Randomised trial of coconut oil, olive oil or butter on blood lipids and other cardiovascular risk factors in healthy men and women by Stephen J Sharp, Kay-Tee Khaw, Robert Luben, Nita G Forouhi, Leila Finikarides, Islam Afzal, Marleen Lentjes

“…We aimed to compare changes in blood lipid profile, weight, fat distribution and metabolic markers after four weeks consumption of 50 g daily of one of three different dietary fats, extra virgin coconut oil, butter or extra virgin olive oil, in healthy men and women in the general population.Design Randomised clinical trial conducted over June and July 2017.Setting General community in Cambridgeshire, UK.Participants Volunteer adults were recruited by the British Broadcasting Corporation through their websites. …”
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Evaluation of Urban Composite Carbon Sink Value: A Case Study of Shenyang by Tiemao SHI, Di WANG, Yu TANG, Peiying LI

“…Additionally, the research conducts preliminary discussions on the relationships between different carbon pricing calculation methods, changes in carbon sink value, and urban development, and compares the carbon sink values of urban spaces with those of other ecosystems.ResultsThe results indicate that from 2003 to 2023, within the Shenyang Fourth Ring area, the composite carbon sink value calculated by the afforestation cost method ranges from RMB 599 million to RMB 2.5 billion, while that calculated by the carbon tax method ranges from RMB 646 million to 864 million, and that calculated by the carbon trading method ranges from 623 million to RMB 833 million. …”
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Pathways Through Which Green Exposure Type Influences Cardiovascular Diseases Mortality in Shanghai, China by Jianzhong HUANG, Yanting XU, Lan WANG, Zhouqian HE

“…Therefore, there is a need to conduct research on the influence of urban green exposure on CVDs mortality at the street level.MethodsThis research uses the partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) to analyze how different types of green exposure (vegetation cover, park accessibility, street green visibility, and park area per capita) influence cardiovascular disease mortality in 212 communities in Shanghai, China. …”
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Information System Success Model untuk Evaluasi Sistem Informasi Penataan Ruang Kota berbasis Geographic Information System (GIS) by Heni Vidia Sari, Ismiarta Aknuranda, Fatwa Ramdani

“…Abstract Urban Planning System (Sipetarung) of Malang City is a GIS-based IS (Information System) in the public sector, which is a form of investment program conducted by the government of Malang City. For IT organizations, IS is a means of information and communication which is more efficient and plays an important role to implement IS successfully. …”
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Pengembangan Deep Learning untuk Sistem Deteksi Dini Komplikasi Kaki Diabetik Menggunakan Citra Termogram by Medycha Emhandyksa, Indah Soesanti, Rina Susilowati

“…In addition, the research conducted can be an opening or preliminary research on the design of an early detection system for diabetic foot complications using deep learning artificial intelligence-based thermography in Indonesia. …”
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Analysis of the Rights and Obligations of Stakeholders in China’s National Park Concession System by Le ZHONG, Zhicong ZHAO

“…The research concludes with a set of recommendations to explicitly integrate stakeholder qualifications, rights, and obligations into legislation at multiple levels, establish concession systems grounded in the principle of right-obligation equivalence, and ensure the full realization of community rights within the national park concession system.ConclusionThis research conducts a thorough analysis of stakeholders in China’s concession framework, encompassing such shareholders as grantors, concessionaires and supervisory entities, from the three levels of “ought to be”, “is” and “enabled to be”. …”
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Comparative evaluation of multimarker algorithms for early-stage HCC detection in multicenter prospective studies by Jinlin Hou, Thomas Berg, Arndt Vogel, Teerha Piratvisuth, Jörg Trojan, Enrico N. De Toni, Masatoshi Kudo, Katarina Malinowsky, Peter Findeisen, Johannes Kolja Hegel, Wenzel Schöning, Kairat Madin, Konstantin Kroeniger, Henry Lik-Yuen Chan, Ashish Sharma

“…Methods: An algorithm development study (STOP-HCC-ARP) and clinical validation study (STOP-HCC-MCE) were conducted, recruiting adult participants with HCC (confirmed by radiology or pathology) or CLD in an international, multicenter, case-control design. …”
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Evaluation of dried blood spot sampling for real-time PCR malaria diagnostics in a rural setting in Angola by Alejandro Mediavilla, Begoña Febrer-Sendra, Aroa Silgado, Patricia Martínez-Vallejo, Beatriz Crego-Vicente, Arlette Nindia, Carles Rubio Maturana, Lidia Goterris, Joan Martínez-Campreciós, Sandra Aixut, Pedro Fernández-Soto, María Luisa Aznar, Antonio Muro, Inés Oliveira-Souto, Israel Molina, Elena Sulleiro

“…Samples from both phases of the study were analyzed by generic real-time PCR (Plasmodium spp.) and the subsequent positive samples underwent species-specific real-time PCR (Plasmodium species) and (ii) cross-sectional study conducted at the Hospital Nossa Senhora da Paz, Cubal (Angola), including 200 participants with fever. …”
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Editorial by Ann-Kristin Kölln, Antony Mason, Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche, Maria Lenk

“…The final contribution in this issue offers insights from an online survey conducted among young adults in Germany suggesting that these respondents were indeed politically interested and felt willing to assume responsibility through participation. …”
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Antenatal Care - How to ensure quality! by Lubna Ejaz

“…A study aimed at checking the quality of ANC in the department has recently been conducted and presented as an e-poster in RCOG Conference 2023. …”
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Deteksi Persamaan Pola Gerakan pada Koreografi Tari Bali by Ni Made Rai Maryati, Made Windu Antara Kesiman, I Made Gede Sunarya

“…By finding the number of the same movements in several dances that was created by a maestro, the characteristics such as variations of movements and dance tempos can be identified. This research was conducted under the framework of Project COMPUDANCE (Computerization of Dances), the goal of this project is to create a new dance by identifiying the characteristics of each Balinese dance creator. …”
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Julius Kruopis – the pioneer of applied statistics in Lithuania by Vilijandas Bagdonavičius, Vydas Čekanavičius, Rūta Levulienė, Pranas Vaitkus

“…He did not support the usual practice of other departments where lectures were given by senior and more experienced lecturers, while novice assistants only conducted exercises. J. Kruopis always sought that from the first days of work at the department, all teachers had at least one full course of lectures-exercises-exams. …”
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Penerapan Importance Performance Analysis (IPA) pada Evaluasi Keberlanjutan Penggunaan e-filing untuk Pelaporan Pajak Perorangan by Imelda Saluza, Dewi Sartika

“…In 2004, DGT merged both tax reporting and payment systems into one scheme.   This is conducted to enhance customer experience. To get the most out of e-filing as a method of uploading individual tax returns (SPT). …”
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Field intercomparison of ice nucleation measurements: the Fifth International Workshop on Ice Nucleation Phase 3 (FIN-03) by P. J. DeMott, J. A. Mirrielees, J. A. Mirrielees, S. S. Petters, S. S. Petters, S. S. Petters, D. J. Cziczo, D. J. Cziczo, M. D. Petters, M. D. Petters, M. D. Petters, H. G. Bingemer, T. C. J. Hill, K. Froyd, K. Froyd, K. Froyd, S. Garimella, S. Garimella, A. G. Hallar, A. G. Hallar, E. J. T. Levin, E. J. T. Levin, I. B. McCubbin, I. B. McCubbin, A. E. Perring, A. E. Perring, A. E. Perring, C. N. Rapp, T. Schiebel, T. Schiebel, J. Schrod, K. J. Suski, K. J. Suski, D. Weber, D. Weber, M. J. Wolf, M. J. Wolf, M. Zawadowicz, M. Zawadowicz, J. Zenker, J. Zenker, O. Möhler, S. D. Brooks

“…<p>The third phase of the Fifth International Ice Nucleation Workshop (FIN-03) was conducted at the Storm Peak Laboratory in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, in September 2015 to facilitate the intercomparison of instruments measuring ice-nucleating particles (INPs) in the field. …”
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Adherence to four healthy lifestyle factors and their influencing factors among residents aged 35 – 75 in South China: a cross-sectional survey by Wenyan HE, Xingyi ZHANG, Chunqi WANG, Xueke BAI, Yang YANG, Wei XU, Lijuan SONG, Yan ZHANG, Hao YANG, Xi LI, Jianlan CUI

“…MethodsA cross-sectional survey was conducted from September 2015 to November 2022 using a typical sampling method in South China. …”
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Le réseau hydraulique à Pompéi (Italie) de l’époque des Samnites à Auguste (fin ive-fin ier s. av. J.-C.) by Federico Giletti

“…For their part, wells connected to the nerve centres of the urban road network and to the supply system of thermal buildings would seem to have been in decline, becoming supplementary to the supply provided by the aqueduct pressure system.The collection wells categorically and definitively fell into disuse through the complete obliteration of the reservoir or, if originally in the public sphere, through their assimilation into private property, or even through functional conversion to drains, favoured as it was by the dispersive capacities of the geological subsoil and the considerable depths of the pipe.While this is the information that can be deduced from the analyses conducted on the city of Pompeii’s earliest historical phases, the data that have emerged from the middle and late Samnite periods reveal a change in previous conditions and the adoption of new mechanisms.Between the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, the introduction of a new urban layout and Pompeii’s entry into Rome’s sphere of influence triggered an urbanistic mutation of the site inspired by the model of the Roman city.Roman-style hydraulic engineering in Pompeii also encouraged the choice of vaulted chamber cisterns, which were often introduced into the city as a complement to the previous storage structures.The chambered cistern type not only reduced the cost of excavating the lava bed, but also made for greater safety in open-air construction and enhanced the static capacity of the walls and cement cover to improve the structural qualities of the cisterns and considerably increase their storage capacity.In particular, the adoption of the sub-type of cistern with multiple, parallel chambers also made it possible, through the principal of the discharge of forces through the vaulted system, to terrace and amplify the spaces available for building.This is what research has shown in the urban construction of Pompeii, which in the course of the 2nd century BC was also focused near the height of the promontory, as attested above all along the southern lava ridge of Regio VIII. …”
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Eficacia y seguridad del tratamiento con la combinación fija a dosis bajas de cinarizina 20 mg y dimenhidrinato 40 mg en el vértigo de origen diverso en la práctica clínica en Espa... by Rafael Hijano-Esqué, Jesús Ignacio González Orodea, Javier Imaz Fandos, Natividad Pacheco Rubio, Gonzalo Daniel Alzuarte, Manuel Ruiz Cuetos, Amelia Rodríguez Mariblanca, Eva García Aguilar

“…Methods: An observational, multicenter study was conducted, comprising a primary retrospective cohort and a cross-sectional cohort as a control group, across 28 Primary Care centers and Otolaryngology specialist clinics nationwide in Spain. …”
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Multi-cancer early detection tests for general population screening: a systematic literature review by Ros Wade, Sarah Nevitt, Yiwen Liu, Melissa Harden, Claire Khouja, Gary Raine, Rachel Churchill, Sofia Dias

“…Only one study of Galleri recruited asymptomatic individuals aged over 50 years, but it was conducted in the USA; therefore, results may not be representative of a UK screening population. …”
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