Monitoring and quantification of rural urbanisation: Case of Arris and Theniet Elabed, Algeria by Soto Sabrina, Hamouda Abida, Rebah Halim

“…In addition, it appears that development of the urban patch followed at first a continuous mode of spatial growth, then transitioned to a more scattered and fragmented urban form. The study conclusions are not only useful for developing and implementing national policies and programs, but also for assessing and monitoring progress seeking achievement towards Sustainable Development Goals.…”
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Nuclear Structure Calculations for Two-Neutrino Double-β Decay by P. Sarriguren, O. Moreno, E. Moya de Guerra

“…We use a theoretical microscopic approach based on a deformed self-consistent mean field with Skyrme interactions including pairing and spin-isospin residual forces, which are treated in a proton-neutron quasiparticle random-phase approximation. …”
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EVOLUTION OF ACCREDITATION SYSTEM IN RUSSIAN HIGHER EDUCATION by G. N. Motova

“…In the author's opinion, the transformation process of accreditation forms during the last 20 years was conditioned by the changes in the state education policy. …”
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Application and development of Internet of things in medical service by Zhibiao WANG, Peng RAN, Qiao CHEN

“…With the continuous development of information technology,such technologies as the Internet of things,sensors,mobile terminals and big data are being fully used in medical services.Intelligent medical care has also become a new goal of hospital information construction.The emergence and development of Internet of things technology were analyzed,the importance of this technology in the field of medical and health construction were summarized,which helped to improve the efficiency and quality of medical process services,improved the level of comprehensive hospital management.Two aspects were mainly elaborated:one was the intelligent medical system based on the Internet of things,which provided medical and health interactive services to users,and promoted the transformation of disease from therapeutic intervention to preventive intervention; the other was the intelligent medical system based on the Internet of things,promoted cloud computing and real-time transmission and sharing of large data in medical information.The application of this technology improved the utilization of medical resourced,reduced the cost of medical treatment,and changed the traditional mode of medical treatment.It is foreseeable that intelligent medical services based on Internet of things will become an indispensable part of people’s healthy life.…”
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Deterministic Annealing Approach to Fuzzy C-Means Clustering Based on Entropy Maximization by Makoto Yasuda

“…After that, both the Shannon- and Tsallis-entropy-based FCMs are formulated as DA clustering using the very fast annealing (VFA) method as a cooling schedule. …”
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The Feshbach Resonances Applied to the Calculation of Stark Broadening of Ionized Spectral Lines: An Example of Interdisciplinary Research by Sylvie Sahal-Bréchot, Haykel Elabidi

“…Finally, in the recent example of the Stark broadening of the Mo VI <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>5</mn><mi mathvariant="normal">d</mi><mrow><mo> </mo><mmultiscripts><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">D</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>5</mn><mo>/</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow><none></none><mprescripts></mprescripts><none></none><mn>2</mn></mmultiscripts><mo>−</mo><mn>5</mn><mi mathvariant="normal">p</mi><mo> </mo><mmultiscripts><mrow><mi>P</mi><mo>°</mo></mrow><mrow><mn>3</mn><mo>/</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow><none></none><mprescripts></mprescripts><none></none><mn>2</mn></mmultiscripts></mrow></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> line, the S-matrices will be calculated using the semi-classical perturbation formalism and will be compared to those of the more recent quantum distorted wave formalism.…”
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Modelo de internacionalización de negocios culturales by Andrea Carolina Redondo Méndez, Vicente Alejandro Jiménez Olivera, Carlos Pinzón Muñoz

“… El sector cultural viene enfrentando desafíos y situaciones problemáticas asociadas con la falta de financiamiento, piratería, limitaciones en la formación y educación, falta de políticas públicas adecuadas, competencia internacional e informalidad. …”
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Teknik Representasi Kebutuhan Pengguna Menggunakan User Persona (Studi Kasus: Relasi antara Presensi dengan Kemampuan Kompetensi) by Wahyu Andhika, Muhammad Iqbal, Munifah Nur, Rizkhi Dwi Nugroho

“…By using the persona method, this research will solve problems in the form of information from personas who do not describe the needs in full. …”
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Biologically active substances of some species of the genus Lathyrus L. by A. E. Solovyeva, Т. V. Shelenga, M. O. Burlyaeva

“…They are often cultivated as forage crops. An important role in developing new forage crops is given to selection for an increased quality of green biomass. …”
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ÜNİVERSİTE ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN ÖTENAZİYE BAKIŞ AÇILARININ DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ by Taner Artan, Gizem Burcu Bolat

“…Çalışma, İstanbul Üniversitesi ve İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa’da eğitim gören 354 öğrenci ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmada; “Bilgi Formu”,“ Ölüme Karşı Tutum Ölçeği” ve “Ötenaziye Yönelik Tutumlar ve Görüşler Anket Formu” araçlarından yararlanılmıştır. …”
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Corpus-based translation research: its development and implications for general, literary and Bible translation by A. Kruger

“…In this article an overview is given of the research that has led to the formation of a new subdiscipline in translation studies, called Corpus-based Translation Studies or CTS. …”
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Ambientes Enriquecidos, Sujetos Geriátricos Y Procesos De Memoria; Un Acercamiento a los Procesos Cognitivos en la Edad Adulta by Andrés G Vanegas, Julián A Messa, Diosimar Cardoza T., José R Tovar, Álvaro A Ocampo

“…Por otro lado, los sujetos que no cuentan con un nivel de educación formal en su ambiente, pero son expuestos a actividades de la vida diaria, obtuvieron también un buen rendimiento. …”
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Designing social behaviour change in households: sustainable mobility intervention and follow-up study by Saga Sofia Santala, Saga Sofia Santala, Merja Honkanen, Michael Lettenmeier, Michael Lettenmeier, Michael Lettenmeier, Jari Kolehmainen, Salla Lahtinen

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The effect of blood transfusion on serum hepcidin levels in chronically transfused patients of β-thalassemia major: An observational study in a tertiary care centre in Western Maha... by Sujay Bhowmik, Amit Kumar Biswas, Ajay Kumar Baranwal, Amit Ajay Pawar, Ujjwal Dimri

“…In iron-loading anemias, hepcidin levels are regulated by opposite forces of erythropoiesis and iron overload. In β-thalassemia major patients, transfusions are the predominant cause of iron overload; in such chronically transfused patients, hepcidin concentrations are significantly higher than nontransfused patients, due to both increased iron load of transfusions and the suppression of ineffective erythropoiesis. …”
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Disease activity in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy according to time since diagnosis and positivity to antisynthetase autoantibodies: data from the Myo-Spain regist... by Tatiana Cobo-Ibáñez, Ivan Castellví, Ana Pros, Marta Domínguez-Álvaro, Laura Nuño-Nuño, Julia Martínez-Barrio, Vega Jovaní, Fredeswinda Romero-Bueno, Esther Ruiz-Lucea, Eva Tomero, Ernesto Trallero-Araguás, Javier Narváez, Jordi Camins-Fàbregas, Alberto Ruiz-Román, Jesús Loarce-Martos, Susana Holgado-Pérez, V Miguel Flores-Rodríguez, Francisca Sivera, Carolina Merino-Argumanez, Antonio Juan-Mas, Irene Altabás-González, María Martín-López, Joaquín María Belzunegui-Otano, Carmen Carrasco-Cubero, Mercedes Freire-González, Iñigo Rúa-Figueroa, Nuria Lozano-Rivas, Julio David Suarez-Cuba, Olga Martínez, Rafaela Ortega-Castro, Patricia Alcocer, Alejandro Gómez-Gómez, Olga Sánchez-Pernaute, José Luis Tandaipan, Irene Carrión-Barberà, Chamaida Plasencia-Rodríguez, Oihane Ibarguengoitia-Barrena, Paola Vidal-Montal, Vera Ortiz-Santamaria, Noemi Garrido-Puñal, Anne Riveros, Esmeralda Delgado-Frías, Juan Miguel López-Gómez, Carmen Barbadillo, José María Pego-Reigosa, Beatriz E. Joven-Ibáñez, Jesús Alejandro Valero-Jaimes, Elena Naveda, Ana Isabel Turrión-Nieves, Daniel Seoane-Mato, Francisco Javier Prado-Galbarro, M Ángeles Puche-Larrubia

“…Other measures of activity, damage, and quality of life included patient global disease activity, MYOACT muscular, creatine phosphokinase, Health Assessment Questionnaire, physician and patient global damage, global damage of the Myositis Damage Index, and the 12-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12). We analyzed associations using a multivariate generalized linear model and a simple linear regression model. …”
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Severe Symptomatic Hypocalcemia from HIV Related Hypoparathyroidism by Sartaj Sandhu, Akshata Desai, Manav Batra, Robin Girdhar, Kaushik Chatterjee, E. Helen Kemp, Antoine Makdissi, Ajay Chaudhuri

“…Pertinent medications included calcium carbonate, vitamin D3, calcitriol, efavirenz, emtricitabine, tenofovir disoproxil, hydrochlorothiazide, and inhaled budesonide/formoterol. Laboratory testing showed total calcium of 5.7 mg/dL (normal range: 8.4-10.2 mg/dL), ionized calcium of 2.7 mg/dL (normal range: 4.5-5.5 mg/dL), serum phosphate of 6.3 mg/dL (normal range: 2.7-4.5 mg/dL), and intact PTH of 7.6 pg/mL (normal range: 15-65 pg/mL). …”
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Mixed-methods study to examine the response of opioid addiction treatment programmes to COVID-19: a study protocol by Sugy Choi, Rhea Naik, Kamila Kiszko, Charles Neighbors, Thomas D’Aunno

“…Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing changes to clinical practice within traditional addiction treatment programmes, including the increased use of telehealth, reduced restrictions on methadone administration (eg, increased availability of take-home doses and decreased requirements for in-person visits), reduced reliance on group counselling and less urine drug screening. …”
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Historical aspects and modern surgical approach of patients with anal sphincter incompetence by C. A. Frolov, A. Yu. Titov, N. N. Poletov, I. S. Anosov

“…Both fundamental and modern data of Russian and foreign studies on application of various surgical techniques for anal incontinence were used at review. …”
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LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF THE MINOR GUARDIANSHIP SYSTEM IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE IN THE XIX - EARLY XX CENTURIES USING THE EXAMPLE OF UFA PROVINCE by Timur T. Khasanov

“…The work examines the key stages in the formation of the legal basis for guardianship, including the adoption of the main legislative acts and their evolution in the context of changing socio-economic situations. …”
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Investigation of Multifrequency Piezoelectric Energy Harvester by Andrius Čeponis, Dalius Mažeika

“…The proposed design of the energy harvester consists of five cantilevers which forms square type system. Cross sections of the cantilevers are modified by periodical cylindrical gaps in order to increase strain value and to obtain more uniform strain distribution along the cantilevers. …”
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