Red date scale, Phoenicococcus marlatti (Cockerell) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Phoenicoccidae) by Adriana Espinosa, Amanda Hodges, Gregg Hodges, Catharine Mannion

“…It describes this most important pest of the date palm, its distribution, field characteristics, life cycle, hosts, general plant damage, and management. …”
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Psychometrical analysis of Warr, Cook & Wall Job Satisfaction Scale in a multioccupational sample from Arequipa, Peru by Walter L. Arias, Renzo Rivera, Karla D. Ceballos

“…Moreover, the scale has a high reliability index (α= .945) and item-test correlations over .589.…”
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Small Bowel Obstruction due to Migrated Intragastric Balloon: A Case Report and Literature Review by Min Yien Tan, Kar Yin Fok, Huong Nguyen, Senarath Edirimanne, Michael Devadas

“…Endoscopic intragastric balloons (IGB) have gained popularity since its inception three decades ago and is viewed as a less invasive alternative to bariatric surgery. …”
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A Review Leveraging a Rare and Unusual Case of Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Prostate by Lin He, Christopher Metter, Vitaly Margulis, Payal Kapur

“…Herein, we present a case of prostatic BCC with adenoid cystic morphology, comprehensively describe its immunohistochemical and MYB/MYBL1 gene rearrangement findings, discuss its differential diagnosis, and review the literature of this rare entity.…”
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Numerical Analysis of Two I-shaped GFRP Composite Bridge with Corrugated Webs by Linjun Yan, Jingwei Zhang, Kui Luo

“…However, some disadvantages also limited its widespread application in practice, including relatively low elastic and shear modulus and high deformability due to buckling failure. …”
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A New Expanded Mixed Element Method for Convection-Dominated Sobolev Equation by Jinfeng Wang, Yang Liu, Hong Li, Zhichao Fang

“…We derive the optimal a priori error estimates in L2-norm for the scalar unknown u and a priori error estimates in (L2)2-norm for its gradient λ and its flux σ. Moreover, we obtain the optimal a priori error estimates in H1-norm for the scalar unknown u. …”
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Balancing Long Lifetime and Satisfying Fairness in WBAN Using a Constrained Markov Decision Process by Yingqi Yin, Fengye Hu, Ling Cen, Yu Du, Lu Wang

“…In each data collection, only one sensor node is scheduled to transmit its measurements directly to the access point (AP) through the fading channel. …”
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Modern conditions for reproduction of the educational potential of the Russian workforce by O. A. Komarova

“…The relevance of the research is related to the need to substantiate the specifics of reproduction of the educational potential of workforce as a key resource that ensures generation of new knowledge, its successful implementation into practice, and innovative development of domestic enterprises. …”
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Presenting a multi-objective decision-making model for cost-time trade-off considering the time value of money and solving it using particle swarm optimization by Mohammadreza Shahriari

“…The model is then solved using the Multi-Objective Particle Swarm Optimization (MOPSO) algorithm to analyze the effects of time compression and activity delays on the outcomes.Findings:  The proposed model's results demonstrate its ability to optimize project resource usage by considering current constraints and capacities. …”
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Grisel’s Syndrome in Children: Two Case Reports and Systematic Review of the Literature by Nicole Pini, Martina Ceccoli, Patrizia Bergonzini, Lorenzo Iughetti

“…We report our experience of two cases, and we provide a systematic review on Grisel’s syndrome in children in order to offer a deeper insight about its clinical presentation, its current diagnosis, and principles of treatment. …”
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A Patient Flow Analysis: Identification of Process Inefficiencies and Workflow Metrics at an Ambulatory Endoscopy Unit by Rowena Almeida, William G. Paterson, Nancy Craig, Lawrence Hookey

“…The mean duration spent in the endoscopy room was 31.47 min for an esophagogastroduodenoscopy, 52.93 min for a colonoscopy, 30.47 min for a flexible sigmoidoscopy, and 66.88 min for a double procedure. The procedure itself accounted for 8.11 min, 34.24 min, 9.02 min, and 39.13 min for the above procedures, respectively. …”
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Macro-anatomic, cross-sectional anatomic, and computerized tomographic examination of anal region in dogs by Cüneyt Tunahan Maviş, Memduh Gezici

“…<p> <b>Results:</b> In the study, anal region was examined under three anatomical titles. Pelvic diaphragm and its anatomical structures, which are shown via figures and drawings in the literature, were determined using dissection, cross-sectional anatomy, and computerized tomography methods. …”
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Learning in Operation Theatre; Postgraduate Trainees’ Perspective Using OREEM (Operation Theatre Educational Environment Measure) Survey by Ambreen Syed, Musawer Khan, Syed Nasir Shah, Imtiaz uddin, Shoaib Ur Rehman, Naeem Ul Haq

“…Additionally, there was a significant difference in responses between senior (years 3-5) and junior (years 1-2) residents on five items about the number and variety of available surgical cases interventions. …”
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Characterization of Type 2 Diabetic Patients Admitted to the Diabetes Care Center of Cienfuegos by Gisela Zerquera Trujillo, Belkis Vicente Sánchez, Elodia Rivas Alpizar, Miriam Costa Cruz

“…<p><strong>Foundation:</strong> to know the clinical characteristicas of people who suffer from diabetis mellitus is indispensable to undertake comprehensive and effective actions in its control and treatment. <br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to know the clinical characteristics and the frequency of chronic complations in people with type 2 diabetis mellitus admitted to Diabetic Education and Care Center in Cienfuegos in the year 2013.…”
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Use of Next Generation Sequencing and Synergy Susceptibility Testing in Diagnosis and Treatment of Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Blood Stream Infection by Yuetian Yu, Fupin Hu, Cheng Zhu, Erzhen Chen, Liangjing Lu, Yuan Gao

“…Early diagnosis and appropriate treatment for carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CR-Kp) infection is a big challenge for clinicians due to its high mortality. Every effort has been made to improve its clinical outcomes. …”
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Pharmacokinetic Evaluation of [C]CEP-32496 in Nude Mice Bearing BRAF Mutation-Induced Melanomas by Cuiping Jiang MMSc, Lin Xie MD, PhD, Yiding Zhang BSc, Masayuki Fujinaga PhD, Wakana Mori MSc, Yusuke Kurihara PhD, Tomoteru Yamasaki PhD, Feng Wang MD, PhD, Ming-Rong Zhang MD, PhD

“…Here, we used carbon-11-labeled CEP-32496 ([ 11 C]CEP-32496) as a positron emission tomography (PET) radiotracer to evaluate its pharmacokinetic properties and explore its potential for in vivo imaging. …”
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THE PROBLEMS OF MARKETING PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT by Wojciech Grzegorczyk

“…In order to avoid potential overlapping of marketing control and marketing research it is of key importance to precisely define the notion of ‘marketing control’ and the scope of its content.…”
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Immagini migranti, immagini in-discriminanti Latenze e valenze nell’uso di foto e filmati in ambito migratorio by Alberto Baldi

“…Through the study of some cases dating back to the first half of the twentieth century, in several parts of the Italian region of Basilicata, we try to make an analysis of the specific visual and audiovisual languages adopted by some emigrants whose aim was to portray an image of themselves described with an extreme care and meant to fuel a dynamic of both parting and approaching their place of origin. …”
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Revues qui comptent, revues qu’on compte :produire des classements en économie et gestion by David Pontille, Didier Torny

“…Based on extensive documentary sources and complementary interviews, it analyses the trajectory of the journal ranking of the French National Committee for Scientific Research 37th section, from its premises in 2001 to its current version, and shows four main production and transformation steps. …”
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UNet-Att: a self-supervised denoising and recovery model for two-photon microscopic image by Yuer Lu, Yongfa Ying, Chen Lin, Yan Wang, Jun Jin, Xiaoming Jiang, Jianwei Shuai, Xiang Li, Jinjin Zhong

“…Abstract Two-photon microscopy is indispensable in cell and molecular biology for its high-resolution visualization of cellular and molecular dynamics. …”
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