Correction: Minirhizotron measurements can supplement deep soil coring to evaluate root growth of winter wheat when certain pitfalls are avoided by Jessica Arnhold, Facundo R. Ispizua Yamati, Henning Kage, Anne-Katrin Mahlein, Heinz-Josef Koch, Dennis Grunwald

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The added value of shear wave elastography when combined to conventional ultrasonography and fine-needle aspiration cytology in detection of malignant thyroid nodule by Ahmed Adel Abdallah, Maha Zaki Mahmoud, Mohamed Salah Hassouna, Khaled Elkaffas, Ahmad Mohamed Eltelety, Sameh M. Zamzam

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Seromuscular Colonic Flap for Intrapelvic Soft-Tissue Coverage: A Reconstructive Option for Plastic Surgeons When Traditionally Used Flaps Are Not Available by Johnathon Aho, Sebastian Winocour, Ziyad S. Hammoudeh, Heidi Nelson, Peter Rose, Nho V. Tran

“…Seromuscular colonic flap is a useful option for soft-tissue coverage after pelvic extirpation and should be considered by plastic surgeons when other reconstruction options are not available.…”
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“But when I come home…”: How patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain account for their absent pain during naturally occurring clinical consultations by Trine C.B. Andersen, Olaug S. Lian

“… When patients’ embodied experiences cannot be conveyed to clinicians in real-time, the challenges of reaching a shared understanding between patient and clinician are enhanced. …”
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Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Ratio Is Improved When Using a Digital, Nonmydriatic Fundus Camera Onsite in a Diabetes Outpatient Clinic by Pia Roser, Hannes Kalscheuer, Jan B. Groener, Daniel Lehnhoff, Roman Klein, Gerd U. Auffarth, Peter P. Nawroth, Florian Schuett, Gottfried Rudofsky

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Acoustic emissions and electric signal recordings, when cement mortar beams are subjected to three-point bending under various loading protocols by A. Kyriazopoulos

“…The expe¬rimental results of the AE and PSC techniques lead to the conclusion that when the calculated Ib values decrease, the PSC starts increasing strongly.…”
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“When you provide abortion services, you are looked upon as a bad guy”: experiences of abortion stigma by health providers in Nigeria by Friday Okonofua, Lorretta Ntoimo, Louise Bury, Suzanna Bright, Lesley Hoggart

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Comparative Evaluation of T-Cell Immune Response to BTV Infection in Sheep Vaccinated with Pentavalent BTV Vaccine When Compared to Un-Vaccinated Animals by Molalegne Bitew, Chintu Ravishankar, Soumendu Chakravarti, Gaurav Kumar Sharma, Sukdeb Nandi

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Adolescent and adult mice use both incremental reinforcement learning and short term memory when learning concurrent stimulus-action associations. by Juliana Chase, Liyu Xia, Lung-Hao Tai, Wan Chen Lin, Anne G E Collins, Linda Wilbrecht

“…Computational modeling has revealed that human research participants use both rapid working memory (WM) and incremental reinforcement learning (RL) (RL+WM) to solve a simple instrumental learning task, relying on WM when the number of stimuli is small and supplementing with RL when the number of stimuli exceeds WM capacity. …”
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What factors are important to whom in what context, when adults are prescribed hearing aids for hearing loss? A realist review protocol by Helen Henshaw, Paige Church, Emma Broome, Carly Meyer

“…This review will describe what factors are important to whom in what context when considering the provision of hearing aids for hearing loss in adults.Methods and analysis The aims of this review are as follows: (1) To iteratively review and synthesise evidence surrounding the provision of hearing aids for hearing loss in adults. (2) To generate a theory-driven understanding of factors that are important, for whom, and in what context. (3) To develop a programme theory describing contexts that can support the provision of hearing aids to result in improved outcomes for adults with hearing loss. …”
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To Evaluate and Compare the Microleakage of Chitosan Nano Hydrogel-Incorporated MTA and Glass Ionomer Cements When used as a Retrograde Filling Material by Vinaykumar G. Suryavanshi, Ravi K. Tale, Vivekanand D. Kolvekar, Rashmi Chordiya, P S Amal, B Abijeet

“…Aim: To evaluate and compare microleakage of chitosan nano hydrogel-incorporated mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) and glass ionomer cement (GIC) when used as a retrograde filling material. Materials and Methods: Sixty single-rooted premolars were decoronated at cemento enamel junction (CEJ), and root canals were prepared and obturated, with the coronal part sealed with a composite. …”
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Preliminary Results of the Adoption and Application of the Integrated Comprehensive Care Bundle Care Program When Treating Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Jason R. Guertin, James M. Bowen, Carolyn Gosse, Gord Blackhouse, Daria J. O’Reilly, Emanuel Baltaga, Gerard Cox, Donna Johnson, Brandi Le Blanc, Jane Loncke, Stewart Pugsley, Ravi Sivakumaran, Laura Wheatley, Kevin Smith, Jean-Eric Tarride

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Spontaneous Apoptosis in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Is Not an Independent Prognostic Factor for Stability of Disease When Compared with Combined AgNOR and TTM Scores by Konradin Metze, Gislaine B. Oliveira, Fernanda G. Pereira, Randall L. Adam, Irene Lorand-Metze

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Buying conspicuous organic food when it’s crowded: how social crowding and the need for self-expression influence organic food choices by Qiuqin Zheng, Xiaoxia Chen, Haimei Zeng

“…However, this effect only exists among consumers with lower levels of self-concept clarity; when consumers have higher levels of self-concept clarity, the influence of social crowding and non-social crowding on conspicuous organic food consumption does not significantly differ. …”
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Accounting for observation biases associated with counts of young when estimating fecundity: case study on the arboreal-nesting red kite (Milvus milvus) by Sollmann, Rahel, Adenot, Nathalie, Spakovszky, Peter, Windt, Jendrik, Mattsson, Brady J.

“…But the model could not estimate parameters when true states were missing from the paired data, which happened frequently in small sample sizes (n = 10 or 25). …”
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Influence of Key Parameter on Contact and Lubrication Performance of the Roller Enveloping Internal Engagement Worm Gear Transmission by Yuanhong Song, Xingqiao Deng, Yuanyuan Jiang, Jinge Wang

Subjects: “…Worm-wheel rotational deflection angle…”
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Current Control in Field-Excited Flux Switching Machines: No-Load Induced Voltage Impact Based on the Winding Connection by Diogo P. V. Galo, Thales A. C. Maia, Braz de J. Cardoso Filho

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Seeking pedagogical opportunities to engage university students in emergency online learning: The role of online course experiences by Hongbiao Yin

Subjects: “…Motivation and Engagement Wheel…”
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ARM-Cortex M3-Based Two-Wheel Robot for Assessing Grid Cell Model of Medial Entorhinal Cortex: Progress towards Building Robots with Biologically Inspired Navigation-Cognitive Maps by J. Cuneo, L. Barboni, N. Blanco, M. del Castillo, J. Quagliotti

“…This article presents the implementation and use of a two-wheel autonomous robot and its effectiveness as a tool for studying the recently discovered use of grid cells as part of mammalian’s brains space-mapping circuitry (specifically the medial entorhinal cortex). …”
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Angioedema Secondary to IV Tissue Plasminogen Activator Administration for Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke by Benjamin Chaucer, Dustin Whelan, Christopher Veys, Manas Upadhyaya

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