Monitoring Fetal Heart Rate during Labor: A Comparison of Three Methods by Tammy Y. Euliano, Shalom Darmanjian, Minh Tam Nguyen, John D. Busowski, Neil Euliano, Anthony R. Gregg

“…The purpose of the study was to compare the accuracy of a noninvasive fetal heart rate monitor with that of ultrasound, using a fetal scalp electrode as the gold standard, in laboring women of varying body habitus, throughout labor and delivery. …”
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Effects of Different Blanching Methods and Freezing Rates on Textural Properties of Prepared Broccoli by ZHAO Yinuo, JIN Xin, BI Jinfeng, XIE Yitong, DU Ting

“…This study was conducted to investigate the effects of blanching methods and freezing rates on the textural properties of processed broccoli. …”
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Novel Use of Household Items in Open and Robotic Surgical Skills Resident Education by Keri Rowley, Deepak Pruthi, Osamah Al-Bayati, Joseph Basler, Michael A. Liss

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of surgical simulators created using household items and to determine their potential role in surgical skills training. …”
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Study on a Stratified Sampling Investigation Method for Resident Travel and the Sampling Rate by Fei Shi

“…The stratified sampling rate formula and the sampling rate of each layer have been derived in detail according to Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistical Methods. …”
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Graph Convergence and Iterative Approximation of Solution of a Set-Valued Variational Inclusions by Faizan Ahmad Khan, Sanjeev Gupta

“…Furthermore, we propose an iterative scheme involving the above class of proximal-point mapping to find a solution of SVIP and discuss its convergence under some convenient assumptions. …”
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Technical Condition Assessment and Modelling of Reed Valves in Vehicle Engine Intake Systems by Oleksandr Kravchenko, Alexander Khrulev, Juraj Gerlici, Oleksii Saraiev, Serhii Danets

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Heart Rate Variability and Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Wei Shi, Jing Zhang, Dan Chen, Xiaolei Chen, Wei Duan, Hongmei Zhang

“…To evaluate whether heart rate variability (HRV) as a measure of cardiac autonomic neuropathy (CAN) is associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in Chinese adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in China. 392 individuals of T2DM were entered in this study, all these subjects undertook the Holter electrocardiogram for 24 hours to get the HRV parameters. …”
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TOP-200 Higher Education Institutions in Four International Ratings: Comparative Analysis by Ivan E. Zadorozhnyuk, Larisa Yu. Korosteleva, Boris K. Tebiyev

“…Rating places of 200 higher education institutions according to ARWU, THE, QS and Moscow International Rating (MosIR) are compared. …”
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A Survey on High-Order Internal Model Based Iterative Learning Control by Miao Yu, Sheng Chai

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Admission control algorism study of multi-rate traffics for TD-SCDMA system by Fang-wei LI, Han LI, Xiao LU

“…A call admission control strategy based on traffic priorities was proposed after considering the different rates of traffic requirements and the attributes of different admission requests of services.According to the current system load ,it decides whether or not to accept the call request by taking the strategy of queue / deceleration / demolitions.Simulation results show that the strategy is significantly improved in the systems service level and resource utilization.…”
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Strategy for Reducing Stunting Rate Using Analytical Hierarchy Process in Garut District by Mila Karmila, Ikeu Kania, Mochammad Iqbal Fadhlurrohman, Dena Ananda Hilmaniah

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Impact of the crosstalk between the PTEN and PAFR as well as PAFR and EGFR pathways in cancer by Anita Thyagarajan, Zaid Sirhan, Ravi P. Sahu

“…Thus, an impaired, mutated, or loss of PTEN is associated with low survival or high tumor recurrence rates in cancer patients. …”
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Research on network risk assessment based on attack graph of expected benefits-rate by Wenfu LIU, Jianmin PANG, Xin ZHOU, Nan LI, Feng YUE

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The abundance of microplastics in coral reef ecosystems in the waters of Krueng Raya, Aceh Besar by Ulfah Maria, Juliani Rika, Agustina Sri, Purnawan Syahrul, Malayana Intan, Muliari, Miswari Nur, Yusrizal, Irfannur

“…The Krueng Raya waters in Aceh Besar, which serve as a habitat for coral reef ecosystems, face the threat of microplastic pollution. …”
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Success and failure rates of new food and non-food products introduced on the market by Ireneusz P. Rutkowski

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Extraction of compression indices from maternal-fetal heart rate simultaneous signals. by Mariana S Ramos, Susana Brás, Paula Pinto, Luísa Castro

“…These numbers show the urgency of investing in the quality of fetal health care. The heart rate signal is a complex signal and sometimes behaves unpredictably. …”
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Next-generation Enem assessment with fewer items and high reliability using CAT by Alexandre Jaloto, Ricardo Primi

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Grasping Variance in Word Norms: Individual Differences in Motor Imagery and Semantic Ratings by Emiko J. Muraki, Sydney Born, Penny M. Pexman

“…Using linear mixed effect models we tested whether measures of motor imagery ability (e.g., the Florida Praxis Imagery Questionnaire and the Test of Ability in Movement Imagery for Hands) and motor imagery vividness (e.g., the Vividness of Movement Imagery Questionnaire 2) could account for variance (raw and absolute difference scores) in graspability ratings. We observed a significant relationship between motor imagery vividness and absolute rating difference scores, wherein people with more vivid motor imagery provided ratings that were further from the mean word ratings. …”
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The Savvy Survey #6b: Constructing Open-Ended Items for a Questionnaire by Jessica L. Gouldthorpe, Glenn D. Israel

“… This 4-page fact sheet provides an overview of constructing open-ended items for a questionnaire. It is part of the Savvy Survey Series. …”
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Credit Rating in the Islamic System: A Case Study of Saudi Arabian Banks by Hajed A. Alotaibi

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