Acceptability of telemedicine for early surgical site infection diagnosis after cesarean delivery in rural Rwanda: a qualitative study by Laban Bikorimana, Eve Hiyori Estrada, Anne Niyigena, Robert Riviello, Fredrick Kateera, Bethany Hedt-Gauthier, Vincent K. Cubaka

“…As the study timeline coincided with the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic we additionally asked about their perceptions of telemedicine in this context . …”
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Challenges in Exercising the Right to Appeal – The Case of Slovenian Administrative Consultation by Polonca Kovač

“…In addition, the (lack of) options for digitalised proceedings is notable. …”
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Worth the effort? A practical examination of random effects in hidden Markov models for animal telemetry data by Brett T. McClintock

“…I generally found mixed HMMs did not improve state assignment relative to standard HMMs. …”
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Centroid-AME: An open-source software for estimating avian migration trajectories using population centroids movement in the annual cycle by Shi Feng, Alice C. Hughes, Qinmin Yang, Leyi Li, Chao Li

“…The growth of citizen science observation databases is creating unique opportunities to estimate avian migration trajectories at the population level, across species and without the need for expensive additional data. Centroid-AME is a Python-based tool designed to estimate avian migration trajectories using the spatiotemporal locations of population centroids. …”
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Protective and risk factors of mental health of working age adults with adventitious total bilateral blindness and low vision: A scoping review protocol. by Nneoma Dike, Lucia D'Ambruoso, Heather May Morgan, Zoë Skea, Emma-Louise Tarburn

“…The findings will inform and critically underpin future empirical research which will explore the lived experiences of working age people with adventitious total bilateral blindness. Additionally, evidence from this review will inform the development of interventions in the promotion of mental health as well as assisting rehabilitation specialists and workers, public health practitioners and other relevant stakeholders in addressing the mental health needs of working age adults with adventitious total bilateral blindness and low vision.…”
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Stem Cell Transplantation for Ovarian Cancer Patient with Associated Myelodysplasia After Maintenance Therapy with Olaparib: A Case Report by Linn Z, Gu Z, Wang L, Cai S

“…Early diagnosis and treatment, which may include stem cell transplantation, can lead to favorable results, not only in managing MDS but also in possibly slowing down the progression of ovarian cancer that is causing it. Additional research is necessary to understand the risk factors and the most effective management approaches for these complications in this specific group of patients.Keywords: stem cell transplantation, ovarian cancer, myelodysplasia, olaparib, case report…”
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Comparative Evaluation of Accuracy of Different Apex Locators: Propex IQ, Raypex 6, Root ZX, and Apex ID with CBCT and Periapical Radiograph—In Vitro Study by Okba Mahmoud, Mawada Hassan Awad Abdelmagied, Ahmad Hisham Dandashi, Bakr Nssaief Jasim, Hussam Alddin Tawfik Kayali, Saaid Al Shehadat

“…The definitive WL was measured using Propex IQ (Dentsply Sirona), Raypex 6 (VDW Dental), Root ZX (Morita), and Apex ID (Kerr Dental). In addition, radiographic WL was obtained using periapical radiographs and CBCT. …”
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A comparative evaluation of haematological and biochemical parameters of Nemipterus randalli and Pagellus erythrinus species living in Gökova Bay, Türkiye by Rifat Tezel, Ümit Acar, Sercan Yapıcı

“…However, serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels of N. randalli were statistically significant different compared to P. erythrinus in summer and winter samples (p < 0.05). Additionally, the highest lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) value was measured from N. randalli in summer sampling and this was found to be significantly different from other groups (p < 0.05). …”
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Mediterranean diet improves liver health but does not protect against azoxymethane-induced colon tumorigenesis compared to Western diet in A/J mice by Weimin Guo, Nicholas Crossland, Jimmy W. Crott

“…We could not confirm the chemoprotective capacity of the MED diet. Additional studies are required to evaluate the purported anticancer effect of the MED diet.…”
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Liability of legal entities under public law under the immunity of the foreign state that created them by Yu. M. Zhornokui

“…A characteristic feature of legal immunity is that it provides for additional rights or exemptions from obligations only in the area of legal liability. …”
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Amplifying the Sensitivity of Electrospun Polyvinylidene Fluoride Piezoelectric Sensors Through Electrical Polarization Process for Low-Frequency Applications by Asra Tariq, Amir H. Behravesh, Muhammad Tariq, Ghaus Rizvi

“…The findings indicate that, in addition to a high density of β-phase dipoles, the polarization of these dipoles significantly enhances the sensitivity of the PVDF nanofiber mat.…”
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Reliability and concurrent validity of the iHandy level mobile application to measure thoracolumbar range of motion in low back pain patients by Nimra Ijaz, Saima Riaz, Tahreem Raza, Sidra Ali

“…Introduction The use of smartphone technology and software (apps), in addition to an inclinometer and goniometer, has expanded the clinician’s assessment possibilities. …”
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Sour Cherry (Cerasus vulgaris Miller) Kernel Oil as the Novel Functional Edible Oil: Sensory Evaluation and Antioxidant and Physicochemical Properties by Maryam Kazempour-Samak, Ladan Rashidi, Mehrdad Ghavami, Anoosheh Sharifan, Fakhrisadat Hosseini

“…Also, antioxidant activity, total phenol content (TPC), total anthocyanin content (TAC), total flavonoid content (TFC), total tannin content (TTC), and total tocopherol content were obtained as 73.22%, 33.44 mg GA/g dry matter, 177.84 mg/L, 46.37 mg/g dry matter, and 1.21 mg GA/g dry matter, 832.5 mg/kg oil, respectively. …”
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Foamy Melamine Resin–Silica Aerogel Composite-Derived Thermal Insulation Coating by Dongfang Wang, Yabin Ma, Yingjie Ma, Baolei Liu, Dewen Sun, Qianping Ran

“…The self-formed foamy structure was achieved by utilizing SiO₂ aerogel particles not only as a thermal insulative functional additive filler but also as nano-sized solid particles in a Picking emulsion system, adjusting the surface tension as a stabilizer at the interface between the two immiscible phases (liquid and air in this case). …”
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The Role of the Monocyte-to-Lymphocyte Ratio in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients with Acute Kidney Injury by Fen Jiang, Zhen Shi, Xiangyang Liu, Jiaxuan Xiang, Jie Lei, Bo Yang, XiangLi Lei, Xuewei Li

“…And NLR-based prediction of AKI incidence the AUCs was (95% CI: 0.742-0826). Additionally, MLR was associated with a higher rate of in-hospital mortality (2.825, 95% confidence interval: 1.058, 7.545), whereas NLR was associated with a risk of in-hospital mortality of 1.085. (95 percent CI: 1.022, 1.151). …”
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GEOINFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE TRAINING OF FUTURE MINING ENGINEERS by Vladimir S. Morkun, Serhiy O. Semerikov, Svitlana M. Hryshchenko

“…Ukraine's interest in increasing the number of engineers is manifested, in particular, in measures to encourage applicants to enter higher education institutions for engineering specialties by providing additional benefits.  In the professional activities of mining engineers, information technologies make it possible not only to consider the location of production units of a mining company, mineral warehouses and rock dumps of a mining company at any required level of detail, but also to help meet the basic environmental requirements in the field of mining.  …”
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Functional Skin Grafts: Where Biomaterials Meet Stem Cells by Amtoj Kaur, Swati Midha, Shibashish Giri, Sujata Mohanty

“…Key challenges include the hierarchical complexity of skin anatomy; compositional mismatch in terms of material properties (stiffness, roughness, wettability) and degradation rate; biological complications like varied cell numbers, cell types, matrix gradients in each layer, varied immune responses, and varied methods of fabrication. In addition, with newer biomaterials being adopted for fabricating patient-specific skin substitutes, issues related to escalating processing costs, scalability, and stability of the constructs under in vivo conditions have raised some concerns. …”
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A Brand-New Algorithm for Mapping Algal Biomass in Lakes by Zhengyang Yu, Ronghua Ma, Minqi Hu, Kun Xue, Zhigang Cao, Junfeng Xiong

“…It can be summarized in step 1: inversion of surface chlorophyll a (Chla), step 2: inversion of diffuse attenuation coefficient of the photosynthetic active radiation [Kd(PAR)], and step 3: estimation of algal biomass with a pretrained generalized additive model. …”
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Preoperative vs Postoperative Patient Outcome and Recovery Expectations of Total Joint Arthroplasty by Siddhartha Dandamudi, BBA, Kyleen Jan, MD, Madelyn Malvitz, BS, Anne DeBenedetti, MSc, Omar Behery, MD, MPH, Brett R. Levine, MD, MS

“…A total of 73.1% of postoperative patients requested additional weeks of PT. Only 52.1% or patients had a long-term follow-up plan in place. …”
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Crop genes modified using CRISPR/Cas system by A. M. Korotkova, S. V. Gerasimova, V. K. Shumny, E. K. Khlestkina

“…Intensive application of the CRISPR/Cas system for more complicate modifications such as replacement of defect alleles by functional ones or insertion of a desired gene is required (so far reports about such modifications are very rare in crops). In addition, to provide a basis for broad practical application of CRISPR/Cas-based genome editing, more cultivars of crop species should be involved in ongoing studies. …”
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