Multidisciplinary understanding of modifiable physical disability risk factors for health professionals: A scoping review protocol. by Derek Hanson, Stephen Samendinger, Edwin McCulley

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Physical disability represents a major burden to health and lifespan, particularly as the proportion of older adults within the United States is expected to grow. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Clinical Characteristics and Antimicrobial Resistance Between <i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i> and Other <i>Acinetobacter</i> Species by Si-Ho Kim, Seok Jun Mun

“…<i>Acinetobacter</i> species are major pathogens responsible for hospital-acquired infections. …”
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Detecting shallow subsurface anomalies with airborne and spaceborne remote sensing: A review by Adam M. Morley, Tamsin A. Mather, David M. Pyle, J-Michael Kendall

“…Research trends in motive, sensor type and subsurface anomaly characteristic are discussed and a short review of the major ground-truthing techniques used to verify airborne and spaceborne observations is considered. …”
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Nursing students in isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic: A phenomenological study by Vistolina Nuuyoma, Frieda Makambuli

“…Conclusion: Students experienced isolation as a period of reflecting on how their symptoms commenced and progressed from minor to major. Students’ sources of resilience and coping mechanisms were to remain opportunistic, learn new skills and lean on family support. …”
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Mapping Temperature Zone of Ethiopia for Binder Performance Grading System by Mahlet G. Mihretu, Habtamu M. Zelelew

“…The results identified five major PG-grade temperature zones in Ethiopia, with PG 58-10 and PG 64-10 dominating. …”
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Leveraging Global Fund’s investments to expand innovative public-private provider engagement in TB by M.A. Yassin, L. Kimbo, E. Wandwalo, A. Rashid, A. Dzokoto, U. Weber, G. Stallworthy

“…The Global Fund is the major international source of funding for TB responses and supports the scale-up of innovative private-public mix (PPM) models in TB. …”
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Diasporas and Armed Conflicts: beyond Being “Third Party” by I. D. Loshkariov

“…The two case studies allow us to conclude that there were armed units in previous historical periods with a clear diaspora component: they made a significant contribution to the overall dynamics of the confrontation between major parties to the conflict. This experience helps analyze contemporary conflicts with the diaspora component, especially in the context of the gradual erosion of power resources in world politics. …”
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Economic impact of fetal wastage and common diseases, along with their incidence rates and seasonal variations, at an abattoir in FCT, Nigeria. by Ibrahim Dauda Dauda, Abdulhakeem Binhambali, Abdurrahman Hassan Jibril, Zainab Oyiza Idris, Farhan Rhidor Akorede

“…Infectious diseases and fetal wastage (FW) present major challenges in livestock management, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria. …”
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SIV Env RhmAbs + N-803 at ART initiation prolongs viral decay without disrupting reservoir establishment in SIV-infected infant macaques. by Omotayo Farinre, Tzoalli Anaya, Alexis C King, Kedan Endrias, Anne H Hébert, Alison L Hill, Sherrie Jean, Jennifer S Wood, Stephanie Ehnert, Shan Liang, Gregory M Laird, Rosemarie D Mason, Mario Roederer, Jeffrey T Safrit, Maud Mavigner, Ann Chahroudi

“…The latent viral reservoir remains the major barrier to HIV cure, placing the burden of strict adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) on people living with HIV to prevent recrudescence of viremia. …”
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Chemical Composition and In Vitro Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities of Marrubium vulgare L. by Ibrahim Mssillou, Abdelkrim Agour, Noureddine Hamamouch, Badiaa Lyoussi, Elhoussine Derwich

“…Analysis of the chemical composition revealed the presence of 13 compounds with a total of 96.14%, with the major compound being malic acid (22.57%). Both extracts possess a good total antioxidant activity. …”
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Application of Sustainable Education Innovation in the Integrated Teaching of Theory and Practice Adopted in the Auto Chassis Course by Tzu-Chia Chen, Jiuqi Yu, Amir-Mohammad Golmohammadi

“…Henceforth, three strategies were generated and proposed aimed at enhancing the integrated course teaching of theory and practice for the automobile chassis major: (1) hardware construction, involving the construction of not only the teaching workplace and teaching equipment but also teaching faculty training; (2) resource construction, along with the construction of school-based courses; and (3) improvement of classroom teaching. …”
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Reconstruction of a Scrotum by Combining Two Skin Flaps in a Ball Shape by Kazuya Kashiyama, Motoi Nakano, Akihito Higashi, Shoko Ashizuka, Yuki Moriuchi, Atsuhiko Iwao, Katsumi Tanaka

“…Therefore, deformity or loss of the scrotum can be a major psychological problem. Various scrotal reconstruction techniques have been reported. …”
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Microscale search-based algorithm based on time-space transfer for automated test case generation by Yinghan Hong, Fangqing Liu, Han Huang, Yi Xiang, Xueming Yan, Guizhen Mai

“…Abstract Automated test case generation for path coverage (ATCG-PC) is a major challenge in search-based software engineering due to its complexity as a large-scale black-box optimization problem. …”
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The Paradigm Shift From Patient to Health Consumer: 20 Years of Value Assessment in Health by Eline M van den Broek-Altenburg, Adam J Atherly

“…Although economic analyses and health technology assessment (HTA) have come a long way in their evaluation of the clinical, economic, ethical, legal, and societal perspectives that may be impacted by new technologies and procedures, these approaches do not reflect underlying patient preferences that may be important in the assessment of “value” in the current value-based health care transition. The major challenges that come with the transformation to a value-based health care system lead to questions such as “How are economic analyses, often the basis for policy and reimbursement decisions, going to switch from a societal to an individual perspective?” …”
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Intravenous Protamine Sulfate Shortens Compression Time After Coronary Angiography via Distal Transradial Access by Minghao Liu, Huanhuan Wang, Lijian Gao, Jinwei Zhai, Hongmei Liu, Cheng Cui, Ying Song, Yan Chen, Zhan Gao, Haibo Liu, Jue Chen, Lei Song, Weixian Yang, Yongjian Wu, Jinqing Yuan

“…No significant difference was observed in postoperative minor or major hemorrhage or hematoma between groups. Ultrasound 24 hours after angiography indicated an incidence of radial artery thrombosis of 1.1% in the control group and 4.3% in the protamine treatment group, with no statistically significant difference between groups (P = 0.209), and no radial artery occlusion in either group. …”
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First GIC Estimates for the Mexican Power Grid by R. Caraballo, J. A. González‐Esparza, M. Sergeeva, C. R. Pacheco

“…It is an interesting result that these sites are of the major economic and strategic significance for the country. …”
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A Review on Managing Agroecosystems for Improved Water Use Efficiency in the Face of Changing Climate in Tanzania by Jerome Kimaro

“…A literature survey study with the following objectives was conducted (i) to assess current state of agricultural water use and irrigation activities in Tanzania and (ii) to determine major constraints for sustainable water management and identify appropriate adaptation measures for their improvement across diverse cropping systems.…”
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Natural enrichment of chromium and nickel in the soil surrounds the karst watershed by R.D.P. Astuti, A. Mallongi, A.U. Rauf

“…Weathering of carbonate rocks is the chromium and nickel major enrichment factor in the Pangkep regency. Contamination factor and pollution load index values showed low pollution in the studied soil. …”
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Refugee Crisis in Jordan: The Logic of Development and Possible Solutions by A. V. Demchenko

“…One major consequence of the conflict in Syria, giving it a truly international dimension, is an unprecedented refugee crisis. …”
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Hybrid quantum neural networks show strongly reduced need for free parameters in entity matching by Lukas Bischof, Stefan Teodoropol, Rudolf M. Füchslin, Kurt Stockinger

“…Hence, entity matching, i.e. the process of linking data about a given entity gathered from multiple data sets, is a major problem in artificial intelligence with applications in science and industry. …”
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