Doctoral training at the University of Medical Sciences of Cienfuegos using distance learning methods, in the days of COVID-19 by Miriam Iglesias León, Norma Mur Villar, Manuel Cortés Cortés, José Aurelio Diaz Quiñones, Maria Aurelia San Juan Bosch

“…<p><strong>Foundation:</strong> the need to raise health professionals´ scientific potential in the Cienfuegos province is an imperative of the current times. To achieve this purpose, a coordinated, flexible Doctoral Training Strategy is required that can be adapted to the public health context current conditions in times of pandemic.…”
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SAV Operations on a Bus Line Corridor: Travel Demand, Service Frequency, and Vehicle Size by Huang Yantao, Kara M. Kockelman, Long T. Truong

“…Results show that the use of smaller, but more frequent, SAVs leads to reduced passenger waiting times but increased vehicle travel times. More frequent services of smaller SAVs do not, in general, significantly affect general traffic due to shorter dwell times. …”
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Event-Trigger Reinforcement Learning-Based Coordinate Control of Modular Unmanned System via Nonzero-Sum Game by Yebao Liu, Tianjiao An, Jianguo Chen, Luyang Zhong, Yuhan Qian

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Utilizing Connection Usage Characteristics for Faster Web Data Transport by Gautam Raj Moktan, Nutti Varis, Jukka Manner

“…We discuss the effect of the transport protocol on object transfer, connection duration, idle times during the page load, connections, and concurrency of flows that cumulate into page load times.…”
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ACUPUNCTURE AND SELF ACUPRESSURE TREATMENT OF HEMIFACIAL SPASM: A CASE REPORT by Maya Septriana, Yudi Perdana

“…In handling hemifacial spasm, acupunture given for 15 times, taken three times a week combined with acupressure and auricular acupressure. …”
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Early mortality, epidemiological and clinical factors in seriously ill patients treated in Intermediate Care Units by Osmani Pérez Ortiz, Angel Antonio Urbay Ruíz, Elaine Teresa Gutiérrez Pérez, Lis Marlyn Rodríguez García, Ivette Irene Molina Linares, Ernesto Conyedo Vergel

“…Results: older adult patients increased the possibility of dying early 1.5 times and those with white skin three times, the latter with an 80% occurrence in this study. …”
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BIOMECHANICAL COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN TENSION BAND WIRING, DOUBLE ENDO BUTTON AND HOOK PLATE FOR ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT INJURY by Erwin Ramawan, Jifaldi Afrian MDS

“…In 50 times repetition, tension band wiring 0.3111 mm (p = 0.000) with double endo button 4.7778 mm and hook plate 1.3556 mm. …”
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Factors affecting the prolongation of mechanical ventilation in patients after cardiac surgery by Mahdieh Sharifzadeh Kermani, Tania Dehesh, Shiva Pouradeli, Bahareh Soltani Esmaili

“…Risk of PMV in the patients who had cardiac dysfunctin increased by more than 2 times.[OR = 2.58, 95%; CI = (1.33.2.87); P-value = 0.042]. …”
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An Approach to Determine Noise Model Parameter for Submicron MOSFET from RF Noise Figure Measurement by Hanqi Gao, Jing Jin, Jianjun Zhou

“…Good agreement is obtained between simulated and measured results for <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$16\times 1\times 2{{\mu }\rm m}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> (number of gate fingers <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\times $ </tex-math></inline-formula> unit gatewidth <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\times $ </tex-math></inline-formula> cells) gatelength MOSFETs.…”
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Preparation and characterization of SPE column with smart green molecularly imprinted polymers materials for selective determination of S-metolachlor herbicide by Dominika Rapacz, Katarzyna Smolińska-Kempisty, Joanna Wolska

“…During the selectivity study from multicomponent solution, the calculate imprinting factor for MIPs was calculated to be 10, while MIPs sorb S-metolachlor 10 times better than atrazine, 12 times better than fenoxaprop-P-ethyl and 33 times better than glyphosate. …”
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Line and surface defects in 5D $$N=2$$ N = 2 SCFT from matter-coupled F(4) gauged supergravity by Parinya Karndumri

“…Abstract We study supersymmetric solutions of matter-coupled F(4) gauged supergravity in the forms of $$AdS_2\times S^3$$ A d S 2 × S 3 - and $$AdS_3\times S^2$$ A d S 3 × S 2 -sliced domain walls with a non-vanishing two-form field from the supergravity multiplet. …”
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Design and Analysis of Power-function-sine Flexure Hinges by Li Jiabiao, Zhao Yang, Wu Qingwen, Mu Deqiang, Liu Changru, Hu Jinxin

“…With the same flexure hinge diameter and the changing length, the value of the power function of sinusoidal flexure hinge <italic>β</italic> is 2.60 times and 1.18 times higher than that of elliptic and hyperbolic flexure hinges respectively. …”
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The effect of lubricants with mineral additives on friction in supports of spindle assemblies by V. A. Ilyinykh

“…According to the research results, it is found that the use of repair and restoration technologies in friction pairs leads to energy savings of 10–20 %, an increase in wear resistance by 2,5 times, an increase in the resource of lubricants by 2,5–5 times, a significant reduction in vibration noise, as well as an increase in the inter-repair resource by at least 2 times and a reduction in operating costs. …”
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COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Healthcare Providers by Derrick Huang, Latha Ganti, Emily Weeks Graham, Dipal Shah, Ilya Aleksandrovskiy, Morthatha Al-Bassam, Frank Fraunfelter, Mike Falgiani, Leoh Leon, Carlos Lopez-Ortiz

“…Being a physician, a parent, and having no experience of death in the family or friends had 2.64 times (95% CI: 1.65-4.23, p < 0.001), 1.72 times (95% CI: 1.05-2.81, p = 0.032), and 1.70 times (95% CI: 1.06-2.72, p = 0.028) the odds of strong vaccine refusal, respectively. …”
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MINDFUL HAPPINESS NOWADAYS: by B Lemmelijn

“… Our current times are characterized by a strange paradox. The secularized world we live in no longer embraces Christianity as such nor its concrete praxis in churches. …”
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Colposcopy: its importance for the prevention of cervical cancer by Dayamí Rodríguez Soto, Eneida Bravo Polanco

“…It is a disease that is preventable if women undergo timely check-ups. The most important part of a gynecological check-up is prevention, which allows us to give timely treatments and have prophylactic management to avoid malignant lesions caused by the human papillomavirus. …”
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LANGUAGE STYLE IN FASHION ADVERTISEMENTS OF ONLINE VOGUE MAGAZINE by Irene Anggita Dennaya, Barli Bram

“…The results showed that there were three language styles found from ten online fashion advertisements in Vogue Magazine advertisements, namely the hard sell style (three times), soft sell style (three times), and mixed style or the combination of the hard sell and soft sell styles (four times). …”
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Association of Tobacco Use and Oral Cancer in a South Asian Population: A Case–control Study by Amra Sultana, Pushpanjali Krishnappa, Vivek Verma, Denny John, K. M. Shwetha, M. M. Sanjana, Anitha R. Sagarkar

“…Across all age groups, smokeless tobacco increased the odds of occurrence of oral cancer by 12 times compared to smoked form at >2 times. In more than 60 years of age group, our findings suggest that smokeless tobacco increased the odds of occurrence of oral cancer by more than 18 times compared to smoked form at >2 times. …”
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Effect of Earthing-Up Frequency on Growth and Yield of Anchote (Coccinia abyssinica) Varieties at Gimbi District, Western Ethiopia by Habte Wakjira, Weyessa Garedew, Amsalu Nebiyu, Garome Shifaraw

“…Consequently, the highest total tuber yield was observed from earthing-up four times (26.94 t ha−1) and three times (26.88 t ha−1) with Desta 01, while the lowest was observed from the control with Acc405 (15.11). …”
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