Application of the new ‘XU-line’ in the dynamic ultrasonographic evaluation of the spatial displacement of anterior cervical tissues for airway management: protocol for a prospecti... by Mao Xu, Yang Zhou, Yujie Wang, Mingfeng Mao, Wanrui Shi

“…This study will use the new ‘XU-line’ in the dynamic ultrasonographic airway evaluation of the spatial displacement of the anterior cervical tissues to determine whether preoperative ultrasonographic assessment of the neck anatomy can predict difficult airway.Methods and analysis This prospective, observational study will be conducted in a single centre. Four hundred and eleven patients scheduled for anterior cervical decompression and fusion under general anaesthesia will be recruited. …”
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Experimental dataset of a model-scale ship in calm water and wavesUniversity of Southampton Institutional Repository by Saeed Hosseinzadeh, Stephen Turnock, Haesol Lee, Rodolfo Olvera

“…Various test configurations are explored, encompassing four rudder angles, five leeway angles, two wave conditions, and two propeller speeds. …”
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Biosynthesis of Organic Nanocomposite Using Pistacia vera L. Hull: An Efficient Antimicrobial Agent by Omolbanin Bakhshi, Ghodsieh Bagherzade, Pouya Ghamari kargar

“…CuNP and CSS NC antimicrobial activity was examined by both well diffusion and determination MIC methods against four bacteria Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus, Escherichia coli, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa and two fungi Aspergillus Niger and Candida albicans. …”
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Performance Assessment of Multiple Classifiers Based on Ensemble Feature Selection Scheme for Sentiment Analysis by Monalisa Ghosh, Goutam Sanyal

“…This paper investigates the inability or incompetency of the widely used feature selection methods (IG, Chi-square, and Gini Index) with unigram and bigram feature set on four machine learning classification algorithms (MNB, SVM, KNN, and ME). …”
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Regenerating urban historical fabric of Kerman with the emphasize on influential components on Satisfaction (Case study: Arg-Ganjalikhan, Mozafari, Ghaleh-Mahmood, Shora Park) by Mitra Ghorbi, Maryam Naghavi, Hamid Mohammadi

“…Therefore, the negative effects of each four aforementioned factors could be decreased in the studied neighborhood through planning and application of culture-led regeneration policies. …”
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Properties, Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activity of Southern Meagre Fish (<i>Argyrosomus hololepidotus</i>) Skin Gelatin Reinforced with Clove Bud Extract by Parvin Rostami, Ali Taheri, Mostafa Ghaffari

“…Additionally, the antioxidant activities, assessed through DPPH free radical scavenging activity (86.97%) and reduction power (λ of 0.85), along with moderate antibacterial activities against four distinct foodborne pathogens, improved with increased concentrations of CE. …”
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Willingness of end users to pay for e-waste recycling by H.T.T. Nguyen, C.-H. Lee, R.-J. Hung

“…<br /> <strong>FINDINGS:</strong> The results revealed that the end users’ willingness to participate in recycling programs, laws and regulations, inconvenience of recycling and past experience were four key determinants significantly contributing to the willingness to pay for recycling e-waste. …”
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Binder jet 3D printing of 316L stainless steel: A Taguchi analysis of the dependence of density and mechanical properties on the printing parameters by M. Zago, G. Segata, M. Perina, A. Molinari

“…A Taguchi model was employed to experimentally study four parameters (printhead speed, dark body, powder applicator speed, and shell thickness) at three levels using an L9 orthogonal array. …”
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THrombosis AETiology of Aviation-Related Travel: The THETA θ study by B F Jacobson, S Louw, E Schapkaitz, F Laher

“…Long-haul flights have been associated with a two- to four-fold increased risk of aviation-related thrombosis (ART). …”
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Effect of Admission Hyperglycemia on Short-Term Prognosis of Patients with Non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome without Diabetes Mellitus by Wei Liu, Zhijuan Li, Shiying Xing, Yanwei Xu

“…Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that hyperglycemia, renal insufficiency, Killip grade III/IV, and age were risk factors of in-hospital death. …”
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Improved Neutral Density Predictions Through Machine Learning Enabled Exospheric Temperature Model by Richard J. Licata, Piyush M. Mehta, Daniel R. Weimer, W. Kent Tobiska

“…We conducted 10 case studies where we compare the accelerometer‐derived temperature and density estimates from four satellites to NRLMSISE‐00, EXTEMPLAR, and EXTEMPALR‐ML during major storm periods. …”
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Modifications of the maximum expiratory flow in bronchial asthma treatment using Intal and Ketotifeno. by Belkis M. Vicente Sánchez, Nallelys Villanueva Bravo, Luis M. Padrón Velásquez, Marylin Aroche Quintana

“…The first one received treatment with Intal Spray (four aplications per day) and the second with Ketotifeno (tab. 1 mg. /2tab par day) egining to make mensurations from FEM to the three, six, nine and twelve months of having implemented the treatment. …”
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THE IMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING USING LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW by Oke Oluwafemi Ayotunde, Dashty Ismil Jamil, Nadire Cavus

“…The methodology in this study implemented a systematic literature review using four popular scientific databases for searching relevant records for the purpose of the research. …”
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An Investigation Towards Resampling Techniques and Classification Algorithms on CM1 NASA PROMISE Dataset for Software Defect Prediction by Agung Fatwanto, Muh Nur Aslam, Rebbecah Ndugi, Muhammad Syafrudin

“…Data were collected through observation towards experiments on four categories of resampling techniques (oversampling, under sampling, ensemble, and combine) combined with three categories of machine learning classification algorithms (traditional, ensemble, and neural network) to predict defective software modules on CM1 NASA PROMISE dataset. …”
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COVID-19 vaccination: Knowledge and perception of beneficiaries at a tertiary care center in Haryana, India by Garima Sangwan, Nitika Sharma, Rajesh Garg

“…Methods The study was carried out over a period of four months from 15th July 2021 to 15th November 2021. …”
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Négocier la climatisation de la strate glaciaire. Le cas du projet d’aménagement du troisième tronçon du téléphérique de La Grave by Marie Poulain, Pierre-Olivier Garcia

“…Although the territory seems to be closely tied to the cable car and the glacier, the conflict provides the opportunity to explore alternative approaches to rearranging in response to an uncontrollable and disaggregating glacier stratum. We describe four ways of rearranging the situation as expressed by the respondents: climate denial, anticipating a mountain as a resource without the Girose, reopening the territorial project, and the local truth of the regional developer. …”
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Low-Frequency rTMS over Contralesional M1 Increases Ipsilesional Cortical Excitability and Motor Function with Decreased Interhemispheric Asymmetry in Subacute Stroke: A Randomized... by Ka Yan Luk, Hui Xi Ouyang, Marco Yiu Chung Pang

“…To determine the long-term effects of low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (LF-rTMS) over the contralesional M1 preceding motor task practice on the interhemispheric asymmetry of the cortical excitability and the functional recovery in subacute stroke patients with mild to moderate arm paresis. Methods. Twenty-four subacute stroke patients were randomly allocated to either the experimental or control group. …”
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Deep Feature Learning for Intrinsic Signature Based Camera Discrimination by Chaity Banerjee, Tharun Kumar Doppalapudi, Eduardo Pasiliao, Tathagata Mukherjee

“…We conduct experiments using three custom datasets: the first containing two cameras in an indoor environment where each camera may observe different scenes having no overlapping features, the second containing images from four cameras in an outdoor setting but where each camera observes scenes having overlapping features and the third containing images from two cameras observing the same checkerboard pattern in an indoor setting. …”
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Conceptual Metaphor and Creative Literary Individualism by Seyyed AmirHossein Mortezaei, Mahmood Fotoohi Rudmajani

“…In the next part, we draw the borderline of cultural metaphor and poet's innovative metaphor, and passing this line, we introduce methods that make metaphors poetic. There are four main methods that can be used separately or compound: Substitution, organic collectivization, expound, and critical attitude. …”
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Determine the Level of IL-17 in People Recovering from Viral Infections of the Respiratory System by Zahraa Khalid Al-Kheroo, Khalid N. Al-Kheroo, Mahmood Abd Al Jabbar Al-Tobje

“…The study was conducted in the Research Laboratory of the Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Mosul. Seventy-four individuals were involved in the study; forty-six of them were recovering from being severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 positive (after 6 months), and twenty-eight were not. …”
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