Two-Dimensional Cutting (TDC) Vitrectome: In Vitro Flow Assessment and Prospective Clinical Study Evaluating Core Vitrectomy Efficiency versus Standard Vitrectome by Mitrofanis Pavlidis

“…A prospective single-centre clinical study evaluated duration of core vitrectomy in 80 patients with macular pucker undergoing 25-gauge or 27-gauge vitrectomy using either a TDC vitrectome at 16,000 cuts per minute (cpm) or standard single-cut vitrectome, combined with a Valve Timing intelligence (VTi) pump system (EVA, DORC International). …”
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L’INFLUSSO DELLE VARIETÀ ITALOROMANZE SETTENTRIONALI SUL LESSICO COMMERCIALE TEDESCO. CONSIDERAZIONI PRELIMINARI by Davide Basaldella

“…Il contributo si propone di porre le premesse per uno studio sull’apporto delle varietà italoromanze settentrionali al lessico commerciale tedesco. …”
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Effect of gabapentin on solution surface properties and micellization behavior of betaine-based surfactant ionic liquids by Shima Ghasemzadeh, Mohammad Bagheri, Hemayat Shekaari, Behrang Golmohammadi

“…The related thermophysical micellization parameters, including critical micelle concentration (CMC) and minimum surface area per molecule (A min ), exhibited improved micellization and interfacial efficiency with longer alkyl chains. …”
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Validation of Simultaneous Quantitative Method of HIV Protease Inhibitors Atazanavir, Darunavir and Ritonavir in Human Plasma by UPLC-MS/MS by Tulsidas Mishra, Pranav S. Shrivastav

“…Accuracy, precision, matrix effect, recovery, and stability of the analytes were evaluated as per US FDA guidelines. Conclusions. The efficiency of sample preparation, short analysis time, and high selectivity permit simultaneous estimation of these inhibitors. …”
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Design, Manufacture and Evaluation of Oat De-Husking Machine by Kaumars Merikhi, Hekmat Rabbani, sohbat Bahraminejad

“…The amount of peeled oats is 486 kg per hour. In the evaluation of the peeling machine, 76% of Euro varieties was obtained.…”
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Knee Injuries in Volleyball Players: A Review Report by Sahar Farohki, Ali Fatahi

“…Among different age and gender groups, the highest injury rate was observed in semi-professional female volleyball players, with a rate of 7.7 injuries per 1000 athlete-hours. Ligament injuries were the most common type of knee injury reported in volleyball. …”
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Integration of Andrographis paniculata as Potential Medicinal Plant in Chir Pine (Pinus roxburghii Sarg.) Plantation of North-Western Himalaya by Chandra Shekher Sanwal, Raj Kumar, S. D. Bhardwaj

“…The growth parameters, namely, plant height and number of branches per plant, were recorded as significantly higher on western aspect and lowest on northern aspect except for leaf area index which was found nonsignificant. …”
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Temporal and Spatial Change Monitoring of Drought Grade Based on ERA5 Analysis Data and BFAST Method in the Belt and Road Area during 1989–2017 by Changdi Xue, Hua Wu, Xiaoguang Jiang

“…In the past five years, the drought area decreased gradually at the rate of approximately 0.38 million km2 per year.…”
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Optimum Array Spacing in Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Systems considering Technical and Economic Factors by S. Sánchez-Carbajal, P. M. Rodrigo

“…The main economic parameters are the land-related costs and the costs per kWp. The comparison of this methodology to a conventional rule based on the winter solstice condition shows differences in the array spacing for the same location when the multiple technical and economic parameters are considered. …”
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Renal Transplantation from Elderly Living Donors by Jacob A. Akoh, Umasankar Mathuram Thiyagarajan

“…The overall incidence of ERF in living donors is about 0.134 per 1000 years. Elderly donors require rigorous assessment and should have a predicted glomerular filtration rate of at least 37.5 mL/min/1.73 m2 at the age of 80. …”
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Use of by-products for partial replacement of 3D printed concrete constituents; rheology, strength and shrinkage performance by Michail Papachristoforou, Vasilios Mitsopoulos, Maria Stefanidou

“…Additionally, relative like­­li­hood of cracking of different concrete mixtures was estimated by per­forming restrained shrinkage test (ASTM C1581). …”
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Climbing Mont Blanc (4808 m a.s.l.): What Are the Risks in the Grand Couloir Du Goûter and On the North Face of Mont Blanc Du Tacul? by Ludovic Ravanel, Jacques Mourey, Lorig Tamian, Sébastien Ibanez, Didier Hantz, Pascal Lacroix, Pierre-Allain Duvillard

“…On the first site, which has a very high accident rate with an average of 3.7 deaths per year, 17,768 passages were recorded during the summer of 2019 and 2,648 seismic signals were classified as rockfalls affecting the Grand Couloir. …”
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To the problem of optimization of criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of providing the national security of the State by Y. V. Kobko

“…It has been performed the classification of the relevant criteria, which is most appropriate to divide into the following groups: 1) financial and economic, which include: the level of shadowing of the economy; the level of GDP per capita; the ratio of public debt to GDP; the average level of wages in the state; 2) socio-cultural, in particular: the demographic situation in the country (depopulation rate); the level of legal consciousness of society and cultural development; national consent and unity; a sense of personal security; the level of support of the population of the state; 3) political: stability and effectiveness of public policy (domestic political stability); resilience to ensure a high level of readiness of society and the state to respond to a wide range of threats; the level of democracy, the formation and effectiveness of the legal framework of the rule of law; 4) indicators of combat readiness of the army: the state of the armed forces, their combat capability and combat readiness; logistical, financial support of troops; adequacy of staffing. …”
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The Effect of Using Fluorescent Concretization Intervention on Hand Hygiene Training in Primary School Students by Cevriye Yüksel Kaçan, Hülya Yılmaz

“…Introduction: Inadequate hand hygiene increases the rates of childhood infectious diseases and deaths, leading to the death of one child per minute.Aim: The aim of the study was to examine the effects of the program in which fluorescent embodiment intervention was used as an educational strategy on the hand washing skills of primary school students.Method: Single center randomized controlled trial using a pretest and posttest design was conducted with 35 intervention and 35 control participants. …”
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Effect of Baduanjin's Third Part on Quality of Life and Exercise Tolerance in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Stable Patients with Lung and Spleen Deficiency Syndrome by Jinxiu CHEN, Yanfang DENG, Qin CHEN, Wenxia ZHANG, Lijin DENG

“…Participants in experimental group were required to take this training for three months, 30 minutes per time every morning. Quality of life, exercise tolerance and score of TCM symptoms were recorded and analyzed before and after three months in the two groups.Results:After intervention, there was statistically significant between-group difference on CAT score, six minute walk distance (6MWD) and score of TCM symptoms (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05), there was statistically significant within-group difference on CAT score, 6MWD and score of TCM symptoms in experimental group (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).Conclusion:Baduanjin's third part plays a positive role in improving quality of life and exercise endurance, as well as reducing the score of TCM symptoms of COPD stable patients with lung and spleen deficiency syndrome.…”
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Do United States’ Teachers Know and Adhere to the National Guidelines on Asthma Management in the Classroom? A Systematic Review by Yudilyn Jaramillo, Marina Reznik

“…Future research should focus on interventions targeted toward training classroom teachers on asthma management as per NHLBI guidelines to ultimately improve asthma management in schools.…”
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Reducing DNA extraction costs through factorial design for the DNAdvance Kit by Carson J. Neal, Zachery D. Zbinden, Michael E. Douglas, Marlis R. Douglas

“…Results Our target yield was 500 ng of genomic DNA per sample, sufficient for population genetic assessments. …”
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Bacteriology Quality of Zobo Drinks Consumed in Some Parts of Osun State, Nigeria by RO Risiquat

“…While all the drinks sampled had total coliform count exceeding the recommended safe level of zero organisms detectable per 100ml. seven bacteria species were isolated from the zobo drinks sampled. …”
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The Determinants of Profit-Sharing Rates for Mudharabah Deposits: The Case of Islamic Banks in Indonesia by Kautsar Riza Salman

“…The determinants in this study are non-per- forming financing, operational efficiency, capital adequacy, and third-party funds. …”
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Bacteriology Quality of Zobo Drinks Consumed in Some Parts of Osun State, Nigeria by RO Risiquat

“…While all the drinks sampled had total coliform count exceeding the recommended safe level of zero organisms detectable per 100ml. seven bacteria species were isolated from the zobo drinks sampled. …”
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