Cardiac cycle: an observational/interventional study protocol to characterise cardiopulmonary function and evaluate a home-based cycling program in children and adolescents born ex... by Jeanie L Y Cheong, Michael M H Cheung, Melanie M Clarke, Jonathan P Mynard, Claire E Willis

“…The intervention will consist of a 10-week stationary cycling programme, utilising Zwift technology.Ethics and dissemination The study is approved by the Ethics Committee of the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne under HREC2019.053. …”
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A High-Level Synthesis Scheduling and Binding Heuristic for FPGA Fault Tolerance by David Wilson, Aniruddha Shastri, Greg Stitt

“…Computing systems with field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) often achieve fault tolerance in high-energy radiation environments via triple-modular redundancy (TMR) and configuration scrubbing. …”
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On the prospects of small and medium-sized manufacturing businesses in Russia by I. N. Ivanov, L. V. Orlova, G. M. Sundukova

“…As  promising areas for the SMB development, it  is proposed to   strengthen its cooperation with big business, modify the “Grow a   Supplier” programme, and intensify work on  targeted training of   personnel for subjects of   small and medium-sized manufacturing entrepreneurship in   the country’s universities with participation of   the big business. …”
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Multiobjective Optimization for Reconfigurable Implementation of Medical Image Registration by Omkar Dandekar, William Plishker, Shuvra S. Bhattacharyya, Raj Shekhar

“…In real-time signal processing, a single application often has multiple computationally intensive kernels that can benefit from acceleration using custom or reconfigurable hardware platforms, such as field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). For adaptive utilization of resources at run time, FPGAs with capabilities for dynamic reconfiguration are emerging. …”
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Study on Starch-Based Thickeners in Chyme for Dysphagia Use by Youdong Li, Lingying Li, Guoyan Liu, Li Liang, Xiaofang Liu, Jixian Zhang, Chaoting Wen, Xin Xu

“…A dysphagia diet is a special dietary programme. The development and design of foods for dysphagia should consider both swallowing safety and food nutritional quality. …”
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A compliant metastructure design with reconfigurability up to six degrees of freedom by Humphrey Yang, Dinesh K. Patel, Tate Johnson, Ke Zhong, Gina Olson, Carmel Majidi, Mohammad F. Islam, Teng Zhang, Lining Yao

“…However, available devices exhibit limited programmability and form-customizability, restricting their versatility. …”
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Programming scheduled self-assembly of circadian materials by Gregor Leech, Lauren Melcher, Michelle Chiu, Maya Nugent, Shirlaine Juliano, Lily Burton, Janet Kang, Soo Ji Kim, Sourav Roy, Leila Farhadi, Jennifer L. Ross, Moumita Das, Michael J. Rust, Rae M. Robertson-Anderson

“…The resulting material self-assembles with programmable kinetics, producing macroscopic changes in material properties, via molecular assembly of KaiB-KaiC complexes. …”
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PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF RISK MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES IN INFRASTRUCTURAL DELIVERY: A CASE STUDY OF GHANAIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY by J.I.T Buertey, F. Abeere-Inga, T.A Kumi

“…The paper concludes by recommending that some key project management knowledge areas be included in curricula of built environment programmes to enhance professional responsibility through rather than relying on experience alone. …”
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Deforestation changes the effectiveness of bed nets for malaria control by Tafesse Kefyalew Estifanos, Brendan Fisher, Taylor H. Ricketts

“…Abstract Land use changes such as deforestation and the degradation of tropical forests can be key drivers of infectious disease, including malaria. However, programmes that evaluate the effectiveness of malaria‐control strategies such as bed nets rarely account for the impacts of surrounding land use change. …”
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Does rehabilitation improve work participation in patients with chronic spinal pain after spinal surgery: a systematic review by Jonas Callens, Olivia Lavreysen, Lisa Goudman, Ann De Smedt, Koen Putman, Dominique Van de Velde, Lode Godderis, Dries Ceulemans, Maarten Moens

“…The included interventions comprised multiple treatment components, consisting of back school, self-care, functional restoration, multidisciplinary rehabilitation, physiotherapy, and digital care programmes to improve work participation. Conclusion: Rehabilitation to improve return to work for patients with chronic spinal pain after spinal surgery was supported only by low-certainty evidence. …”
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Pouvoir colonial et conflictualité ouvrière. L’exemple du logement ouvrier à Bombay (1890-1920) by Vanessa Caru

“…À Bombay, les fortes mobilisations des travailleurs de la ville poussent les Britanniques à mettre en place un traitement politique de l’agitation ouvrière, par le biais de programmes de construction de logements. Ces concessions contribuent cependant à faire émerger de nouveaux terrains de conflictualité entre les autorités coloniales et les classes populaires de la ville qui ne tardent pas à les considérer comme des acquis à défendre ou à renforcer. …”
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Implementation of Ghana’s Standards-Based Curriculum by Religious and Moral Education Teachers in the Kwahu West Municipality by Samuel Ayetey Chaitey, Gabriel Kumah, Martin Yaw Adjei, Anthony Mensah

“…It is recommended that the Ministry of Education (MoE), the Ghana Education Service (GES), and the head teachers organise detailed and frequent in-service training programmes for the RME teachers. This study contributes to the growing literature on improving the school curriculum in the Ghanaian context. …”
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THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL PROGRESS AND EDUCATION ON CORRUPTION: A CONTINGENCY THEORY PERSPECTIVE by Hatidža Jahić, Merima Činjarević

“…The data set for this study was obtained from secondary sources and it included the following measures: (1) the corruption perception index by Transparency International; (2) the social progress index provided by the non-profit organization the Social Progress Imperative; (3) the education index by United Nations Development Programme, and (4) the scores of Hofstede’s national culture dimensions. …”
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Laser Ablation for Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Claudio Maurizio Pacella, Giampiero Francica, Giovanni Giuseppe Di Costanzo

“…Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignancies worldwide and is increasingly detected at small size (<5 cm) owing to surveillance programmes in high-risk patients. For these cases, curative therapies such as resection, liver transplantation, or percutaneous ablation have been proposed. …”
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Amplifying the value of the third space to support strategic curriculum change by Annie Yonkers, Hilary Wason

“…To enable the ambition of our institutional approach, we recognised the importance of ensuring colleagues across the institution felt visible and involved as we implemented this programme at pace. Through a deliberate curriculum and staff development project to accelerate and amplify wider staff understanding and confidence, we have successfully built upon and modelled the value of the third space for the benefit of both students and staff. …”
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Exploring the Role of Human Resource Management in Advancing Change in the Public Sector by Akinseye Olowu

“…As a principal agent for service delivery of government functions, the process of human resource management in the public sector has a first-line impact on the performance of government functions and the realization of its programmes and policies. With the current trend across the globe towards a digital economy, human resource management of the public sector is still in the transition stage from traditional personnel management to modern human resource management in developing countries. …”
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A Brief Recap of Tips and Surgical Manoeuvres to Enhance Optimal Outcome of Surgically Placed Peritoneal Dialysis Catheters by Jodie H. Frost, Atul Bagul

“…The success of a peritoneal dialysis programme depends upon functional and durable long term access to the peritoneal cavity; this depends on placement techniques and competent surgeons and psychosocial support to the patient. …”
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A simple tool to evaluate the effectiveness of HIV care for settings with gaps in data availability (ESTIHIV). by Dorthe Raben, Marie L Jakobsen, Jamina Trajanovska, Justyna Kowalska, Anna Vassilenko, Snezana Dragas, Arjan Harxhi, Gordana Dragovic, Nadine J Jaschinski, Bastian Neesgaard, Klaus Hjorth-Larsen, Harmony Garges, Joel Gallant, Jens D Lundgren, Andrew Philips, Valentina Cambiano, Yazdan Yazdanpanah, Amanda Mocroft

“…Many HIV clinics with poor IT-infrastructure are unable to report data on individuals in care with HIV, on antiretroviral treatment (ART) and virologically suppressed (VS), with the aim of monitoring the HIV Continuum of Care to estimate efficacy of HIV treatment programmes. We developed an estimation-tool, ESTIHIV, and determined the minimal data required for a random sample, to produce representative estimates, with a specified level of precision, of people with HIV on ART and VS. …”
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The PIT: SToPP Trial—A Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial of Home-Based Physiotherapy for People with Parkinson's Disease Using Video-Based Measures to Preserve Assessor Blind... by Emma Stack, Helen Roberts, Ann Ashburn

“…We recruited 47 PwPD and randomised 24 to a focused home physiotherapy programme (exercise, movement strategies, and cueing) and 23 to a control group. …”
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Motivational Personality Sphere and Psychoemotional Features in Patients with Drug Addiction Disorders atDifferent Stages of the Treatment and Rehabilitation Process (Part 2) by E.V. Fadeeva, A.M. Lanovaya

“…The results of the psychoemotional state revealed that patients with signs of stress were significantly more likely to undergo medical rehabilitation treatment and less likely to be discharged early, which allows the results to be used in targeted medical rehabilitation programmes.</p>…”
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