“Medical tourism will…obligate physicians to elevate their level so that they can compete”: a qualitative exploration of the anticipated impacts of inbound medical tourism on healt... by Valorie A. Crooks, Ronald Labonté, Alejandro Ceron, Rory Johnston, Jeremy Snyder, Marcie Snyder

“…To address this gap, we use a case study approach to identify anticipated impacts of medical tourism sector development on health human resources and the implications for health equity in Guatemala. Methods After undertaking an extensive review of media and policy discussions in Guatemala’s medical tourism sector and site visits observing first-hand the complex dynamics of this sector, in-depth key informant interviews were conducted with 50 purposefully selected medical tourism stakeholders in representing five key sectors: public health care, private health care, health human resources, civil society, and government. …”
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Characteristics of Self-Regulation in Shift Workers From Various Occupational Groups Working in the Far North by Tatiana S. Voytekhovich, Natalia N. Simonova

“…The present investigation undertakes to identify characteristics of self-regulation in shift workers from various occupational groups working during the shift period in conditions of the Far North. …”
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Identifying Patients at High Risk of Left Atrial Appendage Thrombus Before Cardioversion: The CLOTS‐AF Score by Louise Segan, Shane Nanayakkara, Ella Spear, Anita Shirwaiker, David Chieng, Sandeep Prabhu, Hariharan Sugumar, Liang‐Han Ling, David M. Kaye, Jonathan M. Kalman, Aleksandr Voskoboinik, Peter M. Kistler

“…Clinical and noninvasive echocardiographic parameters may identify patients at increased risk of LAAT better managed with a suitable period of anticoagulation before undertaking cardioversion.…”
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Vida de Carmen Caamaño Díaz : una voz del exilio interior by Mercedes Montero Caldera

“…Politically purged and under police control throughout several years, she would undertake her opposition activity to Franco's regime from the University Women Association.…”
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Analysis of Charging Infrastructure for Private, Battery Electric Passenger Cars: Optimizing Spatial Distribution Using a Genetic Algorithm by Diego Fadranski, Anne Magdalene Syré, Alexander Grahle, Dietmar Göhlich

“…The capital costs of the charging points and the mean detour car drivers must undertake are used as the optimization criteria. Using these criteria, we expect to generate cost-efficient infrastructure solutions that provide high usability at the same time. …”
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Review on the Advancements in Wind Turbine Blade Inspection: Integrating Drone and Deep Learning Technologies for Enhanced Defect Detection by Majid Memari, Praveen Shakya, Mohammad Shekaramiz, Abdennour C. Seibi, Mohammad A. S. Masoum

“…Unlike previous studies that predominantly focus on isolated aspects such as inspection or fatigue, this review paper not only integrates the three major aspects of WTBs integrity in terms of aerial inspection, image processing using machine learning, and structural integrity of the blade but also undertakes an extensive examination of the prevailing methodologies in the field, pinpointing crucial gaps and challenges. …”
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Validity Testing and Cultural Adaptation of the eHealth Literacy Questionnaire (eHLQ) Among People With Chronic Diseases in Taiwan: Mixed Methods Study by Yu-Chi Chen, Christina Cheng, Richard H Osborne, Lars Kayser, Chieh-Yu Liu, Li-Chun Chang

“…ObjectiveThis study aims to translate and culturally adapt the eHLQ for application among Mandarin-speaking people with chronic diseases in Taiwan and then undertake a rigorous set of validity-testing procedures. …”
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The Benefits of Radical Treatments with Synchronous Splenectomy for Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Portal Hypertension by Qikun Zhang, Qi Li, Fuchao Shang, Guangming Li, Menglong Wang

“…<b><i>Methods:</i></b> 96 patients undertaking HCC radical treatment combined with splenectomy (HS group) were retrospectively analyzed, 48 of whom belonged to HCC stage T1 (HSS group). …”
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Psychological status and correlation between anxiety and science literacy of medical staff under the public health emergency by Wen Qianhui, Chen Hudan, Huang Guoping

“…BackgroundIn public health emergencies， medical staff undertake many important tasks. Having a good mental health status and capability in popularization of science can improve the work efficiency of medical staff， and thus enhancing the public's trust and support for medical care.ObjectiveTo investigated the anxiety， insomnia and security level of medical staff under the public health emergency， and to explore the correlation between anxiety and capability in popularization of science of them.MethodsFrom June 1 to September 1， 2020， a total of 588 medical staff in Sichuan Province were investigated through the Questionnaire Star platform. …”
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Protocol: evaluation of an optimised couples-focused intervention to increase testing for HIV in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, the Igugu Lethu (‘Our treasure’) cohort study... by Nuala McGrath, Nathi Ngcobo, Zhixin Feng, Phillip Joseph, Pumla Dladla, Thulani Ngubane, Victoria Hosegood, Katherine Morton, Heidi Van Rooyen, Alastair Van Heerden

“…Enrolled couples who choose to schedule CHTC will also have the opportunity to undertake a random blood glucose test, blood pressure and BMI measurements, and self-sample for STI testing as part of their health screening. …”
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Evaluation of Medial Compartment Decompression by Fibular Osteotomy to Treat Medial Compartment Knee Osteoarthritis: A Retrospective Study by Pallav Gupta, Manish Singh, Gagandeep Singh

“…The findings may motivate many practicing orthopaedicians to undertake this surgical technique and thereby, impart better quality of life to such patients. …”
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Synergistic mode of digitalization-intelligentization-greeniation of the coal industry and it’s path of building new coal productivity by Feng LIU, Linfeng GUO, Jianming ZHANG, Lei WANG

“…The coal industry is the ballast stone and stabilizer that supports the rapid development of China’s economy and society and ensures national energy security. It also undertakes the mission of ensuring energy supply and supporting the stable development of new energy. …”
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Improved patient safety with a simplified operating room to pediatric intensive care unit handover tool (PATHQS) by D. Subramonian, G. Krahn, J. Wlodarczak, L. Lamb, S. Malherbe, E. Skarsgard, M. Patel

“…In the BC Children's Hospital (BCCH) pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), 10 adverse events stemming from issues that should have been addressed at the operating room (OR) to PICU handover were reported into the patient safety learning system (PSLS) within 1 year. We aimed to undertake a quality improvement project to increase adherence to a standardized OR to PICU handover process to 100% within a 6-month time frame. …”
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Systemic inequalities in indoor air pollution exposure in London, UK by Lauren Ferguson, Jonathon Taylor, Ke Zhou, Clive Shrubsole, Phil Symonds, Mike Davies, Sani Dimitroulopoulou

“…This paper describes different factors that may lead to low-income households being exposed to higher levels of indoor air pollution than the general population, using available data and models for London (i.e. living in areas of higher outdoor air pollution, in poor-quality housing, undertaking more pollution-generating activities indoors and spending more time indoors). …”
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Exploring Elinor Ostrom's principles for collaborative group working within a user-led project: lessons from a collaboration between researchers and a user-led organisation by Bella Wheeler, Oli Williams, Becki Meakin, Eleni Chambers, Peter Beresford, Sarah O’Brien, Glenn Robert

“…An important shift saw a move away from directly applying the principles to the working practices of the group and instead applying them to specific tasks the group were undertaking. This was a helpful realisation which enabled the principles to become—for most but not all participants—a useful facilitation device in the latter stages of the project. …”
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Property value impacts of rapid transit accessibility in Boston by Paul, Austin (Austin John), Spurr, Stacey

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Techno-economic and environmental evaluation of producing chemicals and drop-in aviation biofuels via aqueous phase processing by Upadhye, Aniruddha A., Hileman, James I., Huber, George W., Olcay, Hakan O., Malina, Robert, Barrett, Steven R. H.

“…This is the first peer-reviewed study that conducts such an assessment taking into account different biomass pretreatment methods, process yields, product slates, and hydrogen sources, as well as the historical price variation of a number of core commodities involved in the production. This paper undertakes detailed process simulations for seven biorefinery models designed to convert red maple wood using a set of APP technologies into chemicals (e.g. furfural, hydroxymethylfurfural and gamma-valerolactone) and liquid fuels (e.g. naphtha, jet fuel and diesel). …”
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Bioinspired algorithmic-driven design of additively manufactured composites by Gu, Grace Xiang

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Climate allies : how urban/military interdependence enables adaptation by Teicher, Hannah M.

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Multiscale modeling of two-dimensional materials : structures, properties, and designs by Jung, Gang Seob.

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