The family medicine accelerated track at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center: results from a 10-year program to bend the primary care curve by Betsy Goebel Jones, Ronald C. Cook, Felix Morales, Keeley Hobart, Steven L. Berk

“…Background Texas is one of the states with the lowest access to usual sources of primary care; most critically, family medicine (FM) has been projected to have the greatest physician shortage increase between 2018 and 2032. …”
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Feasibility of implementing a decision aid for advanced cancer patients in a comprehensive cancer centers' outpatient setting: Valuable lessons learned by K. Laryionava, R. Boekels, J. Schildmann, M. Wensing, U. Wedding, B. Surmann, K. Mehlis, C. Gebel, M. Cinci, K. Krug, E. C. Winkler

“…Methods This qualitative study utilized content analysis following Sandelowski's approach on two different datasets derived from research projects on decision‐making in advanced cancer. To inform the development of a DA and understand challenges related to its implementation, we conducted semi‐structured interviews with 24 oncologists (Dataset 1) and three focus groups with various healthcare professionals (n = 19) and in addition post‐implementation semi‐structured interviews with oncologists who used the DA in conversations with their cancer patients (n = 5) (Dataset 2). …”
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Rationale and design for the thoracic Paravertebral Adjunctive Dexamethasone Palmitate Reducing chronic pain After cardiac surgery (PANDORA) trial: a parallel-group, double-blinded... by Jing Zhao, Hui Zhang, Ziyu Zheng, Baobao Gao, Lini Wang, Chong Lei, Hailong Dong, Taoyuan Zhang, Jiao Gao, Lihong Hou

“…CPSP is defined as a new development of pain or increase in the intensity of pain at the surgical area or projected onto the innervation area of a nerve in this area after a surgical procedure that persists for at least 3 months. …”
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Skull vibration induced nystagmus, velocity storage and self-stability by Ian S. Curthoys, David S. Zee, Georges Dumas, Georges Dumas, Christopher J. Pastras, Julia Dlugaiczyk

“…It is our hypothesis that only neural input from primary afferent neurons with irregular resting discharge projects in the direct pathway, whereas the primary afferent input in the indirect pathway consists of neurons with regular resting discharge. …”
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A Metapopulation Model to Assess Water Management Impacts on the Threatened Australian Lungfish, <i>Neoceratodus forsteri</i> by Charles R. Todd, Andrew J. McDougall, Scott M. C. Raymond, Robin Hale, Timothy R. Brown, John D. Koehn, Henry F. Wootton, Steven G. Brooks, Adrian M. Kitchingman, Tom Espinoza, Benjamin G. Fanson, Peter K. Kind, Sharon M. Marshall, David T. Roberts

“…The model consists of three interacting populations, where the ecology and biology of the species were translated into an 80-year-class population projection matrix for each population, each with post-development streamflow, habitat and movement rules. …”
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Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST) science: Probing the transient and time-variable sky [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Pamela Klaassen, Mark Booth, Thomas Stanke, Evanthia Hatziminaoglou, Claudia Cicone, Martin Cordiner, Tony Mroczkowski, Doug Johnstone, Luca Di Mascolo, Minju Lee, Eelco van Kampen, Thomas Maccarone, Daizhong Liu, Matthew Smith, Amélie Saintonge, Sven Wedemeyer, Alexander Thelen, John Orlowski-Scherer, Tomasz Kamiński, Joe Bright, Atul Mohan, Michael Koss, Sigurd Næss, Francisco Miguel Montenegro-Montes, Paola Severgnini, Claudio Ricci, Jochen Greiner, Cristian Vignali

“…We make theoretical predictions for the instrumental and observatory properties required to significantly contribute to these science cases, and compare them to the projected AtLAST capabilities. Finally, we consider the unique ways in which transient science cases constrain the observational strategies of AtLAST, and make prescriptions for how AtLAST should observe in order to maximize its transient science output without impinging on other science cases.…”
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Glia control experience-dependent plasticity in an olfactory critical period by Hans C Leier, Alexander J Foden, Darren A Jindal, Abigail J Wilkov, Paola Van der Linden Costello, Pamela J Vanderzalm, Jaeda Coutinho-Budd, Masashi Tabuchi, Heather T Broihier

“…The Drosophila antennal lobe houses synapses between olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) and downstream projection neurons (PNs) in stereotyped glomeruli. Many glomeruli exhibit structural plasticity in response to early-life odor exposure, indicating a general sensitivity of the fly olfactory circuitry to early sensory experience. …”
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Longitudinal non-targeted metabolomic profiling of urine samples for monitoring of kidney transplantation patients by Ihsan Yozgat, Ulkem Cakır, Muhittin Abdulkadir Serdar, Sevgi Sahin, Osman Ugur Sezerman, Emirhan Nemutlu, Ahmet Tarik Baykal, Mustafa Serteser

“…Nineteen metabolites were found to differ significantly in the 1st week, and seventeen metabolites in the 3rd month (adjusted p-value < 0.05, quality control (QC) < 30, a fold change (FC) > 1.1 or a FC < 0.91, Variable Influence on Projection (VIP) > 1). However, no significant differences were observed in the 6th month. …”
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Establishment of wetland conservation networks in response to climate change and anthropogenic activities: A case study from the Liaohe River Basin in Liaoning Province, China by Kexin Chen, Shuxiu Liang, Pifu Cong, Zhaochen Sun

“…The findings revealed that at the national scale, the overall trend of suitable habitats for coastal vegetation are projected to decline significantly between 2030 and 2090 under the influence of climate change. …”
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Sandpiper optimization with hybrid deep learning model for blockchain-assisted intrusion detection in iot environment by Mimouna Abdullah Alkhonaini, Manal Abdullah Alohali, Mohammed Aljebreen, Majdy M. Eltahir, Meshari H. Alanazi, Ayman Yafoz, Raed Alsini, Alaa O. Khadidos

“…Blockchain (BC) aided intrusion detection from IoT platforms provides many benefits, including better data integrity, transparency, and resistance to tampering. This paper projects a novel sandpiper optimizer with hybrid deep learning-based intrusion detection (SPOHDL-ID) from the BC-assisted IoT platform. …”
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Hierarchical 2-D/3-D Object-Based Classification of Photogrammetric Textured Mesh Models by Zhongwen Hu, Jinhua Zhang, Zhigang Liu, Yinghui Zhang, Jingzhe Wang, Qian Zhang, Guofeng Wu

“…To address this issue, we propose a hierarchical object-based method for the classification of TMMs, consisting of three key steps: 1) the TMM is first hierarchically segmented into ground surface meshes and off-ground 3-D objects using a cloth-simulated filtering algorithm; 2) the ground surface mesh is projected to 2-D ortho-image, where object-based image classification is used to classify pixels. …”
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25 years of the Institute of Higher Education of the NAES of Ukraine: Achievements and prospects for development by Ірина Драч, Світлана Калашнікова, Олена Слюсаренко, Юрій Скиба, Олександр Жабенко, Леся Червона

“…The In­stitute actively cooperates with Ukrainian and foreign universities, participates in international projects aimed at the development and modernization of the higher education system. …”
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Real-Time Voltage Stability Assessment With a Novel Bus Index Considering Impact of Connection to Distribution Networks by Sasan Azad, Mohammad Taghi Ameli, Mohammad Mehdi Amiri, Hossein Ameli, Mohammad Reza Shadi, Goran Strbac

“…Many real-world power systems operate near voltage stability limits due to rising power demands, limited generation sources, and delays in development projects. Therefore, conducting online voltage stability assessments of power systems is crucial to ensure stable system operation. …”
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Development <italic>p</italic>, <italic>q</italic>, <italic>r</italic>&#x2013;Spherical Fuzzy Einstein Aggregation Operators: Application in Decision-Making in Logo Design by Lin Kang, Salma Khan, Muhammad Rahim, Kamal Shah, Thabet Abdeljawad

“…In this paper, we proposed a new reliable method for smart DM in logo design projects that uses <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$p,q,r-$ </tex-math></inline-formula>SF Einstein aggregation operators (AOs). …”
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Land Rights, Land Ownership, and Land Governance among Rural Communities in River Tana County, Kenya: A Gender Perspective by Wilson Ndenyele, Marie-Emmanuelle, Halimu Suleimani Shauri, Godffrey Nato

“…Methodology: This article used two study sites of Bedford Biofuel fuel and Galana Kulalu Food security projects in the context of large scale land investments. …”
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ANTHROPOCENTRIC DIMENSIONS OF UKRAINIAN CULTURE (IN THE CONTEXT OF THE ARCHETYPE OF THE WISE OLD MAN) by Z. O. Yankovska, L. V. Sorochuk

“…In this case, we can appeal to the archetype of the Wise Old Man, which contains a set of permanent features (ordinary and transcendent) that connect its projections with both the "foretype" and at the same time the "accumulation" of experience. …”
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Clinical Application of Laser Walking Stick in Subacute Hemiplegia Walking Training by XIONG Mingyue, ZHAO Yawen, PAN Zhe, TANG Mei, ZHENG Cheng, LUO Yi, TAN Jie

“…The observation group was trained with a laser cane, a laser emitter on the top of the stick fired two parallel rays and projected them onto the ground at a distance of 20 cm. …”
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Prediction of Climate Change Impacts on the Distribution of an Umbrella Species in Western Sichuan Province, China: Insights from the MaxEnt Model and Circuit Theory by Xiaoyun Deng, Qiaoyun Sun

“…However, by the 2070s, under all three RCPs, dispersal resistance is projected to significantly increase, the density of dispersal paths will decrease, and the connectivity of these paths will be reduced. …”
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Improving the Competitiveness of the Leading Universities of the North Caucasus Federal District in Sync with the Objectives of Regional Development by D. V. Petrosyants, V. V. Zubenko, P. S. Seleznev, I. V. Arzhanova

“…The results of this work can be applied in the activities of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation in developing the new university model – “HEIs, providing personnel for basic branches of regional economy” and in planning the target admission levels of universities, setting goals for universities in the region in terms of synchronization their development programs with administrations for the implementation of national projects, programs for the socioeconomic development of the North Caucasus Federal District.Findings. …”
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Turismo en Mallorca by Macià Blázquez Salom

“…Appropriate forms of development promote resilience in a more holistic way to address systemic contradictions, leaving growth behind and transforming the social and economic system from the roots to include tourism in emancipatory projects. Geography can help inform this political debate on the transformation of the system of production, consumption and social relations oriented towards a necessary contraction and convergence of the metabolic flow per capita, for the improvement of human welfare and by redistributive, egalitarian and consensual methods. …”
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