Lone Star Tick Amblyomma americanum (Linnaeus) (Acari: Ixodidae) by Christopher J. Holderman, Phillip Kaufman

“… This document provides an overview of the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum, detailing its distribution, life cycle, and medical significance. …”
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Strengthening teamwork and respect (STAR) in maternity units: developing a health system intervention in South Africa by Tanya Doherty, Ruwayda Petrus, Sandra Land, Christiane Horwood, Veronique Filippi, Lyn Haskins, Cleo Phewa, Sphindile Mapumulo, Silondile Luthuli, Vaughn M. John

“…This process produced the STAR intervention approach and toolkit, consisting of: identification and training of champions, creation of STAR teams, convening of learning sessions to work through STAR toolkit activities, identification, implementation and monitoring of change projects, and onsite and virtual mentorship from the STAR development team. …”
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First record of the common sun star Crossaster papposus (L., 1767) in the Baltic Sea in over 100 years by Romoth Katharina, Gogina Mayya, Beisiegel Kolja, Darr Alexander, Zettler Michael Lothar

“…The rare in the German North and Baltic Sea waters and strictly protected sea star Crossaster papposus was found in 2019 and 2021 during monitoring activities in a marine protected area. …”
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On the Use of Galaxy Catalogs in Gravitational-wave Parameter Estimation by Geoffrey Mo, Carl-Johan Haster, Erik Katsavounidis

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The Multiple Extended Tidal Tails of NGC 288 by Carl J. Grillmair

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An Artificial Intelligence Approach for the Kinodynamically Feasible Trajectory Planning of a Car-like Vehicle by Vito Antonio Nardi, Marianna Lanza, Filippo Ruffa, Valerio Scordamaglia

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ALMA Observations of Massive Clouds in the Central Molecular Zone: External-pressure-confined Dense Cores and Salpeter-like Core Mass Functions by Zhenying Zhang, Xing Lu, Tie Liu, Sheng-Li Qin, Adam Ginsburg, Yu Cheng, Hauyu Baobab Liu, Daniel L. Walker, Xindi Tang, Shanghuo Li, Qizhou Zhang, Thushara Pillai, Jens Kauffmann, Cara Battersby, Siyi Feng, Suinan Zhang, Qi-Lao Gu, Fengwei Xu, Wenyu Jiao, Xunchuan Liu, Li Chen, Qiu-yi Luo, Xiaofeng Mai, Zi-yang Li, Dongting Yang, Xianjin Shen, Meizhu Liu, Zhiqiang Shen

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UV-C light irradiation effects on two rose cultivars infected with Botrytis cinerea by Eduardo Espejel-Maycotte, Ma de Lourdes Arevalo-Galarza, Jose Alfredo Carrillo-Salazar, José Refugio Lomelí-Flores, Victoria Ayala-Escobar, Luis Francisco Salomé-Abarca

“…In addition, in vivo trials were carried out on two white rose cultivars “Polar Star” and “Proud”. …”
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Community responses to a novel house design: A qualitative study of "Star Homes" in Mtwara, southeastern Tanzania. by Salum Mshamu, Judith Meta, Bipin Adhikari, Salma Halifa, Arnold Mmbando, Hannah Sloan Wood, Otis Sloan Wood, Thomas Chevalier Bøjstrup, Nicholas P J Day, Steven W Lindsay, Jakob Knudsen, Jacqueline Deen, Lorenz von Seidlein, Christopher Pell

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>To evaluate the impact of a novel design "Star Home" on the incidence of malaria, respiratory tract infections and diarrheal diseases among children, randomly selected households in Mtwara, Tanzania were offered a free, new Star Home. …”
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The Lyman Continuum Escape Fraction of Star-forming Galaxies at 2.4 ≲ z ≲ 3.0 from UVCANDELS by Xin Wang, Harry I. Teplitz, Brent M. Smith, Rogier A. Windhorst, Marc Rafelski, Vihang Mehta, Anahita Alavi, Zhiyuan Ji, Gabriel Brammer, James Colbert, Norman Grogin, Nimish P. Hathi, Anton M. Koekemoer, Laura Prichard, Claudia Scarlata, Ben Sunnquist, Pablo Arrabal Haro, Christopher Conselice, Eric Gawiser, Yicheng Guo, Matthew Hayes, Rolf A. Jansen, Ray A. Lucas, Robert O’Connell, Brant Robertson, Michael Rutkowski, Brian Siana, Eros Vanzella, Teresa Ashcraft, Micaela Bagley, Ivano Baronchelli, Guillermo Barro, Alex Blanche, Adam Broussard, Timothy Carleton, Nima Chartab, Yingjie Cheng, Alex Codoreanu, Seth Cohen, Y. Sophia Dai, Behnam Darvish, Romeel Davé, Laura DeGroot, Duilia De Mello, Mark Dickinson, Najmeh Emami, Henry Ferguson, Leonardo Ferreira, Keely Finkelstein, Steven Finkelstein, Jonathan P. Gardner, Timothy Gburek, Mauro Giavalisco, Andrea Grazian, Caryl Gronwall, Shoubaneh Hemmati, Justin Howell, Kartheik Iyer, Sugata Kaviraj, Peter Kurczynski, Ilin Lazar, John MacKenty, Kameswara Bharadwaj Mantha, Alec Martin, Garreth Martin, Tyler McCabe, Bahram Mobasher, Kalina Nedkova, Charlotte Olsen, Lillian Otteson, Swara Ravindranath, Caleb Redshaw, Zahra Sattari, Emmaris Soto, L. Y. Aaron Yung, Bonnabelle Zabelle, the UVCANDELS team

“…Our stacking benefits from the catalogs of high-quality spectroscopic redshifts compiled from archival ground-based data and HST slitless spectroscopy, carefully vetted by dedicated visual inspection efforts. …”
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Lessons from the High-resolution Spectroscopy of AW UMa and ϵ CrA: Is the Lucy Model Valid? by Slavek M. Rucinski

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Biology of Incidental Catch Sea Star Stellaster childreni Gray, 1840 (Echinodermata: Asteroidea), from Malaysian Borneo Exclusive Economic Zone by Ruhana Hassan, Suet Yee Lee, Wan Zabidii Wan Morni

“…Malaysian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Resource Survey had been carried out from 16th Aug to 6th Nov 2015 and one of the invertebrate by-catch organisms is sea star Stellaster childreni Gray, 1840. …”
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Upper Limits on Stellar Companions to the Kepler-34 and Kepler-35 Systems by Carlos Jurado, Lauren M. Weiss, Laura Daclison, Benjamin M. Tofflemire, Jerome A. Orosz, William F. Welsh

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Unraveling the Kinematic and Morphological Evolution of the Small Magellanic Cloud by S. R. Dhanush, A. Subramaniam, S. Subramanian

“…This analysis is carried out using a robust Markov Chain Monte Carlo method, to derive up to seven kinematic parameters. …”
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Direct-acting oral anticoagulant removal by intraoperative hemoadsorption in CABG and/or single valve surgery: interim analysis of the International Safe and Timely Antithrombotic Removal (STAR) registry by Michael Schmoeckel, Matthias Thielmann, Keti Vitanova, Thomas Eberle, Nandor Marczin, Kambiz Hassan, Andreas Liebold, Sandra Lindstedt, Georg Mächler, Marijana Matejic-Spasic, Daniel Wendt, Efthymios N. Deliargyris, Robert F. Storey

“…Surgery occurred at a median time of 28.9 h since the last DOAC dose with single valve surgery accounting for 2/3 of cases. Mean CPB duration was 118.6 ± 46.4 min. Severe bleeding (UDPB ≥ 3) occurred in 4.8%, and BARC-4 bleeding occurred in 3.2% of the patients. …”
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Pooled screening for CAR function identifies novel IL-13Rα2-targeted CARs for treatment of glioblastoma by Douglas A Lauffenburger, Khloe S Gordon, Caleb R Perez, Andrea Garmilla, Maxine S Y Lam, Joey J Y Aw, Anisha Datta, Andrea Pavesi, Michael E Birnbaum

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Risk factors associated with poor pain outcomes following primary knee replacement surgery: Analysis of data from the clinical practice research datalink, hospital episode statistics and patient reported outcomes as part of the STAR research programme. by Hasan Raza Mohammad, Rachael Gooberman-Hill, Antonella Delmestri, John Broomfield, Rita Patel, Joerg Huber, Cesar Garriga, Christopher Eccleston, Rafael Pinedo-Villanueva, Tamer T Malak, Nigel Arden, Andrew Price, Vikki Wylde, Tim J Peters, Ashley W Blom, Andrew Judge

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Striking a Chord with Spectral Sirens: Multiple Features in the Compact Binary Population Correlate with H0 by Utkarsh Mali, Reed Essick

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Culture Change and Quality of Care Among High Medicaid Nursing Homes: Does Earlier Implementation Matter? by Latarsha Chisholm, Akbar Ghias, Rohit Pradhan, Justin Lord, Ganisher Davlyatov, Robert Weech-Madonado

“… Context: High Medicaid nursing homes are under-resourced and associated with lower resident quality of care. Culture change initiatives, a movement to transition nursing homes to more home-like environments, are a potential process to improve residents’ quality of life and care. …”
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Can Variation in Costs for Cardiovascular Procedures Be Attributed to Inefficiency in Care Delivery? Challenges in Causality, Data Availability, and the Need for Price Transparency by Waseem Nosair, MD, MPH, Morgana Mongraw-Chaffin, PhD, MPH, William S. Weintraub, MD

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