Analyzing the Self-Organized Evolution of Informal Spaces in Urban Villages: Reflections from Shenxiang Village in Suzhou by Cheng Jie, Li Haoze, Wang Yong

“…The guiding approach for optimization promotes the following: forming informal space communities in urban villages, respecting and stimulating their self-organization order, adhering to the mutual unity principle of self-organization and external organizations, combining the external impetus and internal development capabilities of the system, and adopting bottom-up consultation actions to balance the group interest more efficiently. …”
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Multi-tier supply chain assessment of garment environmental sustainability by Hillstrom, David (David P.)

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R&D Strategies for New Automotive Technologies: Insight from fuel cells by Steinemann, Patrick

“…Three different organizational approaches are observed among the automakers: internal development of fuel cells, collaborative research, and a wait-and-see approach that favors licensing of the technology. …”
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Between Urban and Rural: Spatial Production in Modern Rural Families by Chen Jingliang, Pan Xiaoxin, Zhang Dong

“…Therefore, for comprehensively promoting rural revitalization and common prosperity, the synergy of social policies, narrowing the gap between the urban and rural systems of welfare and security, rebuilding community space for the self-confident family development of the village, reconstructing the internal development space of the individual autonomous family, and responding to the internal needs of family development should be emphasized. …”
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Data Representation Structure to Support Clinical Decision-Making in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: Interview Study and Preliminary Decision Support Interface Design by Najia Yakob, Sandrine Laliberté, Philippe Doyon-Poulin, Philippe Jouvet, Rita Noumeir

“…ResultsWe created a structure with 3 levels of abstraction—unit level, patient level, and system level—to optimize clinical data representation and display for efficient patient assessment and to provide a flexible platform to host the internally developed CDSS. Subsequently, we designed a preliminary prototype based on this structure. …”
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The World Mental Health International College Student Survey in Canada: Protocol for a Mental Health and Substance Use Trend Study by Laura B Jones, Carolina Judkowicz, Kristen L Hudec, Richard J Munthali, Ana Paula Prescivalli, Angel Y Wang, Lonna Munro, Hui Xie, Krishna Pendakur, Brian Rush, James Gillett, Marisa Young, Diana Singh, Antoaneta A Todorova, Randy P Auerbach, Ronny Bruffaerts, Sarah M Gildea, Irene McKechnie, Anne Gadermann, Chris G Richardson, Nancy A Sampson, Ronald C Kessler, Daniel V Vigo

“…After 27 months of consecutive survey administration, we have developed and refined a survey protocol that has proven effective in engaging students at four Canadian institutions, allowing us to track how mental health and substance use vary over time using an internationally developed university student survey based on the criteria from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fifth Edition). …”
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AIRP onlus partecipa al 1° Summit Europeo dedicato ai pazienti affetti da ADPKD by Flavia Galletti, Franco Martini

“…Djalila Mekahli and David Baron (PKD Foundation) updated the participants on some of the latest international developments in ADPKD research, namely the Polycystic Kidney Disease Outcomes Consortium (PKDOC), ADPKD paediatric registries and the Standardised Outcomes in Nephrology – Polycystic Kidney Disease (SONG-PKD) study. …”
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دور الاتفاقيات الثنائية في تطوير العلاقات التجارية السورية – الروسية by سلمان عثمان, زينه محمد

“…So the role of these agreements must be studied on the Syrian external trade generally and particulary Russian-Syrian because of its strong economic structure at first and good political relations secondly.Deep study on the role of these agreements between the two countries can ensure that these relations were not affected by the international developments, through the Syrian-Russian trade balance analysis of the role of these agreement on the reality of foreign trade between the two countries. …”
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New Songdo City and the value of flexibility : a case study of implementation and analysis of a mega-scale project by Lee, Junho (Junho Justin), Oh, Jeehyun

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LA EXPANSIÓN TERRITORIAL COMO FACTOR MOTIVADOR DE LA REESTRUCTURACIÓN DEL SISTEMA FINANCIERO ESPAÑOL: EL CASO DE LAS CAJAS DE AHORROS Y LAS COOPERATIVAS DE CRÉDITO / THE TERRITORIA... by Milagros GUTIÉRREZ FERNÁNDEZ, Ricardo PALOMO ZURDO, María ROMERO CUADRADO

“…Nevertheless, as a consequence of the current circumstances of the Spanish economy in general, and of the bank system especially, the above mentioned strategy of internal development does not seem to be sustainable, being necessary that a resizing of the sector takes place, to see the confidence recovered in the system and in order to be considered again of the most solvent of the world. …”
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The supine inessive construction in Salaca Livonian by Miina Norvik, Helle Metslang, Karl Pajusalu

“…We suggest that the usages of the supine inessive form reveal both language-internal development as well as instances of contact-induced development, more precisely reanalysis of Latvian forms with a similar function and/or form. …”
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KETERLIBATAN PUSKESMAS DAN TIM PELAKSANA DB4MK TINGKAT DUSUN DALAM PELAKSANAAN KEBIJAKAN DB4MK PLUS DI KECAMATAN DLINGO KABUPATEN BANTUL by , Raden Rara Endah Wahyuni, , Prof.dr. Adi Utarini, M.Sc, MPH, Ph.D.

“…The health center provided internal development for the staffs by means of routine meetings and external development for the members of DB4MK implementation team at sub-district by means of coordinative meetings and training. …”

Sketsa Arkeologi Islam di Maluku: Tema dan Implementasi Penelitian by Wuri Handoko

“…Within a few years, though still in pieces, but it looks Islamic archaeological research efforts to reach out to many dimensions of Islamic archaeological data, such as those related to the theme of Islamization and trade, the expansion of Islam in the political and cultural context and relational dynamics of Islam and local culture of Maluku, as well as internal development of Islam itself from the beginning to the presence touch with colonialism.…”
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Factors influencing use of biologic therapy and adoption of treat-to-target recommendations in current European rheumatology practice by Taylor PC, Alten R, Gomez Reino JJ, Caporali R, Bertin P, Sullivan E, Wood R, Piercy J, Vasilescu R, Spurden D, Alvir J, Tarallo M

“…Matteo, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; 5Service de Rhumatologie, CHU Dupuytren, Limoges, France; 6Real-World Evidence and Epidemiology, Adelphi Real World, Bollington, UK; 7Medical Affairs, International Developed Markets, Pfizer, Brussels, Belgium; 8Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Pfizer Ltd, Tadworth, UK; 9Statistical Research and Data Science Center, Global Product Development, Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, USA; 10Patient and Health Impact, Pfizer Italia Srl, Rome, Italy Objective: The aim of this study was to identify factors that influence treatment adjustments and adoption of a treat-to-target (T2T) strategy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in European practices.Methods: Cross-sectional data were drawn from the Adelphi 2014 RA Disease Specific Programme. …”
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Improving the use of research evidence in guideline development: 13. Applicability, transferability and adaptation by Oxman Andrew D, Fretheim Atle, Schünemann Holger J

“…</b></p> <p>• Resources for developing high quality recommendations are limited. Internationally developed recommendations can facilitate access to and pooling of resources, reduce unnecessary duplication, and involve international scientists.…”
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System thinking for success : adding structure to an unstructured process approach by Smith, Cal Alden

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O Brasil e a ALCA: um estudo a partir da Argentina Brazil and the FTAA: a study from Argentina by María Julieta Cortes

“…Due to the weakening of an internal development pattern based on import substitution, Collor de Mello's government put forward a recomposition foreign policy according to a new project, since 1990. …”
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SEVERITY SCORING IN CRITICAL OBSTETRICS: A RELEVANT MEASURE? by Miranda-Quintero Jezid

“…A pesar de este alentador reporte, organizaciones internacionales como US Agency for Internal Development (USAID) y UNICEF publicaron en el 2013 un preocupante informe en que se proyectaba que los 4to y 5to objetivos del milenio [reducción de la mortalidad infantil entre niños menores de cinco años en dos tercios y de la mortalidad materna en tres cuartos, respectivamente], no podrán ser alcanzados para el 2015 (4,5). …”
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Treatment Mode Preferences in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Moving Toward Shared Decision-Making by Taylor PC, Betteridge N, Brown TM, Woolcott J, Kivitz AJ, Zerbini C, Whalley D, Olayinka-Amao O, Chen C, Dahl P, Ponce de Leon D, Gruben D, Fallon L

“…Peter C Taylor, 1 Neil Betteridge, 2 T Michelle Brown, 3 John Woolcott, 4 Alan J Kivitz, 5 Cristiano Zerbini, 6 Diane Whalley, 7 Oyebimpe Olayinka-Amao, 3 Connie Chen, 8 Palle Dahl, 9 Dario Ponce de Leon, 10 David Gruben, 11 Lara Fallon 12 1Botnar Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; 2Neil Betteridge Associates, London, UK; 3Patient-Centered Outcomes Assessment Group, RTI Health Solutions, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA; 4Patient and Health Impact, Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA, USA; 5Altoona Center for Clinical Research, Duncansville, PA, USA; 6Department of Rheumatology, Centro Paulista De Investiga&ccedil;&atilde;o Clinica, S&atilde;o Paulo, Brazil; 7Patient-Centered Outcomes Assessment Group, RTI Health Solutions, Manchester, UK; 8Xeljanz, Rheumatology, Inflammation &amp; Immunology Medical Affairs, Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, USA; 9Medical Affairs, International Developed Markets, Inflammation &amp; Immunology, Pfizer Inc, Ballerup, Denmark; 10Medical Affairs Latin-America, Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, USA; 11Statistical Research and Data Science Center, Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, USA; 12Global Medical Affairs, Pfizer Inc, Montreal, QC, CanadaCorrespondence: Peter C TaylorBotnar Research Centre, University of Oxford, Windmill Road, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LD, UKTel +441865 227323Email peter.taylor@kennedy.ox.ac.ukPurpose: Current knowledge of the reasons for patients&rsquo; preference for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment modes is limited. …”
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The Role of Mediation in Oman's Foreign Policy: A Small-State Diplomacy Interpretation by Roh-Allah Talebi Arani, Mehdi Dorofki

“…Instead, their ability in the international arena is average, by not challenging the existing international system and its great powers, they advance their foreign policy based on domestic prosperity and survival in the international arena, and by creating norms of peaceful behavior. and encouraging the settlement of disputes through international law and international institutions, instead of resorting to force, they try to introduce themselves as a country that seeks to stabilize the world order.Small states, meanwhile, have some distinctive features: for example, they have to adopt one of two approaches towards international developments not least international conflicts: diplomatic Isolationism or diplomatic activism. …”
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