Corneal Topographic Changes Due to Pediatric Epiblepharon Surgery by Shindo J, Matsumura N, Nakamura J, Asano M, Ohno T, Mizuki N

“…Jun Shindo,1,2 Nozomi Matsumura,1 Jutaro Nakamura,2 Mizuki Asano,1 Tomoko Ohno,1 Nobuhisa Mizuki2 1Department of Ophthalmology, Kanagawa Children’s Medical Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 232-8555, Japan; 2Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 236-0004, JapanCorrespondence: Jun Shindo, Department of Ophthalmology, Kanagawa Children’s Medical Center, Mutsukawa, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 232-8555, Japan, Tel +81 45 711 2351, Fax +81 45 721 3324, Email junjunon.nike.6228@gmail.comPurpose: This study aimed to investigate changes in corneal morphology following pediatric lower-lid epiblepharon surgery using a topographic modeling system 5 (TMS-5®).Patients and Methods: A randomized controlled trial compared two surgical interventions for pediatric epiblepharon: incisional (modified Hotz procedure with lid margin splitting) and nonincisional. …”
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An Analysis of the Vocational-Educational Problematics for Substantiating Production Specialist Competencies by V. E. Steinberg, L. V. Vakhidova, E. M. Gabitova

“…The structure and algorithm of multi-dimensional matrix analysis, providing a stageby-stage presentation of problems found in industrial enterprises concerning specified SVE graduate competencies, are described and visually presented. …”
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INTERACTIVE WEB 2.0 TOOLS IN CONTENT AND LANGUAGE INTEGRATED LEARNING by Rinata R. Zaripova, Leila L. Salekhova, Andrew V. Danilov

“…The majority of secondary school graduates that use Tatar language as a medium of instruction meet with cognitive and linguistic difficulties when they begin studying at the university, where Russian is mostly used. …”
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Determination of Seroprevalence and Risk Factors of Crimean–Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in the Endemic Region in Turkey: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Rıza Çıtıl, Mücahit Eğri, Yalçın Önder, Fazilet Duygu, Yunus Emre Bulut, Özkan Yaşayancan, Nagehan Yıldız Çeltek, Şafak Şahin

“…Seropositivity rates in terms of adjusted odds ratios (AOR) were higher 2.53 times (95% CI: 1.57–4.08; p=0.001) in males; 4.05 (95% CI: 2.14–7.65; p<0.001) in age group ≥65; 0.33 (95% CI: 0.14–0.76; p<0.001) in graduates of high school and above; 0.71 (95%CI: 0.33–1.52; p<0.001) in ones with good income; 1.84 (95%CI: 1.18–2.86; p<0.001) in farmers; 1.64 (95% CI: 1.04–2.27; p<0.001) in people dealing with animal husbandry; and 1.02 (95% CI: 1.03–2.29; p<0.001) in those with history of tick contact. …”
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The relationship between physical activity and career decision-making self-efficacy in Chinese college students: the mediating roles of self-control and social anxiety by Yuan Fang, Tingting Xu, Maosheng Ye, Changquan Li

“…ObjectivesEnhancing career decision-making self-efficacy is an effective approach to improving university graduates' employment quality and speed. This study aims to explore the relationships among physical activity, career decision-making self-efficacy, self-control, and social anxiety to provide new perspectives and directions for enhancing university students' career decision-making self-efficacy.MethodsWithin the framework of this research endeavor, a cohort of 1,955 university students (N = 1,955) from 14 universities distributed throughout China was surveyed. …”
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Economic Background of Undergraduate Students and their Academic Performance at Kabale University. by Kyarikunda, Miria

“…The purpose of the study was to establish the socioeconomic factors in uencing under- graduate students' academic performance in Kabale university in Kabale District. …”
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Distance Learning and the Quality of teacher Education in Rwanda: A case Study of Byumba. by Anastase, Mvuyekure

“…The study was guided by three objectives, namely to investigate the effect of Distance Learning on the teaching- learning process; to examine the academic relevance of resources used in Distance Learning Programme in Rwanda; and to evaluate whether the graduates from Distance Learning programme had the skills, knowledge and attitudes required for qualitative, effective and efficient education.Simple random sampling techniques were used and data was collected using questionnaires, interview and documentary review.The distance Learning Programme (second intake) which started in 2011 was chosen for study. …”
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Development and characterization of in vitro inducible immortalization of a murine microglia cell line for high throughput studies by Hana Yeh, Matthew A. De Cruz, Yang You, Seiko Ikezu, Tsuneya Ikezu

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Acceptance and use of demand-responsive transport by older people in old new town: Evidence from Senboku new Town by Haruka Kato, Kento Yoh

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Human-Robot Interaction Learning Using Demonstration-Based Learning and -Learning in a Pervasive Sensing Environment by Yunsick Sung, Seoungjae Cho, Kyhyun Um, Young-Sik Jeong, Simon Fong, Kyungeun Cho

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Review on recent advancements in the role of electrolytes and electrode materials on supercapacitor performances by Ashutosh Patel, Suresh Kumar Patel, R. S. Singh, R. P. Patel

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Problems of decentralized disaster management in Indonesia: A review of local government failures by Fatkul Fikri Ahmad, Rustian, Afifuddin Mohammad, Ruswandi Dody, Susilo Rahardi Catur, Albright Sumange Andi

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A Spatial Modeling Approach for Optimizing the Locations of Large-Scale Biogas Plants from Livestock Manure in Bangladesh by Zinat Mahal, Helmut Yabar

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Polarization-independent isotropic metasurface with high refractive index, low reflectance, and high transmittance in the 0.3-THz band by Sato Kento, Suzuki Takehito

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Evaluation of the Performance of Proposed Model of “Service Table” in the Management of Metropolitans from View Point of Urban Good Governance (Case Study of Tehran Metropolitan)... by Tala Hussein, Amir Mahmoudzadeh, Keramatollah Ziyari

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An Overview: PAH and Nitro-PAH Emission from the Stationary Sources and their Transformations in the Atmosphere by Yen-Yi Lee, Yen-Kung Hsieh, Bo-Wun Huang, Justus Kavita Mutuku, Guo-Ping Chang-Chien, Shiwei Huang

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Ordinal Random Tree with Rank-Oriented Feature Selection (ORT-ROFS): A Novel Approach for the Prediction of Road Traffic Accident Severity by Bita Ghasemkhani, Kadriye Filiz Balbal, Kokten Ulas Birant, Derya Birant

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The Detection of Soybean Bacterial Blight Based on Polarization Spectral Imaging Techniques by Jia Yi, Huilin Jiang, Yong Tan

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Branched-chain amino acids and specific phosphatidylinositols are plasma metabolite pairs associated with menstrual pain severity by Atsushi Sato, Kanako Yuyama, Yuko Ichiba, Yasushi Kakizawa, Yuki Sugiura

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