The influence of curing time on mechanical properties and microstructure of taphole clay by Xiao Wang, Houyou Zhou, Wen-bo Zhao, Qingwen Li, Ya Yin

“…The results revealed that with the increase of curing time, all mechanical strengths of the taphole clay materials increased significantly, with a faster growth rate within the first 6 h and stabilization around 24 h. …”
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A novel method for measuring heat injury in leaves provides insights into the sequence of processes of heat injury development by Clara Bertel, Gilbert Neuner

“…Abstract Background Global warming is currently occurring at a rapid rate and is having a particularly severe impact on plants, which, as sessile organisms, have a limited ability to escape high temperatures. …”
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Multi-Omics Analysis of the Anoikis Gene <i>CASP8</i> in Prostate Cancer and Biochemical Recurrence (BCR) by Shan Huang, Hang Yin

“…<b>Results:</b> The results revealed that high-risk prostate cancer BCR patients had various characteristics such as higher tumor purity, higher BCR rate, downregulated SIRPA immune checkpoints, and unique drug sensitivity. …”
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Predicting farmers' intention to use PPE for prevent pesticide adverse effects: An examination of the Health Belief Model (HBM) by Gholamhossein Abdollahzadeh, Mohammad Sharif Sharifzadeh

“…These results imply that extension and training programs which focus on severity of pesticide adverse effect and the perceived benefits and perceived barriers of PPE will have a better effect on increasing the rate of preventive behavior among farmers.…”
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Sickness presenteeism in Norway and Sweden by Vegard Johansen

“…The Norwegian and Swedish samples are weighed and representative with regard to both variables of regional background and demography, but the response rate was low. The distribution of SP is measured by frequency (episodes in the previous year) and by length (total days of SP in the previous year). …”
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Asymptomatic leishmaniasis in kala-azar endemic areas of Malda district, West Bengal, India. by Pabitra Saha, Swagata Ganguly, Moytrey Chatterjee, Soumendu Bikash Das, Pratip K Kundu, Subhasish K Guha, Tamal K Ghosh, Dilip K Bera, Nandita Basu, Ardhendu K Maji

“…The role of these asymptomatic carriers in disease transmission, prognosis at individual level and rate of transformation to symptomatic VL/Post Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis (PKDL) needs to be evaluated. …”
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Green synthesis of CdS:Sn NPs by Starch as a Covering Agent and Studying its Physical Properties by zainab yaaqoub, Nada K. Abbas

“…The grain size and roughness rate of pure CdS materials and doped with Sn are shown in AFM results 2.16,2.39,10.07,11.33, 12.47,18.56 nm and average diameter is 30.15, 11.71, 66.06, 48.27,82.011, 80.35 nm for pure and doped with tin 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5% respectively.   …”
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Enhancing Attendance Management Through Face Recognition Technology: A Case Study at Rugarama School of Nursing and Midwifery. by Taremwa, Benjamin

“…The system was evaluated on key metrics such as accuracy and time efficiency, achieving an 80% accuracy rate and full agreement on time efficiency (100%). …”
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Optimization of ivacaftor-loaded solid lipid nanoparticles for solubility enhancement by Akshay Parihar, Akshay Parihar, Bhupendra G. Prajapati, Bhupendra G. Prajapati, Bhupendra G. Prajapati, Himanshu Paliwal

“…The in vitro dissolution study showed improved release pattern from the optimized formulation and release profile followed first-order model indicating a sustained release pattern from lipid matrix.ConclusionThis delivery system presented development of stable nanoparticle formulation exhibiting sustained release pattern, which may contribute to therapeutic outcomes in comparison with drug alone. …”
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Development adjustment technology of extending life cycle for nearly-abandoned reservoirs by ZHANG Lianfeng,ZHANG Yilin,GUO Huanhuan,LI Hongsheng,LI Junjie,LIANG Limei,LI Wenjing,HU Shukui

“…Based on the characteristics of remaining oil distribution, a technical concept of heterogeneous composite driving and streamline well pattern densification adjustment was proposed. By adjusting the well pattern to alter streamlines, creating a staggered row and column well pattern with a change in streamline direction of over 30° and a streamline deflection rate of 80%, the effective mobilization of remaining oil is promoted. …”
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Evaluation of planting arrangment and methods on quantitative and qualitative characteristics of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) seeds by H. Khazaei

“…The highest and lowest fruit and seed yield were obtained in Rokh (two row per ridge and 120×30 cm planting pattern) and Toroq (one row per ridge and 140×50 cm planting pattern) regions, respectively with 2.7 and 3.1 times difference. …”
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Intraspecific and Intracolonial Variation in the Profile of Venom Alkaloids and Cuticular Hydrocarbons of the Fire Ant Solenopsis saevissima Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Eduardo Gonçalves Paterson Fox, Adriana Pianaro, Daniel Russ Solis, Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie, Bruno Cunha Vairo, Ednildo de Alcântara Machado, Odair Correa Bueno

“…Some fire ant species are top-rated pests spreading throughout the world by trade vessels. …”
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Heating Experiments on Benthic Foraminifera Ammonia sp. to Assess the Suitability of Amino Acid-Based Dating by Rahmadi Hidayat, Didit Hadi Barianto, Sugeng Sapto Surjono, Che Aziz Ali

“…The racemization rate differs from four selected amino acids reported in this study, where aspartic acid is the fastest, followed by glutamic acid, valine and isoleucine epimerization. …”
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Análisis técnico-económico para selección de aspersores Technical and economical analysis for sprinkler selection by Eduardo A. Holzapfel, Ximena M. Pardo, Vital P. da S. Paz, Antonieta Rodrigues, Ximena C. Orrego, Marco A. Lopez

“…To accomplish this an analysis was performed of different factors such as rate of water application, available time for irrigation, wind velocity, distribution pattern and pressure. …”
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Varied Presentations and Clinical Outcomes of Proliferative Glomerulonephritis with Monoclonal Immunoglobulin Deposit: An Indian Series of Five Patients by Uttayan Chakrabarti, Manish Chaturvedy, Arghya Majumdar, Nitin Kumar Bajpai, Aasma Nalwa, Tapabrata Das, Arpit Agarwal, Rajesh Jhorawat

“…The mean estimated glomerular filtration rate at presentation was 34.6 ml/min/1.73 m2 with 60% patients presenting as RPRF, the mean proteinuria being 5.8 g/day. …”
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The Association of Serum IL-10 Levels with the Disease Activity in Systemic-Onset Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Patients by Yu Peng, Xiaohui Liu, Zhao Duan, Junkai Duan, Yulan Zhou

“…Moreover, the levels of IL-10 at diagnosis were significantly higher in SoJIA patients with a nonmonocyclic pattern than in patients with a monocyclic pattern. …”
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Experimental Investigations of the Process of Carbonate Fracture Dissolution Enlargement under Reservoir Temperature and Pressure Conditions by Jingxia Wang, Qingchun Yu

“…The laboratory dissolution rate of S1, S2, S3, and S4 were 2.50 × 10−6, 3.11 × 10−6, 2.70 × 10−6, and 3.04 × 10−6 mol/m2/s. …”
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Exploring adolescents’ indirect financial and non-financial barriers to dental care non-attendance: the role of payment methods by Alla T. Alsharif, Saba Kassim

“…Regression analysis showed that being male, using publicly funded dental services, and self-rating poor oral health were significantly associated with non-dental attendance (AOR = 2.42; 95% CI: 1.39–4.20; p = 0.002; AOR = 2.00; 95% CI: 1.07–3.75; p = 0.030; AOR = 2.32; 95% CI: 1.05–5.10; p = 0.037, respectively). …”
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fNIRS evidence of abnormal frontotemporal cortex activation and functional connectivity in depressed patients after stroke: neuromodulatory mechanisms from mild to moderate depress... by Shanshan Zhou, Xiaodie Liu, Mengyuan Chen, Wenyi Chen, Yawen Pan, Yinghao Zhi

“…In contrast, the mild-PSD group displayed no notable connectivity differences between the two groups.ConclusionThis study presents distinct patterns of frontotemporal cortex activation and functional connectivity alterations associated with varying severity levels of PSD. …”
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Evolution of the Unified State Exam and its Effect on Students’ Mathematical Preparation by A. S. Kotyurgina, E. I. Fedorova, V. B. Nikolaev, Yu. B. Nikitin

“…However, due to the non-linear rating scale, it is not necessary to do these tasks, as well as some other tasks involving a detailed solution. …”
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