Design of a small-scale and failure-resistant IaaS cloud using OpenStack by Samuel Heuchert, Bhaskar Prasad Rimal, Martin Reisslein, Yong Wang

“…Findings – Through the demonstration of dynamically adding an IaaS node, pushing the deployment to its physical and logical limits, and eventually crashing the deployment, this paper shows how the PackStack utility facilitates the provisioning of an elastic and resilient OpenStack-based IaaS platform that can be used in production if the deployment is kept within designated boundaries. …”
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Which Positions Optimize Pelvic Floor Activation in Female Athletes? by Elena Sonsoles Rodríguez-López, Luz María Martín-Márquez, María Barbaño Acevedo-Gómez, África López-Illescas, María Benito-de-Pedro, Cristina Ojedo-Martín

“…Results: The peak amplitude of the PFMs at baseline differed according to the physical demand of each position (<i>p</i> < 0.001). …”
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Contributing Factors to Operating Room Delays Identified from an Electronic Health Record: A Retrospective Study by Scott M. Pappada, Thomas J. Papadimos, Sadik Khuder, Sean T. Mack, Peyton Z. Beachy, Andrew B. Casabianca

“…Statistical analysis of the extracted EHR data revealed factors that were associated with OR delays including, surgical specialty, preoperative assessment testing, patient body mass index, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification, daily procedure count, and calendar year. …”
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Evaluation and comparison of functional and esthetic outcomes of pectoralis major myocutaneous flap with or without removal of sternocleidomastoid muscle following neck dissection... by Dhrumil Nitish Sarkar, Nitin Bhola, Anchal Agrawal

“…The quality of life reported by participants was generally favorable, with composite scores, social-emotional sub-scores, and average physical function aligning with acceptable standards. …”
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Research on F10.7 Index Prediction Based on Factor Decomposition and Feature Enhancement by Shuainan Yan, Yanmei Cui, Bingxian Luo, Liqin Shi, Yanxia Cai

“…We incorporate additional features such as the soft X-ray flare index (FI _SXR ), magnetic type of the active region (new_Mag), and X-ray background flux (XBF) to enhance the understanding of the underlying physical processes of solar activity. Our experiments, conducted using advanced forecasting models on the SG-F10.7-All data set, validate the efficacy of our proposed strategy. …”
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Risk of Nipah Virus Seroprevalence in Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis by Matteo Riccò, Antonio Cascio, Claudio Costantino, Silvia Corrado, Ilaria Zanella, Pasquale Gianluca Giuri, Susanna Esposito

“…., mandatory use of PPE and appropriate isolation of incident cases with physical distancing) may be quite effective in avoiding the occurrence of new infections among HCWs.…”
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The relationship of lamins with epigenetic factors during aging by R. N. Mustafin, E. K. Khusnutdinova

“…This may be due to senile changes in the expression of lamins, which epigenetically modulate transposons. Lamins directly physically interact with transposons. Epigenetic regulators such as SIRT7, BAF, and microRNA can also serve as intermediaries for their interactions. …”
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Dissociative psychosis or dissociative schizophrenia? Comparison of two phenomena by Mahir Akbudak, Hasan Belli, Hasan Gökçay, Uğur Takım

“…Results: The present study showed that patients with PNOS have higher dissociation and childhood traumatic experiences scores than the schizophrenic group and that the patients with the PNOS group yielded elevated physical abuse, emotional abuse, emotional neglect, sexual abuse, and bodily neglect scores as compared to the schizophrenic group. …”
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Algae extract-based nanoemulsions for photoprotection against UVB radiation: an electrical impedance spectroscopy study by Aura Rocío Hernández, Lady Sepulveda, Yoshie Hata, Leonardo Castellanos, Sebastian Björklund, Tautgirdas Ruzgas, Marcela Aragón

“…A Box–Behnken experimental design was used to identify the most promising formulation composition, resulting in optimal physical properties. These properties, including droplet size, polydispersity index (PDI), and zeta potential, were evaluated using dynamic light scattering (DLS). …”
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The comparisons of clinical efficacy of steroidal and nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drugs in the treatment of canine food allergies by Mehmet Maden, Mutlu Sevinç, Erman Or

“…Al dogs were examined physically and the age, breed and sex of the dogs and the skin lesions (pruritis, alopecia, erythema. hyper-pigmentation. papules. pustules. crusts. saborhea. acute moist dermatitis, folliculitis and pyoderma) and their severity and localisation were recorded before the treatment in all dogs. …”
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Initiation Ceremony in Primitive Tribes and Some Religions by Necati Sümer

“…The initiation ceremony in advanced societies’ religious traditions is however different and the rituals are contain more symbolic meanings. The principal of physical suffering during initiation ceremonies in primitive society is the form of spiritual readiness in civilized societies. …”
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Together throughout the year: seasonal patterns of bacterial and eukaryotic microbial communities in a macrotidal estuary by Vincent Hervé, Jérôme Morelle, Josie Lambourdière, Pascal Jean Lopez, Pascal Claquin

“…However, we found a clear seasonal effect on the diversity of both microbial communities driven by physical and chemical variables that were fluctuating over the year (temperature, irradiance, river flow). …”
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Exploring the impact of occupational exposure: A study on cardiovascular autonomic functions of male gas station attendants in Sri Lanka by Tania Warnakulasuriya, Kushan Medagoda, Dulani Kottahachchi, Dunya Luke, Dilesha Wadasinghe, Prasanna Rathnayake, Janaki Ariyawansa, Tharuka Dissanayake, Pavani Sandeepani, Deepthi C. De Silva, Niranga Manjuri Devanarayana

“…They were compared with age‐ and gender‐matched controls (n = 46) without occupational exposure to fuel. A physical examination was performed before the autonomic function and heart rate variability (HRV) assessment. …”
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Influence of Physicochemical Properties of Oil Sludge on Syngas Production for Energy Applications by Hiago Oliveira, Isabela Pinheiro, Ana Ramos, Osvaldo Venturini, Adriano Mariano, York Santiago

“…This study aims to characterize the chemical and physical properties of OS to enable its recovery through energy methods, reducing environmental impacts. …”
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Assessment of Parents’ Awareness Towards Space Maintainers: A Cross‑Sectional Study by Esra Ceren Tuğutlu, Neslihan Yılmaz

“…The survey was administered to 240 parents who have children aged between 2-15 years and who were both physically and psychologically healthy, literate in Turkish, and capable of completing a survey. …”
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Optimisation of low and ultra-low dose scanning protocols for ultra-extended field of view PET in a real-world clinical setting by Johanna Ingbritsen, Jason Callahan, Hugh Morgan, Melissa Munro, Robert E. Ware, Rodney J. Hicks

“…The aim of this study was to optimise acquisition protocols for routine clinical imaging with FDG on the Quadra the prioritisation of reduced activity given physical infrastructure constraints in our facility. …”
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Effects of starter cultures on the metabolite profile, antioxidant activities, and anti-aging properties of tapuy lees by Edward Kevin B. Bragais, Paul Mark B. Medina

“…The bubod contains variable number and species of microorganisms and influences the physical and chemical properties of tapuy and tapuy lees, resulting in inconsistent quality products. …”
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Vitamin D and HbA1c levels in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus by Baligumba Ramu Kiran, Venoor Shreyas Kumar, Giri Premkumar Preeti, Venoor Ajith Kumar, Bheemappa Raja Vikas

“…Each participant admitted to the hospital as an inpatient or outpatient underwent a thorough medical history review, physical examination, and relevant diagnostic tests. …”
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Dryland fungi are spatially heterogeneous and resistant to global change drivers by Andrea Lopez, Mark Anthony, Jovani Catalan‐Dibene, Scott Ferrenberg, Samuel E. Jordan, Brooke Osborne, Sasha Reed, Adriana L. Romero‐Olivares

“…In this study, we asked the following: (1) How does the fungal community respond to the individual and interactive effects of physical disturbance and drought in a heterogeneous dryland landscape comprised of drought‐adapted shrubs separated by adjacent open areas of soil? …”
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A Covert &#x03B1;-Stable Noise-Based Extended Random Communication by Incorporating Multiple Inverse Systems by Areeb Ahmed, Zoran Bosnic

“…Simulation analysis also suggests that the utilization of multiple inverse systems in the proposed ERCS can enhance the physical-layer security of next-generation communication devices.…”
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