Novel Cellulosic Fiber Composites with Integrated Multi-Band Electromagnetic Interference Shielding and Energy Storage Functionalities by Xuewen Han, Cheng Hao, Yukang Peng, Han Yu, Tao Zhang, Haonan Zhang, Kaiwen Chen, Heyu Chen, Zhenxing Wang, Ning Yan, Junwen Pu

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HIV clinical outcomes among people with HIV and diabetes mellitus in Kampala, Uganda; A matched retrospective cohort study by Rita Nakalega, Fred Collins Semitala, Edrisa Ibrahim Mutebi, Denis Mawanda, Zubair Lukyamuzi, Robert Menge, Juliet Allen Babirye, Sharon Miriam Namiiro, Cleopatra Daphne Kugonza, Nelson Mukiza, Andrew Mujugira

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Inclusive Education for Exceptional Children in Egypt and the US: Reforming Egyptian Inclusive Education System in Post-pandemic World by Noha Abbas

“…Research findings revealed that the progress towards inclusion practices in Egyptian inclusive public schools is minimal and hindered by many challenges. …”
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Vulnerabilidad infantil en tiempos de crisis. Un análisis a partir de los datos del Sistema de Protección Infantil de la Comunidad Valenciana 2008-2014 by Xavier Montagud Mayor

“…Esta lógica, que goza de cierta consideración entre la comunidad científica y profesional, se enfrenta sin embargo a la realidad de unos datos que exhiben justo lo contrario. Tomando como espacio de análisis el caso de la Comunidad Valenciana, el articulo describe el comportamiento de las cifras del SPI y de varios indicadores socioeconómicos durante el periodo 2008-2014. …”
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Manufacturing Strategy for Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes as a Biocompatible and Innovative Material by Hisao Haniu, Naoto Saito, Yoshikazu Matsuda, Yuki Usui, Kaoru Aoki, Masayuki Shimizu, Nobuhide Ogihara, Kazuo Hara, Seiji Takanashi, Masanori Okamoto, Koichi Nakamura, Norio Ishigaki, Tamotsu Tsukahara, Hiroyuki Kato

“…We exposed human bronchial epithelial (BEAS-2B) cells to two sizes and six grades of MWCNTs and measured the resulting cell viability, total reactive oxygen and/or nitrogen species (tROS/RNS) production, and cytokine secretion. …”
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Laser Welded versus Resistance Spot Welded Bone Implants: Analysis of the Thermal Increase and Strength by Carlo Fornaini, Marco Meleti, Mauro Bonanini, Giuseppe Lagori, Paolo Vescovi, Elisabetta Merigo, Samir Nammour

“…Six pigs’ jaws were used and three implants were placed on each side of them for a total of 36 fixtures. Twelve bars were connected to the abutments (each bar on three implants) by using, on one side, laser welding and, on the other, resistance spot welding. …”
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La narrativa como método de investigación teológica en una epistemología hermenéutica by John Jairo Pérez-Vargas, Johan Andrés Nieto-Bravo

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Keberlanjutan budidaya ikan air tawar sebagai peluang ekonomi bagi masyarakat muaratami, Kotamadya Jayapura, Papua by Tuwaji Tuwaji

“…Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa 89,80% dari total biaya merupakan biaya variabel, dengan 50,76% dialokasikan untuk tenaga kerja. …”
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Proposal to Search for a Dark Photon in Positron on Target Collisions at DAΦNE Linac by Mauro Raggi, Venelin Kozhuharov

“…They have interactions similar to the photon, are vector bosons, and can be produced together with photons. The present paper proposes a search for such particles in the e+e-→Uγ process in a positron-on-target experiment, exploiting the positron beam of the DAΦNE linac at the Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, INFN. …”
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Application of Histogram Equalization for Image Enhancement in Corrosion Areas by Jianbin Xiong, Dezheng Yu, Qi Wang, Lei Shu, Jian Cen, Qiong Liang, Huanyang Chen, Baocheng Sun

“…Then, part of the enhanced image is combined with the original tone component, followed by saturation and conversion to red-green-blue color space to obtain the enhanced corrosion image. …”
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Erratum to “The usefulness of surgical drains on short term outcomes among patients undergoing craniotomy at the Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza Tanzania” [World Neurosurgery: X(22C... by Dennis Onsombi, Gerald Mayaya, Vladimir Herrera, Anton Manyanga, Washington Leonald, Samuel Byabato, James Lubuulwa

“…Ethical clearance was sought from the institution board to proceed with the study. Results: A total of 77 patients were enrolled into the study, the median patient age (IOR) was 33(18–55) years, and 55 % of patients were males, giving male to female ratio of 2:1. …”
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Design of a 100-MeV compact VHEE beam line in Tsinghua University by Hongyu Li, Hongyu Li, Hao Zha, Hao Zha, Xiancai Lin, Xiancai Lin, Qiang Gao, Qiang Gao, Focheng Liu, Focheng Liu, Jiaru Shi, Jiaru Shi, Huaibi Chen, Huaibi Chen

“…The total length of the system is 1.8 m, and its design is detailed in this paper.…”
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Robust medical zero‐watermarking algorithm based on Residual‐DenseNet by Cheng Gong, Jing Liu, Ming Gong, Jingbing Li, Uzair Aslam Bhatti, Jixin Ma

“…A Residual‐DenseNet is designed, which took low‐frequency features after discrete cosine transformation of medical images as labels and applied skip connections and a new objective function to strengthen and extract high‐level semantic features that can effectively distinguish different medical images and binarise them to get robust hash vectors. …”
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Clinical characteristics of Plasmodium vivax malaria infection in children and adolescents in the Republic of Korea during the period 2000 to 2016: a retrospective study by Jung Ah Lee, Je Eun Song, Seong Yeon Park, Yoon Soo Park, Yoonseon Park, Yee Gyung Kwak, Sang-Eun Lee, Hyun-Il Shin, Joon-Sup Yeom

“…Statistical analyses were performed for comparisons between severe and non-severe cases, across age groups, and assessing trends over time. Results A total of 156 pediatric cases of indigenous P. vivax malaria were diagnosed. …”
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Faut-il former les enseignants afin qu’ils cherchent à diminuer les émotions négatives de leurs élèves ou qu’ils leur apprennent à renforcer leurs émotions positives ? by Philippe A. Genoud, Gabriel Kappeler, Philippe Gay

“…The results (from a sample of 1 371 students in their last year of compulsory schooling, collected through a self-reported questionnaire measuring socio-affective attitudes towards learning) confirm a strong link between positive emotions and school motivation. …”
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Exceedance probability of characteristic flows in Poland by Katarzyna Baran-Gurgul

“…The analyzes showed that in some cases the variability of the empirical exceedance probability of a given characteristic flow is so high that it would be appropriate to assign Qchar to one value Qp together with information about the measurement error. …”
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Association between sex steroid hormones and α-klotho: Results from the NHANES 2013-2016 and Mendelian randomization study by Andong Guo, Pengcheng Chen, Jishuang Cao, Chenrui Wu, Sentai Ding

“…Finally, significant mediation effects were observed for uric acid (β = 0.27, 95 % CI: 0.15–0.67, P < 0.0001) and creatinine (β = 0.05, 95 % CI: 0.01–0.16, P = 0.0060), accounting for 26.7 % and 5.23 % of the total mediation effect, respectively. Conclusion: In conclusion, our results demonstrate that both TT and Bio-T enhance the expression of α-Klotho in men. …”
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Fascicular Visual Field Defects in Open-Angle Glaucoma: Evaluation with Microperimetry by Loredana Arrico, Rossella Giannotti, Manuela Fratipietro, Romualdo Malagola

“…Conclusions. Topographic visualization of the perimetric alteration by microperimetry allows retesting areas with reduced sensitivity which are topographically visualized and displayable on the ocular fundus examination, avoiding worsening of the functional defect by better modulation of the antiglaucoma therapy and therefore it allows better monitoring of the pathologic functional damage.…”
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PPP at Low Latitudes With Ionospheric Model Exclusively Based on Single Frequency GNSS Measurements by Ana L. Christovam, Fabricio S. Prol, Gabriel O. Jerez, Manuel Hernández‐Pajares, Paulo O. Camargo

“…A valuable source of ionospheric delay corrections is the global ionospheric models (GIMs) of Vertical Total Electron Content. The accuracy of GIMs is therefore important to improve the positioning accuracy. …”
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Communicating with Extension Clients about Water by Caroline G. Roper, Alexa J. Lamm

“…This EDIS publication will provide an overview of how to communicate with Florida residents about water, including information about their preferred communication method and what topics surrounding water Florida residents find of interest. …”
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