Albuminuria, glycemic variability and effect of flash glucose monitoring based decision making on short term glycemic variability in Indian type 2 diabetes patients: Indi-GlyVar st... by Deepak Nathiya, Deepak Nathiya, Deepak Nathiya, Mahaveer Singh, Supriya Suman, Hemant Bareth, Nikita Pal, Arjav Jain, Balvir S. Tomar, Balvir S. Tomar, Balvir S. Tomar

“…Patients with albuminuria at baseline had high mean sensor glucose (mg/dl) median (IQR) [190 (131–200) vs 131 (112–156) (p = 0.001)], CONGA (mg/dl) median (IQR) [155 (101–165) vs 108 (83–120) (p = 0.001)], JINDEX, HBGI, MAGE (mg/dl), and M-value are, median (IQR) [20,715 (10,970–26,217 vs 91,118 (6,504–15,445)) (p ≤ 0.01)], [415 (338–423) vs 328 (292–354) (p = 0.001)], [125 (102–196) vs 103 (74–143) (p ≤ 0.01)], [3,014 (2,233–3,080) vs 2,132 (1,788–2,402) (p ≤0.01)], respectively.ConclusionIn type 2 diabetes, flash glucose monitoring-guided therapeutic interventions can reduce glycemic variability in a brief span (10 days) of time. …”
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2149 by Maureen Byrne, Renee Cowan, Jennifer Spross, Kara Long-Roche, Ginger Gardner

“…Examine the ultimate treatment designation for those patients, assessing the application of the MSKCC resectability algorithm and its utility in guiding treatment choice. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: Using the prospectively maintained Ovarian Cancer Database at MSKCC, we queried patients who presented for initial management of ovarian cancer from July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016. …”
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Glioblastoma Surgery Imaging–Reporting and Data System: Validation and Performance of the Automated Segmentation Task by David Bouget, Roelant S. Eijgelaar, André Pedersen, Ivar Kommers, Hilko Ardon, Frederik Barkhof, Lorenzo Bello, Mitchel S. Berger, Marco Conti Nibali, Julia Furtner, Even Hovig Fyllingen, Shawn Hervey-Jumper, Albert J. S. Idema, Barbara Kiesel, Alfred Kloet, Emmanuel Mandonnet, Domenique M. J. Müller, Pierre A. Robe, Marco Rossi, Lisa M. Sagberg, Tommaso Sciortino, Wimar A. Van den Brink, Michiel Wagemakers, Georg Widhalm, Marnix G. Witte, Aeilko H. Zwinderman, Ingerid Reinertsen, Philip C. De Witt Hamer, Ole Solheim

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Stalinismi „Teised“: Ilmi Kolla kui teisitimõtleja / Stalinism’s ”Others”: Ilmi Kolla as a dissenter by Eve Annuk

“…Ideological education of authors became one of the cornerstones of producing the socialist realist works; of particular importance was guiding the literal production of young authors. This was arranged through the Writers Union, where advisers of prose and poetry were employed. …”
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Editorial by Katarina Čufar, Jože Kropivšek

“…In publishing the data we were guided by Mojca Kotar, PhD from University Library Services, University of Ljubljana, Janez Štrebe, PhD from the Faculty of Social Science, University of Ljubljana, by Sebastian Dahle, PhD from Department of Wood Science and Technology, University of Ljubljana, and by Darja Vranjek from INDOK, Department of Wood Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana. …”
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Components of interventions to reduce restrictive practices with children and young people in institutional settings: the Contrast systematic mapping review by John Baker, Kathryn Berzins, Krysia Canvin, Sarah Kendal, Stella Branthonne-Foster, Judy Wright, Tim McDougall, Barry Goldson, Ian Kellar, Joy Duxbury

“…Review methods: Eleven relevant English-language health and social care research databases 1989–2019 [including Applied Social Sciences Index (ASSIA), Criminal Justice Abstracts, Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), MEDLINE and PsycInfo®], grey literature and social media were searched during 2019 (updated January 2020). Data extraction, guided by Workgroup for Intervention Development and Evaluation Research (WIDER), Cochrane Library and theory coding scheme recommendations, included intervention characteristics and study design and reporting. …”
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The effect of company level strategy and marketing strategy with the content strategy on the performance of banks by Mohammad Reza Hamidizadeh, Ruqia Shuko Hussaini

“…The total average of the bank level strategy variable is (3.40) and, among the variable dimensions, the supervision strategy dimension has the highest average (3.45) and the guiding strategy dimension has the lowest average (3.40), which is more than the average of 3. …”
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Modeling the Near-Surface Energies and Water Vapor Fluxes Behavior in Response to Summer Canopy Density across Yanqi Endorheic Basin, Northwestern China by Patient Mindje Kayumba, Gonghuan Fang, Yaning Chen, Richard Mind’je, Yanan Hu, Sikandar Ali, Mapendo Mindje

“…As a contributive effort, here we adjusted the sensible heat flux (H) calibration mechanism of Surface Energy Balance Algorithm for Land (SEBAL) to high-resolution satellite dataset coupled with in-situ observation, through a wise guided “anchor” pixel assortment from surface reflectance-α, Leaf area index-LAI, vegetation index-NDVI, and surface temperature (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>P</mi><mrow><mi>c</mi><mi>o</mi><mi>l</mi><mi>d</mi></mrow></msub><mo>,</mo><mtext> </mtext><msub><mi>P</mi><mrow><mi>h</mi><mi>o</mi><mi>t</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>) to model the robustness of energy fluxes and Evapotranspiration-ETa over the basin. …”
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Online Instructional Delivery Practices for Improved Physics Learning in National Open University of Nigeria by Funke Susan Apata

“… This paper focused on how Open and Distance Learning (ODL) physics can be improved through learners-facilitators’ instructional practices in National Open University of Nigeria. The study was guided by four research questions, and it sampled one hundred and twenty learners and twenty facilitators. …”
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Impact Analysis of Macroeconomic Shocks on Monetary and Fiscal Policy Variables in Iran with Taylor Rule Approach: BVAR Method by Faezeh Zorriyeh Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Reza Nahidi Amirkhiz, Seyed Ali Paytakhti Oskooe, Reza Ranjpour

“…Especially since Iran's economy, due to various reasons, has conditions where fluctuations and unexpected shocks are not rare on the economy.In this way, it is possible to propose the rule strategy with discretion as a suitable strategy for guiding the monetary and financial policy in Iran.…”
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Pain Education and Knowledge (PEAK) Consensus Guidelines for Neuromodulation: A Proposal for Standardization in Fellowship and Training Programs by Pritzlaff SG, Goree JH, Hagedorn JM, Lee DW, Chapman KB, Christiansen S, Dudas A, Escobar A, Gilligan CJ, Guirguis M, Gulati A, Jameson J, Mallard CJ, Murphy M, Patel KV, Patel RG, Sheth SJ, Vanterpool S, Singh V, Smith G, Strand NH, Vu CM, Suvar T, Chakravarthy K, Kapural L, Leong MS, Lubenow TR, Abd-Elsayed A, Pope JE, Sayed D, Deer TR

“…This diverse group used peer-reviewed literature and, based on grading of evidence and expert opinion, developed critical consensus guides for training that all accredited fellowship programs should adopt. …”
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STRUGGLING FIELD OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY IN PAKISTAN by Faseeha Shafqat

“…There are also centers where patients treated by SLP students are not supervised and guided by senior therapists hence their trial and error learning only benefits them in making stronger clinical record books but at the cost of patient’s wastage of time and student’s malpractice. …”
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The Principle of Equity in the Implementation of the National Health Insurance Program at Mission Lebak Hospital Through Quality Control and Cost Control by Denny Hardianto, Endang Wahyati Yustina, Daniel Budi Wibowo

“…In addition to the social insurance principle, the equity principle is used as a guiding principle while providing services to National Health Insurance participants. …”
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Intramode Brillouin Scattering Properties of Single-Crystal Lithium Niobate Optical Fiber by Liuyan Feng, Yi Liu, Wenjun He, Yajun You, Linyi Wang, Xin Xu, Xiujian Chou

“…We analyzed the intramode-stimulated Brillouin scattering properties of different pump–Stokes pairs for nine LP modes (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>LP</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>01</mn></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>LP</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>11</mn></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>LP</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>21</mn></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>LP</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>02</mn></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>LP</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>31</mn></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>LP</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>12</mn></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>LP</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>41</mn></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>LP</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>22</mn></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, and <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>LP</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>03</mn></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>) guided in fiber. The results show that both the effective refractive index and Brillouin scattering frequency shift are decreased with the increase in the nine mode orders, and the values of which are 2.2413 to 2.1963, and 21.17 to 20.73 GHz, respectively. …”
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Following up the Discussion on the stricto sensu ‘Principles’ in Modern International Law, and Beyond the Same …. by L. P. Anufrieva

“…In case, if it comes to “principles of international law”, they are to be identified primarily as the fundamental, guiding, hierarchically high norms within the system of international law, bearing the burden of the most important components of this system, and are classified according to generic and specific characteristics, which depend on their salient features. …”
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Cannabis Use in Adults Who Screen Positive for Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: CANreduce 2.0 Randomized Controlled Trial Subgroup Analysis by Joachim Ahlers, Christian Baumgartner, Mareike Augsburger, Andreas Wenger, Doris Malischnig, Nikolaos Boumparis, Thomas Berger, Lars Stark, David D Ebert, Severin Haug, Michael P Schaub

“…CANreduce 2.0 is an intervention that is generally effective at reducing cannabis use in cannabis misusers. This self-guided web-based intervention (6-week duration) consists of modules grounded in motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral therapy. …”
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Cyto-Histological Profile of MicroRNAs as Diagnostic Biomarkers in Differentiated Thyroid Carcinomas by Maria de Lurdes Matos, Mafalda Pinto, Marta Alves, Sule Canberk, Ana Gonçalves, Maria João Bugalho, Ana Luísa Papoila, Paula Soares

“…Aims: This study aims to evaluate (1) the miRNAs in a series of DTCs, and their association with the presence of selected genetic mutations in order to improve diagnosis and predict the biologic behavior of DTC/PTC. (2) The reliability of molecular tests in Ultrasound-guided Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (US-FNAC) for a more precise preoperative diagnosis. …”
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A scale space theory based motion correction approach for dynamic PET brain imaging studies by Sebastian Gutschmayer, Otto Muzik, Zacharias Chalampalakis, Daria Ferrara, Josef Yu, Kilian Kluge, Ivo Rausch, Ronald Boellaard, Sandeep S.V. Golla, Sven Zuehlsdorff, Hartwig Newiger, Thomas Beyer, Lalith Kumar Shiyam Sundar

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Training programming: revisiting terminology by Mário C. Marques

“…The multiplication and implementation of the traditional programming models (Matveyev, 1981, Bompa, 1994) have guided us to a set of erroneous terms, among which we highlight the “micro”, the “meso” and the “macro” cycles, that were never widely defined or justified in literature. …”
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Retard pubertaire d’origine nutritionnelle : Analyse d’une série de cas d’un centre universitaire de l’Est Algérien. [ Delayed puberty of nutritional origin: Analysis of a cases s... by Khalida BOUDAOUD, Mourad SEMROUNI

“…Other etiological explorations were clinically guided. FHH group was compared with isolated hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (IHH) group. …”
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