Solar Light Radiometry Calibration Unit for a ScanPol Polarimeter of the Aerosol-UA Space Mission by Ivan Syniavskyi, Yevgen Oberemok, Vassyl Danylevsky, Yuriy Ivanov, Roman Osypenko, Mikhail Sosonkin, Gennadi Milinevsky

“…The construction of the radiometric calibration unit is based on a sun-illuminated reflective diffuser made from the white opal glass MS20. …”
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Autism and the right to education in the EU: Policy mapping and scoping review of the United Kingdom, France, Poland and Spain. by Monika Roleska, Andres Roman-Urrestarazu, Sarah Griffiths, Amber N V Ruigrok, Rosemary Holt, Robin van Kessel, Kathleen McColl, William Sherlaw, Carol Brayne, Kasia Czabanowska

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Four EU countries (United Kingdom, France, Poland and Spain) were included in this scoping review study. …”
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Outcomes of Patients Who Have Do Not Resuscitate Status prior to Being Admitted to an Intensive Care Unit by Debjit Saha, Carlos Moreno, Marc Csete, Elizabeth Kury Perez, Luigi Cubeddu, David Farcy, Steven Henry, Zachary Glazer, Lisa A. Moreno-Walton, Robert C. Goldszer

“…Admission of patients who have do not resuscitate (DNR) status to an intensive care unit (ICU) is potentially a misallocation of limited resources to patients who may neither need nor want intensive care. …”
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A harmonic model validation methodology for power generation units based on voltage-current phasor characteristic by Kia Malekian Boroujeni, Farhad Safargholi, Kaveh Malekian

“…This paper proposes a comprehensive methodology to validate the harmonic model of power generation units based on the phasor (not only the magnitude) of harmonic quantities. …”
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Participant experiences in HIV cure-directed trial with an extended analytical treatment interruption in Philadelphia, United States by Andrea Bilger, Eion Plenn, Frances K. Barg, Katharine A. Rendle, William B. Carter, Andrea Lamour-Harrington, Nora Jones, Beth Peterson, John A. Sauceda, Pablo Tebas, Karam Mounzer, David Metzger, Luis J. Montaner, Karine Dubé

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Composite Fault Diagnosis for Rotating Machinery of Large Units Based on Evidence Theory and Multi-Information Fusion by Naiquang Su, Xiao Li, Qinghua Zhang, Zhiqiang Huo

“…This paper proposes a composite faults diagnosis method for rotating machinery of the large unit based on evidence theory and multi-information fusion. …”
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Inpatient service utilization amongst infants diagnosed with Respiratory Syncytial Virus infection (RSV) in the United States. by Jason R Gantenberg, Kathryn D Thompson, Robertus van Aalst, David M Smith, Megan Richards, Christopher B Nelson, William V La Via, Sandra S Chaves, Angela M Bengtson, David A Savitz, Andrew R Zullo

“…Understanding service utilization patterns can aid in improved management and resource allocation for infants in the United States, ultimately contributing to better outcomes and reduced healthcare costs overall. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of Chloride-liberal versus Chloriderestrictive Intravenous Fluids among Patients Hospitalized in the United States by Louise Perrault, Dilip Makhija, Idal Beer, Suzanne Laplante, Sergio Iannazzo, Karthik Raghunathan

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A data-driven semi-parametric model of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the United States. by John M Drake, Andreas Handel, Éric Marty, Eamon B O'Dea, Tierney O'Sullivan, Giovanni Righi, Andrew T Tredennick

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A Hybrid Framework for Real-Time Dispatching of Airline Unit Load Devices under Demand Variations by Ching-Hui Tang, Ping-Hsuan Hsieh

“…This study is devoted to a new research topic in real-time airline operations, the redispatching of unit load devices (ULDs) under demand variations. …”
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Cultivar and Training System Impact Cold-climate Seedless Table Grape Performance in the Northeastern United States by Rebecca Grube Sideman, George Hamilton, Kaitlyn Orde

“…In conclusion, ‘Mars’, ‘Canadice’, ‘Vanessa’, and ‘Lakemont’ offer potential for commercial production of seedless table grapes in the northeastern United States based on producing moderate to high yields of consistently high-quality fruit; of these, ‘Mars’ showed the least susceptibility to common diseases and postharvest weight loss.…”
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Managing agricultural water use in the Western United States: A search for efficient climate adaptation institutions by Frank A. Ward, Nicholas A. Potter, R. Aaron Hrozencik

“…Irrigated agriculture throughout much of the western United States relies on water resources that are under increasing stress from more frequent and severe droughts, reduced snowpack, and changes in the timing of runoff. …”
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The Burden of Hypoxic Respiratory Failure in Preterm and Term/Near-term Infants in the United States 2011-2015 by Shivani Pandya, Onur Baser, George J. Wan, Belinda Lovelace, Jim Potenziano, An T. Pham, Xingyue Huang, Li Wang

“…Preterms had significantly longer inpatient stays (54.1 vs 29.0 days), time in a neonatal intensive care unit (34.1 vs 17.5 days), time on ventilation (4.7 vs 2.2 days), and higher total hospitalization charges ($613,350 vs $422,558) (all P<0.001). …”
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The relationship between steroid treatment and mortality in patients with COVID-19 followed up in an intensive care unit by Huseyin Ali Ozturk, Fatih Necip Arici

“…Laboratory values, duration of intensive care unit and mortality rates of the patients were evaluated. …”
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Tuberculosis Exposure from a Healthcare Worker to Patients in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) by Maria Casalino, Thivia Jegathesan, Michael Sgro, Elizabeth Rea, Matthew Muller, Douglas M. Campbell

“…The nosocomial spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from a healthcare worker with infectious pulmonary tuberculosis disease to patients remains a risk in the healthcare environment, including neonatal intensive care units. In this paper, we outlined a protocol for neonates exposed to tuberculosis in a neonatal intensive care unit that includes skin testing, chest X-ray imaging, and prophylactic isoniazid. …”
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A systematic review of regulatory strategies and transparency mandates in AI regulation in Europe, the United States, and Canada by Mona Sloane, Elena Wüllhorst

“…In this paper, we provide a systematic review of existing artificial intelligence (AI) regulations in Europe, the United States, and Canada. We build on the qualitative analysis of 129 AI regulations (enacted and not enacted) to identify patterns in regulatory strategies and in AI transparency requirements. …”
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Psychometric assessment of scales used to evaluate sexual assault prevention programming in the United States Air Force by Kathryn E. L. Grimes, Nichole M. Scaglione, Marni L. Kan, Leah Frerichs, Christopher M. Shea, Angela M. Stover

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Psychometric assessment of scales used to evaluate sexual assault prevention programming in the United States Air Force. by Kathryn E L Grimes, Nichole M Scaglione, Marni L Kan, Leah Frerichs, Christopher M Shea, Angela M Stover

“…<h4>Background</h4>Preventing sexual assault in the United States (U.S.) military is essential to safeguard the overall well-being of military personnel and support the military to function in alignment with its intended mission and objectives. …”
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Maximum Dry Unit Weight and Optimum Moisture Content Prediction of Lateritic Soils Using Regression Analysis by Yufeng Qian

“…Due to the time limitations and concerns of finishing resources, it is obligate to develop some relationships for predicting compaction parameters such as maximum dry unit weight (γdmax) and optimum moisture content (ωopt) from easily estimated index properties. …”
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Investigation of Black Carbon Wet Deposition to the United States from National Atmospheric Deposition Network Samples by Piyaporn Sricharoenvech, Ross Edwards, Müge Yaşar, David Gay, James J. Schauer

“…An analysis of the spatial variability indicated a pattern of higher BC deposition through the central United States consistent with BC transport from biomass burning during the sampling period.…”
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