Bipolar cautery forceps: An economical version by Appukuttan Aswin, Jagadeesh S

“…Initially, it was designed when the cautery forceps in the department were out of order and we were not getting replacements and later on, it became part of the routine set as it was found to be equally good. <b> Conclusions:</b> A very cheap and useful alternative to the commercially available bipolar cautery forceps has been made.…”
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Modeling Campaign Optimization Strategies in Political Elections under Uncertainty by Christopher, Senfuka, Paul, Kizito Mubiru, Maureen, N. Ssempijja

“…In most political campaigns,the overall goal of every candidate is to maximize the number of voters during the election exercise.In such an effort,cost effective methods in choosing the optimal campaign strategy areparamount.In this paper, a mathematical model is proposed that optimize campaign strategies of a political candidate.Considering uncertainty in voter support and cost implications in holding political rallies,we formulate a finite state markov decision process model where states of a markov chain represent possible states of support among voters.Using daily equal intervals,thecandidates‟s decision of whether or not to campaign and hold a political rally at a given location were made using discrete time Markov chains and dynamic programming over a finite period planning horizon.Empirical data was collected from two locations on a daily basis during the campaign exercise.The data collected was analyzed and tested to establish the optimal campaign strategy and costs at the respective locations.Results from the study indicated the existence of an optimal state-dependent campaign strategy and costs at the respective political rally locations.…”
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Evaluating Acute Ischemic Strokes despite Regular Anticoagulation: A Comparative Analysis of Direct Oral Anticoagulants and Warfarin in Treatment Outcomes by Sumeyye Cakmak, Ruken Simsekoglu

“…We aim to compare the outcomes between acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients under vitamin K antagonist with those under direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs). Methods. This prospective, cross-sectional study was conducted for one year in a tertiary hospital operating as a stroke center. …”
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ON THE RELATIVITY OF THE LIMITS OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INTERESTS IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS by TARASOV Aleksandr Alekseyevich

“…This approach allows ensuring the protection of society and each person from both crimes and abuses of power that pose an equal threat to public interests.…”
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Optimising Treatment Strategies: Labial versus Labio-inferior Plating Using Three-dimensional Miniplates for Mandibular Symphysis and Parasymphysis Fractures by Akash P Muralidharan, Kalyani Bhate, K Mithun Nilgiri, Sumithra S Nair, Lakshmi Shetty, Rose Johnson

“…In addition, the labio-inferior plate is equally effective as the 3D plate in addressing symphysis and parasymphysis fractures. …”
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Clinical and experimental substantiation of the effectiveness of non-pigmented laser photoablation in the treatment of peri-implantitis by A. A. Zhekova, A. A. Chunikhin, E. A. Bazikyan

“…Improving the effectiveness of peri-implantitis treatment using pigment-free laser photoablation.MATERIALS AND METHODS. An experimental comparative study in 28 animals with model peri-implantitis under the influence of laser radiation with pigment-free photoablation and mechanical treatment of the periimplant area in equal groups. …”
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Cryptocurrency Fund Appropriation Techniques by Dmitry Mikhaylov, Andrei Kutin, Joseph Anderson, Maxim Falaleev, Dmitrii Sandzhiev, Hosni Emam

“…This is a case study applying observational and experimental methods. We have discovered a pattern of cryptocurrency laundering. …”
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The Prevalence of Premature Loss of Primary Molars Among Children Who Attended College of Dentistry/Hillah City, Iraq by Sarah Y. Al Khafaji, Zahraa Mohamed Hussain Wais, Omaima Lateef Salman

“…First and second molars are equally affected with premature loss.…”
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Individualism: the end of social cohesion? The effects of inequality and group identity on cooperation by Sebastian Senn, Nico Mutzner, Vincent Oberhauser, Heiko Rauhut

“…However, groups with higher inequality exhibited significantly higher cooperation rates than those with equal resource distributions. Notably, heterogeneous groups showed considerable variation in their success at establishing cooperation. …”
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Kinesiotaping versus counterforce brace in the management of lateral elbow tendinopathy by Asmaa F. Abdelmonem, Mariam A. Ameer, Ammar M. AlAbbad, Azza M. Abdelmohsen

“…They were equally assigned into three groups of equal numbers. 12 sessions over 4 weeks of treatment interventions; experimental group A received the traditional physiotherapy program in addition to KT. …”
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Multi-Layer Combinatorial Fusion Using Cognitive Diversity by Landon Hurley, Bruce S. Kristal, Suman Sirimulla, Christina Schweikert, D. Frank Hsu

“…Multiple scoring systems (including rank and score functions; MSS) have been widely used in multiple regression, intelligent biometric systems, multiple artificial neural nets, combining pattern classifiers, ensemble methods, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), data and information fusion, preference ranking, and deep learning. …”
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Isolation of Murine Pancreatic Stellate Cells and the Establishment of a New ex-vivo Activation Model by Wang X, Li M, Liu X, Sun G, Zhang D, Sun L, Yin Y, Zhang W, Hao J

“…Currently, there is a lack of methods for isolating activated PSCs that are unaffected by cell attachment. …”
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Identifying factors affecting the distribution strategy in the food industry with the attitude of marketing and online sales by solmaz seyedghafouri, Vahid nasehifar, Farid askari

“…This research applicable-developmental is in terms of purpose, qualitative in terms of data collecting method, and a meta-composite approach in terms of the research implementation method. …”
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Dependence Analysis of the ISE100 Banking Sector Using Vine Copula by Bükre Yıldırım Külekci, Gülden Poyraz, İsmail Gür, Ozan Evkaya

“…The study calculates the risk measures of value-at-risk (VaR) and expected shortfall (ES) and tests with backtesting methods for the portfolio that are constructed by equally weighting the banking stocks. …”
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Optimum Median Filter Based on Crow Optimization Algorithm by Basma Jumaa Saleh, Ahmed Yousif Falih Saedi, Ali Talib Qasim al-Aqbi, Lamees abdalhasan Salman

“…It achieves the simulation based on MATLAB R2019b and the results present that the improved median filter with crow optimization algorithm is more effective than the original median filter algorithm and some recently methods; they show that the suggested process is robust to reduce the error problem and remove noise because of a candidate of the median filter; the results will show by the minimized mean square error to equal or less than (1.38), absolute error to equal or less than (0.22) ,Structural Similarity (SSIM) to equal (0.9856) and getting PSNR more than (46 dB). …”
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A study on the causes of the destruction of the high pressure hoses during operation and cyclic tests by I. V. Borisovets, T. P. Kurenkova

“…The article describes the main stages of the study of defective high-pressure hoses in determining the cause of their failure and provides examples of studies using visual, metallographic, electron microscopic methods of analysis in the metallographic laboratory of OJSC «BSW – Management Company of Holding «BMC».…”
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Grammar Tips Integrated with Telegram Bot: Strategies to Facilitate Learning English Grammar by Rajistha I Gusti Ngurah Adi, Claria Dewa Ayu Kadek

“…This research is a field research located in the English Literature Study Program, Faculty of Letters, at Universitas Warmadewa, which applies qualitative methods. This study employs the theory of multimodal communication. …”
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Muzyczny eklektyzm w trzech etiudach Romana Polańskiego. Rozbijemy zabawę, Lampa i Gdy spadają anioły by Piotr Pomostowski

“…In his early work Roman Polanski begins to create a kind of “range of methods” in relation to functions of music in the work of the film. …”
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Commentary to F-GP1, a Novel PET Tracer Designed for High-Sensitivity, Low-Background Detection of Thrombi: Imaging Activated Platelets in Clots—Are We Getting There? by Andrew W. Stephens MD, PhD, Norman Koglin PhD, Ludger M. Dinkelborg PhD

“…Current standard diagnostic imaging methods detect anatomic abnormalities such as vascular flow impairment but have limitations. …”
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Fatigue life investigation of notched TC4 specimens subjected to different patterns of laser shock peening by M. Zhelnin, A. Kostina, A. Iziumova, A. Vshivkov, E. Gachegova, O. Plekhov, S. Swaroop

“…The exhaustion of constructive ways for increasing the service life of parts has led to the development of new methods which can improve their material properties during operation under various loading conditions. …”
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