Challenges for first-year undergraduates with a non-EMI background in an EMI classroom: A case study by K. A. Siddiqui

“…Using the case study approach, six purposively selected participants were interviewed using semi-structured interviews as the data collection tool.Results and scientific novelty. …”
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Tétanos neonatal en Libreville, Gabón. Presentación de dos casos by Rafael Ferrer Montoya, Alfredo Jiménez Nogueras, Odalis Lourdes Guerra Pompa, Alexei Capote Vázquez

“…Se observa más en los países en vías de desarrollo. El punto de partida es casi siempre umbilical (corte sépticodel cordón). …”
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Acute Posterior Multifocal Placoid Pigment Epitheliopathy Sharing Characteristic OCT Findings of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease by Yuta Kitamura, Toshiyuki Oshitari, Masayasu Kitahashi, Takayuki Baba, Shuichi Yamamoto

“…Patchy pigmentary lesions also resolved clinically with partial chorioretinal scars. The results in this case suggested OCT findings in APMPPE patients could be similar to characteristic features usually found in acute VKH disease. …”
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La Diversidad de Género en la Escuela Pública y la exclusión que produce el binarismo by Guadalupe CALVO GARCÍA, Marina PICAZO GUTIÉRREZ

“…Es por ello que, en este artículo, reflexionamos acerca de las dificultades que encontramos en el sistema educativo español para superar esta situación, por encontrarse este impregnado de una ideología católica y neoliberal, y destacamos el papel fundamental y las posibilidades que, a pesar del complicado punto de partida, tiene la escuela pública para luchar por la eliminación de las desigualdades vinculadas a la diversidad de género.…”
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Probabilistic Dose Assessment from SB-LOCA Accident in Ujung Lemahabang Using TMI-2 Source Term by Sunarko, Zaki Su’ud, Idam Arif, Syeilendra Pramuditya

“…Effluent consisted of Xe-133, Kr-88, I-131, and Cs-137 released from a 50 m stack. Lagrangian Particle Dispersion Method (LPDM) and 3-dimensional mass-consistent wind field are employed to obtain surface-level time-integrated air concentration and spatial distribution of ground-level total dose in dry condition. …”
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Mediastinal Hydatid Cyst Rupturing into the Pleural Cavity Associated with Pneumothorax: Case Report and Review of the Literature by Mohd Shameem, Rakesh Bhargava, Zuber Ahmad, Nazish Fatima, Naveed Nazir Shah

“…Mediastinal hydatid disease is very rare and has been noted only anecdotally in the literature. The present article reports a case of a mediastinal hydatid cyst rupturing into the pleural cavity, which was associated with pneumothorax of the same side. …”
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Application of Adaptive Image Restoration Algorithm Based on Sparsity of Block Structure in Environmental Art Design by Bo Liang, Xin-xin Jia, Yuan Lu

“…This paper proposes a color image restoration method that adaptively determines the size of dictionary atoms and discusses a model based on the partial differential equation restoration method. …”
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Effect of Lecithin and Mono- and Di-Glyceride on Quality and Shelf Life of Hazelnut Butter: Chemometric Approach by Amir Pourfarzad, Rezvaneh Shokouhi Kisomi

“…The principal component analysis (PCA) allowed discriminating among the features. The partial least squares regression (PLSR) models were applied to find the relationship between sensory and instrumental data. …”
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Research on Coal Mechanical Properties Based on True Triaxial Loading and Unloading Experiment by Yanyan Peng, Haoxiang Deng, Minghong Xing, Pengfei Guo, Chun Zhu

“…The experimental results show that in the true triaxial unloading test, as the intermediate principal stress increases, the failure state of coal changes from shear failure to partial shear tension failure, finally leading to overall yield failure. …”
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Study on Catastrophe Information Characteristics of Water Inrush in Karst Tunnel by Drilling and Blasting Method by Jiaqi Guo, Erbo Wang, Yongbiao Lai, Zhenyu He, Fan Chen

“…The greater the tunnel depth and thickness of the water and mud-resistant rock mass, the faster the propagation speed of the fissure zone. (3) With the increase of the water and mud-resistant rock mass thickness, the failure mode of the tunnel outburst layer structure gradually changes from the overall collapse to the partial collapse of the vault to form a relatively stable slump arch. …”
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Effect of Glass Powder on the Compressive Strength and Drying Shrinkage Behavior of OPC- and LC3-50-Based Cementitious Composites of Various Strengths by Tehmina Ayub, Tariq Jamil, Ayesha Ayub, Asad-Ur-Rehman Khan, Eraj Mehmood, Muhammad Danyal Sheikh

“…In all four composite mix types, locally available glass powder was used as 0, 5, 10, and 15% added as a partial replacement of cement and LC3-50. The novelty of this research is the addition of waste glass powder as an alternative to silica fume, especially in a high-strength composite (including 50 and 60 MPa). …”
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Green Synthesis of S- and N-Codoped Carbon Nanospheres and Application as Adsorbent of Pb (II) from Aqueous Solution by Nadia Hussain, Salam Alwan, Hassan Alshamsi, Ibrahim Sahib

“…The results show spherical shapes have a particle size of up to 65 nm with a high surface area capable of absorbing lead ions efficiently. …”
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Experimental Study on Dynamic Compression Mechanics of Sandstone after Coupled Alkali-Chemical-Dynamic Interaction by Qi Ping, Chen Wang, Qi Gao, Kaifan Shen, Yulin Wu, Shuo Wang, Xiangyang Li

“…As the pH of the solution rises, the impact damage of the sandstone specimens intensifies, and the average particle size of the fragments tends to decrease in a quadratic polynomial.…”
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Optimizing glycerosome formulations via an orthogonal experimental design to enhance transdermal triptolide delivery by Zhu Chunyun, Zhang Yongtai, Wu Tong, He Zehui, Guo Teng, Feng Nianping

“…The glycerosomes prepared with the optimized formulation showed good stability, with an average particle size of 153.10 ± 2.69 nm, a zeta potential of –45.73 ± 0.60 mV and an entrapment greater than 75 %. …”
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Using Reflectance Spectroscopy and Artificial Neural Network to Assess Water Infiltration Rate into the Soil Profile by Naftali Goldshleger, Alexandra Chudnovsky, Eyal Ben-Dor

“…Results were compared to a study with the same population in which partial least-squares (PLS) regression was applied. …”
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Esthetic Crown Lengthening Associated With Modified Lip Repositioning Surgery (Modified LipStat) in the Treatment of Excessive Gingival Display: A 6-Year Follow-Up Case Report by Cesar Augusto Signori Arruda, Luciano Melo Pratto, Estevo D’Agostini Derech, Guenther Schuldt Filho

“…The mobility of the upper lip in spontaneous smiles remained reduced up to 6 months of follow-up; however, there was a partial relapse in the position of the upper lip during spontaneous smiling at the end of 6 years of follow-up.…”
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Negative Ion Beam Emittance Calculations by M. Turek, P. Węgierek

“…This degradation of beam quality is partially balanced by increasing extracted Hion current. …”
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Irreversibility and Sensitivity analysis of MHD squeezing various shaped nanofluid flow between parallel permeable disks by Abdul Awal, Md. Sarwar Alam

“…Three different nanoparticles such as Co, Ni and Al2O3 with different shapes and water as base fluid has been considered. The system of partial differential equations governing the flow is converted to a coupled of non-dimension ordinary differential equations. …”
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Factors Influencing The Use of QRIS in Digital Transactions by Fadhil Muhammad, Arif Imam Suroso, Setiadi Djohar

“…Design/methodology/approach: The analysis in this research utilized Partial Least Square Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). …”
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An Improved PSO-Based MPPT Control Strategy for Photovoltaic Systems by M. Abdulkadir, A. H. M. Yatim, S. T. Yusuf

“…In this paper, an improved particle swarm optimization- (IPSO-) based MPPT technique for photovoltaic system operating under varying environmental conditions is proposed. …”
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