The Humour and Novelty of Congwayndut Puppet Group: An Overview of Performance Studies by Gendot Dekanipa, Aris Setiawan

“…The improvisation even provides the aesthetics of its puppet performance. The key aspect of humour and novelty in the Congwayndut is positioned at the role strategy of entul and trickster. …”
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Acupuncture and Kinesitherapy Improve Physical Activity More than Kinesitherapy Alone in Patients with Acute Decompensated Chronic Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction Who... by Dejan Ilic, Zoran Jovic, Zorica Mladenovic, Vesna Pejovic, Branislava Lung, Aleksandra Kozic, Slobodan Obradovic

“…After initial stabilization, patients were randomly assigned to three groups, the controls (C) treated with optimal drug therapy (ODT); E1 received ODT with kinesitherapy, and sham AP; E2 received ODT, kinesitherapy, and needle AP aiming to enhance compensation. …”
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Behaviour of Eccentric Concrete Columns Reinforced with Carbon Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Bars by Zrar Sedeeq Othman, Ahmed Heidayet Mohammad

“…/PTheor.) were determined for specimens in the present work and those from previous studies to assess the efficiency of the theoretical models.…”
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Optimal Site Selection for a Solar Power Plant in the Central Anatolian Region of Turkey by Ozge Pinar Akkas, Mustafa Yasin Erten, Ertugrul Cam, Nihat Inanc

“…Because of their high costs, feasibility studies are required for locating large systems associated with these resources. In this study, various suggestions are determined about location selection, which is an important stage in the PVPS’s establishment. …”
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Oppositions and Antinomies of Modern Educational Reality by V. P. Ignatiev

“…Among the oppositions identified by the author, there are oppositions between the standardization and unification of education, which are opposed by the autonomy of universities and the individualization of the learning process; between thread-group organization of educational process, characteristic of the traditional system of higher education, and building of individual educational trajectory; between pedagogue-centered and student-centered paradigms of higher education; between the traditional system of education (teaching) and electronic learning (e-learning), between the old system of assessing students based on the exams in specific disciplines, and the need to determine the level of formation of competences; between academic and scientific models ofpostgraduate school.The following research methods were implemented: a theoretical method (analysis of scientific literature, legislative and normative documents, teaching materials, internal local acts relating to the organization of the educational activities of the University), interpretation (comprehensive and systematic study of the object of study, comparing different objects of study among themselves, summarizing their theoretical and practical experience, etc.). …”
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Percutaneous Fine Needle Biopsy in Pancreatic Tumors: A Study of 42 Cases by Piotr Lewitowicz, Jaroslaw Matykiewicz, Jacek Heciak, Dorota Koziel, Stanisław Gluszek

“…Aim of the Work. An assessment of the accessibility of PCFNA biopsy in the assessment of solid and cystic changes in a pancreas and the correlation of the results of imaging examination, cytological smear and concentration of a serous marker CA19-9. …”
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Undergraduate students’ perceptions toward writing Instagram captions in English by Nahda Nafisah Hutasuhut, Sholihatul Hamidah Daulay, Achmad Ramadhan

“…One social media platform that provides a writing facility is Instagram. Aside from using Instagram just for entertainment, people have started to use Instagram as a learning medium for many courses, including writing skills. …”
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The Screening Visual Complaints questionnaire-acquired brain injury: Development and evaluation of psychometric properties in a community sample. by Vera Linde Dol, Anselm B M Fuermaier, Eline M E Will, Arlette J van Sorge, Joost Heutink

“…The present study aims to develop a screening instrument for assessing visual complaints in individuals with ABI and evaluate its psychometrics properties in a community sample.…”
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Chine-Malaisie (vue de Malaisie) : menace ou relation consensuelle inscrite dans la continuité ? by Elsa Lafaye de Micheaux

“…As China’s power continues to rise in Asia, her bilateral ties with Malaysia have strengthened across the board — in commercial, manufacturing, financial, monetary, and cultural domains. …”
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Effective Processing of Radar Data for Bridge Damage Detection by Tomasz Owerko, Przemysław Kuras

“…As a result, it is possible to determine these subsets of data registered with radar, for which it is possible to assume compliance with linear systems. This type of data, often omitted in other works, forms the basis for the second important element of the research—an algorithm based on the ARMA model supporting defect detection. …”
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Prevalence, Determinants, and Antibiotic Resistance Patterns of Urinary Tract Infections in Antenatal Women in an Urban Resettlement Colony and Slum in Delhi, India: A Cross-sectio... by Divya Gupta, Mongjam M. Singh, Saurav Basu, Suneela Garg, CP Baveja, YM Mala

“…The proportion of pregnant women detected having UTI on urine culture was 7.4% (n = 24, 95% CI: 5.1-10.8) with 13 (54.2%) asymptomatic and 11 (45.8%) symptomatic cases. Overcrowding was a significant predictor of UTI. …”
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Plongée dans les métaphores et représentations liquides de la société numérique by Marc Bernardot

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Relay Selection and Subcarrier-Pair Based Energy-Efficient Resource Allocation for Multirelay Cooperative OFDMA Networks by Wanming Hao, Shouyi Yang, Wanliang Hao

“…We formulate an energy-efficient resource allocation problem that seeks joint optimization of subcarrier pairing, relay selection, subcarrier assignment, and power allocation. Unlike previous optimization throughput models, we transform the considered EE problem in fractional form into an equivalent optimal problem in subtractive form, which is solved by using dual decomposition and subgradient methods. …”
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Modernization of the education system within the context of Russia’ accession to world trade organization by O. I. Seliverstova

“…The article is devoted to the assessment of the influence of Russia’s entry to WTO on the sphere of educational services. …”
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An integrated surgical protocol for adult patients with hemifacial microsomia: Methods and outcome. by Kazuaki Yamaguchi, Daniel Lonic, Ellen Wen-Ching Ko, Lun-Jou Lo

“…We defined a facial surface area discrepancy index (FDI) for objective assessment of the symmetry between the affected and non-affected side, and utilized visual analogue scale (VAS) for subjective evaluation of facial asymmetry before and after surgical treatment.…”
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Donor site morbidity following radial forearm free flap reconstruction with split thickness skin grafts using negative pressure wound therapy by Jessica M. Clark, Shannon Rychlik, Jeffrey Harris, Hadi Seikaly, Vincent L. Biron, Daniel A. O’Connell

“…Conclusions In the immediate post-operative period, NPD was associated with improved patient-reported hand and wrist function. …”
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Editorial Paper: Exploring Management Through Qualitative Research – Introductory Remarks by Marta Najda-Janoszka, Corina Daba-Buzoianu

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Impact of trainees involvement on surgical outcomes of abdominal and laparoscopic myomectomy by Olga M. Fajardo, Ekaterina Grebenyuk, Katherine F. Chaves, Zhiguo Zhao, Tan Ding, Howard L. Curlin, Lara F.B Harvey

“…Trainees involvement was not found to be associated with rate of transfusion for laparoscopic myomectomy (4% vs 5%, p = 0.86; OR 0.82, 95% CI [0.16,4.14], p = 0.81). …”
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Recognition of Damage Degree of Tooth Root Crack based on PCA and Grey Relational by Jie Liu, Huanyu Li, Weiqiang Zhao

“…In the aspect of root crack fault detection， the severity of damage can be compared by cepstrum analysis， but it is impossible to quantify the extent of damage. …”
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The role and mechanisms of intraocular infusion during microinvasive guillotine and ultrasonic vitrectomy by B.M. Aznabaev, T.R. Mukhamadeev, T.I. Dibaev, T.N. Ismagilov

“…Thus, it is necessary to ensure controlled operation and coordination of the infusion and aspiration modules used in the microsurgical system. …”
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