Influence of time-of-day on neuromuscular performance in team sport athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Julio Martin-López, Alberto Pérez-López, David Varillas-Delgado, Álvaro López-Samanes

“…Neuromuscular performance parameters such vertical jump capacity (i.e., squat and countermovement jump), agility and isometric strength were included in the analysis. …”
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Empowerment key factors in shaping women's awareness of household waste management by D. Asteria, J. Haryanto

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Empowering activities is the key in building awareness and individual capacity of household waste management, especially for women as the main actors. …”
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Accelerating Deep Learning-Based Morphological Biometric Recognition with Field-Programmable Gate Arrays by Nourhan Zayed, Nahed Tawfik, Mervat M. A. Mahmoud, Ahmed Fawzy, Young-Im Cho, Mohamed S. Abdallah

“…Their importance resides in their capacity to acquire hierarchical features, which is essential for recognizing complex patterns. …”
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Antiprotozoal Drug Handling and Management Practices in Asella District, Central Oromia, Ethiopia by Ashenafi Ababu, Dereje Endashaw, Haben Fesseha, Mesfin Mathewos

“…Hence, continuous awareness creation in the community, capacity building, training, and upgrading programs to the professionals, as well as strict enforcement of drug control and administration regulation of the country, are essential in the overall effort of improving animal health and productivity through the control of protozoan diseases in and around Asella.…”
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Introducing an integrated approach for fire safety assessment in healthcare facilities by interval valued neutrosophic-AHP and Fuzzy Inference System by Samaneh Salari, Ali Karimi

“…Fire safety in healthcare facilities is extremely important due to limited evacuation capacity of occupants. Therefore, poor fire safety precautions lead to more fatalities and financial losses. …”
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Taurine Alleviated the Negative Effects of an Oxidized Lipid Diet on Growth Performance, Antioxidant Properties, and Muscle Quality of the Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) by Dan Liu, Jiali Mi, Xiao Yan, Chaobin Qin, Junli Wang, Guoxing Nie

“…In addition, dietary taurine increased the crude lipid content, n-3/n-6 PUFA, antioxidant capacity, hardness, springiness, brightness, pH, and collagen content in the muscle compared with OFO fish (P<0.05). …”
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A relational approach to co-create Advance Care Planning with and for people living with dementia: a narrative study by Tharin Phenwan, Judith Sixsmith, Linda McSwiggan, Deans Buchanan

“…Abstract Background Discussing Advance Care Planning (ACP) with people living with dementia (PwD) is challenging due to topic sensitivity, fluctuating mental capacity and symptom of forgetfulness. Given communication difficulties, the preferences and expectations expressed in any ACP may reflect family and healthcare professional perspectives rather than the PwD. …”
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Anti-Myxovirus Resistance Protein-1 Immunoglobulin A Autoantibody in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis by Toru Arai, Masaki Hirose, Yoshimasa Hamano, Tomoko Kagawa, Akihiro Murakami, Hiroshi Kida, Atsushi Kumanogoh, Yoshikazu Inoue

“…Univariate Cox proportional hazards regression analysis did not identify an elevated anti-MX1 IgG, IgA, or IgM autoantibody level as a significant prognostic factor; however, a higher anti-MX1 IgA autoantibody level heralded significantly poorer survival after adjustment for GAP stage (p=0.030) and for percent forced vital capacity and modified Medical Research Council score (p=0.018). …”
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Evaluating energy consumption patterns in novel foamed ternary alkali-activated masonry blocks by Sunil Nandipati, Nikhil Kumar Degloorkar, Gandhi Pullagura, Debabrata Barik, Prabhu Paramasivam, Essam Althaqafi, Saiful Islam, Osamah J. Al-sareji

“…The foamed ternary alkali-activated (FTAA) blocks, developed as a result of this research, exhibited commendable performance in terms of mechanical strength of 18.6 MPa, lower density of 1200 kg/m3, porosity of 15.95%, lower specific heat capacity (SHC) of 831 J/(Kg·K), and thermal conductivity (TC) of 0.38 W/(m·K). …”
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Smallholder farmers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices towards biological control of papaya mealybug in Kenya by Kate Constantine, Fernadis Makale, Idah Mugambi, Harrison Rware, Duncan Chacha, Alyssa Lowry, Ivan Rwomushana, Frances Williams

“…By building awareness and capacity, and developing a management plan with farmers that will support the release and establishment of the biological control agent, Acerophagus papayae, long-term, sustainable control of PMB in Kenya is possible.…”
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Occurrence Characteristics and Threshold Pore Throat Radius of Movable Fluids for Dolomite Intercrystalline Pores of Lacustrine Carbonate Rocks by Shiming Zhang, Xiaojun Zhang, Tingjing Zhang, Yongxian Zheng, Jun Cui, Juerong Fu, Chao Wang, Xiaofeng Yu

“…Our analysis shows the dolomite intercrystalline pore has a certain storage capacity and yet inferior connectivity; the proportion of movable fluids that can effectively flow is key to evaluating the effectiveness of reservoirs with dolomite intercrystalline pores.…”
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Changes in the Structural and Functional Albumin Properties in Patients with Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis by A. A. Turkina, M. V. Maevskaya, M. S. Zharkova, V. T. Ivashkin

“…The binding efficiency of albumin decreased in accordance with the severity of cirrhosis with minimal albumin binding capacity in the Child – Pugh C (Me = 25.43 %; n = 30; p &lt; 0.001). …”
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APPLE BREEDING PROGRAMS AND METHODS: THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT by E. N. Sedov

“…They include high fitness, early maturation, performance, large size of fruits (140–160 g), thin and firm skin without rust signs or waxing; absence of abscission, sugar content no less than 12 %, ascorbic acid content about 30 mg/100 g. The preservation capacity of winter varieties must be no less than 7–8 months (Kichina, 2011). …”
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Realist evaluation of the impact of the research translation process on health system sustainability: a study protocol by Yvonne Zurynski, Delia Hendrie, Suzanne Robinson, Elizabeth Geelhoed, Abby Mosedale

“…Introduction Sustainability at a system level relates to the capacity of the system to be able to service the ongoing health needs of the population. …”
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Marketing of Direct Selling of Agricultural Products by Zdenka Kádeková, Anton Kretter

“…Direct selling from the farms in the Slovak Republic contributes to the total revenues for the agricultural production capacity from 6% to 7%. Direct selling is more intensive in the companies selling fruit and vegetables, where the volume of direct sales reaches 10% to 15% share of sales. …”
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Pharmacological Inhibition of Caspase-1 Ameliorates Cisplatin-Induced Nephrotoxicity through Suppression of Apoptosis, Oxidative Stress, and Inflammation in Mice by Jung-Yeon Kim, Jae-Hyung Park, Kiryeong Kim, Jungmin Jo, Jaechan Leem, Kwan-Kyu Park

“…In addition, administration of Ac-YVAD-cmk reversed increased oxidative stress and depleted antioxidant capacity after cisplatin treatment. Moreover, increased macrophage accumulation and elevated expression of cytokines and chemokines were attenuated by caspase-1 inhibition. …”
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Finite Element Modeling of the Behaviors of Concrete-Filled Steel Tube (CFT) Columns at Elevated Temperatures by Van Lanh Le, Chang-Hwan Lee, Robel Wondimu Alemayehu, Min Jae Park

“…Concrete-filled steel tube (CFT) columns are widely used as structural systems because of their high load-bearing capacity and material efficiency. However, under fire conditions, elevated temperatures degrade the mechanical properties of both steel and concrete. …”
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Numerical Analysis on the Load Sharing Performance of Long-Short CFG Pile Composite Foundation Subjected to Rotation of Adjacent Retaining Wall by Bantayehu Uba Uge, Yuancheng Guo, Yunlong Liu

“…For the foundation having 3 × 3 long and short piles placed at 3.0–15.0 m away from the wall, the location resulted in a reduction of soil bearing capacity ranging between 1.4 and 7.5% of the total imposed load while the corresponding increase in the % load borne by the long and short pile range was 0.83–4.15 and 0.59–3.36%, respectively. …”
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The influence of the choice of foreign policy strategies of the Republic of Serbia and Montenegro on the development of their bilateral military relations by Spasojević Čedo D.

“…In that regard, small states have a specific challenge making that choice given their limited capacities. Notwithstanding numerous classifications of small state foreign policy strategies that exist in the scientific community, they can essentially be reduced to two: the choice of a protector (in a form of an alliance or a powerful state) or the declaration of political/military neutrality. …”
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How interventions to maintain services during the COVID-19 pandemic strengthened systems for delivery of maternal and child health services: a case-study of Wakiso District, Uganda by Steven Ndugwa Kabwama, Rhoda K. Wanyenze, Neda Razaz, John M. Ssenkusu, Tobias Alfvén, Helena Lindgren

“…Although absorptive and adaptive capacities have been demonstrated during the COVID-19 response, little has been documented about their transformability and strengthened service delivery systems. …”
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