Symbolism in the Samaria ivories and architecture by D. N. Pienaar

“… Situated at the crossroads of great nations, the Land of Israel was exposed to numerous external influences. Samaria, the capital city of Northern Israel, was also situated on a major trade route. …”
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L’évolution et les mobilités spatiales de la ville de Musumb, capitale de l’empire lunda de 1852 à 1885 by Liévain Mwangal Mpalang’a-Maruv

“…These have had notorious consequences, such as the very frequent assassinations of the Lunda emperors and the spatial mobility of the Musumb capital from one place to another.…”
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EFD and CFD Design and Analysis of a Propeller in Decelerating Duct by Stefano Gaggero, Cesare M. Rizzo, Giorgio Tani, Michele Viviani

“…Ducted propellers, in decelerating duct configuration, may represent a possible solution for the designer to reduce cavitation and its side effects, that is, induced pressures and radiated noise; however, their design still presents challenges, due to the complex evaluation of the decelerating duct effects and to the limited amount of available experimental information. …”
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Fiscal policy on Peru’s gross domestic product through fiscal multipliers, 2000 – 2022 by Jhunniors Puscan Visalot, Omer Cruz Caro, Alex Javier Sánchez Pantaleón, Einstein Sánchez Bardales, Angelica María Carrasco Rituay, River Chavez Santos

“…Fiscal multipliers were analyzed in the context of current government spending, capital spending, and taxes, considering quarterly data, to investigate their effects on Peru’s real gross domestic product. …”
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O mapa da fortificação da cidade de São Paulo por ocasião da Revolta Liberal de 1842. Contexto e usos atuais. by Eliane Kuvasney

“…In this sense, the map of the capital of the former Província de São Paulo, from 1842, was produced under the threat of an invasion of the province’s capital by a group – the liberals – who opposed the decisions of the group in power at the time – the conservatives. …”
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LIFE-CYCLE COST AS AN ASSESSMENT OF THE FINANCIAL EFFECTIVENESS OF AN INVESTMENT AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OF SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE by A. A. Kuznetsov

“…Original approach to assessment and evaluation of financial effectiveness of an investment project in state area via the life-cycle cost has been proposed. For long-term and capital-intensive projects, such as the construction of social infrastructure facilities with mixed public-private capital, the cost of the project life cycle, which expresses the material assessment of the costs of participants during the cycle of creation and maintenance of the construction object, is a complete and objective financial assessment of the project results, the effectiveness of which is determined by compliance with the target level. …”
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Déguerpissements et déplacements forcé à Addis-Abeba by Bezunesh Tamru

“…In a predominantly liberalized economy, Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital city, is experiencing urban beautification and real estate development operations politically labeled “as smart city”. …”
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Effects of Land Finance on Resource Misallocation in Chinese Cities during 2003–2017: A Dynamic Panel Econometric Analysis by Yongcuomu Qu, Ziqiong Zhang, Yanchao Feng

“…Based on the review of previous studies and the analysis of the dynamic changes of misallocation of capital and labour in China during 2003–2017, this study has adopted the Dynamic Panel Econometric Model to investigate the effects of land finance on resource misallocation at national, regional, and urban tier levels. …”
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Validation of the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II and IV Score in COVID-19 Patients by Jeroen Vandenbrande, Laurens Verbrugge, Liesbeth Bruckers, Laurien Geebelen, Ester Geerts, Ina Callebaut, Ine Gruyters, Liesbeth Heremans, Jasperina Dubois, Bjorn Stessel

“…This study aims to validate APACHE IV in COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU. Methods. All COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU between March 13, 2020, and October 17, 2020, were retrospectively analyzed. …”
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Disposition of emergency department patients presenting with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor-induced angioedema by Blake Briggs, David Cline, Iltifat Husain

“…Further, among those admitted, patients in our study had a short inpatient stay and were safely discharged with no documented early return visit to the ED.…”
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Clinical characteristics and outcomes of children with COVID-19 in pediatric intensive care units during the Omicron wave in Taiwan by Jeng-Hung Wu, Ching-Chia Wang, Frank Leigh Lu, Shu-Chien Huang, Ting-Yu Yen, Chun-Yi Lu, Luan-Yin Chang, En-Ting Wu

“…Results: We enrolled 78 children with COVID-19, with a median length of stay (LOS) in PICU of 3 days and a 5% mortality rate. Patients admitted during the early stage had lower vaccination rates (7% vs. 50%), higher pediatric logistic organ dysfunction scores (2 vs. 0.1), and longer LOS in the PICU (6 vs. 2 days) than those admitted during the late stage. …”
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Decarbonizing Saudi Arabia energy and industrial sectors: Assessment of carbon capture cost by Feras Rowaihy, Ali Hamieh, Naser Odeh, Mohamad Hejazi, Mohammed Al-Juaied, Abdulkader M. Afifi, Hussein Hoteit

“…The CO2 capture costs are estimated by incorporating stationary emission plant data with reference cases from analogous industrial sectors, including capital expenditure (CAPEX) and operating expenditure (OPEX). …”
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Documentation of Rectal Examination Performance in the Clinical Teaching Unit of a University Hospital by Hugh James Freeman

“…In this group, 26% were admitted for a gastrointestinal disorder, but only 17% of all hospitalized patients had rectal examinations done by the medical resident house staff and/or attending medical staff directly responsible for the care of these patients. …”
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Frailty among Older Adults Who Developed Acute Coronary Syndrome during Hospitalization for Noncardiac Illness and Their Outcome: A Prospective Observational Study by Arun David, Priya Vijayakumar, M Vijayakumar

“…Subjects were divided into those admitted primarily due to an ACS (Group I, n = 94) and those developing ACS following admission for noncardiac illness (Group II, n = 216). …”
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Functional and Radiological Outcome of Surgical Management in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis – A Comparative Study by Makesh Ram Sriraghavan, Kandasamy Natesan, Pavalan Louis, Harish Shanmugam Punniakotti, Naveen Venkidusamy, Namala Sai Vinay Bharadwaj

“…Two or more levels of laminectomy with stabilization and fusion provide effective spinal stability but have limited adverse effect. Methodology: This is a study of 40 patients with lumbar canal stenosis, who were admitted in Thoothukudi Medical College Hospital, from July 01, 2016, to August 01, 2022. …”
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Role of the CHADS-VASc score in predicting hospital stay and 90-day readmission among patients with atrial fibrillation in Syria by Ibrahim Antoun, Alamer Alkhayer, Alkassem Alkhayer, Yaman Mahfoud, Ahmed Kotb, Riyaz Somani, G André Ng, Mustafa Zakkar

“…Conclusion CHA 2 DS 2 -VASc could predict 90-day hospital readmission and LOS during the index admission in patients admitted with primary AF.…”
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« L’appel de la forêt » : une forêt primaire entre projet associatif et politique en faveur de la libre évolution by Alexandra Locquet

“…The article shows that the studied initiative is complex and faces several limitations due to the ambition of its project, its association status and the absence of a precedent. …”
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FREQUENCY OF OCULAR SYMPTOMS IN COVID-19 PATIENTS by Maria Zubair, Nida Hafeez, Wajeeha Rasool, Kanwal Zareen Abbasi, Ain Us Seher, Fuad A.K. Niazi

“…Methods: This is a cross sectional observational study of laboratory confirmed COVID-19 patients who were admitted in isolation wards for a period from Dec 16, 2020 to Jan 15, 2021. …”
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Multiple-System Atrophy with Cerebellar Predominance Presenting as Respiratory Insufficiency and Vocal Cords Paralysis by Ramon Andrade Bezerra de Mello, Diana Ferreira, José Manuel Dias da Costa, Maria José Rosas, João Manuel Quinaz

“…In this paper, we report a case of a patient admitted with respiratory failure and vocal cords paralysis due to MSA-c. …”
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Association of the FRAIL scale with rehabilitation outcomes in the community hospital setting by Jeffrey Jiang, Audrey Yan Yi Han, Joel Goh

“…The FRAIL scale was utilised to screen 560 older adults who were admitted to a community hospital for rehabilitation. …”
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