Duration of External Neck Stabilisation (DENS) following odontoid fracture in older or frail adults: protocol for a randomised controlled trial of collar versus no collar by John Norrie, Julie Woodfield, David J Lowe, Paul M Brennan, Catriona Keerie, Julia Lawton, Matthew J Reed, Andrew Stoddart, Julia Boyd, Helen Eborall, Gina Cranswick, James Tomlinson, Polly L Black, Sadaquate Khan, Patrick Statham, Ellie Edlmann, Phillip Correia Copley, Angela Niven, Susan Deborah Shenkin

“…We hypothesise that management with no immobilisation may be superior to management in a hard collar for older or frail adults with odontoid fractures.Methods and analyses This is the protocol for the Duration of External Neck Stabilisation (DENS) trial—a non-blinded randomised controlled trial comparing management in a hard collar with management without a collar for older (≥65 years) or frail (Rockwood Clinical Frailty Scale ≥5) adults with a new odontoid fracture. 887 neurologically intact participants with any odontoid process fracture type will be randomised to continuing with a hard collar (standard care) or removal of the collar (intervention). …”
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Antenatal pelvic floor muscle exercise intervention led by midwives in England to reduce postnatal urinary incontinence: APPEAL feasibility and pilot randomised controlled cluster... by Karla Hemming, Jonathan Bishop, Sarah Dean, Jean Hay-Smith, Tim Coleman, Elizabeth Edwards, Christine MacArthur, Debra Bick, Mark Pearson, Rohini Terry, Eivor Oborn, Sara Webb, Eleni Gkini, Victoria Salmon, Ellie Jones, Helena Frawley

“…Objectives To assess the feasibility of an intervention of midwifery support for antenatal pelvic floor muscle exercises (PFME) to prevent postnatal urinary incontinence (UI).Design Feasibility and pilot cluster randomised controlled trial. …”
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PROJETO E: ASPECTOS METODOLÓGICOS PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO DE PROJETOS DÍGITO-VIRTUAIS by Heli Meurer, Daniela Szabluk

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Clinical Treatment and Nursing Intervention Study of Clipping Treatment of Cerebral Aneurysm under the Health Model of Data Analysis by Yuyou Huang, Liping Huang

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Global Distribution, Public Health and Clinical Impact of the Protozoan Pathogen Cryptosporidium by Lorenza Putignani, Donato Menichella

“…Cryptosporidium spp. are coccidians, oocysts-forming apicomplexan protozoa, which complete their life cycle both in humans and animals, through zoonotic and anthroponotic transmission, causing cryptosporidiosis. …”
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Non-invasive management of severe subcutaneous emphysema in a pediatric asthma exacerbation: a case report and review by Amal H. Aljohani, Hamdi Alsufiani, Ghousia Ahmed

“…Case presentation We report a unique case involving a 9-year-old patient experiencing a severe bronchial asthma attack and right lobe atelectasis complicated by PM and severe SE that extended to his left eye. …”
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Review of the theoretical underpinnings in the creative tourism research field by Rui Miguel Ferreira Carvalho, Carlos Manuel Martins da Costa, Ana Maria Alves Pedro Ferreira

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Preface: Hydrological Sciences in the Anthropocene – a structured community effort by C. Cudennec, E. Amoussou, Y. Cavus, P. L. B. Chaffe, S. Fischer, S. Grimaldi, J.-M. Kileshye Onema, J.-M. Kileshye Onema, M. Merheb, M.-J. Polo, E. Servat, E. Volpi

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A Multistep Look-Ahead Deadlock Avoidance Policy for Automated Manufacturing Systems by Chao Gu, Zhiwu Li, Abdulrahman Al-Ahmari

“…Inspired by the one-step look-ahead DAP that is an established result, which is of polynomial complexity, for an S3PR without one-unit-capacity resources shared by two or more resource-transition circuits (in the Petri net model) that do not include each other, this research explores a multiple-step look-ahead deadlock avoidance policy for a system modeled with an S3PR that contains a shared one-unit-capacity resource in resource-transition circuits. …”
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Analysis of the Attractiveness of Tourism Destinations in Tehran by seyed komeil salehi, Habibeh Nabizadeh, amineh anjem shoa

“…Data analysis was performed utilizing descriptive statistics and logistic regression tests.  …”
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Enhancement of Lipase Enzyme Activity in Non-Aqueous Media through a Rapid Three Phase Partitioning and Microwave Irradiation by N. Saifuddin, A. Z. Raziah

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Jean Aubouin et les chaînes de montagnes : des observations aux synthèses. L’itinéraire scientifique d’un géologue au rayonnement international by Ferrière, Jacky, Faure, Michel

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Analysis of Dynamic Damage Fractal and Energy Consumption Characteristics of Dolomite Marble by Ting Zuo, Zehu Zhao, Jianguo Wang, Xianglong Li, Zihao Tao, Changhui Yang

“…The results showed that the absorbed energy per unit volume and the crushing energy per unit mass of dolomite marble are closely related to the dynamic compressive strength. …”
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Semi-Empirical Predictions on the Structure and Properties of ent-Kaurenoic Acid and Derivatives by Jose Isagani B. Janairo, Gerardo C. Janairo, Derrick Ethelbhert C. YU

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ENGLISH TEACHERS’ DIFFICULTIES IN DESIGNING A LESSON PLAN (RPP) BASED ON KTSP (A STUDY ON ENGLISH TEACHERS AT VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLS IN BENGKULU CITY by Suci Dwina Darma, BAMBANG SUWARNO, Mulyadi Mulyadi

“…It indicated that the English teachers in Vocational High School did not find any significant difficulties in writing all aspects of the lesson plan. …”
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Conceptualizing Human Microbiota: From Multicelled Organ to Ecological Community by Betsy Foxman, Deborah Goldberg, Courtney Murdock, Chuanwu Xi, Janet R. Gilsdorf

“…We discuss the unstated assumptions and implications of current conceptualizations of human microbiota: (1) a single unit that interacts with the host and the external environment; a multicelled organ; (2) an assemblage of multiple taxa, but considered as a single unit in its interactions with the host; (3) an assemblage of multiple taxa, which each interacts with the host and the environment independently; and (4) a dynamic ecological community consisting of multiple taxa each potentially interacting with each other, the host, and the environment. …”
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Psychosis Crisis Associated with Thyrotoxicosis due to Graves’ Disease by Lilibet Urias-Uribe, Emmanuel Valdez-Solis, Claudia González-Milán, Claudia Ramírez-Rentería, Aldo Ferreira-Hermosillo

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Tariffs, transportation, and profits in cross-border e-commerce: A dual-channel supply chain decision-making strategy. by Yihang Guo, Xianle Wang, Zhongwei Yang, Kaimin Chen, Wei Weng

“…Export tax rebate rate is positively correlated with manufacturers' demand and profit and retailers' demand and profit, and negatively correlated with manufacturers' wholesale price, direct selling price and retail price. The increase of unit freight in direct channel is unfavorable to manufacturers and beneficial to retailers; The increase in unit freight rates in retail channels is bad for both manufacturers and retailers. …”
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Efficacy of Thiamine in the Treatment of Postcardiac Arrest Patients: A Randomized Controlled Study by Suntornwit Pradita-ukrit, Veerapong Vattanavanit

“…Thiamine administration has been shown to improve survival in a postcardiac arrest animal study. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of thiamine in comatose out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients following return of spontaneous circulation. …”
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Optimal dispatch of distributed renewable energy and energy storage systems via optimal configuration of mobile edge computing by He Jiang, Yan Zhao, Hang Zhou

“…Abstract The access of distributed units leads to the rapid increase of power network information services, which brings great problems to the centralized dispatch of power system. …”
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