Exhaust gas after treatment using air preheating and selective catalytic reduction by urea to reduce NOx in diesel engine by Mohammad Shahed H.K. Tushar, Musa Ibne Mannan, Afra Azmain

“…This study presents an integrated approach using urea-SCR and air preheating in a four-stroke, single-cylinder, water-cooled diesel engine for a comparative study in decreasing NOx emissions. …”
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The Relationship Between Culture and the Modifiable Risk Factors of Dementia Among Indigenous Peoples in Canada, the USA, Australia, and New Zealand: A Scoping Review Protocol by Brittany Skov, Angela M. Ashley, Ishaq Malik, Hannah Storrs, Elaine Toombs, Christopher J. Mushquash

“…We will systematically search PsychInfo, Web of Science, PubMed, ERIC, CINAHL, and gray literature databases to identify relevant qualitative and quantitative studies. Four reviewers will assess titles, abstracts, and full-text articles for inclusion. …”
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The Associations Between Temperament and Self-Oriented, Other-Oriented, and Dual-Harmful Behaviors in Emerging Adults by Serafine Dierickx, Dirk Smits, Glenn Kiekens, Laurence Claes

“…The study focusses on how temperament can differentiate four different groups (i.e., a no-harm, NSSI-only, aggression-only, and a dual-harm group) in a pairwise manner. …”
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Association between social support and leisure-time physical activity among high school students by Luiza Isnardi Cardoso Ricardo, Airton Rombaldi, Jorje Otte, Ana Perez, Mario Azevedo

“…A cross-sectional study was carried out in order to make up a sample of 833 students aged between 13 and 25 years, enrolled from the 1st to the 3rd year in a technical high school from four campuses of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rio Grande do Sul (IFsul). …”
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Comparative analysis of finishing and polishing procedures on gloss and color stability in bioactive dental resin composites by Fatin A Hasanain, Alaa Turkistani

“…A total of 20 samples per material were prepared and divided into four groups as per polishing protocol: Sof-Lex Diamond, Jiffy and TorVm polishing systems as well as a control group without polishing. …”
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Forecasting Global Ionospheric TEC Using Deep Learning Approach by Lei Liu, Shasha Zou, Yibin Yao, Zihan Wang

“…Different combinations of the above parameters have been used in constructing the LSTM NN model, and it is found that the model using all four parameters performs the best. Then the best performing LSTM model is used to forecast the SH coefficients, and the global hourly TEC maps are reproduced using the 256 predicted SH coefficients. …”
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Medicinal Applications of Banana Peel Flour Used as a Substitute for Computing Dietary Fiber for Wheat Flour in the Biscuit Industry by Garsa Ali Alshehry

“…The methods of study of the four biscuit blends were prepared with banana peel flour substituted and wheat flour extraction of 72 percent, and they were compared to a control biscuit. …”
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Removal of Malachite Green Dye from Aqueous Solution by a Novel Activated Carbon Prepared from Baobab Seeds Using Chemical Activation Method by Samah Daffalla

“…The results showed that the removal of malachite green was over 89% for AC-AAC and 77% for AC-BAC, even after four regeneration cycles.…”
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Bridging the pain gap after cancer surgery – Evaluating the feasibility of transitional pain service to prevent persistent postsurgical pain – A systematic review and meta-analysis... by Raghu S. Thota, S Ramkiran, Aveek Jayant, Koilada Shiv Kumar, Anjana Wajekar, Sadasivan Iyer, M Ashwini

“…Results: Three hundred seventy-four articles were evaluated, of which 14 manuscripts were included in the meta-analysis. …”
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A checklist of indigenous flora in the Richtersveld National Park confirms high plant diversity in the arid north-western tip of South Africa by Pieter van Wyk, Hugo Bezuidenhout, Norbert Jürgens

“…Seven species were regarded as extinct; of these, four species disappeared in a context of diamond mining, and three species were no longer found after the recent drought 2014 to 2022. …”
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Biorefinery—inspired, two-step valorization strategy to manage plant-based recalcitrant organic waste, involving solvent extraction, and fermentation with Bacillus clausii—a proof... by Sreejith Meppoyilam, Ajith Madhavan, Chinchu Bose, Jayasree Pooja, Swetha Suresh, Bipin G. Nair, Sanjay Pal

“…Different recalcitrant plant organic wastes resulting from four plants (Cocos nucifera, Allium cepa, Artocarpus hirsutus and Swietenia mahagoni) were used as feedstocks in the preliminary exploratory study using chosen pathogenic bacteria. …”
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Effect of Sodium Hypochlorite Concentration on the Outcome of Full Pulpotomy in Mature Permanent Teeth with Irreversible Pulpitis – A Systematic Review by Aakriti Saini, Amandeep Kaur, Sidhartha Sharma, Vijay Kumar, Amrita Chawla, Ajay Logani

“…The protocol was registered in PROSPERO database (CRD42020177214). Out of 861 studies, four were considered for data analysis. Three studies were single-arm prospective trials on pulpotomy, while one was a randomised control trial comparing pulpotomy and root canal treatment. …”
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The bidirectional relationships between social isolation and cognitive function among older adults in China: separating between-person effects from within-person effects by Xinlong Xie, Fanfan Wu, Zhiruo Zhuang, Aijun Xu

“…The baseline survey, which commenced in 2008, tracked 1,662 participants over four waves of data collection spanning a decade. …”
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Hydrolysis of fish waste using fruit wastes of Ananas comosus and Carica papaya for the formulation of liquid fertilizers by RHAA Ranasinghe, BTSDP Kannagara, RMCS Ratnayake

“…The optimum temperature and pH for the enzymatic activities were determined. Four liquid organic fertilizers were produced with hydrolyzed fish waste that enriched by adding Gliricidia sepium, Chromolaena odorata, Tithonia diversifolia, Mikania scandens and coconut husk-ash. …”
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Effect of Zhi Tune Music on Motor Function of Cerebral Ischemic Stroke Hemiplegic Patients with Qi Deficiency and Blood Stasis Syndrome by Xia LI, Feng DENG, Xiaoyu WU, Jinxiu CHEN

“…The treatment lasted for four weeks in both groups. The Fugl-Meyer assessment scale, clinic neurological function deficit scale for stroke, and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) symptomatic grading and quantifying standard were used to evaluate the therapeutic effect of both groups.Results:After the treatment, the upper and lower extremities'FMA scores of both groups were increased significantly (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05), and the increasing amplitude of lower extremities'FMA score of Zhi tune group was higher than that of conventional control group (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). …”
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MANAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEM AND PERFORMANCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES IN LAGOS, NIGERIA by Abdulrasaq Mustapha, Mubaraq Sanni

“…The findings of the study revealed that variation in performance of Small and Medium Manufacturing Enterprises (SMMEs) was attributed to four management control mechanisms: compensation (β=0.225,P<0.05) and Planning (β=0.332,P<0.05) significantly impact on performance while Policies and procedures(β=0.206,P<0.05) and socio-cultural control(β=0.436,P<0.05)also have significant effect on performance. …”
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Correlation between Chinese visceral adiposity index and serum uric acid levels in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients by Swailla Amina Araújo Intchasso Adotey, Qian Zhang, Mengxue Chen, Yang Jiao, Yin Zhang, Claudette Butoyi, Dong Wang, Ling Yang, Guoyue Yuan, Jue Jia

“…According to the quartiles of the CVAI, the T2DM patients were classified into four groups: group A (CVAI ≤ 94.43), group B (94.43&lt;CVAI ≤ 118.75), group C (118.75&lt;CVAI ≤ 143.95), and group D (CVAI≥143.95), each group has 567 participants. …”
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Weight status influences the effect of hyperglycemia at admission on clinical outcomes after endovascular thrombectomy by Tao Tang, Xu-Sheng Zhao, Zhong-Jun Chen, Tie-Ping Fan, Aline M. Thomas, Man-Hong Zhao, Di Li, Shen Li

“…This study explores whether weight status influences the relationship between admission hyperglycemia and outcomes after thrombectomy. METHODS: Four hundred and fifty-two patients with acute anterior circulation ischemic stroke undergoing thrombectomy were retrospectively analyzed. …”
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Incidence of ophthalmic manifestations in congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) by Jennifer L. Rossen, Abdelhamid Hindi, Safa Rahmani, Brenda L. Bohnsack

“…Patients born < 36 weeks gestation (n = 15) had a higher rate of systemic findings, neurologic abnormalities, developmental delay, and intrauterine growth restriction compared to full-term patients. Twenty-four (33%) patients had ocular findings and all also had systemic manifestations. …”
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The preference for surprise in reinforcement learning underlies the differences in developmental changes in risk preference between autistic and neurotypical youth by Motofumi Sumiya, Kentaro Katahira, Hironori Akechi, Atsushi Senju

“…Using the choice-related data of each participant, we fit four reinforcement learning models and compared the fit of each model to the data. …”
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