Educational Intervention on Risk Factors Associated with Malocclusions in Five-year-old Children by Amarelys Morera Pérez, Nora Sexto Delgado, Boris Yanes Tarancón, Anabel Casanova Lezcano

“…<br /><strong>Methods</strong>: a quasi-experimental, before and after study was conducted in 67 children living in the Health Area number 2 in Cienfuegos municipality. …”
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Agroecological functions of the agrobiodiversity niches of rural Bogota, Colombia by Stefan Ortiz, Catalina Quiroga-Manrique, Julieth Monroy-Hernández, Darío Pérez

“…For this purpose, semi-structured interviews were conducted with six key local informants and twenty-five peasant households, including ethnographic observations and ethnobotanical walks. …”
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Numerical Modeling of Unsteady Cavitating Flows around a Stationary Hydrofoil by Antoine Ducoin, Biao Huang, Yin Lu Young

“…The calculations are validated with experiments conducted in a cavitation tunnel at the French Naval Academy. …”
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DeepFusion: Fusing User-Generated Content and Item Raw Content towards Personalized Product Recommendation by Mingxin Gan, Hang Zhang

“…In this framework, we utilize multiple types of deep neural networks that are best suited for each type of heterogeneous inputs and introduce an extra layer to obtain the joint representations for users and items. Experiments conducted on the Amazon product data demonstrate that our approach outperforms multiple state-of-the-art baselines. …”
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In silico evaluation, characterization, and in vitro anticancer activity of curcumin–nimbin loaded nanoformulation in HCT-116 cell lines by Arumugam Madeswaran, Selvam Tamilazhagan, Sellappan Mohan

“…The docking studies were conducted using AutoDock 4.2, while in vitro anticancer activity was assessed through the MTT assay in HCT 116 cell lines. …”
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Spatiotemporal behaviour of the urban multi-attraction tourist: does distance travelled from country of origin make a difference? by Ana Maria Caldeira, Elisabeth Kastenholz

“…This article fills this gap both theoretically and empirically, through a dual analysis of a time-space GPS tracking study and a survey, conducted among tourists (n=413) staying at 10 different hotels in Lisbon. …”
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Effect of Thyroxine on Development, Growth and Survival of Giant Gouramy (Osphronemus gouramy) Larvae by S. Mulyati, M. Zairin Junior, M. M. Raswin

“…ABSTRACT This experiment was carried out in order to study the effect of thyroxine hormone addition at different stages of giant gouramy larvae on their development, growth, and survival rate.  Treatments were conducted by dipping giant gouramy larvae at different stages (1, 5, and 1 0 days after hatching) in 0. 1 ppm thyroxine hormone solution for 24 hours.  …”
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Performance Investigation of Tempered Glass-Based Monocrystalline and Polycrystalline Solar Photovoltaic Panels by Mardy Huot, Laveet Kumar, Jeyraj Selvaraj, Md Hasanuzzaman, Nasrudin Abd Rahim

“…Real-time data recordings regarding the PV electrical characteristics (I-V curve) and solar irradiance were conducted under Malaysian weather conditions on clear sunny days. …”
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Eurocentric Beauty Standards: A Corpus-Assisted Discourse Analysis of Pakistani Skincare Blogs by Memona Mujahid, Salma Kalim

“…The study aims to investigate the linguistic strategies used to promote beauty ideals, particularly the emphasis on skin whitening, and to assess their potential impact on societal beauty norms and public health. The analysis, conducted from the lens of corpus linguistics and Fairclough’s three-dimensional model of discourse, reveals that these blogs predominantly emphasize beauty enhancement and skin-whitening products and narratives, promoting unrealistic expectations and Eurocentric stereotypical beauty standards within Pakistani society at the expense of overall skin health. …”
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Diversity of Rust Fungi with Special Emphasis on <i>Hyalopsora erlangensis</i> Causing Disease in <i>Cystopteris chinensis</i> by An Yu, Xia Zhao, Xiaohong Chen

“…Artificial inoculation experiments, which involved sampling uredia from the field, were conducted to fulfill Koch’s postulates. Our results designate this rust fungus as a novel species within the Pucciniastraceae family, named <i>Hyalopsora erlangensis</i> A. …”
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COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CAPRINE BRUCELLOSIS AND ZOONOTIC THREATS AT TWO SANITARY SECTORS OF BISKRA GOVERNORATE, ALGERIA by Adel Mammeri

“…A comparative serological study of caprine brucellosis was conducted in the area of the municipalities belonging to the sanitary sectors (S.S) of Biskra and Ouled Djellal, using the Rose Bengal test (R.B.T) (SPINREACT, Spain). …”
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Global research trends in seismic landslide: A bibliometric analysis by Mengjie Yang, Shenghua Cui, Tao Jiang

“…It combines quantitative and qualitative methods to conduct an in-depth analysis of 5 016 papers collected from the Web of Science (www.webofscience.com). …”
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Associations between oxidative balance scores and heart failure among americans: NHANES (2007–2018) by Xiaozhuo Xu, Xueli Wang, Xu Han

“…Interaction tests and subgroup analysis were also conducted. Results The prevalence of HF was 3.84%. …”
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Virtual Submerged Floating Operational System for Robotic Manipulation by Qin Zhang, Jialei Zhang, Ahmed Chemori, Xianbo Xiang

“…To validate the proposed system, two experiments have been conducted to test its performance. In the first experiment, the test is carried out to check the communication function of VSFOS, while in the second one, the manipulator is intended to follow the movement of the parallel platform and perform simulated operational task in the space. …”
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Impact of Brick Kilns’ Emission on Soil Quality of Agriculture Fields in the Vicinity of Selected Bhaktapur Area of Nepal by Gunjan Bisht, Sanjila Neupane

“…The study was conducted to evaluate soil quality and impact of brick kiln on different physicochemical parameters of soils of agricultural field, located in the vicinity of Bhaktapur, Nepal. …”
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Mengoptimalkan pengetahuan tim pemberdayaan kesejahteraan keluarga (PKK) dalam produksi kue tradisional di era modern: studi kasus di Malang by Gumoyo Mumpuni Ningsih, Harun Rasyid

“…The research used descriptive qualitative analyses approach which was conducted in PKK RT 03/RW 02, Tlogo Mas Village, Lowok Waru Subdistrict, Malang City. …”
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POSSIBILITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT OF RISK MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN THE COAL MINING INDUSTRY OF THE FEDERATION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA by Safet Kozarević, Adil Kurtić, Emira Kozarević

“…On the basis of the conducted empirical research, the paper will show and appropriately explain the descriptive analysis results, accordingly used for establishment of the level of risk management efficiency in the coal mines of the F BiH and identification of certain weaknesses, whose elimination could significantly improve the process and increase the level of economic protection for these companies.  …”
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The Effect of Hand Reflexology Massage on Pain and Fatigue in Patients after Coronary Angiography: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial by Nahid Rejeh, Seyed Davood Tadrisi, Shahrooz Yazdani, Kiarash Saatchi, Mojtaba Vaismoradi

“…Methods. This study was conducted on 90 patients in an angiography department of a referral hospital in an urban area of Iran. …”
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The Chinese version of Selection, Optimization, and Compensation Questionnaire: psychometric properties among adolescent students by Mengjun Zhu, Xing’an Yao, Abu Talib Mansor

“…ObjectiveThis study established the reliability and validity of the Selection, Optimization, and Compensation Questionnaire in a sample of senior secondary school students in China.MethodsThe data for this study were sourced from 1,080 students from multiple senior secondary schools using the SOC Questionnaire and the Learning Engagement Scale. This study conducted Exploratory Factor Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis. …”
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Energy Dissipation and Particle Size Distribution of Granite under Different Incident Energies in SHPB Compression Tests by Fengqiang Gong, Hangyu Jia, Zongxian Zhang, Jian Hu, Song Luo

“…To investigate energy dissipation and particle size distribution of rock under dynamic loads, a series of dynamic compression tests of granite specimens were conducted using a conventional split-Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) device with a high-speed camera. …”
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