On mobility and gait in scoliosis patients: a comparison of conventional and 3D-printed braces during an instrumented timed-up and go test by Simone Costantini, Davide Felice Redaelli, Paolo Fraschini, Emilia Biffi, Fabio Alexander Storm

“…Participants were asked to perform Timed-Up and Go (TUG) tests wearing a triaxial accelerometer under three conditions: unbraced, wearing a conventional (i.e., thermoformed) brace, and wearing a 3D-printed brace. …”
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莫莫格自然保护区旅游扶贫可行性分析和对策研究 by 刘娜, 孙猛, 张政, 邹红菲

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Trial protocol of an open-label pilot study of oral naltrexone–bupropion combination pharmacotherapy for the treatment of methamphetamine use disorder (the NABU trial) by Jonathan Brett, Paul S Haber, Nicholas Lintzeris, Didier Jutras-Aswad, Nadine Ezard, Brendan Clifford, Krista J Siefried, Adrian John Dunlop, Liam Acheson, Carl Moller, Michael Christmass, Kirsten Morley, Steven Shoptaw, Madhukar H Trivedi

“…All participants will receive treatment as usual, such as psychosocial therapy. Primary outcomes are safety (measured by treatment-emergent adverse events (AEs)/adverse reactions) and feasibility (measured by the time taken to recruit, the proportion of ineligible participants, retention in the study and study medication adherence). …”
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Stoicism and Frankfurtian Compatibilism by László Bernáth

“…The main thesis of my paper is that commentators have so far missed the crucial difference between the Stoics’ approach to free will and Frankfurt’s, a difference that renders the former as the superior theory. …”
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Agroecologia, mercado e inovação social: o caso da Rede Ecovida de Agroecologia by Oscar José Rover

“…These innovative processes are analyzed through the theory of symbolic sites of belonging, according to which the economy is one of the components of social life and organizational dynamics, even economic ones, cannot be analyzed from a narrow mercantile mentality. …”
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Practice Guidelines for the Value Evaluation of Clinical Pharmacy Services (version 2) by Liuyun Wu, Ziyan Lv, Min Chen, Xingyue Zheng, Lian Li, Shan Du, Lizhu Han, Qinan Yin, Yin Wang, Xinxia Liu, Wenyuan Li, Xuefei Huang, Hulin Wang, Xiaoqing Yi, Xiaojiao Cui, Zhujun Chen, Yueyuan Wang, Yingying Hou, Xi Zheng, Yang Lei, Mengqiu Gou, Yue Wu, Fengjiao Kang, Fengqun Cai, Shuhong Liang, Yong Yang, Jinqi Li, Yuan Bian

“…ObjectiveTo optimize the construction of pharmaceutical services in medical institutions, advance the development of clinical pharmacy as a discipline, enhance the level of clinical pharmacy services, systematically implement and evaluate clinical pharmacy practices, and improve patient therapeutic outcomes, we have developed the Practice Guidelines for the Value Evaluation of Clinical Pharmacy Services (Version 2).MethodsThis guideline was designed following the World Health Organization (WHO) Guideline Development Manual. …”
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Facilitators and barriers of alcohol goals for Latinx men hospitalized with alcohol use disorder seen by an Addiction Consult Team by Mariam S. Carson, Alein Y. Haro-Ramos, Naomi López-Solano, Carla Fernandez, Marcus Cummins, Alicia Fernandez, Triveni DeFries, Marlene Martin

“…We recorded and transcribed interviews and used a mixed deductive and inductive analytic approach until we reached thematic saturation (n = 10).Results We identified three major themes: 1. …”
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Water temperature, mixing, and ice phenology in the arctic–alpine Lake Darfáljávri (Lake Tarfala), northern Sweden by Nina Kirchner, Jan Weckström, Joachim Jansen, Frederik Schenk, Jamie Barnett, Annika Granebeck, Matti Leppäranta, Atte Korhola

“…Darfáljávri is cryostratified during winter, with interannual variations in the thermocline’s thickness and temperature range. The ice season lasts from October to July. …”
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Molecular Modulation of Fetal Liver Hematopoietic Stem Cell Mobilization into Fetal Bone Marrow in Mice by Huihong Zeng, Jiaoqi Cheng, Ying Fan, Yingying Luan, Juan Yang, Feixuan Wang, Shuo Yang, Lijian Shao

“…Understanding the regulation of fetal liver HSC mobilization into the fetal bone marrow will help us to design proper clinical therapeutic protocol for disease treatment like leukemia during pregnancy. …”
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Impact of maternal nutritional literacy and feeding practices on the growth outcomes of children (6–23 months) in Gujranwala: a cross-sectional study by Aaiza Tahreem, Allah Rakha, Rimsha Anwar, Roshina Rabail, Cristina Maria Maerescu, Claudia Terezia Socol, Florin Leontin Criste, Gholamreza Abdi, Rana Muhammad Aadil

“…Higher odds of being stunted (β = 2.173, OR = 8.788, p < 0.05) were observed among those whose mothers had middle school education compared to those having higher education.ConclusionOverall results indicated a dire need not only to create nutritional awareness among mothers in Gujranwala but also to provide a support system for mothers to help them implement standard feeding practices.…”
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Die geometry influence on the texture and microstructure development during extrusion of AZ31 and ZK60 magnesium alloy chips by Leo Hendriok, Maria Nienaber, Gerrit Kurz, Noomane Ben Khalifa

“…The process consists of cold-compacting the chips into chip-based billets and subsequent hot extrusion to the desired profile. Thereby, mechanical properties comparable to conventional profiles made from as-cast billets can be achieved. …”
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Prevalence and impact of pelvic floor dysfunctions on quality of life in women 5–10 years after their first vaginal or caesarian delivery by Alba González-Timoneda, Nerea Valles-Murcia, Paula Muñoz Esteban, María Sol Torres López, Elisa Turrión Martínez, Patxi Errandonea Garcia, Lola Serrano Raya, Francisco Nohales Alfonso

“…A third of the women perceived the symptoms as a dysfunction and a half of them reported mild or moderate symptoms. Conclusion: PFD in women is a prevalent and underdiagnosed problem. …”
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降钙素基因相关肽对内皮素诱发大鼠心律失常作用的影响 by 肖向红, 周启平, 王丽萍, 于欣, 高静

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Wireless Coexistence between IEEE 802.11- and IEEE 802.15.4-Based Networks: A Survey by Dong Yang, Youzhi Xu, Mikael Gidlund

“…IEEE 802.15.4-based wireless networks have paid great attention to the coexistence between themselves and with other non-IEEE 802.15.4 wireless networks. …”
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Introduction of Automatic Monitoring System for Source Water in Dongjiang River in Shenzhen by MIAO Hui, LONG Ze-lai

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Response to Hydralazine-Valproate in a Patient with Mycosis Fungoides by Alfonso Dueñas-Gonzalez, Maria Teresa Vega, Déborah Martinez-Baños, Linda García-Hidalgo, Pedro Sobrevilla

“…The epigenetic alterations of CTCL not only are limited to altered histone acetylation but also include aberrant DNA gene methylation hence, the combination of an HDAC inhibitor with a DNA demethylating agent is a promising therapy to be tested. Here we report a mycosis fungoides patient having a dramatic response to hydralazine and valproate, two repositioned drugs as HDAC and DNA methylation inhibitors, respectively.…”
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Physical and Cup Quality Attributes of Arabica Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) Varieties Grown in Highlands of Amhara Region, Northwestern Ethiopia by Melese Wale Mengistu, Melkamu Alemayehu Workie, Abrar Sualeh Mohammed

“…All the tested varieties of Arabica coffee can be therefore used to produce coffee in both study areas and areas with similar agroecology of the Amhara Region, Ethiopia. …”
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Continuous Differential Microemulsion Polymerization to Prepare Nanosized Polymer Latices in Microreactors by Min Qiu, Liang Xiang, Minjing Shang, Yuanhai Su

“…We started by exploring the temperature thresholds with thermal and redox initiation, the effect of initiator concentration, and the kinetic characteristics of microemulsion polymerization at different temperatures. …”
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Optimization Analysis of Switch Numbering in Metro Power Supply System by WANG Xiaobo, CHANG Hang

“…［Objective］ With the continuous improvement of metro network, the names of switches in the power supply system at all levels can no longer accurately mark the systems they belong to, meanwhile the duplicated and insufficient numbering also occur. Therefore, it is necessary to optimize the switch numbering in metro power supply system. …”
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The effect of thickness on out-of-plane constraint in terms of the T-stress by Yu.G. Matvienko

“…The plastic zone is theoretically and numerically analyzed for various combinations of the nonsingular terms xx T to zz T ratios in connection with specimen thickness under mode I loading. …”
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