Effects of soil nutrient amendments on growth and grain yield performances of quality protein maize grown under water deficit stress in Ibadan, Nigeria by Folake Bosede ANJORIN, Adeyinka ADEBAYO, Taiwo OMODELE, Adewale ADETAYO, James ADEDIRAN

“…Leaf area (LA) and grain yield (GY) were measured using standard procedures. From the results, across WS, LA ranged from STR1 (458.90 ± 12.4) to FW (598.81 ± 13.1 cm2), GY varied from STR2 (2.94 ± 0.2 t ha-1) to FW (6.59 ± 0.2 t ha-1), across fertilizers, LA varied from 0 N (397.65 cm2) to 100N + 10.7TPC (622.71 cm2) and 50 N + 10.7TPC (611.03 cm2), respectively. …”
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A case study on the site supervisory attributes in construction labour management, performance assessment and productivity measurement practices by Kesavan Manoharan, Pujitha Dissanayake, Chintha Pathirana, Dharsana Deegahawature, Renuka Silva

“…Findings – The mean performance scores of supervisors indicate proficient-level grades in the competency characteristics related to applying efficient labour management procedures and developing-level grades in designing productivity measurement tools, performing assessments on efficiency and productivity and proposing enhancement practices on efficiency and productivity for site operations. …”
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Assessing the Time for Living and Caring (TLC) Study: Mixed-Methods Feasibility Study of a Web-Based Caregiver Intervention to Improve Respite by Amber D Thompson, Alexandra L Terrill, Michael Caserta, Bob Wong, Eli Iacob, Catharine Sparks, Louisa Stark, Rebecca L Utz

“…ResultsThe TLC study used an appropriate design and data collection procedures, along with acceptable recruitment capability. …”
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Periprosthetic Joint Infection Surrounding Lower-Extremity Endoprostheses After Tumor Resection by Philip Sanders, MD, Henk Scheper, MD, Robert van der Wal, MD, PhD, Michiel van de Sande, MD, PhD, Mark de Boer, MD, PhD, Pieter Durk Sander Dijkstra, MD, PhD, Michael Bus, MD, PhD

“…Although sequential procedures are often needed, DAIR has acceptable clinical outcomes and should be considered, dependent on expected survival and the risk factors for treatment failure noted in this study. …”
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“Triple support pocket” for placing brachytherapy plaques for anterior segment tumors by Neiwete Lomi, Deepsekhar Das, Bhavna Chawla, J Niranjana, Dhanabalan Rajasekaran, Radhika Tandon

“…The authors have performed this procedure twice, and there has been no incidence of tilt of plaque or displacement. …”
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Simulation and Numerical Analysis of Energy-and-Ecological Compatibility of Indoor Plant Lighting by S. A. Rakutko, E. N. Rakutko

“…To develop the theory and practice of operation procedures in a greenhouse, a mathematical model of indoor plant lighting is required. …”
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Evaluation of corneal epithelial mapping in type-2 diabetes mellitus by Esraa R. Hassaan, Mostafa M. Bahgat, Ahmed F. El-Shahed

“…Conclusion AS-OCT is a noninvasive and highly effective procedure in early detection of corneal epithelium abnormalities. …”
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THE POLITICAL SCRIMMAGE OF THE RELIGIOUS COURT’S LAW AS THE JUDICIAL INSTITUTION IN THE REFORMATION ERA IN INDONESIA by Erie Hariyanto

“…Although it has been ten years that the law of religious court is legitimated (2006-2016) but there are still problems in the authority of the religious court in the reformation era, some of them are the material law factor, where there has been no material laws and specific judicial procedure in the religious court environment. The factor of law politic of the Supreme Court (MA) as the highest institution should have given more attention to religious courts by synchronize the law regulation about special authority had by the religious court, and the third factor is cultural law in society which waits for the professionalism and integrity of the religious court in taking the new responsibility mainly in solving the Islamic economy dispute</p><p align="center"><strong> Abstrak:</strong></p><p>Peradilan agama sebagai salah satu dari empat lingkungan peradilan, merupakan lembaga peradilan khusus yang ditujukan kepada umat Muslim dengan lingkup kewenangan yang khusus pula, baik mengenai perkaranya maupun para pencari keadilannya <em>(justiciabel)</em>. …”
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CAUSE OF RELAPSE GASTRIC CANCER PATIENTS AFTER RADICAL TREATMENT by A. G. Baryshev, V. A. Porhanov, A. Y. Popov, A. N. Lishenko, N. V. Hachaturyan, D. A. Valyakis, M. V. Bodnya

“…The standardization of surgical procedures and detection of the tumor at an early stage lowered the operative risk in the treatment of gastric cancer.…”
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AUTOMATION OF INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT OF THE RUSSIAN ARCTIC ZONE by O. Klementeva, S. Chernogorskiy, K. Shvetsov

“…Despite of the fact that the structures of national and regional innovative systems of diff erent countries have much in common which concerns the components, the functional classifi cation and the interaction procedures, the question of theoretical structural description of the regional innovative system seems to be of importance. …”
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High Variability in Human Sperm Membrane Potential over Time Can Limit Its Reliability as a Predictor in ART Outcomes by Tomás J. Steeman, Carolina Baro Graf, Analia G. Novero, Mariano G. Buffone, Dario Krapf

“…Thus, we aimed to evaluate the temporal consistency of human sperm <i>E</i>m within individuals and assess its utility as a prognostic marker when measured days or weeks prior to IVF procedures. <i>E</i>m was assessed in capacitated and non-capacitated sperm from normospermic donors at three time points over 28 days, using a fluorometric assay. …”
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Empirical classification of fatigue-induced physiological tremor in robot-assisted manipulation tasks using BiLSTM-GRU network by Poongavanam Palani, Siddhant Panigrahi, Gunarajulu Renganathan, Yuichi Kurita, Asokan Thondiyath

“…Still, the mere presence of such a tremor during any microsurgical procedure can be catastrophic. In these instances, it is necessary to predict the progression of the tremor. …”
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Constructing inflammatory bowel disease diagnostic models based on k-mer and machine learning by Liwei Li, Zheng Liu, Jiamin Qin, Guang Xiong, Chongze Yang, Fuqing Cai, Jiean Huang

“…Conventional diagnostic approaches frequently rely on invasive procedures, contributing to patient discomfort; hence, non-invasive diagnostic models present a valuable clinical alternative.MethodsMetagenomic and amplicon sequencing data were collected from fecal samples of patients with IBD and healthy individuals across diverse geographic regions. …”
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Assessment of slag incorporation in cold recycled mixtures emulsified asphalt: Mechanical performance and environmental impact by Putri Adhitana Paramitha, Shih-Huang Chen, Emil Adly, Handy Prasetyo, Wei-Lun Tsai

“…The environmental impact was assessed using the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) and volume expansion tests. The results of the mechanical tests showed that BOFs and EAFs mixtures provided higher strength, improved resistance to moisture damage, and better resistance to permanent deformation. …”
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Prediction of cardiovascular events in statin-treated stable coronary patients of the treating to new targets randomized controlled trial by lipid and non-lipid biomarkers. by Benoit J Arsenault, Philip Barter, David A DeMicco, Weihang Bao, Gregory M Preston, John C LaRosa, Scott M Grundy, Prakash Deedwania, Heiner Greten, Nanette K Wenger, James Shepherd, David D Waters, John J P Kastelein, Treating to New Targets (TNT) Investigators

“…MCVE was defined as CHD death, nonfatal, non-procedure-related myocardial infarction, resuscitated cardiac arrest, and fatal or nonfatal stroke. …”
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Rehabilitation nursing of a super-aged patient undergoing rotational atherectomy and intravascular lithotripsy for severe calcification of coronary artery (1例超高龄冠状动脉严重钙化患者行冠状动脉旋磨术联... by HAN Yuhui (韩於辉)

“…During the interventional procedure, intracoronary rotational atherectomy combined with intravascular lithotripsy was performed under the protection of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and temporary pacemaker. …”
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Abstract 212: Percutaneous Carotid access in Mechanical Thrombectomy ‐ a safe alternative to transfemoral approach by Sonia Bellara, James Hiana, Daniel Zumofen, Yohannes Mulatu

“…The patient was deemed a candidate for mechanical endovascular thrombectomy (MER). The procedure was initiated via ultrasound‐guided right common femoral access. …”
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Clinical Study on the Effects of Total Hip Arthroplasty Assisted by Virtual Planning Combined With Intraoperative Navigation Templates by Haotian Zhu, Jiayi Wu, Kai Cheng, Han Yan, Junjun Liang, Yunjin Long, Shaoxing Fan, Yadi Zhang, Huanwen Ding

“…The study included 42 patients in the traditional method group, who underwent preoperative planning and surgical procedures according to traditional methods; and 32 patients in the digital assistance group, who used computer‐assisted virtual preoperative planning and three‐dimensional printed personalized navigation templates to assist in the surgery. …”
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Quality of life of patients with end-stage renal disease during initial treatment by LV Qing-na, ZHANG Xin-yu, HAN Wei, ZHANG Yan-yun, LI Yan-yan, LIU Qi-gui, REN Xian-long, YIN An-chun, SHI Tie-ying, LI Ping, XING Wei, YANG Yue

“…Objective To explore and compare the effects of hemodialysis（HD） vs.peritoneal dialysis（PD） of the quality of life of patients with end-stage renal disease（ESRD）.Methods Sixty cases of ESRD receiving initial PD（PD group,n = 30） or HD（HD group,n = 30） were surveyed by the questionnaire procedure.Kidney disease quality of life short form(KDQQL SF^TM Version 1.3 was used.The forms were distributed per month for consecutive 8 months.There were 480 questionnaires in total,in which valid questionnaires were 480,with the effective rate being was 100%.Results（1）SPL was continuously increased with time with the correlation being statistically significant（P =0.0000）.HD group got the maximum value for 2 groups at the sixth and seventh month after constant increases,and thereafter the value basically remained unchanged.PD group reached the maximum value at the eighth month after stable increases.（2） Effects of kidney disease（EKD） varied with the time with the correlation being statistically significant（P = 0.018）.PD group got the maximum value for 2groups at the third and fifth month after constant increases and the value was basically the same after that HD group reached the maximum value at the eighth month after stable increases.（3） Sleep patterns increased over time with the correlation being statistically significant（P = 0.029）.HD group got the maximum value for 2 groups at the sixth month after constant increased,and the value was basically the same after that PD group got the maximum value at the third month after stable increases.（4） Physical function（PF） increased over time with the correlation being statistically significant（P =0.0000）.HD group reached the maximum value for 2 groups at the sixth and eighth month after constant increases.PD group got the maximum value at the sixth,seventh and eighth month after significant increases.（5） Vitality（VT） changed over time with the correlation being statistically significant（P = 0.0000）.The VT values in both groups were constantly increased,and got the maximum at the third month and then decreased significantly after that Conclusions In the initial treatment,we can provide the correct guidance and help patients with ESRD to choose the more reasonable and feasible methods of dialysis,according to the patient’s personal situation and family social condition.…”
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Reaching caesarean section rates below 15%: experience of a French tertiary maternity using the Robson classification system by Julien Echalard, Manon Vouga, Aude Bourtembourg-Matras, Didier Riethmuller, Nicolas Mottet

“…Despite being a life-saving procedure, this uncontrolled rise remains questionable. …”
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