Effect of Blade Profile on the Performance of Wells Turbine under Unidirectional Sinusoidal and Real Sea Flow Conditions by A. Thakker, R. Abdulhadi

“…As a result, it was found that the preferable rotor geometry is the one with blade profile of CA9 with solidity σ = 0.64. …”
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Fostering Media Literacy: A Systematic Evidence Review of Intervention Effectiveness for Diverse Target Groups by Leen d'Haenens, Joyce Vissenberg, Marit Puusepp, Natalia Edisherashvili, Diego Martinez-Castro, Ellen Johanna Helsper, Łukasz Tomczyk, Tania Azadi, Sylwia Opozda-Suder, Erika Maksniemi, Guna Spurava, Katariina Salmela-Aro, Niina Sormanen, Sini Tiihonen, Terhi-Anna Wilska, Lauri Hietajärvi, Gemma Martínez, Nekane Larrañaga, Maialen Garmendia, Rubén Olveira-Araujo, Verónica Donoso, Margus Pedaste, Dominika Sepielak

“…This 2022 systematic evidence review, guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guideline, aimed to collect and synthesize scientific evidence on effective media literacy intervention programs across different target groups and the used frameworks. …”
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MANAGERIAL AND ENTREPRENEURIAL CAREER ASPIRATIONS OF STUDENTS – THE CASE OF BIH by Bahrija Umihanić, Sabina Đonlagić, Ana Marija Alfirević

“…The preliminary empirical results indicate that BiH students perceive a managerial job as a preferable career choice and confirm lower orientation of the students and the society toward entrepreneurship. …”
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Machine Learning-Based Modeling of Hot Carrier Injection in 40 nm CMOS Transistors by Xhesila Xhafa, Ali Dogus Gungordu, Mustafa Berke Yelten

“…Gaussian process regression algorithm is preferred to model the post-stress characteristics of the drain-source current, the threshold voltage, and the drain-source conductance. …”
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Urinary Incontinence in Hospitalised Elderly Patients: Do Nurses Recognise and Manage the Problem? by Sabin Zürcher, Susi Saxer, René Schwendimann

“…The single intervention documented was the use of incontinence pads. Only 5 patients preferred not to be asked about UI at hospital. Nurses in the study hospital should systematically ask elderly patients about UI and provide them with information on interventions.…”
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Comparison of Quadratic- and Median-Based Roughness Penalties for Penalized-Likelihood Sinogram Restoration in Computed Tomography by Patrick J. La Rivière, Junguo Bian, Phillip A. Vargas

“…Since the quadratic penalty allows for derivation of an algorithm that is guaranteed to monotonically increase the penalized-likelihood objective function, we find it to be preferable to the median-based penalty.…”
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Discrete Particle Swarm Optimization with Scout Particles for Library Materials Acquisition by Yi-Ling Wu, Tsu-Feng Ho, Shyong Jian Shyu, Bertrand M. T. Lin

“…This paper presents an integer programming model of the studied problem by considering how to select materials in order to maximize the average preference and the budget execution rate under some practical restrictions including departmental budget, limitation of the number of materials in each category and each language. …”
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Promoting Geospatial Service from Information to Knowledge with Spatiotemporal Semantics by Jing Geng, Shuliang Wang, Wenxia Gan, Hanning Yuan, Zeqiang Chen, Ziqiang Yuan, Tianru Dai

“…With the development of geoscience, users are eager to obtain preferred service from geospatial information intelligently and automatically. …”
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The analysis of promising directions for creation of domestic component base of volumetric rotary machines for low power energy, refrigeration and climate technology by V. L. Yusha, A. Yu. Gromov, Yu. A. Potapov

“…The analysis of the existing designs of rotary machines, as well as the nomenclature of domestic refrigeration and compressor engineering, allowed us to conclude that rotary machines of screw and spiral type are preferred for the implementation of existing licensed technologies at Russian enterprises. …”
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Type 2 Diabetes, Atrial Fibrillation, and Direct Oral Anticoagulation by Dana Prídavková, Matej Samoš, Tomáš Bolek, Ingrid Škorňová, Jana Žolková, Peter Kubisz, Ján Staško, Marián Mokáň

“…Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), direct oral thrombin inhibitor dabigatran, and direct oral factor Xa inhibitors, rivaroxaban, apixaban, and edoxaban, have emerged as a preferred choice for long-term prevention of stroke in AF patients offering potent and predictable anticoagulation and a favorable pharmacology with low risk of interactions. …”
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Septic shock caused by emphysematous hepatitis complicated with intracranial infection by Miao Chen, Jianbo Chen, Zhengzhi Zhuang, Xiaojun He, Yue Wang, Junwen Liang, Runpei Lin, Gengxin Cai

“…The patient was treated with antibiotics and received percutaneous liver puncture drainage early and was discharged preferably in remission. From the literature review, we found 16 previously published cases of emphysematous hepatitis. …”
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On Application of Ordered Fuzzy Numbers in Ranking Linguistically Evaluated Negotiation Offers by Krzysztof Piasecki, Ewa Roszkowska

“…The Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) and the Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) methods are extended to the case when linguistic evaluations are represented by OFN. …”
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Topology optimization applied to additive-manufactured hydrofoil wing components by Margarida Mata, Ricardo Bencatel, Elsa W. Sequeiros, Manuel F. Vieira, Jose M. Costa

“…Material extrusion was selected as the preferred AM technology. The workflow within nTop was adapted for two materials: Onyx and carbon fiber-reinforced Onyx. …”
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Ten Years of Earth and Space Science: Introduction to the Special Collection by Graziella Caprarelli, David Baratoux, Subrahmanyam Bulusu, Cinzia Cervato, Paolo Diviacco, Alina Donea, Steven J. Fletcher, Helen M. Glaves, Cathleen E. Jones, Gaopeng Lu, Astrid Maute, Franklin P. Mills, Sara C. Pryor, Kristy Tiampo, Zunyi Xie

“…In this context, the journal has been, since its inception, the preferred home for studies stemming from both global and local geoscience research. …”
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A Multichannel THz Detector Using Integrated Bow-Tie Antennas by Hairui Liu, Junsheng Yu, Peter Huggard, Byron Alderman

“…These characteristics of the detector are preferred for detecting weak THz signal. Measured far field shows that the radiation pattern of each element is shifted angularly, by ≈9°, which can be used for THz imaging. …”
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The Substitution Effect on Reaction Enthalpies of Antioxidant Mechanisms of Juglone and Its Derivatives in Gas and Solution Phase: DFT Study by Aymard Didier Tamafo Fouegue, Désiré Bikélé Mama, Julius Numbonui Ghogomu, Younang Elie, Marie-Annie Etoh

“…The results obtained have proven that the HAT mechanism is the thermodynamically preferred mechanism in the gas phase. But, in the solution phase, the SPLET mechanism has been shown to be more predominant than HAT. …”
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Adnexal Torsion in the Third Trimester of Pregnancy After in Vitro Fertilization: A Case Report by İlker Selçuk, Gökhan Boyraz, İbrahim Esinler

“…Laparoscopy should be preferable for the adnexal torsion suspicion. But as the gestational age increases laparotomy should be a choice because of the risk of injury to the uterus related to the enlarged volume by the fetus. …”
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Kidney Transplant in a 26-Year-Old Nigerian Patient with Sickle Cell Nephropathy by U. H. Okafor, C. Wachukwu, P. Emem-Chioma, F. S. Wokoma

“…Kidney transplant is the preferred renal replacement therapy in these patients. …”
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Rational Suicide, Euthanasia, and the Very Old: Two Case Reports by Anne Pamela Frances Wand, Carmelle Peisah, Brian Draper, Carolyn Jones, Henry Brodaty

“…Two cases of older people who attempted suicide but expressed a preference for euthanasia were it legal are presented in order to illustrate the complexity underlying such requests. …”
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User Experiences from L2 Children Using a Speech Learning Application: Implications for Developing Speech Training Applications for Children by Maria Uther, Anna-Riikka Smolander, Katja Junttila, Mikko Kurimo, Reima Karhila, Seppo Enarvi, Sari Ylinen

“…Children also expressed a preference to play with a friend compared to playing alone or playing within a group. …”
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