Epiploic Appendicitis in a pregnant woman. Case presentation by Mayquel Monzón Rodríguez, Yoan Hernández Cabrera, Ailén Sed Pérez

“…For these reasons, a case of a 28.3-week-old pregnant woman, attended at the General University Hospital Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima, in Cienfuegos, was diagnosed an acute surgical abdomen due to epiploic appendicitis based on clinical and humoral elements , aided by multiple diagnostic tools. …”
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Reliability of high-performance monolayer MoS2 transistors on scaled high-κ HfO2 by Hao-Yu Lan, Shao-Heng Yang, Karim-Alexandros Kantre, Daire Cott, Rahul Tripathi, Joerg Appenzeller, Zhihong Chen

“…This two-stage ΔV TH is absent in devices fabricated on exfoliated hBN, suggesting that the donor state generation (negative ΔV TH) is induced by atomic-layer-deposition (ALD) processes in HfO2-based devices. …”
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Analisis Kinerja Sistem Informasi Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Republik Indonesia Berdasarkan Persepsi Masyarakat Menggunakan Metode Heuristics Evaluation by Alfriyanto Nahas, Hustinawati

“…Dalam menyebarluaskan informasi, salah satu aspek yang diutamakan dalam kenyamanan penggunaan suatu sistem informasi adalah aspek kinerja kegunaan atau usability. Dari data keluhan pengguna dalam hal ini rakyat terdapat beberapa permasalahan diaspek kegunaan (Usability) seperti pengguna tidak mengerti tentang alur penggunaan website DPR RI. …”
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Effects of Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant in Preoperative Ultrasound-Guided Internal Branch of Superior Laryngeal Nerve Block on Postoperative Sore Throat and Hemodynamics in Patie... by Chen Z, Zhang L, Lu G, Zhang Y, Zhao D, Zhao S, Zhang H, Jin Y, Zhao X, Jin Y

“…The primary outcome was the incidence of POST at 6 h after surgery.Results: Compared with the control group, preoperative US-guided iSLNB significantly reduced the incidence and severity of POST at 1 and 6 h after surgery, mitigated the incidence and severity of cough during extubation, and attenuated hemodynamic responses, including heart rate, mean arterial pressure, and rate-pressure product during intubation, 1 min after intubation, and 1 min after extubation (all P < 0.01). …”
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Sample size calculations based on day-to-day variability of stress biomarkers in persons with dementia and their family caregivers by Azita Emami, Jeehye Jun, Gabriella Engström, Lars Berglund, Töres Theorell

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Nonstandard Computational and Bifurcation Analysis of the Rabies Epidemic Model by Wafa F. Alfwzan, Ali Raza, Nauman Ahmed, Amr Elsonbaty, Muhammad Rafiq, Waleed Adel

“…The local and global stabilities of equilibrium points of the proposed model are investigated where conditions of stability are attained in terms of key parameters in the model. Bifurcation analysis is performed for the possible occurrence of codimension-one bifurcations in the model. …”
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Trade-Off between Sampling Frequency and Duration and Their Influences on the Estimation of Space Use of Japanese Macaques by Kana Terayama, Hiroshi Ebihara, Hironori Seino, Masaaki Takiguchi, Motomi Genkai-Kato

“…There is a trade-off between sampling frequency and duration in location data which are collected from a tracking device attached to an animal because the battery of the device has a limited life. …”
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Schneider Membrane Elevation in Presence of Sinus Septa: Anatomic Features and Surgical Management by Mario Beretta, Marco Cicciù, Ennio Bramanti, Carlo Maiorana

“…Some authors have reported a higher prevalence of septa in atrophic edentulous areas than in nonatrophic ones. …”
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Aproximación explicativa a la relación tasa de interés-crédito agrícola en el municipio Rangel, Mérida, Venezuela by Birnay del Carmen González, Anna Gabriela Pérez de Rivas

“…En el año 2015, aumenta la elasticidad cuando se seleccionan las instituciones ubicadas en el municipio Rangel, sin Cooperativa “La Parameña” (una institución atípica). FOMDES, FONDAS y el Banco del Tesoro tienen tasas de interés sociales, sin embargo, no se están beneficiando de la Ley de la Demanda.…”
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On Facial Expression Recognition Benchmarks by Ebenezer Owusu, Jacqueline Asor Kumi, Justice Kwame Appati

“…Thus, currently, automatic facial expression recognition is a hotbed research area that attracts lots of grants and therefore the need to understand the trends very well. …”
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A new strategy for the treatment of advanced ovarian cancer: utilizing nanotechnology to regulate the tumor microenvironment by Zixuan Xiong, Yichun Huang, Shulong Cao, Xuqun Huang, Haiyuan Zhang

“…Advanced ovarian cancer (AOC) is prone to recurrence, which can be attributed to drug resistance. Drug resistance may be related to the tumor microenvironment (TME), including the immune and non-immune TME. …”
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BAIGIAMŲJŲ DARBŲ RENGIMO ORGANIZAVIMO KOKYBĖS ĮVERTINIMAS PAGAL WEIGHTED SERVQUAL METODIKĄ by Irma Šileikienė, Ana Usovaitė

“…Rezultatai parodė, kad tarp studentų lūkesčių ir suvokimo didžiausią atotrūkį tarp visų metmenų turi empatija, o mažiausią atotrūkį turi patikimumas. …”
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Analysis of Apple Flavours: The Use of Volatile Organic Compounds to Address Cultivar Differences and the Correlation between Consumer Appreciation and Aroma Profiling by Gareth Roberts, Natasha D. Spadafora

“…Previous studies profiling the sensory properties and aroma profiles of apple varieties have provided a lexicon describing important attributes within the modalities of aroma, texture, and flavour. …”
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Changes in University Teacher’s Pedagogical Activity in the Context of Digitalization of Education by I. S. Batrakova, E. N. Glubokova, S. A. Pisareva, A. P. Tryapitsyna

“…The purpose of this article is to consider the changes in university teacher’s pedagogical activity in the conditions of a rapid transformation of higher education and propose a theoretical and empirical substantiation of the importance of teacher’s understanding of the value-semantic attitude to pedagogical activity, which is not limited only to mastering digital competencies, but consists in mastering pedagogical knowledge that allows you to critically analyze the productivity of modern educational strategies and methods.The conducted research was based on the methodology of post-non-classical science, which implies the widespread use of qualitative research methods that reflect the convergence of explanatory and interpretative research approaches, the use of representations, opinions, attitudes, and values of the research participants as full data.The article describes the results of studying the university teachers’ attitude to changes, the value orientations of the ongoing changes, as well as the main difficulties faced by university teachers in the context of digitalization of education – the design of educational and training programs, modern educational and methodological complex, the organization of productive self-directed work and communication with students in the educational process.The main directions of overcoming the identified difficulties are given – the construction of flexible curricula within the framework of the Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Education, the development of the digital educational environment of the university and updating the content of the professional development programs for teaching staff. …”
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Bloomsbury Art Theory: An Assessment by Anne-Pascale Bruneau

“…The article concludes by investigating the role of a form-based approach to art in Fry and Bell’s attempt to reconfigure the canon of Western painting.…”
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Theoretical approaches of interval-valued fuzzy code and fuzzy soft code by Masresha Woldie, Jejaw Mebrat, Mihret Taye

“…In this study, we attempted to demonstrate the interval-valued fuzzy code by extending the concept of an interval-valued fuzzy set. …”
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Plantão psicológico: ampliando possibilidades de escuta by Jurema Barros Dantas, Adryssa Bringel Dutra, Aline Cajado Alves, Gabriela Gomes Freitas Benigno, Liliana de Sousa Brito, Renata Eudócia Melo Barreto

“… O Plantão Psicológico, enquanto uma modalidade clínica contemporânea que se caracteriza por realizar atendimentos psicoterapêuticos de caráter emergencial destinados à comunidade que a ele recorre espontaneamente, sem a necessidade de agendamento prévio, foi reimplantado em meados de 2015 na Clínica Escola da UFC. …”
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Omega-3 long chain fatty acids and their metabolites in pregnancy outcomes for the modulation of maternal inflammatory- associated causes of preterm delivery, chorioamnionitis and... by Jose Miguel Rizo, Theresa Steeb, Johanna Eiblwieser, Pedro Antonio Regidor

“…SPMs are monohydroxylates derived from enriched marine oil nutritional’s that involve certain pro-resolutive metabolites of omega-3 long chains PUFAs and may contribute to an attenuation of inflammatory diseases. This may be obtained through various mechanisms necessary for a proper resolution of inflammation such as the termination of neutrophil tissue infiltration, initiation of phagocytosis, downregulation of pro-inflammatory cytokines or tissue regeneration. …”
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Intra-Articular Dislocation of the Patella by Gavin McHugh, Ed Ryan, May Cleary, Paddy Kenny, Shea O'Flanagan, Peter Keogh

“…She underwent two failed closed reduction attempts and subsequently required an open reduction under general anaesthesia.…”
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Fire Hazards Caused by Equipment Used in Offshore Oil and Gas Operations: Prescriptive vs. Goal-Oriented Legislation by Dejan Brkić

“…This article also reviews achievements in safety through the efforts of regulatory authorities, industry collaborations, technical standards, and risk assessments, with particular attention given to the status of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODUs). …”
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