Ventricular assist device implantation in children with a mechanical valve: An ACTION registry analysis by Sabena F. Hussain, MD, MSc, Elyse Miller, MD, Othman Aljohani, MBBS, MPH, Scott Auerbach, MD, David Bearl, MD, Victor Benvenuto, MD, Erica Bonura, MD, Richard L. Crawford, Anna Joong, MD, Jameson Dyal, MD, Christina Hartje-Dunn, MD, Sujit Jana, MD, Sonia Kaushal, MD, Melanie Lynn, MD, Joseph Spinner, MD, Laura Radel, MD, Alexander Raskin, MD, Diana Torpoco-Rivera, MD, Sarah J. Wilkens, MD, MPH, Chet R. Villa, MD

“…Background: Patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) frequently have had valve interventions, including replacement with a mechanical valve (mechV). …”
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The impact of organised educational campaigns on understanding of needle sticks injuries and related post-exposure HIV/AIDS prophylaxis by Ram Kumar Garg, Pooja Koundal, Poonam Sharma, Yogesh Kumar, Ram Niwas, Jitendra Singh

“…Results: In the pre-test knowledge score, (25%) nursing students had poor level of knowledge, (66.66%) nursing students had average level of knowledge, and (8.34%) nursing students had good level of knowledge. …”
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Effect of Integrated Pest Management in Banana Farms in Rwenkobwa Town Council Ibanda District. by Baguma, Christopher

“…Education levels varied: 40% had primary education, 35% had secondary, 15% had higher education, and 10% had no formal education. …”
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Diversity and Conservation Status of Large Mammals in Ghamot National Park, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan by Muhammad Jahangeer, Siddique Muhammad, Muhammad Shakeel, Mir Muhammad Saleem, Ali Usman, Hussain Abid

“…Across all locales with 66 line transect surveys (53km), indirect observation had the highest sampling (n=131; 76.60%) while direct observation had the lowest (n=40; 23.39). …”
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Granulate Ambrosia Beetle, Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Motschulsky) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) by Thomas H. Atkinson, John L. Foltz, Robert C. Wilkinson, Russell F. Mizell

“…Learn more in this revised 4-page fact sheet was written by Thomas. H. Atkinson, John L. Foltz, Robert C. Wilkinson, and Russell F. …”
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Survival of Expiratory Aerosols in a Room: Study Using a Bi-compartment and Bi-component Indoor Air Model by Sreekanth Bathula, Srinivasan Anand, Thaseem Thajudeen, Yelia Shankaranarayana Mayya, Probal Chaudhury, Chaturvedi Shashank

“…Since the expiratory activities release airborne droplets with certain viral load, there is a greater need to study the survival of these droplets in the room of a patient to control the exposure to the accessing people. …”
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SWAMI: A SWARM-INTELLIGENT OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUE FOR VOLTAGE COLLAPSE MITIGATION by OSEGI EMMANUEL NDIDI, WOKOMA BIOBELE ALEXANDER, OJUKA OTONYE, BRUCE-ALLISON SA, CHUJOR CORNELIUS CHICHI

“…Simulation studies showed that the PSOM SWAMI exhibited the most stable response in terms of voltage profile collapse and recovery from voltage collapse state after voltage sensitivity studies. Safe margins of loading and optimal shunt compensations are determined based on the SWAMI techniques. …”
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Brunswickgrass or Paspalum nicorae: A Weed Contaminant in Southern Pastures and Bahiagrass Seed Production Fields by Ann R. Soffes Blount, Marcelo Osorio Wallau, Brent A. Sellers, Dennis Hancock, Leanne Dillard, Jose C. B. Dubeux, Cheryl L. Mackowiak, Joao Mauricio Buen Vendramini, Clay T. Cooper

“…Written by Ann Blount, Marcelo Wallau, Brent Sellers, Dennis Hancock, Jose Dubeux, Cheryl Mackowiak, Joao Vendramini, and Clay Cooper, and published by the UF/IFAS Agronomy Department, April 2018.  …”
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Hide and seek. Aspects of the dynamics of Bible translation by C. Lombaard

“…A proper view of the nature of the Bible text and the theoretical load of exegetical and translation activities must be cultivated among lay translation users, particularly in our age of rising fundamentalisms. …”
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Towards an Adequate Anthropology by Andrzej Jastrzębski

“…‘Adequate anthropology’ is a term proposed by John Paul II and based on three sources: The Bible, theology, and philosophy. …”
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Trace Elements in Sediments of Selected Gutters and Bar – Beach, Lagos, Nigeria by CL Overah, CMA Iwegbue, EK Ossai, GE Nwajei

“…It was also observed that the Lagos bar beach is the receiving end of all the pollution loads arising from the channeled gutters. These elevated trace element concentrations obtained in sediment in this study were compared with other similar studies. …”
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Food Processing: The Meat We Eat by Erica L. Bub, Keith Schneider, Chad Carr, Matt Hersom

“…Bub, Keith Schneider, Chad Carr, and Matt Hersom, and published by the UF Department of Animal Sciences, December 2012. …”
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POLÍTICA, CULTURA E VISIBILIDADE by Cláudio Luis de Camargo Penteado

“…A reflexão realiza um diálogo teórico entre o pensamento de Sérgio Buarque de Holanda a respeito das características da cultura histórica brasileira e as idéias do sociólogo inglês John B. Thompson acerca da transformação da visibilidade proporcionada pelos avanços da mídia e seus reflexos sobre a sociedade e, mais especificamente, sobre o jogo político, incluindo novas práticas. …”
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Design and Operation of Egg Collectors for Pelagic Spawning Marine Fishes by Cortney L. Ohs, John Marcellus, Eric J. Cassiano, Jason Broach

“…This 6-page fact sheet written by Cortney Ohs, John Marcellus, Eric Cassiano, and Jason Broach and published by the UF/IFAS Program in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences of the School of Forest Resources and Conservation includes directions for construction and operation of two types of pelagic egg collectors: pre-filter and floating airlift. …”
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ASPECTS REGARDING THE STUDY OF HYDRAULIC AND MECHANICAL PARAMETERS OF A ”SPIDER CRANE” SYSTEM by NICUŞOR BAROIU, VIOREL PĂUNOIU, VIRGIL GABRIEL TEODOR, GEORGIANA-ALEXANDRA MOROŞANU, RĂZVAN SEBASTIAN CRĂCIUN

“… Recognizing the crucial role that transport and lifting installations play in various sectors, including industry, construction, and extraction, as well as in mechanizing loading and unloading operations, and the movement of equipment or materials, special attention must be oriented to the diversification and the production of these installations by using the most advanced technologies. …”
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Preliminary Interpretation of the Ground Magnetic Survey around Oguta Lake in Imo State, South Eastern Nigeria by FI Chinyem

“…Seventy-Six stations in three profiles were established at five hundred meters intervals on major roads in the study area, A total distance of thirty five kilometers was covered. …”
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Using Airlifts to Collect and Concentrate Copepod Nauplii by Eric Cassiano, Matthew A. DiMaggio, Cortney Ohs, John Marcellus

“…Written by Eric Cassiano, Matthew DiMaggio, Cortney Ohs, and John Marcellus, and published by the UF Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, May 2015. …”
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Efektownie czy efektywnie? Analiza wizualnych właściwości podręczników do edukacji wczesnoszkolnej w kontekście rekomendacji poznawczych teorii uczenia się by Małgorzata Ciesielska

“…However, research conducted within the framework of the cognitive load theory and the cognitive theory of multimedia learning demonstrates that the visual form of educational materials can influence the effectiveness of learning, particularly for beginning learners. …”
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The microstructure and texture effects on fatigue behavior of AZ31B magnesium induced by pre-strain along radial direction by Guosheng Duan, Jinze Du, Linghui Song, Wenhan Jin, Naifu Zou, Xinghao Du

“…In this study, compressional pre-strain was conducted on fatigue samples extracted from the AZ31B rod along the radial direction (RD), leading to the alteration of microstructure and texture, of which the impact on ratcheting behavior and fatigue life under stress-controlled cyclic loading were investigated and discussed. The results demonstrated that with increasing pre-compression strain, the fatigue life increased and then decreased. …”
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE SEVERNAYA DVINA RIVER AND THE VYCHEGDA RIVER CHANNEL SECTIONS ACCORDING TO COMPLEXITY OF CHANNEL PROCESSES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT CONDITIONS by Nadezhda M. Mikhailova, Roman S. Chalov

“…The developed and approved earlier methodology was applied to rank rivers in by the channel stability, the load and composition of sediments (the factor was applied for the first time to the rivers under study), water capacity, geological and geomorphological conditions of the channel formation conditions (embedded riverbeds or channels with wide floodplain), evolution of different morpho/dynamic types of channel, abundance and mode of deformations of riffles. …”