Four-Element Meandered Sunflower MIMO Antenna for Ultra-Wideband Systems by Ijaz Ahmad, Yuhuai Liu, Fang Wang, Mian Muhamad Kamal, Parveez Shariff B. G., Nosherwan Shoaib, Hala Mostafa, Mariana Dalarsson

“…Ultra-wideband (UWB) technology is known to have a high data rate in wireless communications due to its broad frequency range and low power consumption. …”
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MALDI imaging mass spectrometry for in situ proteomic analysis of preneoplastic lesions in pancreatic cancer. by Barbara M Grüner, Hannes Hahne, Pawel K Mazur, Marija Trajkovic-Arsic, Stefan Maier, Irene Esposito, Evdokia Kalideris, Christoph W Michalski, Jörg Kleeff, Sandra Rauser, Roland M Schmid, Bernhard Küster, Axel Walch, Jens T Siveke

“…Various GEM were analyzed with MALDI IMS to investigate the peptide/protein-expression pattern of precursor lesions in comparison to normal pancreas and PDAC with cellular resolution. …”
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Prevalence and Antibiotic Susceptibility Profile of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Isolates in Diabetes Patients with Foot Ulcers by Unegbu Valentine N, Nwachukwu Ndubuisi O, Obum-Nnadi Charity N, Okey-ndeche Ngozika F

“…The antibiotics sensitivity pattern of MRSA showed 100% sensitivity to vancomycin and chloramphenicol but 100% resistance to penicillin, ceftriaxone, and oxacillin. …”
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Genetic admixture and population substructure in Guanacaste Costa Rica. by Zhaoming Wang, Allan Hildesheim, Sophia S Wang, Rolando Herrero, Paula Gonzalez, Laurie Burdette, Amy Hutchinson, Gilles Thomas, Stephen J Chanock, Kai Yu

“…Based on the clustering pattern observed in both STRUCTURE and principal components analysis, two subpopulations were identified that differ by approximately 20% in LD block size averaged over all LD blocks identified by Haploview. …”
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Strategies and Structures in Verbal Fluency Tasks in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease by J. Kessler, M. Bley, R. Mielke, E. Kalbe

“…Patients with AD showed lower word rate in all tasks than the control group. The difference was most significant in the supermarket task. …”
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Studies on cold-induced apoptosis in Colossoma brachypomum cells by YU Hong, ZHU Min-jie, YAN Wen-jing, ZHANG Ming

“…When CBT cells were treated with low temperature for 3days, flow cytometry revealed the hypodiploid apex and the apoptotic rate was shown to be 13%. Then if the cell temperature was brought-back to 32℃ which lasted for more than 12 h, a “DNA ladder” pattern representing DNA fragmentation was observed. …”
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Changes in the functional activity of thrombocytes in rats with experimental disruption of the periodontal connective tissue by V. F. Cheremisina

“…Reduction in the degree of platelets aggregation and aggregation rate were observed at an inductor concentration of 2.5 μmol/L in a group of rats with experimental periodontitis in comparison with the control. …”
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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

“…We can conclude that Bitcoin is becoming a popular means of diversification as a high-risk asset, which, however, follows the pattern of a speculative bubble at the beginning of 2021. …”
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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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Intensive Care in Ulcerative Gastroduodenal Hemorrhages by E. V. Nedashkovsky, S. V. Spiridonov, V. G. Ivanova

“…Results. The rates of recurrent hemorrhages and deaths were significantly higher among high-risk patients having a Rockall Score of 5 or more. …”
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Decision tree for severity assessment of neurodegenerative diseases using possibility approach and gait dynamics by Preeti Khera, Ashok Kumar, Rajat Kapila

“…Experimental results were established using 11,084 gait pattern recordings from NDD patients and HC. The proposed framework achieved a high coefficient of determination (R2 ≈ 0.90) and low error rates with stratified 10-fold cross-validation. …”
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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>Methods:</b> The specific expression pattern of the Anoikis gene set in prostate cancer cells was first explored by single-cell and spatial transcriptomics analysis. …”
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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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