No Oral Modification clauses to the test: how relevant are they in the COVID-19 shock and beyond? by Magklasi, Ioanna, Magklasi, Eleni

“…These terms usually form part of entire agreement clauses to be found in numerous commercial contracts. …”
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Religious and economic soft power in Ghana-Turkey relations by Haynes, Jeffrey

“…The overall aim of the government of Turkey is to increase the country’s influence in Ghana, part of a wider initiative to expand its regional influence in Africa. …”
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Let's move with Leon: a qualitative evaluation of a UK digital intervention to improve physical activity in people with a musculoskeletal condition by Webb, Justin, Allison, Heather, Mprah, Michael

“…In addition, after 13 weeks, 12 participants took part in a semistructured interview to understand their use and the usefulness of the intervention. …”
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A preliminary investigation into the use of cannabis suppositories and online mindful compassion for improving sexual function among women following gynaecological cancer treatment by Banbury, Sam, Tharmalingam, Hannah, Lusher, Joanne, Erridge, Simon, Chandler, Chris

“…Participants also voiced a preference for cannabis suppositories when using dilators as part of their treatment and the use of sex toys instead of dilators, suggesting that dilators had negatively impacted their sexuality. …”
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Neural and psychological correlates of stuttering by Demirel, B

“…</p> <br> <p>In the second part of my thesis, we evaluated the effectiveness of theta-gamma peak transcranial alternating current stimulation to enhance sensorimotor learning of speech in typically fluent speakers. …”

Dependency, privilege, and counter-insurgency: a case study of the industrial elite of Hebron in the occupied West Bank by Arafeh, N

“…Second, I argue that the structure of dependency that has tied the interests of the population to Israel, has been an integral part of Israel’s continuously evolving counter-insurgency strategy, which has sought to co-opt the population and coerce them into acquiescence to ensure stabilisation. …”

Content learning in Japanese and English medium instruction: comparing chemistry learning outcomes in Japanese higher education by Aizawa, I

“…Data were collected at a research site university where the Chemistry courses were available in both Japanese and English as part of a parallel program offering the same curriculum in either of two languages of instruction. …”

An analysis of contact stiffness and frictional receding contacts by Parel, KS

“…</p> <br> <p>The second part of the thesis analyses plane receding contacts, assuming linear elasticity, and perfectly smooth interfaces with a friction law. …”

Developing a digital phenotype to subdivide adult immunosuppressed COVID-19 outcomes within the English Primary Care Sentinel Network by Leston, M, Kar, D, Forbes, A, Jamie, G, Wimalaratna, R, Jiwani, G, Ordóñez-Mena, JM, Stewart, DE, Whitaker, H, Joy, M, Lee, LYW, Hobbs, FDR, de Lusignan, S

“…This process, complemented by expert clinical input, informed the curation of the five-part digital phenotype now ready for testing in real-world data; its ontological rules will enable mutually exclusive, hierarchical extraction with nuanced time and treatment conditions. …”

Environmental risk factors for self-harm during imprisonment: A pilot prospective cohort study by Stephenson, T, Harris, I, Armstrong, C, Fazel, S, Short, R, Blackwood, N

“…Methods: A random sample of all prisoners (N = 149) starting a period of imprisonment at the study prison took part in a clinical research interview, which assessed a range of known risk factors for self-harm in prison. …”

Exploring the composition of placental microbiome and its potential origin in preterm birth by Saadaoui, M, Djekidel, MN, Murugesan, S, Kumar, M, Elhag, D, Singh, P, Kabeer, BSA, Marr, AK, Kino, T, Brummaier, T, McGready, R, Nosten, F, Chaussabel, D, Terranegra, A, Al Khodor, S

“…Methods: In this study, we performed 16S rRNA gene sequencing to investigate the composition of the oral and placental microbiome in samples collected from 18 women who experienced PTB and 36 matched controls who delivered at term (TB), all of whom were part of the Molecular Signature in Pregnancy (MSP) study. …”

“Encouraged to be your true self”: an interpretative phenomenological study of medical students’ experiences of role models in shaping sexual minority identity at medical school... by Zacharias, A, Aitken, D

“…Throughout, participants described role models as multifaceted in their direction (vertical and horizontal), influence (positive and negative) and locus of effect (as individuals, and as part of a collective). Unexpectedly, identity, power, and hierarchy-matching meant peer-to-peer role modelling was often experienced more positively than vertical faculty-tostudent role modelling. …”

'The listening series': increasing equity, diversity and inclusion in patient and public involvement and engagement for policy research by listening to and learning from under-repr... by Bevan, C, Alderdice, F, Darby, S, Gilzean-Hughes, S, McLeish, J, Mulla, S, Plachcinski, R, Wilkinson, S, Williams, H, Rowe, R

“…<p><strong> Methods</strong></p> We convened five video-recorded online discussion groups involving 20 individuals advocating for groups who are under-represented in our research. Those taking part included people working with Black and Asian women and families, young parents, those from socially deprived backgrounds, and women and families with physical and learning disabilities. …”

May measurement month 2022: an analysis of blood pressure screening findings from Sierra Leone by Jalloh, MB, Williams, CEE, Jegede, OG, Malijan, GMB, Naveed, A, Kanu, A, Bah, AK, Jalloh, F, Jalloh, A, Faulkner, MMJ, Agboola, K, Baldeh, M, Russell, JBW, Oladapo, OO

“…Methods: We conducted an opportunistic cross-sectional study from May 17 to September 30, 2022, as part of the International Society of Hypertension's May Measurement Month initiative. …”

Qualitative evaluation of the implementation and national roll-out of the NHS App in England by Reidy, C, Papoutsi, C, KC, S, Gudgin, B, Laverty, AA, Greaves, F, Powell, J

“…Results: Our study identified the various ways in which complexity manifested as part of the implementation, use and roll-out of the NHS App. …”

Our weapons, our problem: arms exports, democracy and civil society in Brazil and the UK by de Moraes, RF

“…The causal mechanism is in part explained by activities conducted by norm entrepreneurs, whose emergence is facilitated by the existence of institutions commonly found in democratic countries, especially a system of checks and balances, contested elections, and political and civil liberties. …”

Who learns when workers are trained? a case of safety training of maintenance contractors’ workers for a major petrochemical plant shutdown by A., Fakhru'l-Razi, S.E., Iyuke, M.B., Hassan, M.S., Aini

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Pragmatic and discourse markers used by Malay and Arab postgraduates students during classroom oral presentations by Alkhawaja, Hussein Walid Hussein

“…As part of their postgraduate courses in Malaysian universities, Arab and Malaysian students have to present their assignments and projects orally in front of their professors. …”
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Cytotoxicity and apoptotic DNA fragmentation evaluation of ethanolic extract of Phyllanthus niruri L. in Vero and primary feline testicular cells by Roslan, Rasydan Hadi, Choong, Siew Shean, Mohamed, Maizan, Abu Bakar, Md Zuki, Gilbert, Brenda Sabrina, Noralidin, Amalina, Izamin, Izzati, Mohd Sani, Nani Izreen

“…This study was aimed to explore the safety of P. niruri as a male herbal contraceptive to be used in veterinary medicine as one of the non-surgical sterilisation methods. For the preliminary part of this ongoing research, we have investigated the cytotoxicity activity of P. niruri ethanolic extract on Vero and primary feline testicular cells (FTC) and DNA apoptotic activity in FTC. …”
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Absolute deviance method for symmetrical uniform designs by Lau, Grace Chui Ting

“…Furthermore, an optimization part is added to the cutting method to find an appropriate number for experimental runs of the initial design. …”
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