Positive Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Public Health Measures on Healthcare by Hung Eun Hoo, Hong Chuan Loh, Alan Swee Hock Ch’ng, Fan Kee Hoo, Irene Looi

“…Hand hygiene practice has been greatly emphasised. The acceptance rate for the use of personal protective equipment, such as face masks, has been remarkable. …”
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L’effet de la démocratie sur la dégradation de l’environnement : le cas de la déforestation dans le bassin du Congo by Novice Patrick Bakehe

“…This article studies the empirical relationship between democracy and deforestation from a sample of nine countries in the Congo Basin for the period from 1990 to 2010. …”
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A Retroperitoneal Leiomyosarcoma Presenting as an Adrenal Incidentaloma in a Subject on Warfarin by Ishrat N. Khan, Mohamed A. Adlan, Michael J. Stechman, Lakdasa D. Premawardhana

“…Initially, adrenal haemorrhage was diagnosed because of warfarin therapy and the acute presentation. …”
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Development of a Passive Vibration Damping Structure for Large Solar Arrays Using a Superelastic Shape Memory Alloy with Multi-Layered Viscous Lamination by Gi-Seong Woo, Jae-Hyeon Park, Sung-Woo Park, Hyun-Ung Oh

“…In addition, a thermal vacuum test was performed to investigate the delamination between multi-layered structures, and the test results proved the applicability of the proposed yoke structure in an actual space environment.…”
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Findings from a Statewide Teleretina Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Program in Arkansas by Megan Shirey, Alexander Kwok, Holly Jenkins, Sami Uwaydat

“…Images were transmitted to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Harvey and Bernice Jones Eye Institute (JEI) for grading and recommendations for further treatment. …”
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L’évolution du cadre bâti en Turquie, entre risque sismique et rentabilité du secteur de la construction : négociations et controverses sociotechniques by Youenn Gourain

“…Since the 1999 earthquakes in the Marmara region, many laws, codes and standards governing building materials have been established in Turkey as a response to the threat of earthquake-induced building collapse. …”
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Customization of an efficient and cost-effective optical biosensor for trace cadmium detection in milk samples by Varsha S. Pawar, Shivaji D. Pawar, Harish Mudila, Arif D. Sheikh, Ajeet Kaushik, Anil Kumar

“…The proposed method obtained a moderate R2 value close to 1, i.e., 0.88674, indicating a moderate agreement between ICMP readings and the proposed biosensor readings. …”
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Optimization of the Production Parameters of Composites from Sugarcane Bagasse and Iron Salts for Use in Dye Adsorption by Carine Pereira da Silva, Marluce Oliveira da Guarda Souza, Walter Nei Lopes dos Santos, Laiana Oliveira Bastos Silva

“…Aiming to optimize the conditions for obtaining composite adsorbents, the Box-Behnken design (BBD) was used to study the effects of mass sugarcane bagasse/mass iron salt, type of mixture of sugarcane bagasse/iron salt, and temperature on the response to be obtained (adsorption capacity, qe) before the execution of the adsorption tests. …”
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The Effect of Age on Clinical and Laboratory Parameters in Reproductive Age Women with Endometrial Polyps by Aytekin Tokmak, Ebru Ersoy, Ali Özgür Ersoy, Esra Yaşar Çelik, Ali İrfan Güzel, Mustafa Uğur

“…There was no correlation between number and size of polyps and basal hormone levels (p>0.05). …”
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Theoretical Re-formulation of the Clinical Method: The Therapeutic Clinical Diagnostic Method by Luis Alberto Corona Martínez

“…Diferences between behaviour options and therapeutic management are established, and the importance of using diverse factors to give individuality to the process is reinforced. …”
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Interrogating the Role of Language in Clergy Sexual Abuse of Women and Girls in Zimbabwe by Nhlanhla Landan, Sindiso Zhou, Baba Tshotsho

“… The abuse of women and girls by individuals in authority has been a subject of complex debates in both social and academic discourses. …”
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Study of the Colocated Dual-Polarized MIMO Capacity Composed of Dipole and Loop Antennas by Dazhi Piao, Xingning Jia, Lingyu Yang, Qingxin Guo, Yi Mao, Zengrui Li

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Effects of Potassium Alginate and Whey Protein on Quality Characteristics of Alum-free Sweet Potato Wet Vermicelli Prepared by Traditional Dropping Method by Hao GUO, Hongnan SUN, Mengmei MA, Taihua MU, Yang LI

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Neuro-Fuzzy Model for the Prediction and Classification of the Fused Zone Levels of Imperfections in Ti6Al4V Alloy Butt Weld by Giuseppe Casalino, Sabina Luisa Campanelli, Fabrizio Memola Capece Minutolo

“…It combined an index for each defect and functioned according to the criterion “the-smallest-the-best.”…”
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Étudier l’imaginaire du stage en Institut Médico-Éducatif : un outil pour mieux situer le rapport à l’abstraction des jeunes accueillis by Antoine Agraz

“…The imagination of the young people of the IME determines their representation of the internship, thus the way she behaves to it. We shall also see that the history of the ideas in the field of the intellectual handicap and the pedagogy gives meaning to the study of the nuances and the hidden dimensions bound to the imagination of the internship in IME, which is not without engedering heavy educational consequences in touch with the process « learn ».…”
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Intraperitoneal paclitaxel for patients with primary malignant peritoneal mesothelioma: a phase I/II dose escalation and safety study—INTERACT MESO by Job P van Kooten, Jacobus W A Burger, Cornelis Verhoef, Joachim G J V Aerts, Eva V E Madsen, Alexandra R M Brandt-Kerkhof, Stijn L W Koolen, Ron H J Mathijssen, Michelle V Dietz, Niels A D Guchelaar

“…However, the majority of patients are not eligible to undergo this treatment. The benefit of systemic treatment for these patients is limited at the cost of considerable morbidity. …”
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Lena River biogeochemistry captured by a 4.5-year high-frequency sampling program by B. Juhls, A. Morgenstern, J. Hölemann, A. Eulenburg, B. Heim, F. Miesner, F. Miesner, H. Grotheer, H. Grotheer, G. Mollenhauer, G. Mollenhauer, H. Meyer, E. Erkens, E. Erkens, F. Y. Gehde, S. Antonova, S. Chalov, S. Chalov, M. Tereshina, O. Erina, E. Fingert, E. Abramova, T. Sanders, L. Lebedeva, N. Torgovkin, G. Maksimov, V. Povazhnyi, R. Gonçalves-Araujo, U. Wünsch, A. Chetverova, A. Chetverova, S. Opfergelt, P. P. Overduin

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Lithuanian Language Curricula by Giedrė Čepaitienė

“…After 1990, curricula have usually been developed by working groups established by the Ministry; the lists of their members are publicly available. …”
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Comparison of ExPress Mini-Device Implantation Alone or Combined with Phacoemulsification for the Treatment of Open-Angle Glaucoma by Łukasz Stawowski, Joanna Konopińska, Marta Deniziak, Emil Saeed, Renata Zalewska, Zofia Mariak

“…In both groups the following parameters were measured: best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), intraocular pressure (IOP), number of complications and necessary postoperative interventions, and number of glaucoma medications. …”
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Nurses' Experiences With Mentoring Nursing Students in Nursing Homes Where an Active, Collaborative Learning Model Is Introduced. A Qualitative Study by Anne Raustøl, Kirsten Eika Amsrud, Eli‐Anne Skaug, Anne Lyberg, Bodil Tveit

“…A supportive environment being facilitated by academic–practice collaboration provide a community of practice on mentoring for nurses. …”
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