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Category: Social Sciences
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International prevalence of tactile map usage and its impact on navigational independence and well-being of people with visual impairments
Out of 1437 entries, 752 PVI (410 M, 341 F, 1 N/A, mean age = 36.44 y; 47.67% attrition rate42) completed the first survey, which investigated demographic factors, life and travel habits, cognitive mapping skills, and the use of tactile…
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Exploring psychological distress among lung cancer patients through the stress system model
Psychological distress (PD), also referred to as psychological suffering, encompasses cognitive, behavioral, emotional, social, and spiritual changes, profoundly affecting a patient’s ability to cope with cancer, somatic symptoms, and…
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Development and psychometric test of self-advocacy scale for patients with stroke
Aim
The aim of this study was to develop a new instrument for assessing the self-advocacy for patients who had a stroke and to examine its psychometric properties.
Design
A cross-sectional, three-stage study was conducted using both quantitative and…
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Blinking indexes dynamic attending during and after music listening
Participants
Fifty-seven participants (48 females), aged 50 to 84 years (M = 61.09, SD = 7.16), took part in the study. All were English speakers with normal or corrected-to-normal vision, hearing thresholds below 60 dB as measured by pure…
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“Our fish are not your marine biodiversity”: tensions in integrating fisheries into the BBNJ Agreement
FAO. The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2024 (FAO, 2024).
Ardron, J. A., Rayfuse, R., Gjerde, K. & Warner, R. The sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity in ABNJ: what can be achieved using existing international agreements?…
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Genital examinations in cases of suspected ‘female genital mutilation’ in Sweden 1982–2022: lawful decisions resulting in structural injustice
General overview of the cases
A comprehensive review of the police case files reveals that in the vast majority of instances, either illegal FGM did not occur or could not be proven. An analysis of the files shows that, in most cases where a…
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How does the state-led megaregion affect local environmental governance? Evidence from China
Megaregion policies
The distinction between megaregions development in China and the West
Megaregions, as a high-level spatial manifestation of urbanization and regional economic development, have garnered widespread scholarly and policy attention…
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Scientists modeled nuclear winter—the global food collapse was worse than expected
A nuclear winter is a theoretical concept, but if the climate scenario expected to follow a large-scale nuclear war, in which smoke and soot from firestorms block sunlight, came to fruition, global temperatures would sharply drop, extinguishing…
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