Functional Brain Plasticity Associated with ACL Injury: A Scoping Review of Current Evidence by T. Neto, T. Sayer, D. Theisen, A. Mierau

“…A scoping review was conducted following the guidelines of the Joanna Briggs Institute and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses. …”
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The Comparative Mental Health Responses Between Post-Musculoskeletal Injury and Post-Concussive Injury Among Collegiate Athletes: A Systematic Review by Joseph Sabol, Cecelia Kane, Mark P Wilhelm, Jennifer C Reneker, Megan Burrowbridge Donaldson

“… # Study Design Systematic Review # Methods Systematic searches of PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus, ProQuest, and SportDiscus were completed. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines were utilized. …”
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Aging of Cross-Linked Polyethylene Insulation Cable Lines by I. V. Oleksyuk

“…Abstract. Preference is given to cable lines with  cross-linked polyethylene insulation in electrical networks with a nominal voltage of 10 kV during reconstruction of existing and construction of new industrial enterprises. …”
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Decision support system for waste management: fuzzy group AHP-CoCoSo by Morteza Yazdani, Chenchui Ye, Mayssam Tarighi Shaayesteh, Pascale Zaraté

“…Innovatively integrating Fuzzy methodology with AHP-CoCoSo, the authors optimize decision-makers' preference inputs. Through Fuzzy-AHP, decision-makers' weights and criteria weights are calculated, while Fuzzy-CoCoSo is utilized to determine the final collective decision ranking. …”
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PROBLEM OF DEMOCRACY PROMOTION IN CONTEXT OF POSTCOLONIAL FEMINISM by V. A. Muzalevskiy

“….), and European leadership prefers feminine practices. In terms of the post-colonial feminism, this approach does not give these actors any special benefits, as it offers the ineffective governing strategy of the local population, not taking into account, and often denying the specific cultural environment of democracy promotion, paying more attention to institutional characteristics (lack of certain civil rights and freedoms, lack of transparency in the work of public authorities, etc.). …”
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Ethical challenges in palliative sedation of adults: protocol for a systematic review of current clinical practice guidelines by Cécile Jaques, Ralf J Jox, Martyna Tomczyk

“…This study protocol is reported in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis for Protocols criteria and registered on PROSPERO. …”
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Diversity in the internal functional feeding elements of sympatric morphs of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus). by Guðbjörg Ósk Jónsdóttir, Laura-Marie von Elm, Finnur Ingimarsson, Samuel Tersigni, Sigurður Sveinn Snorrason, Arnar Pálsson, Sarah Elizabeth Steele

“…Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) is a freshwater salmonid known for morphological variation and sympatric polymorphism and in Lake Þingvallavatn, Iceland, four morphs of charr coexist that differ in preferred prey, behaviour, habitat use, and external feeding morphology. …”
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Impact of Fisheries Exports on the Participation of Fisheries in Ensuring Food Security of the Country and the Arctic Region by Anatoliy M. Vasilyev

“…Even when Russian fish is sold abroad at a discount, fish producers prefer to export it. In the absence of incentives for the supply of fishery products to the domestic market, it is advisable to increase the legal status of the Doctrine and make the implementation of its recommendations mandatory, or change the rules for allocating fishing resources to economic entities. …”
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Optimization of Quantitative Evaluation Method for Urban Waterfront Building Cluster Skyline by Jian Zhang, Wenlei Luan, Jieshuai Zhang

“…According to this theory, the higher the fractal dimension value, the “more complex” the skyline, and the greater people’s preference for it. However, this evaluation method has certain limitations. …”
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Site Selection of Landfill with emphasis on Hydrogeomorphological – environmental parameters Shahrood-Bastam watershed by Ahmad Reza Arabameri, Mohammad Hossein Ramesht

“…For this purpose, 12 data layers including Elevation, Stream density, Fault density, Habituate density, distance to road, plan curvature, lithology, slope, Temperature, soil, land use and distance to protected area extracted with Arc GIS 10.1 are prepared and one of MCDM methods which is Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) is implemented. …”
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Effect of Calcium Chloride and Trisodium Phosphate Fortification on Low Fat Buffalo Milk Cheeses by R. Perveen, M.S. Butt, U. Elahi, M.N. Babur

“… Cheese is a dairy product that is highly preferred by consumers. Cheese is a delectable and nutritious food item. …”
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Perception of Iraqi Orthodontists and Patients toward Accelerated Orthodontics by Ali M. Al-Attar, Samher Al-Shaham, Mushriq Abid

“…Noninvasive accelerating procedures were more preferable by orthodontists and patients than invasive surgical procedures.…”
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Digital Lovers and Jealousy: Anticipated Emotional Responses to Emotionally and Physically Sophisticated Sexual Technologies by Ashton Prochazka, Robert C. Brooks

“…Participants (173 female, 176 male) read vignettes that each described a particular technology and then answered whether, if their romantic partner were to use the described technology, they would anticipate jealousy or anger, and whether they would prefer to see the technology banned. Participant anticipations of jealousy and anger were so similar that we combined them in a single composite measure. …”
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Factors affecting utilization of male sexual and reproductive health services: a qualitative description of males in Anambra State, Southeast Nigeria by Nwamaka Alexandra Ezeonu, Nkiru Nwamaka Ezeama, Ijeoma Uchenna Itanyi, Jane Nkolika Ezeonu, Achunam Simeon Nwabueze

“…Results Males in both urban and rural areas of Anambra State preferred informal health facilities; male-focused health facilities and male health workers. …”
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Gallstones in Elderly Patients: Impact of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy by A Montori, M Boscaini, M Gasparrini, G Miscusi, L Masoni, M Onorato, J Montori

“…Gasless LC should be preferred in patients classified as American Society of Anesthesiologists’ class III because an excessive duration of operation is the most common reason for converting to an open cholecystectomy.…”
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Combined feedback–feedforward control of Ćuk CCM converter for achieving fast transient response by Byeongcheol Han, Seok‐Min Wi, Minsung Kim

“…Abstract The Ćuk converters operating in continuous conduction mode (CCM) can be preferred in applications such as microprocessor power delivery and pulsed load because these circuits have advantages of being able to step up/down, a small number of power components, and low input/output current ripples. …”
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Phacoemulsification and polymethylmethacrylate intraocular lens implantation. Prevention of postsurgical astigmatism through scleral approach by José Guillermo Martínez Urbay, Keilym Artiles Martínez, Neyda Alina González Pérez, Noel Lascaiba Rojas

“…Phacoemulsification is the preferred surgical technique among Anterior Segment Ophthalmic Surgery Specialists worldwide. …”
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Nature conservation and poverty alleviation through sustainable ecotourism: the case of Lolab Valley, India by Lone Rafiya Majeed, Sumaira Rashid, Deeplata Sharma, Lone Fawad Majeed, Mansoor Ahmad Bhat

“…In particular, the option that participants preferred the most was mountain tourism (44%), followed by heritage tourism (20%), anthropological tourism (14%), water tourism (13%), and creative tourism (9%). …”
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Metamaterial-based injection molding for the cost-effective production of whole cuts by Mohammad Ghosheh, Avner Ehrlich, Amit Fischer, Laura Pasitka, Merav Cohen, Yaakov Nahmias

“…Blinded taste tests indicate a 43% preference for our plant-based steak analog. Moreover, technical economic analysis shows injection molding is more cost-effective than 3D printing, costing $9/kg compared to $38/kg. …”
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The use of Platelet Rich Plasmain combination of guided tissue regeneration (chitosan) for bone defects: homogeneity analysis. by Dildar Abdullah Othman, Ziwar Ahmed Saleh, Raid Fahim Salman

“…Conclusion The study concluded The homogeneity status of different ratios of novel material (mixture of PRP / Chitosan) revealed that 95:5 ratio was preferable to test for biocompatibility and bone regeneration. …”
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