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Darshen Naidoo, Nosiphiwo Nzimande, Susan Goldstein, Sameera Mahomedy • Globalization and Health
(2026)
Abstract Background Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are rising rapidly in South Africa, prompting the introduction of the Health Promotion Levy (HPL) in 2018 to reduce the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages. However, the levy remains...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12992-026-01234-8
Margaret McConnell, Alya Alsager, Plyce Fuchu, Shrivaths Sriprasad et al. • BMC Pediatrics
(2025)
Abstract Background Preterm birth is a leading cause of childhood mortality and developmental disabilities, with persistent socioeconomic disparities in incidence and outcomes. Maternal presence during prolonged neonatal intensive care unit...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12887-025-05621-9
John Michael Jenkins, C. Michael Hall, Muchazondida Mkono • Wiley eBooks
(2014)
This chapter summarizes important aspects of tourism public policy research. It focuses on research approaches and methodologies, and considers the limitations of policy analysis. Debates and discussions concerning shifts in focus, for exam...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118474648.ch43
Michaël E. Kraft, Scott R. Furlong (2003)
In Public Policy : Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives, students come to understand how and why policy analysis is used to assess policy alternatives. To encourage critical and creative thinking on issues ranging from the federal deficit t...
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Sean M. Eddington, Caitlyn Jarvis • Media and Communication
(2022)
Online communities of practice are a useful professional development space, where members can exchange information, aggregate expertise, and find support. These communities have grown in popularity within higher education—especially on soci...
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DOI: 10.17645/mac.v10i2.5053
Bulent Cavas • Science Education International
(2026)
Dear Readers, The September 2026 issue of Science Education International presents 11 original research articles authored by scholars from 11 countries, including Germany, Slovenia and Italy, Finland and South Africa, Brazil, Chile and Arge...
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DOI: 10.33828/sei.v37.i4.e
Veneranda Rutainurwa, Beny Mwenda, Baraka Israel • Cogent Business & Management
(2024)
The spectacular advancement in information and communication technology (ICT) has shaped the way firms conduct their business, interact and communicate with customers and suppliers along their supply chains (SC). Yet, there exists limited k...
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DOI: 10.1080/23311975.2024.2393235
Heather O’Mahen, Louise Howard, Helen Sharp, Antoinette Davey et al. • Health and Social Care Delivery Research
(2025)
Background Perinatal mental health disorders affect one in five mothers during pregnancy or within 2 years post childbirth. These disorders can lead to poor pregnancy and childbirth outcomes and maternal deaths. Additionally, they negativel...
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DOI: 10.3310/RRAP0011
Christopher N. Balakrishnan, Charles Chapus, Michael S. Brewer, David F. Clayton • Open Biology
(2013)
Songbirds are important models for the study of social behaviour and communication. To complement the recent genome sequencing of the domesticated zebra finch, we sequenced the brain transcriptome of a closely related songbird species, the ...
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DOI: 10.1098/rsob.130063
Oscar Girón-Vallejo, Bernardo Garcia-Nuñez, Isidoro Narbona-Arias, Alexander Siles-Hinojosa et al. • Children
(2025)
Three-dimensional (3D) modeling and printing technologies are increasingly used in pediatric surgery, offering improved anatomical visualization, surgical planning, and personalized approaches to complex conditions. Compared to standard ima...
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DOI: 10.3390/children12091202
Jody Koenig Kellas, Katherine M. Castle, Alexis Johnson, Marlene Z. Cohen • Behavioral Sciences
(2017)
(1) Background: The communication of hope is complicated, particularly for family caregivers in the context of cancer who struggle to maintain hope for themselves and their loved ones in the face of terminality. In order to understand these...
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DOI: 10.3390/bs7020033
Hanno Hardt • Routledge eBooks
(2008)
The development of communication studies has been a lively process of adoption and integration of theoretical constructs from Pragmatism, Critical Theory and Cultural Studies. Critical Communication Studies describes the intellectual and pr...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203133125
Donald Treadwell • Journal of Human Subjectivity
(2006)
Few academic departments in the same discipline are alike with respect to course offerings. This is particularty true of communication studies, whose own literature indicates a diversity of conceptual diiferences at play. Communication stud...
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Chamberlain, Liam R, Hall, Charlotte L, Andrén, Per, Davies, E Bethan et al. • JMIR Mental Health
(2020)
In recent years, research into internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (iCBT) has suggested that therapist-guided digital interventions have greater engagement, adherence, and effectiveness than self-directed digital therapies. While re...
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DOI: 10.2196/19600
Aisha Muhammad Din, Sadia Jabeen • AAOU Journal
(2014)
One of the biggest challenges faced by online learning systems is the absence of opportunities for the practical exposure of the students, especially in professional degree programmes. The theoretical knowledge they gain is undoubtedly more...
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DOI: 10.1108/AAOUJ-09-01-2014-B009
María José Plana • Revista de Bioética y Derecho
(2016)
The European Court of Justice is asked by the German courts to determine if the European Union’s legal framework on the use of nutrition and health claims in the advertising of food products applies to commercial communication that is direc...
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DOI: 10.1344/rbd2016.38.17049
Wei Yan, Guo-hui Xiao, Li-juan Wang, Yan Zhou et al. • Journal of Translational Medicine
(2025)
Abstract Background The stiffness of the matrix is closely related to the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Although direct targeting of stromal rigidity in HCC remains a clinical challenge, cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs)...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12967-025-06325-5
Glenn Elmer Hernández Camelo, Juan Manuel Trujillo Torres, Mª Pilar Cáceres Reche, Rebeca Soler Costa • Journal of Technology and Science Education
(2018)
The integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the academic context caused a change in the way teaching and learning is carried out. It also broadened the usually formal educational contexts and the way these are acc...
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DOI: 10.3926/jotse.314
Asma Mahamoud Abdillahi, Abdirizak Hassan Abokor, Omer Adam Farih, Mustafe Abdillahi Ali et al. • Frontiers in Nutrition
(2026)
IntroductionVitamin A deficiency (VAD) remains a public health concern, particularly among children in resource-limited settings. This study aimed to evaluate the consumption of vitamin A-rich foods and associated socioeconomic inequalities...
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DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2026.1809278
Külli Prillop, Tiit Hennoste, Külli Habicht, Helle Metslang • Mäetagused
(2021)
Within the project “Pragmatics above grammar: Subjectivity and intersubjectivity in Estonian registers and text types” (PRG341) we are studying the expression of subjectivity and intersubjectivity in different written and spoken registers o...
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DOI: 10.7592/MT2021.81.pragmaatika