Designing and validating an adaptation tool for endometriosis: an exploratory mixed method study protocol by Sanaz Mollazadeh, Nahid Marvi, Talat Khadivzadeh

“…It uncovers underlying issues in the attitudes of patients, medical staff, and healthcare providers, offering insight into factors that can enhance the health and quality of life of affected women. …”
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A method for calculating the coverage area of radar network based on Monte Carlo method and its simulation by WANG Yinlong, WANG Dan, MA Juntao, ZHAO Deyong

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Quantification of Rear-End Crash Risk and Analysis of Its Influencing Factors Based on a New Surrogate Safety Measure by Qiangqiang Shangguan, Ting Fu, Junhua Wang, Rui Jiang, Shou’en Fang

“…Moreover, results from the mixed-effects linear regression model suggest that driving characteristics, traffic density, day-of-week (workday vs. holiday), and time-of-day (peak hours vs. off-peak hours) had significant effects on driving risks. …”
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Evaluation of the Primary Healthcare attributes in a municipality located in the countryside of São Paulo State – Brazil by Lislaine Aparecida Fracolli, Marianne Junko Muramatsu, Maria Fernanda Pereira Gomes, Fabiana Rodrigues Zequini Nabão

“…Proper adaptations should be performed during the opening hours of the healthcare centers; facilitating access and appointment scheduling; improve the counter-reference and reference system; offer vaccination and stitch services; and also, improve the communication between professionals and users, review and reformulate the attendance model of the FHS…”
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P2P and MPEG FGS Encoding: A Good Recipe for Multipoint Video Transmission on the Internet by Alfio Lombardo, Diego Reforgiato, Giovanni Schembra

“…However, although P2P technology gives new opportunities to define an efficient multimedia streaming application, at the same time it involves a set of technical challenges and issues due to the best-effort service offered by the Internet and its dynamic and heterogeneous nature. …”
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Multi-Channel PWM Heater Control Chip in 0.18 μm High-Voltage CMOS for a Quantum Simulator by Christoph Ribisch, Michael Hofbauer, Kerstin Schneider-Hornstein, Alexander Kuttner, Martin Jungwirth, Horst Zimmermann

“…The output voltage is switched on for a changeable specified time and switched off for the rest of the period. The length of the resulting current and voltage pulse determines the mean heating power on the resistors connected to the outputs. …”
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LMI Formulation for Static Output Feedback Design of Discrete-Time Switched Systems by Selma Ben Attia, Salah Salhi, Mekki Ksouri

“…The various conditions are given through a family of LMIs (Linear Matrix Inequalities) parameterized by a scalar variable which offers an additional degree of freedom, enabling, at the expense of a relatively small degree of complexity in the numerical treatment (one line search), to provide better results compared to previous one. …”
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Personalized neuron-specific enolase level based on EEG pattern for prediction of poor outcome after cardiac arrest by Juliette Pelle, Estelle Pruvost-Robieux, Florence Dumas, Antonin Ginguay, Julien Charpentier, Clara Vigneron, Frédéric Pène, Jean Paul Mira, Alain Cariou, Sarah Benghanem

“…In patients with a malignant EEG, a NSE > 45.2 µg/L was predictive of unfavorable outcome with 100% specificity and a higher sensitivity (70.8%) compared to the recommended NSE cut-off of 60 µg/l (Se = 66%). Combined to electrographic seizures, a NSE > 53.5 µg/L predicts poor outcome with 100% specificity and a higher sensitivity (77.7%) compared to the recommended cut-off (Se = 66.6%). …”
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Puréed Foods, Thickened Beverages, and Water Needs by Wendy J. Dahl

“…Thickened liquids are often recommended for individuals who have problems swallowing thin liquids. …”
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Myocardial Regeneration via Progenitor Cell-Derived Exosomes by Janita A. Maring, Christien M. Beez, Volkmar Falk, Martina Seifert, Christof Stamm

“…The conceptual advantage is that they may be produced in industrial quantities and stored at the point-of-care for off-the-shelf application, ideally without eliciting a relevant recipient immune response or other adverse effects associated with viable cells. …”
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The Impact of Hangeshashinto on Symptoms and Gut Microbiota in Diarrhea-type Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Retrospective Analysis by Naohisa Yoshida, Takeshi Yasuda, Yoshikazu Inagaki, Daisuke Hasegawa, Kohei Fukumoto, Takaaki Murakami, Ryohei Hirose, Osamu Dohi, Kazuhiko Uchiyama, Tomohisa Takagi, Yoshito Itoh

“…Hangeshashinto (HST), an anti-inflammatory Kampo medicine, may offer benefits but its efficacy for IBS-D requires further investigation. …”
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Costo de oportunidad del manejo forestal en bosque natural en el Área de Conservación Arenal-Huetar Norte, Costa Rica by Christian Zúñiga-Méndez, Sebastián Ugalde Alfaro, Víctor Meza Picado, Jhonny Méndez Gamboa

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Identifying Patient Characteristics Associated With Opioid Use to Inform Surgical Pain Management by Anish K. Agarwal, MD, MPH, MS, Ruiying Xiong, MS, Jeffrey Ebert, PhD, Fran Shofer, PhD, Evan Spencer, MS, Daniel Lee, MD, MS, Zarina Ali, MD, MS, M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS

“…Patients reporting higher use had more telephone calls and office visits within 30 days but no change in emergency department utilization or admissions. …”
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Cataract surgery and environmental sustainability: a comparative analysis of single-use versus reusable cassettes in phacoemulsification by Oscar Kallay, Rayane Sadad, Ahmed Zafzafi, Elie Motulsky

“…The use of reusable cassette systems for cataract surgeries offers a pathway to sustainable practices.…”
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INTERNET FINANCIAL REPORTING IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA by Tarik Zaimović, Azra Zaimović, Anela Fazlić

“…Most investors base their entire first impression of a company on information available on its Web page, and often, an entire initial performance assessment is based on data available on-line. …”
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Therapeutic Potential of Dietary Phenolic Acids by Venkata Saibabu, Zeeshan Fatima, Luqman Ahmad Khan, Saif Hameed

“…Extensive research on PAs strongly suggests that consumption of these compounds hold promise to offer protection against various ailments in humans. …”
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Monitoring Brazilian Food Security Based on Emergy Concepts: A Proposed Approach by Rafael Araujo Nacimento, Mario Duarte Canever, Luiz Carlos Terra dos Santos, Cecília Almeida, Feni Agostinho, Biagio Fernando Giannetti

“…The results indicate that processed food items such as oils and butter generally provide greater net emergy benefits to consumers compared to fresh food items like meat, bananas, tomatoes, and potatoes, which often favor the supply chain. Furthermore, the findings highlight that vulnerable populations face significant challenges in achieving food security due to their increased efforts to generate income relative to the emergy they receive for their social welfare. …”
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Understanding the formation of a low-pressure pedestal in the presence of a strong internal transport barrier in DIII-D high βp plasmas by X.R. Zhang, X. Jian, Y.R. Zhu, Y.P. Zou, Z.Y. Li, Y.J. Zhou, L.Z. Liu, S. Zheng, Z.X. Wang, W. Chen, S.Y. Ding, A.M. Garofalo, V.S. Chan, G.Q. Li

“…It is found that the strong ITB creates an off-axis bootstrap current to clamp the local safety factor q , and thus the magnetic shear in the outer core/pedestal region is increased. …”
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4-H Volunteer Training Series—4-H Cloverbuds Program: 4-H for Younger Members by Amanda Squitieri, Sarah Hensley

“… Florida 4-H programs offered to children ages 5 to 7 are called 4-H Cloverbud programs and are a component of the Florida 4-H Youth Development Program. …”
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Genome-wide identification of the adaptor protein complexes and its expression patterns analysis in foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.) by Dan Wang, Min Su, Jian-Hong Hao, Zi-Dong Li, Shuqi Dong, Xiangyang Yuan, Xiaorui Li, Lulu Gao, Xiaoqian Chu, Guanghui Yang, Jia-Gang Wang, Huiling Du

“…These findings not only administer to understanding the biological functions of AP complexes in foxtail millet growth and development but also offer insights for enhancing genetic breeding in this crop.…”
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