Working in partnership with parents: the triangular connection by Maayan Burstein

“…Modern residential care in Israel can trace its history back to the end of the Second World War. At that time, orphaned Jewish children were sent to Palestine for refuge, and as part of the building of a Jewish society in the future. …”

Voix du Sud : étude de trois autobiographies de femmes esclaves by Dominique Aurélia

“…This essay examines the presence of the half-muted and marginalized women slaves’ voices which nevertheless inform the audience of the time as well as the contemporary scholar on their desire to inscribe their being within the public sphere as they question the issue of identity and emancipation through their texts. …”
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Core skills appraisal project: assessing and preparing adults to return to learning by Eleanor Rafferty

“…While residential child care workers welcomed the opportunity to improve the status of their field within the social services sector, many people had joined the sector at a time when no qualifications were required.…”

Orientation of Freshers by Kabale University

“…On behalf of Kabale University, and on my own behalf, I want to welcome you all; first, to Kabale University; and second to Kabale Municipality and District, as this may be the first time for some of you to come to this area of Uganda.…”
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Temperature dependence of liverwort diversification reveals a cool origin and hot hotspots by Karola Maul, S. Robbert Gradstein, Dietmar Quandt, Michael Kessler

“…We conclude that the extant liverwort species diversity accumulated over long time under these climatic conditions, which are today prevailing at mid-elevations of the world’s mountains. …”
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Types of Road Traffic Accidents and Emergency Medical Care by Basri Lenjani, Agron Dogjani, Luljeta Abdullahu, Arlind Zeqiri, Dardan Lenjani, Bujar Imeri

“…The anatomical site, mechanism of injury, time to reach an initial health facility, time of the day, patient condition at ED, type of treatment given, GCS at admission, and days spent in the hospital were among independent predictors of management outcome. …”
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National Exposed Sediment Search and Inventory (NESSI): Utilizing Satellite Imagery and Machine Learning to Identify Dredged Sediment Placement Site Recovery by Thomas P. Huff, Emily R. Russ, Todd M. Swannack

“…These disturbance-to-recovery time series are then used in a landscape analysis application to better understand site evolution within the context of the surrounding areas.…”
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The NIMO Scandinavian Study: A Prospective Observational Study of Iron Isomaltoside Treatment in Patients with Iron Deficiency by Svein Oskar Frigstad, Anne Haaber, Antal Bajor, Jan Fallingborg, Per Hammarlund, Ole K. Bonderup, Håkan Blom, Terje Rannem, Per M. Hellström

“…The aims of this study were to determine the probability of relapse of iron deficiency over time and to investigate treatment routine, effectiveness, and safety of iron isomaltoside. …”
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Impact of thermal variation on the naupliar development of the copepod Apocyclops spartinus (Ruber, 1968) (Copepoda: Cyclopidae), under controlled conditions by Pedro Pablo Alonso Sánchez-Dávila, Ruth Milagros Alejos-Cabrera, Wilmer Gaspar-Reyes, Jhon Dionicio-Acedo

“…Results indicated a progressive increase in development time by reducing temperature from 24 to 20 ºC (1.75 times) and 20 to 16 ºC (4 times). …”
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Publicly Available Anatomic Total Shoulder Arthroplasty Rehabilitation Protocols Show High Variability and Frequent Divergence from the 2020 ASSET Recommendations by Nabil Mehta, Alexander J Acuna, Johnathon R McCormick, William E Harkin, Hasani W Swindell, Steven F Defroda, Mike Reinold, Gregory P Nicholson, Grant E Garrigues

“…Each collected protocol was independently reviewed by two authors to identify recommendations regarding immobilization, initiation, and progression of passive (PROM) and active range of motion (AROM), as well as the initiation and progression of strengthening and post-operative exercises and activities. The time to initiation of various components of rehabilitation was recorded as the time at which the activity or motion threshold was permitted by the protocol. …”
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COVID‐19 in early 2023: Structure, replication mechanism, variants of SARS‐CoV‐2, diagnostic tests, and vaccine & drug development studies by Ilker Polatoğlu, Tulay Oncu‐Oner, Irem Dalman, Senanur Ozdogan

“…Herein, the comparison of diagnostic tests for SARS‐CoV‐2 in terms of procedure, accuracy, cost, and time has been presented. The mechanism, safety, efficacy, and effectiveness of COVID‐19 vaccines against SARS‐CoV‐2 variants have been evaluated. …”
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Enhanced Human Skeleton Tracking for Improved Joint Position and Depth Accuracy in Rehabilitation Exercises by Vytautas Abromavičius, Ervinas Gisleris, Kristina Daunoravičienė, Jurgita Žižienė, Artūras Serackis, Rytis Maskeliūnas

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Analysis of the structural reliability of communication networks supporting protective switching mechanisms for one protected section and one backup section by K. А. Batenkov, A. B. Fokin

“…The first indicates permanent unchangeable parts of the paths, the second group identifies the reserved sections, and the third group indicates the reserving sections. At the same time, each of the reserved and reserving sections is formed on the basis of specified preferences. …”
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Combined Earthquake-Wave Effects on the Dynamic Response of Long-Span Cable-Stayed Bridges by Xinhu Tang, Peng Chen

“…The increase in wave height will cause an increase in the dynamic response of the structure, but it will not change the period of the response time-history curve. Furthermore, the increase in wavelength not only causes an increase in the dynamic response of the structure but also leads to an increase in the period of the response time-history curve. …”
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Rapid, Validated UPLC-MS/MS Method for Determination of Glibenclamide in Rat Plasma by Mohd Aftab Alam, Fahad Ibrahim Al-Jenoobi, Abdullah Mohammed Al-Mohizea

“…Glibenclamide and IS elution time was about 1.0 min, and total run time was 2.0 min. …”
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Platoon-Based Assessment of Two-Way Two-Lane Roads Performance Measure: A Classification Method by Hossein Samadi, Iman Aghayan, Amir Saman Abdollahzadeh Nasiri, Omid Rahmani, Mehrzad Hasanvand

“…Considering these aims, first, the relevant variables (which were related to platoon) including time headway (Ht), average travel speed (ATS), platoon size (PS), average platoon speed (APS), percentage of heavy vehicles (HV), percent time spent following (PTSF), number of overtaking (NO), density (ρ), and traffic flow were investigated on the examined roads. …”
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Blockchain Applications in the Military Domain: A Systematic Review by Nikos Kostopoulos, Yannis C. Stamatiou, Constantinos Halkiopoulos, Hera Antonopoulou

“…Key areas analyzed include the role of blockchain in securing communications, fostering transparency, promoting real-time data sharing, and using smart contracts for maintenance management. …”
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Impact of Power Ultrasound on Antihypertensive Activity, Functional Properties, and Thermal Stability of Rapeseed Protein Hydrolysates by Asif Wali, Haile Ma, Muhammad Shahnawaz, Khizar Hayat, Jian Xiaong, Li Jing

“…Ultrasonic pretreatments before enzymolysis in terms of power and exposure time increased the DH and ACE inhibitory activities over the control (without sonication). …”
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Direct numerical simulation study on relationship between Ranque-Hilsch effect and turbulence in high-speed swirling flow inside a cylindrical vortex chamber by Taihei YAMAMOTO, Yuji HATTORI

“…However, the unsteady characteristics have not been clarified because it is difficult to obtain time evolution data sufficiently guaranteed physical reliability. …”
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Class II Correction with Microimplant Supported Molar Distalization: A Report of Two Cases by Zouhair Skaf, Fidèle Nabbout

“…Microimplants are convenient, save time, and produce good treatment results with no need for patient cooperation. …”
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