Women's preferences, impacts, and satisfaction with companion support during labour and delivery experiences in Oman by Nasar Alwahaibi, Fatema Alajaimi, Hoor Alhabsi, Alzahra Alkalbani, Rodina Aljulandani

“…We evaluated each category separately based on two separate sections.ResultsThis study included a total of 444 labouring women and an equal number of companions, with mean ages of 32.25 years and 42.66 years, respectively. …”
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Star Formation Law at Sub-kpc Scale in the Elliptical Galaxy Centaurus A as Seen by ALMA by Jazeel H. Azeez, Zamri Z. Abidin, C.-Y. Hwang, Zainol A. Ibrahim

“…In addition we examined the spatially resolved relationship between velocity dispersion and star formation rate surface density for the outer disk of this galaxy and we found that the average velocity dispersion is equal to 11.78 km/s. The velocity dispersion of the molecular ISM for the outer disk is found to follow a power relation with the star formation rate surface density σ∝∑SFRβ, where β is the slope from the ordinary least square fitting. …”
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Educational Advance Organizers: A Bridge to Effective Learning by Mehri Yavari, Akram Bagherzadeh, Haniye Mastour, Shima Sadat Zarif Nahad

“…The required sample was 120 staff entered the study using the census of the entire population and were randomly divided equally into three groups. In the two intervention groups, education was provided by the method of explanatory and visual advance organizers, and in the control group, education was provided in the form of lectures. …”
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An Algorithm to Analyze Cost Heterogeneity using Counterfactual Scenarios in Endovascular versus Open Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Predicting Costs for Subsequent Patients by Christopher A. Jones, Peter W. Callas, Robert W. Everett, Richard A. Galbraith, Richie Spitsberg, Jeffrey J. Petrozzino, Michael J. DeSarno, Andrew C. Stanley

“…For the purpose of this exercise, it was assumed that clinical outcomes were equally good with EVAR versus OPEN repair. **Results:** Significant predictors of UQC for OPEN repair procedures were: history of treated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), previous bypass surgery, transfer from hospital and age >70 (area under receiver operating curve [ROC] = 0.726). …”
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A Comparative Analysis of Minority Political Participation from an Islamic Perspective in Indonesia and Singapore by Mujar Ibnu Syarif, Ahmad Tholabi Kharlie, Arip Purkon

“…The comparative analysis shows that minorities in both Indonesia and Singapore have equal standing with the majority. However, in Indonesia, no minority has yet succeeded in becoming President, whereas in Singapore, Halimah Yacob, a Muslim minority, became the country’s first female president.…”
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Subject independent evaluation of eyebrows as a stand‐alone biometric by Hoang (Mark) Nguyen, Ajita Rattani, Reza Derakhshani

“…Our results show a 4.2% equal error rate (EER) and 0.993 area under the curve (AUC) on a subset of the FACES data set (154 subjects) and 6.8% EER, 0.978 AUC on a subset of the VISOB data set (350 subjects). …”
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A PERISCOPE INTO THE PSYCHO-SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES EXPERIENCED BY FAMILIES OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL DISORDERS IN KADUNA STATE by FARIDA ABUBAKAR SAULAWA

“…They may also experience depression, anxiety, sadness, guilt, and sometimes shame. Equally, in the social front, the caregivers experience discrimination, stigma and lack of social support from relatives, the community and the government, thereby leading to increased social distance. …”
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LEGAL MIGRATION – RIGHTS AND BENEFITS IN THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM by Nicoleta ANDRICA, Andreea-Florina FORA

“…European Union provides information for all the workers: equal treatment, E.U. legislation, rules for each one, rights in each country and also for family members. …”
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Antioxidative effects of α-tocopherol on stored human red blood cell units by Saeideh Hajizamani, Kamran Atarodi, Mohammad Reza Deyhim, Fahimeh Ranjbar Kermani, Kamran Mousavi Hosseini

“…MATERIALS AND METHODS: Four RBC units containing CPDA1 were divided into four equal satellite bags. Three bags were supplemented with 0.125, 0.625, and 3.125 mM concentrations of α-tocopherol as test groups. …”
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An External Archive-Based Constrained State Transition Algorithm for Optimal Power Dispatch by Xiaojun Zhou, Jianpeng Long, Chongchong Xu, Guanbo Jia

“…In the process of optimization, technology and production restrictions are difficult to be satisfied, which are modeled as nonconvex equality constraints in the power dispatch optimization problem. …”
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The Incidence of Diagnosis of Munchausen Syndrome, Other Factitious Disorders, and Malingering by Harald Schrader, Thomas Bøhmer, Jan Aasly

“…For 24 of 146 patients who were equally distributed by gender within health institutions, we managed to identify the diagnosing healthcare providers. …”
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ASEAN Defence Ministers MeetingPlus: Institutional structure, specific features, and evolution (2010–2022) by K. G. Muratshina

“…While other dialogue partners, primarily the United States and China, are pressurising ASEAN in order to ‘win over’ the Southeast Asian countries to their side, Russia consistently promotes an equal, practice-oriented dialogue, and adheres to the principles of non-interference in internal affairs and in local conflicts. …”
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FEDERALISM, INSECURITY, AND THE PERSISTENT AGITATIONS AMONG ETHNIC GROUPS IN NIGERIA’S FOURTH REPUBLIC: ANY WAY FORWARD? by TEMITOPE EMMANUEL ABIODUN, IBRAHIM ADEDAYO OYEWOLE, ENOCH AKINLOLUWA MAKINDE

“…To ameliorate tensions that bring about agitations in Nigerian federalism, equality and justice in power and resource allocation among ethnic groups must be prioritised. …”
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Comparing the Efficacy of Triamcinolone Acetonide Iontophoresis versus Topical Calcipotriol/Betamethasone Dipropionate in Treating Nail Psoriasis: A Bilateral Controlled Clinical T... by Nasrin Saki, Shahla Hosseinpoor, Alireza Heiran, Ali Mohammadi, Mehdi Zeraatpishe

“…Conclusion. Monthly TI has an equal efficacy compared to daily topical calcipotriol/betamethasone dipropionate. …”
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Combining and congruence evaluation of phylogenetic signals from different genes based on geometric approach by V. M. Efimov, V. Yu. Kovaleva, Yu. N. Litvinov

“…Mantel test is applied to estimate pairwise similarity (congruence) of interspecies distances matrices relating to different genes. nDNA genes congruence is equal 0.961, mtDNA – 0.748. All matrices of the interspecies distances are combined into a joint matrix by weighing. …”
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Double Superposed Epoch Analysis of Geomagnetic Storms and Corresponding Solar Wind and IMF in Solar Cycles 23 and 24 by V. Manu, N. Balan, Qing‐He Zhang, Zan‐Yang Xing

“…The results seem to reveal that the average reduction in the main driver ‐VBz (∼24%) might have caused nearly the same and equal average storm/activity intensity reductions in all latitudes (∼25%), though the irregular nature of the AE index makes the reduction very small (4%) at high latitudes, and small (∼11%) at mid latitudes mainly due to the small (0–9) quasi logarithmic scale of the Kp index.…”
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Islamic religiosity and its impact on Muslim men's share of housework and childcare time in Malaysia: A proxy investigation by Harn Shian Boo

“…This study suggests that the higher level of Islamic religiosity encourages Muslim men to participate more in housework and childcare, perhaps it can lead to a more equal distribution of responsibilities within the household, irrespective of traditional gender roles. …”
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Purpose built catheters for minimally invasive surfactant therapy: Experience from a Canadian tertiary level neonatal intensive care unit by Talib Al Harthy, Michael R Miller, Orlando daSilva, Soume Bhattacharya

“…Overall, the success rate was equally high with both catheters. Users subjectively reported higher ease of use with SurfCath™. …”
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THERMAL EFFECTIVENESS OF THE GAS FLOW VORTICAL HEAT-RELEASE INTENSIFICATION AT AXIAL AND TRANSVERSAL FLOWING-AROUND THE ROUND-TUBULAR SURFACES. Part 1 by V. B. Kuntysh, A. V. Sukhotskiy, A. V. Yatsevich

“…The authors present a numerical comparison of the thermal effectiveness of the monophasic-stream axial flowing inside a smooth pipe with transversal flow-around of staggered and in-line tube banks in interval Re = (3−500) × 103 with equal power input N0 = idem for priming gas (air) flow. …”
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The activity of Count Karl Ludwig von Ficquelmont in the Russian Empire, with a focus on his St. Petersburg salon by Anežka Kotoučová

“…Within the source base, diplomatic reports (Ficquelmont sought greater rapprochement of the Austrian Empire with the Russian Empire) as well as various ego-documents, including the extensive diary of Darya Fyodorovna von Ficquelmont, and, marginally, contemporary Russian fiction are used equally. It was the salons that provided a large number of stimuli for the formation of Russian culture, and it was here that important socio-cultural topics of the time were discussed. …”
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