Exploring Iranian Pre-Service English Teachers’ Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) Identities and the Role of Mentor Teachers by zohreh Hoominian Sharifabad, Ali Mohammad Fazilatfar, Massood null Yazdanimoghaddam

“…This longitudinal study based on mixed method sequential design, and random sampling procedure strived to investigate male and female Iranian pre-service teachers' intercultural communicative competence. …”
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Deep learning for enhancing automatic classification of M-PSK and M-QAM waveform signals dedicated to single-relay cooperative MIMO 5G systems by Haithem Ben Chikha, Alaa Alaerjan, Randa Jabeur

“…Feature dimensionality is reduced using the Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization procedure to enhance training efficiency. A centralized decision-making strategy aggregates predictions from multiple antennas. …”
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A Bumpy Ride Through a Turbulent Airway: But Not Always—A Case Report of Tracheobronchopathia Osteochondroplastica by Maneesh Gaddam MD, Shivendra Tangutoori MD, Dedeepya Gullapalli MD, Shyam Ganti MD, Muhammad Hakim MD, Ajsza Matela MD

“…Severe cases with significant airway obstruction may warrant advanced bronchoscopic procedures or surgical interventions. Despite its benign nature, TPO can mimic other serious tracheal diseases. …”
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NPFC-Test: A Multimodal Dataset from an Interactive Digital Assessment Using Wearables and Self-Reports by Luis Fernando Morán-Mirabal, Luis Eduardo Güemes-Frese, Mariana Favarony-Avila, Sergio Noé Torres-Rodríguez, Jessica Alejandra Ruiz-Ramirez

“…The recorded data were processed through calibration procedures, temporal alignment techniques, and emotion recognition models. …”
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Temporary bilateral clamping of renal arteries induces ischemia–reperfusion: A new pig model of acute kidney injury using total intravenous anesthesia by Axel Guilpin, Mathieu Magnin, Axel Aigle, Jean‐Yves Ayoub, Timothée Schuhler, Romain Lac, Thierry Marchal, Thomas Brichart, Abdessalem Hammed, Vanessa Louzier

“…The IR group (n = 6) was compared with a Sham group (n = 5) that underwent the same procedure without IR. The IR group developed moderate‐to‐severe AKI as evidenced by reduced glomerular filtration, a 158% increase in plasma creatinine versus 21% in the Sham group, and elevated neutrophil gelatinase‐associated lipocalin levels (+280% in IR vs. 0% in Sham), indicating tubular injury. …”
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A seeded seroma transforming into tract Metastases: Rare complications of image-guided pleural biopsies by Wui Mei Chew, Ken Junyang Goh, Jessica Thorne, Alguili ElSheikh, Najib M. Rahman

“…Drainage of the effusion was performed two months after the procedure, and alleviated the patient's breathlessness but did not alter the resolution of the seroma. …”
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Performance of polyvinyl alcohol graphene oxide membrane for microplastic removal in wastewater with an IoT based monitoring approach by S. Vijayshanthy, E. B. Priyanka, S. Thangavel, R. Anand, G. B. Bhavana, Baseem Khan, K. Jeyanthi

“…It seeks to exploit this to devise a systematic procedure for identifying the presence of MPs, the primary and secondary sources of MPs, and their behavior in wastewater. …”
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Frontal variations and surface area changes of Swedish glaciers during 2017–2023 by Martin Houssais, Milan Horemuz, Jamie Barnett, Anders Bergwall, Nina Kirchner

“…Mapping of all Swedish glaciers became possible by combining Sentinel-2 imagery, semi-automated mapping procedures and the open-source Margin Change Quantification Tool (MaQiT). …”
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Percutaneous decannulation of peripheral veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation using the Manta closure device by Emilio Arbas Redondo, Sandra Ofelia Rosillo Rodríguez, Clara Ugueto Rodrigo, Juan Caro Codón, Alfonso Jurado Román, Raúl Moreno

“…Evidence in the field of structural heart procedures with the Manta device is very extensive2 and there is increasing experience in closing the arterial access of mechanical circulatory support systems,3,4...…”
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Pseudocapacitive Behavior of Protonic Niobate Nanowires in Aqueous Acidic Electrolyte by Adilar Gonçalves dos Santos Júnior, Jessica Gotardi, Edna Jerusa Pacheco Sampaio, Cristiano Campos Araújo, Gabriel Luiz Rasch, Antonio Marcos Helgueira de Andrade, Roberto Hübler, Andrés Cuña Suárez, Célia de Fraga Malfatti

“…The resulting protonic niobate was characterized by FEG-SEM, the results demonstrated that the morphology of the oxide was concentration-dependent in the ionic exchange step, and EDS analysis was used to validate the procedure. Using DRX, Raman spectroscopy, and FTIR analysis, the transformation of sodium niobate to protonic niobate was evidenced. …”
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Autoimmune gastritis detection from preprocessed endoscopy images using deep transfer learning and moth flame optimization by Fadiyah M. Almutairi, Sara A. Althubiti, Shabnam Mohamed Aslam, Habib Dhahri, Omar Alhajlah, Nitin Mittal

“…The images obtained during this procedure are examined to identify the presence of the disease and investigate its severity. …”
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A case report of duodenal arteriovenous malformation: usefulness of intraoperative indocyanine green angiography for precise identification of the lesion by Yoshihiro Kurata, Koichi Hayano, Keisuke Matsusaka, Hisashi Mamiya, Masaya Uesato, Kentaro Murakami, Masayuki Kano, Takeshi Toyozumi, Yasunori Matsumoto, Hiroshi Suito, Tetsuro Isozaki, Gaku Ohira, Hideki Hayashi, Hisahiro Matsubara

“…Conclusions Intraoperative ICG angiography was a useful procedure for precise identification of the AVM of the GI tract.…”
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Laparoscopic Resection of a Splenic Artery Aneurism with Spleen Preservation by Tiago Correia de Sá, Carlos Soares, Jacinta Queirós, Teresa Mónica Rocha, Manuel Oliveira

“…Not all SAA are amenable to endovascular treatment, and laparoscopic surgery has mostly replaced open procedures. Laparoscopic ligation and resection of the SAA with splenic preservation offers permanent treatment, with a low morbidity and short hospital stay. …”
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Facial metrics as predictors of occlusal vertical dimension: an anthropometric analysis by Syed Muhammad Yadain, Tufail Ahmed Soomro Soomro, Farooq Ahmed Abro, Mudaser Hussain Abbasi, Kamran Arzoo

“…Specific facial measurements from anatomical landmarks provide important correlations with the vertical dimension of occlusion for forensic experts and dental procedures. There is a gap in such a study in Sargodha, therefore the study was planned to evaluate the correlation & association of facial measurements with the vertical dimension of occlusion (VDO) amongst the students of Rai Medical College, Sargodha. …”
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Self-assembly of phosphorylated dihydromyricetin as a carrier-free bone targeting nanomedicine with enhanced efficacy for osteoporosis treatment by Yanlong Zhong, Shaorong Huang, Peng Luo, Qi Lai, Fengbo Mo, Xinmin Yang, Xiaoyong Zhang, Bin Zhang, Yen Wei, Xiaowei Yang

“…Therefore, considered the facile synthesis procedure, enhanced OP treatment efficacy as well as negative toxicity of p-DMY, we trust this strategy described in this work should be an elegant tool for construction of natural compounds-based nanomedicines for OP and other metabolic disease treatment.…”
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Chemical analysis using miniaturized and Portable 3D printed systems: Where are we now? by Miryam Perrucci, Imran Ali, Fotouh R. Mansour, Halil I. Ulusoy, Songül Ulusoy, Abuzar Kabir, Ornella Abollino, Agnese Giacomino, Paolo Inaudi, Marcello Locatelli, Erika Maria Ricci

“…With the growing emphasis on green chemistry (GC) and green analytical chemistry (GAC), significant efforts have been directed toward minimizing sample size and simplifying sample preparation procedures. Concurrently, ongoing research has enabled the miniaturization of instrumental configurations used for quantitative analysis, aligning with the principles of sustainability.One major challenge lies in the inherent complexity of liquid chromatography systems, which comprise multiple interconnected components. …”
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Semi-analytical implicit direct time integration method for 1-D gas dynamic problem by Igor Orynyak, Iryna Kostyushko, Roman Mazuryk

“…Its peculiarity consists in development of additional procedure of linearization of dependence between the pressure and density. …”
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Intranasal Otological T-Tube Application to the Lacrimal Sac in Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy by Kadri Cemil Apaydın, Bülent Veli Ağırdır, Hatice Deniz İlhan, Serkan Yağcı, Koray Ahat, Çağrı Açıkgöz

“…Conclusion: Endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy combined with otological silicon T-tube stent application can be used as an alternative procedure for especially distal part obstructions in the nasolacrimal system; the advantages are no canalicular trauma and less granulation risk. …”
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First Molecular Characterization of <i>Trueperella pyogenes</i> Isolated from a Rabbit Periodontal Abscess by Magdalena Kizerwetter-Świda, Ewelina Kwiecień, Ilona Stefańska, Dorota Chrobak-Chmiel, Magdalena Rzewuska, Wojciech Bielecki

“…This study showed the need for standardization of the laboratory methods used for extended microbial culture for the clinical samples obtained from periodontal abscesses in rabbits. These procedures should also include the isolation of fastidious pathogens like <i>T. pyogenes</i>.…”
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Synthesizing, Structuring, and Characterizing Bioactivities of .Cr(III), La(III), and Ce(III) .Complexes with Nitrogen, Oxygen .and Sulpher donor bidentate Schiff base ligands by Anaam M. Rasheed, Sinan M. M. Al-Bayati, Dr.Rehab A.M. Al-Hasani, Muna Ali Shakir

“…Standard physico-chemical procedures including metal analysis M%, element microanalysis (C.H.N.S) , magnetic susceptibility, conductometric measurements, FT-IR and UV-visible Spectra were used to identify Metal (III) complexes and  Schiff bases (LS) and (LA). …”
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