Fault Diagnosis of Electromechanical Actuator Based on VMD Multifractal Detrended Fluctuation Analysis and PNN by Hongmei Liu, Jiayao Jing, Jian Ma

“…The reliability of EMAs is vital because it will cause serious accidents if the malfunction of EMAs occurs, so it is significant to detect and diagnose the fault of EMAs timely. However, EMAs often run under variable conditions in realistic environment, and the vibration signals of EMAs are nonlinear and nonstationary, which make it difficult to effectively achieve fault diagnosis. …”
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Postprocessing of Accidental Scenarios by Semi-Supervised Self-Organizing Maps by Francesco Di Maio, Roberta Rossetti, Enrico Zio

“…The necessary consideration of failure events timing and sequencing along the scenarios requires the number of scenarios to be generated to increase with respect to conventional PSA. …”
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The 2020 IDS Release of the Antwerp COR*-Database. Evaluation, Development and Transformation of a Pre-Existing Database by Sam Jenkinson, Francisco Anguita, Diogo Paiva, Hideko Matsuo, Koen Matthijs

“…An important characteristic is the sample's large migrant population, including the timings of their demographic events and living arrangements, whilst resident in the district of Antwerp. …”
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Role of myositis-specific autoantibodies in personalized therapy by Anand N Malaviya, Sanjiv Kapoor

“…In October 2017, the European League Against Rheumatism and the American College of Rheumatology published the provisional classification criteria for IIM with the aim to categorize patients in uniform subgroups of clinical phenotype for meaningful drug trials. These are exciting times for clinicians, for research scientists, and for the patients with inflammatory myositis with reasons to be optimistic about a bright future. …”
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Using the mind map method in medical education, its advantages and challenges: A systematic review by Atiyeh Sadat Sajadi, Alireza Babajani, Shahnam Sedigh Maroufi, Nazanin Sarraf

“…Mind mapping stands as a contemporary approach to education, introducing an innovative means of teaching and learning. In current times, this technique is embraced due to its ability to enhance the learning and retention process. …”
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The MDPIzation of chilean science: a wake-up call about how we are conducting research and using public resources by Francisco E. Fontúrbel, Juan L. Celis-Diez

“…Abstract MDPI, a rapidly growing mega-publisher, has significantly impacted scientific publishing with a large number of open-access journals covering all areas of knowledge. Fast publication times, numerous special issues, hundreds of guest editors, and incentives for reviewers contribute to its success. …”
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The Impact of Perceived Stigma, Quality of Life, and Spiritual Beliefs on Suicidal Ideations among HIV-Positive Patients by Nooshin Zarei, Hassan Joulaei

“…Suicide rates among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) are more than three times higher in the general population and that is a significant difference. …”
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Cyrus the Great: The Persian king in the context of world history by E.A. Tchiglintsev, E.V. Rung

“…Thus, Cyrus the Great, legendary in antiquity and ultimately mythologized in new and modern times, became one of the few ancient rulers who continue to actively “participate” in the modern intellectual, cultural and political space, experiencing metamorphosis and undergoing transformation.…”
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In Vivo Imaging of Retinoic Acid Receptor Activity using a Sodium/Iodide Symporter and Luciferase Dual Imaging Reporter Gene by Min Kyung So, Joo Hyun Kang, June-Key Chung, Yong Jin Lee, Jae Hoon Shin, Kwang Il Kim, Jae Min Jeong, Dong Soo Lee, Myung Chul Lee

“…After retinoic acid treatment, I-125 uptake by pRARE/NL transfected cells was found to have increased by up to about five times that of nontreated cells. The bioluminescence intensity of pRARE/NL transfected cells showed dose-dependency. …”
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Optimizing Athlete Training and Injury Mitigation Using Fuzzy Information-Based Skeletal Motion Analysis by Zaiyong Shou, Ying Hou

“…An athlete’s efficiency, endurance, and recovery times can be improved using targeted training programs. …”
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Examinations of effects of socio-demographic features and disease-related data of patients with hemodialysis on the quality of life by Elif Togay, Hatice Öntürk Akyüz

“…Most participants (67%) had ≥ 3 children, 35.1% received dialysis treatment for 3–10 years, 90.7% had dialysis three times a week, and 64.9% had an arterio-venous fistula vascular access line. …”
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Engaging in Online Environmental Discussion: Experiences and Reflections of Students in an Undergraduate Science Course by Kazempour Mahsa

“…Yet, due to format and scope of coverage and lack of emphasis on the importance of the environment and consequences of human action, the role of mass media may at times be inadequate or unsuitable, leading to eco-anxiety. …”
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EFFECTS OF COVID-19 LOCKDOWN ON URBAN FAMILY LIFE IN MARARABA SUBURB OF NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA by Ambrose W. Ogidi, Philip Orlaade Abughul Orlaade Abughul, Mohammed Ayuba Oche Oche

“…Also, the need for urban families to create social security for themselves in form of increasing savings in the bank as well as investment in small-scale businesses such as poultry, and fish farming as alternative sources of livelihood in times of pandemic like the Covid-19.  …”
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Malakoplakia associated with diarrhoea and colonic lesions after rituximab treatment by Yaqoub Alshatti, Meshaan Alenezi

“…Recognizing the characteristic histopathology of malakoplakia and linking it with clinical findings are critical for timely diagnosis and effective management. This report adds to the limited literature on rituximab-associated malakoplakia, highlighting the unique challenges in its diagnosis and treatment.…”
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PPARγ in Bacterial Infections: A Friend or Foe? by Aravind T. Reddy, Sowmya P. Lakshmi, Raju C. Reddy

“…We conclude that adjustment in the dosage and timing of PPARγ agonist administration, based on the competence of host antimicrobial defenses and the extent of inflammatory response and tissue injury, is critical for achieving the essential balance between pro- and anti-inflammatory effects on the immune system.…”
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Two mechanisms of membrane digestion: enzymatic-transport ensemble exists for oligopeptides as well by S. T. Metelsky, V. T. Ivashkin

“…We believe, that such serial «incubation» of gastric contents at increasing рН at gastro-intestinal transit (from the stomach to the large intestine) results in well-timed diversion of two mechanisms of oligopeptide absorbtion and respectively to their optimal digestion.…”
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Religious motives in the dastan “Idegey” by Valiullina F.M.

“…Religious motives are not limited to the narration of the people’s attitude of that era to religion; they also contribute to the understanding of religious, philosophical, and moral views while revealing what place religion occupied among the masses of that times.…”
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Means of expressing comparative relations in vernacular riddles (based on Russian, English, and Tatar riddles) by N.I. Fayzullina

“…Here, comparison is directly related to the lifestyle of the times when the riddle was created. Secondly, verbalization of the key elements is used to describe a certain feature (color, shape, volume, etc.). …”
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Primary Peritonitis: An Index Case of Mycoplasma hominis Infection in a Healthy Female by Sabrina Drexel, Daniel Tseng

“…Multidisciplinary management of these patients is critical to achieve a timely diagnosis. Surgical exploration is often unavoidable to rule out secondary peritonitis.…”
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NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH UROLITHIASIS IN THE POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD by F. S. Sadulloev

“…The incidence of nosocomial infections was studied in dependence with the severity of the underlying disease, the volume of surgical, invasive, endoscopic and other urological procedures, the timing and frequency of tests, the proportion of individual clinical manifestations in the overall structure of urinary tract infections, sex and age of patients.Conclusions. …”
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