Unplanned Student Pregnancy: Should the University Be There for Its Students? by E. Yu. Samuticheva

“…On the basis of the received answers the author suggests changing the policy of the universities by increasing their role in discouraging students from the termination decision and provide recommendations for the creation of the anti-crisis team, offering the support to the students in difficult life situations including cases of the unplanned pregnancy. …”
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Drug consumption and treatment costs of the glaucoma therapy in the Republic of Serbia by Ćoškov Aleksandra D., Savanović Dijana R., Todorović Nemanja B., Lalić-Popović Mladena N., Tomić Nataša Z., Milijašević Boris Ž.

“…Material and Methods: This study employs a retrospective analysis of data collected from the official websites of the Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices of Serbia and the Institute of Public Health of Serbia "Dr Milan Jovanovic Batut" for the period from 2015 to 2020. to examine the consumption and costs of antiglaucoma medicines in the Republic of Serbia. …”
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Preface by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“…Archaeology and modern science then often supplement the written information to ensure an optimal overview. …”
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“For mine is the bitter, the ale and the lager”: Parodic prayer and the spirituality of humour by A. Houck

“…This article reviews that history, showing that medieval parodic prayers arose from within the Church and often expressed ethical concerns through satire. …”
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Robust parameter design for constrained randomization lifetime improvement experiments by Shanshan Lv, Yichen Zhao, Sen Li, Guodong Wang, Xueqing Wang

“…Traditional reliability improvement methods primarily focus on maximizing product lifetime, often overlooking the variation in product lifetime. …”
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Pastorale begeleiding van die emosioneel verwonde tiener by W. Coetzer, T. C. de Klerk

“…The spiritual deepening accompanying this process often also significantly contributes to the eventual handling of unprocessed hurt from the past. …”
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Rural perinatal nursing in Canada: A hermeneutic literature review by Lela V. Zimmer, Martha L.P. MacLeod, Amanda De Smit, Steinunn Jónatansdóttir

“…Background: Nurses working in rural and remote settings are central to the delivery of perinatal services, often as the initial providers to assess and manage patients. …”
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Self-Healing Materials Systems: Overview of Major Approaches and Recent Developed Technologies by B. Aïssa, D. Therriault, E. Haddad, W. Jamroz

“…Finally, a perspective on future self-healing approaches using this biomimetic technique is offered. The intention is to stimulate debate and reinforce the importance of a multidisciplinary approach in this exciting field.…”
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Toxic effects and mechanisms of nanoplastics and sulfonamide antibiotics on Scenedesmus obliquus by Jianyuan Yang, Zhen Yang, Jing Wang, Yanpeng Liang, Honghu Zeng, Litang Qin, Xiaohong Song, Lingyun Mo

“…The SEM image can be a more intuitive means of observing the interaction of nanoplastics with algal cells. These findings offer valuable data for the ecological risk assessment of NPs and SAs.…”
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Utility of Integrated Analysis of Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacometabolomics in Early Phase Clinical Trial: A Case Study of a New Molecular Entity by Jaeseong Oh, Sojeong Yi, Namyi Gu, Dongseong Shin, Kyung-Sang Yu, Seo Hyun Yoon, Joo-Youn Cho, In-Jin Jang

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Stability and Probability 1 Convergence for Queueing Networks via Lyapunov Optimization by Michael J. Neely

“…However, the most convenient drift conditions often provide results in terms of a time average expectation, rather than a pure time average. …”
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Perinatal Management for a Pregnant Woman with an MYH9 Disorder by Yuka Yamashita, Rei Matsuura, Shinji Kunishima, Yoshie Oikawa, Hirotsugu Ariizumi, Shoko Hamada, Nahoko Shirato, Ryu Matsuoka, Kohichi Ogawa, Akihiko Sekizawa

“…We provided genetic counseling, as required, which included apprising the woman of the inheritance pattern, the importance of a genetic analysis, and the potential delivery risks for the patient and her offspring. Given that the potential delivery risks are reportedly low, special perinatal management is not necessary for patients with an MYH9 disorder whose platelet count is above 5.0 × 104/μL, except for rapid blood access.…”
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Evaluation of a pragmatic approach to predicting COVID-19-positive hospital bed occupancy by Azeem Majeed, Thomas Woodcock, Paul Aylin, Julian Redhead, Derryn Lovett, Jacques Naude

“…In practice, the model offers a pragmatic approach to predicting bed occupancy within a pandemic wave. …”
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Mid-Infrared High-Power InGaAsSb/AlGaInAsSb Multiple-Quantum-Well Laser Diodes Around 2.9 μm by Hongguang Yu, Chengao Yang, Yihang Chen, Jianmei Shi, Juntian Cao, Zhengqi Geng, Zhiyuan Wang, Haoran Wen, Enquan Zhang, Yu Zhang, Hao Tan, Donghai Wu, Yingqiang Xu, Haiqiao Ni, Zhichuan Niu

“…In this paper, we put up an active region with a high valence band offset and excellent crystalline quality with high luminescence to improve the laser’s performance. …”
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Drug-Drug Interactions Between HIV Antivirals and Concomitant Drugs in HIV Patients: What We Know and What We Need to Know by Emanuela De Bellis, Danilo Donnarumma, Adele Zarrella, Salvatore Maria Mazzeo, Annarita Pagano, Valentina Manzo, Ines Mazza, Francesco Sabbatino, Graziamaria Corbi, Pasquale Pagliano, Amelia Filippelli, Valeria Conti

“…Highly active antiretroviral therapy has led to a significant increase in the life expectancy of people living with HIV. The trade-off is that HIV-infected patients often suffer from comorbidities that require additional treatment, increasing the risk of Drug-Drug Interactions (DDIs), the clinical relevance of which has often not been determined during registration trials of the drugs involved. …”
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Beyond Humanoid Prosthetic Hands: Modular Terminal Devices That Improve User Performance by Digby Chappell, Barry Mulvey, Shehara Perera, Fernando Bello, Petar Kormushev, Nicolas Rojas

“…Despite decades of research and development, myoelectric prosthetic hands lack functionality and are often rejected by users. This lack in functionality can be partially attributed to the widely accepted anthropomorphic design ideology in the field; attempting to replicate human hand form and function despite severe limitations in control and sensing technology. …”
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CCI: A Consensus Clustering-Based Imputation Method for Addressing Dropout Events in scRNA-Seq Data by Wanlin Juan, Kwang Woo Ahn, Yi-Guang Chen, Chien-Wei Lin

“…However, scRNA-seq data often suffer from dropout events, meaning that certain genes exhibit very low or even zero expression levels due to technical limitations. …”
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Accounting for the Nutrients in Reclaimed Water for Landscape Irrigation by Christopher J. Martinez, Mark W. Clark, Gurpal S. Toor, George J. Hochmuth, Lawrence R. Parsons

“…The information can serve as a guide to determine whether there is an opportunity to replace some of the fertilizer that might otherwise be applied and to offer guidance on avoiding runoff and leaching of excess nutrients. …”
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Support of the Laboratory in the Diagnosis of Fungal Ocular Infections by Virginia Vanzzini Zago, Marino Alcantara Castro, Ramon Naranjo Tackman

“…Nowadays, ocular fungal infections are more often diagnosed, because there is more clinical suspicion and there are easy laboratory confirmations. …”
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Study design and protocol of a low to high intensity computer-based cognitive training at home in supplement to standard care in patients with AD by Bernard Croisile, Samar Dimachki, Franck Tarpin-Bernard, Hanna Chainay

“…The patients follow training in one of three conditions: once a week in SLT office only (regular condition) and once a week in SLT office plus one or three times per week at home. …”
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