What Playing Cards triggers xenophobic violence in South Africa? By answering this deceivingly simple but critical question, this paper highlights an often-missed empirical factor and key element in the xenophobic violence causal chain: mobilization.Drawing from extensive, comparative empirical data and global literature, the paper argues that, whi
Iatrogenic cardiac tamponade as a mortal complication of peri-hiatal surgery. Analysis of 30 published cases
Iatrogenic cardiac tamponade (ICT) is a dreadful complication of peri-hiatal surgery and vast majority occur during a hernia repair.Strikingly, against all warnings, the incidents and related deaths seem to be increasing.The aim of this review is to provide insight on how to prevent and challenge ICT.PubMed search identified 30 distinct ICTs with 1
Evaluation and Comparison of Various 3-D Conformal and Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy Techniques for Treatment of Parotid Gland Cancer
Background: In this study, a comparison between various types of radiotherapy treatment for parotid gland cancer was performed to achieve the optimal treatment technique.Methods: Treatment planning and countering performed with TiGRT software for 15 patents with parotid gland cancer.Six techniques were performed and compared.Finally, by comparing t
The Influence of Perceived Benefits, Perceived Ease of Use, And Perceived Risk on MSME Decisions in Using QRIS as a Digital Payment System in Surakarta
The purpose of this study is to ascertain how MSMEs engaged in batik artisan business in Surakarta decide whether to adopt QRIS (Quick Response Code Indonesian Standard) as a digital payment method, based on their perceptions of the advantages, convenience, and risk.The study used a correlational design with a quantitative approach.This study uses
The Influence Assessment of Artifact Subspace Reconstruction on the EEG Signal Characteristics
EEG signals Power Inlet Module may be affected by physiological and non-physiological artifacts hindering the analysis of brain activity.Blind source separation methods such as independent component analysis (ICA) are effective ways of improving signal quality by removing components representing non-brain activity.However, most ICA-based artifact r