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    Robo-investment aversion.

    In five experiments (N = 3,828), we investigate whether people prefer investment decisions to be made by human investment managers rather than by algorithms (“robos”). In all of...
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    High school science fair: Positive and negative outcomes

    AbstractThe goal of our ongoing research is to identify strengths and weaknesses of high school level science fair and improvements that can help science educators make science...
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    Association of the ACTN3 R577X (rs1815739) polymorphism with elite power spor...

    Objective The special status accorded to elite athletes stems from their uncommon genetic potential to excel in world-class power sports (PS). Genetic polymorphisms have been...
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    Challenges in Translational Research: The Views of Addiction Scientists

    Objectives To explore scientists' perspectives on the challenges and pressures of translating research findings into clinical practice and public health policy. Methods...
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    Effect of PEPFAR funding policy change on HIV service delivery in a large HIV...

    The transition to PEPFAR 2.0 with its focus on country ownership was accompanied by substantial funding cuts. We describe the impact of this transition on HIV care in a large...
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    Administration of L-arginine plus L-citrulline or L-citrulline alone successf...

    L-citrulline and L-arginine supplementation has been shown to have several beneficial effects on the cardiovascular system. Nitric oxide (NO) protects against the progression of...
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    Gestational diabetes mellitus in Africa: a systematic review.

    Background Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is any degree of impaired glucose tolerance first recognised during pregnancy. Most women with GDM revert to normal glucose...
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    The Nordic Maintenance Care Program:Does psychological profile modify the tre...

    BACKGROUND: Chiropractic maintenance care is effective as secondary/tertiary prevention of non-specific low back pain (LBP), but the potential effect moderation by psychological...
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    Background Growing evidence suggests that second-generation cryoballoon ablation (2G-CB) is effective in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (PerAF). The cornerstone...
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    The reasons behind medicine shortages from the perspective of pharmaceutical ...

    The aim of this study was to explore the reasons behind medicine shortages from the perspective of pharmaceutical companies and pharmaceutical wholesalers in Finland. The study...
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    Robust cell particle detection to dense regions and subjective training sampl...

    : In recent years, finding the cause of pathogenesis is expected by observing the cell images. In this paper, we propose a cell particle detection method in cell images....
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    Spatial and topical imbalances in biodiversity research

    The rapid erosion of biodiversity is among the biggest challenges human society is facing. Concurrently, major efforts are in place to quantify changes in biodiversity, to...
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    The emergent integrated network structure of scientific research

    Scientific research is often thought of as being conducted by individuals and small teams striving for disciplinary advances. Yet as a whole, this endeavor more closely...
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    Computation of adherence to medication and visualization of medication histor...

    Adherence to medications is an important indicator of the quality of medication management and impacts on health outcomes and cost-effectiveness of healthcare delivery....
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    Heterogeneous groups overcome the diffusion of responsibility problem in soci...

    Social norms promote cooperation in everyday life because many people are willing to negatively sanction norm breakers at a cost to themselves. However, a norm violation may...
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    Mapping the evolution of entrepreneurship as a field of research (1990-2013):...

    This article applies scientometric techniques to study the evolution of the field of entrepreneurship between 1990 and 2013. Using a combination of topic mapping, author and...
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    Supporting evidence-informed policy and scrutiny:A consultation of UK researc...

    Access to reliable and timely information ensures that decision-makers can operate effectively. The motivations and challenges of parliamentarians and policy-makers in accessing...
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    The prognostic value of prognostic nutritional index in hepatocellular carcin...

    Background and aims The clinical value of the prognostic nutritional index (PNI) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has been investigated in previous studies, but the results...
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    A funder-imposed data publication requirement seldom inspired data sharing

    Growth of the open science movement has drawn significant attention to data sharing and availability across the scientific community. In this study, we tested the ability to...
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    Participation shifts explain degree distributions in a human communications n...

    Human interpersonal communications drive political, technological, and economic systems, placing importance on network link prediction as a fundamental problem of the sciences....