Vibration-Based Damage Identification and Condition Monitoring of Metro Trains: Warsaw Metro Case Study by Alicja Kowalska-Koczwara, Filip Pachla, Piotr Stecz, Krzysztof Stypuła, Tadeusz Tatara, Jerzy Lejk, Marek Sokołowski

“…According to the introduced monitoring procedure, the number of complaints from residents decreased and the comfort of their lives improved.…”
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Revascularização clínica e intervencionista no acidente vascular cerebral isquêmico agudo: opinião nacional Clinical and interventional revascularization in the acute ischemic stro... by Cesar N. Raffin, Jefferson Gomes Fernandes, Eli Faria Evaristo, José Ibiapina Siqueira Neto, Maurício Friedrich, Paulo Puglia, Rogério Darwich

“…<br>The Brazilian Stroke Society constituted a committee composed by specialists from different areas of Brazil that emitted a viewpoint called "National Opinion" , considering the interventional procedures and thrombolysis in the treatment of the acute ischemic stroke. …”
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Mass-Forming Ischemic Colitis: A Potential Mimicker of Malignancy by Alexandra M. Danakas, Bushra G. Fazili, Aaron R. Huber

“…It is critical for gastroenterologists and pathologists to be aware of this variant of IC to avoid unnecessary surgical procedures and treatment of patients.…”
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Practical Applications of Sperm Selection Techniques as a Tool for Improving Reproductive Efficiency by J. M. Morrell, H. Rodriguez-Martinez

“…Therefore, it is essential that sperm handling procedures do not modulate the normal physiological mechanisms occurring in the female reproductive tract. …”
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The Challenging Diagnosis of Pancreatic Masses: Not All Tumors Are Cancers by Alessandro Morotti, Dario Gned, Leonardo Di Martino, Gaetano Cristaldi, Anna Alì, Paolo Nicoli, Andrea Veltri, Angelo Guerrasio

“…Notwithstanding, not all pancreatic tumors are cancers and therefore alternative diagnoses need to be investigated, especially when patients are unfit for invasive diagnostic procedures. Here, we report a case of an aged patient that was admitted to an internal medicine division for a previously diagnosed pancreatic cancer. …”
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The biochemical and morphostructural features of biological fluids in patients with rapidly growing uterine myoma by E. G. Shvarev, L. V. Dikareva, A. K. Ayupova, G. E. Shvarev

“…The paper analyzes and presents the clinical and laboratory data of 978 female patients, including 268 (27.4%) control women having no reproductive organ tumors, 478 (48.8%) and 232 (23.7%) patients with slowly and rapidly growing uterine myoma (UM), respec- tively. A new procedure has been developed and tested to diagnose rapidly growing UM, including the latter concurrent with endometrial hyperplastic processes, which is based on the comparison of the levels of lipid peroxidation products in the biomolecules in the study biological fluids (endometrial lavages) and on the analysis of their morphostructural features. …”
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Pyoderma gangrenosum: update and guidance by Luiz Felipe Duarte Fernandes Vieira, Carlos Lacerda Andrade Almeida, Alexandre Wagner de Souza, Jozelia Rêgo, Everton Siviero do Vale, Jose Roberto Pereira Pegas

“…The Capitulum of Wound treatment of the Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery (SBCP) promoted a discussion with the Brazilian societies of Dermatology and Rheumatology to extract the best procedures in diagnostic and treatment. Methods: Broad review of published articles related to the subject and compilation of guidelines of diagnostic and treatment by two advisors of each involved society, plastic surgery, dermatology and rheumatology. …”
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The “One-fifth Rule” with Rollbacks for Self-Adjustment of the Population Size in the (1 + (λ,λ)) Genetic Algorithm by Anton Olegovich Bassin, Maxim Viktorovich Buzdalov, Anatoly Abramovich Shalyto

“…However, on problems which interfere with the assumptions behind the self-adjustment procedure, its usage can lead to the performance degradation. …”
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IMMEDIATE RESULTS OF CONFORMIC HDR BRACHYTHERAPY USING THE MULTISOURCE APPARATUS FOR ORAL MUCOSAL TUMORS by A. A. Lozhkov, A. V. Vazhenin, T. M. Sharabura, A. S. Aladin, A. G. Zhumabayeva, A. V. Turbina, E. Ya. Mozerova, O. N. Davydova

“…An algorithm for planning conformic BT was developed, by combining the data of multislice spiral computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, by using the inverse procedures for dose calculation, and by choosing the parameters of plan assessment. …”
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The Influence of Competence, Work Discipline, and Teamwork on the Performance of Employees of PT Lion Mentari Airlines at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport by Aril Amanda Putri, Dewi Andriani, Kumara Adji Kusuma

“…The decline in employee performance at Lion Air is characterized by a lack of knowledge of company procedures, high levels of tardiness and absenteeism, and a lack of communication and coordination between team members. …”
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Look Out before Polypectomy in Patients with Diverticular Disease – A Case of a Large, Inverted Diverticulum of the Colon Resembling a Pedunculated Polyp by Omero Alessandro Paoluzi, Claudio Tosti, Fabio Andrei, Italo Stroppa, Francesco Pallone

“…A polyp found during colonoscopy in patients with colonic diverticular disease may be removed by endoscopic polypectomy with electrosurgical snare, a procedure associated with an incidence of perforation of less than 0.05%. …”
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Identification and Analysis of Problems in the Implementation of Road Safety Audit in Lithuania by Aja Tumavičė, Igoris Kravcovas, Vilma Jasiūnienė

“…The cost-benefit-ratios of Road Safety Audits in developed countries are rather high. In Lithuania, the procedure on Road Safety Audits is fairly new, and the direct links between different problems and their occurrence frequency throughout the years are yet to be determined. …”
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Hepatic Vein and Inferior Vena Cava Reconstruction during Hepatic Surgery Resection for Cancer by Danilo Coco, Silvana Leanza

“…The results indicated that with these surgical procedures, complications are still involved but may be successful for particular patients.…”
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Results of the use of behavioral SOPs in the performance of professional activities by Geovane Testa Corrêa, Aline Battisti Archer, Gustavo Klauberg Pereira, Juliane Viecili

“…This research aimed to identify results produced by the use of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), written under the control of behavioral concepts (B-SOPs), in the accomplishment of professional activities. …”
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Resultant Force on Grains of a Real Sand Dune: How to Measure It? by R. F. Miotto, C. A. Alvarez, D. S. Borges, W. R. Wolf, E. M. Franklin

“…Here, based on subaqueous experiments using a high‐speed camera, discrete numerical computations solving the motion at the grain scale, and a special training of a convolutional neural network, we show that it is, in fact, possible to estimate the resultant force acting on the grains of a barchan dune by using images. This procedure opens new possibilities for measuring the resultant force not only on the grains of a dune, but also on relatively small elements that are imaged over time, such as rocks, boulders, rovers, and human‐built constructions photographed by satellites on terrestrial and Martian landscapes.…”
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Autofluorescence Images with Carl Zeiss versus Topcon Eye Fundus Camera: A Comparative Study by Juan M. Muñoz, Rosa M. Coco, M. Rosa Sanabria, Ruben Cuadrado, Eduardo Blanco

“…To compare the autofluorescence images of the Zeiss versus Topcon eye fundus cameras and design an objective way to quantify it. Procedures. The IMAGEJ software was used to determine the gray level corresponding to the darkest veins and the peripapillary ring (thresholds), the level of white of the brightest perifoveal area, their difference (contrast level), and the suprathreshold area for each photograph. …”
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Fuzzy reliability theory analysis of traffic signal lamp performance by Mason D. Gemar, Shidong Pan, Zhanmin Zhang, Randy B. Machemehl

“…As such, the methodology and subsequent analysis procedures used to evaluate the reliability of traffic signal lamps along a corridor is proposed. …”
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Improving GaP Solar Cell Performance by Passivating the Surface Using AlxGa1-xP Epi-Layer by Xuesong Lu, Ruiying Hao, Martin Diaz, Robert L. Opila, Allen Barnett

“…To study the passivation effect of this layer, we design a novel growth procedure via liquid phase epitaxy. X-Ray diffraction results show that the resulting passivation epitaxial layer is of good quality. …”
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Understanding inclusive assessment: how British Pakistani male graduates engage with university assessments by Mohammed Bilal Nazir

“…Ethnic minority students can be excluded by a range of factors which include the procedure, content and context of assessment. By analysing twelve narratives of British Pakistani male graduates, this study examines student engagement with traditional and more contemporary assessments and explores how students negotiate racialised learning spaces. …”
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UAV-Based Airport Lights Inspection Without GNSS Positioning Support by Wiesław Pamuła, Teresa Pamuła, Tomasz Stenzel, Maciej Sajkowski, Adam Rytter, Daria Żuchowska

“…Commonly, GNSS-based methods are employed and augmentation procedures are applied to improve the positioning precision. …”
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