A Three-Stage-Concatenated Non-Linear MMSE Interference Rejection Combining Aided MIMO-OFDM Receiver and its EXIT-Chart Analysis by Jue Chen, Siyao Lu, Tsang-Yi Wang, Jwo-Yuh Wu, Chih-Peng Li, Soon Xin Ng, Robert G. Maunder, Lajos Hanzo

“…We present BLock Error Rate (BLER) results, which show that the proposed scheme can always achieve superior performance to the conventional MMSE-IRC detector at the cost of increasing the complexity. …”
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Penerapan Mekanisme Continuous Deployment dalam Pengembangan dan Pembaruan Perangkat Lunak Sistem Benam Berbasis Internet of Things by Yohanna Fransiska Aladina, Adhitya Bhawiyuga, Reza Andria Siregar, Primantara Hari Trisnawan

“…The number of IoT devices is always growing. But so far, the process of updating IoT devices has serious problems related to cost and time, namely, when they want to update software, humans must come directly to the location where the IoT device is located. …”
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Urban-Suburban Differences in Public Perspectives on Digitalizing Pediatric Research: Cross-Sectional Survey Study by Heping Fang, Ruoling Xian, Juan Li, Yingcun Li, Enmei Liu, Yan Zhao, Yan Hu

“… BackgroundRecruiting and retaining participants in pediatric research has always been challenging, particularly in healthy populations and remote areas, leading to selection bias and increased health disparities. …”
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Genetic investigations of autosomal recessive inherited ichthyosis impressed by fetal ultrasound: Exome sequencing and haplotype linkage analysis by Ting-Yu Chang, Zhu Wei Lim, Yi-Tzu Chu, Wan-Ju Wu, Mei-Hui Lee, Shun-Ping Chang, Dong-Jay Lee, Wen-Hsiang Lin, Ming Ho, Jin-Chung Shih, Gwo-Chin Ma, Ming Chen

“…Conclusion: Preimplantation genetic testing using STR linkage analysis can rescue cases with autosomal recessive inheritance when only one mutation is found in the putative gene, while reanalysis of high-coverage WES by optimized updated bioinformatics should always be considered in addition to whole genome sequencing.…”
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Presenting the local model of increasing the market share in Iran's dairy industry with a qualitative approach by leila taheri fard, farzad asayesh, alireza rousta

“…Milk and its products are of special importance in human life due to their extraordinary nutritional value, and they always provide part of the body's needs in the human food pyramid, including protein and some vitamins and especially calcium, but they do not have substitute products; therefore, in terms of examining alternative goods, the circle of investigation should be limited to all types of dairy products (Mousavinejad & Khoramnia, 2021). …”
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Liver damage in patients living with HIV on antiretroviral treatment with normal baseline liver function and without HBV/HCV infection: an 11-year retrospective cohort study in Gua... by Jun Yu, Hao Liang, Fengxiang Qin, Junjun Jiang, Chunwei Qin, Yunxuan Huang, Bingyu Liang, Yuexiang Xu, Jiegang Huang, Zhiliang Xu, Chuanyi Ning, Yanyan Liao, Ning Zang, Jingzhen Lai, Wudi Wei, Li Ye, Xionglin Qin

“…Cox regression analysis revealed that current WHO disease stage II, III or IV (compared with stage I) were the risk factors for liver damage, while baseline disease stage II, III (compared with stage I) and current regimen 3TC+AZT+NVP were the protective factors for liver damage.Conclusions Liver damage always exists among HIV-infected patients on ART with normal baseline liver function and without HBV/HCV infection. …”
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Risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection among front-line healthcare workers in Northeast Brazil: a respondent-driven sampling approach by Thalia Velho Barreto de Araújo, Demócrito de Barros Miranda-Filho, Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes, Ulisses Ramos Montarroyos, Celina Maria Turchi Martelli, Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque, Wayner Vieira de Souza, Cresio Romeu Pereira, Cynthia Braga, Celia Landmann Szwarcwald, Paulo Roberto Borges de Souza-Junior, Morgana Nascimento Xavier, Clarice Neuenschwander Lins de Morais, Gabriela Diniz Militao de Albuquerque, Cristiane Bresani-Salvi, Carolline Araújo Mariz, Noemia Teixeira de Siqueira-Filha, Jadson Mendonça Galindo, Cláudio Luiz França-Neto, Jessyka Mary Vasconcelos Barbosa, Maria Amelia Sousa Mascena Veras, Luana Nepomuceno Gondim Costa Lima, Luciane Nascimento Cruz, Carl Kendall, Ligia Regina Franco Sansigolo Kerr

“…Risk factors for a positive RT-PCR test were being a nursing assistant (OR adjusted: 2.56; 95% CI: 1.42 to 4.61), not always using all recommended PPE while assisting patients with COVID-19 (OR adj: 2.15; 95% CI: 1.02 to 4.53) and reporting a splash of biological fluid/respiratory secretion in the eyes (OR adj: 3.37; 95% CI: 1.10 to 10.34).Conclusions This study shows the high frequency of SARS-CoV2 infection among HCW presumably due to workplace exposures. …”
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Utilization of patient-reported outcomes to assess adherence to relugolix when combined with stereotactic body radiation therapy for intermediate to high-risk prostate cancer by Kelly Gaudian, Min Jung Koh, Min Ji Koh, Ryan R. Collins, Shaine Eden, Zoya Zwart, Malika Danner, Alan Zwart, Mark Fallick, Deepak Kumar, Paul Leger, Nancy A. Dawson, Simeng Suy, Sean P. Collins

“…Patients initiated relugolix at a median of 4 months prior to the SMAQ (2-19 months). 96% of patients achieved castration (≤ 50 ng/dL) at the time of the SMAQ. 96% of men reported always taking relugolix at the appropriate time. 1% discontinued medication due to bothersome side effects, 17% reported forgetting to take the medication, and 4% reported missing a dose during the weekend. 98% and 93% did not miss a dose more than 2 times in the last week and since the last visit, respectively. …”
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Laffer Curve and Taxable Revenue Elasticity: The Impact of Tax Deductions on a Dynamic General Equilibrium Model by Nahid Gohartash, Rouhollah shahnazi, Ahmad Sadraei javaheri, Mahboubeh Jafari, Parviz Rostamzadeh

“…While the elasticity of tax income from capital gains due to capital depreciation deductions is always greater than 1 and is downward in all three cases and gradually decreases with the increase of the tax rate and approaches 1. …”
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Angiographic Complete versus Clinical Selective Incomplete Percutaneous Revascularization in Heart Failure Patients with Multivessel Coronary Disease by Chieh-Yu Chang, Chun-Chi Chen, I-Chang Hsieh, Ming-Jer Hsieh, Cheng-Hung Lee, Dong-Yi Chen, Ming-Lung Tsai, Ming-Yun Ho, Jih-Kai Yeh, Yu-Chang Huang, Yu-Ying Lu, Chao-Yung Wang, Shang-Hung Chang, Ming-Shien Wen

“…However, angiographic CR is not always feasible and is associated with some procedure-related complications in heart failure (HF) patients with MVD. …”
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Control of BKPyV-DNAemia by a Tailored Viro-Immunologic Approach Does Not Lead to BKPyV-Nephropathy Progression and Development of Donor-Specific Antibodies in Pediatric Kidney Tra... by Michela Cioni, Stella Muscianisi, Marica De Cicco, Sabrina Basso, Hans H. Hirsch, Iris Fontana, Laura Catenacci, Jessica Bagnarino, Mariangela Siciliano, Oriana Montana Lampo, Gloria Acquafredda, Lou Tina Diana Boti, Jessica Rotella, Eleonora Bozza, Jennifer Zumelli, Kristiana Mebelli, Fausto Baldanti, Massimo Cardillo, Marco Zecca, Arcangelo Nocera, Mario Luppi, Enrico Verrina, Fabrizio Ginevri, Patrizia Comoli

“…Among the other 30 patients, 17 developed DNAuria without DNAemia and 13 always resulted as BKPyV-negative. All patients with DNAemia cleared BKPyV after having mounted a virus-specific cellular immune response, and no biopsy-proven BKPyV-nephropathy was observed. …”
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Lesion Location and Possible Etiology of Acute Unilateral Vestibulopathy by Zhang M, Wang J, Xue S, Liu S, Li K, Zhao T, Feng Y, Sui R, Yang B, Yang X

“…Menglu Zhang,1,2,* Jianrong Wang,1,2,* Siru Xue,1 Shui Liu,3 Kangzhi Li,4 Tongtong Zhao,1,2 Yufei Feng,1,2 Rubo Sui,2 Bentao Yang,5 Xu Yang1 1Department of Neurology, Aerospace Center Hospital, Peking University Aerospace School of Clinical Medicine, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, 121001, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Radiology, Aerospace Center Hospital, Peking University Aerospace School of Clinical Medicine, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Neurology, Peking University Shougang Hospital, Beijing, 100144, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of Radiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100730, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Xu Yang, Department of Neurology, Aerospace Center Hospital, Peking University Aerospace School of Clinical Medicine, 15 Yuquan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86010-59971978, Email yangxu2011@163.com Bentao Yang, Department of Radiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 1, Dongjiaomin Lane, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 13671281401, Email cjr.yangbentao@vip.163.comObjective: Acute unilateral vestibulopathy (AUVP) is quite common in clinical practice, but lesion localization and etiological diagnosis of AUVP remain the current clinical challenges, and have always been the focus for researchers. The study aimed to explore the lesion site and possible etiology of AUVP.Methods: This study is a retrospective study. …”
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Epistemic Roots, Universal Routes and Ontological Roofs of African “Ritual Archives”: Disciplinary Formations in African Thought by Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju

“…“Ritual Archives”, oscillates between the analytical and the poetic, the ruminative and the architectonic, expressive styles pouring out a wealth of ideas, which, even though adequately integrated, are not always adequately elaborated on. This essay responds to the resonance of those ideas, further illuminating their intrinsic semantic values and demonstrating my perception of the intersections of the concerns they express with issues beyond the African referent of “Ritual Archives”. …”
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Integrating melt electrospinning writing and microfluidics to engineer a human cardiac microenvironment for high-fidelity drug screening by Yu-hong Wang, Ting-ting Liu, Yan-ping Guo, Shuo-ji Zhu, Zi-ming Liao, Jia-mei Song, Xi-ming Zhu, Jia-liang Liang, Moussa Ide Nasser, Nan-bo Liu, De-hua Chang, Ping Zhu, Bin Yao

“…Although human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (iPSC-CMs) and the engineered heart organoid have been used for drug screening and mimicking disease models, they are always limited by the immaturity and lack of functionality of the cardiomyocytes. …”
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The Combined Effect of Garlic (Allium sativum) and Turmeric (Curcuma longa) Extracts to Reduce the Adverse Effects of Aflatoxin B1 in Rats by Hadi Sarir, Saeedeh Zakerian, masood didarkhah

“…Introduction : Fungal toxins are also of considerable importance and are always placed next to plant pesticides and heavy metals. …”
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Occurrence of micropollutants in surface water and removal by catalytic wet peroxide oxidation enhanced filtration using polymeric membranes loaded with carbon nanotubes by Adriano S. Silva, Paulo Zadra Filho, Ana Paula Ferreira, Fernanda F. Roman, Arthur P. Baldo, Madeleine Rauhauser, Jose L. Diaz de Tuesta, Ana I. Pereira, Adrián M.T. Silva, Juliana M.T. Pietrobelli, Marzhan S. Kalmakhanova, Daniel D. Snow, Helder T. Gomes

“…For years, grab samples have been used to assess water quality, but the results can be misleading since contaminants are not always found due to the low and highly variable concentrations at which they are present in these matrices. …”
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Editorial by Lindsay B. Flynn

“…While young people at the beginning of their income trajectories will always have more difficulty competing in tight housing markets, today’s young people are experiencing unique housing burdens that older generations never had to confront. …”
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Assessment framework to predict sensitivity of marine calcifiers to ocean alkalinity enhancement – identification of biological thresholds and importance of precautionary principle... by N. Bednaršek, H. van de Mortel, G. Pelletier, G. Pelletier, M. García-Reyes, R. A. Feely, A. G. Dickson, A. G. Dickson

“…This<span id="page474"/> is important given the fact that at least some of the current OAE approaches do not always assure safe biological space. With 60 % of responses being non-neutral, a precautionary approach for OAE implementation is warranted, identifying the conditions where potential negative ecological outcomes could happen, which is key for scaling up and avoiding ecological risks.…”
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Fálétí’s Philosophical Sensibility by Adeshina Afolayan

“…Fálétí’s Philosophical Sensibility 61 Both the poets and the philosophers have always had one thing in common— the exploration of the possibilities that ideas and visions yield: As theoretical disciplines concerned with raising social consciousness, philosophy and literature engage in similar speculation about the good society and what is good for humanity. …”
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Species Composition and Community Characteristics of Typical Intertidal Shellfish in Qingdao, China by Dashan YUAN, Zhihong LIU, Peizhen MA, Xiujun SUN, Liqing ZHOU, Zhuanzhuan LI, Dong XU, Biao WU

“…Hongshiyi and Jinkou consistently formed separate branches, Cangkou and Wanggezhuang always clustered together, and the former Taoyuan in Langya and Aoshanwei were consistently grouped together. …”
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