Differential approach to the diagnosis and treatment of appendicular peritonitis in children by I. Yu. Karpova, D. S. Strizhenok, D. A. Myasnikov, V. V. Parshikov, E. D. Pyatova, T. E. Potemina

“…The incidence of appendicular peritonitis (AP) is 3-4 % among all acute surgical diseases in children, and the structure of acute appendicitis in recent decades fluctuates within 10-15 %. …”
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Using He’s Two-Scale Fractal Transform to Predict the Dynamic Response of Viscohyperelastic Elastomers with Fractal Damping by Alex Elías-Zúñiga, Oscar Martínez-Romero, Daniel Olvera-Trejo, Luis Manuel Palacios-Pineda

“…This is due to a correlation between the fractional rate of viscoelasticity and the fractal structure of media in elastomer materials, which is reflected in the oscillation amplitude decay. …”
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Biodiversity gains can be achieved with coastal wetland restoration for plants, invertebrates, birds, and bats by Valerie Hagger, Mathew A Vanderklift, Kieren P. Beaumont, Andrew Olds, Sabine Dittman, Catherine E. Lovelock

“…We measured and assessed vegetation and habitat structure and composition, and fauna community characteristics of benthic macroinvertebrates, birds, and insectivorous bats. …”
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Association between family factors and 24-h movement behaviors of adolescents—a cross-sectional study of Chinese high school students by Huiying Fan, Guoqiang Fan, Jie Meng

“…Girls with nuclear families (OR = 1.488, CI = 0.121–0.674, p = 0.005) and no siblings (OR = 1.125, CI = 0.029–0.207, p = 0.009) were more likely to meet the 24-h movement behavior guidelines.ConclusionThis study demonstrated the role of family structure, having siblings, and SES in predicting adolescent 24-h movement behavior. …”
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Experimental Study on CHF Limit of Cr-coated Fuel Cladding under High Temperature and High Pressure Flow Condition by FAN Guanhua, FANG Qifei, YAO Xi, PENG Zhenxun, GUO Ming, CHEN Senyang, LYU Lulu, ZHANG Ge, SU Qianhua, LU Donghua

“…The main parameters that affect the CHF experimental result are inlet temperature, inlet flow rate, outlet pressure and the rod structure parameters. In order to avoid the influence of factors other than the chromium coating on the experimental results, ensure that the external diameter, length and surface roughness of the heater rods (Cr-coated and conventional surfaces) are excactly the same. …”

An Experimental Study on the Mechanical Properties of High-Temperature Granite under Natural Cooling and Water Cooling by Yanan Gao, Yunlong Wang, Taiping Lu, Liuzhou Li, Jinwen Wu, Zetian Zhang

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Surgical treatment of isolated soft tissue gunshot shrapnel injuries by combining primary delayed sutures with platelet-rich autoplasma injections into mine-explosive wounds by S. M. Zavhorodnii, O. I. Kotenko, M. B. Danyliuk, M. A. Kubrak

“…Conclusions. In the structure of gunshot shrapnel wounds in both groups, there were 43 (71.67 %) lower limb traumatic injuries, 11 (18.33 %) upper limb, and 6 (10.00 %) trunk injuries. …”
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Exploring the relationships between Early Childhood Adversity, Social Cognition, and Aggression in a South African Study of People Living with Schizophrenia by K. van der Walt, O. Wootton, J. Rokicki, A. Vaskinn, D. Jonker, M. Campbell, E. Susser, U.K. Haukvik, R.C. Gur, D.J. Stein, C. Friestad

“…In this study, a subsample of participants (PLS = 585; controls = 882) from the Genomics of Schizophrenia in the South African Xhosa People study completed The Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), Penn Emotion Identification Test (ER), Life History of Aggression Questionnaire (LHA), and Structured Diagnostic Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders. …”
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Ecological responses of Orientallactaga sibirica: Variations in body size and trophic niche across changing habitats by Qi-qige Buren, Xin Li, Guo-kang Chen, Guo-hui Ye, Shan-shan Sun, Yong-ling Jin, Ming-ming, He-Ping Fu, Shuai Yuan

“…Body size demonstrated a significant linear decline with increasing mean annual temperature, while it exhibited a significant linear increase with rising altitude, annual precipitation, and FVC. …”
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Super-resolution reconstruction of mine image based on generative adversarial network by Fan ZHANG, Ying LIU, Hui SONG, Jiarong ZHANG, Haixing CHENG

“…Based on SRGAN, this method improves the network structure and loss function. First, two 5×5 convolutional layers are used in the low-level feature extraction layer and reconstruction layer of the generator, and non-linearity is added after each convolutional layer of the low-level feature extraction layer, and the high-level feature extraction layer adopts the residual structure, and the sub-pixel convolutional layer is cascaded to achieve super-resolution reconstruction of different multiples. …”
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Improving the Sensitivity of Humidity Sensor Based on Mach-Zehnder Interferometer Coated with a Methylcellulose by Jun Huang, Bowen Wang, Kai Ni

“…The MZI consists of two waist enlarged structures. Such an all-fiber MZI incorporates an intermodal interference between the core mode and cladding modes. …”
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Bidirectional Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) Plasma Generator for Radar Cross Section (RCS) Reduction of Dihedral Corner Reflector in <italic>X</italic>-Band by Changseok Cho, Jinwoo Jung, Yongshik Lee, Minsu Choi, Shinjae You, Hyunsoo Lee, Jungje Ha, Cheonyeong Kim

“…Moreover, while previous plasma-based RCS reduction approaches have primarily focused on planar targets, this study applies the method to a three-dimensional dihedral corner reflector with a 90&#x00B0; angle, modeling structures that often dominate the RCS of real-world targets. …”
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The Others and the Croats in Early Medieval Eastern Adriatic History by Ivan Majnarić

“…I hope that I will, at the same time, promote a more thorough (inter)textual analysis of the narrative corpora and symbol structures of both Eastern Adriatic medieval histories, as medievalist…”
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Factors associated with the serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in adults by Sue-Hsien Chen, Shu-Ching Chen, Yo-Ping Lai, Pin-Hsuan Chen, Kun-Yun Yeh

“…Sociodemographic data were obtained through structured questionnaires, while anthropometric measurements, hemogram results, and biochemical markers were collected from medical records and physical examination findings. …”
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Pharmacists’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward preventing congenital disabilities: a cross sectional study in Saudi Arabia by Fahad S. Alshehri, Nasser M. Alorfi, Ahmed M. Ashour, Ammar Abdulrahman Jairoun, Saad M. Wali, Mohammed M. Aldurdunji, Shaker T. Alsharif, Reem Hasaballah Alhasani, Nasser M. Aldekhail, Abdullah S. Alshehri, Alqassem Y. Hakami

“…To enhance congenital disability prevention efforts in Saudi Arabia, these findings emphasize the need for improved pharmacist knowledge, structured training programs, and more extensive integration of pharmacists within maternal healthcare teams.…”
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Psychological factors associated with pain and function in adults with hallux valgus by Abdel Kak, Mehak Batra, Bircan Erbas, Sean Sadler, Vivienne Chuter, Jeffery Jenkins, Haydar Ozcan, Damien Lafferty, Ozan Amir, Matthew Cotchett

“…Conclusion Assessing pain catastrophising pre‐operatively is recommended for individuals with hallux valgus, although more structured education may be needed to support health professionals in assessing psychological factors. …”
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Utilitarian diversity and options for the sustainable use of the bush banana Uvaria chamae P. Beauv. in Benin (West Africa) by Emilienne Houévo Daï, Rodrigue Idohou, Sèwanoudé Scholastique Mireille Toyi, Juliano Sènanmi Hermann Houndonougbo, Fortuné Akomian Azihou, Amadé Ouédraogo, Stefan Hotes, Achille Ephrem Assogbadjo

“…The study sites were selected based on the occurrence and geographical distribution of U. chamae, while taking into account the representativeness of the diversity of sociolinguistic groups in the overall sample. Semi-structured questionnaires were administered to 434 respondents belonging to 15 sociolinguistic groups living in the phytodistricts of U. chamae distribution. …”
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Protocol for the diabetes, distress and disparities (3D) study: an explanatory sequential mixed-methods design by Briana Mezuk, Caitlan DeVries, Alejandro Rodríguez-Putnam, Alana Ewen, Bella Flores, Pragya Choudhary, Emma Spring, Alyson Miller, Chuwen Zhong, Kara M Mannor, Rossella Messina

“…Phase II (P2) involves semi-structured telephone interviews with n=40 P1 respondents, recruited using maximum variation sampling informed by demographic characteristics and responses to psychosocial survey measures. …”
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HEV seroprevalence and associated risk factors among HIV-positive individuals in post-earthquake Kathmandu: a 2016 cross-sectional study by Chandramani Wagle, Jagat Bahadur Baniya, Nirmal Aryal, Dinesh Prasad Ghimire, Ajay Kumar Sah, Abhay Kumar Sah, Vivek Prasad Gupta, Birendra Prasad Gupta

“…Sociodemographic, behavioral, and clinical data were collected via structured interviews and medical records. Multivariable logistic regression identified independent predictors of anti-HEV IgG seropositivity. …”
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Liquid-Filled Hollow Core Bragg Fiber Sensors Using Different Bandgaps for High-Refractive-Index Sensing by Liang Shang, Sujuan Feng

“…Similar to the first-order PBG, the modification of the bandgap structure induced by material dispersion can also help to improve the linearity of an RI sensor using the second-order PBG of a conventional HCBF. …”
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