A speech compression method without utilizing signal prediction by Ikuo Matsuo, Kazuo Ueda, Yoshitaka Nakajima

“…Previous speech compression methods for practical purposes had been based on signal prediction, taking the auditory functions into account but overlooking features specific to speech signals. …”
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La cartographie, ça sert aussi à faire la guérilla : représentations stratégiques du territoire nicaraguayen (années 1970-1980) by Alain Musset

“…In the same way, in 1980, the young students sent to the rural districts to teach the Nicaraguan country people and preserve the memory of these years of war, drew numerous maps of the district to which they had been posted. The strategic, economic or cultural information of these documents are essential to understand the functioning of the Nicaraguan society at a turning point of its history.…”
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Lawyering Skills: Finding their Place in Legal Education by Sally Kift

“…In “Pericles and the Plumber”, Twining observed that any working theory of legal education had to contend with the fact that certain functional distinctions had evolved into rigid dichotomies: that education should be separated from training, that academic be isolated from practical, that theory be divorced from practice, that liberal education be distinct from vocational training, and that law be sequestered from other disciplines. …”
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Tenecteplase versus alteplase in patients with acute ischemic stroke: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis by Abdelmonam M. Hagag, Muhammed E. Kormod, Mahmoud Elmwafy Ads, Mennatullah A. El-Refaay, Omnia M. Abozaid, Omar A. Ghanem, Mazen Yasser, Karim M. Abdelmoaty, Alaa Mahmoud Khedr, Gregory W. Albers

“…A meta-regression revealed that a reduction in the baseline NIHSS score had a significant effect on favorable functional outcomes (P value 0.025). …”
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Effect of the Addition of Different Levels of Chard on the Dough Properties and Physicochemical and Sensory Characteristics of Pan Breads by Amnah Mohammed Alsuhaibani, Amal Hassan Alshawi

“…Chard is a valuable vegetable and is considered a beneficial functional food. Fortification of bread with chard could increase the nutraceutical and functional food consumption. …”
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STRESS FACTORS AND PREFERRED COPING STRATEGIES OF PARTICIPANTS IN XXXI BULGARIAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION by Tatiana Iancheva, Doychin Boyanov, Nikolay Panayotov

“…The results showed that the subscale functional impulsivity had the highest values. It was followed by the subscales of sensation seeking and dysfunctional impulsivity. …”
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The Use of Acellular Dermal Matrix for the Closure of Skin Defects by Areen Mahmood Salih, Sabir Osman Mustafa

“…The Vancouver Scar Scale score was significantly reduced after 1 month of follow-up in which it reduced by 4.12 mm (57.6% reduce from baseline), Mean healing score was 93.5%, and Re-epithelialization after 1 month Was 95.55%, Overall the complication rate is low with 5% had hematoma, 5% had infection and 5% had loss of graft. …”
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Evaluation of adrenal tumors and analysis of the metabolic profile of patients with incidentaloma by PEDRO VICTOR GONÇALVES MONTALVÃO, IURI MOURA MANGUEIRA, GABRIEL DA MOTTA ALVES, JOÃO VITOR FAZZIO CORDEIRO, MARCIA HELENA SOARES COSTA, GUILHERME DE ANDRADE GAGHEGGI RAVANINI

“…Among the adrenal incidentalomas, 53% were non-functioning. In patients with adrenal tumors, only 10% had metabolic syndrome, while in patients with mild autonomous cortisol secretion, this number rose to 17%. …”
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Donor – recipient selection using epitope mismatches in kidney transplantation by A. V. Vatazin, A. B. Vatazin, V. A. Stepanov

“…All of the donor – recipient pairs had HLA-mismatches (HLA MM): 1.9% of recipients had 1 HLA MM, 6.7% had 2 HLA MM, 29.9% had 3 HLA MM, 38.5% had 4 HLA MM, 18.1% had 5 HLA MM, and 4.9% had 6 HLA MM. …”
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Clinical Profile of COVID-19 Older Patients Hospitalized in Immanuel Teaching Hospital Bandung by Vera, Yossie Guventri Eka Suprana

“…There is no available data regarding functional and frailty status of these COVID-19 older patients. …”
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Caregiver satisfaction survey results in a multidisciplinary cleft clinic by Zoe Berryman, Peter Fowler, Michelle Shand, Martin Lee, Kirk Williams (III)

“…‘Speech’, ‘look of the teeth’ and ‘teeth issues’ had the lowest (worst) mean scores. Negative functional issues relating to speech and fistulas were the most common free-text themes. …”
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Pentaphalia: a case report by Eden Belay Tilahun, Wondimagegn Gizaw woldesenbet, Kibrom Legesse Abrha, Abraham Sisay Abie

“…All structures were covered by preputial skin. Only one of them had a normally located and functional urethra, while the others had blind ending pits at their ends. …”
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Insights into a rapid access angina clinic (RAAC): are we capturing the right cohort of patients? by Kumail Abbas Dewji, Erica Zhang, Taqiyah Nusrat, Asgher Champsi, Nadia Sunni

“…The most common investigation performed was transthoracic echocardiography. 53 patients had coronary assessments via imaging and functional tests. 74 patients (51%) had non-cardiac diagnoses. 46% had cardiac diagnoses, from which only 10% had significant findings requiring cardiac interventions. 36% were managed with medication and surveillance. …”
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The association of illness perception and related factors with treatment adherence among chronic hemodialysis patients with cardio-renal syndrome in Yemen by Adel Omar Laradhi, Adel Omar Laradhi, Yan Shan, Abdulaziz Mansoor Al Raimi, Nahed Ahmed Hussien, Eman Ragab, Mikiyas Amare Getu, Galal Al-Bani, Mohamed Elsayed Allawy

“…Furthermore, most patients (90%) had a moderate-to-high level of perceived illness threat. …”
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Clinical and radiographic outcomes using standard length of cannulated screws for traditional Latarjet procedure by Juan M. Lopez-Ovenza, MD, Amaury Tapia, MD, Juan I. Duca, MD

“…There were 2 complications, 1 patient had hematoma that required drainage and 1 case had transient axillary nerve palsy which resolved spontaneously. …”
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Abstract 079: Preliminary Outcomes of a Survivor‐Centric Digital Platform in Stroke Recovery by Nancey T. Tsai

“…The Navigators worked through phone, messaging, and video calls with the stroke survivor and their care partner who had shared access within the app but had separate profiles. …”
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Impact of bamboo shoot powders on the quality attributes of cassava-based crackers by Man Hin Heong, Nurul Shaeera Sulaiman, Hana Mohd Zaini, Anthony Chai, Sylvester Mantihal, Wolyna Pindi

“…B. vulgaris BSP had better WHC and swelling power than G. levis BSP. …”
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Developing a model for application of electronic banking based on electronic trust by Amir Hooshang Nazarpoori, Reza Sepahvand, Mohamad Cheraghipour, Akram Nazari Chegini

“…Results indicate that technology-based factors, user-based factors, and trust had negative relationships with perceived risk types including financial, functional, personal, and private. …”
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Civil servants' activity regulation in Lithuania 1918-1940 by Jolanta Palidauskaitė, Milda Petrokaitė

“…In addition to salary, they had some social benefits for their families, and later were able to study in special courses. …”
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Long-term lived experiences of patients with chronic pain or angina pectoris treated with spinal cord stimulation: a qualitative study by Tanisha Jowsey, Matthew Moore, Alan Forbes Merry, Elaine Davies, Shashikala Ramakrishna, Jamie Sleigh

“…Patients usually undergo a comprehensive medical, psychological and functional assessment and an in-house pain management programme before proceeding to spinal cord stimulator implantation.Participants Participants implanted with a spinal cord stimulator between 1998 and 2019 who had their stimulator for ≥1 year, purposively sampled to increase the range of ethnicities.Main outcome The themes identified from the interviews.Results 24 participants with chronic pain of varied aetiology and a median (range) of 5.2 (2.4–23.2) years since stimulator implantation participated. 22 participants had the device in situ, and 2 had been explanted. …”
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