A Novel Design of a Neural Network-Based Fractional PID Controller for Mobile Robots Using Hybridized Fruit Fly and Particle Swarm Optimization by Ghusn Abdul Redha Ibraheem, Ahmad Taher Azar, Ibraheem Kasim Ibraheem, Amjad J. Humaidi

“…Secondly, the conventional fruit fly optimization (FFO) algorithm has been modified by increasing the randomness in the initialization values of the algorithm to cover wider searching space and then implementing a variable searching radius during the update phase by starting with a large radius which decreases gradually during the searching phase. …”
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New era, new GOALs: cardiovascular screening and lipid management in cystic fibrosis by Katherine A. Despotes, Agathe S. Ceppe, Jennifer L. Goralski, Scott H. Donaldson

“…In the past year, 29% of adult providers prescribed lipid-lowering therapy, 54% started anti-hypertensive medications, and 48% initiated ischemic cardiac evaluations for pwCF. …”
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Treatment of uterine fibroid: focus on endometrial receptivity. A pilot randomized prospective study by Yulia E. Dobrokhotova, Irina A. Lapina, Valeriia M. Gomzikova, Yury А. Sorokin, Eleonora T. Khatagova, Ayshan R. Allakhverdieva, Mariya A. Olkhovskaya

“…The samples from all patients were subjected to immunohistochemical examination before the start of drug therapy and at the first menstruation after the end of treatment. …”
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Romanul Arhanghelii și „epoca de aur” a mineritului din Țara Moților by Alexandru Dumitriu

“…The organization of the paper is one based on “stratification”, starting from an industrial geography which trigerred a prosperous cultural and literary geography. …”
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A Nonfunctioning Pituitary Macroadenoma Presenting as Cyclical Vomiting and Severe Hyponatremia in a Young Female by Dinuka S. Warapitiya, Dimuthu Muthukuda, W. A. H. P. Sanjeewa, Kushalee Poornima Jayawickreme, Shyama Subasinghe

“…Hydrocortisone and levothyroxine were started, and she underwent transsphenoidal resection of the pituitary tumor. …”
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Case report: Novel ACTN4 variant of uncertain significance in a pediatric case of steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome requesting kidney transplantation by Ignacio Alarcón, Carolina Peralta, Francisco Cammarata-Scalisi, Maykol Araya Castillo, Francisco Cano, Francisco Cano, Angélica Rojo, María Luisa Ceballos, María Luisa Ceballos, Paola Krall, Paola Krall

“…He was diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome and treatment with prednisone was started, but 12 months later, he persisted with hyperlipidemia, hypoalbuminemia, and proteinuria. …”
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The challenges of evidence-based prehabilitation in a real-life context for patients preparing for colorectal surgery—a cohort study and multiple case analysis by A. D. Talen, N. L. U. van Meeteren, J. A. Barten, I. Pereboom, W. P. Krijnen, H. Jager-Wittenaar, B. C. Bongers, G. van der Sluis

“…Implementation fidelity was investigated by evaluating: (1) coverage (participation rate), (2) duration (number of days between the start of prehabilitation and surgery), (3) content (delivery of prescribed intervention modalities), and (4) frequency (attendance of sessions and compliance with prescribed parameters). …”
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Lost in Broadcasting: League of Nations, International Broadcasting and Swiss Neutrality by A. S. Khodnev

“…Consequently, the LN's own radio station, Radio-Nations, commenced broadcasting on February 2, 1932, coinciding with the start of the Conference on the Reduction and Limitation of Arms. …”
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Pain medication tapering for patients with Persistent Spinal Pain Syndrome Type II, treated with Spinal Cord Stimulation: A RCT-study protocol of the PIANISSIMO study. by Maarten Moens, Cleo Lina Crunelle, Koen Putman, Elke Wuyts, Frenn Bultinck, Hubert Van Puyenbroeck, PIANISSIMO consortium, Lisa Goudman

“…To tackle the high burden of patients who consume a lot of pain medication, tapering programs could be initiated before starting a trajectory with SCS. The current objective is to examine whether a pain medication tapering program before SCS alters disability in PSPS-T2 patients compared to no tapering program.…”
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A War Tactician: K̲h̲ālid b. al-Walīd by Hüseyin Gökalp

“…He could even apply different methods in similar situations. The way he started and ended wars subverted the tactics of the enemy Arab, Roman, and Persian armies. …”
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Metastatic pancreatic cancer now in remission: a case report and literature review by Charles W. Shi, Thomas J. VanderMeer, Anita Pudusseri

“…The initial diagnosis was 4 years ago and extensive resection of the primary was completed 2 years ago. The patient was started on standard FOLFIRINOX chemotherapy regimen, completed 6 cycles, but stopped Oxaliplatin and Irinotecan due to neuropathy and fatigue, on November 5, 2020, and transitioned to 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and leucovorin. …”
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ln pursuit of Aryan Homeland (2nd Lithuanian Archaeological expedition in Afghanistan) by Aleksiejus Luchtanas, Ramunė Butrimaitė

“…Register certificates were started for 11 archaeological sites discovered last year (Kushke Bahar (Qala Mana), Qala Akbar Bek Zahak, Qala Malek Antar, Puze-i-Leche tapa, Lok Galandar Tower, Lok Galandar tapa (Shekhe), Pumbakar, and Ahangaran tapa No 1-5) as well as for 9 ones found anew (Qala Alayar, Sare Ahangaran 1, Sare Ahangaran 2, Dowlat Yar tapa, Geshwoinde tapa, Qalesang tapa, Zahak tomb (Hesar), Wajguna Sange-Bar monastery, and tapa). …”
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Assessment of students’ ability to represent determinants of health and health systems science content on concept maps in a pre-clerkship curriculum by Tovah Tripp, Miriam Hoffman, Mitchell Miller, Joshua S. Josephs

“…Providing feedback to students on inclusion of DoH and HSS in concept mapping may help improve this skill prior to the start of clerkships.…”
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The EU Sanctions Policy: A Thorny Path of Transformation by L. D. Oganisyan

“…It shows that it was as early as the 2010s that the EU countries started to switch from using sanctions primarily as a means of conveying an addressee a certain ‘political message’ designed to ensure human rights and democratic values, to harnessing them as an economic leverage. …”
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Gender differences in use of cigarette and non-cigarette tobacco products among adolescents aged 13–15 years in 20 African countries by Israel T. Agaku, Rose Sulentic, Adriana Dragicevic, Gibril Njie, Candace K. Jones, Satomi Odani, Tina Tsafa, Joy Gwar, Constantine I. Vardavas, Olalekan Ayo-Yusuf

“…However, girls who smoke tend to start at an earlier age than boys. Differential gender patterns of cigarette and non-cigarette tobacco product use among youth may have implications for future disease burden. …”
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International Standards of Implementing Mediation within Criminal Proceedings and the State of Its Realization in Ukraine by T. H. Fomina

“…Particular attention has been paid to the fact that, despite the lack of a legal basis, our country has experience in applying the mediation procedure in criminal proceedings. Starting from 2019, two pilot projects have been implementing in Ukraine, which demonstrated positive results in this direction: “Restorative Program of Juveniles Suspected in Committing a Criminal Offense” and “Implementation of Restorative Justice in Ukraine”. …”
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Immigration reduces selection in water microbial community assembly by Fen-Guo Zhang, Kefan Wu, Sanqing Zhang, Furong Liang, Zhihua Du, Yongji Wang, Quan-Guo Zhang

“…The diversity, structure, and composition of the bacterial community in the water were assessed using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing on the 13th and 60th days after the start of the experiment. Our results showed that increasing immigration did not lead to significant changes in the overall diversity of the total bacterial community on the 13th day. …”
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Crimean-Ottoman Factor in the Socio-Cultural System of Russia in Early Modern Times by T. V. Chernikova

“…Amid the socio-economic development, which is characteristic of all countries with a patrimonial structure, that could have started only by transferring the center of Russian extensive agriculture to the southern fertile lands. …”
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Pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding experience of women with epilepsy in Me’enit community, South West Ethiopia by Rahel Yaekob, Tefera Belachew

“…There is also a knowledge gap and misconception about epilepsy by the family and surrounding community which resulted in stigma and discrimination against epileptic women. The discrimination started right from childhood as soon as they manifested the diseases. …”
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The Long Echo of Conflict: The Memory of 1990s Black Decade in the Modern Political Culture of Algeria by A. I. Vasilenko

“…However, as a rule, they have focused primarily on internal political trends in Algeria in recent years or on the process of post-conflict reconstruction started in the country at the turn of the century. …”
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