Management of sleep-disordered breathing in achondroplasia: guiding principles of the European Achondroplasia Forum by Brigitte Fauroux, Moeenaldeen AlSayed, Tawfeg Ben-Omran, Silvio Boero, Mieke Boon, Valérie Cormier-Daire, Svein Fredwall, Encarna Guillen-Navarro, Melita Irving, Philip Kunkel, Núria Madureira, Mohamad Maghnie, Josef Milerad, Klaus Mohnike, Geert Mortier, Lino Nobili, Zagorka Pejin, Marco Sessa, Sérgio B. Sousa

“…SDB, which comprises obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), more rarely central sleep apnoea (CSA), and nocturnal alveolar hypoventilation (NH), may present at any age in patients with achondroplasia. …”
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Critical Discourse Analysis of Ideology in Judy Blume’s “Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing” by Binin Mustafa Saeed

“… This paper employs critical discourse analysis to examine the ideology present in Judy Blume's "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing." …”
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Compassion Fatigue and Compassion Satisfaction Among Nursing Officers by Parul Sharma, Bindu Shaiju, Jahanara Rahman, Dharmander Singh

“…Methodology: A descriptive study was adopted, and purposive sampling technique was used. The present study’s sample included 134 nursing officers. …”
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ANTIMICROBIAL SUBSTANCES: AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO THE EXTENSION OF SHELF LIFE by Ekaterina A. Lukinova, Elena A. Kotenkova, Alexander N. Makarenko

“…Present approaches to their classification, structure and mechanisms of action are discussed. …”
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Of Forts and Fairies by Jeffrey Tolbert

“…It is an attempt to think about place both in the immediate, embodied way enabled by conventional in-person ethnographic fieldwork, and in the more remote way demanded by physical and temporal separation. …”
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A multi-dimensional multi-level approach to measuring the spatial structure of U.S. metropolitan areas by Arefeh Nasri, Lei Zhang

“…In this paper, a multi-dimensional method of measuring urban form and development patterns in urban areas of the United States is presented. The methodology presented here develops several variables and indices that contribute to the characterization and quantification of the overall physical form of urban areas at various hierarchical levels. …”
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Propagation Operator Based Boundary Condition for Finite Element Analysis by Keita Morimoto, Akito Iguchi, Yasuhide Tsuji

“…Three numerical results show that the present scheme is more accurate, and stable than conventional approximate boundary conditions such as using Padé approximation in both TE, and TM modes.…”
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Renal Extramedullary Hematopoiesis in Mast Cell Leukemia with Bone Marrow Fibrosis by Damian T. Rieke, Laura K. Schmalbrock, Jana Ihlow, Karsten Kleo, Ann-Christin von Brünneck, Florian Nolte, Ulrich Keller, Sebastian Ochsenreither

“…An association with other diseases, including myeloproliferative neoplasia, has been described. We present a case of a 75-year patient with a history of cutaneous mastocytosis who was diagnosed with mast cell leukemia more than 9 years ago and did not receive treatment. …”
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Analysis of ITMS System Impact Mechanism in Beijing Based on FD and Traffic Entropy by Ailing Huang, Wei Guan, Yimei Chang, Zhen Yang

“…Although more attention has been attracted to benefit evaluation of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) deployment, how ITS impact the traffic system and make great effects is little considered. …”
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Treating Stress-Related Pain with the Flotation Restricted Environmental Stimulation Technique: Are There Differences between Women and Men? by Sven Å Bood, Anette Kjellgren, Torsten Norlander

“…The present study included 88 patients (69 women, 19 men) from three different studies (post hoc analysis). …”
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A review: Multi-Objective Algorithm for Community Detection in Complex Social Networks by Mariwan Wahid Ahmed, Kamaran Faraj

“…These strengths and limitations of various MOAs are reviewed with a comparative analysis to provide insights into both the effectiveness and computational efficiency of these methods. The present trends and future research are discussed that underline the need for the development of solutions to be more adaptive and scalable in coping with the gradually increasing complexity of social networks.…”
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Paper in design and architecture by Jerzy F. Latka

“…Emergency and relief projects will be presented in Chapter 5. …”
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A Patient with Unilateral Tibial Aplasia and Accessory Scrotum: A Pure Coincidence or Nonfortuitous Association? by Zoran Gucev, Marco Castori, Velibor Tasic, Nada Popjordanova, Arijeta Hasani

“…Tibial aplasia is an uncommon lower limb malformation that can occur isolated or be part of a more complex malformation pattern. We describe a 9-year-old boy born after uneventful pregnancy and delivery. …”
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Modern beachrock formation in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal by Hayley Cawthra, Ron Uken

“…The low latitude and subtropical climatic setting is a unique context compared to the more commonly documented contemporary beachrock formation in the tropics. …”
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A Giant Primary Mediastinal Teratocarcinoma in a Male Adult by Muneera Al-Khalifa, Sara Alsaad, Habib Al-Tareef, Zaid Arekat, Abdulla Darwish

“…This report presents a case of a giant primary mediastinal nonseminomatous GCT resected from a 35-year-old male who presented with dyspnoea and tightness in the chest. …”
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Shear Characteristics of Cement-Stabilized Sand Reinforced with Waste Polyester Fiber Fabric Blocks by Xiangfeng Lv, Hongyuan Zhou

“…The present paper is devoted to investigate the effects of waste polyester fiber fabric blocks on the strength and mechanical behavior of cemented sand. …”
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Europe and its key actors in the Yemeni crisis; from normativism to pragmatism by Behzad Ahmadi Lafouraki, Sohrab Sadoddin

“…The rhetoric of the Union (and European governments) on playing a mediating role on the one hand and the pursuit of pragmatic trade and economic interests on the other hand, has made the recognition of this principle more complex. In this regard, the present article examines the policy of the Union (and the governments) by using the theoretical literature presented in EU global strategy and by emphasizing the two concepts of "resilience" and "principled pragmatism" in this document. …”
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From Kabuliwala to Kesari : Mapping the (Mis)representations of Afghans in Hindi films by Mohammad Reyaz, Kaifia Ancer Laskar

“…Besides Kabul being a part of the Mughal Empire for a long time, more than half of the Pashtuns living to the east of the Durand Line were part of undivided India (present-day Pakistan) during the British rule. …”
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Ayatollah Javadi Amoli's Perspective on Redemption: Inclusive End or Dominant End? by Tahereh Salehi, Yahya Sabbaghchi

“…The descriptive-analytical method has been used in presenting and presenting the findings of this research.…”
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SPA TOURISM IN SPAIN NOWADAYS: CURRENT STATE AND OPPORTUNITIES by Edianny Carballo-Cruz, Raciel Yera, Juan Carlos Maroto-Martos, Aida Pinos-Navarrete

“…A further discussion is also presented, as well as the theoretical and practical implications of the contribution. …”
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