Building the Clinical Bridge to Advance Education, Research, and Practice Excellence by Marilyn Svejda, Janet Goldberg, Maureen Belden, Kathleen Potempa, Margaret Calarco

“…The University of Michigan School of Nursing and the Health System partnered to develop an undergraduate clinical education model as part of a larger project to advance clinical education, practice, and scholarship with education serving as the clinical bridge that anchors all three areas. The clinical model includes clusters of clinical units as the clinical home for four years of a student's education, clinical instruction through team mentorship, clinical immersion, special skills preparation, and student portfolio. …”
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County Differences in Mortality among Foreign-Born Compared to Native Swedes 1970–1999 by Björn Albin, Katarina Hjelm, Jan Ekberg, Sölve Elmståhl

“…Latest county of residence independently explained higher mortality among foreign-born persons in all but four counties; OR varied from 1.01 to 1.29. …”
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Application of Extreme Learning Machine Algorithm for Drought Forecasting by Muhammad Ahmad Raza, Mohammed M. A. Almazah, Zulfiqar Ali, Ijaz Hussain, Fuad S. Al-Duais

“…The overall results indicate that the ELM outperformed by producing the smallest RMSE, MAE, and MAPE values and maximum values for KGE, WI, and correlation coefficient values at almost all the selected meteorological stations for (1, 3, 6, 9, and 12) month time scales. …”
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Municipal public spending in environmental management: efficiency and determinants by Vanderléia de Souza da Silva, Johan Hendrik Poker Junior, Marco Antonio Milani Filho, Ieda Kanashiro Makiya, Denise Rugani Topke

“…The public sphere manages and regulates this issue, being a key factor for public policies at all management levels. The objective of the study was to analyze the efficiency of São Paulo municipalities in managing environmental public spending, in the period from 2011 to 2015, and to identify the determinants of efficiency. …”
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Condition Recognition of High-Speed Train Bogie Based on Multi-View Kernel FCM by Qi Rao, Yan Yang, Yongquan Jiang

“…First, fast Fourier transform coefficients of HST vibration signals of all channels are extracted. Then, the fuzzy classification coefficient of every channel is calculated after clustering to select the appropriate channels. …”
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The distance learning impact on the quality of the educational process (according to the study results conducted at the State University of Management) by I. K. Shcherbakova

“…Digitalization is gaining momentum at a rapid pace, affecting all spheres of society, including education, where, as a result of the global Covid-19 pandemic, a forced transition from full-time to distance learning, digital format was carried out. …”
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The Dilution Dependency of Multigroup Uncertainties by M. R. Ball, C. McEwan, D. R. Novog, J. C. Luxat

“…To describe the uncertainty of all multigroup physics parameters—including those at finite dilution—additional calculations must be performed that relate uncertainties in an infinite dilution cross-section to those at the problem dilution. …”
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Spatial-temporal Evolution of the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) in the Huaihe River Basin from 1999 to 2018 by GAO Zheng, LIU Saiyan, QIN Xuan, XU Liuxin

“…Vegetation is one of the main participants in the global carbon cycle and plays an important role in land surface water transport and energy transmission.Based on the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) of the Huaihe River Basin (HRB) from 1999 to 2018,the spatial-temporal evolution law of NDVI was studied on three time scales (month,quarter,and year) through the Mann-Kendall trend test and empirical orthogonal function (EOF) decomposition.The following findings are obtained.① Affected by crop maturity and different landforms,the multi-year average values of monthly NDVI in the HRB present an M-shaped distribution as a whole,and there are some differences in the mean value and variation range of NDVI in different sub-basins.② In the downstream area with more farmlands,the NDVI shows an insignificant downward trend in summer and winter,while in other three sub-basins of the river,the NDVI follows an upward trend in all seasons,especially in spring and autumn.③ The annual NDVI of the basin exhibits a significant upward trend,which is the same as the global greening trend.This also indicates that returning cropland back to forests and other soil and water conservation measures have achieved remarkable results in vegetation restoration and ecological protection in the basin for the past 20 years.④ The spatial distribution of NDVI modes in the HRB shows simultaneous increases or decreases overall,with a great difference existing between the western and eastern areas.Vegetation coverage gradually decreases from inland to coastal.These research results can provide a reference basis for understanding the vegetation restoration characteristics and protecting the ecological environment in the HRB.…”
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Efficient Periodic Broadcasting for Mobile Networks at Small Client Receiving Bandwidth and Buffering Space by Hsiang-Fu Yu, Yao-Tien Wang, Jong-Yih Kuo, Chu-Yi Chien

“…This limitation causes these schemes to be infeasible in mobile networks because increasing receiving bandwidth at all client sites is expensive, as well as difficult. …”
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Effect of Tuina Manipulation on the Expression of Desmin in Gastrocnemius of Rats with Sciatic Nerve Injury by Xianyu FU, Junpeng ZHANG, Ziwei SONG, Jiaqi WANG, Yanan GUO, Ying MA, Juntao YAN, Shujie MA

“…Eight rats from each group were detected recovery rate of muscle wet weight to evaluate the recovery of muscular atrophy and Desmin expression to explore the mechanism of Tuina manipulation.Results:The recovery rate of muscle wet weight in the model group and the Tuina group were all ascended. Compared with the model group, the rate of the Tuina group was lower at the 4 and 8 weeks after successful modeling (<italic>P</italic>&gt;0.05), higher at the 12 and 16 weeks after successful modeling (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). …”
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ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY FOR TREATING SPINAL STENOSIS: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW OF RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS by Rafael Augusto da Silva Aparício, Rodrigo Freitas Maringoni de Oliveira, Felipe de Almeida Pinto, Carlos Gorios, Lorran Azevedo Zanon, Alessandra Masi

“…Results: A total of 13 articles were identified that met the previously established search strategy, all of which were included in the review. Conclusion: The reviewed studies showed that endoscopic surgery to correct spinal stenosis could offer adequate decompression of neural elements, resulting in shorter hospital stays, faster recovery and favorable operative results. …”
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Las que se quedan: Género,  Migración y Control Social by Maria José Garcia Oramas, Susana Ruiz Pimentel, Sara Ruiz Vallejo

“…Migration impacts family structure, affecting both those who leave and those who stay, forcing all to confront a process of change and accommodation as a result of new realities. …”
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Active Liver Bleed Caught During FAST Exam from Spontaneous Hemangioma Rupture: A Case Report by Raul Rodriguez, Nicole Aviles

“…It serves as a reminder of how imperative it is to not anchor on the primary diagnosis and reinforces the importance of ultrasonographic competency in physicians of all specialties and not just those in the realm of emergency medicine and critical care.…”
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Technical standardization work in Leningrad industry (1928–1937) by A. V. Kolobova

“…Using a specific problem method, a systematic approach and structural-functional analysis, the management documentation of production associations and their subordinate enterprises, departments of the secretariat of the Leningrad Regional Committee and the city committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks was studied. …”
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Investigating the Influences of Pore-Scale Characteristics on Tight Oil Migration by a Two-Phase Pore Network Model by Jianhui Zeng, Yongchao Zhang, Jingsheng Ma, Changling Liu, Zhe Cao

“…Then, this validated model was used to evaluate the impacts of the following factors on the oil migration process: pore radius, coordination number, aspect ratio, brine viscosity, and wettability. The results show that all factors can influence the oil migration process but at different magnitudes. …”
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Experimental Investigation into Compressive Behaviour and Preconsolidation Pressure of Structured Loess at Different Moisture Contents by Yali Xu, Panpan Guo, Chengwei Zhu, Gang Lei, Kang Cheng

“…The influencing rules which the moisture content exerts on the structured yield stress, the preconsolidation pressure, and the structural strength all conform to exponential functions. The study is of great significance to correctly differentiating the foundation consolidation states and calculating the ground settlement in loess regions.…”
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Counterterrorism Planning in the Shipping Industry Leveraging Competitive Intelligence by Anastasios-Nikolaos KANELLOPOULOS, Anthony IOANNIDIS

“…This study aims to enhance maritime security, ensure global trade’s safe and efficient operation, and improve global maritime resilience, offering valuable insights for all industry stakeholders. …”
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Effect of lactose-free milk powder on lactose intolerance symptoms and nutritional status of pet dogs by Y. Wang, H. Lou, A.M. Turpeinen, L. Liu, F. Xue

“…The high- and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol increased in all milk powder groups, while there were no other differences in nutritional status measurement. …”
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Design and Implementation of a Reconfigurable Test Environment for Network Measurement Tools Based on a Control and Management Framework by Fatih Abut, Mehmet Kızıldağ

“…These include validating the accuracy of end-to-end round-trip time and available bandwidth estimation tools, measuring the TCP and UDP throughput, and analyzing the impact of packet loss and jitter on VoIP performance, all conducted over dynamically adjusted testbed configurations. …”
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Quality of phytopathometric variables generated from a ranking scale for the CABMV-passionfruit pathosystem by Antonio Carlos Mota Porto, Mariana de Lima Santos, Antonio Carlos Oliveira

“…Four different PVs were generated through a ranking scale: AUDPC-III, AUDPC-GS, III and GS. All variables met the assumptions for analysis of variance, with AUDPC-III and III PVs having slightly higher values in terms of adherence to normality, and AUDPC-GS and GS PVs having slightly higher values in terms of significance for additivity and homoscedasticity. …”
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