Irritable bowel syndrome concept from the gut microbiom point of view by Anna F. Sheptulina, Vladimir T. Ivashkin

“…Pattern of intestinal microbiome, nutrition­ al stereotype and dietary pattern should be taken into account at management of IBS and planning of clinical or pilot studies in this area.…”
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Włodzimierz Iljicz King Kong by Marcin Giżycki

“…Cooper, współreżyser i producent King Konga z 1932 r., walczył jako pilot‑ochotnik w wojnie polsko-bolszewickiej i dostał się do niewoli rosyjskiej. …”
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Analiza potencijala za uvođenje sistema pametnih mreža u Bosni i Hercegovini by Jasmina Imamović, Sanda Midžić Kurtagić, Esma Manić

“…U radu je prikazana analiza postojećeg stanja u pogledu razvoja elektrodistributivne mreže i potencijala za razvoj pametne mreže u odabranoj pilot regiji Bosne i Hercegovine. Osim procjene okvira politike, u opseg analize uključeno je nekoliko kriterija zasnovanih na indikatorima: udio obnovljive energije i obnovljive energije kao distribuiranog energijskog resursa, ukupan udio distribuiranih energijskih resursa, broj instalisanih pametnih brojila za mjerenje potrošnje električne energije, broj stanica za punjenje električnih vozila, kapaciteti za skladištenje energije i tehnološki razvoj. …”
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Effect of prenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation on birth weight in Ethiopia: protocol for a pragmatic cluster-randomised trial by Joanna Schellenberg, Charles Opondo, Tanya Marchant, Lars Åke Persson, Masresha Tessema, Atkure Defar, Alemneh Kabeta Daba, Girum Taye, Senait Alemayehu, Elias Asfaw, Anene Tesfa, Bedasa Tessema, Kalkidan Zenebe

“…Results from this pragmatic trial will be used by the government of Ethiopia in assessing success of the multiple-micronutrient supplements pilot and for decision making about subsequent scale-up. …”
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Testing a Web-Based Interactive Comic Tool to Decrease Obesity Risk Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Preadolescents: Randomized Controlled Trial by May May Leung, Katrina F Mateo, Marlo Dublin, Laura Harrison, Sandra Verdaguer, Katarzyna Wyka

“…MethodsA total of 89 Black or African American and Hispanic preadolescents with a mean age of 10.4 (SD 1.0) years from New York City participated in a pilot 2-group randomized study, comprising a 6-week intervention and a 3-month follow-up (T4) period. …”
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Treatment Planning Strategies for Interstitial Ultrasound Ablation of Prostate Cancer by Pragya Gupta, Tamas Heffter, Muhammad Zubair, I-Chow Hsu, E. Clif Burdette, Chris J. Diederich

“…Full 3D patient-specific anatomic modeling of actual placement of single or multiple applicators to conformally ablate target regions can be applied, with optional integrated pilot-point temperature-based feedback control and urethral/rectum cooling. …”
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The Relational Aspects of Luxury Consumption in Brazil: The development of a Luxury Customer Relationship Perception Scale and the Analysis of Brand Personality Influence on Relati... by Fernanda Scussel, Gisela Demo

“…We followed Churchill's (1979) and Rossiter's (2002) guidelines on scale development, emcompassing interviews and the creation of a pilot version of the scale, that went through two purification processes - exploraroty and confirmatory factor analysis. …”
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Extension du champ télécinématographique de la science-fiction. The Mandalorian (Disney+) by Hannedouche Cédric

“…Going beyond the expected constraints of a monomedia seriality largely based on an expected return of the characters or the variation of a plot from the cinematographic pilot, the Disney + series are rooted in shared universes and therefore transfictional (Saint-Gelais, 2011) much broader by bringing together narrative information given on other media (video games, animation, comics, etc.) that they absorb and claim. …”
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Recovery and separation of iron from iron ore using innovative fluidized magnetization roasting and magnetic separation by Yu J., Han Y., Li Y., Gao P.

“…In this investigation, a pilot-scale fluidized magnetization roasting reactor was introduced and used to enhance magnetic properties of iron ore. …”
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Place-based Guaranteed Minimum Income in Barcelona: (un)intended inclusionary policy for migrants by Laura Colini

“…At the peak of the migration wave in Europe between 2015 and 2016, the European programme Urban Initiative Actions funded a pilot project on Basic Income led by the city of Barcelona. …”
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Factors Affecting Placement of a Child with Intellectual Disability by Isack Kandel, Joav Merrick

“…Several researchers have identified these factors, which include child-related parameters, family and parental attitudes, the influence of the social environment, and the external assistance provided to the family. In a pilot study, we attempted to isolate the main factors involved in the parental decision either to keep the child at home or place the child by examining a sample comprised of 50 parents of children suffering severe intellectual disability studying in a special education school and 48 parents of adults with intellectual disability working in sheltered workshops. …”
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A Low Cost Shading Analyzer and Site Evaluator Design to Determine Solar Power System Installation Area by Selami Kesler, Sinan Kivrak, Hilmi Gurleyen, Furkan Dincer, Saban Yilmaz, Hasan Riza Ozcalik

“…The device is explained with an application on the installation area selected as a pilot site, Denizli, in Turkey.…”
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Effect of body orientation and joint movement on local bioimpedance measurements by Abie Sisay Mebre, de Román Alejandro Ortega, Hou Jie

“…The purpose of this pilot study was to determine if body orientation, skin treatment, joint angle, and shoulder arch movements affect localized bioimpedance spectroscopy (BIS) measurement. …”
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Perceptual Enhancement for Arabic Reading: An Intervention to Support Fluency and Automaticity in Grade One by Elisabeth Wilson, Soohyun Jeon, Holly Cook, Helen Abadzi

“…Abstract This study, conducted in the United Arab Emirates, piloted a curriculum to increase early grade reading fluency. …”
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Time-varying channel estimation in reconfigurable intelligent surface assisted communication system by Kai SHAO, Ben LU, Guangyu WANG

“…Aiming at the key problems need to be solved, such as cascade channel sparse representation, time-varying channel parameter tracking and signal reconstruction, for time-varying cascade channels estimation of reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) assisted communication system, a Khatri-Rao and hierarchical Bayesian Kalman filter (KR-HBKF) algorithm was proposed.Firstly, the Khatri-Rao product and Kronecker product transformations were used to obtain the sparse representation of RIS cascaded channels based on the sparse characteristics of channels, thus the RIS cascaded channel estimation problem was transformed into a low-dimensional sparse signal recovery problem.Then, according to the state evolution model of RIS cascaded channel, the time correlation parameter was introduced into the prediction model of HBKF algorithm, and the improved HBKF was applied to solve the problem of time-varying channel parameter tracking and signal reconstruction for completing the time-varying cascaded channels estimation.The sparsity and time correlation of the channel were comprehensively considered in the KR-HBKF algorithm, thus better estimation accuracy could be obtained with small pilot overhead.Compared with the traditional compressed sensing algorithm, the simulation results show that the proposed algorithm has about 5 dB estimated performance improvement, and better robustness performance under different time-varying channel conditions.…”
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Adaptation, Validity and Reliability of the Body Sensations Questionnaire Turkish Version by Aysegül KART, M. Hakan TÜRKÇAPAR

“…BSQ Turkish version completed by translation, back-translation and pilot assessment. Socio-demographic Data Form and BSQ Turkish version were administered to participants. …”
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Research and Application of Urban Flood Model in Shenzhen River and Bay Basin by LENG Yubo, LIU Shu, ZHENG Jingwei, ZHANG Yang, LIU Xunping, WANG Zheng

“…Affected by the frequent occurrence of heavy rainfall and the high development of urbanization, Shenzhen has carried out urban flood model research and application with the Shenzhen River and Bay Basin as the pilot area to improve the early warning and forecasting and flood control emergency decision-making ability in the event of heavy rainfall and enhance the forward-looking and accurate flood control treatment under heavy rainfall. …”
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Physician Satisfaction in a Cancer Prevention Program for Low-Income Women in Nevada by Christopher R. Cochran, Emmanuel C. Gorospe

“…Physicians and health care organizations that provide services to low-income patients are valuable partners in improving health care access for the uninsured and medically underserved. In this pilot study, we explored physicians' needs and factors for satisfaction in the Women's Health Connection (WHC), a breast and cervical cancer-screening program for low-income women in Nevada. …”
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Audio technology for improving social interaction in extended reality by Joanna Luberadzka, Enric Gusó Muñoz, Enric Gusó Muñoz, Umut Sayin, Adan Garriga

“…Finally, we present the results of a pilot study comparing several audio enhancement techniques inside a virtual environment.…”
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On Approaches to Assessing Contribution of Russian Universities in the Implementation of National Projects by I. V. Arzhanova, M. V. Shiryaev, S. N. Mityakov

“…As an example, the approach to the development of the system of indicators is considered, which makes it possible to evaluate the contribution of the universities to the implementation of national projects. In the initial (pilot) version the system included 30 indicators directly related to national projects “Education”, “Science”, “Digital Economics” and a number of others. …”
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