Uma lição de reformismo-sanitário para a elite agrária mineira: Meio ambiente, raça e doença em Belisário Penna by Claiton Marcio da Silva, Leonardo Dallaqua de Carvalho

“…Buscando introduzir o sanitarismo como ferramenta ideal para a elite de Minas Gerais, e por consequência brasileira através de seu escrito comparativo com o Rio Grande do Sul, Penna argumenta que os mineiros seriam laboriosos e saudáveis caso o meio ambiente em que eles viviam fosse reformado, saneado. …”
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Hannah Arendt e o conceito de felicidade pública by Ana Carolina Turquino Turatto, Maria Cristina Müller

“…Arendt propõe, no entanto, que os fins do governo e da ação política seriam a promoção da felicidade da sociedade, felicidade esta compreendida como felicidade pública. …”
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Do you think medicines can be prescribed in a more eco-directed, greener way? A qualitative study based on public and prescriber focus groups on the impact of pharmaceuticals in Sc... by Claire Anderson, Lydia Niemi, Naoko Arakawa, Mark Taggart, Stuart Gibb, Sharon Pfleger

“…Focus groups were digitally recorded and transcribed verbatim using an artificial intelligence system, then anonymised and thematically analysed using NVivo software. …”
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The integration of hospital pharmacists into primary care settings in Shenzhen, China: a qualitative study by Zhiling Deng, Pengxiang Zhou, Yiting Lu, Zhengrong Li, Mi Yao, Yang Li, Chuan Zou, Haixin Li, Songtao Cai, Yi Guo, Yuling Tong, Yang Zhao, Zhijie Xu

“…Two researchers collected the data, and all interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed using a thematic approach. Results Seventeen key informants were recruited (eight hospital pharmacists, six GPs, and three health administrators), most of whom were women (n = 11). …”
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Trials and tribulations: a qualitative exploration of researcher perspectives on navigating the challenges of health system implementation research by Natalie Taylor, April Morrow, Julia Steinberg, Emily Hogden, Deborah Debono, Elijah Tyedmers, Priscilla Chan, Gabriella Tiernan

“…Focus groups were transcribed verbatim and analysed using an inductive thematic approach. …”
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Understanding the Functional Plasticity in Neural Networks of the Basal Ganglia in Cocaine Use Disorder: A Role for Allosteric Receptor-Receptor Interactions in A2A-D2 Heterorecept... by Dasiel O. Borroto-Escuela, Karolina Wydra, Julia Pintsuk, Manuel Narvaez, Fidel Corrales, Magdalena Zaniewska, Luigi F. Agnati, Rafael Franco, Sergio Tanganelli, Luca Ferraro, Malgorzata Filip, Kjell Fuxe

“…It involves a differential cocaine-induced increase in sigma1Rs in the ventral versus the dorsal striatum. In contrast, the allosteric brake on the D2R protomer signaling in the A2AR-D2R heterocomplex of the dorsal striatopallidal GABA neurons is lost upon cocaine self-administration. …”
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Expectation and Satisfaction with Nursing Care among Hypertensives Receiving Care at a Resource-Constrained Hospital in Ghana by Kennedy Dodam Konlan, Mavis Armah-Mensah, Rita Aryee, Theresa Akua Appiah

“…The IDIs were recorded digitally, transcribed verbatim, and reviewed severally and thematic analysis was done. …”
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Cultural adaptation of ENABLE (Educate, Nurture, Advise, Before Life Ends) an early palliative care model for Iranian patients with heart failure and their caregivers: a qualitativ... by Arvin Mirshahi, Ali Khanipour-Kencha, Marie Bakitas, J. Nicholas Odom, Rachel Wells, Arpi Manookian

“…Interview audio recordings will be transcribed verbatim and analyzed using Braun and Clarke's reflexive thematic analysis approach. …”
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Right inferior frontal cortex and preSMA in response inhibition: An investigation based on PTC model by Lili Wu, Mengjie Jiang, Min Zhao, Xin Hu, Jing Wang, Kaihua Zhang, Ke Jia, Fuxin Ren, Fei Gao

“…In contrast, increased activation in the preSMA was associated with good inhibition efficiency via the striatum in both GNGT and SST. These behavioral and imaging findings support the PTC model of the role of rIFC and preSMA, that the former is involved in a pause process to delay motor responses, whereas the preSMA is involved in the stopping of motor responses.…”
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Exploring the General Acceptability and User Experience of a Digital Therapeutic for Cognitive Training in a Singaporean Older Adult Population: Qualitative Study by Siong Peng Kwek, Qiao Ying Leong, V Vien Lee, Ni Yin Lau, Smrithi Vijayakumar, Wei Ying Ng, Bina Rai, Marlena Natalia Raczkowska, Christopher L Asplund, Alexandria Remus, Dean Ho

“…Interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim, then analyzed using an inductive approach. …”
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Perspectives of People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Towards a Decision Aid Assessing Preferences of Glucose-Lowering Drugs: The Dilemma of Choosing by Roldan Munoz S, Mol PGM, de Vries F, van Dijk PR, Hillege H, Postmus D, de Vries ST

“…The audio-recorded interviews were transcribed verbatim. Thematic analysis was conducted.Results: Fifteen patients participated (median age 64 years, nine women, and most had T2D > 10 years). …”
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Considerations for adapting digital competencies and training approaches to the public health workforce: an interpretive description of practitioners’ perspectives in Canada by Ihoghosa Iyamu, Swathi Ramachandran, Hsiu-Ju Chang, Andre Kushniruk, Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco, Catherine Worthington, Hugh Davies, Geoffrey McKee, Adalsteinn Brown, Mark Gilbert

“…To generate deep insights of practitioners’ subjective experiences and perspectives, we analyzed verbatim transcripts using Braun and Clarke’s reflexive thematic analysis. …”
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Challenges and barriers to physician decision-making for prescribing and deprescribing among patients with multimorbidity in eastern China’s primary care settings: a qualitative st... by Ming Yan, Zhijie Xu, Andrew Farmer, Yu Xia, Mi Yao, Lingyan Wu, Xinmei Zhou, Liyan Han

“…The interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and independently coded by two investigators. …”
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Bacterial community profiling and identification of bacteria with lignin-degrading potential in different gut segments of African palm weevil larvae (Rhynchophorus phoenicis) by Jessica Lenka, Jessica Lenka, Enrique González-Tortuero, Shweta Kuba, Natalie Ferry

“…The most abundant ligninolytic genera were Levilactobacillus (46.4%), Klebsiella (22.9%), Enterobacter (10.7%), Lactiplantibacillus (5.9%), Citrobacter (2.2%), Corynebacterium (1.8%), Paucilactobacillus (1.8%), Serratia (1.5%), Bacteroides (1.1%), and Leucobacter (1.0%) found in different amounts in different gut compartments. …”
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Ocorrência de Infecção do Trato Urinário em Pacientes após Transplante Renal by Elisa Camila de Souza e Silva, Sibely de Paula Guilherme, Cristina Nantes Miranda, André Luiz Silva Alvim, Gustavo Fernandes Ferreira, Thiago Cesar Nascimento, Ana Paula Machado da Rocha

“…As infecções são causadas por bactérias resistentes aos antibióticos trimetoprima e sulfametoxazol, como Escherichia coli, Klebsiella sp. e Serratia sp. Conclusão:  O trabalho aponta que é necessário melhorar a manipulação dos pacientes e materiais, visando reduzir as infecções, principalmente em função do alto grau de resistência a antibióticos dos microrganismos observados. …”
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Momordica Charantia Polysaccharides Attenuates MPP+-Induced Injury in Parkinson’s Disease Mice and Cell Models by Regulating TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB Pathway by Dengjun Guo, Jie Zhou, Meng Zhang, Reyisha Taximaimaiti, Xiaoping Wang, Hai Wang

“…High-performance liquid chromatography and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) were used to determine neurotransmitters and metabolites, inflammatory factors TNF-α and IL-1β, oxidative stress-related markers SOD, MDA, and GSH in striatum tissues. Western blot was used to determine the protein levels of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), oxidative stress-related protein Cytochrome C (Cytochrome C), and apoptosis-related proteins Bcl-2, Bax, and cleaved Caspase-3 in tissues and cells. …”
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Cultural Adaptation of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Maternal and Child mHealth Intervention: Protocol for a Co-Design and Adaptation Research Study by Sana Ishaque, Ola Ela, Chris Rissel, Karla Canuto, Kerry Hall, Niranjan Bidargaddi, Annette Briley, Claire T Roberts, Sarah Jane Perkes, Anna Dowling, Billie Bonevski

“…All focus groups and interviews will be audio recorded and transcribed verbatim. Data will be inductively analyzed using realist epistemology via NVivo software (Lumivero). …”
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Caudate Nucleus Volume Mediates the Link between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Cognitive Flexibility in Older Adults by Timothy D. Verstynen, Brighid Lynch, Destiny L. Miller, Michelle W. Voss, Ruchika Shaurya Prakash, Laura Chaddock, Chandramallika Basak, Amanda Szabo, Erin A. Olson, Thomas R. Wojcicki, Jason Fanning, Neha P. Gothe, Edward McAuley, Arthur F. Kramer, Kirk I. Erickson

“…These findings indicate that higher cardiorespiratory fitness predicts better cognitive flexibility in older adults through greater grey matter volume in the dorsal striatum.…”
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A qualitative study of community perceptions and practices relating to blood donation in Cameroon by Solange Dabou, Wilfred Ngwa, Ngo Valery Ngo, Constantine T Asahngwa, Ghyslaine Bruna Djeunang Dongho, Regina Sinsai, Evrard Kepgang, Odette D Kibu, Ronald Mbua Gobina, Denis Alemka Foretia

“…Data were transcribed verbatim and analysed thematically to identify emerging themes.Results A total of 25 Cameroonian adults were interviewed. …”
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A Digital Behavior Change Intervention for Health Promotion for Adults in Midlife: Protocol for a Multidimensional Assessment Study by Dagmar Soleymani, Dominique Pougheon-Bertrand, Rémi Gagnayre

“…Specific and identifiable behavior changes are documented by monitoring the same individuals from T0 to T2, using verbatim comments to classify them into profiles and conducting semistructured individual interviews with a sample of users. …”
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