Evaluation of Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography in Degenerative and Tractional Lamellar Macular Hole by Burcu Polat Gültekin, Defne Kalaycı

“…Choriocapillary vascular density in the parafoveal area was also lower in degenerative lamellar macular holes compared to the tractional group (60.4 ± 4.7% vs. 63.7 ± 3.9%, p=0.03). Compared to control eyes, eyes with degenerative and tractional LMH showed lower vessel densities in the parafoveal and perifoveal areas of the SCP, DCP, and all layers of CC (p<0.05). …”
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Fast Object Detection and Localization in Ultrawide Swath Rotating Scan Remote Sensing Images by Zhiming Deng, Tianyu Zhang, Cheng Wei, Xibin Cao

“…Verification on ultrawide swath rotating scan remote sensing images shows that, compared with the traditional fixed stride cropping method, AICM improves the average inference speed by 7.39&#x0025; and increases the mean average precision by 7.54<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\%$</tex-math></inline-formula>.…”
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Correlation between Soil Organic Matter, Total Organic Matter and Water Content with Climate and Depths of Soil at Different Land use in Kelantan, Malaysia by A Azlan, ER Aweng, CO Ibrahim, A Noorhaidah

“…The results showed that, SOM concentration was lower (P < 0.05) at Pengkalan Chepa area (1.96%) compared to Kota Bharu (2.06%), Banggu (2.77%) and Jeli (7.39%). At the same time, the TOC level also showed that Banggu area recorded the lowest concentration (0.42%) followed by Kota Bharu (0.71%), Pengkalan Chepa (0.76%) and Jeli (3.73%). …”
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A Comparative Study of Vitamin C Concentrations in Two Selected Wild Fruits in Itojo Sub-County Ntungamo District. by Akankwatsa, Marither

“…The study found that the vitamin C concentration in three varieties of Horn melon (X1, X2, and X3) was 7.02 mg/100g, 7.39 mg/100g, and 6.49 mg/100g respectively. In contrast, the three varieties of Seed of heaven fruit (Y1, Y2, and Y3) had vitamin C concentrations of 23.23 mg/100g, 21.65 mg/100g, and 24.82 mg/100g respectively. …”
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Valorization of Glycine max (Soybean) Seed Waste: Optimization of the Microwave-Assisted Extraction (MAE) and Characterization of Polyphenols from Soybean Meal Using Response Surfa... by Cerile Ypolyte Woumbo, Dieudonné Kuate, Mathilde Julie Klang, Hilaire Macaire Womeni

“…The highest contents of phenols (13.09 mg GAE/g) and flavonoid (7.39 mg CE/g) were obtained at 120 W for 0.16 min with a solvent/dry matter ratio of 60/1. …”
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Diversity, Abundance, and Habitat Association of Medium and Large-Sized Mammals in Tiski Waterfall, Awi Zone, Ethiopia by Binega Derebe, Yonas Derebe, Melkamu Kassaye

“…The total populations of the three habitat types were 198.2 ± 7.39, 135 ± 5.35, and 114 ± 5.16 for dense forest, shrubland, and cliff site, respectively. …”
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Prevalence of Poultry Coccidiosis and Associated Risk Factors in Intensive Farming System of Gondar Town, Ethiopia by Anteneh Wondimu, Ermias Mesfin, Yehualashet Bayu

“…The prevalence based on the management system was 63.7%, 39.4%, and 29.3% in poor, medium, and good management, respectively. …”
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Albumin as an Effective Auxiliary Agent for the Enriched Extraction of Anthraquinones and Curcumin from Plant Matrices by Chiara Collevecchio, Salvatore Genovese, Francesco Epifano, Lorenzo Marchetti, Serena Fiorito

“…The addition of albumin provided an increase in the yields of aloe emodin in the range 7.8–50.4-fold; of rhein in the range 6.1–14.1-fold; of emodin in the range 19.7–39.7-fold; of chrysophanol in the range 15.1–28.7-fold; and, finally, of curcumin of 32.1-fold. …”
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The effect of feeding methods and non-nutritive sucking habits on early childhood caries and development of occlusion (A cross-sectional study) by Huda R. Awsi, Bayan A. Hassan

“…Mean dmfs in males was (9.84±12.99) which is higher than mean dmfs of females (7.39 ±10.58). Class II canine classification was higher in bottle and both feeding than in breast feeding and there was no prevalence of Class III canine relation was found in bottle feeding. …”
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Different effects of mechano- and metaboreflex on the central blood pressure waveform by Nobuhiro Nakamura, Peng Heng, Naoyuki Hayashi

“…We investigated the effect of muscle mechanoreflex on central BP and compared the changes in the shape of the central BP waveform during mechanoreflex and metaboreflex.MethodsWe measured 12 healthy males (age, 26 ± 2 years; height, 171.1 ± 5.2 cm; body mass, 63.3 ± 10.3 kg; body fat, 16.7% ± 3.9%; means ± standard deviation [SD]) in this study. …”
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Performance Evaluation of Compressive Strength Models for SRP and SRG-Confined Concrete Columns by Ehsan Janfada, HamidReza Nasseri, Hashem Jahangir

“…The results illustrated that for the SRP-confined concrete columns with square cross-sections, the selected model from the CNR-DT200 standard with respectively R and MAPE values of 0.7671 and 7.39% outperformed other selected SRP models. On the other hand. for the SRG-confined concrete columns with square cross-sections, the selected model from the research work of Isleem et al. with respectively R and MAPE values of 0.4405 and 18.45% surpassed the other selected SRP models. …”
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Improved Outcome of Biliary Atresia with Postoperative High-Dose Steroid by Rui Dong, Zai Song, Gong Chen, Shan Zheng, Xian-min Xiao

“…Results. 53.4%, 56.9%, and 58.1% of the patients in the high-dose steroid group were jaundice-free 3, 6, and 12 months after surgery, respectively; these values were significantly higher than the 38.7%, 39.4%, and 43.3% of the low-dose steroid group. …”
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A Prospective, Multinational Pharmacoepidemiological Study of Clinical Conversion to Sirolimus Immunosuppression after Renal Transplantation by Bertram L. Kasiske, Bjorn Nashan, Maria Del Carmen Rial, Pablo Raffaele, Graeme Russ, Josep Campistol, Mark D. Pescovitz, Paul A. Keown

“…Median calculated creatinine clearance was 48.4 (29.3, 64.5) mL/min at conversion, rising to 54.1 (41.2, 69.0) mL/min at month 1, 55.7 (39.0, 73.0) mL/min at month 12, 58.6 (39.7, 75.2) mL/min at two years and 60.9 (36.0, 77.0) mL/min at three years post-conversion. …”
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A Comparative Study of Vitamin C Concentrations in Two Selected Wild Fruits in Itojo Sub-County Ntungamo District. by Akankwatsa, Marither

“…The study revealed that the vitamin C concentrations in three different varieties of Horn melon (X1, X2, and X3) were 7.02 mg/100g, 7.39 mg/100g, and 6.49 mg/100g, respectively. In comparison, the concentrations in three varieties of Seed of Heaven fruit (Y1, Y2, and Y3) were 23.23 mg/100g, 21.65 mg/100g, and 24.82 mg/100g, respectively. …”
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Association between Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Profile and Bronchial Inflammation in Bronchiolitis Obliterans by Silvija P. Jerkic, Laura Bächle, Ruth Pia Duecker, Lucia Gronau, Andreas G. Chiocchetti, Stefan Zielen, Ralf Schubert

“…Twenty-five patients with BO (age: 13; 7–39) and 26 healthy controls (age: 19; 7–31) participated in the study. …”
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Changes in the prevalence of severe anxiety and depression symptoms and the associated factors in adults living in Manaus: a comparison of two cross-sectional studies conducted in... by Vanessa Gomes Lima, Marcus Tolentino Silva, Gustavo Magno Baldin Tiguman, Taís Freire Galvão

“…RESULTS: Severe anxiety symptoms increased from 3.3% (95%CI = 2.7–3.9) in 2015 (n = 3,479) to 8.7% (95%CI = 7.5–9.8) in 2019 (n = 2,321); severe depressive symptoms changed from 2.5% (95%CI = 2.0–3.0) to 8.5% (95%CI = 7.3–9.6). …”
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Serum Interleukin-6, Interleukin-17A, and transforming growth factor beta are raised in systemic sclerosis with interstitial lung disease by Anupam Wakhlu, Rasmi Ranjan Sahoo, Jyoti Ranjan Parida, Mohit K Rai, Durga P Misra, Vinita Agrawal, Vikas Agarwal

“…Serum IL-6, IL-17A and TGF β1 levels were significantly higher in patients as compared to controls (IL-6: 19.4±11 vs 6.7±3.9 pg/ml (P < 0.0001); IL-17A: 39.1±14.8 vs 16.4±2.1 pg/ml (P < 0.0001); TGF β1: 862.2±443 vs 377.2±208.8 pg/ml (P < 0.0001). …”
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Hematological Parameters and Hemozoin-Containing Leukocytes and Their Association with Disease Severity among Malaria Infected Children: A Cross-Sectional Study at Pawe General Hos... by Muluken Birhanu, Yaregal Asres, Wondimagegn Adissu, Tilahun Yemane, Endalew Zemene, Lealem Gedefaw

“…Under-five years of age (AOR = 3.01, 95% CI: 1.83–7.39, P<0.001), leukocytosis (AOR = 3.20, 95% CI: 1.65–6.24, P=0.001), mean hemozoin-containing monocytes >5% (AOR = 6.26, 95% CI: 2.14–14.29, P<0.001), mean hemozoin-containing neutrophils >5% (AOR = 7.93, 95% CI: 3.09–16.86, P<0.001), and high density parasitemia (AOR = 1.90, 95% CI: 1.13–3.18, P=0.015) were associated with severe malaria. …”
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Enhanced humidity-sensing performance of (Zr4+/Sb5+)-codoped TiO2 ceramics with giant dielectric properties by Noppakorn Thanamoon, Nateeporn Thongyong, Kaniknun Sreejivungsa, Narong Chanlek, Prasit Thongbai

“…(Zr0.5/Sb0.5)xTi1−xO2 ceramics present a giant ε′ of ~(4.82‒7.39)×104 and a low loss tangent (tanδ ≈ 0.031‒0.106 at 1 kHz), indicating attractive giant dielectric properties. …”
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Exploring female otolaryngologists’ experiences with gender bias and microaggressions: a cross sectional Canadian survey by Amanda C. Hu, Kelly Nguyen, Tanya K. Meyer

“…Participants scored mild to moderate on the Sexist MESS—Frequency (mean ± standard deviation) 55.8 ± 24.2 (42.3% ± 18.3%), Severity 46.0 ± 23.9 (34.8% ± 18.1%), Total 104.5 ± 43.7 (39.6% ± 16.6%) and high on GSES (32.7 ± 5.7). …”
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