Real-world evaluation of an evidence-based telemental health program for PTSD symptoms by Jocelynn T. Owusu, Lu Wang, Shih-Yin Chen, Robert E. Wickham, Scott T. Michael, Nazneen F. Bahrassa, Alethea Varra, Jennifer L. Lee, Connie Chen, Anita Lungu

“…On average, participants with baseline PCL-5 < 31 exhibited statistically significant declines in PTSD symptoms during care, while participants with baseline PCL-5 ≥ 31 showed statistically significantly steeper initial declines in PTSD symptoms that became less pronounced over time. Overall, 82.91% of participants demonstrated either reliable improvement or recovery in PTSD symptoms. …”
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Clinical and Immunological Analysis of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis before and after Different Treatments by José A. O'Daly, Humberto M. Spinetti, Joe Gleason, María B. Rodríguez

“…Patients (n=87) from a cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) hyperendemic region receiving different treatments were followed up from January 1994 to August 2000. Time for remission of lesions were spontaneous remission (SR) 7 weeks; Glucantime (Glu) chemotherapy 9 weeks; immunotherapy with La, Lv, Lb, and Lch amastigotes Tosyl-Lysil Chloromethyl-ketone (TLCK) treated and Nonidet P-40(NP-40) extracted (VT) 7 weeks. …”
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La bande chantée : tradition orale et croyances pédagogiques dans le Corriere dei Piccoli by Lorenzo Di Paola, Eva Van de Wiele

“…However, the remarkable Corrierino comic format not only educated children but also proposed a more consumerist lifestyle, which, on the one hand, tended to commodify children and, on the other hand (from a media education perspective ante litteram), provided useful tools to understand and navigate the media landscape of the time.…”
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Self-Administered Information Sharing Framework Using Bioinspired Mechanisms by Huibo Bi, Yanyan Chen, Wen-Long Shang, Chengcheng Song, Wenbo Huang

“…Two novel packet behaviours are introduced, and an on-line parameter calibration scheme is proposed to realise packet time-to-live (TTL) adjustment and rate adaptation. …”
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Optimization of antidepressant treatment by pharmacogenomics: a case report by Ying Zhang, Weihua Yue

“…Our goal is to find the optimal medication regimen and dosage for the patient in the shortest possible time, control symptoms as soon as possible, and predict adverse drug reactions. …”
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Deep learning modeling of manufacturing and build variations on multistage axial compressors aerodynamics by Giuseppe Bruni, Sepehr Maleki, Senthil K. Krishnababu

“…The proposed architecture is proven to achieve an accuracy comparable to that of the CFD benchmark, in real-time, for an industrially relevant application. The deployed model is readily integrated within the manufacturing and build process of gas turbines, thus providing the opportunity to analytically assess the impact on performance with actionable and explainable data.…”
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A versatile gold leaf immunosensor with a novel surface functionalization strategy based on protein L and trastuzumab for HER2 detection by Ivana Kundacina, Silvia Schobesberger, Stefan Kittler, Helena Thumfart, Oliver Spadiut, Peter Ertl, Nikola Ž. Knežević, Vasa Radonic

“…A novel strategy for antibody immobilization on a gold surface, for the first time mediated by protein L and HER2-specific antibody trastuzumab, was examined using commercial screen-printed gold electrodes and GLEs. …”
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Robust dual-tone multi-frequency tone detection using k-nearest neighbour classifier for a noisy environment by Arunit Maity, P. Prakasam, Sarthak Bhargava

“…Design/methodology/approach – A novel machine learning-based approach to detect DTMF tones affected by noise, frequency and time variations by employing the k-nearest neighbour (KNN) algorithm is proposed. …”
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Dexamethasone-Loaded Pseudo-Protein Nanoparticles for Ocular Drug Delivery: Evaluation of Drug Encapsulation Efficiency and Drug Release by Temur Kantaria, Tengiz Kantaria, Peter Heiduschka, Nicole Eter, David Tugushi, Ramaz Katsarava

“…One perspective way of overcoming this problem is to use nanoscale biodegradable drug carriers that are able to safely deliver pharmaceuticals directly to the locus of disease and maintain a therapeutic concentration of drug for a long time. The goal of the present study was the preparation of drug- (dexamethasone-, DEX-) loaded pseudo-protein nanoparticles (NPs) and investigation of drug encapsulation efficiency and drug release kinetics. …”
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MODELING AND SIMULATION OF A DUAL CHANNEL ACTIVE NOISE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR POWER TRANSFORMER USING FXLMS ALGORITHM by ADETONA SUNDAY, SALAWU RAIFU, ALABI MORUF

“… Power transformers are known to generate noise, however, active noise emanating from power transformers many at time is unbearable and has been a subject of concern overtime in power engineering. …”
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The ‘envers du décor’ of Suffragette Imagery: Anti-Suffrage Caricature by Abby Franchitti

“…Editors of popular postcards, quite in vogue at the time, also added their contribution to anti-suffrage propaganda. …”
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Effects of Profile Modification on Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication of Straight Bevel Gear by Cong Wei, Youqiang Wang, Yabo Zhou, Shenwen Long

“…Tooth profile modification can improve the lubrication condition of the gears， increase the oil film pressure in the meshing process， reduce the friction and wear of the tooth surface， and at the same time avoid the occurrence of tooth surface glue.…”
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Identifying the burdens for informal caregivers of tracheostomy-dependent people: a scoping review protocol by Yuan Chu, Haiyan Luo, Xiao Miao, Song Liming

“…Introduction It is complicated and time-consuming to care for tracheostomised patients, and many informal caregivers are said to feel a variety of burdens, although we are unsure of the specifics of this burden. …”
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Fundamental Bases of Success and Prestige of National Engineering Education by A. I. Rudskoy, S. V. Kabyshev, A. I. Borovkov, P. I. Romanov, N. S. Grishina

“…The authors refer to the fundamental bases of engineering education only those components that have passed the test of time, post-revolutionary experiments during the change of historical epochs. …”
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Singularity Analysis and Representation of 6DOF Parallel Robot Using Natural Coordinates by Shangyuan Zou, Hairui Liu, Yanli Liu, Jiafeng Yao, Hongtao Wu

“…In further research, three kinds of output singularities are found, the spatial distribution of the output singular trajectory is determined, and a unified three-dimensional fully visualized description of six-dimensional coupling variables is realized for the first time. The problems of finding the singular orientation at a given position or the singular position at a given orientation are solved. …”
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Hermann Karl von Keyserlingk and the Recognition of the Russian Imperial Title by the Holy Roman Empire in 1745–1746 by M. A. Petrova

“…The article, based on the unpublished documents from the Archive of the Foreign Policy of the Russian Empire, reveals for the first time details of a little-known episode in the history of the Russian diplomatic service – the mission of Empress' Elisabeth I minister plenipotentiary Count of Courland Hermann Karl von Keyserlingk to Frankfurt am Main and Regensburg during the War of the Austrian Succession. …”
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Analytical method for determining the stress-strain state of modular buildings by V. S. Shirokov, T. A. Belash, T. E. Gordeeva

“…Active introduction of modular buildings into the practice of modern construction causes the necessity to develop methods of their calculation. At the same time, there are no specialized guidelines for the design of modular buildings. …”
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The Antibiotic Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Patients Purchasing Antibiotics without Prescription: Results of National Survey by Svetlana Rachina, Polina Zakharenkova, Roman Kozlov, Ivan Palagin, Daria Mamchich, Daria Strelkova

“…Family members and friends were involved in decisions about treatment strategy. Time spent for the doctor’s visit, fear to be exposed to additional infections in outpatient clinics/hospitals, previous experience with antimicrobial self-treatment, and “loyal” policy of selling antibiotics influenced the respondents’ decisions of not going to the doctor. …”
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Characterization of relaparotomies performed at the Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima General University Hospital (2015-2017) by Jorge Ernesto Gonzalez García, Mayquel Monzón Rodriguez, Lidia Torres Ajá, Dianelys Molina Macías

“…The variables analyzed were: operative diagnosis at reintervention, surgical strategy, number of reintervention, and time elapsed from initial surgery to reintervention, among others.…”
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Visual and Refractive Outcomes following Bilateral Implantation of Extended Range of Vision Intraocular Lens with Micromonovision by Sri Ganesh, Sheetal Brar, Archana Pawar, Kirti J. Relekar

“…Reading acuity and reading speeds showed improvement over time. Between defocus range of −2.50 and +1.00 D, the visual acuity remained ≥0.2 logMAR. …”
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