The Use of Biodiesel Residues for Heat Insulating Biobased Polyurethane Foams by Nihan Özveren, M. Özgür Seydibeyoğlu

“…Thermal properties of polyurethane foams are examined by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and thermal conductivity tests. The structures of polyurethane foams were examined by Fourier Transformed Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). …”
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A Function Area Division Approach for Autonomous Transportation System Based on Text Similarity by Ke Huang, Caiting Chen, Yao Xiao, Ming Cai

“…To validate the effectiveness of this proposed method, a case study analyzing a vehicle automatic driving scenario was conducted. The results demonstrate that our approach can efficiently divide function areas, producing clustering outcomes that possess superior accuracy and purity when juxtaposed with reference classifications. …”
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Improving the Accuracy of Rainfall Prediction Using Bias-Corrected NMME Outputs: A Case Study of Surabaya City, Indonesia by Defi Y. Faidah, Heri Kuswanto, Sutikno Sutikno

“…Numerous efforts have been conducted to generate reliable prediction such as through ensemble forecasts, the North Multi-Model Ensemble (NMME). …”
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ANALISIS USAHATANI NENAS DI DESA KUALU NENAS KECAMATAN TAMBANG KABUPATEN KAMPAR ANALYSIS OF PINEAPPLE FARMING IN KUALU NENAS VILLAGE SUB-DISTRICT OF TAMBANG KAMPAR REGENCY by Khairani Khairani, Roza Yulida, Jumantri Yusri

“… ABSTRACT   The purpose of this research are: 1) analyze of the pineapple farm income in Kualu Nenas Village; 2) analyze of the efficiency farming in Kualu Nenas Village. This research was conducted in Kualu Nenas Village Tambang District Kampar Regency by using survey method. …”
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Kenya’s 2022 General Elections and Nigerian’s 2023 General Elections: Any Lessons for Democratic Consolidation in Africa? by Godwin Ojanyi Agbiloko, Gerald Ifeanyi Okafor

“…The health of any democracy, no matter its type or status, depends on a small technical detail: the conduct of elections. Everything else is secondary. …”
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Fourth World Congress of Sports Physical Therapy Scientific Abstracts by International Federation of Sports Physical Therapy, International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy

“…Each abstract presents only a brief summary of a research project / presentation and does not permit full assessment of the scientific rigor with which the work was conducted. While the abstracts offer only preliminary results that may require further refinement and future validation, they do serve an important role of sharing new research ideas from around the world. …”
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Experimental evidence for a shallow cumulate remelting origin of lunar high-titanium mare basalts by Shuchang Gao, Yanhao Lin, Wim van Westrenen

“…Here we show twenty partial remelting experiments conducted on three bulk compositions based on shallow ilmenite-bearing cumulate compositions from experimental studies of lunar magma ocean crystallization, with varying amounts of plagioclase. …”
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Evaluation Method of Street Green Landscape Viewing Degree Based on Machine Learning by Tieming Wang, Mengyu Liu, Wenhua Huang

“…In order to change this situation, this paper combined machine learning with the evaluation method of street green landscape viewing degree and conducted experiments on it based on machine learning. …”
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Eclampsia: a Five-Years Analysis by Viviana Sáez Cantero

“…<strong><br />Method</strong>: a descriptive and observational study was conducted in the "Enrique Cabrera" Teaching Hospital including all patients diagnosed with eclampsia who were admitted in the intensive care unit from January 2006 to December 2010. …”
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The correlation between high-sensitivity cardiac troponin levels in diabetic patients’ serum and lower limb lesions: based on NHANES data by Lin Li, Linxi Jiao, Danyang Yang, Jingxia Zhao, Ping Li

“…ObjectiveTo evaluate the association of hypersensitive cardiac troponin (hs-cTnT), a biomarker of myocardial injury, with diabetic lower extremity disease in American adults.MethodsWe conducted a cross-sectional study (unweighted N=1,196) of diabetic patients aged 40 years or older who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 1999 to 2004. …”
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DIGITAL BADGES AS REWARDS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION: STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS AND EXPERIENCES by Aaron A. Funa

“…The study involved Filipino Grade 12 STEM students (n = 41) from a single intact class, and interviews were conducted with a subset of 10 students. By analyzing student responses in their portfolios and interviews, four key themes of digital badges were identified: class participation, learning outcomes, time management, and social interaction. …”
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Electronic Origin of Defect States in Fe-Doped LiNbO3 Ferroelectrics by Yuji Noguchi, Ryotaro Inoue, Masaru Miyayama

“…In contrast to Fe3+ on the Li site that forms the defect states (1e, a, and 2e) below the conduction band minimum, the reduction from Fe3+ to Fe2+ accompanied by a lattice relaxation markedly lowers only the a state (dz2) owing to a strong orbital hybridization with Nb-4d. …”
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Effect of Serum Level of Vitamin D on External Apical Root Resorption in Maxillary Anterior Teeth in Patients under Fixed Orthodontic Treatment by Fatemeh Azizi, Nasim Karami, Amin Golshah, Mohammad Moslem Imani, Roya Safari-Faramani

“…This retrospective cohort was conducted on patients under fixed orthodontic treatment who were between 12 to 30 years of age. …”
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Experimental Design and Simulation of a Fly-Cutting Plant for Academic Environment Practices by Diego Fernando Ramírez-Jiménez, Cristian Alejandro Torres Valencia

“…Performance tests were conducted using MATLAB, Simulink, and Code Composer Studio. …”
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Optimization of mechanical and water barrier properties of avocado seed starch based film and its application as smart pH indicator by adding blue butterfly pea flower extract by Ayse Gul Asikkutlu, Meral Yildirim-Yalcin

“…An application study was conducted with blue butterfly pea flower (Clitoria ternatea) extract added at 10 % by volume of the film solution to test its use as a spoilage indicator in packaging chicken breast meat. …”
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Numerical Study on the In-Plane and Out-of-Plane Resistance of Brick Masonry Infill Panels in Steel Frames by Vahid Bahreini, Tariq Mahdi, MohammadMahdi Najafizadeh

“…Nonlinear pushover and time history analyses have been conducted for each of the three configurations. Results showed that isolation of the infill from the frame has a significant effect on the in-plane response of infilled frames. …”
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Growth and Production of Two Job’s Tears Cultivars (Coix Lacrima Jobi-L.) at Various Doses of NPK Compound Fertilizer (16:16:16) by Nugraha Ramadhan, Indra Dwipa

“…Fertilization is one of the most important factors that need to be considered in plant cultivation techniques. This research was conducted in Padang city, West Sumatera. The research was factorial in the form of a complete random design. …”
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Lie Detection Technology of Bimodal Feature Fusion Based on Domain Adversarial Neural Networks by Yan Zhou, Feng Bu

“…This method results in improved lie detection accuracy. Simulations conducted on two professional lying databases with different distributions show the superiority of the detection rate of the proposed method compared to an unimodal feature detection algorithm. …”
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Children’s games and activities during remote education by Kamila Wichrowska, Paulina Marchlik, Ewelina Zubala

“…The main research question was whether and how games and play-based activities were used during remote education in the first three grades of primary school in the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors conducted semi-structured interviews with primary school teachers and parents of students from grades 1–3. …”
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ESSENTIAL OILS PHARMACOPEIALIDENTIFICATION TESTS AND USES by Mobeen Islam

“… Essential oils are recognized for their medicinal importance since ancient time and they continue to be of paramount significance, proved by the number of studies conducted in biological sciences in recent years. This review deals with the chromatographic techniques for the identification of essential oils, their components, and medicinal uses. …”
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