An Alternating Variable Step-Size Adaptive Long-Range Prediction of LMS Fading Signals by Xi Liao, Rui Xue, Dan-feng Zhao, Yang Wang

“…We propose a linear alternating variable step-size adaptive long-range prediction (AVSS-ALRP) scheme to predict fading signals which is especially suitable for a versatile two-state land mobile satellite (LMS) channel model at S-band. …”
Get full text

“Magic Bullet”: Eccentric Macular Hole as a Complication from Dexamethasone Implant Insertion by Logan Christensen, Riley Sanders, Jeffrey Olson

“…We hypothesize a mechanical injury to the retina during insertion caused the macular hole. …”
Get full text

Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Depression: A Review by Danyon J. Anderson, Alise Aucoin, Colton R. Toups, Devin Cormier, Matthew McDonald, Jamal Hasoon, Omar Viswanath, Alan D. Kaye, Ivan Urits

“…We also discerned three categories of factors that can yield major depression namely adversity, internalizing, and externalizing factors. …”
Get full text

Combination Immunosuppressive Therapy in Primary Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease in Pregnancy by Saikrishna Ananthapadmanabhan, Joe Jabbour, David Brown, Vanaja Sivapathasingam

“…Methods. We reviewed the presented case and literature on AIED. …”
Get full text

A New Truncated Muth Generated Family of Distributions with Applications by Abdullah M. Almarashi, Farrukh Jamal, Christophe Chesneau, Mohammed Elgarhy

“…In recent years, the Muth distribution has been used for the construction of accurate statistical models, with applications in various applied fields. In this paper, we use a truncated-composed scheme to create a new unit Muth distribution, from which we motivate a more general family of continuous distributions called the truncated Muth generated family. …”
Get full text

Structure dependent optical and conductive properties of HPMC:CoCl2 composites: A functional data analysis study by Gowtham G K, Thejas G. Urs

“…In addition, employing the tightly bound electron model, we detail the bandgap variation in these composites concerning the dopant concentration. …”
Get full text

Dutch Lives. The Historical Sample of the Netherlands (1987–): Development and Research by Kees Mandemakers, Jan Kok

“…We will also go into methodological issues that were picked up by the 'HSN community' and we will point out the present and future challenges for the HSN. …”
Get full text

Movements of the Glandirana Frogs in Japan and South Korea: A Strategy for Defining Geographical Movements of Amphibians by Akira Oike, Koji Tojo, Yoriko Nakamura, Etsuro Ito, Masahisa Nakamura

“…Then, we constructed time-calibrated and RAxML phylogenetic trees based on nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial genes of the Glandirana frogs in Japan and South Korea. …”
Get full text

Structured P2P Overlay of Mobile Brokers for Realizing Publish/Subscribe Communication in VANET by Tulika Pandey, Deepak Garg, Manoj Madhava Gore

“…We have taken city buses in urban settings to act as mobile brokers whereas other vehicles are considered to be in role of publishers and subscribers. …”
Get full text

Re-evaluating evidence for giant genomes in amoebae by Daniel Barzilay, João P. B. Alcino, Giulia M. Ribeiro, Alfredo L. P. Sousa, Daniel J. G. Lahr

“…Abstract Here we reassess available evidence for the long-held misconception of amoebae possessing exceptionally large genomes. …”
Get full text

Lie and Riccati Linearization of a Class of Liénard Type Equations by A. G. Johnpillai, C. M. Khalique, F. M. Mahomed

“…We construct a linearizing Riccati transformation by using an ansatz and a linearizing point transformation utilizing the Lie point symmetry generators for a three-parameter class of Liénard type nonlinear second-order ordinary differential equations. …”
Get full text

Navigating the Existential Crisis from Literature to Real Life: A Text-to-Self Pedagogical Approach and Its Potential for Existential Literature Instruction by Nhung Thi Hong Nguyen, Khoa Dang Truong

“…This four-stage model, we expect, will get students poised to reconcile with their lost, solitary, and vulnerable ego, actively befriend their ‘inner child’, and develop into individuals with healed hearts and positive worldviews. …”
Get full text

Advantages and Problems of nurses in care of infant feeding in primary care by Mayara Águida Porfírio Moura, Silvana Santiago da Rocha, Diana Lúcia Moura Pinho, Dirce Guilhem

“…As regards methodology, we opted for a qualitative study, based on thematic oral history. …”
Get full text

Tuning Wetting Properties Through Surface Geometry in the Cassie–Baxter State by Talya Scheff, Florence Acha, Nathalia Diaz Armas, Joey L. Mead, Jinde Zhang

“…We used fluoro-silane-treated silicon micro-post patterns fabricated via lithography as model surfaces. …”
Get full text

Recent Advances in Drug-Induced Hypersensitivity Syndrome/Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms by Hideaki Watanabe

“…Histologically, eosinophils were observed less frequently than we expected (20%). The mainstay of DIHS/DRESS treatment is a moderate dose of systemic corticosteroids, followed by gradual dose reduction. …”
Get full text

Water and gender: a decolonial look at hydrosocial transformations in Vila Ideal by THAÍS ZIMOVSKI GARCIA DE OLIVEIRA, RAFAEL FREIRE, GABRIEL FARIAS ALVES CORREIA, ALEXANDRE DE PÁDUA CARRIERI

“…Using a decolonial framework informed by feminist scholars such as Lélia Gonzalez and Gayatri Spivak, we analyze how water and gender intersect and influence human activities over time, forming what we term hydrosocial relationships of gender.…”
Get full text

Potential Properties of Plant Sprout Extracts on Amyloid β by Mizue Okada, Yoshinori Okada

“…The aim of this study is to examine the amyloid β (Aβ) inhibition mechanism of plant sprouts’ aqueous extracts (PSAE). In this study, we screened the effects of five plant sprouts’ extracts on Aβ (1–42) structure modification using gel electrophoresis. …”
Get full text

The Threshold of the Severity of Diabetic Retinopathy below Which Intensive Glycemic Control Is Beneficial in Diabetic Patients: Estimation Using Data from Large Randomized Clinica... by Yuqi Liu, Juan Li, Jinfang Ma, Nanwei Tong

“…With DCCT as a reference, we supposed a DR severity threshold that is verified by other RCTs then. …”
Get full text

Uropygial gland microbiota of nearctic−neotropical migrants vary with season and migration distance by Leanne A. Grieves, Gregory B. Gloor

“…Given that temporal effects on gland microbiota were nearly ubiquitous among the species we tested, determining the consequences of and mechanisms driving this seasonal variation are important next steps.…”
Get full text

Enforced disappearances, multiple motherhoods: outlines for a communicational mapping of absences by Alba Shirley Tamayo-Arango, Katherinne Arenas-López

“…This article attempts to perform a communicational mapping of enforced disappearances in Colombia. We do this by studying maternities that proliferate their meaning, feelings and pains as a consequence of the stresses and forces triggered by such happenings. …”
Get full text