Effect of flipped classroom method on the reflection ability in nursing students in the professional ethics course; Solomon four-group design by Mohammad Rasool Khazaei, Eshagh Moradi, Azizeh Barry, Mohammad Hasan Keshavarzi, Akram Hashemi, Ghobad Ramezani, Atefeh Zabihi Zazoli, Farzaneh Farzadnia

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Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency: Current Treatment Options and Emerging Therapies by Michel Haagdorens, Sara Ilse Van Acker, Veerle Van Gerwen, Sorcha Ní Dhubhghaill, Carina Koppen, Marie-José Tassignon, Nadia Zakaria

“…Despite the great successes of CLET, there still is room for improvement as overall success rate is 70% and visual acuity often remains suboptimal after successful transplantation. …”
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Temperature-Controlled in-situ Tensile Tests of Polymer Tape with differently shaped Single Particles by Sarah Heupl, Julia Maurer, Johann Kastner

“…Depending on the application area, operating temperatures can range from very high to very low, resulting in damage mechanisms that differ from those at room temperature. …”
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Optimizing Healthcare Expenditure for Spinal Cord Stimulation in Italy: The Value of Battery Longevity Improvement and a Direct-to-Implant Approach by Federica Tito, Gianfranco Sindaco, Simon Eggington, Elisa Tacconi, Francesca Borghetti, Mara Corbo, Gilberto Pari

“…The DTI approach for SCS supports National Healthcare System cost efficiencies and offers the additional benefits of optimizing operating room time while having only one recovery period for the patient.…”
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Real World Evaluation of Next-Day Molecular Respiratory Infectious Disease Testing on Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs by French AJ, Fragala MS, Evans AS, Upadhyay P, Goldberg SE, Reddy J

“…The PCR test cohort had lower total healthcare costs (mean = &dollar;5,601±&dollar;29,170, median = &dollar;807) versus the no test cohort (mean = &dollar;7,460±&dollar;40,817, median = &dollar;1,163) (p = 0.0014) over 6 months, and fewer outpatient visits, other medical service visits, emergency room visits, and inpatient stays (p< 0.0001). Similarly, those who received the PCR test for oropharyngeal infection trended towards lower total healthcare costs (mean = &dollar;4,393±&dollar;13,524, median=&dollar;844) than those who received no test (mean = &dollar;5,503±&dollar;34,141, median = &dollar;956) (p=0.0525) and had fewer outpatient and other medical services (p< 0.0001).Conclusion: Next-day molecular testing for respiratory and oropharyngeal infection lowers healthcare utilization and costs, suggesting improved patient care through reduced need for healthcare resources.Keywords: PCR, NAAT, syndromic multiplex testing, respiratory virus, influenza viruses, respiratory tract infection, pharyngitis, diagnostics, healthcare utilization…”
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Photo‐Induced Synthesis of Ytterbium and Manganese‐Doped CsPbCl3 Nanocrystals for Visible to Near‐Infrared Photoluminescence with Negative Thermal Quenching by Xiaochen Fang, Zhuo Chen, Mandy Hei Man Leung, Biao Zheng, Liwei Wang, Meng An, Yusuke Asakura, Yusuke Yamauchi, Zhanhui Yuan

“…Furthermore, with the help of the orange emission from the Mn2+ ions and the NIR emission from the Yb3+ ions, visible to NIR light emitting diode (LED) devices are constructed and applied in orange light illumination and night vision imaging. …”
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Bioadhesive Chitosan Films Loading Curcumin for Safe and Effective Skin Cancer Topical Treatment by Seila Tolentino, Mylene M. Monteiro, Felipe Saldanha-Araújo, Marcilio Cunha-Filho, Tais Gratieri, Eliete N. Silva Guerra, Guilherme M. Gelfuso

“…<b>Results</b>: The films demonstrated physical stability and preserved curcumin content at room temperature for 90 days. Drug release was effectively controlled during the first 8 h, with release rates ranging from 51.6 ± 4.8% to 65.6 ± 13.0%. …”
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Effectiveness of Contrast Agents and Molecular Indicators in Alzheimer's Diagnosis Through PET and SPECT Imaging on Animal Models by Yasaman Abaszadeh, Ramin Ardalani, Athena Dehghan Najm Abadi

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Field switching of microfabricated metamagnetic FeRh MRI contrast agents by Stephen Dodd, Natalia Gudino, Oleksii Zadorozhnii, Michal Staňo, Jan Hajduček, Jon Ander Arregi, H. Douglas Morris, Vojtěch Uhlíř, Mladen Barbic, Alan P. Koretsky

“…A thin-film (200 nm) FeRh sample was fabricated and patterned into an array of progressively smaller squares with sizes ranging from 500 μm down to 1 μm. The large first order phase change from antiferromagnetic to ferromagnetic state was characterized using vibrating sample magnetometry, magnetic force microscopy, and MRI. …”
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An indoor positioning method based on bluetooth array/PDR fusion using the SVD-EKF by Chenhui Li, Jie Zhen, Jianxin Wu

“…The dynamic test results in the room show that after SVD-EKF algorithm optimization, the positioning error is reduced by 0.05m, which is equivalent to the EKF algorithm. …”
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The impact of welfare technology on care ethics: a qualitative analysis of healthcare professionals and managers’ experiences with welfare technologies by Brita Gjerstad, Ragnhild Gjerstad-Sørensen, Inger Lise Teig

“…They hold onto a professional room of freedom in between the patient’s needs, available resources, and suitable technology. …”
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An efficient and environmentally friendly route for PbS crystal recovery from lead ash generated in tin removal section (LATR) via high-speed leaching and recrystallization method by Feng Y., Peng X.-Q., Shi H.-H., Zhang W., Zuo Q.-T.

“…This paper mainly investigated the synthesis of a high purity PbS crystal directly from lead ash which was collected from Tin ash removal process (LATR). …”
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An Experimental Study on Bond Behavior of Rebar and High-Performance Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composite (HPFRCC) at High Temperatures by Salim Karimpour, Rahmat Madandous, Malek Mohammad Ranjbar, Habib Akbarzadeh Bengar

“…Furthermore, the bond capacity of rebar in HPFRCC continues to decline with temperature rise up to 600 °C to the point where this reduction for the chosen specimens is approximately 62% of the bond strength of the specimens at the room temperature (i.e., 23 °C). The maximum pull-out force has a significant relationship with the type and proportion of fibers, as demonstrated by the RILEM beam's results. …”
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Effects of temperature on mechanical properties and impact resistance of carbon fiber/bismaleimide resin composites by Xinying Zhu, Shikai Yin, Lulu Liu, Wenzhao Yi, Gang Luo, Zhenhua Zhao, Wei Chen

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A Novel Approach for Fabricating LaMnO3 Thin Films Using Combined Microwave Combustion and Pulsed Electron Deposition Techniques by Thi Ha Tran, Thi Trung Anh Tang, Nguyen Hai Pham, Thanh Cong Bach, Cong Doanh Sai, Quang Hoa Nguyen, Van Vu Le, Hoang Nam Nguyen, Quoc Khoa Doan, Trong Tam Nguyen, Viet Bau Le, Khac Hieu Ho, Viet Tuyen Nguyen

“…Thin films of LMO were fabricated using pulsed electron deposition (PED) at room temperature. The effects of discharge voltage and oxygen/argon flux ratio on the produced thin films were studied. …”
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The Burden of Illness Related to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations in Québec, Canada by Tam Dang-Tan, Shiyuan Zhang, Ruben V. Tavares, Melissa Stutz, Afisi S. Ismaila, Julie Vaillancourt, Diane Corriveau, Richard H. Stanford, Xiwu Lin, Gilbert A. Nadeau, Alexander Simidchiev, Daria Parsons, John S. Sampalis

“…This retrospective observational cohort study used patient data from the Québec provincial health insurance databases. …”
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Optimization of mechanical properties of geopolymer mortar based on Class C fly ash and silica fume: A Taguchi method approach by Hasan Altawil, Murat Olgun

“…Samples were cured at room temperature for 28 days. Results showed that the highest compressive strength (20.52 MPa) was achieved with alkaline solution-to-binder ratio = 0.3, water-to-geopolymer solids ratio = 0.35, sodium silicate-to sodium hydroxide ratio = 1.75, and aggregate percentage = 0.60, while the lowest (2.64 MPa) occurred with alkaline solution-to-binder ratio = 0.3, water to geopolymer solids ratio = 0.55, sodium silicate to sodium hydroxide ratio = 2.5, and aggregate percentage = 0.65. …”
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Lead Telluride Doped with Au as a Very Promising Material for Thermoelectric Applications by Pantelija M. Nikolic, Konstantinos M. Paraskevopoulos, Triantafyllia T. Zorba, Zorka Z. Vasiljevic, Eleni Pavlidou, Stevan S. Vujatovic, Vladimir Blagojevic, Obrad S. Aleksic, Aleksandar I. Bojicic, Maria V. Nikolic

“…Far infrared reflectivity spectra were measured at room temperature for all samples and plasma minima were registered. …”
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ANALISIS FORMAL FASAD ARSITEKTUR RUMAH TINGGAL ORANG TORAJA DI KOTA PALOPO by Moh Sutrisno, Ahmad Sarwadi

“…Traditional architecture tends to be dynamic. From time to time it tends to change. And from one place to another tends to adapt. …”
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Canadian healthcare capacity gaps for disease-modifying treatment in Huntington’s disease: a survey of current practice and modelling of future needs by Sylvain Chouinard, Blair R Leavitt, Angèle Bénard, Nathalie Budd, Jennifer W Wu, Kerrie Schoffer

“…The average national incremental nursing, room, neurologist and social worker support required to provide IT DMT to all eligible patients is 0.73, 0.36, 0.30 and 0.21 FTE per HD centre, respectively. …”
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