Experimental Study on the Effects of Stress-Induced Damage on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Soft Rock by Hao Wang, Yong-Yan Wang, Zhuo-Qun Yu, Jian-Guang Li

“…Changes in the spatial structure of the pores led to the formation of cracks. The microstructural parameters of the stress-damaged soft rock were correlated with its mechanical parameters.…”
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RADISH RESPONSE TO COCOA POD HUSK AND UREA FERTILISER APPLICATIONS by Bamidele Akinrinola, Ayoade Boluwatife Ojo

“…Increasing CPH application led to a further reduction in these parameters. …”
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Long-term outcomes of LDR-brachytherapy for localized prostate cancer by Lauri Mäkelä, Anssi Pétas, Arto Mikkola, Harri Visapää

“…Volume of prostate had a statistically significant effect on bRFS, as smaller prostate volumes led to worse bRFS.ConclusionsThis retrospective study shows that LDR brachytherapy is an effective treatment for low- and intermediate risk prostate cancer patients with relatively low but still significant risk of late urinary complications.…”
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Risk of postoperative bleeding and thromboembolic events in anticoagulated patients undergoing transurethral resection of bladder tumors by Thomas Paul Scherer, Cici Dam, Uwe Bieri, Daniel Eberli, Raeto Strebel

“…Postoperative bleeding led to re-catheterization in 13 (12.8%) DOAC and 6 (9.2%) VKA patients ( p  = 0.49) and re-intervention in 7 (6.9%) DOAC and 4 (6.2%) VKA patients ( p  = 0.86). …”
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Youth Employment Programs and Youth Empowerment: A Case Study of Boda-Boda Business in Rukungiri Municipality. by Ayebazibwe, Spencer

“…It was concluded that youth employment programs of boda boda have led to increased financial growth of households through generating income and employment opportunities. …”
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Internal Control Systems and service delivery in Kabale Municipal Council, Kabale District, Uganda. by Boaz, Abomugisha

“…Inadequate training for staff has led to staff capacity gaps. It was concluded that while internal controls are in place, the problem is that they are not adequately followed, hence affecting service delivery. …”
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Factors Influencing Solid Waste Management in Nansana Municipal Division Council- Nansana Municipality, Wakiso District-Uganda by Evan, Nuwamanya, Topher, Byamukama

“…Background: Poor solid waste management is still a great challenge being faced by urban authorities in Uganda includingNansana Municipality where in particular there is still a challenge of indiscriminate and open dumping of solid waste along the streets that has led to other related health challenges currently affecting the Municipality. …”
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Training Programmes and Performance of Selected Public Organizations: A Case of Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resource, Livestock and Fisheries in Zanzibar Municipality, Tanzani... by Mohamed, Abdulkadir

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The effectiveness of the training protocol based on acceptance and commitment on psychological distress and parenting stress of mothers with deaf children by Fatemeh Nikkhoo, Somaiyeh Fathipoor

“…The results showed that the training protocol based on acceptance and commitment has led to the reduction of psychological distress and parenting stress of mothers (p<0.05). …”
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Toll-Like Receptor 9 Promotes Cardiac Inflammation and Heart Failure during Polymicrobial Sepsis by Ralph Lohner, Markus Schwederski, Carolin Narath, Johanna Klein, Georg D. Duerr, Alexandra Torno, Pascal Knuefermann, Andreas Hoeft, Georg Baumgarten, Rainer Meyer, Olaf Boehm

“…Sarcomere length of isolated cardiomyocytes was measured at 0.5 to 10 Hz after incubation with heat-inactivated bacteria. Results. CASP led to continuous release of bacteria into the peritoneal cavity, an increase of cytokines, and differential regulation of receptors of innate immunity in the heart. …”
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Investigating new drugs from marine seaweed metabolites for cervical cancer therapy by molecular dynamic modeling approach by Sk Injamamul Islam, Sheikh Sunzid Ahmed, Sarower Mahfuj, Gunjan Das, Md. Mohaimenul Islam Tareq, Mazen Almehmadi, Mamdouh Allahyani, Naif Alsiwiehri, Partha Biswas, Md. Nazmul Hasan, Foysal Ahammad

“…The high costs and side effects of standard treatments and the limited efficacy of HPV vaccination have led to a quest for novel, cost-effective cervical cancer treatments, particularly in middle- and low-income countries. …”
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The Influence of Backpack Weight and Hip Belt Tension on Movement and Loading in the Pelvis and Lower Limbs during Walking by Katja Oberhofer, Patrick D. Wettenschwiler, Navrag Singh, Stephen J. Ferguson, Simon Annaheim, Rene M. Rossi, Silvio Lorenzetti

“…Joint ranges of motion (ROM), peak GRF, and joint moments during gait were analyzed for significant differences by repeated measures of ANOVA with Bonferroni post hoc comparison. Increased loading led to a significant reduction of knee flexion-extension ROM as well as pelvis rotational ROM. …”
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Neurological damages in COVID‐19 patients: Mechanisms and preventive interventions by Sibani Sarkar, Subhajit Karmakar, Malini Basu, Pratyasha Ghosh, Mrinal K Ghosh

“…Abstract Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), a novel coronavirus, causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) which led to neurological damage and increased mortality worldwide in its second and third waves. …”
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The Mitigating Effect of Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Fruit Extract against Genotoxicity Induced by Cyclophosphamide in Mice Bone Marrow Cells by Mohammad Shokrzadeh, Aroona Chabra, Farshad Naghshvar, Amirhossein Ahmadi

“…At 200 mg/kg, CCT had a maximum chemoprotective effect and reduced the number of MnPCEs by 6.37-fold and completely normalized the mitotic activity. CCT also led to marked proliferation and hypercellularity of immature myeloid elements after mice were treated with CP and mitigated the bone marrow suppression. …”
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Expression Profile of Brain Aging and Metabolic Function are Altered by Resveratrol or α-Ketoglutarate Supplementation in Rats Fed a High-Fat Diet by Paulina Szczurek-Janicka, Katarzyna Ropka-Molik, Maria Oczkowicz, Sylwia Orczewska-Dudek, Mariusz Pietras, Marek Pieszka

“…One-year old rats were fed either a control diet, high-fat diet (HFD), HFD supplemented with resveratrol (HFD+RESV), or HFD supplemented with α-ketoglutarate (HFD+AKG). A 6-week HFD feeding led to significant changes in concentrations of plasma glucose, insulin, lipids, and thyroid hormones. …”
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Polyclonal Recipient nTregs Are Superior to Donor or Third-Party Tregs in the Induction of Transplantation Tolerance by Nina Pilat, Christoph Klaus, Karin Hock, Ulrike Baranyi, Lukas Unger, Benedikt Mahr, Andreas M. Farkas, Fritz Wrba, Thomas Wekerle

“…Therapy with nTregs (but not iTregs) led to multilineage chimerism and donor-specific tolerance in mice receiving as few as 0.5 × 106 cells. …”
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Effectiveness of an E-Nose Based on Metal Oxide Semiconductor Sensors for Coffee Quality Assessment by Yhan S. Mutz, Samara Mafra Maroum, Leticia L. G. Tessaro, Natália de Oliveira Souza, Mikaela Martins de Bem, Loyane Silvestre Alves, Luisa Pereira Figueiredo, Denes K. A. do Rosario, Patricia C. Bernardes, Cleiton Antônio Nunes

“…Moreover, a supervised classification employing soft independent modeling of class analogies (SIMCA), partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA), and least squares support vector machine (LS-SVM) led to great results with accuracy above 90% for every task. …”
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Long-Standing Motor and Sensory Recovery following Acute Fibrin Sealant Based Neonatal Sciatic Nerve Repair by Natalia Perussi Biscola, Luciana Politti Cartarozzi, Rui Seabra Ferreira Junior, Benedito Barraviera, Alexandre Leite Rodrigues de Oliveira

“…Coaptation preserved synaptic covering on lesioned motoneurons and led to neuronal survival. Reactive gliosis and microglial reaction decreased in the same groups (AX+FS, AX+CFS) at 4 weeks. …”
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HLA Class II Defects in Burkitt Lymphoma: Bryostatin-1-Induced 17 kDa Protein Restores CD4+ T-Cell Recognition by Azim Hossain, Jason M. God, Faisal F. Y. Radwan, Shereen Amria, Dan Zhao, Jennifer R. Bethard, Azizul Haque

“…Treatment of BL with broystatin-1, a potent modulator of protein kinase C, led to significant improvement of functional class II Ag presentation in BL. …”
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A Survey of Deep Learning Approaches for Pedestrian Detection in Autonomous Systems by Majdi Sukkar, Rajendrasinh Jadeja, Madhu Shukla, Rajesh Mahadeva

“…However, architectures such as YOLO, SSD, and Faster R-CNN, which have led to current improvements in performance, still allow room for improving pedestrian detection accuracy. …”
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