Ground Water Quality of Gandhinagar Taluka, Gujarat, India by Mayur C. Shah, Prateek G. Shilpkar, Pradip B. Acharya

“…The variance was found significant at 1% level of significance in case of sodium and potassium content and at 5% in case of total alkalinity and dissolved oxygen among the four regions (North, South, East and West) of Gandhinagar taluka. …”
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Study habits among Nigerian secondary school students with brain fag syndrome by Olufemi Morakinyo, Bolanle Adeyemi Ola

“…Brain Fag Syndrome (BFS) is a psychiatric disorder associated with study affecting two to four out of every ten African students. One of the consequences of this illness is early foreclosure of education in affected students. …”
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Analysing the Multidimensional Nature of Poverty: a Focus on Housing Insecurity in South Africa by Zamokuhle Ndaba, Steven Henry Dunga, Precious Mncayi-Makhanya

“…This study used primary data with a sample size of 600 South African households collected in four types of areas in two provinces (Gauteng and KwaZulu Natal). …”
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Online Traffic Accident Spatial-Temporal Post-Impact Prediction Model on Highways Based on Spiking Neural Networks by Duowei Li, Jianping Wu, Depin Peng

“…By testing with a new dataset CASTA pertaining to California statewide traffic accidents on highways collected in four years, we prove that the proposed model achieves higher prediction accuracy than other methods (e.g., KNN, shockwave theory, and ANNs). …”
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Discrimination of Fresh Tobacco Leaves with Different Maturity Levels by Near-Infrared (NIR) Spectroscopy and Deep Learning by Yi Chen, Jun Bin, Congming Zou, Mengjiao Ding

“…To assess the performance of the proposed maturity discriminant model, four conventional multiclass classification approaches—K-nearest neighbor (KNN), backpropagation neural network (BPNN), support vector machine (SVM), and extreme learning machine (ELM)—were employed for a comparative analysis of three categories (upper, middle, and lower position) of tobacco leaves. …”
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Het die Reformasie die leer gered en aanbidding verloor? by B. Spoelstra

“…He restricted this celebration to four times a year. By contrast, Roman and Eastern Orthodox Churches thrived because liturgy served their confessions of faith. …”
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Creation and validation of a new index to predict pneumonia associated with ischemic stroke by Alexis Suárez Quesada, Alexis Álvarez Aliaga, Andrés José Quesada Vázquez

“…A new quantitative index of four risk categories was obtained from the corresponding regression coefficients of each independent predictor.…”
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Compilation of Smart Cities Attributes and Quantitative Identification of Mismatch in Rankings by Osama A. Marzouk

“…With these two objectives, the current study serves as a summary of various ranking studies in terms of being a collection place of many evaluation criteria. Four of the considered studies are the 2018 and 2019 annual editions from two sources, and comparing these criteria shows some changes over one year, and these updates are highlighted. …”
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Implementing and Learning from a Summer Research Data Management Training Program for Student Researchers by Kevin B. Read, Sarah Rutley

“…Methods The RDM training program included four requirements: attending an introductory RDM session; attending a data management plan (DMP) workshop; submitting a DMP for feedback; and completing a reflection assignment. …”
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Method of introducing difficult professional situations for the development of foreign language communicative competence by Elena A. Yukhmina, Daria V. Shlykova

“…There were elaborated and tested four cases. The unifying topic of them is Difficult professional situations. …”
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Mitigating lead acetate-induced histopathologic and physiologic disorders in rats receiving vitamin C and glutathione supplement by Mohamed Gaber Shalan

“…Eighty male albino rats, weighing 100 ± 15 g, were categorized into four groups: the control group, the second group receiving daily supplements of 100 mg/kg of body weight glutathione and 1 mg/100 g of body weight vitamin C orally, the third group receiving 100 mg/kg body weight of lead acetate orally daily, and the fourth group receiving similar oral dosages of lead acetate along with glutathione and vitamin C. …”
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Modelling Cell Origami via a Tensegrity Model of the Cytoskeleton in Adherent Cells by Lili Wang, Weiyi Chen

“…To investigate the effects of the degree of complexity of the tensegrity structure and NSK on the folding angle of the microplate, four models are established in the study. The results demonstrate that the inclusion of the NSK can increase the folding angle of the microplate, indicating that the cell is closer to its physiological environment, while increased complexity can reduce the folding angle of the microplate since the folding angle is depended on the cell types. …”
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Heart-Derived Stem Cells in Miniature Swine with Coronary Microembolization: Novel Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Model to Assess the Efficacy of Cell-Based Therapy by Gen Suzuki, Rebeccah F. Young, Merced M. Leiker, Takayuki Suzuki

“…At 2 months after embolization, animals (n=11) were randomized to receive allogeneic cardiosphere-derived cells derived from atrium (CDCs: 20 × 106, n=5) or saline (untreated, n=6). Four weeks after therapy myocardial function, myocyte proliferation (Ki67), mitosis (phosphor-Histone H3; pHH3), apoptosis, infarct size (TTC), myocyte nuclear density, and cell size were evaluated. …”
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Complexity and coding lifestyle talk in GP consultations by Sarah J White, Lola Kruszelnicki, Taylor Grunsell, Conor Gilligan

“…The study sought to identify potential missed opportunities for discussing lifestyle changes, and how these were situated within the overall structure of GP consultations as per the Calgary-Cambridge Guide.Results Through the research process, we encountered four specific challenges relating to: collection building, definition of codes, interactional barriers, and clinical and systemic barriers to lifestyle talk. …”
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SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHALLENGES HINDERING WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS’ BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY IN GAUTENG PROVINCE by Prince Chukwuneme Enwereji, Bayai Innocent, Timothy Olaniyi Aluko Aluko

“…These were: (i) psychological issues, (ii) managerial issues, (iii) economic issues, (iv) sociocultural issues and (v) policy issues. …”
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A Study on Uniqueness of Lip Print Patterns: Sexual Dimorphism, Twins, and Across Three Generations by Qudusia Sultana, Vanessa Fernandes, Ashwini Shetty

“…Results: Among males and females, the most common pattern in the middle 10 mm of the lower lip is Type III (34.66%) and Type IV (32%), respectively. In the middle 10 mm of the lower lip, 33.33% of twins have similar lip patterns but with differences in its arrangements. …”
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Students’ perceptions of endodontic typodont teeth with simulated canals printed from novel materials by Alexander Jon Cresswell-Boyes, Alexander Jon Cresswell-Boyes, Graham Roy Davis, Aylin Baysan

“…The questionnaire comprised 11 Likert-scale questions, four open-ended questions, two “yes” or “no” questions and three closed-ended questions.ResultsEighty questionnaires were returned. …”
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“You Learn So Much from Reading for Pleasure”: Exploring a Reading for Pleasure Pedagogy Impact on Pre-Service Teachers’ Literate Identities by Katherine Price, Alyson Simpson

“…This case study sought to investigate the impact of pre-service teacher engagement with Reading for Pleasure practices as they reflected on their literate identities. During the study, four student teachers in their final year of a Bachelor of Education (Primary) degree in an urban university in NSW, Australia, met weekly for six weeks to engage with Reading for Pleasure practices. …”
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Influence of the boreal summer intraseasonal oscillation on temperature and precipitation in South Korea by Yoo‐Rim Jung, Woo‐Seop Lee

“…This study investigates the four possible effects of two different time‐scale BSISOs on temperature and precipitation variations in South Korea. …”
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Need analysis of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) in Psychology: Identifying linguistics demands for academic and professional success by Benny Dele Bintang Ananta, Muhammad Firza Thoriq Sholahuddin, Dede Akmal Khotib, Rafika Rabba Farah

“…A mixed-methods approach was employed, involving a sample of sixty-four participants (N=64). Data was collected through an online survey using closed-ended questionnaires for quantitative insights, and qualitative data was gathered through Semi-structured Interviews to explore learners' perceived needs. …”
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