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Showing 1 to 20 of 150 for “"SSc"”.
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The effect of educational qualification on job performance: The case of Social Security Commission in Namibia (SSC)
The extent to which organisations perform or achieve set objectives is a function of competencies of staff. As such employers hire and place people in various positions based on educational qualifications required by the job and expect good performance. However, this has not been the case, raising …
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Samarium strontium cobalt oxide – samarium doped ceria carbonate (SSC-SDCC) as a new potential composite cathode material for low temperature solid oxide fuel cell
Systematic research regarding SSC-SDC carbonate (SSC-SDCC) as composite cathode is limited despite great chemical compatibility and cell performance achieved with other low temperature solid oxide fuel cell (LTSOFC) components. LTSOFC based on SDCC electrolyte display lower of area specific …
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Satellite Remote Sensing of Suspended Sediment Concentrations in Turbid Rivers
Suspended sediment concentration (SSC) is a critical parameter in the study of river sediment transport and water quality variation, but traditional measurements of SSC through in-situ sampling in rivers are expensive and time-consuming to perform. Thus, these methods cannot provide continuous SSC …
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Systemic sclerosis. Novel molecular and epidemiological features of disease.
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a systemic rheumatic disease with significant mortality and morbidity. Different estimations of disease prevalence and incidence have been presented from various parts of the world. While lung involvement is a common cause of SSc-related death, a majority of SSc patients …
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FOXP3, ICOS and ICOSL polymorphisms in an Italian population affected by systemic sclerosis
… and mortality rates, systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by vasculopathy, inflammation, progressive perivascular and interstitial fibrosis. SSc pathogenesis is largely unknown, however strong evidences suggest that genetic predisposition may contribute to SSc …
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Re-politicising South-South development cooperation: negotiating accountability at home and abroad
… within South-South development cooperation (SSC). This thesis follows a multi-sited and multi-scalar approach to understanding how accountability is being conceived and disputed in the field of SSC, in global and domestic arenas, using Brazil, China and India as paradigmatic sites for …
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Registered Nurses' Perceptions about Facilitators and Barriers to Maternal Skin to Skin Contact in the Operating Room
… all new mothers experience skin-to-skin contact (SSC) with their newborns immediately after birth. However, SSC is not commonly practiced after cesarean deliveries. To understand facilitators and barriers regarding SSC in the operating room (OR), a descriptive online and paper survey was conducted …
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Adipocytes and Innate Immunity In Systemic Sclerosis
<p>Systemic sclerosis (SSc; scleroderma) is a chronic systemic autoimmune and connective tissue disorder characterized by vasculopathy, autoimmune phenomena, and widespread fibrosis. Skin thickening and tightening is the cardinal feature of SSc and is responsible, in part, for the considerable …
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Improving Turbidity-Based Estimates of Suspended Sediment Concentrations and Loads
… estimation of suspended-sediment concentration (SSC), compared to traditional discharge-based methods, there is still significant variability in turbidity-based SSC estimates and in sediment loadings calculated from those estimates. The purpose of this study was to improve the turbidity-based …
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Improving implementation of the World Health Organization surgical safety checklist in high-income contexts
… Health Organization’s Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) is used in over 130 countries to improve patient safety by reducing preventable surgical complications. Previous studies have demonstrated that there is significant variation in adherence to and implementation of the SSC in high-income …
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Eye-opening and control of visual synapse development in the mouse superior colliculus
… guide animal behavior. The superficial layers (sSC) receive visual information via two major afferent projections: 1) A direct retinal projection and 2) an indirect projection from Layer V visual cortex. The retinal projection reaches the rat sSC by embryonic day 16, is topographic, and refines …
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Multi-Functional Optical Coherence Tomography Assesses Skin Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis
Systemic sclerosis (SSc), or scleroderma, is a chronic autoimmune disorder characterized by fibrosis in the skin and internal organs. SSc has a five-year post-diagnosis survival rate of 77.9%, declining to 55.5% after ten years, and a median survival of approximately 11 years, making early …
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Parent-infant skin-to-skin contact's effect on parental oxytocin and stress levels
… There are numerous studies on the effects of SSC on the infant. This literature review analysed different studies on the effects of parental SSC, specifically on their oxytocin and stress levels. The research question: Does parent-to-infant skin-to-skin contact affect oxytocin and stress …
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Effects of Horticultural Oils on Photosynthesis, Fruit Maturity, and Yield of Wine Grapes
… rate (NAR), soluble solids concentration (SSC), and berry size were reduced by oil treatments when compared to an untreated control. Also in 1998, a 1.5% (v/v) oil/water emulsion at 5550 L/ha and 4680 L/ha was applied to 23 wine grape cultivars. Eleven cultivars had significant foliar …
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Mechanism of Spermatogonial Stem Cell Regulation by ETV2
… is initiated from spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) which self-renew or differentiate to give rise to differentiated progenies of germ cells. Hence understanding of SSC biology is essential to comprehend the complex process of spermatogenesis and has implications in stem cell therapeutics, male …
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Sulfide stress cracking resistance of API-X100 high strength low alloy steel in H2S environments
Sulfide Stress Cracking (SSC) resistance of the newly developed API-X100 High Strength Low Alloy (HSLA) steel was investigated in the NACE TM0177 "A" solution. The NACE TM0177 "A" solution is a hydrogen sulfide (H2S) saturated solution containing 5.0 wt.% sodium chloride (NaC1) and 0.5 wt.% acetic …
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The role of clinical, biological, and socioeconomic factors on the development of resilience in women with autorimmune rheumatic diseases : a cross-sectional study
… Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) and systemic sclerosis (SSc). METHODS: A cross-sectional study in 188 women with SLE (n= 70), RA (n= 51), SS (n= 32), and SSc (n= 35) was done. Resilience was evaluated by the “Brief Resilience Scale”, whereas independent factors including age, age at onset, duration of …
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The Speech Situation Checklist: A Normative And Comparative Investigat
… Toward this end, the Speech Situation Checklist (SSC) was designed for use with youngsters who do and do not stutter (Brutten 1965b, 2003b). Past investigations utilizing the SSC for Children have reported on reliability and validity information and provided useful normative data (Brutten & …
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Comparing Schools: From Value Added to Sound Policy
… I find that the Similar Schools Comparisons (SSC) model is more stable than SGP and SVA, but similar to MPZ. On fairness, defined as the strength of relationship between model results and schools' student demographics, SSC is fairer than the other three models, though all three show a weak …
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