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Navigating Mandates: Teachers Face "Troubled Seas"

Language and Literacy: A Canadian Educational e-journal, 2012
This descriptive research study presents the voices of four participating teachers who share how mandates have affected their classroom practices and their students.
Jeanne Beck Cobb
doaj   +1 more source

Open Access Mandates and the "Fair Dealing" Button [PDF]

, 2010
We describe the "Fair Dealing Button," a feature designed for authors who have deposited their papers in an Open Access Institutional Repository but have deposited them as "Closed Access" (meaning only the metadata are visible and retrievable, not the ...
Carr, Leslie, Couture, Marc, Harnad, Stevan, Rodrigues, Eloy, Sale, Arthur   +4 more
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Real‐World Performance of CSF Kappa Free Light Chains in the 2024 McDonald Criteria

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Kappa free light chains (KFLCs) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) have a similar performance to CSF‐restricted oligoclonal bands (OCB) for multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis. To help with implementation, we set out to resolve several remaining uncertainties: (1) performance in a real‐world cohort and the 2024 McDonald criteria; (2 ...
Maya M. Leibowitz, Ryan Cooper, Stefania Kaninia, Kathryn I. Challis, Will Greenway, Maria Bonello, Mahmoud Elbahnasawi, Deborah T. Shode, Dominika Gajdasik, Victor Iliev, Alison M. E. Whitelegg, Ian Galea   +11 more
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Will Biofuel Mandates Raise Food Prices? [PDF]

Biofuels have received a lot of attention as a substitute for gasoline in transportation. They have also been blamed for recent increases in food prices.
Chakravorty, Ujjayant, Hubert, Marie-Helene, Moreaux, Michel, Nostbakken, Linda   +3 more
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The Constitutionality of Mandates to Purchase Health Insurance [PDF]

, 2009
Health insurance mandates have been a component of many recent health care reform proposals. Because a federal requirement that individuals transfer money to a private party is unprecedented, a number of legal issues must be examined. This paper analyzes
Barber, Chemerinsky, Church, Epstein, Hoke, Kaye, Kondrates, Mark A. Hall, Merrill, Nowak, Penalver, Rosenthal, Rubenfeld, Scalia, Siegel, Stone, Sunstein, Sunstein   +17 more
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Applying an Ethical Lens to the Treatment of People With Multiple Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The practice of neurology requires an understanding of clinical ethics for decision‐making. In multiple sclerosis (MS) care, there are a wide range of ethical considerations that may arise. These involve shared decision‐making around selection of a disease‐modifying therapy (DMT), risks and benefits of well‐studied medications in comparison to
Methma Udawatta, Farrah J. Mateen
wiley   +1 more source

Characterization of Clinical Phenotype to Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein Concentrations in Alexander Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To determine the concentration of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma in Alexander disease (AxD) and whether GFAP levels are predictive of disease phenotypes. Methods CSF and plasma were collected (longitudinally when available) from AxD participants and non‐AxD controls.
Amy T. Waldman, Asako Takanohashi, Joshua Y. Joung, Geraldine W. Liu, Kaley Arnold, Amy Pizzino, Walter Faig, Sarah Woidill, Sona Narula, Adeline L. Vanderver   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Face mask mandates alter major determinants of adherence to protective health behaviours in Australia

Royal Society Open Science
Face mask wearing is a protective health behaviour that helps mitigate the spread of infectious diseases such as influenza and COVID-19. Understanding predictors of face mask wearing can help refine public health messaging and policy in future pandemics.
Matthew Ryan, Jinjing Ye, Justin Sexton, Roslyn I. Hickson, Emily Brindal   +4 more
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The association between state mandates of colorectal cancer screening coverage and colorectal cancer screening utilization among US adults aged 50 to 64 years with health insurance

BMC Health Services Research, 2011
Background Several states in the US have passed laws mandating coverage of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening tests by health insurance plans. The impact of these state mandates on the use of colorectal cancer screening has not been evaluated among an age-
Virgo Katherine, Shah Mona, Bandi Priti, Cokkinides Vilma, Ward Elizabeth   +4 more
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Effects of Biological Sex and Age on Cerebrospinal Fluid Markers—A Retrospective Observational Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis is a key diagnostic tool for neurological diseases. To date, only a few studies have investigated in larger cohorts the effect of age and biological sex on diagnostic markers extracted from CSF. Methods For this retrospective observational study, 4163 CSF findings (2012–2020) were evaluated.
Isabel‐Sophie Hafer, Simon Faissner, Ralf Gold, Aiden Haghikia   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source