Phylogenetics and Biogeography of Cobra (Squamata: Naja) in Java, Sumatra, and Other Asian Region by Nia Kurniawan, Mulyadiane M. Putri, Ahmad M. Kadafi, Dea J. Chrestella, Muhammad A. Fauzi, Agung S. Kurnianto

“…Survey was done with Visual Encounter Survey (VES) method on 6 localities. There were 3 locations in Sumatra Island and the others in Java Island. …”
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Vascularized fibular epiphyseal transfer for biological reconstruction of bone defects following resection in children with proximal humeral sarcoma by Jun Li, Xianzhe Tang, Lu Wang, Tang Liu

“…Delayed wound healing was observed in 2 patients, and one patient experienced brief common peroneal nerve palsy. There were 3 cases of graft fracture, all of which occurred within 1 year after operation. …”
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Dissolved inorganic carbon input significantly lowers carbon dioxide flux but not methane flux in shallow macrophyte-dominated systems with positive effects on carbon stocks by Fei Diao, Ailifeire Anwaier, Wenjuan Qiu, Tian Qian, Baohua Guan, Yaling Su, Kuanyi Li

“…The annual average CO2 fluxes across the four HCO3 − addition levels were -3.48 ± 7.60, -6.78 ± 5.87, -7.15 ± 8.68, and -14.04 ± 14.39 mol m−2 yr−1, respectively, showing significant differences between low /medium- and high- HCO3 − addition levels. …”
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Health risk assessment of toxic elements in Kashan drinking water reservoirs using Monte Carlo simulation and sensitivity analysis by Bahador Nemati, Saeid Fallahizadeh, Gholamreza Mostafaei, Mohammad Bagher Miranzadeh

“…The average concentrations of As, Pb, and Cd in the drinking water reservoirs of Kashan city were 3.94 µg/L, 0.86 µg/L and 0.35 µg/L, respectively. …”
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Effect of Subcooling on Pool Boiling of Water from Sintered Copper Microporous Coating at Different Orientations by Seongchul Jun, Jinsub Kim, Seung M. You, Hwan Yeol Kim

“…The CHFs for the HTCMC and the plain copper surface at 30 K subcooling were 3,820 kW/m2 and 2,820 kW/m2, respectively. The experimental results were compared with existing CHF correlations and appeared to match well with Zuber’s formula for the plain surface. …”
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Phenotypes of early and favorable vascular aging in young people depending on the risk factors and presence of connective tissue dysplasia by M. E. Evseveva, M. V. Eremin, M. V. Rostovtseva, O. V. Sergeeva, E. N. Fursova, V. A. Rusidi, I. Yu. Galkova, V. D. Kudryavtseva

“…The minimum and maximum CAVI in the sample were 3,2 and 7,9. The overwhelming majority of studied risk factors in both sexes were not associated with the stiffness. …”
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A prospective study on the colour doppler indices of follicular and endometrial blood flow as a predictor of pregnancy in intrauterine insemination (IUI) cycles by Leena Wadhwa, Neelam Raj Purohit, Sanjana Wadhwa, Shivansh Jaiswal, Supreeti Kohli

“…Mean values of uterine artery PI, uterine artery RI, intraovarian artery (IOA) PI, and IOA RI were 3.27±1.63, 0.88±0.09, 1.92±1.94, and 0.74±0.69, respectively. …”
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Synthesis and application of fucoidan biological superabsorbent polymer by Guomei XIONG, Junjian LIN, Siyao WANG, Zhimin XU, Hongyan GU, Kexin CHANG, Hongbo PENG

“…ResultThe optimal mass ratio of fucoidan to AA was 1.0∶7.5, with a neutralization degree of 70%, and the dosages of APS and MBA were 3.0% and 0.2% of the mass of AA, respectively. …”
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Incidence and severity of pertussis among hospitalized infants, Sarawak, Malaysia, 2015-2021 by Anand Mohan, Yee-Yen Tan, Rohaidah Hashim, David Chun-Ern Ng, Veronica Huey-Shin Wong, Da-Wei Liew, Su-Lin Chien, Lee-See Tan, Peter Sie-Teck Lau, Thilagam Rajandran, Yuwana Podin, Mong-How Ooi

“…The average annual incidence was 482 per 100,000 infants aged < 12 months between 2015 and 2019, with a marked decline in 2020 and 2021. Eighty-two (76%) were < 3 months of age. Seventy-eight (72%) were unvaccinated for pertussis, including 75 (96%) who were too young to receive the first dose. …”
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Monitoring of gardens and parks plantations in the Ukraine Forest-steppe zone by A. Tkalenko, V. Ignat, D. Lohtenko

“…Less numerous species were expanded forms of Coleoptera — 13.4%, Dipteran — 12.8% and other species which were 3.4%. The most widespread gardens and parks plantations invaders are: chestnut leaf miner (Cameraria ohridella Deschka & Dimic), fall webworm moth (Hyphantria cunea Drury.), linden moth (Phyllonorycter issikii Kumata), acacia lotus borer (Etiella zinckenella Tr.). …”
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Prediction of clinically significant recurrence after partial nephrectomy. Data from the Cancer Registry of Norway with more than five years of follow-up by Ovidiu S. Barnoiu, Tom B. Johannesen, Lien M. Diep, Eskil S. Pedersen, Karin M. Hjelle, Christian Beisland

“…A positive surgical margin (PSM) was observed in 11% of the cases, while the LR and metastasis rates were 3.4% and 3.2%, respectively. PSM (hazard ratio [HR], 55.4; 95% confidence interval [CI], 12.55–244.6), tumour number (HR, 45.4; 95% CI, 6.5–316.1) and stage (HR, 33.5; 95% CI, 5.4–205.3) were independent predictors for LR. …”
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Factors influencing adoption of crossbred cattle in different agro-ecological zones of Bangladesh by M. A. Quddus

“…Secondary educated farmers were 3.64 times more likely (OR=3.642, 95%CI=1.24-10.67) and higher than secondary educated farmers were 7.58 times more likely (OR=7.579, 95%CI=2.45-23.40) to adopt crossbred cattle compared to illiterate or primary educated farmers. …”
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Mortality due to Chagas disease in Brazil from 1979 to 2009: trends and regional differences by Francisco Rogerlândio Martins-Melo, Alberto Novaes Ramos Jr, Carlos Henrique Alencar, Jorg Heukelbach

“…The mean crude and age-standardized mortality rates were 3.61 and 5.19 deaths/100,000 inhabitants/year, respectively. …”
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A lightweight semantic segmentation method for concrete bridge surface diseases based on improved DeeplabV3+ by Zhiyuan Yu, Chunquan Dai, Xiaoming Zeng, Yunlong Lv, Haisheng Li

“…The experimental results show that the mean intersection over union (mIoU) and mean pixel accuracy (mPA) of the improved DeeplabV3 + reached 75.24% and 84.68%, respectively, which were 3.73% and 4.21% higher than those of DeeplabV3+. …”
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Structural, electronic, and optical properties of (2D)MXenes Zr₂CT₂(T = O and F) studied using the (DFT + U) method by Shahab Rahimi, Ebrahim Heidari Semiromi, Alireza Mostafaei

“…For ultrasoft Pseudopotentials (USPP), these values were calculated to be 2.889 eV and 3.2680 eV, respectively, while for the harder Martins-Troullier (MT) Pseudopotentials, they were 3.174 eV and 3.840 eV, respectively. Subsequently, we analyzed the band structures and the electronic and optical properties characteristics of these MXenes. …”
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Missed Nursing Care and its relationship with Nurses’ Perceptions of Professional Practice Environment during Hajj Season by Faisal A. Alasmari, Ebtisam A. Ebrahim, Hawazin Y. Alhawasawi, Hussam Z. Abujaab, Mohamed P. Shahid, Naif A. Alduaiji, Alaa S. Sheikh, Mazen Z. Abo Jaab, Marwan S. Hawsawei, Dania A. Fatani, Amani M. Tukruni

“…Results: The result of this study reveal that the mean scores of the professional practice environment and its subscales were 3.56±0.46, indicating a favorable environment. …”
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The Tula Industrial Area Field Experiment: Quantitative Measurements of Formaldehyde, Sulfur Dioxide, and Nitrogen Dioxide Emissions Using Mobile Differential Optical Absorption Sp... by Claudia I. Rivera-Cárdenas, Thiare Arellano

“…Calculated average emissions of the Francisco Perez Rios Power Plant and the Miguel Hidalgo Refinery were 3.14 ± 2.13 tons per day of HCHO, 362.08 ± 300.14 tons per day of SO₂, and 24.76 ± 12.82 tons per day of NO₂. …”
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VALIDATION METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF THE SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE IN PLASMA SAMPLES OF EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS by S. S. Vlasov, S. V. Krivoshchekov, M. K. Zamanova, M. V. Belousov, A. M. Guriev, M. S. Yusubov

“…The RSD values for inter- and intra-serial accuracy were 3.68-4.15% and 1.23-10.68%, respectively. The samples of the same series with SH concentrations 0.01 µL/mL and 0.50 µL/mL were analyzed in order to determine the stability. …”
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Deep learning-based anterior segment identification and parameter assessment of primary angle closure disease in ultrasound biomicroscopy images by Xingzhi Sun, Guotong Xie, Kun Lv, Xiaoyue Zhang, Bin Lv, Yuan Ni, Yao Ma, Fangting Li, Kangyi Yang, Jiayin Qin, Huijuan Wu

“…The mean differences between automatic and manual measurement of the angle parameters were 3.07 μm of AOD, 3.34 degrees of TCA and 0.05 mm2 of iris area.Conclusions The automatic method of multitissue identification for PACD eyes developed was feasible, and the automatic measurement of angle parameters was reliable.…”
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Design and trial of precision spraying system for weeds in winter wheat field at tillering stage by Bo Li, Peijie Guo, Yu Chen, Jun Chen, Haiying Wang, Jing Zhang, Zhixing Zhang

“…The improved models P, R, mAP and F1 were 88 %, 84.6 %, 92.2 % and 86.3 %, which were 3 %, 3.1 %, 2.7 % and 3.1 % higher compared to the original model. …”
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