Effects of a New Patient Safety-Driven Oxytocin Dosing Protocol on Postpartum Hemorrhage by David S. McKenna, Kari Rudinsky, Jiri Sonek

“…The best fit polynomial was analyzed for trends between the two time frames. Women who received blood transfusions were excluded. …”
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An Interactive Traffic Signal Optimization Approach with Dynamic Variable Guidance Lane Control by Fei Zhao, Liping Fu, Xiaofeng Pan, Ming Zhong, Tae J. Kwon

“…The design scheme and signal timing scheme proposed by the bi-level model can ensure the overall traffic efficiency of the intersection, improve the traffic efficiency of the traffic-stressed lanes, and further promote the space-time resource utilization of the intersection, optimize the space-time resources of the road network, and provide a scientific basis and new ideas and methods.…”
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A wavelet-based despiking algorithm for large data of structural health monitoring by Yun-Xia Xia, Yi-Qing Ni

“…The proposed algorithm is demonstrated using three sets of structural health monitoring data collected from a real bridge, comparing with three other approaches, that is, the time-domain method, frequency filter and traditional wavelet method.…”
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Methimazole Inhibits the Expression of GFAP and the Migration of Astrocyte in Scratched Wound Model In Vitro by Lina Zhao, Xianyu Zhang, Chunhai Zhang

“…Therefore, slowing the astrocytic activation process may give a time window of axonal growth after the CNS injury. …”
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CIDFuzz: Fuzz testing for continuous integration by Jiaming Zhang, Zhanqi Cui, Xiang Chen, Huiwen Yang, Liwei Zheng, Jianbin Liu

“…Also, CIDFuzz can reduce the time costs of reproducing vulnerabilities up to 34.78% and 25.55%.…”
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Russian national model of public policy: structure and special features by D. Yu. Znamenskiy

“…The purpose of this article is to analyze and develop a detailed description of the main distinguishing features of this model and to identify the factors that caused them. At the same time the author focuses on the political and cultural factor as the fundamental basis of the national model of public policy in any country. …”
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Cytomictic Anomalous Male Meiosis and 2n Pollen Grain Formation in Mertensia echioides Benth. (Boraginaceae) from Kashmir Himalaya by Reyaz Ahmad Malik, Raghbir Chand Gupta, Santosh Kumari, Akhtar Hussain Malik

“…(Boraginaceae) collected from Kashmir Himalaya, India, is cytologically analyzed for the first time revealing 2n=2x=24 (diploid). Interestingly we found 4.3–6.2% syncytic meiocytes/PMCs with 2n=4x=48 (tetraploid) in addition to normal meiocytes (2n=24) during male meiosis. …”
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Clinical Commentary: A Criteria-Based Testing Protocol for Return to Sport Post Hip Arthroscopy for Impingement by Gabriella Hugenberg, Jason Stallons, Chad Smith, Kathryn Brockhoff, Matthew Gingras, Darryl Yardley, Olufemi Ayeni, Mahmoud Almasri

“…Criteria are presented clearly to promote objective progression through rehabilitation while still being mindful of the biological healing time required for safe and efficient progression. …”
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A Defect Detection Method for the Surface of Metal Materials Based on an Adaptive Ultrasound Pulse Excitation Device and Infrared Thermal Imaging Technology by Yibo Ai, Yingjie Zhang, Xingzhao Cao, Weidong Zhang

“…Ultrasonic excitation has been widely used in the detection of microcracks on metal surfaces, but there are problems such as poor excitation effect of ultrasonic pulse, long time to reach the best excitation, and difficult to find microcracks. …”
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Efficacy and safety of long fusion versus short fusion in degenerative scoliosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Bin Zheng, Qiang Zhou, Xuanwen Liu, Zhe Qiang

“…The long fusion group was inferior in terms of increased surgical time, more blood loss, and higher postoperative complication rates. …”
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Optimization Approach for Yard Crane Scheduling Problem with Uncertain Parameters in Container Terminals by Wenqian Liu, Xiaoning Zhu, Li Wang, Baicheng Yan, Xuewei Zhang

“…From the perspective of proactive strategy, considering fluctuations in arrival time of external trucks as well as varied handling volume of yard cranes, a stochastic programming model is established in this paper to obtain a fixed scheme with the minimum expected value of yard crane makespan and total task waiting time over all the scenarios. …”
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Capitalizing on the wealth of chemical data in the accretionary structures of aquatic taxa: Opportunities from across the tree of life by Zoë A. Doubleday, Louise Hosking, Jasper Willoughby, Minoli Dias, Natasha Leclerc, Shanie Brault Nikolajew, Melita Peharda, Arieli Tristão Rézio, Clive Trueman

“…Chemical sclerochronology is the study of these chemical variations through time and how they are used to understand environmental change and the physiology and ecology of species. …”
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Performance Modeling of Proposed GUISET Middleware for Mobile Healthcare Services in E-Marketplaces by Alaba Olu Akingbesote, Mathew Olusegun Adigun, Sibisuso Xulu, Edgar Jembere

“…Our results reveal that the unconditional average waiting time remains the same with reduction in waiting time over the non-preemptive priority model in four out of the five classes observed. …”
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Design Patterns for Self-Adaptive RTE Systems Specification by Mouna Ben Said, Yessine Hadj Kacem, Mickaël Kerboeuf, Nader Ben Amor, Mohamed Abid

“…The development of self-adaptive real-time embedded (RTE) systems is an increasingly hard task due to the growing complexity of both hardware and software and the high variability of the execution environment. …”
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Senior Schoolchildren’s Mentorship: the Case of St. Joseph’s School by Lijana Gvaldaitė, Roberta Budreckaitė, Donalda Bučinskienė

“…Despite the difficulties arisen and motivation decrease during the process, this activity instilled them with satisfaction and positive emotions, as they felt having spent their time meaningfully, developing the teaching and communication skills of juniors, as well as strengthening and fostering relationships with peer mentors. …”
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Optimized Synthesis of Magnesium Oxide Nanoparticles as Bactericidal Agents by Mohammad Moslem Imani, Mohsen Safaei

“…In this study, 9 experiments containing different proportions of the factors (magnesium nitrate, NaOH, and stirring time) effective in the synthesis of magnesium oxide nanoparticles were designed using the Taguchi method. …”
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Procedural Memory: Computer Learning in Control Subjects and in Parkinson’s Disease Patients by C. Thomas-Antérion, B. Laurent, N. Foyatier-Michel, S. Laporte, D. Michel

“…There was a significant time difference between the scales of age but improvement was the same for all subjects. …”
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Adhesive Property and Road Performance Evaluation of Asphalt Overlay Pavement with Geotextile Interlayer by Haiwei Zhang, Bowei Sun, Yongxiang Li, Yanli Li

“…The higher paving temperature is beneficial for the geotextile interlayer adhesion performance when the SBS-modified asphalt is sprayed at one time, while the paving temperature has almost no effect when the SBS-modified asphalt is sprayed at two times. …”
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The Anthropocene and the biodiversity crisis: an eco-evolutionary perspective by Jarne, Philippe

“…I represent the impact of the various avatars of global change in a temporal perspective, from pre-industrial time to the near future, allowing to visualize their dynamics and to set desired values that should not be trespassed for a given time (e.g., +2 °C for 50 years from now). …”
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MultiChem: predicting chemical properties using multi-view graph attention network by Heesang Moon, Mina Rho

“…However, exploring the vast chemical space is time-consuming and costly, necessitating the development of time-efficient and cost-effective computational methods. …”
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