Experimental Research of the Influence of Microfracture Morphology on Permeability of Shale Rock by Xiaohe Huang, Yunqian Long, Yuyi Wang, Ming Yue

“…Hydraulic fracturing is currently one of the main technical methods of shale gas exploitation. …”
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“Don’t leave us behind”: a qualitative study exploring the feasibility of a palliative care training program for non-health caregivers in Honduras by Sheryl Ruiz, Martin Stafström, Leda Parham, Luis Orellana

“…Interviews were conducted in Honduras’ three main cities: Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula, and La Ceiba. …”
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A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF HEADWAY-BASED AND TRANSPORT SYSTEM-BASED ASSIGNMENTS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN VISUM: THE CITY OF KRYVYI RIH CASE by Volodymyr SISTUK

“…The modelling outputs for an actual urban network illustrate that the choice of the shortest route in the transport system-based assignment is closely linked to the main urban roads. This circumstance could potentially result in a rise in the number of transfers needed to sustain accessibility to districts residing far from the central highway.…”
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GIS BASED DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR SEISMIC RISK IN BUCHAREST. CASE STUDY – THE HISTORICAL CENTRE by DIANA GHEORGHE, IULIANA ARMAS

“…Depending on the nature of the decision problem, a decision maker can use decision support systems (DSS), if the decision problem is economic or technical, and spatial decision support systems (SDSS), if the decision maker is faced with a spatial decision problem. The main objective of the present study is to apply a spatial decision support system in order to find a suitable shelter in the historical centre of Bucharest City in the post-disaster phase, in case of an earthquake occurrence. …”
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Clinical effective risks of mortality in road traffic injury victims depending on the severity of damage by S.O. Guryev, V.A. Kushnir, O.S. Solovyov

“…Road traffic accidents cause significant trauma to the population and are one of the main causes of mortality in working age. The novelty of the study risk-oriented patterns of severity of damage and mortality of victims of road accidents have been established. …”
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Characteristics of seismic strata in the southeast Zhoushan Archipelago (East China Sea) with emphasis on shallow gas by Bing Deng, Junbing Chen

“…These gas migration features mainly occur in nearshore areas where tidal disturbance and human activities are both active. …”
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Risk of Material Misstatement in the Audit of Payments to Budget by Oleksandr Sherstiuk

“…At the same time, such values are formed mainly based on the requirements imposed on reporting forms in regulatory and other documents that constitute the applied conceptual basis. …”
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Functioning performance trajectory and its associated factors for people with disability—A 4-year national study by Tzu-Ying Chiu, Tsan-Hon Liou, Chia-Feng Yen

“…However, previous studies are mainly cross-sectional ones, and fewer studies focus on the long-term effect of changes in functioning for people with disabilities. …”
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Preoperative dental assessment for the reduction of periprosthetic joint infections in patients undergoing total joint replacement: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Zbigniew Putowski, Magdalena Miłobędzka, Michał Kisiołek, Wojciech Szczeklik, Roman Jaeschke, Piotr Puc, Katarzyna Szczeklik

“…The intervention group consisted of patients who had undergone PDA, while the control group consisted of patients without PDA. The main outcome was the presence of PJI. In addition to traditional meta-analysis, a Bayesian analysis and trial sequential analysis were performed. …”
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Role of private providers in the implementation of the national health insurance scheme in Zambia: a qualitative study of perceptions and experiences by Jesper Sundewall, Warren Mukelabai Simangolwa

“…Providers reported increased service utilisation, mainly by the NHIS clients. Senior citizens and the informal sector constituted the majority of users. …”
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TUBERCULOUS ARTHRITIS OF THE ANKLE MIMICKING SYNOVITIS IN CHILD - A CASE REPORT by Erick Yudistira Christanto, Sulis Bayusentono

“…Case Report: A 2,5-year-old child came to the hospital with the main complaints of swelling and pain on the left ankle since one year ago. …”
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Assessment of gold mineralization potential in the Tanzania Craton based on stream sediment geochemistry multivariate analysis and regression modeling by Mahamuda Abu, John Desderius Kalimenze, Benatus Norbert Mvile, Samuel Nunoo

“…Palladium (Pd), platinum (Pt), arsenic (As), and copper (Cu) are the main pathfinder elements in the area. Lead is not directly related to Au from the study. …”
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Civil Nationalism through Criminal Legislation in Iran (Study of the Process of Activities Leading to the Legislation of Criminal Laws Supporting Ethnic-Religious Identities in Ira... by Hossein Mirmohammad Sadeghi, Alireza Gharaghani

“…Civil nationalism is a type of "belief in the nation" in Which, despite the existence of diversity and fragmentation in cultural, ethnic, and religious components, is defined mainly based on the equal right of citizenship and the will to live together. …”
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The Target-Defining Attributes Can Determine the Effects of Attentional Control Settings in Singleton Search Mode by Ying Chen, Junzhe Wang, Zhiwei Miao, Yunpeng Jiang, Xia Wu

“…Search modes were manipulated by changing the homogeneity of distractors in either shape or color dimensions. Results show a main effect of CM across all four experiments, indicating that category can tune on attentional capture consistently. …”
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Uptake and Determinants of Tetanus Vaccination among Female Clinical Medical Students in North-Western Nigeria by Muhammad Shakur Abubakar

“…Vaccination of women of childbearing age is the main strategy for their prevention/elimination. However, the uptake of these vaccines among these women has remained dismally low in these parts of the world. …”
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A two-stage HDR reconstruction pipeline for extreme dark-light RGGB images by Yiyao Huang, Xiaobao Zhu, Fenglian Yuan, Jing Shi, U. Kintak, Jingfei Fu, Yiran Peng, Chenheng Deng

“…The existing methods mainly employ U-Net variants, multi-stage camera parameter simulation, or image parameter processing to address this issue. …”
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Socio-ecological predictors of dietary inflammatory scores and associations with childhood and adolescent adiposity: A protocol for a rapid scoping review of observational studies. by Kristina Vingrys, Helen McCarthy, Ricardo Segurado, James R Hébert, Catherine M Phillips

“…<h4>Results</h4>The results will be reported using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) checklist and PRISMA-ScR flow diagram. The main findings will be synthesised into themes and concepts narratively. …”
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General Theoretical Characteristics of the Institution of Disciplinary Liability in Labor Law by A. Yu. Podorozhnii

“…The second aspect is to apply negative measures to the offender, which, in turn, allows to restore the violated labor (including official) rights, to avoid the negative consequences of the offense and to educate the employee in the spirit of legality and discipline. The main tasks of disciplinary liability include: to ensure the compliance with labor discipline by each employee in performing their duties; to create comfortable working conditions for each employee (state official); to create a favorable, friendly atmosphere in the team; to punish the employee who committed a disciplinary offense; to prevent situations, when an employee may commit a disciplinary offense. …”
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Utilization of Organic Fertilizer in Ghana: Implications for Crop Performance and Commercialization by John K. Bidzakin, Anil Graves, Dadson Awunyo-Vitor, Osei Yeboah, Iddrisu Yahaya, Esther Wahaga

“…Organic fertilizer adoption was found to be mainly related to farmer base organization membership status, access to extension services, access to organic fertilizer, and transport cost. …”
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Chemical Compositions of Dew and Scavenging of Particles in Changchun, China by Yingying Xu, Hui Zhu, Jie Tang, Yingzi Lin

“…Both EC (308 μS/cm) and TDS (154 mg/L) of dew were higher than those in rain samples. The concentration of main ions in dew was 1.5–5.7 times higher than levels in rainwater. …”
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