Surgical Approach in Management of Posttraumatic Diaphragmatic Hernia: Thoracotomy versus Laparotomy by Ahmed Shabhay, Pius Horumpende, Zarina Shabhay, Sjef G. Van Baal, Ester Lazaro, Kondo Chilonga

“…A left posterolateral thoracic over the 7th intercostal space incision was used. Intraoperatively, the stomach, left lobe of liver, part of transverse colon, small bowel, and omentum had herniated into the thoracic cavity adhering into thoracic viscera and wall. …”
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Identification of a Non-Linear Landing Gear Model Using Nature-Inspired Optimization by Felipe A.C. Viana, Valder Steffen Jr., Marcelo A.X. Zanini, Sandro A. Magalhães, Luiz C.S. Góes

“…However, this is a difficult task due to the existence of local minima in the design space and the requirement of an initial guess. These aspects have motivated the authors to explore a nature-inspired approach using a method known as LifeCycle Model. …”
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Functional capacity testing in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) using the one-minute sit-to-stand test (1-min STST). by Christina Kronberger, Roya Anahita Mousavi, Begüm Öztürk, Robin Willixhofer, Theresa-Marie Dachs, René Rettl, Luciana Camuz-Ligios, Nima Rassoulpour, Christoph Krall, Brigitte Litschauer, Roza Badr Eslam

“…<h4>Background</h4>The one-minute sit-to-stand-test (1-min STST) is a quick, space saving test to evaluate functional capacity. …”
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Breastfeeding with primary low milk supply: a phenomenological exploration of mothers’ lived experiences of postnatal breastfeeding support by Caoimhe Whelan, Denise O’Brien, Abbey Hyde

“…Four sub-themes were identified: Disconnected Encounters, Perceiving Judgement from Others, Being in a Safe Space and Having a Saviour. The encounters of participants with healthcare professionals revealed a lack of rapport, intrusive hands-on support, poor perceived quality of breastfeeding support and a heightened sensitivity to language and tone. …”
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Adult Intra-Thoracic Kidney: A Case Report of Bochdalek Hernia by Valeria Fiaschetti, Luca Velari, Eleonora Gaspari, Roberta Mastrangeli, Giovanni Simonetti

“…Computed Tomography (CT) basal scan demonstrated a left-sided Bochdalek hernia with dilatated colon loops and the left kidney within the pleural space. Magnetic Resonance (MR) confirmed a defect in left hemidiaphragm with herniation of left kidney, omento, spleen and colon flexure, and intrarotation with posterior hilum on sagittal plane. …”
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Taking Time: A Mixed Methods Study of Parkinson’s Disease Caregiver Participation in Activities in Relation to Their Wellbeing by Lia Prado, Rebecca Hadley, Dawn Rose

“…Reasons for participating in activities for people with PD included being able to socialise in an empathetic safe space, alongside engaging in physical activity that provided some respite distraction, such as dancing with others to music. …”
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Design and Prototyping of a Pineapple Juice Extraction Machine. by Kyazze, Sulaiman

“…The pineapple juice extraction machine was constructed to assist these farmers in processing their pineapples after harvesting following challenges they face like poor handling methods viz, use of hands and manual extractors to squeeze juice and inadequate space for storage of the harvested fruits. The machine was designed to use electricity as a source of power to the AC motor which provides rotational speed to the auger shaft through the pulley and belt system. …”
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Assessing The Impact of Records Managers Training on Performance of Municipalities: A case Study Of Kabale Munuciplity Kabale District. by Ninshaba, Clare

“…Promoting accountability, facilitating decision-making, saving time and space, and proper administration However, the respondents also indicated that there also some challenges that were being faced by Records Managers of Kabale municipality but some possible solutions were proposed. …”
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Factors Hindering the Proper Management of Academic Libraries in Kabale Municipality: A Case Study of the Uganda Martyrs University Kabale Campus Library. by Oliva, Arineitwe

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Une pompe hydraulique romaine en bois en contexte d’incendie à Reims/Durocortorum by Cyril Driard

“…Only a small artisanal space dedicated to metalworking (copper alloys) has been identified in this area. …”
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Constraints on Relativistic Jets from the Fast X-Ray Transient 210423 Using Prompt Radio Follow-up Observations by Dina Ibrahimzade, R. Margutti, J. S. Bright, P. Blanchard, K. Paterson, D. Lin, H. Sears, A. Polzin, I. Andreoni, G. Schroeder, K. D. Alexander, E. Berger, D. L. Coppejans, A. Hajela, J. Irwin, T. Laskar, B. D. Metzger, J. C. Rastinejad, L. Rhodes

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Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST) science: Probing the transient and time-variable sky [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Pamela Klaassen, Mark Booth, Thomas Stanke, Evanthia Hatziminaoglou, Claudia Cicone, Martin Cordiner, Tony Mroczkowski, Doug Johnstone, Luca Di Mascolo, Minju Lee, Eelco van Kampen, Thomas Maccarone, Daizhong Liu, Matthew Smith, Amélie Saintonge, Sven Wedemeyer, Alexander Thelen, John Orlowski-Scherer, Tomasz Kamiński, Joe Bright, Atul Mohan, Michael Koss, Sigurd Næss, Francisco Miguel Montenegro-Montes, Paola Severgnini, Claudio Ricci, Jochen Greiner, Cristian Vignali

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Determination of the Hydration Damage Instability Period in a Shale Borehole Wall and Its Application to a Fuling Shale Gas Reservoir in China by Haicheng She, Zaiqiang Hu, Zhan Qu, Yao Zhang, Hu Guo

“…Through a laboratory study, the space time change law of the water diffusion of the shale rock was assessed as well as the rock damage evolutionary law of the elastic modulus and compressive strength with water content. …”
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Enhancement and Expansion of the Neural Network-Based Compact Model Using a Binning Method by Jinyoung Choi, Hyunjoon Jeong, Sangmin Woo, Hyungmin Cho, Yohan Kim, Jeong-Taek Kong, Soyoung Kim

“…This makes it particularly suitable for design space exploration and optimization. However, the ANN-based compact model using only one set of model parameters (global-ANN) requires larger model sizes to achieve wider coverage and higher accuracy in order to capture the unpredictable nonlinearities of emerging devices. …”
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Pattern analysis in a benthic bacteria-nutrient system by Daniel Wetzel

“…We show the first numerically calculated solution-branch, which connects two different types of hexagons in parameter space. We check numerically for bounded domains whether the stability changes for hexagons and stripes, which are extended homogeneously into the third dimension. …”
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Nontyphi Salmonella Empyema with Bronchopleural Fistula in a Patient with Human Immunodeficiency Virus by Douglas Bretzing, Tasnim Lat, Andrew Shakespeare, Mary Lee, Salim Surani, Shekhar Ghamande

“…A computed tomography (CT) scan demonstrated a bilobed large, thick-walled cavitary lesion in the right upper lobe communicating with the pleural space to form a bronchopleural fistula. Thoracentesis yielded growth of nontyphi Salmonella species consistent with empyema; he was treated with intravenous Ceftriaxone and underwent placement of chest tube for drainage of empyema with instillation of alteplase/dornase twice daily for three days. …”
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A First Application of the Backward Technique in Social Sciences: Exploring Demographic Noise in a Model with Three Personality Types by Roberto Macrelli, Margherita Carletti, Vincenzo Fano

“…When the populations are small, only space-discrete stochastic models are capable of describing demographic noise; when the populations are large, these discrete models converge to continuous models described by stochastic ordinary differential systems, maintaining the essence of intrinsic noise. …”
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ON-LINE PLATFORM FOR COMPETENCES DEVELOPMENT IN CORPORATE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS by L. G. Andreeva, O. A. Burukina, I. A. Vorob’eva, A. R. Denisov, V. A. Markova, V. P. Novikova, M. M. Stepanova

“…The aim of the study is to present the model of interaction of university and business corporations in uniform information and educational space, which consists of the uniform requirements to the contents and quality of education and requirements of science; education and business are equally satisfied.Methods. …”
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Feasibility of Cognitive Training in Combination With Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in a Home-Based Context (TrainStim-Home): study protocol for a randomised controlled t... by Ulrike Grittner, Agnes Flöel, Rafal Nowak, Friederike Thams, Daria Antonenko, Merle Rocke, Robert Malinowski

“…However, access to clinical centres for repeated sessions is challenging, particularly in rural areas and for older adults with reduced mobility, and lack of clinical personnel and hospital space prevents extended interventions in larger cohorts. …”
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Analysis of Aerosol Type and Fine- and Coarse-mode Aerosol Direct Radiative Forcing over Regions in East and Southeast Asia Based on AERONET Version 3 Data by Jianyu Lin, Xinyong Shen, Lizhu Xing, Huizheng Che, B. N. Holben

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