Abstract This article examines the factors associated with persistent absenteeism (an absence rate of 10% or higher) and authorised and unauthorised absence among secondary school pupils in Scotland. Using linked administrative data, the analysis focuses on secondary school stages S1–S6 in three academic years.
Silvia Behrens +6 more
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Abstract Situating the study within an ecological perspective on language education, this article examines how secondary schools in England present Modern Languages (MLs) on official school websites. Focusing on 44 schools in Local Authorities with the lowest percentage average entry for the Languages pillar of the EBacc, we built a text database ...
Zhu Hua, Yunpeng Du, Elin Arfon
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Postoperative Pain Profiles Associated With Pre-incisional Intravenous Paracetamol or Port-Site Infiltration of 0.5% Ropivacaine in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: An Observational Study. [PDF]
Faiaz AF, Rani M V, Khan MI.
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Abstract This study examines the under‐theorized political role and identity of Chinese international students, who emerge as significant actors caught between U.S. soft power ambitions and rising geopolitical suspicion. Amid escalating U.S.‐China tensions, these students are forced to confront environments shaped by competing geopolitical discourses ...
Jing Yu
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Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in a Patient with Low-Lying Costal Arch due to Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Case Report. [PDF]
Fukami T, Minato H, Kosuga T, Arita T.
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Falling pupil numbers and school closures: Setting a research agenda for a new era of precarity
Abstract This paper explores the significant phenomenon of decreasing pupil numbers in England due to lower birth rates and the impact of a school closure on a school community. It then discusses how the sociology of education might research this major issue.
Eleanor Fagan, Alice Bradbury
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Indentation and internal visualization: A novel technique for posterior cannula placement in eyes with high myopia. [PDF]
Shettigar MP, Dave VP.
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Force stimulation promotes nerve regeneration by restoring cellular energy
Mechanical stimulation can help nerves regenerate in various ways. We developed two devices (a piezo‐motor‐driven stretching device and a SAW‐based actuator) to apply mechanical stimulation to sciatic nerve and DRG neurons. Our study shows that appropriate mechanical force stimulation can promote regeneration by restoring the energy supply to the ...
Zhe Wang +10 more
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A comparative analysis of surgical outcomes after robotic gastrectomy with conventional multiport, single-site, and single-port surgical system for gastric cancer. [PDF]
Kim KY +6 more
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