Comparative Abilities of Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference, Abdominal Volume Index, Body Adiposity Index, and Conicity Index as Predictive Screening Tools for Metabolic Syndrome... by Lawrence Quaye, William Kwame Boakye Ansah Owiredu, Nafiu Amidu, Peter Paul Mwinsanga Dapare, Yussif Adams

“…This study was a cross sectional study conducted from September 2017 to January 2018, among one hundred sixty (160) apparently healthy normoglycemic normotensive adults. A self-designed questionnaire was administered to gather sociodemographic data. …”
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School principals’ proposals for preventive actions to improve mental health by Roger Persson, Ulf Leo, Inger Arvidsson, Kerstin Nilsson, Kai Österberg, Carita Håkansson

“…Methods An aggregated analysis was conducted using data from a larger project involving two national surveys (N = 2871), nine group interviews (N = 39), and eleven workshops (N = 270). The project was designed a priori to examine multiple questions, including identifying target areas and collecting proposals for preventive actions. …”
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ANALISA STRATEGI MARKETING APLIKASI PONSEL KE PETANI INDONESIA by Dessy Sagita Putri Sulaeman, Sandhy Widyasthana

“…This combination of offline approaches and incentives is designed to address barriers faced by farmers and enhance the app’s appeal among Indonesian farmers.…”
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Mixed and Forced Convection Heat Transfer in Baffled Channels: A Brief Review by Rabah Henniche, Abdelkader Korichi

“…Finally, This comprehensive review is beneficial for researchers focused on flow and heat transfer applications to use other baffle designs and fluids beyond air.…”
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Evaluation of caesarean rates according to Robson classification using a newly developed smart phone application in a tertiary center in Sri Lanka: a comparative study by Chandana Jayasundara, Indunil Piyadigama, Asanka Jayawardane, Ananda Perera

“…This study evaluates RobsApp®, a novel smartphone application designed to collect high-quality prospective data on CS rates based on the Robson classification. …”
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Simulation of the Operation of a Borehole Groundwater Intake with an Annular Prefabricated Conduit by V. V. Veremenyuk, V. V. Ivashechkin, V. I. Krytskaya

“…The article presents a comparative analysis of the linear and ring schemes for the placement of prefabricated water conduits when choosing an option for designing a group well water intake with a circular arrangement of wells. …”
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“…They were just treating her Symptom by Symptom”: maternal experiences of having a child with spinal muscular atrophy in Ghana by Esther Doe-Yo Tawiah, Jacob Owusu Sarfo

“…Despite being primary caregivers, mothers of children with SMA in Ghana often find their voices unheard, with restricted access to vital interventions like counselling, support groups, and respite care designed to aid them. This study aimed to explore the experiences of mothers caring for children with SMA in Ghana, where the diagnosis is often delayed and support systems are limited. …”
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Automatic Sleep Stage Classification Based on Convolutional Neural Network and Fine-Grained Segments by Zhihong Cui, Xiangwei Zheng, Xuexiao Shao, Lizhen Cui

“…Next, each segment in this series is individually put into the designed CNN and feature maps are obtained after two blocks of convolution and max-pooling as well as a full-connected operation. …”
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Getting more by asking for less: Linking species interactions to species co-distributions in metacommunities by Barbier, Matthieu, Bunin, Guy, Leibold, Mathew A.

“…Here we show that the latter issue arises almost inescapably, even in a simple theoretical setting designed to minimize it. Using a model of competitive metacommunity dynamics where direct species interactions are assumed to be context-independent, we show that inferring these interactions accurately from cross-species correlations is a major challenge under all but the most restrictive assumptions. …”
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Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Integrated into Pants for the Relief of Postoperative Pain in Hip Surgery Patients: A Randomized Trial by Yohann Opolka, Courage Sundberg, Robin Juthberg, Amelie Olesen, Li Guo, Nils-Krister Persson, Paul W. Ackermann

“…Mixed-frequency TENS (2 Hz/80 Hz) was administered using specially designed pants integrating modular textile electrodes to facilitate stimulation both at rest and during activity. …”
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Presentation of Religious Tourism Pattern Based on Foundation Data Theory in International Borders by Ali Rostami, Mohammad Aidi, Alireaza slambolchi, Mohammadreza Rabiee Mandejin

“…This research aims at designing and explaining religious tourism model in Mehran International Border. …”
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Efficiency of four trap types and human landing catch in the sampling of Mansonia (Diptera, Culicidae) in Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil. by Nercy Virginia Rabelo Furtado, José Ferreira Saraiva, Kaio Nabas Ribeiro, Noel Santos Fernandes Neto, Jéssica Fernanda Dos Santos Barroso, Cynara de Melo Rodovalho, Dario Pires Carvalho, Allan Kardec Ribeiro Galardo, José Bento Pereira Lima

“…Entomological surveillance plays a crucial role in designing and implementing mosquito control measures. …”
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What is the learning effect of video review in postgraduate medical education: a systematic review by Marieke Robbrecht, Myriam Van Winckel, Antonius Mulder, Mieke Embo

“…Results Out of 9323 records after deduplication, 11 studies were included. The designs were randomised controlled trials (n = 4) and single-group pre-test post-tests trials (n = 7). …”
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Association of dietary sodium intake with impaired fasting glucose in adult cancer survivors: A population-based cross-sectional study. by Kyuwoong Kim, Hamee Kim, Tae Joon Jun, Young-Hak Kim

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>Among community-dwelling adult cancer survivors, high dietary sodium intake was marginally associated with increased odds of IFG. Well-designed cohort studies or randomized clinical trials are needed to establish more epidemiologic evidence on this association in adult cancer survivors.…”
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Enhancing solar thermoelectric generator performance using metal oxide layer absorbers under concentrated solar radiation by Abdelkader Rjafallah, Daniel Tudor Cotfas, Petru Adrian Cotfas

“…This study underscores the superior performance of MOL absorbers and provides insights for optimizing STEG designs.…”
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Thrips dynamics in Allium crops: Unraveling the role of reproductive mode and weather variables in Thrips tabaci population development. by Bettina Porta, Ben Vosman, Pablo González Barrios, Richard G F Visser, Guillermo A Galván, Olga E Scholten

“…All this information may be instrumental for designing more precise integrated pest management techniques in both conventional and organic production.…”
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Compressive Loads on the Lumbar Spine During Lifting: 4D WATBAK versus Inverse Dynamics Calculations by M. H. Cole, P. N. Grimshaw

“…Six individuals were asked to perform a series of five lifting tasks, which ranged from lifting 2.5 kg to 22.5 kg and were designed to replicate the lifting component of the Work Capacity Assessment Test used within Australia. …”
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Single-step fabrication of Ag2S/poly-2-mercaptoaniline nanoribbon photocathodes for green hydrogen generation from artificial and natural red-sea water by Aldosari Eman, Rabia Mohamed, Sanna Aimaro, Farid Osama

“…The fabricated Ag2S/P2MA photocathode is designed for water splitting to generate hydrogen gas using two different electrolytes: natural Red Sea water and artificial seawater free from heavy metals. …”
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Market-based or policy strategies to increase the cultivation of legumes for livestock? Effects on the cropping pattern and economic performance by Efstratios Michalis, Athanasios Ragkos, Chrysovalantis Malesios

“…The expansion of LL in Europe is limited due to market constraints, despite important policy incentives. This study was designed to investigate whether a policy-oriented Scenario (S1) or a market-based Scenario (S2) could induce the expansion of the cultivation of LL as well as to examine the possible impact on the economic performance of farming systems, including cost savings related to pest management. …”
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THE ALGORITHM FOR DETERMINING TIMING OF RADIOTHERAPY SESSION COMPONENTS FOR DIFFERENT METHODS OF ONCOLOGY PATIENTS IRRADIATION AT THE STAGE OF RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING by E. V. Titovich, P. A. Patsiapalau, M. I. Piatkevich, M. G. Kiselev

“…The objective of this work was to define components that influence on the treatment session and to develop an algorithm that allows to determine the duration of the patient treatment sessions with the use of different methods of radiotherapy and tumor localization.In order to determine radiation therapy session components, that cause the dominant influence on the session timing, the authors carried out a retrospective analysis of each fraction of the total sample of cancer patients treatment plans with most often irradiated with the use of linear accelerators in the NCCB localizations of tumors (more than 5200 fractions).The appropriate algorithms were designed to assess the results of the analysis of time parameters of radiation therapy oncology patient session during its pre-radiation preparation. …”
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