Evaluating general practitioners’ focused lung ultrasound competence and findings in patients with suspected community-acquired pneumonia in general practice by Julie Jepsen Strøm, Camilla Aakjær Andersen, Martin Bach Jensen, Janus Laust Thomsen, Christian B. Laursen, Søren Helbo Skaarup, Hans Henrik Lawaetz Schultz, Malene Plejdrup Hansen

“…The GPs reported FLUS pathological findings in 51.7% of patients in 78% agreement with the Specialist Reference and Cohen’s kappa 0.56. Focal B-lines represented the most frequent pathological findings. …”
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Biomorphological and useful agronomic traits of the hexaploid winter triticale cultivar ‘Bilinda’ approved for cultivation in the Northwestern Region of the Russian Federation by L. P. Bekish, V. A. Uspenskaja, T. I. Peneva, N. N. Chikida

“…‘Bilinda’ significantly exceeded the reference ‘Kornet’ in grain yield (+1.04 t/ha), number of grains per ear (+32.3 pcs), and 1000 grain weight (+7.7 g), and in addition demonstrated higher winter hardiness than the reference (up to 98%). …”
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Optimization of food compositions according to the ideal protein profile by S. V. Zverev, V. I. Karpov, M. A. Nikitina

“…The authors propose protein classification into three main groups according to the concept of reference (ideal) protein. A mathematical model is examined to solve the task of rational mixture production upon the given profile of reference protein. …”
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Invasive meningococcal disease in South-Eastern European countries: Do we need to revise vaccination strategies? by Georgina Tzanakaki, Hana Cabrnochová, Snežana Delić, Anca Draganescu, Anna Hilfanova, Beáta Onozó, Marko Pokorn, Anna Skoczyńska, Goran Tešović

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Wearable Devices for Quantifying Atrial Fibrillation Burden: A Systematic Review and Bayesian Meta-Analysis by Ioannis Anagnostopoulos, Dimitrios Vrachatis, Maria Kousta, Sotiria Giotaki, Dimitra Katsoulotou, Christos Karavasilis, Gerasimos Deftereos, Nikolaos Schizas, Dimitrios Avramides, Georgios Giannopoulos, Theodore G. Papaioannou, Spyridon Deftereos

“…Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common supraventricular arrhythmia and is associated with an impaired prognosis. …”
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Paradigm predictive analysis of two-phase Eyring–Powell fluid flow over a vertical stretching sheet with temperature-dependent viscosity by multilayer neural networks by Zahoor Shah, Hamza Iqbal, Waqar Azeem Khan, Taseer Muhammad, Muhammad Shoaib

“…The novel DLNNs-LMA were used for the numerical computations on the reference data. The error analysis indicates a close correlation with the proposed databases and with reference datasets, having values between 10-3 and 10-9, which indicates a high accuracy of the proposed methodology. …”
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Building a reliable 16S mini-barcode library of wild bees from Occitania, south-west of France by Anaïs Marquisseau, Kamila Canale-Tabet, Emmanuelle Labarthe, Géraldine Pascal, Christophe Klopp, André Pornon, Nathalie Escaravage, Rémi Rudelle, Alain Vignal, Annie Ouin, Mélodie Ollivier, Magalie Pichon

“…Amongst them, 93 species did not have any 16S reference barcode available before our contribution. …”
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Real-time monitoring by interferometric light microscopy of phage suspensions for personalised phage therapy by Benjamine Lapras, Camille Merienne, Emma Eynaud, Léa Usseglio, Chloé Marchand, Mathieu Médina, Camille Kolenda, Thomas Briot, Frédéric Laurent, Fabrice Pirot, PHAGEinLYON

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Mapping of Monodominant <i>Gilbertiodendron dewevrei</i> Forest Across the Western Congo Basin Using Sentinel-2 Imagery by Ellen Heimpel, David J. Harris, Josérald Mamboueni, David Morgan, Crickette Sanz, Antje Ahrends

“…The gray level co-occurrence matrix (GLCM) textural metrics proved the most important factors for distinguishing <i>G. dewevrei</i> forest, due to the homogenous canopy texture created by this monodominant species. …”
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Flow Boiling Heat Transfer Enhancement via Femtosecond Laser-Textured Inclined Microfeatures by Frederik Mertens, Thomas Ponnet, Balasubramanian Nagarajan, Senthil Kumar Parimalanathan, Johan Steelant, Sylvie Castagne, Maria Rosaria Vetrano

“…The inclined grooves result in the most gradual onset, showing almost no incipient overshoot. …”
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Development and use of integrated wetland condition index for lacustrine fringe wetlands of Lake Tana, Northwest Ethiopia. by Yirga Kebede Wondim, Ayalew Wondie Melese

“…Finally, the total IWCI was classified into five wetland condition categories, namely: very poor or very far from the reference (0-3), poor (3-5), moderate (5-7), good (7-9), and excellent wetland condition or reference condition (9-10). …”
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Verification and Usability of Indoor Air Quality Monitoring Tools in the Framework of Health-Related Studies by Alicia Aguado, Sandra Rodríguez-Sufuentes, Francisco Verdugo, Alberto Rodríguez-López, María Figols, Johannes Dalheimer, Alba Gómez-López, Rubèn González-Colom, Artur Badyda, Jose Fermoso

“…Measurements provided by these sensors were verified against calibrated reference equipment. The study utilized two commercial devices from inBiot and Kaiterra, comparing their outputs to a reference sensor across a range of CO₂ concentrations (500–1200 ppm) and environmental conditions (21–25 °C, 27–92% RH). …”
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Quality Comparison of Free-of-Charge Global DSMs: ALOS AW3D30, TanDEM-X 12 m, TanDEM-X EDEM, TanDEM-X 90 m, and Sentinel-1 by U. G. Sefercik, K. Jacobsen

“…This study aims to compare the qualities of the mostly preferred free global DSMs worldwide, produced with different sensing principles and image properties, with reference model-based visual and statistical analyses. …”
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Human Dignity in Law – A Case Study of the Polish Legal System by Magdalena Butrymowicz

“…Human dignity is one of the most fundamental ideas in the entire international human rights system. …”
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Software reuse in industrial robotics: A systematic mapping by A. Solis, J. Hurtado

“…On the other hand, the frameworks are analyzed because they are the most used solutions and in terms of tools, ROS (Robot Operating System) is emphasized as a reference platform for the rapid development of applications. …”
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Converting school buildings into senior care facilities in China: urban and rural approaches by Xiaolian Yu, Satoshi Ishii

“…It took examples of urban and rural conversions to make a comparative analysis of building plans and functions, surrounding environmental resources, differences in facility usage, and environmental evaluations, clarifying the difference in approaches to urban and rural conversion and providing a reference for future conversion practices. As this paper illustrated, the number of existing rural conversions is three times higher than that of urban areas, and most cases are in China’s central and eastern regions. …”
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Dirva company by Vladas Žukas

“… „Dirva" company, which operated during 1918-1940 in Kaunas and Marijampolė, is one of the most renowned publishing houses of the Republic of Lithuania. …”
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Florida Citrus Rootstock Selection Guide, 4th Edition by William S Castle, Kim D. Bowman, Jude W. Grosser, Rhuanito Soranz Ferrarezi, Stephen H. Futch, Steve Rogers

“…The guide is a convenient, easy-to-use reference to 21 characteristics of 49 rootstocks. Of those, 12 are time-honored commercial rootstocks (highlighted in blue), which are the most reliably characterized. …”
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Perceived Successes and Failures of Science & Technology E-Journal Access: A Comparative Study. by Janice Christopher, Ibironke Lawal, Steven J. Riel

“…A request for participation was sent out through professional lists relating to science and technology librarianship, reference, and cataloging. The data provided by respondents indicated that most institutions provide more than one method to access their full-text e-journals. …”
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An Objective and Subjective Study of Noise Exposure within the Frequency Range from 10 kHz to 40 kHz by Bożena SMAGOWSKA

“…The results are equivalent sound pressure levels in the 1/3 octave frequency bands with center frequencies from 10 kHz to 40 kHz in reference to an 8-hour workday equal to approximately 81–105 dB at most of the tested workplaces and exceed permissible values. …”
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