Assessment and comparative study of Entrance Skin Dose for digital panoramic x-Ray equipments by Bayan Saber Ibrahim, Hassan Ali Mahmood

“… Background and objective: A panoramic radiograph is a panoramic scanning dental x-ray of the upper and lower jaw. It shows a two-dimensional view of a half-circle. The aim of this study was to estimate of entrance surface dose (ESD) to the patient, in diagnostic panoramic radiology, to compare ESD (Entrance skin dose) for panoramic radiographies, analyze the relative advantage and disadvantage of their modalities. …”
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Effects of different protein levels on growth performance and body composition of spotted scat, Scatophagus argus by Dieu Vo, Thanh Duc Nguyen, Hang Thi Thuy Tran, Hung Duc Pham, Huy Van Nguyen

“…A 60-day experiment was undertaken in circle plastic tanks with a volume of 0.2 m3 using a separate circulating filtration system at 400 L/h to determine the optimal dietary protein level for the growth performance, protein efficiency rate (PER), and body composition of Scatophagus argus. …”
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Construction of a prediction and visualization system for cognitive impairment in elderly COPD patients based on self-assigning feature weights and residual evolution model by Wenwen Cheng, Chen Yu, Xiaohui Liu

“…We aimed to build better machine learning models and provide useful tools to provide better guidance and assistance for COPD patients' treatment and care.MethodsA total of 863 COPD patients from a local general hospital were collected and screened, and they were separated into two groups: cognitive impairment (356 patients) and cognitively normal (507 patients). …”
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Association between carotid artery hemodynamics and neurovascular coupling in cerebral small vessel disease: an exploratory study by Peng Zeng, Bang Zeng, Xiaohua Wang, Feiyue Yin, Binglan Li, Lisha Nie, Lin Tian, Dan Luo, Yongmei Li

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Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871 – 1918 by Arzu Melek Ozgumus

“…Initially the writer expresses her hesitations about the character of Wilhelm II, questioning whether he was intelligent and proactive, or merely ignorant and easily influenced by a small circle of advisors. …”
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Performance evaluation of the Qiagen BK virus ASR on the NeuMoDx system by Amorce Lima, Luciano Soares, Caroline Simmons, Laura Rowe, Dominic Uy, Deanna Becker, Suzane Silbert

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A Framework for Analyzing Absorptive Capacity Using Social Network Analysis (Case Study: Sharif University Innovation Ecosystem) by Mahdi Mohammadi, Mahdi Elyasi, Azadeh Savehshemshaki

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Desain Head-Up Display Berbasis Refleksi untuk Aplikasi Navigasi pada Mobil Menggunakan Metode Human-Centered Design by Andrian Riza Hermawan, Herman Tolle, Sabriansyah Rizqika Akbar

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Evaluation of dried blood spot sampling for real-time PCR malaria diagnostics in a rural setting in Angola by Alejandro Mediavilla, Begoña Febrer-Sendra, Aroa Silgado, Patricia Martínez-Vallejo, Beatriz Crego-Vicente, Arlette Nindia, Carles Rubio Maturana, Lidia Goterris, Joan Martínez-Campreciós, Sandra Aixut, Pedro Fernández-Soto, María Luisa Aznar, Antonio Muro, Inés Oliveira-Souto, Israel Molina, Elena Sulleiro

“…For each patient, a fresh capillary blood specimen [for thin and thick blood films and rapid diagnostic test (RDT)] and venous blood, collected as DBSs (two 10-µl circles were combined for a total volume of 20 µl of DBS), were obtained. …”
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Informed Design of a Gravity Science Experiment for the Future Geophysical Investigation of the Uranian Moons by Valerio Filice, Gael Cascioli, Sébastien Le Maistre, Rose-Marie Baland, Antony Trinh, Erwan Mazarico, Sander Goossens

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A minimalist cardio-oncology service: A personal experience from Wales by Riaz Muhammad Hamza, Barrington Craig, Ionescu Adrian

“…Cardio-oncology is intensely ‘hyped’ in cardiology circles, and there are good reasons for advocating a formal integration of the 2 specialties, but so far evidence of a benefit from the collaboration has not emerged. …”
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Fabric-Container-Grown Trees by Edward F. Gilman

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A partial preterist understanding of Revelation 12-13 within an intertextual framework by J. A. du Rand, Y. M. Song

“… There are two lines of thought in exegetical circles concerning the interpretation of partial preterism, applied to Rev. 12-13: (1) the consistent partial preterism, according to which the whole book of Revelation is God’s judgement directed toward the apostate Jews in AD 70; (2) the transitional partial preterism which argues that the main theme of Rev. 12-19 is God’s judgement on Rome. …”
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T-duality for non-critical heterotic strings by Héctor Parra De Freitas

“…For dimensions 8 and 6 respectively on S 1 and T 2 we show that at special points in the moduli space the subcritical string is the CHS background for two coincident NS5-branes and the intersection of two such pairs. …”
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Opinion Leadership and the Perceived Economics of Local Food by Layne S. Marshall, Melissa R. Taylor, Alexa J. Lamm

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Opinion Leadership and the Perceived Economics of Local Food by Layne S. Marshall, Melissa R. Taylor, Alexa J. Lamm

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Opinion Leadership and the Perceived Health Benefits of Local Food by Layne S. Marshall, Melissa R. Taylor, Alexa J. Lamm

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Opinion Leadership and the Perceived Effects of Local Food on the Local Community by Layne S. Marshall, Melissa R. Taylor, Alexa J. Lamm

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Opinion Leadership and the Perceived Health Benefits of Local Food by Layne S. Marshall, Melissa R. Taylor, Alexa J. Lamm

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Opinion Leadership and the Perceived Effects of Local Food on the Local Community by Layne S. Marshall, Melissa R. Taylor, Alexa J. Lamm

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