Evaluating the Physical and Rheological Properties of Rejuvenated Styrene-Butadiene-Styrene-Modified Asphalt Binders by Xiaobing Chen, Juntian Wang, Xiaorui Zhang, Han Liu, Jinhu Tong, Ronglong Zhao

“…The results exhibited that the rejuvenators could soften the multiple aged binder and enhance its high- and low-temperature performance. …”
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Relation of Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction to Serum Ferritin in Thalassemia Major by Aso Faeq Salih, Adnan M. Hamawandi

“…Patient and method: The age ranges of patients were ranged between 3 – 18 years old.  …”
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Competing Risks Analysis of Cancer-associated Recurrent Thrombosis, Major Bleeds, and Death in a Geriatric Cohort by Joshua D. Brown, Kelley L. Ratermann, Kelley L. Ratermann, Jeffery C. Talbert, Jeffery C. Talbert, Val R. Adams, Val R. Adams

“…**Conclusions:** Patients over the age of 65 with cancer are at a high risk of experiencing recurrent VTE and major bleeding during treatment for a cancer-associated VTE. …”
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Zero-shot Learning for Subdiscrimination in Pre-trained Models by Francisco Dominguez-Mateos, Vincent O’Brien, James Garland, Ryan Furlong, Daniel Palacios-Alonso

“…This study takes an embedding trained to discriminate faces (identities) and uses the inherent feature information within the embedding to differentiate several attributes such as gender, age, and skin tone, without any additional training. …”
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Uneven Impact of Covid-19 on Sex Workers in Spain by Carmen Meneses-Falcón, Antonio Rúa-Vieites, Olaya García-Vázquez

“…The middle sector showed: more autonomy, was less impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, had been in Spain for longer, often holding a residence permit, having more protection measures, having a higher level of education, having a greater support network, having started prostitution at an older age, and were less likely to have been coerced into it. …”
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Diagnostic value of Krebs von den Lungen-6, a serological biomarker in interstitial lung disease by Cherukumalli Navya, Praveen Radhakrishnan, S. Yuvarajan, Reenaa Mohan

“…Materials and Methods: After obtaining institutional ethical clearance, the present hospital-based cross-sectional study was done among patients with ILD (n = 56) above 18 years of age, attending the respiratory medicine department of a tertiary care teaching hospital in Puducherry. …”
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Milk yield and reproductive performance of hair goats raised under the extensive condition in konya and karaman regions of turkey by Mehmet Emin Tekin, Mehmet Arlı, Şahin Öztürk, Murat Öğeç

“…General linear model involving factors of region, farm, goat age and birth type were used for milk yield characteristics in statistical analyses, Chi square test was employed for evaluating the reproductive performance.…”
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Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy-based evaluation of metabolic abnormalities in the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and caudate nucleus in treatment-naïve patients with... by Gagan Hans, Uma Sharma, Novy Gupte, Ragul Ganesh, Vaibhav Patil, Pratap Sharan

“…Methods: The present study investigated the metabolic profile of two brain regions, namely right DLPFC and CN, by using single voxel in-vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H MRS) in drug-naive patients with OCD (n = 17, mean age = 30.71 ± 10.104 years) and compared it with healthy controls (n = 13, mean age = 30.77 ± 5.449 years). …”
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Epidemiological and clinical variables in pediatric patients hospitalized for urinary tract infection by Isabel María Vallina López, Rolando Rodríguez Puga, Yasnier Dueñas Rodríguez, Yoánderson Pérez Díaz, María Emilia Navarro Huertas, María Francisca Garcés Raventós

“…The studied variables were: age group and sex, health area, clinical signs and symptoms, risk factors and isolated germs. …”
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Hyperhomocysteinemia-induced VCID results in visual deficits, reduced neuroinflammation and vascular alterations in the retina by Erica M. Weekman, Colin B. Rogers, Tiffany L. Sudduth, Donna M. Wilcock

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Efficacy of BNT162b2 and CoronaVac in patients diagnosed with COVID-19 by Dogan Mustafa, Yilmaz Berna

“…The secondary aim was to define the differences between vaccinated and un-vaccinated patients in terms of age, comorbidities and course of the disease, and to determine the survival rates. …”
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Study on the Mechanical Properties of Metal Rubber Inner Core of O-Type Seal with Large Ring-to-Diameter Ratio by Yangyang Yang, Zhi Ying Ren, Hongbai Bai, Ding Shen, Bin Zhang

“…In view of the problems of ordinary rubber seals, such as high- and low-temperature resistance, easy aging, and insufficient load-bearing performance, O-type metal rubber seals with large ring-to-diameter ratio were prepared by the cold stamping method using stainless steel wire as raw material. …”
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Effects of Banditry and Illegal Logging on Conservation in Kainji Lake National Park, Nigeria by S. M. Ayeni, P. N. Meduna, A. A. Babatunde

“…Furthermore, 51.4% of the sampled populations’ falls between age group 35-44 years, followed by 25-34 years with 30.8% and age group 45 and above were the least (17.8%). …”
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Ischemic Colitis after Colonoscopy with Bisacodyl Bowel Preparation: A Report of Two Cases by Chris Shamatutu, Daljeet Chahal, Isabella T. Tai, Peter Kwan

“…Here, we present two cases of ischemic colitis in previously healthy women aged 57 and 69 who underwent screening colonoscopy using bisacodyl bowel preparation. …”
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Développement physique et psychologique de gymnastes féminines prépubères by Mireille Bernard, Martine Beaussant, Fany Perroy

“…Our goals in this four-year study were to evaluate effects of moderate gymnastic practice on growth, fat mass, pubertal age, nutritionnal intakes, weight-control practice, psychological profiles, in matched-age 27 premenarche gymnasts and recreational sporting controls. …”
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Factors associated with memory of informal caregivers: A scoping review protocol. by Dingyue Wang, Sharron Rushton, Leila Ledbetter, Margaret Graton, Kimberly Ramos, Cristina C Hendrix

“…Studies will be included if (1) the studies focus on home-based unpaid long term family caregiving; (2) study participants (patients), of any age, have one (or more) chronic illness or disability and receive care from a caregiver for 6 months or more; (3) caregivers are adults (> = 18 years of age). …”
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Preventing Hypothermia in Preterm Neonates Using Polyethylene Plastic Bag Wrap: A Systematic Review by Hikmi Muharromah Pratiwi, Desiyani Nani, Saryono Saryono

“…A plastic bag is considered an effective and safe additional intervention for preventing hypothermia in preterm infants less than 28 weeks of gestational age. However, further study could be ensured by performing better-designed studies and a longer follow-up period.…”
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Detection of mental disorders with the Patient Health Questionnaire in primary care settings in Nigeria by Michael O. Olatawura, Olawale Olusegun Ogunsemi, Christopher O. Alebiosu, Olufemi E. Amoran, Adekunle J. Ariba, Francis A. Oluwole, Festus Abasiubong, Adebayo R. Erinfolami

“…A total of 412 subjects took part in the study. Subject age ranged from 18-90 years with a mean age of 52.50±21.08 years. …”
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Comparison of Screen Time Usage and Mental Well-being among Professional College Students versus School-going Students: Promotion of Mental Health by Jasbir Kaur, Harpreet Kaur, Gurleen Kaur, Shweta Rana

“…Background: New modern era, new modern age, the paper has been replaced by the screen. …”
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Colostrum management practices that improve the transfer of passive immunity in neonatal dairy calves: A scoping review. by T Uyama, D F Kelton, C B Winder, J Dunn, H M Goetz, S J LeBlanc, J T McClure, D L Renaud

“…Studies on dairy or dual-purpose calves with passive immunity analyzed by blood sampling between 1 to 9 days of age were included. All studies had to compare at least one colostrum intervention or risk factor and their association with passive immunity. …”
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