Power Data Access Viewer-Based Meteorological Drought Analysis and Rainfall Variability in the Nile River Basin by Birara Gebeyhu

“…Meteorological drought poses a frequent challenge in the Nile River basin, yet its comprehensive evaluation across the basin has been hindered by insufficient recorded rainfall data. Common indices like the standard precipitation index, coefficients of variation, and precipitation concentration index serve as pivotal tools in gauging drought severity. …”
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Indoor Positioning in Wireless Local Area Networks with Online Path-Loss Parameter Estimation by Luigi Bruno, Paolo Addesso, Rocco Restaino

“…A much addressed solution for estimating the user position exploits the received signal strengths (RSS) in wireless local area networks (WLANs), which are very common nowadays. However, the performances of RSS based location systems are still unsatisfactory for many applications, due to the difficult modeling of the propagation channel, whose features are affected by severe changes. …”
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Nonnutritive, Low Caloric Substitutes for Food Sugars: Clinical Implications for Addressing the Incidence of Dental Caries and Overweight/Obesity by Michael W. Roberts, J. Timothy Wright

“…Caries and obesity are two common conditions affecting children in the United States and other developed countries. …”
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FUZZY ALGORITHM TO CONTROL REACTIVE POWER FLOW IN ELECTRIC NETWORK WITH NONLINEAR LOADS by H. B. Guliyev

“…One of the important problems of efficient function of electric networks containing load nodes of nonlinear character of power consumption is reactive power compensation and maintaining voltage quality in a grid. The commonly used methods for compensation of harmonic currents by filtering devices make it possible to solve the problem in a narrow band of variation of current of a nonlinear load. …”
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A Case Report Illustrating the Postoperative Course of Descemetorhexis without Endothelial Keratoplasty with Topical Netarsudil Therapy by Pimpiroon Ploysangam, Sangita P. Patel

“…Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD) is the most common indication for corneal transplantation in the United States. …”
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Exploration of the Motivational Factors that Influence the Maintenance of Health by Misha Choudry, Latha Ganti

“…Motivators related to personal productivity and values scored 3.44 (scale: one to five), while cultural or religious beliefs scored lowest at 2.89 (scale: one to five). Common themes from free responses included longevity, quality of life, personal well-being, family, independence, prevention of complications, health goals, finances, and faith, listed by frequency. …”
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Black Pepper (Piper nigrum) for Tobacco Withdrawal: A Case Report by Jeremy Weleff, Samyukta Dore, Akhil Anand, Brian S. Barnett

“…Notably, our patient reported that inhalation of combusted black pepper for treatment of nicotine craving and withdrawal was common in his correctional facility. Though combusted black pepper is highly unlikely to be an appealing treatment outside of a correctional setting, this case suggests that further investigation of vaporized black pepper essential oil for tobacco cessation may be warranted.…”
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DEIXIS FOUND IN KAMIO YOUKO’S HANA YORI DANGO IN ENGLISH VERSION by Mariska Febrianti

“…In this study, the kinds of deixis most commonly found is person deixis. It indicates that the author extremely want to show the figures in the story of comic. …”
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L’accord franco-algérien de 1968, reflet de relations politiques tourmentées by Hocine Zeghbib

“…The confrontation continues, not always quietly, through the French desire to align the content of the 1968 agreement with the common law of foreigners and the Algerian desire to keep it even if it means restricting its scope. …”
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Corporate Nietzsche: Assessing Prospects of Success for Managers with Master and Slave Moralities by A. Faisal, A. R. Aleemi

“…Our results prove to be contradictory to common wisdom and shows that despite the leadership-like qualities of those with Master moralities, the proportion of those with Slave moralities was significantly higher at senior management levels of the corporate sector in Pakistan. …”
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Fat Embolism Syndrome Mimicking a COVID-19 Infection by Alexandru Leonard Alexa, Adela Hilda Onutu

“…Fat embolism syndrome (FES) is a multiple organ disorder that can appear after pelvic and long bone fractures. The most common clinical finding is hypoxia, accompanied by diffuse petechiae, alveolar infiltrates, altered mental status, fever, polypnea, and tachycardia. …”
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Advancements in Nanomedicine for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Kidney Stones by Wang Y, Yang J, Amier Y, Yuan D, Xun Y, Yu X

“…Yongqi Wang, Junyi Yang, Yirixiatijiang Amier, Dongfeng Yuan, Yang Xun, Xiao Yu Department of Urology, Institute of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Yang Xun; Xiao Yu, Department of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Liberalization Ave, No. 1095, Wuhan, 430030, People’s Republic of China, Email tjxyang1993@163.com; yujiuhu@163.comAbstract: Kidney stones constitute a common condition impacting the urinary system. In clinical diagnosis and management, traditional surgical interventions and pharmacological treatments are primarily utilized; however, these methods possess inherent limitations. …”
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The study of the factors affecting phreatic line position and stability in upstream tailings dams by Parsa Alizadeh, Manouchehr Latifi

“…The use of tailings dams is a common method for storing tailings. The position of the phreatic line significantly affects the stability of tailings dams. …”
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Transregionalization in the Context of Globalization by D. A. Kuznetsov

“…The author stresses that strengthening functional ties makes transregionalization an adaptive version of globalization driven by common interests and shared views of future global development paths. …”
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Virtualios laimės beieškant: naudojimasis socialiniais tinklais siekiant pozityvių emocijų iš dalies kompensuoja neigiamą vienišumo ir nerimastingumo efektą gerovei by Justina Kymantienė, Arūnas Žiedelis, Laima Bulotaitė

“… For some time now, social networks have become a common medium for everyday social interactions. Every year, users spend more and more time on social networks, and the motives and results of such activities for well-being are mixed. …”
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An Evaluation of Variational Autoencoder in Credit Card Anomaly Detection by Faleh Alshameri, Ran Xia

“…The anomaly can occur in many forms, such as fraudulent credit card transactions, network intrusions, and anomalous imageries or documents. One of the most common challenges in anomaly detection is the obscurity of the normal state and the lack of anomalous samples. …”
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Taxonomic and Functional Dynamics of Bacterial Communities During Drift Seaweed Vermicomposting by Manuel Aira, Ana Gómez-Roel, Jorge Domínguez

“…Vermicomposting changed the composition of the bacterial communities, as indicated by the low proportion of bacterial taxa common to the bacterial communities in the raw seaweed and vermicompost (21 to 56 ASVs from more than 900 ASVs per sample type). …”
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Findings from a Statewide Teleretina Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Program in Arkansas by Megan Shirey, Alexander Kwok, Holly Jenkins, Sami Uwaydat

“…From February 2019 to May 2022, 668 patients underwent imaging; 645 images were deemed of sufficient quality to generate an interpretation. 541 patients had no evidence of DR, while 104 patients had some evidence of DR. 587 patients had no evidence of maculopathy, while 58 patients had some evidence of maculopathy on imaging. 246 patients had other pathology evident on imaging, with the most common being hypertensive retinopathy, glaucoma suspects, and cataracts. …”
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The European Union's Mediterranean Policy in the Context of the "Arab Spring" by V. A. Latkina

“…From the EU point of view the goal of the Barcelona process launched in 1995 was to construct Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and common identity in order to promote democratic transitions in Southern Mediterranean. …”
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New members of Alternaria (Pleosporales, Pleosporaceae) collected from Apiaceae in Algeria by Nabahat Bessadat, Nelly Bataillé-Simoneau, Justine Colou, Bruno Hamon, Kihal Mabrouk, Philippe Simoneau

“…Alternaria species have often been reported as plant pathogens and are commonly isolated from diseased plant hosts. During an investigation of this genus in Algeria, seven Embellisia-like isolates were collected from Apiaceae. …”
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