Impact of stroke on health-related quality of life in diverse cultures: the Berlin-Ibadan multicenter international study by Owolabi Mayowa O

“…Consistently, stroke severity correlated significantly with all domains in the physical sphere unlike the spiritual sphere. In diverse cultures, the correlation coefficients between HRQOL and all indices of stroke severity revealed a decremental trend from the physical domain (rho = 0.77, p < 0.00001) to the spiritual domain (rho = 0.01, p = 0.893).…”
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Explaining the Main Indicators for the Proliferation of Small-Scale Housing in Metropolises: A Survey of Residents'Perspectives in the Nawab Area of Tehran Review by Yaser Rahmaniani, Asghar Mohammadmoradi, Homeira Asgari

“…The development of small housing in metropolitan areas is related to the economic, socio-cultural and physical spheres. This study tries to identify and prioritize the effectiveness of small-scale housing growth indicators. …”
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Brasil: da identidade à marca by Maria Celeste Mira

“…The objective of this paper is to present the results of a documentary research project on the topic conducted in the course of the 2000s, which indicate two basic changes in comparison to the movements in the 20 th century: the displacement of political interest to marketing, as well as of the emphasis on national identity to cultural diversity. …”
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Youth aspirations for integration of Old Serbia into influential social and cultural circles of Europe before the Balkan Wars by Stanojević Saša D.

“…Based on the testimony of some contemporaries and selected historiographical literature, article presents an analysis of the youth activities of the late 19th and especially at the beginning of the 20th century, which indicates its distinct and specific contribution to the cultural emancipation. …”
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Cultural Practices of Ukrainian Youth at the Time of the Russo-Ukrainian War (based on data of the UCF Online Survey) by Liudmyla Kozhekina, Taras Samchuk, Oleksii Sereda

“…This indicates that young people have a demand for participation in volunteer cultural projects, and therefore, it is important to involve youth in various initiatives for the reconstruction and development of Ukrainian culture as a significant agent of social change.…”
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Considerations on Two Research Strategies in Pedagogy. Inductive and Deductive Reasoning on the Example of Adolescent Media Culture Research by Małgorzata Makiewicz

“…Their specifics were illustrated utilizing a visual metaphor and examples of research in the  education and media culture sphere. The current state of knowledge:  The authors of this article refer to the critical analysis of research reports on youth conducted by Danuta Urbaniak-Zając. …”
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Event management knowledge domains as the antecedents for successful cultural events in Malaysia / Qistina Donna Lee Abdullah by Lee Abdullah, Qistina Donna

“…In Malaysia, cultural events and festival have be converted into a prospect developing area for government, agencies and private sectors to engage. …”
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National Differences in Perceived Benefit of Libraries May Be Due to Their Investments in Libraries, Library Supply, and Cultural Factors by Ann Glusker

“…There were varied rather than linear patterns of benefit reporting along age and education continua, with those at the lowest education levels deriving the most perceived benefits in all spheres. By gender, women derived fewer perceived benefits in the work sphere than men. …”
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Cultural commons as a key for bottom-linked policies. An exploration of the support for public and community partnerships in Barcelona. by Santiago Eizaguirre Anglada

“…As a particular manifestation of spaces of hope (Harvey 2000), community-led cultural centers are one specific subtype in the vast domain of urban commons where struggles are taking place to regain citizenship governance over water, food supply, energy distribution, housing or the public sphere, among others. …”
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Stereotyping of the Don Cossacks in the perception of consumers of folklore-ethnographic tourist and socio-cultural products: to the formulation of the problem by Davidova Ekaterina, Petrenko Antonina, Dudkina Olga

“…Ethnic and social stereotypes are an indicative and multifunctional socio-cultural phenomenon that cannot be considered fully studied either in theoretical or in content-practical terms. …”
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Human olfactory mesenchymal stromal cells co-expressing horizontal basal and ensheathing cell proteins in culture by Carlos Ayala-Grosso, Rosalinda Pieruzzini, Leslie Vargas-Saturno, José E. Cardier

“…Results: The expression of mesenchymal stromal (CD29+, CD73+, CD90+, CD45-), horizontal basal (ICAM-1/CD54+, p63+, p75NGFr+), and ensheathing progenitor cell (nestin+, GFAP+) proteins was determined in the cultured population by flow cytometry. The determination of Oct 3/4, Sox-2, and Mash-1 transcription factors, as well as the neurotrophins BDNF, NT3, and NT4 by RT-PCR in cells, was indicative of functional heterogeneity of the olfactory mucosa tissue sample. …”
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Ultrasensitive Capture of Human Herpes Simplex Virus Genomes Directly from Clinical Samples Reveals Extraordinarily Limited Evolution in Cell Culture by Alexander L. Greninger, Pavitra Roychoudhury, Hong Xie, Amanda Casto, Anne Cent, Gregory Pepper, David M. Koelle, Meei-Li Huang, Anna Wald, Christine Johnston, Keith R. Jerome

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THE GASTRONOMIC IMAGE OF THE TERRITORY: STRUCTURE AND SPECIFICITY by Maria A. Belyaeva

“…The author identifies three specific characteristics of the gastronomic image of the city: 1) authenticity as an optional, not a mandatory feature; 2) dynamism as an indicator of the potentially high variability of the gastronomic image following changing living conditions and available resources; 3) a possible break with the local cultural tradition existing in hidden everyday life, while the gastronomic image is formed in the public sphere with the help of traditional and new media, greedy for hype. …”
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Development of a Single-Neurosphere Culture to Assess Radiation Toxicity and Pre-Clinical Cancer Combination Therapy Safety by Bedika Pathak, Taylor E. Lange, Kristin Lampe, Ella Hollander, Marina Oria, Kendall P. Murphy, Nathan Salomonis, Mathieu Sertorio, Marc Oria

“…The effect of radiation on NSp growth and differentiation was assessed by measuring sphere volume and the expression of neuronal differentiation markers Nestin and GFAP and proliferation marker Ki67. …”
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The Dimensions of Intercultural Education by Cristian STAN, Adriana Denisa MANEA

“…The forthcoming society will be a mixed society from a cultural, ethnic, racial and religious point of view. …”
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SOCIAL JUSTICE, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE by Godfrey Netswera, Jaya Josie, Philani Mthembu, Elias Phaahla, Idah Makukule

“…This paper discuss how BRICS countries fare in comparative terms on their social indicators: i) social development; ii) education; iii) health; and iv) cultural development, since these indicators have all been identified as integral to BRICS cooperation in the social sphere.…”
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Nuevos entornos de la comunicación. Indicadores sociales de la cultura del NeoRenacimiento by Mónica Codina Blasco

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Analysis of the key influence factors on brand of higher education organizations. Feature of the fashion industry by I.A. Hardabkhadze

“…To enhance the abilities of practical application of the multi-component system brand management of universities is required to solve the problem of finding an effective suite of indicators for each direction of estimation. In this case, the specific features of knowledge sphere and specialization must be taken into account.…”
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Socio-Cultural Practices of the Siberian Merchants of the Second Half of the XIX – Early XX Century in the Coverage of Modern Russian Historiography by Olga G. Klimova

“…Historians used quantitative indicators of the participation of entrepreneurs in the social and cultural life of Siberian cities, the motives of the merchants’ charity. …”
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Towards the Identification and Characterization of Putative Adult Human Lens Epithelial Stem Cells by Pandi Saranya, Madhu Shekhar, Aravind Haripriya, Veerappan Muthukkaruppan, Chidambaranathan Gowri Priya

“…The functional property of adult stem cells was analysed by their sphere forming ability using cultured lens epithelial cells from different zones. …”
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