An Experimental Study on the Compressibility of Clays Reinforced with Basalt Fiber by Yasemin Aslan Topçuoğlu, Zülfü Gürocak

“…Basalt fiber, whose raw material is basalt rock, is preferred in soil reinforcement works due to its features such as high strength, economical, environmentally friendly, natural and abundant. …”
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“What are we celebrating?”: Nation-Building and The Politics of Independence Commemoration in Ghana by Manuel Jojo MANU-OSAFO, Enoch LAMPTEY, Kofi Takyi ASANTE

“…But owing to the poignant feelings that these celebrations evoke and the essentially open-ended nature of the nation-building project, rival political factions prefer to use such occasions to assert competing narratives of the nation and to contest authorised visions of the future. …”
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Using the mind map method in medical education, its advantages and challenges: A systematic review by Atiyeh Sadat Sajadi, Alireza Babajani, Shahnam Sedigh Maroufi, Nazanin Sarraf

“…This analysis adhered to the guidelines outlined by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) protocol, available at www.prisma-statement.org. …”
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ANALOGUE SAUSAGE FORMULATION OF TEMPEH-WHITE OYSTER MUSHROOMS (PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS) WITH THE ADDITION OF CARRAGEENAN by Septi Rohmawati, Akhmad Mustofa, Yannie Asrie Widanti

“…While for sensory test color was 2.96, flavour tempeh 2.45, flavour of mushroom 1.74, texture of 2.55 and overall preference 2.45.</p>…”
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Benchmarking of a time-saving and scalable protocol for the extraction of DNA from diverse viromes by Michael Shamash, Saniya Kapoor, Corinne F. Maurice

“…This protocol provides a viable option for large-scale virome studies, although the phenol-chloroform approach may still be preferable for specific sample types.…”
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Respectful Maternity Care during Childbirth among Women in a Rural Area of Northern India by Ravneet Kaur, Tejbeer Singh, Mani Kalaivani, Kapil Yadav, Sanjeev K. Gupta, Shashi Kant

“…Self-introduction by health providers, the position of choice during delivery, relief from pain, and availability of preferred companions during delivery were the deficient areas. …”
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The use and impact of virtual reality programs supported by aromatherapy for older adults: A scoping review protocol. by Lillian Hung, Joey Wong, Haopu Ren, W Ben Mortenson, Angelica Lim, Jennifer Boger, Christine Wallsworth, Yong Zhao

“…This review will be conducted in accordance with the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology or scoping reviews and will be reported in line with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews. …”
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Changes in Muscles and Tendons Due to Neural Motor Disorders: Implications for Therapeutic Intervention by A. L. Hof

“…Although prevention should always be preferred, a timely surgical intervention cannot always be avoided. …”
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AN EXAMINATION OF FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH DELAYED MARRIAGE AMONG YOUTH IN TARAUNI L.G.A., KANO STATE by ISAH KHAMISU MADACHI

“…., including joblessness, educational pursuits, personal preference and choosiness, particularly among women. …”
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Analysis of risk factors for the development of obesity in preschool children: a logistic model analysis by Huasheng Jin, Huihui Zhou, Kai Chen

“…High birth weight, high parental body mass index (BMI), picky eating habits, preference for meat, frequent consumption of junk food, and binge eating were found to be significant risk factors for obesity in preschool children. …”
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Cognitive and social congruence in peer-assisted learning - A scoping review. by Teresa Loda, Rebecca Erschens, Hannah Loenneker, Katharina E Keifenheim, Christoph Nikendei, Florian Junne, Stephan Zipfel, Anne Herrmann-Werner

“…The scoping review followed the guidelines of the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) statement. …”
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A multi-dimensional decision framework based on the XGBoost algorithm and the constrained parametric approach by Xinxin Wang, BingBing Zhang, Zeshui Xu, Ming Li, Marinko Skare

“…Abstract With the wide access to data and advanced technologies, organizations and firms prefer to use data-based and interpretable analytics to deal with uncertain and cognitive decision-making problems. …”
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About the confusion-matrix-based assessment of the results of imbalanced data classification by V. V. Starovoitov, Yu. I. Golub

“…The paper provides answers to three questions: which term is a more accurate translation of the phrase "confusion matrix", how preferable to represent data in this matrix, and what functions to be better used to evaluate the results of classification by such a matrix. …”
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Graphene Oxide Nanoadsorbent for the Removal of Fluoride Ion from Groundwater: Adsorbent Performance and Adsorption Mechanism by Bayisa Meka Chufa, Bedasa Abdisa Gonfa, Teketel Yohannes Anshebo

“…Hence, this study showed that GO is the preferred adsorbent for the removal of fluoride from groundwater.…”
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Ephedra alte (Joint Pine): An Invasive, Problematic Weedy Species in Forestry and Fruit Tree Orchards in Jordan by Jamal R. Qasem

“…However, E. alte did not climb all plant species, indicating a host preference range. Damaged fruit trees included Amygdalus communis, Citrus aurantifolia, Ficus carica, Olea europaea, Opuntia ficus-indica, and Punica granatum. …”
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Yield and horticultural performance of seed-oil pumpkin in south Florida by Geoffrey Meru, Yuqing Fu

“…Unlike conventional hulled pumpkin seeds, naked seeds lack a complete seed coat, thus are preferred for snacking and oil production because they eliminate the need for manual de-hulling prior to use. …”
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Salário de docente básico by Pedro Demo

“…Therefore, the recent proposal of 40 working hours per week and a basic salary of R$ 950,00 seems to be very unsatisfactory, as it cannot regulate teachers' work time preferably in eight hours daily. It is very important to achieve, over time, a more visible correlation between the improvement of the teachers' remuneration and the improvement of students' learning.…”
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Household food insecurity in rural and urban West Java: The need for coping strategies by Vipta Resti Mauludyani Anna, Khomsan Ali

“…Nonetheless, relying on less-priced and less favored items was the most common coping technique among food-insecure households in both regions. Relying on less preferred and less expensive food was significantly more common in rural areas (40.7%) than urban areas (23.3%). …”
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Tackling Extended Hospital Stays in Patients with Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections by Gavin Barlow, Michael Wilke, Guillaume Béraud

“…This article first aims to provide a review of treatment challenges associated with ABSSSIs in both hospital and outpatient settings, and shows that while more traditionally treatment has been conducted in a hospital setting, for a number of patients, a variety of considerations, including pharmacoeconomics, infection control, and patient preference, has led to the development of recommendations to assess the eligibility of patients for early discharge from hospital to complete their antibiotic regimen in the outpatient setting. …”
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The Mismatch Negativity: An Indicator of Perception of Regularities in Music by Xide Yu, Tao Liu, Dingguo Gao

“…Since MMN can serve as an index of neural plasticity, it thus can be widely used in clinical and other applied areas, such as detecting music preference in newborns or assessing wholeness of central auditory system of hearing illness. …”
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