ASSESSING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL MARKET AND AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY EXPORT PRICES: EVIDENCE FROM VIETNAMESE COFFEE by Đặng Trung Tuyến, Zhang Caihong, Nguyễn Thị Hồng

“…The paper used a cointegration test, the Granger causality test, and a vector autoregression (VAR) model to determine the relationship between the international coffee price on the spot market and the Vietnamese coffee export price from January 2004 to December 2017. The study found international coffee prices to have a significant effect on Vietnamese coffee export prices, but not vice versa. …”
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Development of a More Effective Mosquito Trapping Box for Vector Control by Tanawat Chaiphongpachara, Ploypailin Bunyuen, Kitthisak Khlaeo Chansukh

“…This research investigated whether the effectiveness of the mosquito trapping box could be increased through the addition of various physical factors, including a wooden frame, black cotton cloth, a fan, carbon dioxide (CO2), and heat, by testing a range of box designs in the Samut Songkhram Province, Thailand, between December 2016 and January 2017. We found that trapping boxes constructed with Pinus kesiya wood caught more mosquitoes than those constructed with two other types of wood or aluminum. …”
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The impact of atopy on the clinical characteristics of mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in pediatric patients by Yujie Qin, Yuxia Yang, Junxiang Li, Jun Guan

“…A total of 489 children hospitalized for MPP in our hospital from June 2023 to December 2023 were selected. They were divided into an atopic group (n = 172) and a non-atopic group (n = 317) based on whether they had atopy or not. …”
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Risk factors for multiple organic dysfunctions syndrome in burnt children. by Elvira Maria Martinez Barreto, Jorge González Mendoza

“…This study was developed from January 1st, 2000 to December 31st, 2005. The considered systems for dysfunction diagnosis were: respiratory, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal, metabolic, central nervous system, hematologic, immunologic, and wounds healing. …”
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Prevalence of Keratoconus in a Refractive Surgery Population by Abdulrahman Mohammed Al-Amri

“…All subjects were from the Aseer province, a southern, high-altitude region in Saudi Arabia, and presented between January and December 2017. The incidence of keratoconus and other refractive surgery contraindications were examined. …”
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Bipartisanship Breakdown, Functional Networks, and Forensic Analysis in Spanish 2015 and 2016 National Elections by Juan Fernández-Gracia, Lucas Lacasa

“…We present a social network and forensic analysis of the vote counts of Spanish national elections that took place in December 2015 and their sequel in June 2016. We initially consider the phenomenon of bipartisanship breakdown by analyzing spatial distributions of several bipartisanship indices. …”
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Management of Open Abdomen: Single Center Experience by Hakan Yanar, Emre Sivrikoz

“…A retrospective review was performed using the trauma registry to identify patients undergoing temporary abdominal closure (TAC) either using Bogota Bag (BB) or VAC, from January 2006 to December 2012. Inclusion criteria were TAC and survival to definitive abdominal closure. …”
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A Narrative Approach to Exploring Life Changes Among Middle-Aged Women: A Qualitative Study by Nasrin Rezaee, Mahnaz Ghaljeh

“…Materials and Methods: This study was conducted using qualitative content analysis from September to December 2022 in Zahedan. The participants included 10 middle-aged women selected via purposive sampling. …”
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Clinical Evaluation of Unilateral Vertebroplasty for OVCF by Xiaoming Wen, Yan Zhang, Wei Jiang, Wenbo An, Binggang Zhang, Jianjun Liu

“…A retrospective analysis was performed on 60 patients treated with PVP from January 2020 to December 2021. Patients were divided into two groups according to the treatment method, 30 patients in the PVP group received PVP and 30 patients in the PCVP group received PCVP. …”
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First Record of Mugilicola bulbosa Tripathi, 1960 (Ergasilidae: Cyclopoida) on the Gills of Greenback Mullet Planiliza subviridis (Valenciennes) from Shatt Al-Arab River, Southern... by Musshaf H. Al-Mosawi, Thamir K. Adday

“…The high intensity of infestation was recorded during December (2.6), while the lowest intensity was in October (no fishes were infected). …”
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Risk Factors for Obesity un Adolescents from the Tulcán Popular Housing Neighborhood by Mayra Jeaneth Jiménez Jiménez

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> a descriptive study was carried out for the period from January to December 2023. The sample size consisted of 179 subjects. …”
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Antigua zona minera de Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo (Córdoba) by Aitana Pérez Hurtado

“…Old mining area of Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo (Córdoba) This picture shows a general shot of the old mining área of Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo (Córdoba). It was taken on December 27, 2021, landscape orientation and color. …”
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Liver Functions in Type 2 Diabetes Individuals after Pfizer Vaccination in Iraqi Patients by Shrooq Ali Hussein, Ahmed Abdul-Hussein Mohsin, Ahmed Ghazi Sabbar

“…A physician diagnosed with Type-2 diabetes mellitus (the ADA) (the American Diabetes Association, 2021) was involved in this study from December 2021 to March 2022. results showed that AST and ALT were normal, while ALP was higher in diabetics compared to controls (ALP was higher in both groups of diabetics vaccinated and non-vaccinated with Pfizer vaccine compared to controls). correlation with no significant effect on platelet count and D-dimer. …”
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Effect Of Vitamin D Supplements In Improving Glycemic Control In Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Yusra Javaid, Roma Sikandar, Amreen Wasif

“…     Abstract Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of Vitamin D supplements in improving glycemic control in Type 2 Diabetic patients It was a Quasi-Experimental trial conducted at the Department of Chemical Pathology of Fauji Foundation Hospital Rawalpindi, from Sep 2019  to December 2019. Method:100 patients between the ages of 20-65 years with serum 25(OH)D conc <25nmol/L and HbA1c >8.0% were given 200000 IU of vitamin D for 3 months and then their Vitamin D and hbA1c levels were compared with the baseline. …”
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MODES OF SARS-COV-2 TRANSMISSION by Nilesh D. Patel, Kairavi J. Desai, Shirishkumar M. Patel

“…Background: On 12th December 2019, pneumonia of unknown etiology was reported in number of human cases from Wuhan, central China. …”
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Association Between Smoking and Foot Ulcer among Patients with Diabetes Mellitus, Wad Medani, Sudan by Abeer AbdElrahman Elnour Eltilib

“…Methods: This comprehensive study is based on primary data obtained via a longitudinal cross-section random sample of 400 patients with diabetes mellitus who presented to Aldarga Diabetic Health Center in Wad Medani Town, Gezira State, Sudan between September and December 2020. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire. …”
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Modelling and Prediction of Photovoltaic Power Output Using Artificial Neural Networks by Aminmohammad Saberian, H. Hizam, M. A. M. Radzi, M. Z. A. Ab Kadir, Maryam Mirzaei

“…The data used in this paper started from January 1, 2006, until December 31, 2010. The five years of data were split into two parts: 2006–2008 and 2009-2010; the first part was used for training and the second part was used for testing the neural networks. …”
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Rock Deformation Estimated by Groundwater-Level Monitoring: A Case Study at the Xianshuihe Fault, China by Yuqing Zhao, You-Kuan Zhang, Xiuyu Liang, Zheming Shi, Yonglin Yang, Feifei Li

“…In this study, rock deformations induced by the famous Xianshuihe fault in Xialatuo of China were estimated by groundwater-level monitoring (GLM) and CFM for the period of January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2018. The pattern of the variations in areal strain estimated with GLM matches that from CFM well. …”
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Assessing the COVID-19 Lockdown Impact on Global Air Quality: A Transportation Perspective by Meina Zheng, Feng Liu, Meichang Wang

“…Using daily air pollution data between 1 January and 31 December 2020, covering 596 major cities in 77 countries, we analyzed the data with a generalized difference-in-differences approach. …”
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An Empirical Study of Macroeconomic Factors and Stock Returns in the Context of Economic Uncertainty News Sentiment Using Machine Learning by Ayesha Jabeen, Muhammad Yasir, Yasmeen Ansari, Sadaf Yasmin, Jihoon Moon, Seungmin Rho

“…We employed the daily data ofgold index, crude oil price, interest rate, exchange rate, and stock returns for a set of countries from January 2010 to December 2020. Subsequently, to compute coefficients, we conducted a regression analysis using one of the more sophisticated approaches: single-layer neural networks and ordinary least square regression. …”
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