Improvement in Paretic Arm Reach-to-Grasp following Low Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Depends on Object Size: A Pilot Study by Jarugool Tretriluxana, Shailesh Kantak, Suradej Tretriluxana, Allan D. Wu, Beth E. Fisher

“…To investigate the effect of LF-rTMS on kinematics and coordination of the paretic hand reach-to-grasp (RTG) for two object sizes in chronic stroke. Methods. Nine participants received two TMS conditions: real rTMS and sham rTMS conditions. …”
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Effects of Drying Temperature and Relative Humidity on Quality Properties of Chinese Dried Noodles by Ying-Quan Zhang, Ying Hui, Yuan Wang, Bo Zhang, Bo-Li Guo, Guo-Quan Zhang, Yi-Min Wei

“…The CDN were produced under nine different drying conditions utilizing combination of three temperatures (40°C, 60°C, and 80°C) and three relative humidities (65%, 75%, and 85%). …”
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Efficacy of Dental Bleaching with Whitening Dentifrices: A Systematic Review by Bruno G. S. Casado, Sandra L. D. Moraes, Gleicy F. M. Souza, Catia M. F. Guerra, Juliana R. Souto-Maior, Cleidiel A. A. Lemos, Belmiro C. E. Vasconcelos, Eduardo P. Pellizzer

“…After title and abstract screening, 16 studies remained, after which a further five studies were excluded. In total, nine studies were qualitatively analyzed. Significant differences in tooth color change were found between the groups using whitening dentifrices and those using nonwhitening dentifrices. …”
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Beyond the Male Stereotype: Complicating Female Geek and Nerd Figures in Contemporary US Comedy Series by Ankita Dolai

“…This portrayal has significantly changed into the depiction of powerful female nerds on screen in the last two decades.…”
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Phase Behavior Analysis of CO2 and Formation Oil System by Lei Tang, Tongyao Zhang, Baogang Li, Lu Zhang, Dong Han

“…According to the experimental results of early nine oil samples of swelling tests, in high temperature and high pressure conditions, characteristics and changing rules of properties of formation oil, including bubble point pressure, volume expansion coefficient, viscosity, density, and average molecular weight, composition of gas and liquid phase, and asphalt sediment, were evaluated and analyzed at different CO2 injection rate systematically. …”
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Risk Assessment of Urban Water-Logging Disaster Based on Weight-improved AHP Method-Taking Haojiang District of Shantou City as an Example by ZHOU Jiaqi, LIN Kairong, XIE Xue, CHEN Haiyan, GAO Xin

“…Under the background of global climate change,the frequency of extreme rainfall events increases,and the urban water-logging disaster occurs frequently.The risk assessment of water-logging disaster can effectively reduce the loss.Taking Haojiang District of Shantou City as case study,this paper improves the weights of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) by neural network,expands the traditional nine-point scaling,and constructs the water-logging disaster risk evaluation model.The results show that the water-logging disaster risk in Haojiang District is generally high in the south-central region and low in the northwest region.Especially,Yuxin Street,Binhai Street,Majiao Street and Dahao Street have higher risk values,which need to take preventive measures.After verification of evaluation results with historical data,it is shown that about 80% of historical flood disaster points are distributed in high-risk areas,which is consistent with the verification results of historical disaster points.The weight determination method of AHP is improved by neural network,the intermediate variables of the traditional nine-point method is expanded to three decimal places,and the weight is determined by the computer to reduce subjectivity to a certain extent.The results of risk assessment can provide technical support for flood warning and flood control scheduling within a certain time limit.…”
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Transcriptomic Profiling and Tumor Microenvironment Classification Reveal Unique and Dynamic Immune Biology in HIV-Associated Kaposi Sarcoma by Jihua Yang, Ayse Ece Cali Daylan, Aleksei Shevkoplias, Ekaterina Postovalova, Meng Wang, Andrey Tyshevich, Matthew Lee, Hiba Narvel, Ksenia Zornikova, Nara Shin, Nikita Kotlov, Luca Paoluzzi, Changcheng Zhu, Balazs Halmos, Xingxing Zang, Haiying Cheng

“…This study investigates the tumor microenvironment (TME) of KS through whole-transcriptomic profiling, analyzing changes over time and differences based on HIV status. …”
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Characterization of Hazelnut Trees in Open Field Through High-Resolution UAV-Based Imagery and Vegetation Indices by Maurizio Morisio, Emanuela Noris, Chiara Pagliarani, Stefano Pavone, Amedeo Moine, José Doumet, Luca Ardito

“…To increase accuracy, and especially to reduce false negatives, the image of each tree was divided into nine quadrants. For each quadrant, nine different vegetation indices (VIs) were computed, and in parallel, each tree quadrant was tagged as “healthy/unhealthy” by visual inspection. …”
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Engaging Nurses in Effective Cost of Care Conversations to Address Cancer-Related Financial Toxicity: Results from an Exploratory Survey by Jean S. Edward, Amanda Thaxton Wiggins, Louis G. Baser, Haafsah Fariduddin, Joanna F. Doran, Monica F. Bryant, John A. D’Orazio, Kimberly D. Northrip

“…At baseline, six nurses reported never screening for financial needs and nine for legal needs. Following the training, seven nurses stated they were likely to screen for financial/legal needs. …”
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Causes and Follow-Up of Central Diabetes Insipidus in Children by Wendong Liu, Jing Hou, Xiuqin Liu, Limin Wang, Guimei Li

“…To identify the causes of central diabetes insipidus (CDI) by evaluating the values of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the diagnosis of pediatric CDI, providing evidence for the clinical diagnosis and treatment of CDI. Methods. Seventy-nine patients with CDI (CDI group) hospitalized from July 2012 to March 2017 and 43 healthy children (control group) were enrolled in this study. …”
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Stepwise Improvement of Cerebral Hemodynamics in Staged Angioplasty for Carotid Artery Stenosis by Fumiaki OKA, Takayuki OKU, Akiko KAWANO, Koki OKAZAKI, Takuma NISHIMOTO, Mototsugu SHIMOKAWA, Hideyuki ISHIHARA

“…Among them, 19 had a successful procedure. Nine received stenting at the first stage of the procedure because of inadequate dilatation. …”
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Evaluation of Outflow Structures In Vivo after the Phacocanaloplasty by Daiva Paulaviciute-Baikstiene, Renata Vaiciuliene, Vytautas Jasinskas, Ingrida Januleviciene

“…Methods. Ten eyes of nine patients with POAG (6 men and 3 women) who underwent phacocanaloplasty. …”
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Early applicability of retinopathy of prematurity score (ROPScore) and serum insulin growth factor-1 (IGF-1) for predicting treatment-requiring retinopathy of prematurity: a prospe... by Aliaa Adel Ali, Nancy Abd El-Salam Ahmed Gomaa, Basma Samir Kamil, Ahmed Awadein, Heba Baz, Esraa Ahmed Elmazzahy

“…Results Nine cases (10.3%) developed treatment-requiring retinopathy of prematurity, while 78 patients had mild retinopathy of prematurity. …”
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Dermatologic Adverse Events Following Afatinib in a Woman with Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Case Report by Tsaqilah L, Putri AD, Avriyanti E

“…We report a case of 31-year-old woman diagnosed with stage IV-NSCLC and treated with afatinib since nine months prior to consult who presented with acneiform rash on the face, trunk, both arms and legs; pruritic pustules and waxy scales on the scalp; xerosis and pruritus of the skin; paronychia on both toes; hair changes on the scalp, eyebrows, eyelashes, and hypertrichosis of the face. …”
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Customized Toric Intraocular Lens Implantation in Eyes with Cataract and Corneal Astigmatism after Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty: A Prospective Study by Domenico Schiano Lomoriello, Giacomo Savini, Kristian Naeser, Rossella Maria Colabelli-Gisoldi, Valeria Bono, Augusto Pocobelli

“…Nine eyes out of 10 had a postoperative refractive astigmatism power ≤ 2D. …”
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Reflecting trends of the contemporary academic landscape in the context of Higher Education 4.0 by Nilüfer Ülker

“…In total, 161 academics from nine different European Universities participated in the research. …”
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Socio-economic and environmental factors affecting breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices among Batwa and Bakiga communities in south-western Uganda. by Giulia Scarpa, Lea Berrang-Ford, Sabastian Twesigomwe, Paul Kakwangire, Maria Galazoula, Carol Zavaleta-Cortijo, Kaitlin Patterson, Didacus B Namanya, Shuaib Lwasa, Ester Nowembabazi, Charity Kesande, IHACC Research Team, Janet E Cade

“…We conducted 94 individual interviews (n = 47 Batwa mothers/caregivers & n = 47 Bakiga mothers/caregivers) and 12 focus group discussions (n = 6 among Batwa & n = 6 among Bakiga communities) from July to October 2019. Ninety-nine per cent of mothers reported that their youngest child was currently breastfed. …”
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Using Inertial Measurement Units and Machine Learning to Classify Body Positions of Adults in a Hospital Bed by Eliza Becker, Siavash Khaksar, Harry Booker, Kylie Hill, Yifei Ren, Tele Tan, Carol Watson, Ethan Wordsworth, Meg Harrold

“…Measuring the way patients position themselves in bed and change their positions may signal when further assessment is necessary. …”
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Relationships between the allozyme and phenotypic diversities of Picea ajanensis populations by V. P. Vetrova, A. K. Ekart, A. N. Kravchenko, A. Ya. Larionova

“…Genetic differences between the morphotypes with regard to nine polymorphic loci (Got-2, Skdh-1, Idh-2, Pgm-2, Mdh-1, Mdh-3, Pgm- 1, Pgi-2, and Hk) were not significant. …”
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Optimising Health Literacy and Access of Service Provision to Community Dwelling Older People with Diabetes Receiving Home Nursing Support by Dianne Goeman, Sue Conway, Ralph Norman, Jo Morley, Rona Weerasuriya, Richard H. Osborne, Alison Beauchamp

“…This study reports the process and outcomes of one of the nine organisations, the Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS). …”
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