Effects of Acupuncture and Rehabilitation Training on Limb Movement and Living Ability of Patients with Hemiplegia after Stroke by Juhua Zhang, Yingmei Mu, Yunxia Zhang

“…In this paper, it is found that the observational group has a complication rate of 2.13%, in contrast to 17.02% as in the group of control, and the pin-prick combined with a rehabilitative training makes a significant improvement to the patients. …”
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Towards an Information Model of Consistency Maintenance in Distributed Interactive Applications by Xin Zhang, Tomás E. Ward, Séamus McLoone

“…A novel framework to model and explore predictive contract mechanisms in distributed interactive applications (DIAs) using information theory is proposed. …”
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Modeling and Forecasting the Inflow of the Indus River Based on Multivariate Times Series Models by null Waleeja-Tur-Rabbia, Shreefa O. Hilali, Arslan Aslam, Rehab Alsultan, A. Y. Al-Rezami, Ijaz Hussain

“…It is observed that the ARDL model shows long- and short-run associations between inflow, outflow, and levels. In contrast, VECM shows only a long-run association between the variables. …”
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Robust and Unbiased Variance of GLM Coefficients for Misspecified Autocorrelation and Hemodynamic Response Models in fMRI by Lourens Waldorp

“…The sandwich is seen to be in many circumstances robust, computationally efficient, and flexible with respect to correlation structures across the brain. In contrast, the smoothing approach can be robust to a certain extent but only with specific knowledge of the circumstances for the smoothing parameter.…”
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The Global Finical Crisis from an Islamic Point Of View by Hewa Majeed Zangana

“…The Sukuk, of the Islamic mortgage-Backed securities (MBS), and Islamic future contract will be discussed in order to prove why using the Islamic Financial system is better to assure that this kind of global crisis doesn’t come to pass again. …”
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Random 2D Composites and the Generalized Method of Schwarz by Vladimir Mityushev

“…It is proved that the generalized method of Schwarz converges for an arbitrary multiply connected doubly periodic domain and for an arbitrary contrast parameter. The proposed method yields an algorithm which can be applied with symbolic computations. …”
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L-Ascorbic Acid: A Multifunctional Molecule Supporting Plant Growth and Development by Daniel R. Gallie

“…Ascorbic acid regulates cell division and growth and is involved in signal transduction. In contrast to the single pathway responsible for ascorbic acid biosynthesis in animals, plants use multiple pathways to synthesize ascorbic acid, perhaps reflecting the importance of this molecule to plant health. …”
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An organisational cultivation of digital resignation?: Enterprise social media, privacy, and autonomy by Bagger Christoffer

“…The central analytical proposal of the article is that the interviewees express a “digital resignation” towards the implementation of the ESM. In contrast to previous discussions, this resignation cannot only be thought of as “corporately cultivated” by third parties, but must also be considered as “organisationally cultivated” by the organisations people work for. …”
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Mechanisms of Sucrose and Non-Nutritive Sucking in Procedural Pain Management in Infants by Sharyn Gibbins, Bonnie Stevens

“…The orogustatory effects of sucrose have been demonstrated in animal newborns, and in preterm and full term human infants during painful procedures. In contrast to sucrose, the analgesic effects of NNS are hypothesized to be activated through nonopioid pathways by stimulation of orotactile and mechanoreceptor mechanisms. …”
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Renal Cell Carcinoma Masquerading as Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding by Aadesh Rayamajhi, Saurav Agrawal, Sandesh Rayamajhi, Manoj Lamsal, Dinesh Koirala

“…Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) revealed an active bleeding source in the duodenum, later identified on contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) as a duodenorenal fistula (DRF) caused by direct extension of the RCC. …”
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Skyscapers and greenery. An unprecedented symbiosis by Simona Talenti, Annarita Teodosio

“…Through the analysis of certain Italian skyscrapers characterized by the presence of greenery, this study aims to underline the potential and the importance of the use of vegetation in the tall building, an architectural type historically in contrast with natural elements, triggering a reflection on intervention criteria susceptible of application also at wider and more differentiated scales. …”
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Profit Efficiency in EU FADN Farms under Different Types of Agriculture by Łukasz Kryszak

“…Farms in most regions operated under the conditions of decreasing economies of scale, although the efficiency of scale itself improved. Moreover, in contrast to 2004, an increase in efficiency in relation to the best practice frontier was observed in 2015.…”
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Use of Magnetic Resonance Angiography in Diagnosis and Decision Making of Post-Traumatic, High-Flow Priapism by Ahmed El-Assmy, Ihab A. Hekal, Mohamed E. Abou-El-Ghar

“…Based on this finding, embolization was decided, with a successful outcome. Contrast-enhanced MRA appears to be a useful, noninvasive diagnostic tool for decision making in cases of high-flow priapism.…”
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Linear and Nonlinear Schemes Applied to Pitch Control of Wind Turbines by Hua Geng, Geng Yang

“…The linear controller has the simplest structure and is easily understood by the engineers and thus is widely accepted by the industry. In contrast, nonlinear schemes are more complicated, but they can provide better performance. …”
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Contained Left Ventricular Free Wall Rupture following Myocardial Infarction by Arthur Shiyovich, Lior Nesher

“…Left ventricular pseudoaneurysms generally occur as a consequence of left ventricular free wall rupture covered by a portion of pericardium, in contrast to a true aneurysm, which is formed of myocardial tissue. …”
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Review the principle of trust in the marketing of investment-linked insurance products (PAYDI) in bancassurance by Cindy Indudewi Hutomo, Agus Yudha Hernoko, Trisadini Prasastinah Usanti, Zahry Vandawati Chumaida

“…This study suggests that it is important to examine the teleological contractual relationship between the parties involved, particularly those that place importance on the social and moral components of the contract's goal. …”
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Concesión de obra y financiación de hospitales públicos: Análisis jurídico para España by Francisco Reyes Santías

“…La inserción del sector privado con autoridad y responsabilidad sobre personal en contacto con pacientes genera preocupación. Idem: Las concesiones se presentan como solución a los problemas de puesta en funcionamiento de infraestructuras sanitarias, pero el análisis ofrece una visión crítica…”
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Location Privacy and Energy Preservation in Sensor Allocation Systems by Hosam Rowaihy

“…We focus on preserving the sensors’ locations during the assignment process in contrast to previous works, which considered location privacy while sensors are in operation. …”
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Theories of the End of the Novel by Barış Mete

“…It was the work of Defoe, Richardson and Fielding in England in the same period of time that popularised the novel especially among the middle class readers. In contrast to the classical genres, particularly the epic, the novel was about common man. …”
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The Firebombing of Tokyo: Views from the Ground by Cary Karacas, Bret Fisk

“…More than sixty-five years after the Great Tokyo Air Raid of March 10, 1945, and the subsequent firebombing and destruction of Japan's cities by the United States Army Air Forces in World War II, the issues remain little known and less studied. In stark contrast to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, however, historians and other scholars working in the English language have paid little attention to the tremendous societal impact - both immediate and long-lasting - of the destruction by firebombing of Japan's cities. …”
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