Temporal changes in regional variations in cancer survival rates in Osaka, Japan (1997–2015) by Mizuki Shimadzu Kato, Toshitaka Morishima, Ryoto Sakaniwa, Kayo Nakata, Yoshihiro Kuwabara, Toshiki Ikawa, Yoko Iwaki, Isao Miyashiro

“…Measures such as the BPPCCP could potentially equalize the cancer care delivery system.…”
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Addressing the Scientific Gaps Between Life Cycle Thinking and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis for the Sustainability Assessment of Electric Vehicles’ Lithium-Ion Batteries by Maria Tournaviti, Christos Vlachokostas, Alexandra V. Michailidou, Christodoulos Savva, Charisios Achillas

“…Overall, while technical parameters are crucial for the development of lithium-ion batteries, it is equally important to consider the environmental burden, resource availability, and economic factors in the design process, alongside social aspects such as the ethical sourcing of materials to ensure their sustainability.…”
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Prevalence of Nocturnal Enuresis and Its Associated Factors in Primary School and Preschool Children of Khorramabad in 2013 by Katayoun Bakhtiar, Yadollah Pournia, Farzad Ebrahimzadeh, Ali Farhadi, Fathollah Shafizadeh, Reza Hosseinabadi

“…In this descriptive-analytic, cross-sectional study, 710 male and female children were divided into two groups with equal numbers. The samples were selected from the schools of Khorramabad using the multistage cluster and stratified random sampling methods based on the diagnostic criteria of DSM-IV. …”
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Verification of Thermal Models of Internally Cooled Gas Turbine Blades by Igor Shevchenko, Nikolay Rogalev, Andrey Rogalev, Andrey Vegera, Nikolay Bychkov

“…An important feature of the method is that the heat load remains unchanged during the experiment and the blade outer surface temperature equals zinc melting point. The verification of thermal-hydraulic model of high-pressure turbine blade with cooling allowing asymmetrical heat removal from pressure and suction sides was carried out using the developed method. …”
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Bactericide, Immunomodulating, and Wound Healing Properties of Transgenic Kalanchoe pinnata Synergize with Antimicrobial Peptide Cecropin P1 In Vivo by A. A. Lebedeva, N. S. Zakharchenko, E. V. Trubnikova, O. A. Medvedeva, T. V. Kuznetsova, G. A. Masgutova, M. V. Zylkova, Y. I. Buryanov, A. S. Belous

“…The water extract of K. pinnata + CecP1 exhibits favorable effect on healing of wounds infected with S. aureus (equal to Cefazolin) and with a combination of S. aureus with P. aeruginosa (better than Cefazolin). …”
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Calcium and boron supplementary effect on cassava performance in a sandy Typic Paleustult by Roongnapa Bowichean, Suphicha Thanachit, Somchai Anusontpornperm, Richard William Bell

“…Boron was applied as single soil, foliar, and equally split soil and foliar applications. The sole B overall was superior to sole Ca in enhancing cassava growth. …”
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Experimental Study of Closed System in the Chlorine Dioxide-Iodide-Sulfuric Acid Reaction by UV-Vis Spectrophotometric Method by Na Li, Laishun Shi, Xiaomei Wang, Fang Guo, Chunying Yan

“…For the reaction of ClO2-I− in the absence of H2SO4, the curve of absorbance along with the reaction time can be obtained at 350 nm for triiodide ion, 460 nm for iodine. The mole ratio r is equal to 1.00 is the changing point of the curve's shape no matter at which wavelength to determine the reaction. …”
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Balancing Power and Resolving Conflicts in the Collaboration between Regional Heads and DPRD in Indonesia's Decentralized Governance by Fauzan Muhammad, Prasojo Hermawan, Ardhanariswari Riris, Elfudllatsani Bahar

“…This study, using a normative legal approach, identifies three key pillars—equality, transparency, and accountability—as essential for fostering a strong relationship between Regional Heads and DPRD. …”
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Influence of Adding Conductive Materials and Integrating Bio Electrochemical Systems on the Efficiency of Anaerobic Digestion by Alberto Mur-Gorgas, Antonio V. García-Triviño, Raúl Mateos, Adrián Escapa, Antonio Morán

“…Moreover, as the experiment progressed, the methane yields of the digesters with and without fillers became equal. Semi-continuous experiments demonstrate that BES integration improves process stability and methane production by achieving a 5–10% improvement in the amount of methane in the biogas throughout the entire operation, even under high organic loads, by facilitating diverse electron transfer pathways. …”
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Selected Aspects of Heat Transfer Study in a Gun Barrel of an Anti-Aircraft Cannon by Mateusz ZIELIŃSKI, Piotr KONIORCZYK, Zbigniew SURMA, Marek PREISKORN, Judyta SIENKIEWICZ

“…In each zone, the heat transfer coefficient, as a function of the time hi(t) and bore gas temperature as a function of the time Tg(t) to the cannon barrel for given ammunition parameters, was developed. A calculating time equaling 100 ms per single shot was assumed. The results of the calculations were obtained using FEM implemented in COMSOL Multiphysics ver. 5.6 software.…”
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Evaluation of Urumiyeh (Iran) City Park in Terms of Noise Analysis and Sound Landscape by Serkan Özer, Nazli Esmaeili Hesar, Elif Önal

“…Then, for noise measurements, the study area was divided by 50 m equal intervals and 80 stations were determined. …”
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A two-strain HIV-1 mathematical model to assess the effects of chemotherapy on disease parameters by Tinevimbo Shiri, Winston Garira, Senelani D. Musekwa

“…Plasma HIV RNA dramatically decline to zero levels during the first week of drug administration. If drug efficacy is equal to or above a threshold efficacy, viral load remains at zero levels and if drug efficacy is less than the threshold efficacy, viral load gradually increases until it stabilizes. …”
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Exploration and Coordination of Complementary Multirobot Teams in a Hunter-and-Gatherer Scenario by Mehdi Dadvar, Saeed Moazami, Harley R. Myler, Hassan Zargarzadeh

“…Finally, it is statistically proven that the overall workload is distributed equally for each type of agent which ensures that the proposed solution is not biased to a particular agent and all agents behave analogously under similar characteristics.…”
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What can mathematical models tell us about the relationship between circular migrations and HIV transmission dynamics? by Aditya S. Khanna, Dobromir T. Dimitrov, Steven M. Goodreau

“…Our analysis suggests that projected HIV prevalence is highlysensitive to the choice of modeling framework. Assuming initial equalHIV prevalence across locations, compartmental models show noassociation between migration frequency and HIV prevalence orincidence, while network models show that migrations at frequenciesshorter than the acute HIV period predict greater HIV incidence andprevalence compared to longer migration periods. …”
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New Long-Term Use Solid Bismuth Microelectrode Arrays for Rapid and Sensitive Determination of Sunset Yellow in Isotonic Beverages and Water Samples by Adsorptive Stripping Voltamm... by Mieczyslaw Korolczuk, Iwona Gęca, Artur Mazurek, Paulina Mrózek

“…The detection limit was equal to 1.7 × 10⁻⁹ mol L⁻¹. …”
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Study of Postprandial Lipaemia in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Exenatide versus Liraglutide by Maria Voukali, Irene Kastrinelli, Sapfo Stragalinou, Dimitra Tasiopoulou, Pinelopi Paraskevopoulou, Nicholas Katsilambros, Alexandros Kokkinos, Nicholas Tentolouris, Ioannis Ioannidis

“…Exenatide and liraglutide both appear to be equally effective in lowering postprandial lipaemia after the first administration and after a two-week treatment. …”
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Equilibrium distance from long-range dune interactions by J. Vérité, C. Narteau, O. Rozier, J. Alkalla, L. Barrier, S. Courrech du Pont

“…In order to work under optimal conditions that eliminate transverse flow components, collisions, and mass exchange between dunes, we study here these long-range interactions using a 2D numerical model where two equal-sized dunes lying on a non-erodible bed are exposed to a symmetric reversing flow. …”
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Multicomponent Lattice Boltzmann Simulations of Gas Transport in a Coal Reservoir with Dynamic Adsorption by Zhigao Peng, Shenggui Liu, Songlei Tang, Yuechao Zhao, Yingjun Li

“…Simulation results indicate that with other parameters being equal, the rate of gas diffusion in the porous material and the area of the dynamic adsorption equilibrium-associated region increase with the matrix porosity/permeability. …”
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Quantum Dots Do Not Alter the Differentiation Potential of Pancreatic Stem Cells and Are Distributed Randomly among Daughter Cells by S. Danner, H. Benzin, T. Vollbrandt, J. Oder, A. Richter, C. Kruse

“…With time-lapse microscopy, we observed that the transmission of the QD particles during cell divisions was random, appearing as equal or unequal transmission to daughter cells. …”
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NEMS generated electromechanical frequency combs by Sasan Rahmanian, Hamza Mouharrar, Rana Abdelrahman, Masoud Akbari, Yasser S. Shama, Kevin Musselman, David Muñoz-Rojas, Skandar Basrour, Eihab Abdel Rahman

“…In both cases, the Free Spectral Range (FSR) was equal to the mechanical resonance frequency. Comparison between the FCs generated by the 2:1 and 1:1 modal interactions demonstrate the superiority of the former in terms of bandwidth and stability. …”
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