Application of microbially induced calcite precipitation to mitigate soil frost heave by M.F. Nikshoar, M.A. Rowshanzamir, S.M. Abtahi, S. Soleimanian-Zad

“…The influence of three factors in four levels, including bacteria concentration, cementing solution concentration, and curing time, was investigated based on a plan set by Taguchi design of experiment method. …”
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Relationship between social media use and disordered eating behavior among female university students in Qatar by Yara Qutteina, Catherine Nasrallah, Linda Kimmel, Salma M. Khaled

“…Social media use intensity showed a significant association with increased disordered eating [(OR 1.207, SE (0.075), P < 0.01, 95% Confidential Interval [CI] 1.068 to 1.363)]. Among the four social media platforms measured, Instagram use had a significant association with disordered eating [OR 1.387, SE (0.186), P < 0.05, 95% CI 1.107 to 1.804)]. …”
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Transcriptomic characterization of the functional and morphological development of the rumen wall in weaned lambs fed a diet containing yeast co-cultures of Saccharomyces cerevisia... by Zixuan Xu, Lan Yang, Hui Chen, Pengxiang Bai, Xiao Li, Dacheng Liu

“…In total, 24 lambs were grouped into four groups of six lambs including a control (C) group fed a basal diet, and N, M, and NM groups in which lambs were fed the basal diet, respectively, supplemented with Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast cultures (30 g/d per head), Kluyveromyces marxianus yeast cultures (30 g/d per head), and co-cultures of both yeasts (30 g/d per head), the experiment lasted for 42 d.ResultsIn morphological analyses, lambs from the NM group presented with significant increases in papilla length, papilla width, and epithelial thickness in the rumen relative to lambs in the C group (p &lt; 0.05). …”
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Computer simulation of the spatial structure of MUC 1 peptides capable of inhibiting apoptosis by N. V. Ivanisenko, I. N. Lavrik, V. A. Ivanisenko

“…It was found that  the structure of the peptide MUC1-CD (46-72) is similar to the spatial structure of at least four fragments of caspase-8. These results indicate that the molecular mechanism of the inhibitory activity of the peptide can be explained by competitive binding with FA DD due to the structural and conformational similarity with the fragments of the caspase-8 DED domain.…”
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Understanding health system responsiveness to public feedback at the sub-national level: Insights from Kilifi County, Kenya. by Nancy Kagwanja, Lucy Gilson, Benjamin Tsofa, Jill Olivier, Hassan Leli, Sassy Molyneux

“…Responsiveness is one of four health system goals alongside health outcomes, equity in financing and efficiency. …”
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Diversité taxonomique des Hominidés fossiles en Asie : de nouvelles méthodes pour une vieille question by Stéphane Bouée, Florent Détroit

“…Landmarks were registered by Generalized Procruste Analysis.We used a  logical and objective method with  three steps. 1) The  taxa variabilities were explored by using several distance  indices  (variance, Euclidean and Manhattan distances). 2) We have  chosen not  to arbitrarily group  fossils  in established taxonomic categories: Principal component analysis (PCA) and hierarchical classification methods (UPGMA and NJ) were applied  to  identify subgroups  for each of  the  four  taxa. Finally, Mahalanobis distances between  identified groups and subgroups were calculated and compared between each other.The  overall  variability  was  larger  for  the  fossil  group  than  for  any  of  the  three  actual  species,  although  the difference was statistically significant only for the comparison to the modern H. sapiens. …”
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Improving the Quality Characteristics of Low-Fat Beef Burgers by Adding Different Levels of Rice Bran as a Source of Fibre by Nawar A.A. Al-Ghabawi, Aum El-Bashar H.J. Al-Mossawi

“…The burger was prepared using four treatments: the first treatment was a control treatment, the second treatment was through adding rice bran by 10%, the third treatment by 20%, and the fourth treatment by 30%. …”
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Detection of SSL/TLS protocol attacks based on flow spectrum theory by Shize GUO, Fan ZHANG, Zhuoxue SONG, Ziming ZHAO, Xinjie ZHAO, Xiaojuan WANG, Xiangyang LUO

“…Network attack detection plays a vital role in network security.Existing detection approaches focus on typical attack behaviors, such as Botnets and SQL injection.The widespread use of the SSL/TLS encryption protocol arises some emerging attack strategies against the SSL/TLS protocol.With the network traffic collection environment that built upon the implements of popular SSL/TLS attacks, a network traffic dataset including four SSL/TLS attacks, as well as benign flows was controlled.Considering the problems that limited observability of existing detection and limited separation of the original-flow spatiotemporal domains, a flow spectrum theory was proposed to map the threat behavior in the cyberspace from the original spatiotemporal domain to the transformed domain through the process of “potential change” and obtain the “potential variation spectrum”.The flow spectrum theory is based on a set of separable and observable feature representations to achieve efficient analysis of network flows.The key to the application of flow spectrum theory in actual cyberspace threat behavior detection is to find the potential basis matrix for a specific threat network flow under the condition of a given transformation operator.Since the SSL/TLS protocol has a strong timing relationship and state transition process in the handshake phase, and there are similarities between some SSL/TLS attacks, the detection of SSL/TLS attacks not only needs to consider timing context information, but also needs to consider the high-separation representation of TLS network flows.Based on the flow spectrum theory, the threat template idea was used to extract the potential basis matrix, and the potential basis mapping based on the long-short-term memory unit was used to map the SSL/TLS attack network flow to the flow spectrum domain space.On the self-built SSL/TLS attack network flow data set, the validity of the flow spectrum theory is verified by means of classification performance comparison, potential variation spectrum dimensionality reduction visualization, threat behavior feature weight evaluation, threat behavior spectrum division assessment, and potential variation base matrix heatmap visualization.…”
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Wastewater-based estimation of temporal variation in shedding amount of influenza A virus and clinically identified cases using the PRESENS model by Hiroki Ando, Michio Murakami, Masaaki Kitajima, Kelly A. Reynolds

“…In this study, we applied two mathematical models to previously collected wastewater and clinical data from four U.S. states during the 2022/2023 influenza season, dominated by the H3N2 subtype. …”
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Improving birth preparation with the hypnosis online course “The Peaceful Birth”: a randomized controlled study by Luisa Motz, Rosa Marie Brückner, Barbara Schmidt

“…We randomized pregnant women into a hypnosis and a control group and surveyed them via online questionnaires during their pregnancy and after their birth using standardized questionnaires.MethodsWe included 221 pregnant women and assigned 110 women to a hypnosis and 111 women to a control group. At four measurement points before and after birth, we surveyed all study participants. …”
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Meridional anisotropy in contrast sensitivity and visual evoked potential in adults with high myopic astigmatism by Siu Sang Anthony Wu, Tsz Wing Leung, Tsz Wing Leung, Tsz Wing Leung

“…We assessed CS using a spatial four-alternative forced-choice procedure and recorded ssVEP at spatial frequencies ranging from 0.6 to 12 cycles per degree (cpd) for horizontal and vertical gratings. …”
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Turkish Validity and Reliability Study of Challenge-Hindrance Demands Scale for the Nursing Profession by Handan Ertaş, Emel Fi̇li̇z, Şeyma Kahveci̇, Seda Nur Ünal

“…In conclusion, the Challenge-Hindrance Demands Scale for Nursing Professionals with 13 items and four dimensions developed to measure the stress, hindrance, and challenge levels of nurses in their professional life in Turkey may be used in future studies.…”
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A non-linear approach to the establishment of local biological control agent  production units: a case study of fall armyworm in Bangladesh by Mariam A. T. J. Kadzamira, Malvika Chaudhary, Frances Williams, Nirmal K. Dutta

“…Methods Qualitative and quantitative data from maize growing areas in Bangladesh was collected via telephone interviews from key informants representing four key stakeholders—national research institute, regional research stations, farmer producer organisations and agro-dealers. …”
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ANALYSIS OF MAXILLARY FRACTURE PATIENTS PROFILE IN A TERTIARY GENERAL HOSPITAL (2018-2020) by I Dewa Gde Daniswara Suarta, Agus Santoso Budi, Rosy Setiawati, Magda Rosalina Hutagalung

“…In terms of complications, there were minimal instances of infections and exposed plates, with a total of four cases reported. Conclusion: The treatment outcomes at Dr. …”
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Interpretation of Rehabilitation Medicine Specialty Indicators in National Report on the Services， Quality and Safety in Medical Care System by ZHOU Mouwang

“…In NCIS indicators, data collection can be divided into the following four forms: automatic extraction of home page, extraction of medical records, manual reading of medical records and provision of relevant departments. …”
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The Quality of Counseling for Headache OTC Medications in German Community Pharmacies Using a Simulated Patient Approach: Are There Differences between Self-Purchase and Purchase f... by Bernhard Langer, Christian Kunow

“…With the help of 8 trained simulated patients (SPs), each CP was visited four times by a different SP. The SPs simulated in each CP two scenarios two times with the demand for an OTC medication against headache, which differed only in whether the demand was for themselves or for their boyfriend/girlfriend. …”
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Short dentin etching with universal adhesives: effect on bond strength and gingival margin adaptation by Hoda Saleh Ismail, Hanan Ahmed Nabil Soliman

“…This study evaluates the microtensile bond strength (μTBS) and marginal adaptation of two universal adhesives using different etch-and-rinse strategies (15-second and 3-second etching) and self-etch strategies, both immediate and post-thermal cycling and mechanical loading. Methods Eighty-four molars underwent μTBS testing, categorized by the universal adhesive type (Tetric Uni and Prime&Bond Uni) (n = 42) and adhesive strategy (n = 14) with half tested after 24 h and the rest post aging. …”
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TepiSense: A Social Computing-Based Real-Time Epidemic Surveillance System Using Artificial Intelligence by Bilal Tahir, Muhammad Amir Mehmood

“…Our system consists of four distinct modules of pre-processor, feature extractor, classifier, and evaluator. …”
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Mapping of Agate-like Soil Cover Structures Based on a Multitemporal Soil Line Using Neural Network Filtering of Remote Sensing Data by Dmitry I. Rukhovich, Polina V. Koroleva, Alexey D. Rukhovich, Mikhail A. Komissarov

“…According to the WRB, there are six main soil types, and according to the classification of Russian soils in 1977, there are four types. ASCSs were identified over large areas and soil maps of ASCSs were constructed using multitemporal spectral characteristics of the BSS in the form of multitemporal soil line coefficients. …”
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A Bibliometric Analysis of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma From 2000 to 2022 by TAN Meijuan, YANG Shijie, XU Xiequn

“…High frequency keywords form four clusters: RET gene expression, prognostic factors, MTC clinical management, and MTC treatment. …”
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