The functional structure of the academic year at higher education institutions in the United States of America and at South African technikons, with particular reference to the communication sciences by Denys Rhoodie

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Predicting Crown-width of Dominant Trees on Teak Plantation from Clonal Seed Orchards in Ngawi Forest Management Unit, East Java by Ronggo Sadono

“…The research was carried out in Ngawi Forest Management Unit on the good quality teak compartment having stands age from 6 to 15 years old. …”
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Hand hygiene adherence in intensive care units: comparison before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in a municipality of São Paulo state by Vanessa Aparecida Vilas-Boas, Pedro Antonio Teodoro de Moraes, Marcela Grispino Vieira Torres de Lolo, Edinêis de Brito Guirardello, Maria Isabel Pedreira de Freitas

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Analysis of Social Performance and Action Units During Social Skills Training: Focus Group Study of Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Schizophrenia by Hiroki Tanaka, Kana Miyamoto, Jennifer Hamet Bagnou, Elise Prigent, Céline Clavel, Jean-Claude Martin, Satoshi Nakamura

“…Second, we attempt to quantify action units during SST for people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or schizophrenia. …”
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The Efficacy of a 6-month Pain Mentoring Program on Pain Knowledge, Beliefs, and Confidence within the United States Department of Veterans Affairs by Wesley Kurszewski, Edward Eichelsdoerfer, Kristin Eneberg-Boldon, Jennifer Gansen, Mark Havran, Molly J. Lahn, Kerry E. Mazzone, Bradley Schaack, Kathryn Schopmeyer, Rebecca Vogsland, Damian Keter

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Anti-nucleocapsid SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence in previously infected persons with immunocompromising conditions—United States, 2020–2022 by Anna Bratcher, Jefferson M. Jones, William A. Meyer, Rehan Waheed, Huda Yazgi, Aaron Harris, Adi V. Gundlapalli, Kristie E. N. Clarke

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Comparative analysis of efficiency of different types of thermal insulation in heat exchanger-utilizer of heat loss recovery system of mobile compressor units by V. L. Yusha, G. I. Chernov, A. M. Kalashnikov

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Equity of intensive care unit bed resource allocation in ethnic minority areas of China—an empirical analysis based on geographical and population dimensions by Jing Kang, Rong Peng, Jun Feng, Xianjing Qin, Junxu Zhou, Meng Deng, Shanshan Meng, Decheng Lu

“…Objective The purpose of this study is to analyse the changes in the equity of intensive care unit (ICU) bed allocation in 14 cities in China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region from 2018 to 2021, to identify the problems in the process of ICU bed allocation in China’s ethnic minority regions.Design The Gini coefficient, Theil index, health resource density index, and spatial correlation analysis were used to analyse the current status of ICU bed resource allocation and allocation equity in Guangxi, China, on two dimensions: geography, and population.Setting The Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.Results The number of ICU beds configured by geographic and population dimensions in Guangxi basically showed a growing trend. …”
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Targeting tRNA‐Derived Non‐Coding RNA Alleviates Diabetes‐Induced Visual Impairment through Protecting Retinal Neurovascular Unit by Jin Yao, Wen Yao, Jun‐Ya Zhu, Yan Liu, Jin‐Hong Liu, Yu‐Ke Ji, Xi‐Shen Ni, Wan Mu, Biao Yan

“…Abstract Diabetes is a major risk factor for compromised visual health, leading to retinal vasculopathy and neuropathy, both of which are hallmarks of neurovascular unit dysfunction. Despite the critical impact of diabetic retinopathy, the precise mechanism underlying neurovascular coupling and effective strategies to suppress neurovascular dysfunction remain unclear. …”
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A Decimal Floating-Point Accurate Scalar Product Unit with a Parallel Fixed-Point Multiplier on a Virtex-5 FPGA by Malte Baesler, Sven-Ole Voigt, Thomas Teufel

“…Compared to a previously published work, in this paper, we improve the architecture of the accurate scalar product unit and migrate to Virtex-5 FPGAs. This decreases the fixed-point multiplier's latency by a factor of two and the accurate scalar product unit's latency even by a factor of five.…”
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Evaluation of satisfaction of tourists the quality of tourism services based on Kano model and SERVQUAL (Case Study: Tehran Darband area catering units) by Jamileh Tavakolinia, Mostafa Haraeeni

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Evaluation of the etiological spectrum of obstructive jaundice in patients attending the Al-Azhar Assiut University Hospital Endoscopy Unit in the last five years by Hamdy Mahfouz Moustafa, Ahmed Qasem Mohamed, Ali Sayed Zarea Nouh

“…The ERCP procedure was performed in the Endoscopy Unit of Al-Azhar Assiut University Hospital. Results Twenty patients (3.1%) had shrunken liver, splenomegaly, and calcular gall bladder suggesting that calcular obstructive jaundice could occur on top of liver cirrhosis. …”
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Montelukast Use and Patterns of Ambulatory Care among Asian versus Non-Asian Adult Patients with Asthma and/or Allergic Rhinitis in the United States by Joseph Vasey, Shalini Bagga, Huan Huang, Tongsheng Wang, David Thompson

“…**Conclusion:** Differences in montelukast use and outcomes of care exist between Asian and non-Asian patients in the United States. Future research should explore the reasons for these differences and whether they can be replicated in non-US settings.…”
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Gestion des déchets ménagers : comment les collectivités françaises mobilisent-elles leurs usagers ? by Fanny Tarrisse-Vicard, Johanna Le Conte, Olivier Aznar, Anne Antoni, Raphaële Ferzli, Julie Gouet

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The Implications of Multiple Repeat Cesarean Deliveries on Maternal Morbidity by Esra Can, Süleyman Cemil Oğlak

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The impacts of wild boars (Sus scrofa) on fish community and on instream physical habitat of two small streams in a protected area in Brazil by Marina F. Moreira, Larissa B. S. Milhomens, Pedro L. C. Uzeda, Ana Luiza V. Andrade, Paulo S. Pompeu

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