Optimizing Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – Practical Issues: A Canadian Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline by Darcy D Marciniuk, Dina Brooks, Scott Butcher, Richard Debigare, Gail Dechman, Gordon Ford, Veronique Pepin, Darlene Reid, Andrew W Sheel, Micheal K Stickland, David C Todd, Shannon L Walker, Shawn D Aaron, Meyer Balter, Jean Bourbeau, Paul Hernandez, Francois Maltais, Denis E O’Donnell, Donna Bleakney, Brian Carlin, Roger Goldstein, Stella K Muthuri

“…However, there are questions about specific aspects of PR programming including optimal site of rehabilitation delivery, components of rehabilitation programming, duration of rehabilitation, target populations and timing of rehabilitation. The present document was compiled to specifically address these important clinical issues, using an evidence-based, systematic review process led by a representative interprofessional panel of experts.…”
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Acute Thrombotic Occlusion of the Popliteal Artery following Knee Dislocation: A Case Report of Management, Local Unit Practice, and a Review of the Literature by Anthony Dean Godfrey, Fadi Hindi, Callum Ettles, Mark Pemberton, Perbinder Grewal

“…Arterial complications following traumatic knee injury are relatively rare but mandate timely recognition and treatment to avoid significant comorbidity and medicolegal ramifications. …”
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Reflected-Afterflow Virtual-Source Model Compared to Exact Calculations for Elastic Cylinders Attacked by Planar Waves by George V. Waldo

“…Calculations are shown to be in good agreement with the exact calculations that were published by Huang for all locations and times. It is concluded that the RAVS model gives a good approximation for the loading and response of an elastic cylindrical shell attacked by planar waves. …”
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Congenital Malaria due to Plasmodium Vivax Infection in a Neonate by Ravi Bhatia, Dinesh Rajwaniya, Priti Agrawal

“…Congenital malaria should be kept as differential diagnosis of neonatal sepsis. Timely detection of this condition could lead to early diagnosis and treatment, thereby preventing neonatal mortality.…”
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Tuberculous Spondylitis: A Report of Different Clinical Scenarios and Literature Update by Catarina Lacerda, Rita Linhas, Raquel Duarte

“…The aim of this paper is to increase awareness of tuberculous spondylitis in modern times, describing three different cases and discussing its best diagnostic and therapeutic approach based on the current literature.…”
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NATURAL MUTAGENESIS AS A POSSIBLE CAUSAL FACTOR FOR OCCURRENCE OF OBLIGATE EMBRYONIC DIAPAUSE IN MAMMALS (A HYPOTHESIS) by G. K. Isakova

“…Available data of cytogenetics, embryology, evolutionary morphology, and evolutionary ecology allow to believe that the obligatory stage of embryonic diapause might occur in single individuals with indifferent taxonomic groups in consequence of chromosome mutation caused by alteration in the environment and affected the expression of genes controlling the timing of embryogenesis.…”
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Helpful Tips for Chemigation of Papaya by Kati L. White, Teresa Olczyk, Jonathan Crane, Rafael Muñoz-Carpena, Tina Dispenza, Harry Trafford

“… Chemigation is a process by which an irrigation system is used for transport and delivery of an agrochemical, generally fertilizers or pesticides, to a crop. Often times, the irrigation system used in chemigation is drip irrigation. …”
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One-Pot Synthesis of β-Acetamido Ketones Using Boric Acid at Room Temperature by Zahed Karimi-Jaberi, Korosh Mohammadi

“…The remarkable advantages offered by this method are green catalyst, mild reaction conditions, simple procedure, short reaction times, and good-to-excellent yields of products.…”
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Helpful Tips for Chemigation of Papaya by Kati L. White, Teresa Olczyk, Jonathan Crane, Rafael Muñoz-Carpena, Tina Dispenza, Harry Trafford

“… Chemigation is a process by which an irrigation system is used for transport and delivery of an agrochemical, generally fertilizers or pesticides, to a crop. Often times, the irrigation system used in chemigation is drip irrigation. …”
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STUDY OF THE BLOOD COAGULATION PROCESS BY MEANS OF THE BIOSPECKLE TECHNIQUE by G. Detarsio, M. Raviola, L. Tendela, A. Pratti, B.D. Riquelme, G. Galizzi

“…Partial thromboplastin times with activator were analyzed in normal plasma, FactorVIII-deficient plasma, and a mixture of both. …”
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Spectrum of Discrete Second-Order Neumann Boundary Value Problems with Sign-Changing Weight by Ruyun Ma, Chenghua Gao, Yanqiong Lu

“…We also show that the eigenfunction corresponding to the th positive/negative eigenvalue changes its sign exactly times.…”
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Determination of strength characteristics of elements of long-stroke piston compressor by D. I. Chernyavsky, D. D. Chernyavsky, A. A. Panyutich

“…The pressure increase in one compressor stage can increase to 120 times the initial gas pressure. Criteria of strength calculation of piston rod are defined at which it is necessary to use either method of rod calculation for strength or model of rod calculation for stability. …”
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Severe Recurrent Pancreatitis in a Child with ADHD after Starting Treatment with Methylphenidate (Ritalin) by Suheil Artul, Faozi Artoul, George Habib, William Nseir, Bishara Bisharat, Yousif Nijim

“…We present a case of a 10-year-old boy, who had severe relapsing pancreatitis, three times in two months within 3 weeks after starting treatment with methylphenidate (Ritalin) due to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). …”
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Popular Diets: Intermittent Fasting by Michelle Yavelow, Daniela Mendoza-Rivero, Wendy J. Dahl

“…Is there a more effective way to lose weight? Does the timing and frequency of meals help to lose weight? …”
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A New Nano Silica Gel Supported by Thionyl Chloride as a Solid Acid for the Efficient Diazotization of Aniline Derivatives: Application and Synthesis of Azo Dyes by Mohammad Mirjalili, Fatemeh Zahed, Alireza Hassanabadi

“…The diazotization and subsequent azo-coupling generated the related azo dyes at low temperature in short reaction times with a simple experimental procedure.…”
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Adoption of Drone Technology for the Smart Safety Mechanism of Women by Victoria Nozick

“…In any other place in the world, people crave for protection during dark times (Night). Either it is man or women. Everyone is scared of being alone where dark looks like a haunting one to everyone. …”
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Safe Dishwashing Without an Automatic Dishwasher for Home, Community Events, and Outdoor Activities by Morgan Denhard, Amy Simonne, Ricki McWilliams

“… Most of us are accustomed to the ease and convenience of washing our dishes in an automatic dishwasher. At times, however, no dishwasher is available. This 4-page fact sheet teaches ways to safely wash or clean your dishes by hand, which may be necessary when your dishwasher is broken, you are outdoors, or you are working in a facility without a dishwasher. …”
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An Efficient and Recycling Catalyst for the One-Pot Three-Component Synthesis of Substituted 3,4-Dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-ones by Taoues Boumoud, Boudjemaa Boumoud, Salah Rhouati, Ali Belfaitah, Abdelmadjid Debache, Paul Mosset

“…The method offers several advantages including high yields of the products, short reaction times and easy experimental workup procedure…”
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Multimodality Imaging in the Evaluation of Cardiovascular Manifestations of Malignancy by Laura Jiménez-Juan, Jessica Leen, Rachel M. Wald, Elsie T. Nguyen, Andrew T. Yan, Anish Kirpalani, Bernd J. Wintersperger, Andrew M. Crean

“…Up to one third of the population will die as a direct result of cancer. Accurate and timely diagnosis of disease often requires multiple different approaches including the use of modern imaging techniques. …”
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Some Common Fixed-Point Theorems for Generalized-Contractive-Type Mappings on Complex-Valued Metric Spaces by Chakkrid Klin-eam, Cholatis Suanoom

“…Fixed-point theory in complex valued metric spaces has greatly developed in recent times. In this paper, we prove certain common fixed-point theorems for two single-valued mappings in such spaces. …”
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