Static and Dynamic Routing, Fiber, Modulation Format, and Spectrum Allocation in Hybrid ULL Fiber-SSMF Elastic Optical Networks by Kangao Ouyang, Fengxian Tang, Zhilin Yuan, Jun Li, Yongcheng Li

“…Traditional standard single-mode fibers (SSMFs) are unable to satisfy the future long-distance and high-speed optical channel transmission requirement due to their relatively large signal losses. …”
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Plant breeders' rights by Lončar Gordana

“…The Convention of the International Union for the Protection of New Plant Varieties (UPOV), adopted in 1991, is a document that sets international standards for the protection of intellectual property on plant varieties. …”
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Development and Validation of New High Performance Liquid Chromatography Analytical Technique For Separation of Diclofenac Sodium and Lidocaine Hydrochloride From Ampoule Injection by Mohammed Ali Salih, Dlivan Fattah Aziz, Salar Ibrahim Ali

“…Moreover, for determining of lidocaine HCl drug, a range of 500 - 1500 ?g/mL of working standard was used, the result showed for lidocain HCl that a linear curve with correlation coefficients of > 0.99980. …”
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Task-Driven Neurophysiological qEEG Baseline Performance Capabilities in Healthy, Uninjured Division-I College Athletes. by Robert E. Mangine, Thomas G. Palmer, James A. Tersak, Michael Mark, Joseph F Clark, Marsha Eifert-Mangine, Audrey Hill-Lindsay, Brian M Grawe

“… # Results Uninjured athletes experienced standard and regulated fluctuations of brain wave activity in key performance indicators of attention, workload capacity and sensorimotor rhythm (SMR) asymmetries…”
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Acute Effects of Dry Needling on Myofascial Trigger Points in the Triceps Surae of Ballet Dancers: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial by Jennifer A Janowski, Deanna M L Phelan-Smith, Maria N Kroat Brady, Kelsey L Michels, Alexandra H Timm, Nicole M Boucher, Kedron D Casteen, David Village, Mark D Sleeper

“…The dancers had three pre-determined standard point (SP) measurement spots that were used as a baseline for surface temperature comparisons. …”
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Comparing Health Care Financing in Indonesia and Thailand from 1995-2010: What Lessons Could Be Learned? by Darius Erlangga, Lizheng Shi

“…**Purpose:** In 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) released its report about health system financing and identified universal coverage as the best way to attain the right of every human being to enjoy “the highest attainable standard of health”. Over the past decade, Thailand has successfully implemented a universal health coverage scheme for its population, while its neighbor country, Indonesia, is still struggling to achieve the same goal. …”
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Fast In-House Next-Generation Sequencing in the Diagnosis of Metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: A Hospital Budget Impact Analysis by Ubong Silas, Maximilian Blüher, Antonia Bosworth Smith, Rhodri Saunders

“…A pathway that used in-house NGS (75%) and the use of external laboratories (so-called send-out NGS) (25%), was compared with the standard of exclusively send-out NGS. The model was from the perspective of a US hospital over a 5-year time horizon. …”
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Surgical Strategy in Patients with Complete Transposition of Internal Organs in Cancer of the Biliopancreatoduodenal Zone by R. V. Ischenko, Yu. V. Ivanov, A. V. Smirnov, V. N. Antipov

“…In both cases, the main difficulties in mobilizing the pancreatoduodenal complex arose due to anatomical disorientation and the absence of standard (familiar) topographic and anatomical landmarks for the surgeon.Conclusion. …”
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Sport-Specific AMCaMP: New Modular Tools for Measuring Adolescent Self-Confidence In Sport-Specific Movement by Keith H. May, William C. Espinoza, Andrew A. Guccione

“…Additional analyses to determine coefficient alpha (range=0.8-0.976), Standard Error of Measurement (range=1.12-2.33), and Minimum Detectable Change (range=3.1-6.47) confirmed the reliability of each of these modules…”
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Systematic application of UPLC-Q-ToF-MS/MS coupled with chemometrics for the identification of natural food pigments from Davidson plum and native currant by Thomas Owen Hay, Melissa A. Fitzgerald, Joseph Robert Nastasi

“…The results highlight diverse phenolic, flavonoid, and significant anthocyanin levels in Davidson plum and native currant, contributing to their robust red hues, comparable to commercial blueberry standards. Davidson plum and native currant exhibited high phenolic, flavonoid, and anthocyanin levels, contributing to vibrant red hues and significant bioactivity. …”
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Adherence Definitions, Measurement Modalities, and Psychometric Properties in HIV, Diabetes, and Nutritional Supplementation Studies: A Scoping Review by Burleson J, Stephens DE, Rimal RN

“…As a widely accepted “gold standard” adherence measure or operational definition does not exist, studies measure adherence using different modalities, which may lead to different conclusions about adherence patterns. …”
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Use of Sildenafil in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Findings from a U.S. Healthcare Claims Database by Ariel Berger, John Edelsberg, Simon Teal, Marko A. Mychaskiw, Gerry Oster

“…**Results:** We identified a total of 855 PAH patients who began sildenafil therapy and met all other entry criteria. Mean (standard deviation [SD]) follow-up was 423.4 (313.0) days. …”
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Synthesis, Characterization and Antibacterial activity of Benzimidazole Derivatives and their Cu (ii),Ni (ii) and Co (ii) complexes by Haftom Welderufael, Dagne Addisu Kure, Endalkachew Asefa Moges, Lelisa File, Salah Hamza Sherif

“…Compound BIL1 exhibited better activity than the standard drug against E. coli (ZI of 15 mm) and K. pneumoniae (ZI of 5 mm)compared with gentamycin ((ZI of 15mm). …”
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Effects of Neoadjuvant Denosumab on Radiological and Histological Responses in Patients Undergoing En Bloc Resection for Giant Cell Tumor of Bone: A Systematic Review by Hendra Aditama, Yo Tendy Pratama, Dhanan Prastanika S, Dita Anggara K, Rhyan Dharma S

“…Background: Giant cell tumor of bone (GCTB) is a rare primary bone tumor. The standard treatment is en bloc resection, which can be challenging due to tumor size or location. …”
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Let´s Swing it –The Interaction Between Participation-Related Shoulder Load and Pre-season Trunk Rotation Power on Shoulder Problems in Male Handball Players by Kari Arnason, Atli Agustsson, Hilde Fredriksen, Elis Thor Rafnsson, Kristin Briem

“…With higher PSL, a higher severity score was observed among players with pre-season TRP more than one standard deviation below the group’s mean. # Conclusions The results indicate that low TRP may make the throwing shoulder more vulnerable to an increase in load. …”
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Analysis of antibiotic sensitivity of clinical strains of microorganisms with the Russian Mueller–Hinton broth by Irina S. Kosilova, Lyubov V. Domotenko, Mikhail V. Khramov

“…MHB-Obolensk complies with the requirements of national and international standards and can be used to reliably test, among other things, current combinations of microorganism–antibiotic pairs that cannot be studied using the disk diffusion method.…”
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Prevalence of Erosive-ulcerative Lesions of the Stomach and Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis by N. A. Ponkratova, P. V. Pavlov, O. S. Shifrin

“…All patients, along with the standard examination using esophagogastroduodenoscopy, were diagnosed with regard to H. pylori infection: all 70 patients received a rapid urease test (RUT), 24 patients (34.3 %) had H. pylori DNA analyzed in feces, and 46 patients (65.7 %) had 13C labeled urea breath test. …”
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Effect of shot peening intensities on surface integrity of DD6 single crystal superalloy by GAI Pengtao, WU Yunhua, CAO Ziwen, WEI Dasheng, FU Xuesong

“…To fulfill performance standards, these blades typically undergo shot peening to meet for reinforcement. …”
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Awareness, efficacy, and readiness on the usability of counseling service application software to enhance the academic outcome by Abdulmutalib Opeyemi Adio, Hameed Olamilekan Bolaji

“…Using a descriptive survey design, data were collected through a standardized questionnaire validated by experts. The analysis revealed that counselors exhibit low awareness, capability, and readiness to use such software. …”
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Comparison of Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) Cage versus Iliac Bone Graft undergoing Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF): A multicenter experience by Soban Sarwar Gondal, Saad Javed, Ali Tasaaduq Hussain Minhas, Rana Mohsin Khan, Yasir Shehzad, Nadeem Akhtar

“…All procedures were performed under general anesthesia in supine position, standard ACDF technique was used in all patients. Anterior cervical locked plates were used for fixation of PEEK cages or the iliac allografts in the inter-vertebral space. …”
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