Midwives’ competence in interpretation of the intrapartum cardiotocograph at public hospitals in Gauteng: An explanatory sequential mixed-methods study by Sanele Lukhele, Fhumulani Mavis Mulaudzi, Rodwell Gundo

“…Results: The Pillar Integration Process led to the identification of six pillars: 1) substandard CTG interpretation training leads to a lack of understanding of key concepts; 2) absence of norms and standards pertaining to CTG interpretation training; 3) Essential Steps in Managing Obstetric Emergencies (ESMOE) training does not result in improved CTG interpretation scores; 4) lack of standardization of CTG interpretation guidelines causes confusion among interpreters; 5) level of knowledge of foundational concepts of CTG interpretation affects clinical judgment; and 6) CTG interpretation skill is a combination of understanding of CTG characteristics, fetal heart rate pattern, fetal physiology and clinical context. …”
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The territorialization of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and its socioeconomic, demographic and public health policy risk factors in Belém, state of Pará, Eastern Amazon, Brazil... by Nelson Veiga Gonçalves, Alessandra Lima Leal, Heloisa Maria Melo E Silva Guimarães, Arthur Carneiro Bernardes, Silvana Rossy de Brito, Taiana Moita Koury Alves, Tainara Carvalho Garcia Miranda Filgueiras, Thayse Moraes de Moraes, Matheus Pereira do Couto Rocha, Renan Faria Cardoso, Bruno Yudi Shimomaebara Sousa, Claudia do Socorro Carvalho Miranda

“…It has a high mortality rate related to risk factors that include systemic arterial hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, male gender and advanced age. …”
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Individual Differences in Strategy and the Item-Position Effect in Reasoning Ability Measures by Helene M. von Gugelberg, Stefan J. Troche

“…When investigating the toggle rate, the participants used more constructive matching towards the end of the APM. …”
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Evolution of bitcoin as a Financial Asset by K. D. Shilov, A. V. Zubarev

“…The first group consists of various quantitative indicators directly related to Bitcoin (the so-called internal factors) — the volume of exchange trade, the volume of transactions in the Bitcoin blockchain, the number of new and active wallets, hash rate, the sum of fees paid in the blockchain, as well as the dynamics of Google Trends search queries. …”
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Psychophysiological correlates of science communicators. by David Vagni, Gennaro Tartarisco, Simona Campisi, Loredana Cerbara, Marco Dedola, Alessandra Pedranghelu, Alexandra Castello, Francesca Gorini, Chiara Failla, Marco Tullio Liuzza, Antonio Tintori, Giovanni Pioggia, Marco Ferrazzoli, Antonio Cerasa

“…We conducted a study in an ecological setting to evaluate the heart rate variability (HRV) of expert communicators during a live national primetime video interview. …”
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Exploration and validation of the prognostic value of mitophagy and mitochondrial dynamics-related genes in cervical cancer by Jiankui Li, Xi Chen, Juan Li

“…Abstract The mechanisms underlying mitophagy and mitochondrial dynamics (MD) in cervical cancer (CC), a disease with a high mortality rate, remain poorly understood. This study aimed to assess the prognostic significance of these processes in CC. …”
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The Effect of an Anesthetic Support of Endoscopic Gastric Resection on Intraoperative Hemodynamics in Patients with Morbid Obesity by M. I. Neymark, R. V. Kiselev

“…In Group 2 (n=21), combined anesthesia based on the low-flow desflurane inhalation was applied along with the prolonged epidural analgesia (PEA) with 0.2% ropivacaine solution and VC%CMV respiratory pattern, with PEEP dose escalation using titration, inverted respiratory cycle, and a gradual increase in the respiratory rate. …”
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The influence of curing time on mechanical properties and microstructure of taphole clay by Xiao Wang, Houyou Zhou, Wen-bo Zhao, Qingwen Li, Ya Yin

“…The results revealed that with the increase of curing time, all mechanical strengths of the taphole clay materials increased significantly, with a faster growth rate within the first 6 h and stabilization around 24 h. …”
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A novel method for measuring heat injury in leaves provides insights into the sequence of processes of heat injury development by Clara Bertel, Gilbert Neuner

“…Abstract Background Global warming is currently occurring at a rapid rate and is having a particularly severe impact on plants, which, as sessile organisms, have a limited ability to escape high temperatures. …”
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Multi-Omics Analysis of the Anoikis Gene <i>CASP8</i> in Prostate Cancer and Biochemical Recurrence (BCR) by Shan Huang, Hang Yin

“…<b>Results:</b> The results revealed that high-risk prostate cancer BCR patients had various characteristics such as higher tumor purity, higher BCR rate, downregulated SIRPA immune checkpoints, and unique drug sensitivity. …”
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Predicting farmers' intention to use PPE for prevent pesticide adverse effects: An examination of the Health Belief Model (HBM) by Gholamhossein Abdollahzadeh, Mohammad Sharif Sharifzadeh

“…These results imply that extension and training programs which focus on severity of pesticide adverse effect and the perceived benefits and perceived barriers of PPE will have a better effect on increasing the rate of preventive behavior among farmers.…”
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Sickness presenteeism in Norway and Sweden by Vegard Johansen

“…The Norwegian and Swedish samples are weighed and representative with regard to both variables of regional background and demography, but the response rate was low. The distribution of SP is measured by frequency (episodes in the previous year) and by length (total days of SP in the previous year). …”
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Asymptomatic leishmaniasis in kala-azar endemic areas of Malda district, West Bengal, India. by Pabitra Saha, Swagata Ganguly, Moytrey Chatterjee, Soumendu Bikash Das, Pratip K Kundu, Subhasish K Guha, Tamal K Ghosh, Dilip K Bera, Nandita Basu, Ardhendu K Maji

“…The role of these asymptomatic carriers in disease transmission, prognosis at individual level and rate of transformation to symptomatic VL/Post Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis (PKDL) needs to be evaluated. …”
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Green synthesis of CdS:Sn NPs by Starch as a Covering Agent and Studying its Physical Properties by zainab yaaqoub, Nada K. Abbas

“…The grain size and roughness rate of pure CdS materials and doped with Sn are shown in AFM results 2.16,2.39,10.07,11.33, 12.47,18.56 nm and average diameter is 30.15, 11.71, 66.06, 48.27,82.011, 80.35 nm for pure and doped with tin 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5% respectively.   …”
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Enhancing Attendance Management Through Face Recognition Technology: A Case Study at Rugarama School of Nursing and Midwifery. by Taremwa, Benjamin

“…The system was evaluated on key metrics such as accuracy and time efficiency, achieving an 80% accuracy rate and full agreement on time efficiency (100%). …”
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Optimization of ivacaftor-loaded solid lipid nanoparticles for solubility enhancement by Akshay Parihar, Akshay Parihar, Bhupendra G. Prajapati, Bhupendra G. Prajapati, Bhupendra G. Prajapati, Himanshu Paliwal

“…The in vitro dissolution study showed improved release pattern from the optimized formulation and release profile followed first-order model indicating a sustained release pattern from lipid matrix.ConclusionThis delivery system presented development of stable nanoparticle formulation exhibiting sustained release pattern, which may contribute to therapeutic outcomes in comparison with drug alone. …”
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Development adjustment technology of extending life cycle for nearly-abandoned reservoirs by ZHANG Lianfeng,ZHANG Yilin,GUO Huanhuan,LI Hongsheng,LI Junjie,LIANG Limei,LI Wenjing,HU Shukui

“…Based on the characteristics of remaining oil distribution, a technical concept of heterogeneous composite driving and streamline well pattern densification adjustment was proposed. By adjusting the well pattern to alter streamlines, creating a staggered row and column well pattern with a change in streamline direction of over 30° and a streamline deflection rate of 80%, the effective mobilization of remaining oil is promoted. …”
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Evaluation of planting arrangment and methods on quantitative and qualitative characteristics of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) seeds by H. Khazaei

“…The highest and lowest fruit and seed yield were obtained in Rokh (two row per ridge and 120×30 cm planting pattern) and Toroq (one row per ridge and 140×50 cm planting pattern) regions, respectively with 2.7 and 3.1 times difference. …”
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Intraspecific and Intracolonial Variation in the Profile of Venom Alkaloids and Cuticular Hydrocarbons of the Fire Ant Solenopsis saevissima Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Eduardo Gonçalves Paterson Fox, Adriana Pianaro, Daniel Russ Solis, Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie, Bruno Cunha Vairo, Ednildo de Alcântara Machado, Odair Correa Bueno

“…Some fire ant species are top-rated pests spreading throughout the world by trade vessels. …”
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Heating Experiments on Benthic Foraminifera Ammonia sp. to Assess the Suitability of Amino Acid-Based Dating by Rahmadi Hidayat, Didit Hadi Barianto, Sugeng Sapto Surjono, Che Aziz Ali

“…The racemization rate differs from four selected amino acids reported in this study, where aspartic acid is the fastest, followed by glutamic acid, valine and isoleucine epimerization. …”
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