Prevalence of Lymphatic Filariasis based on Morbidity and Healthcare-seeking Practices of Patients in a Gram Panchayat of Paschim Burdwan District, West Bengal by Indranil Saha, Russoti Das, Ajay K. Mandal, Pinki Darlami, Subhajit Datta, Gautam Ghose, Sanjit Dey

“…A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted during 2019–2020 in the Gourbazar gram panchayat area of Paschim Burdwan District, West Bengal, to find out the prevalence of lymphatic filariasis based on morbidity and its distribution in terms of selected sociodemographic variables and to assess the healthcare-seeking practices of the affected people. …”
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DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY OF CONTRAST–ENHANCED HIGHRESOLUTION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) FORTHE DETECTION OF RETINOBLASTOMA by Muhammad Faisal

“…The sample was taken through non-probability consecutive sampling. The study was conducted at Department of Radiology at Dr. Ziauddin Hospital, Karachi from 2011 to 2013. …”
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Assessing the critical success factors for the sustainable construction project management of Saudi Arabia by Abdullah Alghuried

“…A detailed survey of industry experts assessed the importance of these factors using a Likert scale, with further analysis conducted through the Relative Importance Index (RII) and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). …”
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Mendeleev’s discovery of the periodic table and the first European Academy of Sciences to honour him by Flegar Vanja Horvat, Inić Suzana

“…To provide insight into the specificities and variations in the influence and reception of the periodic table of elements within the educational process of select European countries (Russia, Germany, Czech Lands, Serbia), we conducted a comprehensive review, drawing comparisons to Croatia. …”
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Evaluating healthy cities: A scoping review protocol. by Michelle Amri, Safa Ali, Geneviève Jessiman-Perreault, Kathryn Barrett, Jesse Boardman Bump

“…Although Healthy Cities has been implemented in thousands of settings, no synthesis of implementation experiences have been conducted. In this article, we develop a scoping review protocol that can be applied to collect evidence on process evaluations of Healthy Cities.…”
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Optimization Analysis of Settlement Parameters for Postgrouting Piles in Loess Area of Shaanxi, China by Zhijun Zhou, Shanshan Zhu, Xiang Kong, Jiangtao Lei, Tong Liu

“…Static load tests were conducted to compare the settlement characteristics of nongrouting and postgrouting piles, and three vital parameters in the layer-wise summation method were revised to predict the settlement of postgrouting piles. …”
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Peculiarities of general cultural and political values transformation in Russia by B. S. Nevolin, V. F. Nitsevich

“…The objectives of the article are to identify current general cultural and political values that fall under the category of “traditional”, to establish value orientations that are most significant for Russians at present, and to determine degree of risk of a value split in Russian society. The research was conducted using such methods as classical document analysis, social survey, comparative analysis, systematization, and visualization methods. …”
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Lateral Buckling Analysis of the Steel-Concrete Composite Beams in Negative Moment Region by Fengqi Guo, Shun Zhou, Lizhong Jiang

“…A comprehensive and intensive study on rotation restraining rigidity and lateral restraining rigidity which steel beam web to bottom plate of I-shaped steel-concrete composite beam in negative moment region is conducted in this paper. Energy variation principle is adopted to deduce the analytical expressions to calculate the rotation restraining rigidity and lateral restraining rigidity. …”
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AWARENESS REGARDING TOBACCO SMOKING AMONG DENTAL HOUSEOFFICERS AND STAFF OF PRIVATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY by Mawish Bano

“…This study was completed by three different designated people of dental department (dental house officers, teaching and non-teaching staff.).The duration of study in which the survey of study conducted was of 6 months.The survey study was designed on close ended questionnaire consisted of personal and professional profile i.e. age, gender and designation, and few questions of survey based on knowledge and awareness regarding tobacco usage and smoking hazard. …”
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The contribution of subjective wellbeing to the improvement of the academic performance of university students through time management as a mediator factor: A structural equation m... by Hicham KHABBACHE, Abdelhalim CHERQUI, Khalid OUAZIZI, Driss AIT ALI, Zakaria ABIDLI, Abdelaziz ALLIOUI, Joumana ELTURK, Mahmood BAHRAMIZADEH, Murat YILDIRIM, Nicola Luigi BRAGAZZI, Gabriella NUCERA, Lukasz SZARPAK, Amelia RIZZO, Francesco CHIRICO

“…Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among Moroccan students from the University of Sidi Mohamed ben Abdullah in Fez. …”
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English-based feminative neologisms in post-1989 Polish by Agnieszka Małocha

“…It also proves the compatibility with the Polish language system of the analysed hybrid feminine names, which, despite showing a varying degree of orthographic, phonetic and morphological adaptation, are generally accepted by young people, as attested to by a survey conducted among students of Polish Studies at the University of Wrocław. …”
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Experimental Exploration of Bearing Capacity of Clay with Multiple Inflatable Anchors by Qiu-nan Chen, Meng Yang, Xiao-cheng Huang

“…A series of pull-out tests were conducted in this framework by changing the number, spacing, and layout of inflatable anchors. …”
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Supporting learners with autism spectrum disorders in Lesotho primary schools: Challenges and possible solutions by Mohapi Augustinus Monyane

“…Data were collected with individual interviews and observations to conduct an in-depth investigation of the study. Thematic results showed that inadequate knowledge in managing the behaviours of learners with ASD, negative attitudes towards learners with ASD, lack of parental involvement, and lack of access to physical, human, and financial resources in primary schools as the significant challenges faced by teachers when supporting learners with ASD in Lesotho regular primary schools. …”
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An Empirical Analysis of the Role of Piano Performance in Alleviating Psychological Trauma in People with Psychological Isolation Disorder by Xia Cao

“…In this study, all subjects were divided into experimental and control groups by experimentally measuring the changes in heart rate, skin electrical conduction, skin temperature, and EEG signals before and after the experimental group, and statistical analysis was also performed on the data tabulation of the experimental and control groups. …”
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An improved sparrow search algorithm with multi-strategy integration by Zongyao Wang, Qiyang Peng, Wei Rao, Dan Li

“…To verify MISSA’s effectiveness, extensive testing is conducted on 24 benchmark functions as well as CEC 2017 functions. …”
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Effectiveness of the application of instructional media using the Canva application in marketing subjects at SMK 45 Lembang by Diah Putri Nunirmala, Hamdan Rachmatulah, Senny Alfia

“…Descriptive quantitative research conducted at SMK 45 Lembang aims to measure the effectiveness of using the Canva application in learning to improve student learning outcomes because students are more motivated to participate in learning related to technology they are already familiar with, such as Android, WhatsApp, and Instagram. 1) In the context of using Canva as a learning medium in Marketing subjects at vocational high schools (SMK), its implementation is not optimal because most educators are not yet proficient in this technology. …”
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Managers look to the social network to seek information by Mckenzie M.L.

“…</b> The qualitative methods of social network mapping and interview were used to capture the data. The study was conducted within a stand-alone business unit of a major US-based corporation. …”
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Social problem analysis of gender inequality in Donggala district by Ritha Safithri, Vitayanti Fattah, Moh Nutfa

“…The method used is to conduct a qualitative analysis of the gender profile data contained in regional apparatus organizations in Donggala Regency. …”
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Modeling and Analysis of Static and Dynamic Characteristics of Nonlinear Seat Suspension for Off-Road Vehicles by Zhenhua Yan, Bing Zhu, Xuefei Li, Guoqiang Wang

“…A novel nonlinear seat suspension structure for off-road vehicles is designed, whose static characteristics and seat-human system dynamic response are modeled and analyzed, and experiments are conducted to verify the theoretical solutions. Results show that the stiffness of this nonlinear seat suspension could achieve real zero stiffness through well-matched parameters, and precompression of the main spring could change the nonlinear seat suspension performance when a driver’s weight changes. …”
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Simulation of Nonpolar p-GaN/i-N/n-GaN Solar Cells by Ming-Jer Jeng

“…For a pin non-polar solar cell with GaN p- and n-cladding layers, the conduction band offset (or barrier height, ) between an intrinsic layer and n-GaN layer is an important issue correlating to the efficiency and fill factor. …”
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