Evolution Law of Overburden Longitudinal Connected Fissures in a Shallowly Buried Coal Face with Thin Bedrock by Housheng Jia, Kun Pan, Luyao Wang, Shaowei Liu, Mengxiong Fu, Xiang Ji

“…The formation of longitudinal connected fissures is described with reference to three factors: the advancement speed of the coal face, the holding power of the hydraulic support, and the filling degree of the goaf area, all of which can be easily controlled by engineering means. …”
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Serologic Investigations in Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Food Allergy by Urszula Grzybowska-Chlebowczyk, Halina Woś, Aleksander L. Sieroń, Sabina Więcek, Aleksandra Auguściak-Duma, Halina Koryciak-Komarska, Joanna Kasznia-Kocot

“…Tests of blood serum were performed in all children: IgA and IgG ASCA, p-ANCA, c-ANCA using ELISA method. …”
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Analysis Employment Changes in Tourism Sector and It’s Impact on Balanced Regional Development (Case Study: Gilan Province) by Mohammad Eskandari Noudeh, Ahmad Pourahmad, Mghgan Khoshdelan

“…The concept of development included balanced distribution in addition to growth in all directions. Employment that is the most important economic indicators for evaluating the balanced development in national and regional levels is the main economic benefits of tourism. …”
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Drug Utilisation Pattern of Antimicrobial Agents Prescribed for Urinary Tract Infection in Geriatric Patients at a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Retrospective Study by Velavan R S H, S R Chaitra, Nayak R P

“…To analyse prescriptions in comparison with WHO prescribing indicators. Methods: All the cases of UTI in geriatric patients with positive urine culture report in the past 6 months (Feb 2023 –July 2023) were included and it was a complete enumeration study. …”
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A Study of Teakwood Quality Grown in Community Forests in Gunungkidul, I. Measurement of Growth-Rate by Sri Nugroho Marsoem

“…Pearson’s correlation for all the data between the rates of increment and rainfall (r = 0.24) or rainy day (r = 0.28) were significant. …”
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EXPLORING KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS FOR JOINT VENTURE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA by I.O Famakin, D.R. Ogunsemi

“…The study revealed that all the performance indicators identified were significant to joint venture construction projects with time performance, client satisfaction, cost performance and sharing resources ranked as the most important performance indicators for joint venture construction projects in Nigeria. …”
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Rice breeding for higher crop productivity (a review) by G. L. Zelensky, O. V. Zelenskaya

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Experimental Verification of Impact of Sprinkled Area Length on Heat Exchange Coefficient by Petr Kracik, Marek Balas, Martin Lisy, Jiri Pospisil

“…Sprinkled heat exchangers are not a new technology and studies have been carried out all over the world. However, experiments (tests) have always been performed under strict laboratory conditions on one to three relatively short tubes and behaviour of the flowing fluid on a real tube bundle has not been taken into account, which is the primary aim of our research. …”
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Assessing the impact of educational methods on influenza vaccine uptake and patient knowledge and attitudes: a randomised controlled trial by Pei Lin Hu, Eileen Yi Ling Koh, Jolene Shi Han Tay, Valerie Xin-Bei Chan, Shermin Shi Min Goh, Sinead Zhen Wang

“…Patients aged 65 years and above attending for doctor consultation were recruited. All participants received an educational pamphlet on influenza vaccination. …”
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An ecofriendly approach to explore the physical and mechanical properties of cement mortar reinforced with Abutilon indicum fibres by V Aarthipriya, C Umarani

“…The mortar reinforced with 5 mm fibre length and 1% fibre addition was found to be potentially beneficial and considered as an optimum mix with respect to all mechanical properties. Microstructural analysis on the optimum mix revealed the existence of proper and sufficient interfacial bonding between the fibres and cement matrix and therefore it is recommended to use Abutilon indicum fibre in cement mortar for repair and other construction applications and the optimum mix proportion is reported.…”
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A Tablet-Based Technology for Objective Exercise Monitoring in Vestibular Rehabilitation: Mixed Methods Study by Brooke N Klatt, Pedram Hovareshti, Lisa S Holt, Pamela M Dunlap, Chad Zalkin, Devendra Tolani, Susan L Whitney

“…ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility and acceptability of VestAid in a pilot study of 10 participants (mean age 45 [SD 19] years; 6 women) with various vestibular diagnoses. MethodsAll participants completed twelve 30-second horizontal vestibulo-ocular reflex exercises in a seated position (6 “easy” and 6 “hard” exercises). …”
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A Survey of Deep Learning Approaches for Pedestrian Detection in Autonomous Systems by Majdi Sukkar, Rajendrasinh Jadeja, Madhu Shukla, Rajesh Mahadeva

“…By filling in these insights and proposed solutions, the paper focus on the development of pedestrian detection technology, how it can be brought into a safer, reliable, real-world applicability towards the system of autonomous driving. All of these results point to continued innovation towards deep learning, multi-sensor integration, and developing datasets to achieve optimal performance levels in real world conditions for autonomous driving systems.…”
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Results of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in Acromegaly by Alberto Franzin, Giorgio Spatola, Marco Losa, Piero Picozzi, Pietro Mortini

“…The median follow-up was 71 months (IQ range 43–107). All patients were treated with GK for residual or recurrent GH-secreting adenoma. …”
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Assessment of Prescribing Pattern of antibiotics by Dentists in Ardabil city Based on the International ATC/DDD System by Mehrnoosh Kaviani, Mouhamad Hassan Pourrashid, Saeedeh Galledar

“…Metronidazole (73.4%) and amoxicillin (70.5%), were the most antibiotic drugs prescribed by Ardabil dentists respectively. In all prescribed drugs, the DDD value was higher than the standard DDD value. …”
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Traffic Flow Parameters Collection under Variable Illumination Based on Data Fusion by Shaojie Jin, Ying Gao, Shoucai Jing, Fei Hui, Xiangmo Zhao, Jianzhen Liu

“…This study proposes a fusion technique combining millimeter-wave radar data with image data to compensate for the lack of image-based vehicle detection under complicated lighting to complete all-day parameters collection. The proposed method is based on an object detector named CenterNet. …”
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Role of wearable devices in cardiac telerehabilitation: A scoping review. by Alexis K Jones, Crystal Lihong Yan, Beatriz P Rivera Rodriquez, Sukhpreet Kaur, Sharon Andrade-Bucknor

“…Our search yielded 57 studies meeting all criteria. The studies were classified into 4 groups: patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) without heart failure (HF); patients with HF; patients with heart valve repair or replacement; and patients with exposure to center-based CR. …”
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Pneumothorax in Mechanically Ventilated Patients with COVID-19 Infection by Raziye Ecem Akdogan, Turab Mohammed, Asma Syeda, Nasheena Jiwa, Omar Ibrahim, Rahul Mutneja

“…Three out of five patients with pneumothorax died (3/5; 60%), and all of them had bilateral involvement. The data from these cases suggest that pneumothorax is a potentially fatal complication of COVID-19 infection. …”
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Effects of Vitrectomy on Recurrent Macular Edema due to Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion after Intravitreal Injection of Bevacizumab by Tatsuya Yunoki, Keiichi Mitarai, Shuichiro Yanagisawa, Tsuyoshi Kato, Nobuo Ishida, Atsushi Hayashi

“…This retrospective study included 22 eyes of 22 patients who underwent single or multiple IVB injections for macular edema due to BRVO and showed a recurrence of macular edema. All patients then underwent PPV and were followed up for more than 6 months after the surgery with examinations of best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and optical coherence tomography (OCT). …”
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Comparative evaluation of conventional and socket-shield techniques on maxillary esthetics following immediate implant placement in fresh extraction sockets: A randomized controlle... by Farhan Durrani, Aishwarya Pandey, Shweta Ahlawat, Ekta Kumari, S. U. Gokila Vani, Sakshi Agarwal, P. G. Naveen Kumar

“…Implant survival, crestal bone levels, and pink esthetic scores (PES) were evaluated at 8 months (temporary prosthesis), 12 months, and 36 months (final crowns). Results: All implant-supported restorations were successful within the study’s observation period. …”
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Clinic Attendance for Medication Refills and Medication Adherence amongst an Antiretroviral Treatment Cohort in Uganda: A Prospective Study by Setor Kunutsor, John Walley, Elly Katabira, Simon Muchuro, Hudson Balidawa, Elizabeth Namagala, Eric Ikoona

“…Among the 392 clients, 361 (92%) attended all appointments for their refills (regular attendance). …”
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