Multi-criteria decision-making method for emergency shelter site selection considering flood risk: A case study of Zhuhai, China by Bo Liu, Yingbing Li, Yan Zhang, Zhichao Wu, Yansong Pan, Meiquan Li

“…In China, the annual area affected by floods accounts for approximately two-thirds of the total land area, causing enormous losses, particularly in developed urban areas. …”
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Geographic information system and process-based modeling of soil erosion and sediment yield in agricultural watershed by G.R. Puno, R.A. Marin, R.C.C. Puno, A.G. Toledo-Bruno

“…The sediment delivery ratio of 0.20 accounts for a total of 126,390 tons of sediments that accumulated downstream in a year.…”
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RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LIPID PROFILE AND COMPLETE BLOOD CELL COUNT PARAMETERS by Yevhen Dzis, Oleksandra Tomashevska, Andriy Petrukh

“…Therefore, the lipid profile of patients should be evaluated by taking into account the blood cell counts, especially in the process of hypolipidemic treatment. …”
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Treatment of metastatic brain lesion by A. M. Zaytsev, M. I. Kurzhupov, E. A. Potapova, O. N. Kirsanova

“…Metastases of colorectal cancer identified in 7.8%, cases of lung cancer in 34%, melanoma 9.3 %, breast cancer in 26%, kidney cancer in 11%, with non-identified primary tumor in 4.5%, other tumors accounted for 6.7%. Solitary metastasis was diagnosed in 164 (61,19%) patients, oligometastasis (2-3) - 72 (26,87%) patients with polymetastasis (more than 3) – 32 (11,94%) patients. …”
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Sneak Peek: Food, Waste, and Packaging Characteristics of South Australian School Children’s Lunchboxes by Neha Kishan Lalchandani, Clare Hume, Lynne Giles, Shona Crabb, Jo Hendrikx, Caroline Miller

“…Discretionary foods appeared more frequently, and single-use packaging accounted for half (53%) of all packaging in lunchboxes, primarily from snacks and grain foods. …”
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THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ACADEMIC STUDENT EXCHANGES AND CO-OPERATION BETWEEN CHINESE AND RUSSIAN UNIVERSITIES by Li Wenze

“…Teachers and specialists involved in planning the educational process in the university sphere have the opportunity to create an innovative approach to improve the academic exchange programme for students, taking into account the socio-cultural criteria analysed in the article.…”
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Protocol paper: randomized controlled trial of the smart online-to-offline model development for chronic diseases management through digital health in real world setting by Jae Eun Shin, Juho Choi, Heejung Lee, Suk-Won Lee, Juhwan Oh

“…These include intention-to-treat (ITT) analysis to account for all randomized participants, regression models to estimate the treatment effect, and adjustments for baseline covariates to improve precision. …”
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Mini Worldlit: A Dataset of Contemporary Fiction from 13 Countries, Nine Languages, and Five Continents by Andrew Piper, David Bamman, Christina Han, Jens Bjerring-Hansen, Hoyt Long, Itay Marienberg-Milikowsky, Tom McEnaney, Mathias Iroro Orhero, Emrah Peksoy, Pallavi Rastogi, Sebastian Rasmussen, Roel Smeets, Alexandra Stuart, Mads Rosendahl Thomsen

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DENND5B Gene Expression as a Trigger for the Development of Diabetes Mellitus–Peripheral Artery Disease: Insights from a Univariate and Multivariate Mendelian Randomization Study by Qiaoqiao Li, Fuli Cao, Xueping Gao, Yuan Xu, Bo Li, Tianyang Hu

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Challenges and opportunities for assessing trends of amphibians with heterogeneous data – a call for better metadata reporting by Klaus Henle, Reinhard A. Klenke, M. Benjamin Barth, Annegret Grimm-Seyfarth, Diana E. Bowler

“…Annual occupancy estimates were typically less certain when attempting to account for the effects of survey methods, which could be explained by many missing values on methods. …”
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The Health Impacts of Air Pollution in the Context of Changing Climate in Africa: A Narrative Review with Recommendations for Action by Lynn M Atuyambe, Raphael E Arku, Natasha Naidoo, Thandi Kapwata, Kwaku Poku Asante, Guéladio Cissé, Belay Simane, Caradee Y Wright, Kiros Berhane

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非瓣膜性心房颤动所致心源性栓塞机械取栓术后复发的预防——3例病例报道并文献复习 Prevention of Recurrence after Mechanical Thrombectomy for Cardiogenic Embolism Induced by Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation: A Report of Th... by 张海兵，夏卫东，王奉淼，李文帅，李庆民，张信芳，张全忠(ZHANG Haibing, XIA Weidong, WANG Fengmiao, LI Wenshuai, LI Qingmin, ZHANG Xinfang, ZHANG Quanzhong)

“…Abstract: Ischemic strokes secondary to nonvalvular atrial fibrillation account for 20%-30% of all acute ischemic strokes, and these strokes often have high-load thrombosis, larger cerebrovascular blockages, and poor collateral compensation. …”
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Soil carbon-food synergy: sizable contributions of small-scale farmers by Toshichika Iizumi, Nanae Hosokawa, Rota Wagai

“…This production increase equates to what would be achieved by an inorganic N input of 5.82 Mt N (3.89–7.14 Mt N). Small-scale farmers account for 28% (26–30%) of the additional SOC build-up and 17% (15–20%) of the production increase. …”
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Improving the efficiency of an optical-to-terahertz converter using sapphire fibers by N. V. Zenchenko, D. V. Lavrukhin, I. A. Glinskiy, D. S. Ponomarev

“…The integrated efficiency of a large-area photoconductive THz emitter was determined taking into account the microstrip topology of the array with a characteristic size of feed strips proportional to the gap width in the OTC and with the upper (masking) metal layer. …”
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The use of animation tools in the media space of the “Library Night” for the development of master’s students’ teamwork skills by Ekaterina A. Mamaeva, Dmitry N. Gribkov, Vladimir V. Matveev, Tatyana V. Masharova

“…The ideas of a methodological approach are formulated, reflecting the necessary changes in the system of training specialists in library science, taking into account the digitalization of library and information services. …”
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The effects of deprivation, age, and regional differences in COVID-19 mortality from 2020 to 2022: a retrospective analysis of public provincial data by Anqi A. Chen, Elizabeth M. Renouf, Charmaine B. Dean, X. Joan Hu

“…In this study, we aim to establish the relationship of counts of deaths and hospitalizations caused by COVID-19 over time across 34 public health units in Ontario, Canada, taking demographic, geographic, socio-economic, and vaccination variables into account. Methods We analyzed daily data of the 34 health units in Ontario between March 1, 2020 and June 30, 2022. …”
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Solid waste management system for small island developing states by J. Weekes, J. Musa Wasil, K. Malave Llamas, C. Morales Agrinzoni

“…Findings were summarised, simplified and presented in formats such as graphs and tables and written descriptive accounts. FINDINGS: Solid waste management affects all countries irrespective of their level of development. …”
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Microbiota analysis of perimenopausal women experiencing recurrent vaginitis in conjunction with urinary tract infection by Yingying Bi, Yuezhu Wang, Wu Li, Yuhang Chen, Jinlong Qin, Huajun Zheng

“…Compared with those in healthy controls, in the microbiota of patients with RV/UTI, the evenness of the upper vaginal end, anus and cervix significantly increased, whereas the richness and diversity of the cervix significantly decreased. Lactobacillus accounted for 40.65% of the bacteria in the upper vaginal end and 39.85% of the bacteria in the lower vaginal end of healthy women of perimenopausal age, and there were no significant differences in Lactobacillus abundance among the patients with RV/UTI. …”
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Application of knowledge management tools: Comparative analysis of small, medium, and large enterprises by Natalia Sytnik, Maryna Kravchenko

“…From a practical perspective, an enterprise size should be taken into account while designing specific KM policies, programs and tools to meet enterprises’ needs to a greater extent. …”
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Computed tomography-based investigation of degenerative neural cervicothoracic foraminal stenosis as a potential mechanism for Horner syndrome by Joshua Ong, Mariko Kurokawa, Sangeeta Khanna, Lindsey B. De Lott, Ryo Kurokawa, Aseem Sharma

“…PurposeTo investigate the presence and/or severity of cervicothoracic foraminal stenosis between the C7 and T3 segments could account for Horner syndrome, otherwise deemed to be idiopathic in nature.MethodsThis study was an IRB-approved, retrospective study that included 28 patients [mean ± standard deviation (age: 54.5 ± 18.7 years)] with a confirmed diagnosis of Horner syndrome, absence of any identifiable cause, and availability of a neck CT/CT angiogram obtained within 6 months of the diagnosis. …”
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