Flexible substrate based wideband polarization converter with extremely high polarization conversion ratio by Ismail Hossain, Mohammad Tariqul Islam, Norsuzlin Mohd Sahar, Abdulwadoud A. Maash, Haitham Alsaif, Mohamed S. Soliman, Md Samsuzzaman

“…The anticipated converter's spectrum for all incidence angles between 0◦ and 60°. The PCR remained higher than 99 % over a wide incidence angle range to 60° without much performance degradation. …”
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Evaluation of Radiological and Anatomical Features of Cervical Vertebrae in Adult Persian Cat by Peghah Derakhshi, Siamak Alizadeh, Mohammadreza Hosseinchi

“…Methods The present descriptive‐cross‐sectional study included 10 adult Persian cats, including 5 males and 5 females. All cats underwent radiography in the dorsoventral, ventrodorsal, left lateral and right lateral recumbency. …”
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Urological, vascular, and infectious implications of kidney transplant: a single-center experience by Juan G. Prada, Sofía Manjarrés-Sierra, Isabella Lince-Rivera, Carolina Martínez-Pinedo, Carolina Martínez-Pinedo, Germán Patiño, Hugo E. López

“…Methods: A cross-sectional and retrospective study was carried out. Records of all patients who underwent kidney transplant from 2007 to 2017 were reviewed and data of demographic and surgical variables as well as information of vascular, urological, and infectious complications during the 1st post-operative month were registered and analyzed. …”
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A Comparison of Resting Scapular Posture and the Davies Closed Kinetic Chain Upper Extremity Stability Test by John D Heick, Jenna Haggerty, Robert C Manske

“…A strong correlation r=.94 was observed between student and experienced physical therapist in evaluating all four types of Kibler scapular classification…”
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WeARTolerance: Evaluating the impact of an arts-based program to reduce mental health-related stigma in young people. by Ana Beato, Leonor Pereira da Costa, Ana Carvalho, Sara Albuquerque, Isabel Santos

“…The quantitative results from Phase 1 demonstrated a decreasing trend in all primary outcomes. In phase 2, participants acknowledged the activities' relevance, reported overall satisfaction with the program, and showed great enthusiasm and willingness to learn more. …”
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Complications of microwave ablation in patients with persistent/recurrent hyperparathyroidism after surgical or ablative treatment by Ying Wei, Zhen-long Zhao, Jie Wu, Shi-liang Cao, Li-li Peng, Yan Li, Ming-an Yu

“…Risk factors for RLN palsy included ablation of superior and large parathyroid glands (>1.7 cm). All patients recovered spontaneously except for one with permanent RLN palsy in the PTX group (2.1%).Conclusion Complication rates for MWA post-surgical or ablative treatments were comparable to initial MWA rates. …”
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Probing the potential of InDel polymorphisms on the molecular identification of cetaceans by Dafne Adriana Abreu dos Anjos, Rodrigo Goldenberg Barbosa, Anna Luiza dos Santos Donato, Elizeu Fagundes de Carvalho, Cesar Rogerio Leal do Amaral

“…We carried out an in silico analysis using previously published 16S rRNA and adjacent tRNA-Leu mitochondrial sequences obtained from the NCBI database and found that accurate identification of all species included in our assay could be obtained by combining the lengths of three InDel regions. …”
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Emergency Care for Suicidal Behavior Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Two Hospitals in Bogotá: a Longitudinal Analysis by Gutiérrez-Dajud, Sasha Stefany, Pastran-Cortés, Ana María, Mendivelso, Fredy, Rodríguez-Bedoya, Ingrid Milena, Moreno-Gómez, Jairo Enrique, Muñoz-Tamayo, Rodrigo

“…Methods: A retrospective longitudinal cohort study was conducted, collecting monthly data from January 2015 to June 2022 from the mental health program of two reference institutions in Bogota. All patients were assessed by psychiatrists and psychologists in the emergency department and their demographic, clinical and specific attributes of suicidal behavior were characterized. …”
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Les aqueducs romains de Lyon et d’ailleurs : nouveaux repères by Aldo Borlenghi, Catherine Coquidé

“…The “Aqueducts of Lyon” research group, which all the researchers, regardless of their institutional affiliations were invited to join, has been at work since 2015: professional archaeologists from government departments, universities, laboratories, institutes or companies, as well as research volunteers, have joined forces to present and explain their work within different institutional frameworks, and with different tools and methods. …”
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Cataract surgery in Australia: a review of the regional literature and outcomes from 5018 cases at a tertiary teaching hospital by Chameen Samarawickrama, Muhammad A Khan, Brendon W H Lee, Lauren Sartor

“…A review of the Australian and New Zealand literature was undertaken to provide a benchmark of outcomes from the region.Methods The electronic medical record system was used to review three time-points for all phacoemulsification cataract surgeries at a tertiary-referral centre between May 2017 and August 2020: preoperative, intraoperative and one month postoperatively. …”
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Association between nutritional status, daily nutrition delivery and clinical outcomes of critically ill adult patients admitted to the intensive care unit: a protocol for Isfahan... by Awat Feizi, Sabrina Schlesinger, Nafiseh Shokri-Mashhadi, Somayeh Rajaii, Milad Nasiri Jounaghani

“…The patient’s identity will be considered confidential and will not be revealed or published under any circumstances; all provisions of laws governing personal data protection will be observed. …”
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METHODOLOGY OF PROFESSIONAL PEDAGOGICAL EDUCATION: THEORY AND PRACTICE (THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF VOCATIONAL TEACHER EDUCATION) by E. M. Dorozhkin, E. F. Zeer

“…Politicians, economists and scientists’ speeches are all about the shortage of skilled personnel. They see the main reason of this catastrophic situation in the present system of primary andsecondary vocational education. …”
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Safety and efficacy of omaveloxolone v/s placebo for the treatment of Friedreich's ataxia in patients aged more than 16 years: a systematic review by Ankita Umrao, Monika Pahuja, Nabendu Sekhar Chatterjee

“…Exploratory outcome measures, such as low-contrast letter visual acuity test, exercise test, T25-FW, 9-HPT, health-related quality of life, and biochemical tests, were also assessed along with adverse events in all the studies. Conclusion Although, the quality of the articles demonstrated low bias. …”
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Prediction of Ionograms With/Without Spread‐F at Hainan by a Combined Spatio‐Temporal Neural Network by Pengdong Gao, Jinhui Cai, Zheng Wang, Chu Qiu, Guojun Wang, Quan Qi, Bo Wang, Jiankui Shi, Xiao Wang, Kai Ding

“…Our method inputs 8 consecutive authentic ionograms (lasting 2 hr) and generates the next 2 figures (next 30 min). Remarkably, all predicted figures achieve a high accuracy rate of over 94% in predicting the occurrence of Spread‐F.…”
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Proportion of foetal and placental implantation abnormalities in Madagascar: A cross-sectional study of 35,919 women at public-sector primary healthcare facilities in central and s... by Franziska Krätzig, Jie Mei, Mahery Rebaliha, Zavaniarivo Rampanjato, Rinja Ranaivoson, Jenia Razafinjato, Jan-Walter De Neve, Mara Anna Franke, Nadine Muller, Julius Valentin Emmrich

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a multi-year, cross-sectional study using secondary NGO data on obstetric ultrasound, including patient records of all pregnant women who received an obstetric ultrasound screening between July 1st, 2017, and September 30th, 2020, at 62 public-sector primary care facilities in urban and rural regions of Madagascar. …”
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Effect of Load Vector Orientation on Uniaxial Compressive Strength of 3D Photoresin by Evgenii Kozhevnikov, Mikhail Turbakov, Evgenii Riabokon, Zakhar Ivanov, Andrei Golosov, Arina Panteleeva, Yan Savitsky

“…It enables the production of individual parts in a short time, independent of supply chains, which is particularly important in remote locations. Among all 3D printing technologies, stereolithography using photo resins is the most accessible and offers the highest printing quality. …”
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Boosting the thermal efficiency of a flat-tube parabolic trough solar collector with the introduction of innovative slashed triangular prism turbulators by Sultan Alshehery, Qasem Al Mdallal, Ahmed A. Altohamy, Lotfi Ben Said, Mohamed Bouzidi, Turki Alkathiri, Lioua Kolsi

“…Utilizing TPT with varying lengths revealed that the l = 15 mm configuration produced a pressure drop of 18.3 times and enhanced heat transfer by 525 %, yielding a PEC of 2.37, thereby outperforming all other lengths tested. In addition, incorporating slashes on the TPT caused PEC to increase to 3.32 at a slash area of 33 mm2, even though there was a notable decline in heat transfer and pressure drop. …”
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Reliability of Schirmer and Phenol Red Thread test value on dry eye patients by Urvashni Nirghin, Tharuna Govender, Yeshalya Hirachund, Rorisang Mosololi, Hlengiwe Nxumalo, Sumaya Patel, Philani Zwane, Khathutshelo P. Mashige

“…The inter-session correlation for the PRT was poor (ICC = 0.432) while the ST was moderate (ICC = 0.567) with no statistical difference observed for all parameters (P  0.05). The Bland–Altman plots for intra- and inter-session indicate that 96% of observations fell within the 95% limits of agreement. …”
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Husband involvement in antenatal care moderates the link between vitamin D status and depressive symptoms in pregnant women by Rosa S. Wong, Keith T. S. Tung, Hing Wai Tsang, Jennifer K. Y. Ko, Wing-cheong Leung, Patrick Ip

“…However, there were no noticeable differences in depressive symptoms between vitamin D groups for mothers whose husbands attended all antenatal care appointments. Conclusions Pregnant women who have suboptimal vitamin D levels and lack support from their spouses are most vulnerable to experiencing depression. …”
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Contribution of Glycosaminoglycans to the Microstructural Integrity of Fibrillar and Fiber Crimps in Tendons and Ligaments by Marco Franchi, Viviana De Pasquale, Désirée Martini, Marilisa Quaranta, Maria Macciocca, Alessio Dionisi, Vittoria Ottani

“…Both Achilles tendons and medial collateral ligaments of the rats after chemical or mechanical removal of GAGs still showed crimps and fibrillar crimps comparable to tissues with a normal GAG content. All fibrils in the fibrillar crimp region always twisted leftwards, thus changing their running plane, and then sharply bent, changing their course on a new plane. …”
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