Testing the reliability of global surface temperature reconstructions of the Last Glacial Cycle with pseudo-proxy experiments by J.-P. Baudouin, N. Weitzel, M. May, L. Jonkers, A. M. Dolman, K. Rehfeld, K. Rehfeld

“…We also show that a trade-off exists between the inclusion of many records, which reduces the uncertainty on long timescales, and of only records with low age uncertainty, high accumulation rate, and high resolution, which improves the reconstruction of the short timescales.…”
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Detection of The TNFSF Members BAFF, APRIL, TWEAK and Their Receptors in Normal Kidney and Renal Cell Carcinomas by Vassiliki Pelekanou, George Notas, Katerina Theodoropoulou, Marilena Kampa, Dimitrios Takos, Vassilia-Ismini Alexaki, Jelena Radojicic, Frank Sofras, Andreas Tsapis, Efstathios N. Stathopoulos, Elias Castanas

“…The presence and potential significance of other members of the TNFSF has not been investigated. Here, we assayed the TNFSF members APRIL, BAFF, TWEAK and their receptors (BCMA, TACI, BAFFR, Fn14) in 86 conventional type clear cell RCC, using immunohistochemistry and correlated our findings with histological data and, in a limited series, follow-up of patients. …”
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Patient satisfaction toward doctor communication in medical clinics: a study from northern Sri Lanka by Shanjeeban Ponnuthurai, Suganthan Navaneethakrishnan, Rajeshkannan Nadarajah

“… A good medical practice involves good communication between the patient and the doctor. Inadequate communication is a significant factor in determining patients’ discontentment and frustration, which ultimately leads to poor healthcare quality. …”
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Les femmes sans mari des classes populaires, des prostituées ? Arbitraire administratif et résistances des femmes (Bucarest, 1850-1870) by Lucian Dumitru Dărămuș

“…Beginning with the new Civil Code of 1864, Rumanian women moved from a position of legal incapacity, defined at the beginning of the nineteenth century, to one of absolute dependency on their husbands. …”
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ACCIDENTS AND OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS ASSESSMENTS FOR 400/220/110/20 kV URECHESTI POWER SUBSTATION by Nicolae Daniel FÎȚĂ, Mila Ilieva OBRETENOVA, Florin MURESAN – GRECU, Gheorghe Eugen SAFTA, Adrian Mihai SCHIOPU, Dan Cristian LAZAR

“…In recent decades, as a consequence of accelerated economic development, the issue of industrial and occupational risks, as well as the degree of diversification of real risks, have become increasingly important. The experience gained with accidents at work, damage and other categories of undesirable events highlights the need to understand and control risks "upstream", i.e. before the accident occurs. …”
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Arithmetic optimization based MPPT for photovoltaic systems operating under nonuniform situations. by Maheshwari Adaikkappan, Nageswari Sathiyamoorthy, Durga Devi Ravichandran, Karthikeyan Balasubramani, Sundararaju Karuppannan, Ramasamy Palanisamy, Zakaria M S Elbarbary, Saad F Al-Gahtani, Ahmed I Omar

“…The proposed AOA-MPPT's efficacy under different insolation patterns has been validated using three nonuniform conditions in terms of convergence, tracking speed, steady state oscillations, and tracking efficiency. …”
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Analyses of the Design of Multirows Vaneless Staggered Counter-Rotating Turbine by Zhongye Wu, Yukun Zhang, Qingfen Ma, Jingru Li

“…Compared with a conventional turbine, counter rotating turbine has larger thrust weight ratio, shorter axial distance, and higher efficiency. It has been widely used in high-performance aviation. In conventional counter-rotating turbine, HPT is located in the front of LPT, and only a stator row can be eliminated. …”
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Neuregulin 1 improves cognitive deficits and neuropathology in an Alzheimer’s disease model by Jiqing Xu, Fred de Winter, Catherine Farrokhi, Edward Rockenstein, Michael Mante, Anthony Adame, Jonathan Cook, Xin Jin, Eliezer Masliah, Kuo-Fen Lee

“…Both type I and type III NRG1 improves deficits in the Morris water-maze behavioral task. Neuropathology was also significantly ameliorated. …”
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The Dynamics of Depression in Women in the Antenatal and Postnatal Period by M.V. Nael-Prupes, O.A. Kharkova, A.G. Soloviev, S.S. Nefedova

“…To identify the prevalence of depression, the following methods were used: questionnaires and testing. The Beck Depression Scale (BDI) is used to diagnose depression in the antenatal and postnatal period, the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) is used in the postnatal period. …”
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A novel and efficient digital image steganography technique using least significant bit substitution by Shahid Rahman, Jamal uddin, Hameed Hussain, Sabir Shah, Abdu Salam, Farhan Amin, Isabel de la Torre Díez, Debora Libertad Ramírez Vargas, Julio César Martínez Espinosa

“…Recently, different image steganography methods have been proposed but most of them have reliability issues. …”
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A PEDAGOGIA DA ALTERNÂNCIA COMO PROPOSTA DE EDUCAÇÃO NO CAMPO: UM ESTUDO NA ESCOLA FAMÍLIA AGRÍCOLA ITAPIREMA EM RONDÔNIA, BRASIL by Claudineia Ferreira dos Santos, Charles Carminati de Lima, Yanet Reimondo Barrios, Daniete Fernandes Rocha

“…From the results, it was possible to observe the predominant option in studying at the Agricultural Family School (EFA Itapirema) because the school has a technical course of professional preparation. …”
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Application of Sequence-Dependent Electrophoresis Fingerprinting in Exploring Biodiversity and Population Dynamics of Human Intestinal Microbiota: What Can Be Revealed? by Geert Huys, Tom Vanhoutte, Peter Vandamme

“…Sequence-dependent electrophoresis (SDE) fingerprinting techniques such as denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) have become commonplace in the field of molecular microbial ecology. …”
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Emotions, Positionalities and the Reproduction of Border Regimes: Multi-Sited Ethnography with Syrian Transnational Families by Miriam Stock

“…This article analyses how overlapping border regimes between Europe and the Middle East affect and shape the emotions of Syrian migrants and their left-behind families and communities. …”
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Event-Trigger Reinforcement Learning-Based Coordinate Control of Modular Unmanned System via Nonzero-Sum Game by Yebao Liu, Tianjiao An, Jianguo Chen, Luyang Zhong, Yuhan Qian

“…Decreasing the position error and control torque is important for the coordinate control of a modular unmanned system with less communication burden between the sensor and the actuator. Therefore, this paper proposes event-trigger reinforcement learning (ETRL)-based coordinate control of a modular unmanned system (MUS) via the nonzero-sum game (NZSG) strategy. …”
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Imperatives of Strengthening Governance in the World Bank’s Engagement in Iraq, 2014–2018 by A. I. Solomatin

“…The Arab Awakening became a watershed event for the states of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and changing the political landscape of the entire region. …”
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Explorer les parcours thérapeutiques des enfants atteints de cancer au Burkina Faso by Marie-Thérèse Arcens Somé, Aude Nikiema

“…They also show that treatment is fragmented, combining conventional and traditional medicine, with specialist services often being called in too late.…”
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Endometriosis Surgery during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Brazilian Single Institution Experience by Claudio Peixoto Crispi, Claudio Peixoto Crispi, Eduardo de Almeida Nogueira, Pietro Cardoso Balthar, Camilla Gabriely Souza Guerra, Marlon de Freitas Fonseca

“…Early in the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic stay-at-home guidelines, there were public health orders that elective surgeries be deferred to prioritize hospital beds for critically ill COVID-19 patients. Besides, several reasons led to the postponement of consultations, diagnostic tests, and elective therapeutic procedures. …”
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Mitral Valve Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair Volumes and Trends by Kris Kumar, Timothy F. Simpson, Harsh Golwala, Adnan K. Chhatriwalla, Scott M. Chadderdon, Robert L. Smith, Howard K. Song, Ryan R. Reeves, Paul Sorajja, Firas E. Zahr

“…Despite an association between operator volumes and procedural success, there remains an incomplete understanding of the contemporary utilization and procedural volumes for mitral valve transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (MTEER). …”
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Risk Factors for Child Mortality in the Kassena-Nankana District of Northern Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study Using Population-Based Data by Michael N. K. Babayara, Bright Addo

“…Cases were children who died before age five and controls were live children within the same year group. …”
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Limit States of Shallow Bridge Foundations With Sheet Piling Covers by Michał Wymysłowski

“… This article presents an analytical method which takes into account the beneficial effects of the sheet piling located around the foundation in the calculations of ULS and SLS of shallow foundations. …”
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