Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is considered the most important risk factor, mainly by the activity of its virulence factor CagA. H. pylori/CagA-induced chronic inflammation triggers a series of gastric lesions of increased severity, starting with gastritis and ending with cancer. …”
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Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a care partner assisted intervention to improve oral health of individuals with mild dementia by Bei Wu, Gary Yu, Brenda L Plassman, Patricia Poole, Shahrzad Siamdoust, Melanie Bunn, Bobbi Burwell, Yaolin Pei, Christine Downey, Danni Gomes, Angela Kamer, A Leak Bryant, Ruth A Anderson

“…The study enrollment started in November 2021, and the data collection will end in Spring 2024.Ethics and dissemination The study has been approved by the Institutional Review Board of the NYU Grossman School of Medicine and Duke University, and is registered at Clinicaltrials.gov. …”
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Massive Spontaneous Hemothorax as a Complication of Apixaban Treatment by M. Abu Hishmeh, P. Srivastava, Q. Lougheide, M. Srinivasan, S. Murthy

“…A 56-year-old woman with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) was diagnosed with upper extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT) one month prior to presentation and was started on apixaban presented with dyspnea and left-sided pleuritic chest pain for two weeks. …”
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A comprehensive review of microplastic pollution in freshwater and marine environments by Irene Monica Jaikumar, Majesh Tomson, Arun Meyyazhagan, Balasubramanian Balamuralikrishnan, Rathinasamy Baskaran, Manikantan Pappuswamy, Hesam Kamyab, Elham Khalili, Mohammad Farajnezhad

“…There is an abundance of microplastics in the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the water we drink. Curbing them has to start with a ban of all forms of primary microplastics, and single use plastics with preference being given to biodegradable alternatives. …”
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A Liberal Peace Analysis of the UN Peacekeeping Operations in the DRC by Charles Nyuykonge

“… Since its inception in May 1948, the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operation has evolved through a series of changes in the international security environment to becoming the world’s most formidable multi-national instrument for international security intervention for peace and security. …”
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Management of volume load for patients undergoing hemodialysis via WeChat and home monitoring in China: a protocol for a cluster-randomized trial by Xiaocui Wang, Bonan Yan, Shipeng Zhang, Yuanke Zhou, Qinxiu Zhang, Xueying Li

“…Data will be collected during the baseline period, one, two, and three months after the intervention starts, and three months after the intervention ends to evaluate the effectiveness of this intervention measure. …”
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Evaluation of a Global Initiative for Asthma Education and Implementation Program to Improve Asthma Care Quality (CARE4ALL): Protocol for a Multicenter, Single-Arm Study by Kewu Huang, Wenjun Wang, Ying Wang, Yanming Li, Xiaokai Feng, Huahao Shen, Chen Wang

“… BackgroundPoor symptom control and exacerbations of asthma diminish quality of life and pose a significant burden to patients and society. Implementing evidence-based management as recommended by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA), especially introducing inhaled corticosteroid–containing treatments, has the potential to vastly reduce exacerbations and the high burden of asthma in China. …”
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Accelerated expansion of NATO into the Balkans as a consequence of Euro-Atlantic Discord by S. Gajić, E. G. Ponomareva

“…Subsequently, post-Cold War ideological consensus in the West has also been challenged even further by the growth of non-systemic political movements – many of them directed not only against the EU expansion, but also against the EU itself.The significance of all these events for the Balkans is somewhat surprising and paradoxical, as the mainstream forces that have been weakened in the West forcefully push for a stronger Atlantic integration of the remaining Balkan countries. …”
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TECHNICAL EDUCATION AS A PANACEA FOR CURBING BANDITRY AND SECURITY CHALLENGES IN NORTHWEST NIGERIA by CALEB BEM APINEAN, BENJAMIN K.K ANGO

“…Despite government’s attempts to end insecurity in the region it has been proven abortive. …”
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Using pineapple leaf fiber as a sustainable future textile by Inty N., Deny A., Mein K., Indah C.A., Alvi L., Villalon Adiza

“…These textiles can be produced from natural plant fibers. Pineapple, as a bush fruit plant, has spiny and fibrous leaves. …”
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The plight of Ukrainian refugees staying in Sweden under EU:s mass refugee directive: a brief trauma-focused, participatory, online intervention as a pilot feasibility study by Solvig Ekblad, Oksana Gramatik, Yuliia Suprun

“…Data was collected with a short questionnaire in Ukrainian. Additionally, at the end of each set, we orally asked about perceived trust and integrity. …”
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Determination of tourist flow patterns in a low mountain study area by Borbála Benkhard

“…Determination of this movement is composed of not only the identification of the starting and end points together with the sequence of stops but the characterisation of the route pattern as well. …”
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Innovative technologies and social inequalities in health: A scoping review of the literature. by Daniel Weiss, Håvard T Rydland, Emil Øversveen, Magnus Rom Jensen, Solvor Solhaug, Steinar Krokstad

“…The results of this study provide a comprehensive starting point for future research to further investigate how innovative technologies may influence the unequal distribution of health as a human right.…”
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Deimplementing Untested Practices in Homecare Services: A Preobservational-Postobservational Design by Manon Guay, Mélanie Ruest, Damien Contandriopoulos

“…This study presents the effect of a knowledge transfer and exchange intervention designed to deimplement in-house “tools” and replace them with an evidence-based tool (Algo). …”
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A Review of Agricultural Film Mapping: Current Status, Challenges, and Future Directions by Mengmeng Zhang, Jinwei Dong, Quansheng Ge, Hasituya, Pengyu Hao

“…To advance the field, future directions should focus on combining multi-source data, collaborating spectral-temporal-spatial features to extract types, start-end dates, and durations of mulching, and expanding from local to national or global scales. …”
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Course of Encephalopathy in a Cirrhotic Dialysis Patient Treated Sequentially with Peritoneal and Hemodialysis by Suleyman Koz, Idris Sahin, Zafer Terzi, Sema Tulay Koz

“…We report a case with advanced cirrhosis and end-stage kidney disease who was faced with hepatic encephalopathy episodes up on starting renal replacement therapy. …”
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Modelling Low-Salinity Water Flooding as a Tertiary Oil Recovery Technique by Oluwasanmi Olabode, David Alaigba, Daniel Oramabo, Oreofeoluwa Bamigboye

“…For the third case, low-salinity water flooding starts five years after secondary water flooding, but low-salinity water flooding is injected in measured pore volumes for a short period of time; then, high-salinity water flooding was resumed till the end of the field production life. …”
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