Physiological growth of ocular axial length among Chinese children and teenagers: A 6-year cohort study. by Yanxian Chen, Xiaohu Ding, Ruilin Xiong, Jian Zhang, Fan Song, Ziwei Zhao, Mengying Lai, Yangfa Zeng, Mingguang He

“…In children with non-progressive myopia, there was observed axial elongation ranging from 0.17 to 0.23 mm/year between the ages of 9 and 12. This growth rate persisted at approximately 0.10 mm/year beyond the age of 12. …”
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Water footprint-based evaluation of ecological efficiency in China’s grain production and its driving factors by Lili Gu, Xintong Dong, Jing Yin

“…ECGP varies significantly among the seven major regions of China, with the northeastern region being an area of high eco-efficiency in food production, probably mainly due to its more centralized pattern of food production. (3) The level of economic development, urban–rural income disparity, scale-up level, irrigation rate of grain fields, and grain yield per unit area significantly affect ECGP.…”
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Land Use and Land Cover Change Detection Using Remote Geospatial Techniques: A Case Study of an Urban City in Southwestern, Nigeria by Adenike Olayungbo

“…There was a rapid increase in crop land by 365.7% and gradual increase in built-up areas by 103.85% at an annual rate of 3.25%. Forest was the only land cover type that recorded a constant reduction in areal extent. …”
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MASS LAYOFF MANAGEMENT AT DOMESTIC ENTERPRISES by Yulia Sotnikova, Eka Stepanova, Nikita Nazarov

“…The implementation of the rapid response strategy will make the process of employee laying off the most comfortable for all participants: redundant personnel will get psychological support; the local community will reduce the rate of unemployment in the region.…”
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Does closure of chronic pilonidal sinus still remain a matter of debate after bilateral rotation flap?(N-shaped closure technique) by M. Saad Khaled, M.S. Awad Mohamed

“…Two patients had wound infection and one patient a partial breakdown. The recurrence rate was 0%.Conclusions:A tension-free suture via bilateral rotation flaps with a good suction at the button of the wound for drainage of blood from the bottom of the wound is the key to the success of repair without recurrence.…”
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Impact of Laser Power on Electrochemical Performance of CeO₂/Al6061 Alloy Through Selective Laser Melting (SLM) by Fengyong Sun, Jitai Han

“…The SCR demonstrates a pattern of initial decrease followed by an increase as the laser power is incremented. …”
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Is Western Diet Harmful for Male Fertility? A Review of Fact or Fiction by Soheila Pourmasumi, Seyed Mojtaba Heydari Khoormizi, Mehrnoosh Mehrabian

“…Diet plays a crucial role in male reproductive potential. The global fertility rate has been declining, and this may be partly attributed to the changes in diet worldwide. …”
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INSTRUMENTAL TREATMENT OF AMBLYOPIA by B. F. Lavrent’ev, V. V. Rozhentsov

“…Adjustment of modulation frequency and movement rate of the stimuli allows to change stimulation mode temporally and spatially. …”
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Histopathology and Clinicoradiology of Hepatoblastoma-Survival Analysis of an Intriguing Not So Rare Tumor by Paheli Maru, Majal Shah, Nainesh Meant, Sneha Kakoty, Deepa Nagarajan

“…Despite having fetal pattern, patients in PRETEXT stage I had a worse survival rate, which shows that the biopsy may not be representative of the entire tumor. …”
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A Crime Data Analysis of Prediction Based on Classification Approaches by Fatima Shaker Hussain, Abbas Fadhil Aljuboori

“…With a large rise in crime globally, there is a necessity to analyze crime data to bring down the rate of crime. This encourages the police and people to occupy the required measures and more effectively restricting the crimes. …”
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Leakage and rotordynamic coefficients of labyrinth-scallop seals by V. Izemenko, A. Zahorulko, Yu. Zahorulko

“…This paper presents the results of calculating the rotordynamic and flow rate characteristics of scallop and labyrinth-scallop seals depending on the operating parameters using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methods. …”
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Does closure of chronic pilonidal sinus still remain a matter of debate after bilateral rotation flap? (N-shaped closure technique) by Awad Mohamed, Saad Khaled

“…Two patients had wound infection and one patient a partial breakdown. The recurrence rate was 0&#x0025;. <b> Conclusions:</b> A tension-free suture via bilateral rotation flaps with a good suction at the button of the wound for drainage of blood from the bottom of the wound is the key to the success of repair without recurrence.…”
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Biogenic AgNPs—A Nano Weapon against Bacterial Canker of Tomato (BCT) by Asma Noshad, Mudassar Iqbal, Crispin Hetherington, Hassan Wahab

“…AgNPs treated seeds showed a normal germination rate with normal seedling growth. An in-vitro study found that the prepared AgNPs caused the maximum inhibition of the bacterial pathogen. …”
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Polymorphisms in NFKB1 and TLR4 and interaction with dietary and life style factors in relation to colorectal cancer in a Danish prospective case-cohort study. by Tine Iskov Kopp, Vibeke Andersen, Anne Tjonneland, Ulla Vogel

“…Homozygous carriage of the variant allele of the TLR4/rs5030728 polymorphism was associated with increased risk of CRC (incidence rate ratio (IRR) = 1.30; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.05-1.60; P = 0.02 (gene-dose model); IRR = 1.24; 95%CI: 1.01-1.51; P = 0.04 (recessive model)). …”
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Simultaneous paratesticular liposarcomas with histopathological differences. A Case report by Pedro León Acosta, Pedro Rosales Torres

“…The analytical study only showed erythrocyte sedimentation rate at 95 mm/h and LDH at 650 U/l; The testicular ultrasound showed heterogeneous, solid and hyperechoic mass, with a fatty inguinoscrotal appearance and measuring more tan 30 cm, without the testicle being observed. …”
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A New Mode of Visible Fracture System in Coal Seams and Its Implications for Coalbed Methane Seepage by Rui Li, Lihong Jin, Shengwei Wang, Heping Liu, Zhigang Cui, Wenting Xiang

“…Furthermore, we find that the daily production rate distribution of most CBM wells presents a particular banded, L-shaped, or T-shaped pattern. …”
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Prevalence and Perceived Contributing Factors of Physical Fighting, Cigarette Smoking, and Alcohol Use among Adolescents in Erbil City by Attallah Omar Qasem, Kamaran Ameen Nasir, Namir G. Al-Tawil

“…Physical fighting was the most common risk behavior among the students (28.4%), followed by smoking (13.4%), and the lowest rate of risk behaviors was for alcohol drinking (2.2%). …”
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In Vitro Cytotoxicity Study of Pt Nanoparticles Decorated TiO2 Nanotube Array by Shaymaa Rajab Baqer, Abdulkareem Alsammarraie, Mahasin Alias, Mohammad Al-Halbosiy, Amaal Sadiq

“…The MCF-7 cancer cell lines and WRL68 normal cell lines were treated with concentration 800, 400,200,100, 50, 25, 12.5µg\ml of TiO2NTs and Pt\TiO2NTs(1) and (2) for 48hours using MTT assay.IC50 and inhibition rate were calculated. The result shows that the Pt\TiO2NTs have more inhibition effect on cancer cell lines than TiO2NTs array.…”
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Exploring the Uncommon: A Series on Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans with Rare Locations, Unusual Sites of Metastasis, and Their Close Mimics by Neeti Goyal, Shamresh Singh, Pragya Sharma, Prabha Shankar Mishra, Umesh Kapoor, Paresh Singhal, Sankalp Singh, Navdeep Singh, Vikram Singh, Dushyant Sharma

“…It is important to know about this entity as it is locally aggressive and has a higher rate of transformation into fibrosarcoma which has an aggressive growth pattern and frequently metastasizes. …”
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IgG4-Related Disease in a Urachal Tumor by Travis W. Dum, Da Zhang, Eugene K. Lee

“…The patient underwent a partial cystectomy and umbilectomy with pathology demonstrating dense plasmacytic cells, a high rate of immunohistochemistry staining positive for IgG4 plasma cells, a storiform pattern of fibrosis, and an obliterative phlebitis. …”
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