Canada's First Universal Varicella Immunization Program: Lessons from Prince Edward Island by Lamont Sweet, Peggy Gallant, Marie Morris, Scott A Halperin

“…A universal program for children 12 months of age was introduced on April 1, 2000 and catch-up clinics for those between 12 months of age and those in grade one were introduced in June 2000. Repeated media announcements and the cooperation of staff in schools and daycare facilities assisted in informing parents about the availability of the vaccine. …”
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Observer-Based Adaptive Fuzzy Predefined Performance Control of a Class of Nonlinear Pure-Feedback Systems with Input Delay by Xin Li, Qiang Zhang, Dakuo He

“…Moreover, dynamic surface control and Nussbaum functions are applied to overcome the calculation explosion caused by repeated differentiations and unknown control direction, respectively. …”
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An Artificial Intelligence Method for Asphalt Pavement Pothole Detection Using Least Squares Support Vector Machine and Neural Network with Steerable Filter-Based Feature Extractio... by Nhat-Duc Hoang

“…Experimental results obtained from a repeated subsampling process with 20 runs show that both LS-SVM and ANN are capable methods for pothole detection with classification accuracy rate larger than 85%. …”
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(1→3)-β-D-glucan in patients with pulmonary aspergilloma by Kazumi Yuasa, Hajime Goto

“…To elucidate the role of (1→3)-β-D-glucan in pulmonary aspergilloma, serum concentrations of (1→3)-β-D-glucan were measured repeatedly for as long as 10 months in eight patients. …”
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Characterization of the complete plastid genome of Clivia mirabilis (Amaryllidaceae) by Ling Yue, Xiu-Li Feng, Dan Li, Hai-Hong Wu, Jing Meng, Xing-Hua Zhao

“…The cp genome was 158,914 base pairs (bp) in total length, including two inverted repeats (IRs, 27,052 bp), separated by a large single-copy region (LSC, 86,519 bp) and a small single-copy region (SSC, 18,291 bp). …”
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The giant genome of lily provides insights into the hybridization of cultivated lilies by Yuwei Liang, Qiang Gao, Fan Li, Yunpeng Du, Jian Wu, Wenqiang Pan, Shaokun Wang, Xiuhai Zhang, Mingfang Zhang, Xiaoming Song, Linlin Zhong, Fan Zhang, Yan Li, Zhiwei Wang, Danqing Li, Qing Duan, Shenchong Li, Chunlian Jin, Peihua Zhang, Yang Gu, Zhong-Hua Chen, Klaus F. X. Mayer, Xiaofan Zhou, Jihua Wang, Liangsheng Zhang

“…The giant lily genome is shaped by recent long terminal repeat retroelements. Phylogenetic analysis reveals diverse, independent origins of lily cultivars. …”
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Management of Recurrent Lung Infections in a Case of Hyperimmunoglobulinemia E (or Job’s) Syndrome by M Arsenault, V Echave, C Fish, J-P Praud

“…Thereafter, the patient was repeatedly hospitalized for pneumonia while on cloxacillin prophylaxis and receiving regular chest physiotherapy. …”
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Adjunctive Sitagliptin Therapy in Postoperative Cardiac Surgery Patients: A Pilot Study by Marcia L. Brackbill, Ateequr Rahman, Jeffrey S. Sandy, M. Denton Stam, Arthur F. Harralson

“…Sixty-two patients participated. Repeated measures tests indicated no significant difference between the groups in the overall mean blood glucose level with a mean of 147.2±4.8 mg/dL and 153.0±4.6 mg/dL for the test and the control group, respectively (P=0.388). …”
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The mechanisms and control strategies for quality deterioration in surimi gel during freeze-thawing cycles by Qiaoli Zhao, Bin Zheng, Yongqin Gao, Enlin Li, Xinyue Huo, Xue’er Li, Mi Zhang, Saiyi Zhong

“…Freezing is the primary preservation method for surimi gel. However, repeated freezing and thawing during storage, processing, or consumption can cause ice crystal growth and recrystallization, leading to mechanical damage to muscle cells and tissue. …”
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Prawa człowieka i środowisko by Leszek Karski

“…It is important to search for the satisfactory meaning of the right to a clean environment. This article shows repeated and increasing recognition of a human rights-based approach to environmental protection. …”
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Airway Epithelial Repair by a Prebiotic Mannan Derived from Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Christie F. Michael, Christopher M. Waters, Kim S. LeMessurier, Amali E. Samarasinghe, Chi Y. Song, Kafait U. Malik, D. Betty Lew

“…In asthmatic airways, repeated epithelial damage and repair occur. No current therapy directly targets this process. …”
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Successful Treatment of Iatrogenic Vertebral Pseudoaneurysm Using Pipeline Embolization Device by Sudheer Ambekar, Mayur Sharma, Donald Smith, Hugo Cuellar

“…Immediate angiogram was normal. A repeat angiogram done after 3 days of the surgery revealed a vertebral artery pseudoaneurysm. …”
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Unilateral Nonconfluent Cluster of Micronodules: Atypical Radiologic Appearance of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in an Immunocompetent Patient by Bushra Johari, Mohammad Hanafiah

“…The urine culture was then positive for mycobacterium tuberculosis; hence, he was commenced on antituberculous medications. A repeated CT scan revealed significant improvement of the aforementioned clusters of micronodules and left hydronephrosis. …”
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Fatigue loading characteristic for the composite steel-concrete beams by Ahmed I.Hassanin, Hesham M. Fawzy, Ahmed I. Elsheikh

“…This type of bridges in particular and many similar industrial structures in general are repeatedly subjected to fatigue loads, and that is frequently, as a result of the vehicles passing on these bridges or the vibrations caused by the machines in the industrial facilities. …”
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Disposable and flexible smart electronic tapes for long-term biopotential monitoring by Jiuwei Gao, Mingwei Hu, Hao Sun, Yuanyuan Wang, Yuan Wei, Weiwei Li, Lu Zheng, Manzhang Xu, Qianbo Lu, Zhiyuan Liu, Hui Yang, Yongtian Wang, Weitao Song, Xuewen Wang, Wei Huang

“…Currently, the standard silver/silver chloride (Ag/AgCl) gel electrodes may cause skin irritation when worn for a long time. Repeating the use of electrodes on different individuals can lead to the risk of cross-infection. …”
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Biomimetic peptide conjugates as emerging strategies for controlled release from protein-based materials by Juthatip Manissorn, Jaturong Promsuk, Kittikhun Wangkanont, Peerapat Thongnuek

“…Elastin-like polypeptides (ELPs) and silk fibroin repeats, for example, demonstrate how engineered peptides can mimic natural protein domains to modulate material properties and drug release profiles. …”
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Gland New Psychosis: New Onset Adult Psychosis with Suicidal Ideation and Attempt in the Setting of Thyroid Storm by Esteban Cota, Jacob Lentz

“…Treatment of the thyroid hormone overload resulted in a rapid resolution of her symptoms; she was discharged in excellent condition, and she has had no repeat hallucinations or self-injury ideation or attempts since. …”
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Lung Volume Reduction following Recurrent Pneumonia: An Unusual Finding in a COPD Patient by Yihenew Negatu, Philip T. Diaz

“…We believe that the improvement in her lung function overtime is the reflection of lung volume reduction as a result of parenchymal remodeling due to repeated lung infection. These findings seen in our patient contribute important information for the continued effort in developing nonsurgical lung volume reduction techniques.…”
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Structure of WzxE the lipid III flippase for Enterobacterial Common Antigen polysaccharide by Audrey Le Bas, Bradley R. Clarke, Tanisha Teelucksingh, Micah Lee, Kamel El Omari, Andrew M. Giltrap, Stephen A. McMahon, Hui Liu, John H. Beale, Vitaliy Mykhaylyk, Ramona Duman, Neil G. Paterson, Philip N. Ward, Peter J. Harrison, Miriam Weckener, Els Pardon, Jan Steyaert, Huanting Liu, Andrew Quigley, Benjamin G. Davis, Armin Wagner, Chris Whitfield, James H. Naismith

“…ECA biogenesis depends on the Wzx/Wzy-dependent strategy whereby the newly synthesized lipid-linked repeat units, lipid III, are transferred across the inner membrane by the lipid III flippase WzxE. …”
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Synthesis of Magnetic Halloysite Composites for the Effective Removal of Tetracycline Hydrochloride from Aqueous Solutions by Weisheng Guan, Xu Wang, Jianming Pan, Junru Lei, Ya Zhou, Chenchen Lu, Yongsheng Yan

“…Even after carrying out two repeated experimental cycles, the reusability of the synthesized composites did not obviously degenerate.…”
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