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Voluntariness of Consent to Research: A Preliminary Empirical Investigation [PDF]

, 2009
Providing informed consent to participate in research—a primary pillar of the ethical conduct of research—is based on three components: adequate information, a competent decision-maker, and a voluntary decision process . Techniques have been developed to
Appelbaum, Paul S., Lidz, Charles W., Klitzman, Robert L.   +2 more
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Design and analysis strategies for robust microbiome ageing research

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The gut microbiome changes with age and associates with age‐related morbidity and mortality, establishing it as a potential biomarker and intervention target for ageing. Realising this potential requires methodological rigour, yet distinguishing biological signals from methodological artefacts remains challenging across cohorts. This review provides an
Mark Olenik, İsmail Güderer, Yi Wang, Tayyaba Alvi, Prasoon Pandey, Handan Melike Dönertaş   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Voluntariedad y elección informada de los métodos de solución de conflictos en asuntos sobre corresponsabilidad parental

Eleuthera
The objective of this work is to determine how necessary a mandatory informative session is for users of justice administration services. The qualitative technique of interviews and documentary review of doctrinal, legislative and ...
Mario Ayapal López-Cruz
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LMS-enabled blended learning utilization in distance tertiary education: establishing the relationships among facilitating conditions, voluntariness of use and use behaviour

International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 2020
Distance education has evolved partly through technologies that defined them in the various generations of distance education delivery. However, in the twenty-first century, the use of Learning Management System (LMS) has changed the face of distance ...
Brandford Bervell, Valentina Arkorful
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Empowering Vietnamese EFL Learners at Tertiary Level: Investigating Factors Shaping Learner Autonomy in English Language Acquisition

Vision: Journal for Language and Foreign Language Learning, 2022
This study scrutinizes the viewpoints of Vietnamese students studying English as a Foreign Language (EFL) regarding determinants impacting their autonomy in English language acquisition.
Thi Anh Nguyen, Tra Huong Nguyen, My Hoang Nguyen, Thuy Trut Phạm, Thao Thanh Le, Yen Hoang Phuong, Thu Thi Anh Huynh   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Engineering peptides into antibodies—opportunities and strategies for therapeutic innovation

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Peptides and antibodies occupy complementary therapeutic niches. Peptides recognize difficult targets in a compact format, while antibodies add specificity, long half‐life, and effector functions. This review examines strategies that merge both modalities—peptide grafting into loops, terminal and Fc fusions, and bioconjugation—highlighting how ...
Jinling Wang, Ruslana Romaniuk, Hristo L. Svilenov   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Being Pushed or Pulled? The Role of (In)voluntariness of Solo Self-Employed Individuals’ Career Path in Self-Fulfillment or Precariousness

Administrative Sciences
The rise of solo self-employment in Germany calls for an examination of its consequences for well-being and psychological factors. This study examines the role of voluntariness in self-employment with the aim of shedding light on its influence on self ...
Maria Undine Kottwitz, Nathalie Daibel, Kathleen Otto   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Circulating microRNA signatures of cachexia and cancer in Canis familiaris as a comparative oncology model for human disease

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Circulating microRNAs as biomarkers of cachexia and sex‐specific cancer in senior dogs. In 25 client‐owned dogs, four circulating miRNAs (miR‐15a, miR‐15b, miR‐16, miR‐140) were downregulated in cachexia, with miR‐16 the strongest individual biomarker (AUC = 0.899).
Soon‐Seok Park, Kyongman An, Gyeonghwa Kim, Soo‐Nyun Choi, Hong‐Ki Lee, Keun Hur, Kyu‐Shik Jeong   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Molecular characterization of covRS mutations in M1UK Streptococcus pyogenes

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Group A Streptococcus (GAS) acquires covRS mutations driving a hypervirulent bacterial state, frequently associated with invasive disease‐like necrotizing fasciitis. We demonstrate that the newly emerged M1UK GAS lineage can also acquire these mutations.
Jarrad Pritchard, Emma‐Jayne Proctor, Jiawa Wang, Nikolas P. Johnston, Andrew Hayes, Georgia McCorkell, Haibo Yu, Jai Tree, Mark R. Davies, Mark J. Walker, Ronald Sluyter, Stephan Brouwer, Martina L. Sanderson‐Smith   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interactive visual aid adoption within pharmaceutical sales organizations

Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 2020
Pharmaceutical companies have invested heavily to equip their sales organizations with interactive visual aids (IVAs) running on tablet PCs designed to increase sales productivity and reduce risks associated with regulatory non-compliance.
Thomas A. Dotter, Vess L. Johnson
doaj   +1 more source