Socioeconomic Barriers to Rhegmatogenous Detachment Surgery in Brazil by Pedro Carlos Carricondo, Tatiana Tanaka, Suellen Tiemi Shibata, Leandro Cabral Zacharias, Thiago Aragão Leite, Maria Fernanda Abalem, Walter Y. Takahashi

“…Reasons for not performing the surgery in other services were as follows: 47% were referred because there was not vitreoretinal surgeon at original service; 27% could not afford the surgery, had no health insurance, or had no coverage at health insurance plan for the procedure. Time between the first symptom and the arrival at our service was as follows: 18 patients arrived in up to 7 days; 35 between 8 and 30 days; 8 between 31 and 90 days; 5 in more than 90 days. …”
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Heat integration retrofit for a sustainable energy-efficient design: a case study of Aramco’s refinery by Abdulrahman Hazazi, Zeeshan Farooq

“…The analysis started by identifying the major equipment, the heat exchanger network (HEN), and the overall site plot plan. The case study covers optimizing the energy demand and supply side to reach profitable and greener utility-process systems synergy. …”
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An Intelligent Evaluation Method of Supply-Demand Matching Degree Based on ELECTRE III and VIKOR in Cloud Manufacturing Platform by Jihong Pang, Yuxuan Shi, Jinkun Dai

“…Firstly, the demand side uploads a bill of material on the cloud manufacturing platform, and the supplier provides a supply plan. The demand side forms an evaluation team to evaluate the quality of the supplied product. …”
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The Robustness and Sustainability of Port Logistics Systems for Emergency Supplies from Overseas by Yanyu Chen, Wenzhe Zheng, Wenbo Li, Yimiao Huang

“…Research data show that the shortest path can be planned between each material supply location. The research results show that the proportion of demand fluctuations during the outbreak is 6.5%, the time window needs to be controlled between 0 and 600, and the robustness and sustainability of the port logistics system have saved the time of the entire process by about 45%, greatly optimizing the delivery route and delivery time. …”
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ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE OF RUSSIAN UNIVERSITIES: EXPECTATIONS AND REALITIES by O. B. TOMILIN, I. M. FADEEVA, O. O. TOMILIN, A. K. KLUYEV

“…It is shown that during that period of time Russian higher education demonstrated significant deviation of university organizational culture from its planned state. Modernization processes in higher education caused universities to form adaptation reactions different from those designed at the stage of designing new development institutions. …”
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Application of Recombinant Human BMP-2 with Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate and Platelet-Rich Fibrin in Titanium Mesh for Vertical Maxillary Defect Reconstruction prior to Implant... by Kamel Alraei, Jameel Shrqawi, Khawlah Alarusi

“…Reconstruction of the maxillary defect was planned by offlabel use of rhBMP-2/absorbable collagen sponge (ACS) combined with a bone marrow aspirate concentrate (BMAC) and allograft in a titanium mesh covered in platelet-rich fibrin (PRF). …”
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Transition to Circular Economy and Management of Public Services of General Economic Interest by Sandra Antoniazzi

“…Academic contribution to the field and originality/significance/value: The paper adds to existing research focusing mainly on legal studies of the wider consequences for national utility policy and companies’ business plans, the role of local public authorities having direct powers that need reforms, and the position of consumers. …”
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Practice of an improved many-objective route optimization algorithm in a multimodal transportation case under uncertain demand by Tianxu Cui, Ying Shi, Jingkun Wang, Rijia Ding, Jinze Li, Kai Li

“…This work fills the research gap for MTRO problems and provides guidance for relevant departments in developing transportation and decarbonization plans.…”
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An Approach to Integrating Tactical Decision-Making in Industrial Maintenance Balance Scorecards Using Principal Components Analysis and Machine Learning by Néstor Rodríguez-Padial, Marta Marín, Rosario Domingo

“…This paper presents a system for making decisions related to the design of customized maintenance plans in a production plant. This paper addresses this tactical goal and aims to provide greater knowledge and better predictions by projecting reliable behavior in the medium-term, integrating this new functionality into classic Balance Scorecards, and making it possible to extend their current measuring function to a new aptitude: predicting evolution based on historical data. …”
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Implementation of a Diabetes Educator Care Model to Reduce Paediatric Admission for Diabetic Ketoacidosis by Asma Deeb, Hana Yousef, Layla Abdelrahman, Mary Tomy, Shaker Suliman, Salima Attia, Hana Al Suwaidi

“…Management of DKA needs admission in a specialized center and imposes major constraints on hospital resources. Aim. We plan to study the impact of adapting a diabetes-educator care model on reducing the frequency of hospital admission of children and adolescents presenting with DKA. …”
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Mathematical modeling of continuous and intermittent androgen suppression for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer by Alacia M. Voth, John G. Alford, Edward W. Swim

“…We will compute and analyze parameter sensitivity analysis for CAS and IAS which may give insight to plan effective data collection in a future clinical trial. …”
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Early Head Specification in Xenopus laevis by Blue B. Lake, Kenneth R. Kao

“…Thus, development of the head, and indeed the body plan in general, requires precisely timed and spatially restricted activation and repression of these signaling pathways.…”
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Attitudes Toward Predictive Testing for Alzheimer’s Disease in a Student Population by M. Welkenhuysen, G. Evers-Kiebooms, H. Van den Berghe

“…Arguments in favour dealt with the ability to make plans for the future and to prepare oneself for the disease. …”
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Differential Diagnosis of Parotid Lipoma in a Breast Ca Patient by Melda Misirlioglu, Yagmur Yilmaz Akyil, Mehmet Zahit Adisen, Alime Okkesim

“…A surgical intervention under general anesthesia was planned for the removal of the mass; however patient refused the surgical treatment. …”
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The development of Russian federalism in the 1990s (on the example of the Omsk region) by M. S. Novikov

“…Later, the author of the article plans to carry out similar work in relation to the Altai Territory and the Tyumen region. …”
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A Misguiding Osteoid Osteoma in the Bicipital Tuberosity of the Radius by Konstantinos Ditsios, Nikolaos Papadakis, Ioannis Theodoroudis, Lazaros Kostretzis, Panagiotis Konstantinou, Iosafat Pinto, Anastasios Christodoulou

“…When the patient presented to us, we planned a three-phase bone scan and an elbow MRI, which revealed the lesion. …”
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Lockdown to Contain the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Opportunity to Create a Less Polluted Environment in India by Preet Lal, Amit Kumar, Supriya Bharti, Purabi Saikia, Dibyendu Adhikari, M. L. Khan

“…The findings may be useful in guiding future strategies to maintain environmental quality by adopting a well-planned lockdown strategy.…”
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Flexible Reconfiguration for Optimal Operation of Distribution Network Under Renewable Generation and Load Uncertainty by Behzad Esmaeilnezhad, Hossein Amini, Reza Noroozian, Saeid Jalilzadeh

“…The uncertainty of the load and generation from renewable energies is planned to use their probability density functions via a scenario-based approach. …”
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The voice of people’s perspective on the future of health resilience post pandemic hits: A numerically scaled survey in 19 provinces in Indonesia by Nurlaila Ika, Amalya Dewi Meta

“…This will impede the creation of practical plans for allocating resources wisely and assessing public health initiatives. …”
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Treatment of gouty lumbar spinal stenosis: a case report and bioinformatics analysis by Xiao Zhang, Wenbo Gu, Di Luo, Xi Zhu, Xusheng Li, Haifeng Yuan

“…A combined surgical and pharmacological treatment plan has a favorable prognosis. Investigating the mechanisms of action of core genes may provide new insights for treatment, ultimately leading to the development of comprehensive and personalized diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.…”
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