Design and Assessment of Robust Persistent Drone-Based Circular-Trajectory Surveillance Systems by José Luis Andrade-Pineda, David Canca, Marcos Calle, José Miguel León-Blanco, Pedro Luis González-R

“…By imposing a minimum acceptable time between consecutive visits to any perimeter point, the objective consists of minimizing the total surveillance system deployment cost. …”
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Latent profiles of learning engagement and anxiety in high school students: the mediating role of academic self-efficacy by Tian Zhou, Xuejun Zhou, Baozhu Wang

“…Furthermore, a generalized additive mixed model was used to analyze the linear relationships between different types of learning engagement, academic self-efficacy, and learning anxiety. …”
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Passive-Compensation-Based Stable RF Phase Dissemination for Multiaccess Trunk Fiber Link With Anti-GVD and Anti-Backscattering Function by Yajie Cui, Tianwei Jiang, Song Yu, Ruihuan Wu, Wanyi Gu

“…We propose and demonstrate a scheme of stable radio frequency (RF) phase dissemination for multiaccess trunk fiber link by passive frequency mixing with anti-group velocity dispersion (GVD) and anti-backscattering function. …”
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Incisional hernia prevention: risk–benefit from a patient perspective (INVITE) – protocol for a single-centre, mixed-methods, cross-sectional study aiming to determine if using pro... by Jared Torkington, Tessa Watts, Laurie Smith, Laura Knight, Julie Cornish, Alun Meggy

“…Questionnaires have been developed using a 5-point Likert scale to allow quantitative analysis. …”
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Instrumentation and methods for efficient time-resolved X-ray crystallography of biomolecular systems with sub-10 ms time resolution by John A. Indergaard, Kashfia Mahmood, Leo Gabriel, Gary Zhong, Adam Lastovka, Matthew J. McLeod, Robert E. Thorne

“…We report the detailed characterization of instrument performance, present structures of binding of N-acetylglucosamine to lysozyme at time points from 8 ms to 2 s determined using only one crystal per time point, and discuss additional improvements that will push time resolution toward 1 ms.…”
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Study design and procedures for a hybrid effectiveness-implementation incomplete stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial to evaluate a differentiated point-of-care HIV diagnosis and... by Michael E. Herce, Caitlin Cassidy, Alexandra Munson, Jessie K. Edwards, Sarah E. Rutstein, Mitch Matoga, Chimwemwe Kumwenda, Katherine R. Simon, Joep J. van Oosterhout, Carrie M. Cox, Funny Kamanga, Wiza Kumwenda, Sam Phiri, Ethel Rambiki, Agness Thawani, Jacqueline Huwa, Bridget Malewezi, Tisu Mvalo, Agatha Bula, Lameck Chinula, Irving Hoffman, Madeleine A. Squibb, Rose K. Nyirenda, Friday Saidi, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Maganizo B. Chagomerana

“…To reach PBFW living with HIV and their infants who miss critical HIV services and who are at higher risk for adverse HIV outcomes, including vertical transmission, we developed the “Point-of-care Active Case finding & Management” or “PAC-Man” model. …”
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on utilisation of facility-based essential maternal and child health services from March to August 2020 compared with pre-pandemic March–August 2019... by Grace J Chan, Delayehu Bekele, Bezawit Mesfin Hunegnaw, Kimiko Van Wickle, Chalachew Bekele, Fanos Ashenafi Gebremeskel, Michelle Korte, Christine Tedijanto, Lisanu Taddesse

“…We aimed to assess maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) service utilisation during the first 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with prior to the pandemic.Methods We conducted a mixed study design in eight health facilities that are part of the Birhan field site in Amhara, Ethiopia and compared the trend of service utilisation in the first 6 months of COVID-19 with the corresponding time and data points of the preceding year.Result New family planning visits (43.2 to 28.5/month, p=0.014) and sick under 5 child visits (225.0 to 139.8/month, p=0.007) declined over the first 6 months of the pandemic compared with the same period in the preceding year. …”
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An exploration of current сoncepts and meanings of the entrepreneurial project by N. V. Titova, S. A. Titov

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Evaluating an early Interdisciplinary Multimodal Assessment for Patients at Risk of Developing Chronic Pain: Results of a Multicentre RCT in Germany by Daniel Szczotkowski, Sandra Meyer-Moock, Thomas Kohlmann, Karin Deppe, Anne Gärtner, Greta Hoffmann, Thomas Isenberg, Gabriele Lindena, Ursula Marschall, Carolin Martin, Beatrice Metz-Oster, Lena Milch, André Möller, Bernd Nagel, Frank Petzke, Anke Preissler, Julia Pritzke-Michael, Leonie Schouten, Katja Schwenk, Catharina Schumacher, Anja Waidner, Ulrike Kaiser

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Genre Nature of Empress Eudocia’s Poem “The Martyrdom of St. Cyprian” by T. L. Aleksandrova

“…It is noted that in the poem one can see all the signs of “mix of genres,” typical for late antique and Byzantine literature. …”
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MUSEUMS, MARKETING, TOURISM AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. THE BRITISH MUSEUM – A SUCCESSFUL MODEL FOR ROMANIAN MUSEUMS by Răzvan-Andrei CORBOS, Ruxandra Irina POPESCU

“…This study aims topresent the British Museum from the mix marketing perspective, from thevisitor’s point of view, and to present some of the good practices this giant isusing to attract more visitors and to maintain its competitive advantage,practices which may be used by Romanian museums in order to increase thevisitors number and to obtain a better position in the economy life ofRomanian cities.…”
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Investigating changes of forest aboveground biomass induced by Moso bamboo expansion with terrestrial laser scanner by Rui Jiang, Jiayuan Lin, Xianwei Zhang, Meiqi Kang

“…Their point clouds were first scanned using TLS, and then segmented into individual plants through refinedly processing the stem intersections. …”
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Effect evaluation of repairing cement-mortar microbeams by microbial induced carbonate precipitation by Peifeng Huang, Xinhua Yang, Yue Dai

“…In this paper, multi-phase mixed precipitate models are established by using the random particle generation and packing algorithm. …”
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The gut microbiota protein BOC1 exhibits immune checkpoint inhibitor-like activity by inhibiting myeloid-derived suppressor cell differentiation by Laureen Bardouillet, Maria Lucia Orsini Delgado, Caroline Matondo, Francesco Strozzi, Valentine Thomas, Laurent Chene, Antonietta Cultrone

“…The antitumor activity of BOC1 was investigated in vitro by cytokine analysis, mixed lymphocyte reactions, and myeloid-derived suppressor cell (MDSC)–T-cell suppression assay. …”
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Aplicación del Método de la Colonia de Hormigas Mixto a la optimización de intercambiadores de calor de tubo y coraza//Application of the Mixed Ant Colony Method to the optimizatio... by Maida Bárbara Reyes‐Rodríguez, Jorge Laureano Moya‐Rodríguez, Sergio Ramón Pérez‐León, Gonzalo Nápoles‐Ruiz

“…The efficacy of the new procedure MACO (Mixed Ant Colony Optimization) for the optimization process from economically point of view was demonstrated, using different case studies.…”
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The study on low temperature reflow of antioxidant multicomponent solder paste on copper substrates by Xingchao Mao, Qinglei Sun, Jingyu Qiao, Yulong Chen, Lulin Xie, Shichen Xie, Yongmao Yang, King-Ning Tu, Yingxia Liu

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Strengthening health system's capacity for pre-exposure prophylaxis for adolescent girls and young women and adolescent boys and young men in South Africa (SHeS'Cap-PrEP): Protocol... by Edward Nicol, Trisha Ramraj, Mbuzeleni Hlongwa, Wisdom Basera, Ngcwalisa Jama, Carl Lombard, Tracy McClinton-Appollis, Darshini Govindasamy, Desiree Pass, Noluntu Funani, Sarah Aheron, Ariana Paredes-Vincent, Jennifer Drummond, Mireille Cheyip, Sibongile Dladla, Jason Bedford, Cathy Mathews

“…<h4>Methods and analysis</h4>A sequential explanatory mixed-methods study will be conducted in 22 service delivery points (SDPs) in uMgungundlovu district, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. …”
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Recovery of left ventricular function after surgery for aortic and mitral regurgitation with heart failure by Wei-Tsung Lai, I-Chen Chen, Ming-Chon Hsiung, Ting-Chao Lin, Kuan-Chih Huang, Chung-Yi Chang, Jeng Wei

“…Little is known to guide the management of combined AR and MR (mixed valvular heart disease [VHD]). This study is sought to investigate the predictors of postoperative LV function recovery in left-sided regurgitant VHD with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), especially for mixed VHD. …”
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Development of Concentration-Prediction Models in Multiple Manufacturing Environments Using NIR Spectroscopy by Yusuke Hayashi, Saho Okazaki, Kazuya Tanabe, Takuya Nagato, Hirokazu Sugiyama

“…First, we developed a table-top tablet manufacturing process, which comprised the following five units: dispensing, mixing, compression, quality check, and tablet ejection. …”
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Time series forecast of power output of a 50MWp solar farm in Ghana by Alhassan Sulemana Puziem, Felix Amankwah Diawuo, Peter Acheampong, Mathew Atinsia Anabadongo, Dampaak Abdulai

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