The HOME (home monitoring of high-risk pregnancies) study: a study protocol for an observational study of a telemedicine-assisted follow-up at home vs. hospitalization by Åsa Henning Waldum, Aase Serine Devold Pay, Aase Serine Devold Pay, Gunvor Aasbø, Vinod Kumar Mishra, Meryam Sugulle, Meryam Sugulle, Anne Cathrine Staff, Anne Cathrine Staff

“…We will compare clinical safety, patient-reported outcome measures, and use of healthcare resources compared to standard practice for hospital admissions and/or outpatient visits.MethodThe home monitoring of high-risk pregnancies study is an ongoing observational study. …”
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Invasive bacteria isolates from children with severe infections in a Nigerian hospital by Anthony O. Onipede, Adedeji A. Onayade, Jerome B.E. Elusiyan, Perpetua O. Obiajunwa, Ezra O.O. Ogundare, Olarinde O. Olaniran, Lateef A. Adeyemi, Oyeku O. Oyelami

“…This study determined bacterial isolates from blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of children presenting in the emergency room of a teaching hospital in Nigeria. Method: From October 2005 to December 2006, children aged two to 60 months presenting with signs of acute systemic infections were recruited. …”
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Virtual human retina: Simulating neural signalling, degeneration, and responses to electrical stimulation by Keith Ly, Michael L. Italiano, Mohit N. Shivdasani, David Tsai, Jia-Yi Zhang, Chunhui Jiang, Nigel H. Lovell, Socrates Dokos, Tianruo Guo

“…The platform bears immense potential for patient-specific tailoring and serves to enhance artificial vision solutions for individuals with visual impairments. Material and method: Our virtual retina is developed using the software package, NEURON. …”
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Animal studies on the modulation of differential efficacy of polyethylene glycol loxenatide by intestinal flora by Dang Wenjiao, Wang Yurou, Xie Jiaqi, He Yan, Ji Hongfang, Chen Min, Guo Jianjin

“…Moreover, FMT treatment significantly improved the efficacy of PEX168 and liver steatosis in the group with unsatisfactory efficacy.ConclusionIn summary, we used the combined method of 16S rDNA and metabolomics to systematically elucidate the efficacy of microflora on PEX168 and the possible mechanism of FMT in treating T2DM by PEX168. …”
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Congruency and phenotypic plasticity of immune and nervous systems in children with autism spectrum disorders compared to schizophrenia spectrum disorders”, Medical Immunology (Rus... by A. L. Burmistrova, Yuliya Yu. Filippova

“…In the children with ASD of cluster 2, the values of the indices are equal to children with SSD,  except of dopamine and tryptophan. …”
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Harmonizing direct and indirect anthropogenic land carbon fluxes indicates a substantial missing sink in the global carbon budget since the early 20th century by Anthony P. Walker, Wolfgang A. Obermeier, Julia Pongratz, Pierre Friedlingstein, Charles D. Koven, Clemens Schwingshackl, Stephen Sitch, Michael O'Sullivan

“…The imbalance likely results from a combination of method discontinuity and structural errors in the assessment of the direct anthropogenic land use flux, greater ocean carbon uptake, structural errors in land models, and in how these land terms are quantified for the budget. …”
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Les roues du ciel de Sucevița. Brève investigation multidisciplinaire sur un élément plastique décoratif de la fresque intérieure de l’église « La Résurrection de Jésus Christ » du... by Emilian Adrian Gavrilean

“…By using a nail and a wire or a compass they sketched equally spaced circles on which they traced the angles of the stars. …”
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Co-Based Molecular Sieve Catalysts for Ammonia Decomposition: Performance and Reaction Mechanism by Chaofan LI, Xuesen DU, Xiaojun SU, Jinfei CHEN, Yanrong CHEN

“…Therefore, three types of molecular sieve carriers widely used in ammonia decomposition, namely ZSM-5, SBA-15, and MCM-41, were selected, and a series of Co-based molecular sieve catalysts were prepared by the equal-volume impregnation method. This work investigated the effect of Co-based catalysts with different molecular sieve carriers (ZSM-5, SBA-15, MCM-41) on hydrogen production from ammonia decomposition. …”
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Variação do balanço de radiação e de energia da cana-de-açúcar irrigada no semiárido brasileiro Variation of the radiation and energy balance of the irrigated sugarcane in the semi... by Thieres G. F. da Silva, Magna S. B. de Moura, Sérgio Zolnier, José M Soares, Luciana S. B. de Souza, Elieth O Brandão

“…In a preliminary analysis of this method, it was verified that 62.7% of the collected data presented physical consistence to be used for estimating the H and LE components. …”
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Quand le débat public échoue à prévenir le conflit : retour sur la contestation d’un projet industriel de transition énergétique dans les Landes (France) by Sylvie Clarimont

“…., 2013): some see the risk of it weakening representative democracy; others, on the contrary, deplore the lack of ambition of participatory processes, which rarely lead to co-decisions and often fail to secure equal expression for all points of view. In France, the Public Debate process was established by law under Act n°95-101 of February 2, 1995 on protection of the environment. …”
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Comprehensive evaluation on the stability, adaptability and location for waxy maize varieties in Zhejiang Province by LI Yan, LIN Feng, LI Lulu, XU Haiming

“…In these test locations, Jiashan, Hangzhou and Chun’an possessed high distinguishability; Dongyang, Jiangshan, Chun’an and Hangzhou possessed high representativeness; Dongyang and Jiashan possessed high stability and productive level.On evaluation of variety stability and yield- ability, according to the results of multiple comparisons by Tukey method for yield trait, the varieties marked by “a” were regarded as appropriate ones, and among them, those with yield mean value equal to or larger than the average of all appropriate ones were determined as the most appropriate varieties. …”
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TAVI transcarotídeo: la técnica paso a paso by Federico Altamirano-Medel, Miguel A. Gomez-Vidal, Tomás Daroca-Martinez

“…Conclusions: We have adopted the transcarotid route as an equally valid alternative to the transaxillary access. …”
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Evaluation of Land-atmosphere Coupling Strength in Low-latitude Highland of Southeast Asia by WRF Model Parameterization Schemes by Xiuzhi WANG, Qidong YANG, Shuaichen HE, Zilin SHI, Bingrong LÜ

“…Southeast Asia's Low-Latitude Highland （LLH） is one of the hotspots of land-atmosphere coupling in the world， with its land-atmosphere interaction has significant impacts on climate， hydrology and environment.This study employs Uniform Design （UD） method to conduct 48 groups of simulation using different parameterization schemes of Weather Research and Forecasting （WRF） model.By optimizing the parameterization schemes， the variables related to land-atmosphere interaction in this area are simulated and evaluated.The findings are as follows： （1） The ensemble of 48 simulation groups demonstrates good performance for near-surface air temperature， near-surface specific humidity， surface downward longwave radiation， surface upward longwave radiation and surface soil temperature， with average Taylor Skill Score （TSS） values exceeding 0.8； for near-surface wind speed， precipitation， surface sensible heat flux， surface latent heat flux， surface downward shortwave radiation and surface upward shortwave radiation， the ensemble simulation can adequately capture the characteristics of these variables， with average TSS values ranging between 0.4 and 0.8； but for surface soil moisture， the ensemble simulation performance is poor， with average TSS values less than 0.4.The variability among different simulation groups is minimal for near-surface wind speed， precipitation， surface latent heat flux， surface downward shortwave radiation， surface upward shortwave radiation， surface soil temperature and surface soil moisture （TSS range < 0.2）； but for the surface sensible heat flux， the variability among different simulation groups is significant （TSS range > 0.3）.（2） The optimal parameterization schemes based on equal-weighted averaged TSS can enhance simulation accuracy for near-surface air temperature， near-surface specific humidity， surface downward longwave radiation， surface upward longwave radiation and surface soil temperature， with correlation coefficients exceeding 0.9 and minor deviations from reference values.However， this optimization could not significantly improve simulation performance for near-surface wind speed， precipitation， surface sensible heat flux， surface latent heat flux and surface soil moisture， where deviations remain substantial.（3） The optimal parameterization schemes can reasonably capture the spatial and temporal features of land-atmosphere coupling， showing strong coupling strength in northeast and southwest LLH， with temporal correlation coefficient greater than 0.9.Nonetheless， the simulated values of coupling strength is generally weaker than the reference values， primarily due to poor simulation performance of surface latent heat flux and surface downward shortwave radiation.…”
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Optimal design of the cable metro with unified intermediate supports by Lagerev A.V., Lagerev I.A.

“…The optimization algorithm was based on the direct method of optimization type, Hooke-Jeeves, which was modified taking into account the need of varying the height of intermediate supports with a constant step equal to the step of unification. …”
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DEVELOPMENT OF E-LEARNING OF MATHEMATICS NUMERACY TO IMPROVE STUDENTS' NUMERACY ABILITY by Reza Muhamad Zaenal, Sofhian Fazrin Nasrullah, Evan Farhan Wahyu Puadi

“…In this study, one type of R&D research method is the Software Development Life Cycle with a prototyping approach model. …”
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Heterogeneous effects of horticulture commercialization and gender-based decision-making on smallholder farmers’ income: Evidence from a quasi-experimental study in Jimma zone, Eth... by Asmiro Abeje Fikadu, Hisako Nomura, Girma Gezimu Gebre, Payal Shah, Yoshifumi Takahashi, Mitsuyasu Yabe

“…This study uses quantile regression to assess the heterogeneous effects of horticulture commercialization and gender-based decision-making on income in the Jimma zone using a quasi-experimental design sampling method with location-specific data. This study applies propensity score matching at two levels before quantile regression estimation. …”
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Uncertainty Quantification of First Fix in a Time-Differenced Carrier Phase Observation Model by Hakim Cherfi, Julien Lesouple, Joan Solà, Paul Thevenon

“…TDCP is a widely used method in GNSS-based odometry for precise positioning and displacement estimation. …”
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Design and Analysis of a Novel Ocean Current Two-Coupled Crossflow Turbine Energy Converter by Shueei-Muh Lin, Wei-Le Huang, Didi Widya Utama, Yang-Yih Chen

“…The accuracy of the empirical formula is verified by comparing the theoretical results with those obtained using the CFD method. Finally, the effects of several parameters on the performance of the energy converter are investigated. …”
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Nitrogen fertilization-induced acidity and suitability of δ13C to study the dynamics of soil inorganic carbon in agroecosystems by Mostafa Abdollahpour, Dennis Hollemann, Leopold Sauheitl, Georg Guggenberger, Kazem Zamanian

“…We tested the effects of ammonium sulfate, urea, chicken manure, liquid pig manure and no fertilization (i.e. control) on soil carbonates neutralization and the contribution of SIC in total CO2 emission over a 21 day incubation experiment. The alkali trap method was used to measure the total CO2 emission and the isotopic composition of carbon (C) in the emitted CO2 from the soil. …”
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Stochastic Model of Emotional Stress Development in the Educational Process by A. A. Solodov, E. A. Solodova, T. G. Trembach

“…In this regard, the task is to develop such a mathematical model that would allow not only to give a theoretical explanation of the experimental results used in the Holmes and Rae stress calculator, but also to become a tool for studying the effect of stress on a person in other conditions, including in the process of educational activities of both the teacher and the learner.The research method consists in a mathematical description of the process of occurrence of stresses that develop over time, and it is believed that stresses occur at random times and are characterized by relative stress values indicated in the classical table of Holmes and Rae. …”
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