Kernel machine tests of association using extrinsic and intrinsic cluster evaluation metrics. by Alexandria M Jensen, Peter DeWitt, Brianne M Bettcher, Julia Wrobel, Katerina Kechris, Debashis Ghosh

“…These approaches, however, either do not accomodate a more general association between community structure and an outcome or cannot accommodate additional covariates that may confound the association of interest. …”
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Suplementasi Probiotik Limbah Pertanian untuk Meningkatkan Produktivitas Ternak Sapi by Tinda Afriani, Mangku Mundana, Adisti Rastosari, Moch. Evan Setiawan

“…The efficiency of using agricultural waste probiotics in cattle rations as much as 10 ml/head/day is expected to increase body weight gain by 0.70 kg/head/day, according to an experiment at the Faculty of Animal Husbandry, Andalas University. In general, liquid probiotics are more effective as feed additives when compared to solid probiotics in rice straw and concentrate-based rations. …”
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Nanocurcumin in myocardial infarction therapy: emerging trends and future directions by Mei Lv, Qing Sun, Yilin Yu, Jinwei Bao

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Suturing Working Class Subjectivities: Media Mobilizing Project and the Role of Media Building a Class-Based Social Movement by Peter Funke, Chris Robe, Todd Wolfson

“…As our detailed analysis of MMP’s 2007 to 2009 montage reels show, MMP videos serve the primary purpose of fostering class alliances not only through their viewing, but also, and perhaps more importantly, through their making. As such, we do not consider media in general and the MMP videos in particular as an endpoint unto themselves, but instead as catalysts for further organization building and the renewed suturing of the multiple components of what we understand as a contemporary urban working class. …”
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Analysis of Flow Past a Double-Slanted Ahmed Body by Matthew Aultman, Lian Duan

“…The modified geometry produced a constant projected vertical base area, ensuring that the base and slant drag were a function of the pressure caused by the wake structures. …”
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Determined the Edges Using the ant Colony Algorithm and Apply them to Medical Images by Maha Rahman Hasso, Aseel Ali

“…Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) is a method of heuristic search using in general artificial intelligence (swarm intelligence) to simulate the behavior of the aggregate food for ants to find new solutions to the combinatorial optimization problems. …”
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An improved Bayes empirical Bayes estimator by R. J. Karunamuni, N. G. N. Prasad

“…We further observe that our estimator is superior to the original Bayes estimator in more general situations than those of the exponential families-conjugate prior combination.…”
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The implementation of neo- and nonbinary pronouns: a review of current research and future challenges by Emma A. Renström

“…This review is structured as follows: I will first describe the general function of pronouns and discuss the interplay between language, gender, and cognition in relation to pronouns. …”
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Multipath Branch Model-Aided Differential Evolution Algorithm Based on Regional Error by Yang Liu, Yi-Xuan Zhang, Zhong-Chao Lin, Yu-Jia Zou

“…The key innovations include: A novel combination model integrating Gaussian process, multilayer perceptron, and radial basis function. Compared with the traditional single model, the combination model can deal with complex and diverse optimization problems more effectively and has stronger robustness and versatility. …”
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A novel unified variational finite difference (VFD) solution method for optimal control problems by Amir Norouzzadeh, Nader Nariman-zadeh, Reza Ansari

“…This article is aimed to propose a simple yet efficient unified numerical strategy for solving both linear and non-linear optimal control problems. To do so, the general form of quadratic performance index function and nonlinear state equations are considered first. …”
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Managing the failing renal allograft: navigating a complex topography by Elizabeth A. Kendrick

“…Recipients of kidney transplants often outlive the function of the renal allograft will need ESRD management. …”
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ERAS protocol in colorectal surgery is effective in octogenarians: A retrospective cohort study by Justin Dourado, MD, Ariel Wolf, MD, Maria Herrera Rodriguez, DO, Shruti Agarwal, BS, Karin Blumofe, MD, Jordan Moseson, DO, Jose Yeguez, MD, Andrew Ross, MD, Avraham Belizon, MD

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Single-incision versus conventional multiport laparoscopic-assisted surgery for Meckel’s diverticulum in children: a single-center propensity score analysis by Zhuojun Xie, Wei Feng, Xiaohong Die, Jinping Hou, Zhenhua Guo, Wei Liu, Yi Wang, Shasha Tian

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The Specific Features of the Course of Critical Conditions in Miners by V. V. Moroz, Yu. A. Churlyaev, S. L. Kan

“…The peculiarities of the critical conditions caused by severe traumatic injuries in miners are the early development and high frequency of complications, the more severe course and late recovery of the body's lost functions, unlike the victims unexposed to occupational hazards. …”
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Evaluation of the quality of life in patients with segmental dystonia by Basurović Nataša, Svetel Marina, Pekmezović Tatjana, Kostić Vladimir S.

“…Segmental dystonia is an abnormal movement, characterized by involuntary, sustained and repetitive muscular contractions, causing twisting and abnormal posturing of two or more adjacent body parts. It is not a life-reducing condition, but it deteriorates physical, mental and social functioning. …”
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Project Management in the Tourism Industry: the Basics of TMBOK by O. A. Burukina

“…Taking into account the current contribution of tourism to the global economy and the national economies of many countries, the problem of sustainability of tourism enterprises and national tourism industries in general seems to be one of the foundations for solving the problems of sustainable development included in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.Methods: the study was conducted on the basis of a systematic approach with the use of logical and comparative analysis of various types of project management methodology potentially applied to tourism projects both for solving operational tourism problems and for the strategic development of tourism industries, as well as the method of structural-functional modeling aimed at laying the foundation for the tourism project management methodology.Results: the problem of sustainability of the tourism industry – the leading sector of the national economies of many countries and the global economy as a whole – has been considered using a systematic approach. …”
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Immune thrombocytopenia in the aspect of multiple primary neoplasms by R. V. Vardanyan, S. G. Zakharov, T. A. Mitina, P. A. Zeynalova, Yu. Yu. Chuksina, A. V. Zakharova

“…Multiple primary malignant neoplasms (MPMNs) is a complex process in which the development of 2 or more neoplasms simultaneously or after a certain interval is observed. …”
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Differences in Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in Osijek and Zadar and Possible Association with Global DNA Methylation as an... by Eugenia Basioli Kasap, Ljubica Glavaš Obrovac, Marijana Jukić, Ivica Mihaljević, Ana Posavi, Sanda Škrinjarić Cincar

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The Shortened Dental Arch Concept: Awareness, Knowledge, and Practice of Dentists in Dubai and the Northern Emirates, United Arab Emirates by Haleimah AlHmoudi, Amar H. Khamis, Haitham Elbishari, Fatemeh Amir-Rad

“…Two-thirds of the respondents (65.8%) were aware of the SDA concept; however, it was not usually applied in clinical practice (n = 196, 54.7%). Specialists were more aware of the concept (p≤0.001) and applied it more frequently in their clinical practice (p=0.041) than general dental practitioners (GDPs). …”
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Characteristics of symptomatic epilepsy and other neurological disorders in children with lissencephaly by V. I. Guzeva, I. V. Ochrim, V. R. Kasumov, O. V. Guzeva, V. V. Guzeva, N. E. Maksimova

“…The debut of seizures was observed significantly more often in the age of six months. In general, during the observation period focal seizures with secondary generalization like, with or without secondary generalization were more common. …”
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