Aprepitant in a Multimodal Approach for Prevention of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in High-Risk Patients: Is There Such a Thing as “Too Many Modalities”? by John J. Hache, Manuel C. Vallejo, Jonathan H. Waters, Brian A. Williams

“…However, there may be the potential that too many unique antiemetic mechanisms combined with preoperative aprepitant may actually increase the incidence of perioperative nausea.…”
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The good, the bad, and the ugly: Compliance of e-pharmacies serving India and Kenya with regulatory requirements and best practices. by Gautam Satheesh, Sammy Masibo, Sasi Kumar Tiruttani, Irene Khayoni, Benjamin Palafox, Devaki Nambiar, Jaison Joseph, Emmanuel Kweyu, Abdul Salam, Francis Wafula, Catherine Goodman

“…We identified the universe of e-pharmacies through online searches, and captured data using a structured questionnaire (Jan-May 2023). …”
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Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency and Sickle Cell Trait among Prospective Blood Donors: A Cross-Sectional Study in Berekum, Ghana by Patrick Adu, David Larbi Simpong, Godfred Takyi, Richard K. D. Ephraim

“…Demographic data and other pertinent information were captured using questionnaire. Sickle cell haemoglobin variants were determined using cellulose acetate electrophoresis (pH 8.6). …”
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Seroprevalence and Risk Factors of African Horse Sickness in Three Agroecological Zones of Cameroon by Mohamed M. F. Ndebé, Mohamed M. M. Mouiche, Frédéric Moffo, Rodrigue N. S. Poueme, Julius Awah-Ndukum

“…Horse sera were subjected to the ELISA blocking test for the determination of antibodies against African horse sickness virus, and positive samples were submitted to capture ELISA to determine the presence of antigens. …”
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Improving the Military Vocational Training of Cadets at Military Institute by Yu. G. Bychenko, T. M. Balandina

“…The latter leads to a discrepancy between the formally stated and necessary, as well as the actually emerging creative potential of cadets (graduates) of Russia’s military institutions. …”
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The Relationship between Academic History and Audio-Visual History in Lithuania: A Closing of the Gap? by Rūta Šermukšnytė

“…Out of this cooperation between audio-visual communications specialists and historians, there appeared works in Lithuanian audio-visual culture in which, because of the specific nature of cinematic and television methods, "neuralgic" themes in terms of historical consciousness were actualized (popularized), single-sided assessments of the past were rejected, and a history "open" to multiple viewpoints and to corrections in the future was created, thus demonstrating the problematic nature of history and more closely approaching the status of a scientific reconstruction. …”
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A decade-long overview of adverse events in a tertiary surgical service in South Africa by H Wain, D L Clarke, S Wall

“…After categorisation, a total of 14 537 adverse events were captured, giving an adverse event rate of 22%. Adverse events were categorised into four groups. …”
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Enhancing Underwater Video from Consecutive Frames While Preserving Temporal Consistency by Kai Hu, Yuancheng Meng, Zichen Liao, Lei Tang, Xiaoling Ye

“…Furthermore, existing enhancement methods struggle to accurately capture features in underwater scenes. This makes it difficult to handle challenges such as uneven lighting and edge blurring in complex underwater environments. …”
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சிந்தனைத் தளத்தில் சுகுமாரனின் வண்டு குண்டு / Thoughts in Sukumaran's Vandu Kundu by முனைவர் ந. இரஞ்சன் / Dr. N. Ranjan

“…It explores the cognitive and psychological dimensions of children as depicted in Sukumaran’s stories by analyzing how he captures their thoughts, emotions and behaviours. This analysis also employs descriptive, analytical and statistical methods to examine the narrative structure, themes and rhetorical techniques used in “Vandu Kundu”. …”
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Optimizing Hydrogen Production in the Co-Gasification Process: Comparison of Explainable Regression Models Using Shapley Additive Explanations by Thavavel Vaiyapuri

“…SVR outperformed other models in capturing non-linear dependencies and demonstrated effective overfitting mitigation. …”
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Robust Control of Underwater Vehicle-Manipulator System Using Grey Wolf Optimizer-Based Nonlinear Disturbance Observer and H-Infinity Controller by Yong Dai, Defeng Wu, Shuanghe Yu, Yan Yan

“…To the best of our knowledge, the conventional H∞ robust controller is generally designed by calculating the Riccati equation offline and ignoring the constraints of control inputs made by the physical actuators, which are poor in handling the time-varying environment. …”
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Spatial Cognitive EEG Feature Extraction and Classification Based on MSSECNN and PCMI by Xianglong Wan, Yue Sun, Yiduo Yao, Wan Zuha Wan Hasan, Dong Wen

“…Finally, the MSCNN model captures local and global features using convolution kernels of varying sizes, enhancing classification accuracy and robustness. …”
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The Association of Joint Power Kinetic Variables with Running Injuries: A Case-Control Study by Matt Dewald, Jennifer Dalland, Josie Stockland

“… # Study Design Case-Control Study # Methods Kinetic data were collected on 122 runners (26 non-injured and 96 injured) over three years with a Bertec force plated treadmill and Qualisys 3D motion capture. The subjects were considered eligible if they self-identified themselves as runners or had running as a key component of their activity. …”
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Anti-vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Outpatient Treatment Patterns in Patients with Exudative Age-related Macular Degeneration from a Japanese Hospital Claims Database by Tomohiro Iida, Aya Narimatsu, Kenji Adachi, Edward CY Wang

“…Within a treatment period of at least 12 months, the frequency of anti-VEGF injections and AMD-related visits, and time intervals between AMD-related visits and anti-VEGF injections were captured for patients who had neither cataracts nor glaucoma. …”
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Long-duration energy storage in transmission-constrained variable renewable energy systems by Andrew K. Chu, Ejeong Baik, Sally M. Benson

“…Science for society: If emissions-free power from controllable sources such as nuclear energy or fossil fuels with carbon capture and storage is not accessible, long-duration energy storage (LDES) is essential for decarbonizing the electricity grid, as it helps balance supply and demand of electricity over extended periods when solar and wind power are unavailable. …”
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Thesis Overview: Oscillating wave surge converters – Large eddy simulation modelling of wave farms hydrodynamics and its related energy potential by Guilherme Fuhrmeister Vargas, Alexandre Beluco

“… The Oscillating Wave Surge Converter (OWSC) is one of the most relevant systems for harnessing energy from ocean waves, generating energy by capturing the horizontal component of wave motion. …”
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Examining the Role of Preserving Medical Records at Kamuganguzi HCIV. by Mugabirwe, Gift

“…The Challenges faced in preservation of medical records included Storage Scalable, Lack of Backups & Limited Security, Inconsistent Layouts, and No Clear Audit Trails & Version History and finally the Measures in which medical records preservation can be improved included Digitalization, Cloud storage, Training and Central records preservation system and the study recommended that Kamuganguzi HCIV should shift from paper-based recordkeeping to a completely digital records creation and management system by converting their current paper-based patient records to digital images by scanning and capturing them into the electronic system, with metadata attached to each record image. …”
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Design and Prototyping of Solar Operated Fertilizer Sprayer. by Nduhura, Whycliffee

“…The most commonly used type by the Ugandan farmers are the knapsack sprayers which have to be carried at the back requiring a lot of physical effort to actuate the lever by one hand at a frequency of 15 to 20 strokes per minute because they are cheap in terms of capital cost. …”
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Factors Influencing the Uptake and Sustainable Use of Soil and Water Conservation Measures in Bubaare Micro-Catchment, Kabale District, South Western Uganda by Willbroad, Byamukama, Ssemakula, E, Kalibwani, R

“…The study was cross sectional in nature employing both qualitative and quantitative approaches to capture data from a sample of 397 respondents using semi-structured questionnaires interviews and observation. …”
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INSPIRE Datahub: A Pan-African Integrated Suite of Services For Harmonising Longitudinal Population Health Data Using OHDSI Tools. by Bhattacharjee, Tathagata, Kiwuwa-Muyingo, Sylvia, Kanjala, Chifundo, Maoyi, Molulaqhooa L., Amadi, David, Ochola, Michael, Kadengye, Damazo, Gregory, Arofan, Kiragga, Agnes, Amelia, Taylor, Greenfield, Jay, Slaymaker, Emma, Todd, Jim, INSPIRE Network8

“…It ensures FAIR data by establishing metadata flows, capturing provenance throughout the ETL processes, and providing accessible metadata for potential users. …”
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