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The examination of the Tofā Māmāo cultural concept and repositioning it as a theoretical approach to guide Pacific research

Kōtuitui
While the emergence of Pacific scholars has contributed to the development of Pacific methodologies, they have not fully addressed the broader academic context in New Zealand.
Aliitasi Su’a-Tavila, James Mbinta
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice towards Prevention of Intestinal Helminth Infection among Residents of the Ho Municipality in the Volta Region of Ghana. [PDF]

J Parasitol Res, 2023
Background. This study investigated the knowledge, attitude, and practices of residents in the Ho municipality towards intestinal helminth infections and their prevention. Method. A descriptive cross‐sectional study involving questionnaire administration was conducted among randomly sampled residents of the Ho municipality of the Volta Region of Ghana.
Orish VN, Asumbono MA, Addei IB, Ayaaba MA, Kwadzokpui PK, Marinkovic A, Prakash S, Okorie C, Izurieta R, Pandit R, Sanyaolu A.   +10 more
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Local Knowledge and Use of Medicinal Plants in a Rural Community in the Agreste of Paraíba, Northeast Brazil. [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2021
The use of medicinal plants is an important source of therapeutic resources in rural communities and the wide versatility of some species may attract interest for prospecting studies. The aim of this study was to record and analyze local knowledge and the use of medicinal plants in the rural community of Malícia, municipality of Araçagi, Paraíba State,
da Costa Ferreira E, Anselmo MDGV, Guerra NM, Marques de Lucena C, Felix CDMP, Bussmann RW, Paniagua-Zambrana NY, Paiva de Lucena RF.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Long‐term prognosis is associated with residual disease after neoadjuvant systemic therapy but not with initial nodal status

BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
This long‐term follow‐up study determined survival rates in a Swedish national cohort of 417 patients with breast cancer who all had neoadjuvant systemic therapy (NAST). Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) was performed before NAST in clinically node‐negative and after NAST in clinically node‐positive patients.
L. Zetterlund, F. Celebioglu, T. Hatschek, J. Frisell, J. de Boniface   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Confidence in public institutions is critical in containing the COVID‐19 pandemic

World Medical &Health Policy, Volume 15, Issue 4, Page 553-569, December 2023., 2023
Abstract This paper investigates the relative importance of confidence in public institutions to explain cross‐country differences in the severity of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic. We find that a 1 SD increase (e.g., the actual difference between the United States and Finland) in confidence is associated with 56.3% fewer predicted ...
Anna Adamecz, Ágnes Szabó‐Morvai
wiley   +1 more source

Parental sensitivity, family alliance and infants’ vagal tone: Influences of early family interactions on physiological emotion regulation

Infant Mental Health Journal: Infancy and Early Childhood, Volume 44, Issue 6, Page 741-751, November 2023., 2023
Abstract In this study, we investigated the influence of parental sensitivity and family alliance on infants’ vagal tone, considered as a physiological indicator of emotion regulation. Studies on mother–infant interactions have shown that vagal tone can be influenced by the quality of the interaction, such as interacting with a sensitive mother.
Valentine Rattaz, Hervé Tissot, Nilo Puglisi, Chantal Razurel, Manuella Epiney, Nicolas Favez   +5 more
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Relationship focused mother–infant groups: Preliminary evaluation of improvements in maternal mental health, parenting confidence, and parental reflective functioning

Infant Mental Health Journal: Infancy and Early Childhood, Volume 44, Issue 5, Page 705-719, September 2023., 2023
Abstract We report on two preliminary evaluations of a group intervention, targeting vulnerable infants and their mothers within the first 6‐months postpartum. The Mother–Baby Nurture® program aims to strengthen the developing infant–mother attachment relationship by increasing maternal mentalizing.
Sharon Cooke, Dawson Campbell Cooke, Yvonne Hauck   +2 more
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Polynesianising and regenerating urban spaces: An analysis of the artworks and interventions of the Centre des Métiers d'Art de Polynésie française and of its artists

The Australian Journal of Anthropology, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 152-172, August 2022., 2022
Abstract This article studies the relationships that the Centre des Métiers d’Art de la Polynésie française (CMA—Centre for Arts and Crafts of French Polynesia), five contemporary artists connected to it, and their artworks, have with the city of Pape'ete and its urban environment.
Estelle Castro‐Koshy, Tokainiua Devatine   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding the gap between policy and facts: The Italian experience on federal decoupling in the implementation of breast units

World Medical &Health Policy, Volume 14, Issue 1, Page 138-149, March 2022., 2022
Abstract Decoupling in the health‐care sector is a highly problematic phenomenon that easily leads to dramatic failures in strategy implementation. Although decoupling is addressed frequently at the organizational level, there exists extremely poor evidence of its presence at the federal/regional level.
Irene Gabutti, Chiara Barneschi
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Óleos essenciais no controle pós-colheita de Colletotrichum gloeosporioides em mamão Essential oils on postharvest control of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides in papaya fruit

Revista Brasileira de Plantas Medicinais, 2009
Os subprodutos de plantas medicinais têm sido estudados como uma alternativa para o controle de doenças de plantas visando amenizar e/ou reduzir o uso abusivo de agrotóxicos, principalmente em condições pós-colheita.
P.R. Carnelossi, K.R.F. Schwan-Estrada, M.E.S. Cruz, A.T. Itako, R.M. Mesquini   +4 more
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