Effect of modeling liquid application on color stability and surface roughness of single-shade composites by Melek Güven Bekdaş, Ihsan Hubbezoglu

“…Color changes were assessed via a spectrophotometer and ΔE values were calculated via the CIELAB formula. The surface roughness (Ra) was measured via a profilometer. …”
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Do You Speak Dialect? Yes! by Vytautas Kardelis, Gabriela Forgeron

“…To this end, two tasks were identified: firstly, to present the course of the research and discuss the results, and secondly, to outline the research perspectives. …”
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Early Breast-Feeding Initiation Using Point of Care Quality Improvement Model at Tertiary Care Hospital in AJK by Aftab Hussain Khan, Mumtaz Ahmed Khan, Abrar Akbar, Sehrish Mumtaz, Yasira Abbasi, Lubna Meraj

“…The prevalence of late lactation and other ways to formula or animal milk feeding the neonate in Pakistan is often observed other than the WHO recommendations. …”
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Employee Motivation and Job Performance in the Public Service of Uganda: The Case of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions by Batson, Baguma

“…A total of 216 respondents was reached and selected using Krejcie and Morgan (1970) sample size formula table. A descriptive research design was employed with both quantitative and qualitative approaches as simple random sampling was employed to get the respondents. …”
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Assessment of the Impact of Community-Based Tourism on the Economic, Social, and Cultural Empowerment of Women (Case Study: Coastal Villages of Bushehr Province) by Ali Shamsoddini, Fatemeh Dehghani

“…The sample size for this study was determined to be 400 individuals using Cochran’s formula. Statistical analysis, employing the one-sample T-test and utilizing AMOS and SPSS software, was conducted. …”
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The utility of split function testing in determining recovery of glomerular filtration rate after living kidney donation: a cohort study by Kirsty J. Crowe, Siobhan K. McManus, Julie A. Glen, Karen S. Stevenson, Ian M. McLaughlin, Alice Nicol, Colin C. Geddes

“…Univariable and multivariable linear regression analysis was used to analyse the impact of donor factors on recovery of renal function at one year relative to baseline isotope GFR (iGFR) or to estimated GFR (eGFR by Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration [CKD-EPI] formula). …”
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Area under the Curve-Based Dosing of Vancomycin in Critically Ill Patients Using 6-Hour Urine Creatinine Clearance Measurement by Bita Shahrami, Farhad Najmeddin, Saeideh Ghaffari, Atabak Najafi, Mohammad Reza Rouini, Mojtaba Mojtahedzadeh

“…Correlation of CLvan with the measured creatinine clearance in 6-hour urine collection (CL6 h) and estimated creatinine clearance by the Cockcroft–Gault formula (CLCG) was investigated. Results. Data analysis revealed that CL6 h had a stronger correlation with CLvan rather than CLCG (r = 0.823 vs. 0.594; p<0.001 vs. 0.003). …”
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Surface circulation characterization along the middle southern coastal region of Vietnam from high-frequency radar and numerical modeling by T. H. Tran, T. H. Tran, A. Sentchev, T. To Duy, M. Herrmann, S. Ouillon, S. Ouillon, K. C. Nguyen

“…The data were used for comparison with simulation results from a circulation model, SYMPHONIE, and ultimately to optimize the wind forcing in the model. …”
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The Relationship between Perirenal Fat Thickness and Reduced Glomerular Filtration Rate in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Yuan Fang, Yuechao Xu, Yuxian Yang, Chang Liu, Dong Zhao, Jing Ke

“…PrFT was measured via ultrasound. eGFR was calculated using the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) formula. Results. Patients were divided into three groups according to PrFT, and we found patients with higher PrFT had lower eGFR. …”
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Prediction of water inflow after excavation of underground chamber group with long span and high buried depth by Rui LI, Hongfu ZHOU, Shuwu LI, Guanghong JU, Wanlin LIU, Wenqing TANG

“…Based on engineering safety considerations, the calculation result of Sato’s empirical formula 7 442.88 m3/d is selected as the predicted value of normal water inflow after excavation of underground powerhouse cavern group of a pumped storage power station. …”
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Analysis of the Control Effect of <i>Bacillus amyloliquefaciens</i> C4 Wettable Powder on Potato Bacterial Wilt Caused by <i>Ralstonia solanacearum</i> by Zhixiang Xing, Dan Liu, Meng Luo, Zelin Yang, Wenyuan Pang, Yexing Feng, Jiani Yan, Fumeng He, Xu Feng, Qiang Yuan, Yingnan Wang, Fenglan Li

“…The results showed that C4 wettable powder effectively controlled potato bacterial wilt, and its application method was determined.…”
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Verification of the Reliability of an Automated Urine Test Strip Colorimetric Program Using Colorimetric Analysis: Survey Study by Keigo Inagaki, Daisuke Tsuriya, Takuya Hashimoto, Katsumasa Nakamura

“…It also calculated and judged the item with the smallest color difference between the color chart and the urine test strip using the CIEDE2000 color difference formula. The agreement rate of the results of this program was investigated using the results of an automatic urine analyzer as the gold standard. …”
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Amelioration of Oxidative Stress in Rats with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease through Shenqi Huatan Decoction Activation of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma-M... by Jingjing Chen, Wenxiao Qiao, Xiaoming Xue, Dian Li, Ye Zhang, Di Xie, Jinyun Wang, Yaoqin Sun, Shuo Yang, Zhuomin Yang

“…Clinically, Shenqi Huatan Decoction (SQHT) is a traditional Chinese medicinal formula for COPD treatment; however, its mechanism of action in treatment needs to be clarified. …”
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A Pervasive Approach to EEG-Based Depression Detection by Hanshu Cai, Jiashuo Han, Yunfei Chen, Xiaocong Sha, Ziyang Wang, Bin Hu, Jing Yang, Lei Feng, Zhijie Ding, Yiqiang Chen, Jürg Gutknecht

“…The result also suggested that the absolute power of the theta wave might be a valid characteristic for discriminating depression. …”
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Prognostic significance of the logistic regression model for assessing the risk of recurrence in patients with prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy by S. A. Reva, A. V. Arnautov, O. A. Klitsenko, S. B. Petrov

“…In the resulting formula, each of the regression coefficients describes the size of the contribution of the corresponding factor. …”
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CanKiwi: A Mechanistic Competition Model of Kiwifruit Bacterial Canker Disease Dynamics by Oussama Hadj Abdelkader, Hadjer Bouzebiba, Miguel G. Santos, Danilo Pena, António Pedro Aguiar, Susana M. P. Carvalho

“…The model was validated by comparing simulations with experimental results obtained from growth chambers. The results show that the proposed model can simulate reasonably well the functional part of the vine in both the healthy case and the disease case without plant defense mechanisms in which the bacteria are always dominant under favorable environmental conditions. …”
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Research on tire tread abrasion performance considering the patten and slippage with verification by Huaqiao Liu, Yao Xiao, Kongshuo Wang, Yukun Zhou, Huiguang Bian, Chuansheng Wang

“…The wear of tires rubber is influenced by various factors such as formula composition (such as butadiene rubber content), rubber strength, heat generation performance, etc. …”
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Turbulent energy budget analysis based on coherent wind lidar observations by J. Xian, J. Xian, Z. Qiu, H. Luo, Y. Hu, X. Lin, C. Lu, Y. Yang, H. Yang, N. Zhang, N. Zhang

“…We propose a new method for detecting TKE budget terms based on coherent wind lidar and compare it with data obtained with a three-dimensional ultrasonic anemometer. The results indicate that the error in the buoyancy generation term estimated by the wind lidar is relatively small, less than 0.00014 <span class="inline-formula">m² s⁻³</span>, which verifies the accuracy and reliability of our method. …”
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Vitamin K Antagonist Use and Level of Anticoagulation Control Among Patients at a Tertiary Hospital in Northern Tanzania by Sarah K. Gharib MMed, Abid M. Sadiq MMed, Faryal M. Raza MMed, Sophia S. Muhali MMed, Annette A. Marandu MMed, Norman J. Kyala MMed, Eliasa K. Ndale MMed, Venance P. Maro MMed, William P. Howlett PhD, Elifuraha W. Mkwizu MMed, Nyasatu G. Chamba PhD, Furaha S. Lyamuya MMed, Elichilia R. Shao MMed, Kajiru G. Kilonzo MPhil

“…Results TiTR was found to be 17% using the direct method and 16% using the Rosendaal formula. 102 tests out of 365 were within the target range (28%). …”
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Experimental investigation on the seismic resistance of RC columns after acid rain corrosion by Lihua Niu, Shansuo Zheng, Junfeng Guan, Lielie Li, Haorui Xie, Shaohua Gao

“…Based on the experimental results and the existing theoretical, a calculation formula for the flexural failure skeleton curve characteristic point parameters of RC columns was proposed, considering the impact of acid rain corrosion damage and axial compression ratio. …”
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