Solid State Transformers: A Review—Part I: Stages of Conversion and Topologies by Dragoș-Mihail Predescu, Ștefan-George Roșu

“…Utilizing these functionalities along with existing and proposed implementations, converter topologies are identified and then detailed in terms of their respective functionalities, advantages, disadvantages, and control schemes. …”
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Optimization of the defense forces personnel under mobilization conditions: The role of occupational selection as a personnel allocator by V. V. Kalnysh, A. V. Shvets

“…The proposed conceptual model of optimization of the occupational selection system in the defense forces reflects 4 main elements and functions of it. Conclusions. Based on the analysis of existing domestic regulations, it was shown that occupational selection is a key mechanism for improving the personnel arrangement of the Defense Forces of Ukraine. …”
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Signal recovery and polynomiographic visualization of modified Noor iteration of operators with property (E) by Paimsang Papinwich, Thianwan Tanakit

“…They can also be used to increase the functionality of the existing polynomiography software.…”
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STRUCTURE OF PERIODONTAL TISSUE DISEASES IN WORKERS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN THE OPEN AND COVERED SOIL by V.T. Dyryk

“…Thus, as a result of the analysis of structure of periodontal disease depending on experience, in working in the conditions of contact with pesticides, on the closed soil investigated: • it is lower frequency of occurrence of intact periodontium all analtube intervals than in working of open soil and not contacting with pesticides; • it is lower frequency of occurrence of the initial forms of the inflammation of periodontal tissues (2,2 times) relatively to the obtained data in persons of the main group and the comparison group (1.3 times); • it is lower the incidence of primary generalized forms of periodontitis in relation to data of the comparison group (1.4 times) for the same number examined, compared with the values of the core group; • large frequency of occurrence of advanced forms of generalized periodontitis: in 1.6 times more than obtained data in the main group and in 3.3 times more than obtained data in the comparison group. …”
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CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES IN LATIN AMERICAN ADMINISTRATIVE JUSTICE by R. Perlingeiro

“…This study consists of a critical comparative analysis of the administrative justice systems in eighteen Latin-American signatory countries of the American Convention on Human Rights (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Uruguay, and Venezuela). …”
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Nature-like model of teacher training for the implementation of ethno-cultural education by G. V. Bolbas

“…Using inductive and deductive methods of theoretical research, analysis of pedagogical literature and the process of practical activity with an emphasis on their classification, casual, dialectical and system-structural aspects, the theoretical and methodological foundations of pedagogical modeling are generalized. …”
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Towards polycentric cities. An investigation into the restructuring of intra-metropolitan spatial configurations in Europe by Mathieu Van Criekingen, Marie Bachmann, Christophe Guisset, Moritz Lennert

“…Our results confirm the starting hypothesis, that is, far from a scenario of generalized dilution of the urban form, European metropolitan areas show the emergence of (diverse) configurations wherein urban functions are distributed among a series of (sub-)centres, with CBDs and inner-city districts no longer acting as sole location for key economic activities.…”
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On the improved convergence of lifted distributional Gauss curvature from Regge elements by Jay Gopalakrishnan, Michael Neunteufel, Joachim Schöberl, Max Wardetzky

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A systematic screen for tube morphogenesis and branching genes in the Drosophila tracheal system. by Amin S Ghabrial, Boaz P Levi, Mark A Krasnow

“…To identify potentially pleiotropic morphogenesis genes, the screen included analysis of marked clones of homozygous mutant tracheal cells in heterozygous animals, plus a secondary screen to exclude mutations in general "house-keeping" genes. …”
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The idea of conscience in the myst icism of Richard Rolle and Hegel’s philosophy by E. Ν. Sobolnikova, D. Proud

“…The main attention is paid to the comparative analysis of the idea of conscience in the mysticism of Rolle and in Hegel’s moral philosophy. …”
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Association between metabolic parameters and erection in erectile dysfunction patients with hyperuricemia by Guo-Wei Du, Pei-Ning Niu, Zhao-Xu Yang, Xing-Hao Zhang, Jin-Chen He, Tao Liu, Yan Xu, Jian-Huai Chen, Yun Chen

“…Given that HUA is often associated with various metabolic disorders, this study aims to explore the multivariate linear impacts of metabolic parameters on erectile function in ED patients with HUA. A cross-sectional analysis was conducted involving 514 ED patients with HUA in the Department of Andrology, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine (Nanjing, China), aged 18 to 60 years. …”
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Engineering of educational programs through the application of intelligent technologies by Mikhail S. Gasparian, Sergey A. Lebedev, Yury F. Telnov

“…The paper describes the characteristics of the knowledge and skills of educational programs in the categories: scope, sphere and types of tasks of professional activities.The professional competences are differentiated due to profiles of training and types of professional tasks.The proposed universal algorithm for the development of educational programs of profile training on the base of the analysis of generalized labour functions and labour functions of professional standards can be useful to specialists, involved in designing of the basic professional educational programs on a wide range of directions and profiles of training…”
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Internal migration and depressive symptoms: Exploring selection and outcomes in a South African cohort by Carren Ginsburg, Tyler W. Myroniuk, Chantel F. Pheiffer, Bianca D. Moffett, Michael J. White

“…We employ logistic regression analysis to investigate selectivity of migrants in relation to depressive symptoms, and we fit generalized linear models to analyse depressive symptoms (CES-D scores) as a function of migration status and sociodemographic and health characteristics, accounting for temporal sequence. …”
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Treatment of blunt splenic injury in children in China by Wu Wang, Wu Wang, Haiyan Lei, Wenhan Zhang, Wenhai Li, Hongqiang Bian, Hongqiang Bian, Hongqiang Bian, Jun Yang, Jun Yang

“…This approach reduces the need for surgical intervention and associated complications while preserving splenic function. The study highlights that gastrointestinal complications are important determinants of surgical management. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 Infection Is Associated with an Accelerated eGFR Decline in Kidney Transplant Recipients up to Four Years Post Infection by Shawn Qiu, Roham Hadidchi, Aditi Vichare, Justin Y. Lu, Wei Hou, Sonya Henry, Enver Akalin, Tim Q. Duong

“…Kaplan–Meier survival analysis and Cox proportional modeling were performed for mortality. …”
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Effect of Jin's Three-Needle Therapy Combined with Behavioral Intervention on Preschool Children with Mild-to-Moderate Autism Spectrum Disorder by HONG Yu, KANG Jie, GUO Jingmin, LIU Guihua, OU Ping, CHEN Xiaofang, HUANG Longsheng

“…ObjectiveTo explore the clinical efficacy of Jin's three-needle therapy combined with behavioral intervention on core symptoms and anxiety disorder of preschool children with mild-to-moderate autism spectrum disorder (ASD).MethodsA total of 109 preschool children with mild-to-moderate ASD who were treated in the Child Health Center of Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital from January 2018 to December 2018, were divided randomly into control group and observation group by the rand function of Excel software, with 55 cases and 54 cases respectively. …”
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Development and Pilot Testing of an Addiction Clinic–Based Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Uptake and Adherence Intervention for Women with Substance Use Disorders: Protocol for a Pilot R... by Angela M Heads, Diane Santa Maria, Mandy J Hill, Robert Suchting, Kimberly N Evans, Zaneta Gaul, Luba Yammine, Constanza de Dios, Joy M Schmitz

“…Following phase 3, generalized linear modeling will be used to model effects of the proportion of participants who fill their prescription and take at least 1 dose as a function of the intervention group. …”
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Aging & Sports by Hülsmann M, Reinecke K, Barthel T, Reinsberger C

“…These findings suggest that recommendations for injury prevention in CrossFit might not differ from generalized recommendations in strength sports. Studies of higher quality are needed to improve epidemiology data.Key Words: Prevalence, Incidence, Strength Training, High Intensity Functional Training…”
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Development and validation of the laziness assessment scale by Euckie U. Immanuel, Obinna O. Ike

“…Laziness, a behavioural construct with implications in psychological, social, and organizational contexts, has garnered attention owing to its impact on human functioning. Limited research has explored how this construct affects individuals' functioning as the subjective nature of laziness necessitates a reliable measurement tool. …”
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Reliability of Scapula Clinical Assessment and Effectiveness of Scapular-Focused Exercises in a Non-Athletic Population with Shoulder Pain – a Literature Review by Maciej Olszewski, Sara Gamrot, Joanna Golec, Elżbieta Szczygieł

“…There is conflicting evidence regarding the superior efficacy of specific shoulder blade function exercises over general shoulder girdle ones.…”
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