Prospective Evaluation of 24 h/2 Days’ Monitoring of Systemic Blood Pressure in Patients with Traumatic Paraplegia – A Single-center Study by Vandana Chaudhary, N S Verma, Bhupendra Kumar, Kumar Rahul, Satish Kumar

“…The changes in minimum, maximum and mean double product (all, active periods, and passive periods) were not found statistically significant in between within 7 days and at 12th day. …”
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Medical Students’ Tobacco Consumption Status and Experiences with Smoke-free Law Violations in Enclosed Spaces in Türkiye and Northern Cyprus by Dilek Aslan, Pınar Ay, Kervin Raymond, Özen Aşut, Gulifeiya Abuduxike, Meltem Şengelen, Duygu Çekici, Füsun Yıldız, Emine Ünal Evren, Ali Fuat Kalyoncu, Elif Dağlı

“…Smokers had higher exposure to passive smoking than non-smokers (92.0% vs. 82.5%, P = 0.009). …”
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Sustainable Urban Design Approach for Public Spaces Using an Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) by Ipek Yaralioglu, Can Kara

“…Among social criteria, security and control, comfort, active and passive interaction, continuity, detectability, and meaning are significant. …”
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Hierarchical Task-Parameterized Learning from Demonstration for Collaborative Object Movement by Siyao Hu, Katherine J. Kuchenbecker

“…For most tested scenarios, our hierarchical method achieved significantly better task performance and subjective ratings than both a passive model with only gravity compensation and a single TP-GMM encoding all demonstrations.…”
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High-Performance Carbon Nanotube Optoelectronic Transistor With Optimized Process for 3D Communication Circuit Applications by Shuang Liu, Heyi Huang, Yanqing Li, Yadong Zhang, Feixiong Wang, Zhaohao Zhang, Qingzhu Zhang, Jiali Huo, Jiaxin Yao, Jing Wen, Huaxiang Yin

“…In this study, we successfully enhanced the performance of CNFETs through special Y2O3 film passivation and vacuum annealing processes. The on-state current of the optimized device was improved by <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$36.6\times $ </tex-math></inline-formula> compared to the device without these processes. …”
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Research Progress on the Potential Pathogenesis of Persistent Postural–Perceptual Dizziness by Chen Qin, Ruyi Zhang, Zhihui Yan

“…Unsteadiness, dizziness, or non‐spinning vertigo are the main symptoms of PPPD, and they are typically aggravated by upright posture, active or passive movement, and visual stimulation. The pathogenesis of PPPD remains incompletely understood, and it cannot be attributed to any specific anatomical defect within the vestibular system. …”
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The Effect of Ivabradine on the Human Atrial Myocardial Contractility in an In Vitro Study by Ryan Chaban, Katja Buschmann, Anna Krausgrill, Andres Beiras-Fernandez, Christian-Friedrich Vahl

“…There was no change in other contraction parameters, such as passive tension force (97.1 ± 5.1%, p=0.368), duration of contraction (99.1 ± 4.3%, p=0.816), time to peak (96.6 ± 3.0%, p=0.536), and time to relaxation (101.2 ± 7.0%, p=0.564). …”
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LoSI: Large Scale Location Inference Through FM Signal Integration and Estimation by Tathagata Mukherjee, Piyush Kumar, Debdeep Pati, Erik Blasch, Eduardo Pasiliao, Liqin Xu

“…In this paper we present a large scale, passive positioning system that can be used for approximate localization in Global Positioning System (GPS) denied/spoofed environments. …”
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Serum Vitamin D Level and Risk of Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Case-Control Study by Guwani Liyanage, Anusha Kaneshapillai, Suthesan Kanthasamy

“…This lack of association remained after adjustment for age, gender, income, crowding, and exposure to passive smoke (OR: 0.99, CI: 0.937–1.065, p=0.973). …”
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Migration of primordial germline cells is negatively regulated by surrounding somatic cells during early embryogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster by N. V. Dorogova, A. S. Khruscheva, Iu. A. Galimova, D. Yu. Oshchepkov, D. E. Maslov, E. D. Shvedkina, K. A. Akhmetova, S. A. Fedorova

“…During gastrulation (stages 6–7), PGC as a consolidated cell group passively transfers into the midgut primordium. Further, PGC are individualized, acquire an amoeboid form, and actively move through the midgut epithelium and migrate to the 5–6 abdominal segment of the embryo, where they form paired embryonic gonads. …”
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Bond Strength and Deflection of Four Types of Bonded Lingual Retainers by Amin Golshah, Shirin Asadian Feyli

“…In this in vitro, experimental study, 160 extracted, mandibular incisors were mounted in acrylic blocks in sets of two and randomized into four groups for bonding of 1.0.010 × 0.026-inch Bond-A-Braid®, 0.012 × 0.027-inch Retanium®TM, 0.038 × 0.016-inch Ortho FlexTech®, and 0.0175-inch three-strand retainer wires; 15 mm of passive wire was adhered to the lingual tooth surface using Transbond XT composite. …”
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Elimination of the Impact Produced by DG Units on the Voltage Profile of Distribution Networks by Saad Ouali, Abdeljabbar Cherkaoui

“…In this paper, an alternative strategy for real-time control of active distribution network voltage is developed, not by controlling the bus voltage as in the various centralized, decentralized, and local approaches presented in literature but rather by only eliminating the impact produced by active and reactive power of distributed generation (DG) units on the voltage of all network nodes and keeping the traditional voltage control systems dealing with the same constraints of passive systems. In literature, voltage deterioration introduced by DGs has been reported as one of the main obstacles for the interconnection of large amounts of DG units to the existing networks. …”
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The Impact of Audience Response System in Changing Students' Attitudes Towards Lectures During Training Courses; A Before‐After Study by Farzad Zareie, Rahim Baghaei, Naser Sheykhi, Davood Rasouli

“…Conclusion Lecturing could transform from a passive position to an active position by implementing ARS. …”
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Criminological portrait of a professional criminal by N. K. Makarenko

“…Most of them are characterised by distorted value orientations, selfishness, intellectual and volitional passivity, significant dependence on external situations, inability and unwillingness to subordinate their behaviour to socially useful goals, lack of personal long-term plans, weakness, and unbalancedness. …”
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Main Directorate of the National Police in Kharkiv Region by D. V. Slynko, L. I. Kalenichenko

“…The specific features of the legislation process (staggered nature; formality, ritual and ritualism; certain passivity of the authorities) are investigated; its varieties (betting process; “laying on of hands” process; sacrifice process; “appointment of a judge” process; “conditional” process) and stages (establishment of the plaintiff’s right and legal qualification; consideration of the case on the merits) are analysed. …”
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Effect of homemade peanut oil consumption during pregnancy on low birth weight and preterm birth outcomes: a cohort study in Southwestern China by Yanxu Zhong, Huan Lu, Yuyan Jiang, Minyan Rong, Xiangming Zhang, Tippawan Liabsuetrakul

“…Advanced maternal age, lack of physical exercise during pregnancy, passive smoking, or pregnancy complications were also more likely to have a higher risk of LBW. …”
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The role of endoscopic investigation in expertise and rehabilitation diagnostics of patients and disabled persons after stomach surgery by K. A. Velikolug, Zh. M. Sizova, Ye. K. Baranskaya

“…According to chronometry data, functionally passive anastomosis was found in 47,3% of patients, functionally active anastomosis of the 1 degree – in 25,4%, of II degree – at 22,7%, of the III degree – at 4,6%. …”
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Experiences of health information-seeking behaviour in preoperative patients with lung cancer: a qualitative study in China by Wei Li, Lihua Huang, Jie Zhu, Jiayi Guo, Man Ye

“…Additionally, some participants displayed a tendency to passively receive information, thereby impeding their ability to effectively self-manage throughout the perioperative stage.Conclusions Understanding the experiences in HISB is crucial for improving the health outcomes of patients with lung cancer. …”
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Exploring community stakeholder perspectives of partnership development in community-engaged undergraduate Global Health Education in the UK: a qualitative study by Shyam Sundar Budhathoki, Helen Ward, Dorota Chapko, Christine Pettitt, Keitumetse-Kabelo Murray

“…Objectives Traditionally, patients have had passive roles in medical education; however, there have been increasing efforts to partner with communities to create authentic representation of laypeople in medical education. …”
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Explosive Performance Assessment of Buried Steel Pipeline by Seyed-Mohammad Seyed-Kolbadi, Mohammad Safi, Ayoub Keshmiri, S. Mahdi S. Kolbadi, Masoud Mirtaheri

“…It is so important to consider the passive defense problem in any places there have been attacks by varies kinds of military threats and terrorists. …”
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