A critical review of compensation converters for capacitive power transfer in wireless electric vehicle charging circuit topologies by Mohammad Amir, Izhar Ahmad Saifi, Mohammad Waseem, Mohd Tariq

“…This review paper introduced an experimental prototype of the Corbin Sparrow (CS), featuring an onboard battery charger and an off-board DC charging port. Additionally, it presented a novel conformal bumper-based approach, highlighting its distinct advantages compared to alternative charging methods. …”
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A Ku Wideband Circularly Polarized Microstrip Antenna Array with Low Profile Crossed-Dipole Element by Haipeng Liu, Yunhua Zhang, Xiaowen Zhao

“…The designed antenna array is fabricated using the multilayer printed circuit board (PCB) technology and measured in anechoic chamber using the planar near-field measurement facility. …”
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Experience of Initial Symptoms of Breast Cancer and Triggers for Action in Ethiopia by Timothy D. Dye, Solomon Bogale, Claire Hobden, Yared Tilahun, Teshome Deressa, Anne Reeler

“…The assessment was approved by the Addis Ababa University Faculty of Medicine Institutional Review Board. Results. Nearly all women first noticed lumps, though few sought medical advice within the first year (average time to action: 1.5 years). …”
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Suprema Corte e segregação racial nos moinhos da Guerra Fria by Sandro Luís Tomás Ballande Romanelli, Fabrício Ricardo de Limas Tomio

“…Resumo Este artigo investiga a influência da política externa norte-americana na Suprema Corte dos Estados Unidos da América no julgamento do caso Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, de 1954, buscando demonstrar a permeabilidade daquela Corte aos interesses da política externa norte-americana. …”
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Nonlinear Adaptive Neural Control of Power Converter‐Driven DC Motor System: Design and Experimental Validation by Tousif Khan Nizami, Sasank Das Gangula, Ramanjaneya Reddy Udumula, Arghya Chakravarty, Fareed Ahmad, Alireza Hosseinpour

“…The real‐time experimentation is conducted on a laboratory prototype of power converter‐driven DC motor of 200 W, using dspace DS1104 control board with MPC8240 processor. The results obtained confirm an improvement in the transient response of the output speed by significantly reducing the settling time to 50% and yielding a steady state behavior with no peak over/undershoots during load disturbances, in contrast to other similar works presented in the literature intended for same the application.…”
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Accidents and injuries related to paragliding on mount Babadağ, Turkey: A cross-sectional study by Ömer Faruk Karakoyun, Yalcin Golcuk

“…METHODS: This cross-sectional retrospective study utilized data on adverse paragliding events on Mount Babadağ in Turkey, collected by the Muğla Sports Tourism Board (STB) between January 2020 and December 2021, with data sources including out-of-hospital STB forms and in-hospital electronic health records. …”
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Role of Adult Asthma Education in Improving Asthma Control and Reducing Emergency Room Utilization and Hospital Admissions in an Inner City Hospital by Rashmi Mishra, Muhammad Kashif, Sindhaghatta Venkatram, Teresa George, Kristina Luo, Gilda Diaz-Fuentes

“…Our study suggests that implementation of a structured asthma education program in an inner city community hospital has a positive impact on reduction of ER visits and hospital admissions with improvement in asthma control. Institutional Review Board Clinical Study registration number is 01081507.…”
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Understanding geographical variations in health system performance: a population-based study on preventable childhood hospitalisations by Daniel Exeter, Pushkar Raj Silwal, Arier Lee, Tim Tenbensel

“…Objective To investigate interdistrict variations in childhood ambulatory sensitive hospitalisation (ASH) over the years.Design Observational population-based study over 2008–2018 using the Primary Health Organisation Enrolment Collection (PHO) and the National Minimum Dataset hospital events databases.Setting New Zealand primary and secondary care.Participants All children aged 0–4 years enrolled in the PHO Enrolment Collection from 2008 to 2018.Main outcome measure ASH.Results Only 1.4% of the variability in the risk of having childhood ASH (intracluster correlation coefficient=0.014) is explained at the level of District Health Board (DHB), with the median OR of 1.23. No consistent time trend was observed for the adjusted childhood ASH at the national level, but the DHBs demonstrated different trajectories over the years. …”
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Shariah Framework of Banking laws based on the Opinions of Jurists of the Guardian Council by Seyed Hassan Heidari, Mohammad Rasul Fakhreh, Mohammad Ali Farahani

“…Based on descriptive-analytical research, the jurists of the Guardian Council have identified several issues in their Sharia review of the banking regulations of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, including: 'expedited judicial proceedings for specific lawsuits,' 'limitations on legal complaints against supervised credit institutions,' 'the inability to annul or invalidate the actions of the supervisory board,' 'enumerating the duties of the Central Bank Governor and exercising the Central Bank's powers without adherence to laws and Sharia principles,' 'using endowment properties without regard to the endowment deed,' 'the lack of Sharia and judicial competence of non-judicial authorities,' 'the absence of conditions of trustworthiness and honesty for banking officials,' 'the impossibility of judicial objection and litigation,' 'absolute surveillance and access to individuals' information,' 'contrary to public interests,' 'retroactive application of rulings,' 'usury,' and 'disproportionate crime and punishment.' …”
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Analysis and Simulation of Intervention Strategies against Bus Bunching by means of an Empirical Agent-Based Model by Wei Liang Quek, Ning Ning Chung, Vee-Liem Saw, Lock Yue Chew

“…Furthermore, we have analyzed the efficacy of three intervention strategies: holding, no-boarding, and centralized-pulsing, against bus bunching by incorporating the rule set of these strategies into the model. …”
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Schoolness effect and academic journals: The case of the Revue de la Régulation (2007-2023) by Adrien Rougier

“…Lastly, the comparison with L’Année de la Régulation (1994-2005) reveals a significant decrease in the proportion of graduates from most prestigious French engineering schools among the authors and editorial board members, along with an increase in the share of women. …”
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Engineering Wood Products from Eucalyptus spp. by Lee Seng Hua, Lum Wei Chen, Petar Antov, Lubos Kristak, Paridah Md Tahir

“…This study investigated Eucalyptus-based EWPs such as particleboard, fibreboard, oriented strand board, laminated veneer lumber, plywood, glue laminated lumber, and cross-laminated lumber. …”
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Fifth World Congress of Sports Physical Therapy Scientific Abstracts by International Federation of Sports Physical Therapy, NFFs Faggruppe for Idrettsfysioterapi og Aktivitetsmedisin, International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy

“…It should be noted that abstracts have not been reviewed by the Editorial Board, Associate Editors or Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy. …”
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Clinical Anxiety among Saudi Postgraduate Pediatric Dentistry Students in Jeddah City by Manal Almalik, Abeer Alnowaiser, Omar El Meligy, Jamal Sallam, Yusra Balkheyour

“…The study showed a higher anxiety level in younger age dental students (76.7% compared to 23.3%) and Saudi board residents (60%). Comparing gender differences in anxiety revealed that a significant difference (P≤0.05) was found and anxiety seems to be more among female dental students (2% very anxious, 64% slightly anxious, and 34% not anxious) as compared to male dental students (8% very anxious, 69% slightly anxious, and 23% not anxious). …”
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Analisis Penyelesaian Dana Macet di Koperasi Konsumen Guru dan Pegawai Negeri di Medan Area by Ripho Delzy Perkasa, Indah Cahyaning Wulandari Prabowo, Naiya Syahfitri Siregar

“…The research subjects are (1) Chairman of the Board (2) IT Expert (3) Administrative Executive of the “Consumer Teachers and Civil Servants” cooperative located on Jl.A.R. …”
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Assessment of Bacterial Community Structure, Associated Functional Role, and Water Health in Full-Scale Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants by Inderjeet Tyagi, Kaomud Tyagi, Faheem Ahamad, Rakesh Bhutiani, Vikas Kumar

“…The biochemical oxygen demand was 7–12 times, chemical oxygen demand (COD) was 6 times, and total suspended solids (TSS) was 3.5 times higher in the wastewater than what the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in New Delhi, India, allows as standard discharge. …”
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Case-Control Pilot Study on Acute Diarrheal Disease in a Geographically Defined Pediatric Population in a Middle Income Country by Ana E. Farfán-García, Chengxian Zhang, Aamer Imdad, Monica Y. Arias-Guerrero, Nayibe T. Sánchez-Alvarez, Rikhil Shah, Junaid Iqbal, Maria E. Tamborski, Oscar G. Gómez-Duarte

“…The study was conducted in Bucaramanga, Colombia, after Institutional Review Board approval was obtained. Results. Ninety children less than 5 years of age were recruited after a written informed consent was obtained from parents or guardians. …”
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Precision-and-flexibility optimized wearable dual-channel EEG acquisition system by Fugui Qi, Chuantao Li, Yufei Jing, Fuming Chen

“…In addition, flexible printed circuit board and silicone encapsulation process are applied to ensure high flexibility with the best fit for the head. …”
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Carotid Artery Stenosis: Comparison of 3D Time-of-Flight MR Angiography and Contrast-Enhanced MR Angiography at 3T by Ivan Platzek, Dominik Sieron, Philipp Wiggermann, Michael Laniado

“…MR images were evaluated independently by two board-certified radiologists. Stenosis evaluation was based on a five-point scale. …”
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The Optimization of Airport Management Based on Collaborative Optimization of Flights and Taxis by Xiaobing Ding, Zhigang Liu, Gan Shi, Hua Hu, Jiaping Chen, Kaihe Yang, Su Wan, Jinlong Wu

“…Taking the maintenance cost and passenger evacuation time as constraints, the judgment condition of minimum cost Zmin and the optimal number of boarding points Sm are solved. Finally, taking the flight and taxi data of Shanghai Hongqiao Airport as an example, the driver’s decision-making standard is simulated, and the accuracy of the model is verified by the deviation rate. …”
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