A study on non-fermenting Gram-negative bacilli: their isolation and in vitro susceptibility in a tertiary care hospital in Central India by Preeti Sharma, Varsha Wanjare, Sunanda Shrikhande Zodpey

“…The aim of this study was to determine the isolation rate of NFGNB along with its susceptibility pattern in all the clinical samples. …”
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Disentangling the roles of natural variability and climate change in Canada’s 2023 fire season by Clair Barnes, Piyush Jain, Theodore R Keeping, Nathan Gillett, Jonathan Boucher, Philippe Gachon, Dorothy Heinrich, Megan Kirchmeier-Young, Yan Boulanger

“…We find that the annual accumulated daily severity rating (DSR), a measure of weather-related fire risk) is increasing in most ecozones in response to global warming, with the largest increases in the early months of the fire season; although temperatures are increasing everywhere, this effect is offset in some regions by increased precipitation. …”
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The transcription factor PbeNAC83 positively regulates the Valsa canker resistance in apple and pear by DOU Zhiqi, CAI Minrui, DU Chenglong, HU Huanhuan, ZUO Cunwu

“…After inoculation with Vp, the spread rate of Valsa canker disease was significantly inhibited. …”
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PH INDICATORS AND MICROCRYSTALIZATION OF ORAL LIQUID IN ADOLESCENTS OF 15-18 YEARS WHO STUDY IN DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS by L.F. Kaskova, V.M. Batig, I.I. Drozda, O.V. Mytchenok

“…In college students, the micro crystallization rate corresponded to a low level of 15 and 16 years old. …”
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Selfish Node Detection in Delay Tolerant Networks Using Fuzzy Logic by Fahimeh Rashidjafari, Nahideh Derakhshanfard, Behrouz Shahrokhzadeh, Ali Ghaffari

“…Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed method enhances the delivery rate by 10% and reduces the average delay by 15% and hop count by 8% when compared to existing approaches.…”
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Spatial-Temporal Characteristics of Primary and Secondary Educational Resources for Relocated Children of Migrant Workers: The Case of Liaoning Province by Dahao Zhang, Chunshan Zhou, Wenwen Xu

“…The results showed that the number of RCMW children in primary and secondary schools increased during the research period and the growth rate of children in primary schools was higher than that of children in junior high schools. …”
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Metastatic synovial sarcoma: Experience from a tertiary care center from India by K Govind Babu, Rajesh Patidar, C Lakshmaiah Kuntegowdanahalli, Lokanatha Dasappa, Linu Abraham Jacob, Suresh Babu, A H Rudresha, Lokesh N Kadabur, L K Rajeev, Deepak Koppaka, Vikas Asati

“…Thirty patients received chemotherapy with a combination of ifosfamide and doxorubicin. The overall response rate was 87% with median progression-free survival of 8 months. …”
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DiffuseGaitNet: Improving Parkinson’s Disease Gait Severity Assessment With a Diffusion Model Framework by Arshak Rezvani, Nasrin Ravansalar, Mohammad Ali Akhaee, Andrew J. Greenshaw, Russell Greiner, Maryam S. Mirian, Muhammad Yousefnezhad, Martin J. McKeown

“…Assessing the severity of gait impairment in Parkinson’s disease (PD) using the Movement Disorder Society’s Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) is typically performed by clinical experts, but this process is time-consuming, subjective, and costly. …”
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A novel spatial heterogeneity decay model for depicting scale-effects in urban land by Weilin Wang, Rong Wang, Yangyang Lu, Yuanyuan Meng, Zhou Zhou

“…Based on the scale-effect model, we derived characteristic indicators (maximum, minimum, fluctuation, and rate of decay) of the SHUL scale-effect and compared their variation across Chinese cities. …”
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Popular Phonetic Mapping in The Qur’an and Its Implications on Teaching Arabic for Non-Native Speakers by Muhammad Thohir, Muhammad Dzakiruddin

“…This study aimed to map popular phonetics with repetition rate in the Qur'an in order to build implicative concepts in Arabic learning for non-native speakers. …”
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Reliability Evaluation and Preventive Maintenance Strategy Selection of Traction Substation Equipment Considering Its Wear Degree by E. E. Bakeev, A. I. Sharapova

“…Existing testing and preventive maintenance pattern is meant for the equipment which actual term of service does not exceed the maximum allowable one. …”
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Evaluation of the Effects of Anesthetics and Surgery on Sleep Quality in Patients Undergoing Posterior Spinal Instrumentation Surgery: A Prospective Randomised Clinical Trial by Selcan Akesen, Gökay Eken, Yücel Bilgin, Saltuk Buğra Güler, Elifgül Ulutaş

“…Introduction: The aim of the study is to evaluate the impact of the anesthesia methods and surgical procedure on the sleep patterns and sleep quality of patients undergoing posterior spinal instrumentation, using the Pittsburgh Insomnia Rating Scale-20 (PIRS-20). …”
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AI-DBS study: protocol for a longitudinal prospective observational cohort study of patients with Parkinson’s disease for the development of neuronal fingerprints using artificial... by Martijn Beudel, Rick Schuurman, Rob M A de Bie, Deborah Hubers, Mariëlle J Stam, Martijn G J de Neeling, Bart J Keulen, Arthur W G Buijink, Bernadette C M van Wijk

“…Correlations will be tested between spectral features of LFP data and symptom severity, which will be assessed using (1) inertial sensor data from a wearable smartwatch, (2) clinical rating scales and (3) patient diaries and analysed using conventional descriptive statistics and artificial intelligence algorithms. …”
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Underwater Acoustic Communication by a Single-Vector Sensor: Performance Comparison Using Three Different Algorithms by Long-xiang Guo, Xiao Han, Jing-wei Yin, Xue-song Yu

“…In this paper, three different algorithms are used to process the experimental data and their performance are compared in terms of equalized output signal to noise ratio (OSNR) and bit error rate (BER). The three algorithms are P-DFE, B-DFE, and T-DFE, respectively. …”
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Hematological Changes and Immunomodulation of Neutrophil and Monocyte Populations in Shelter Dogs by Marek Kulka, Iwona Monika Szopa, Maciej Klockiewicz

“…Our study revealed that stressful conditions can alter the molecular pattern of surface receptors on neutrophils and monocytes, as well as the leukocytes apoptosis rate. …”
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Effect of exogenous silicon on resistance of asparagus bean rust and its physiological mechanism by LI Guo-jing, LIU Yong-hua, ZHU Zhu-jun, WU Xiao-hua, WANG Bao-gen

“…The effects of root-applied silicon and inoculation with Uromyces vignae on the activities of peroxidase (POD), catalase (CAT), ascorbate peroxidase (APX), phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL), superoxide dismutase (SOD), the content of malonyldialdehyde (MDA), the chlorophyll fluorescence parameters and the respiration rate in the leaves of asparagus bean (Vigna sesquipedalis Wight.) were investigated. …”
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Damage Evolution Characteristics of Rock Salt under Different Stress Conditions by Chunping Wang, Jianfeng Liu, Lu Wang

“…The damage degrees where the damage rate starts to decrease are about 0.83 in the direct tensile test, about 0.75 in the Brazilian test, and about 0.91 in the compression test. …”
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Lifestyle Issues in Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Smoking by Cecilia Benoni

“…In ulcerative colitis, but not in Crohn’s disease, a dose-response pattern has been demonstrated. Changes in clinical course, in disease severity and extension, and in recurrence rate indicate substantial clinical effects of smoking with a protective effect of smoking in ulcerative colitis and an aggravating effect in Crohn’s disease. …”
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Nasal Discharge Eosinophils in Childhood Asthma Patients as a Predictive Factor for Persistent Asthma by Norihide Murayama, Kikuno Murayama

“…The evaluation of nasal discharge eosinophils in the asthma group showed a significantly higher positive rate in older age groups than in the 0–1-year-old age group (p<0.05–0.001). …”
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Experimental Study on the Diffusion Radius of Modified Slurry Used in Longwall Overburden Isolated Grouting by Dayang Xuan, Mingwei Zhang, Jian Li, Zebin Dong, Aimaiti Alimu, Jialin Xu

“…The cement-blending ratio was found to have a small effect on the density of the slurry but a significant effect on the slurry’s precipitation rate and viscosity. The slurry diffusion experimental system was established to study the diffusion radius and consolidation. …”
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