An Innovative Approach to Estimate Chloride Diffusion Coefficient in Submerged Concrete Structures Using Soft Computing by Seyyed Ali Habibi, Ali Hemmati, Hosein Naderpour

“…The work done in the field of corrosion of these structures has mainly dealt with modeling the problem in the form of mathematical formulation or using soft computing methods. …”
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New sanctions of the European Union and United States against Russia and their impact on Tajikistan’s socio-economic development by A. Kh. Rakhmonov

“…After gaining independence, Tajikistan’s economy suffered greatly from the civil war in the republic. Russia is one of the main donors to Tajikistan’s economy. There are countries that are more connected to Russia than Tajikistan, but it is difficult to find a country that could compete with Tajikistan in terms of dependence on Russia. …”
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Quantifying of thallium in Shilajit and its supplements to unveil the potential risk of consumption of this popular traditional medicine by Elham Kamgar, Joanna Zembrzuska, Wlodzimierz Zembrzuski, Massoud Kaykhaii

“…Thallium contents were detected up to 0.226 µg.g− 1 in natural Shilajit, but mainly in the range of a few tenths of µg.g− 1. Thallium contents were found up to 0.5 µg.g− 1 in the supplements studied. …”
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PRESBYACOUSSIS: JUSTIFICATION OF DIAGNOSIS IN SCREENING CONDITIONS by K.E. Gubskaya, M.M. Baibulov, Dinara Urazalina, Gulnara Tuleshova

“…The relevance of using verified questionnaires for the early diagnosis of presbycusis is presented in the results of the analyzed studies. The main objective of the work is to determine the most effective form of presbycusis diagnosis in the conditions of screening to detect hearing impairment at early stages. …”
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Effect of climate on thermal response in cows of different racial groups in lower tropic by Raúl Andrés Molina-Benavides, Sandra Milena Perilla-Duque, Rómulo Campos-Gaona, Hugo Sánchez-Guerrero, Juan Camilo Rivera-Palacio, Luis Armando Muñoz-Borja, Daniel Ricardo Jiménez-Rodas

“… Objective. The main idea of this study was to quantify the relationship between climatic variables and tympanic body temperature recorded through the use of wireless sensors in grazing cows located in low tropic. …”
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Identification of Psychological Crisis Signals of College Students Based on the Dufferin Equation by Jianping Zhao, Haitao Song

“…Based on defining the conceptual connotation of college students’ psychological crisis behavior system, the vulnerability of college students’ psychological crisis behavior system is interpreted from the perspective of system self-organization theory, and the vulnerability of college students’ psychological crisis behavior is mainly expressed in latent and manifest states, and its vulnerability transformation is a self-organization process. …”
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Mineralogical and geochemical peculiarities and gold content of pyrite and arsenopyrite of the Southern Ashaly gold deposit (East Kazakhstan) by Greku E. D., Kalinin Yu. A., Serdyukov A. N., Naumov E. A., Borovikov A. A., Ragozin A. L., Gladkov A. S.

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Case Study of the Characteristics and Mechanism of Rock Burst near Fault in Yima Coalfield, China by Zhenhua Jiao, Qiupeng Yuan, Peng Zou, Benjun Shi

“…Rock burst occurs in high stress concentration area, mainly in roadway, releasing energy level of 1.1 × 104 J–3.5 × 108 J, with impact damage range of 60–500 m. …”
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Club Characteristic and the Proximity Effect of Travel Links between Cities in China by Mingxing Chen, Xinyue Luo, Maogui Hu, Xiaoping Zhang

“…Secondly, the connection between cities has the effect of hierarchical proximity, and cities mainly establish spatial connections with cities of the same level and adjacent level. …”
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Dynamique des savoirs et des échanges d’un produit de collecte en territoire transfrontalier by Laval Pauline

“…With the aim of understanding the distribution of the palm tree on this territory, the mapping of the zones of growth of the palm tree in the region is established by taking into account three main ecosystems distinguished by indigenous people, as well as the zones of collection and circuits followed by fruits and juice throughout the process of production and consumption. …”
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Creative Cuisine in The Mountains: Yörük Food Culture by Akdag Gürkan, Soylu Aykut Göktuğ

“…Meat, especially lamb and goat, is another main component of Yörük cuisine. Meat is prepared in simple yet delicious ways, usually grilled or boiled. …”
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Characteristics of Water Pollution and Evaluation of Water Quality in Subsidence Water Bodies in Huainan Coal Mining Areas, China by Xinyue Deng, Guangzhou Chen

“…The results of the heavy metal pollution index method showed that the heavy metal pollution was most serious in sample 9 (S9), S15, and S16, and the main elements of pollution were Ni, Fe, and Mn. Single-factor evaluation, comprehensive pollution index, the universal exponential formula of logarithmic power function, and membership degree method were used to evaluate the five important water quality indicators, namely total nitrogen, ammonia nitrogen, total phosphorus, dissolved oxygen, and chemical oxygen demand. …”
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The Low Friction Coefficient and High Wear Resistance UHMWPE: The Effect of Pores on Properties of Artificial Joint Materials by Chunmin Yang, Junhua Zhang, Honglin Yue, Xueqin Kang

“…The friction coefficient and wear loss of porous UHMWPE were higher than that of solid UHMWPE in dry conditions, but these values of porous UHMWPE were lower than that of solid UHMWPE in the calf serum lubrication condition. The main wear mechanism of porous and solid UHMWPE was abrasive. …”
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Asymptotic analysis of mathematical model describing a new treatment of breast cancer using AZD9496 and palbociclib by Ophir Nave, Ophir Nave

“…Cancer can start almost anywhere in the human body such as the breast, prostate, colorectal, brain, bones, lungs, bladder etc. The main differences between the different types of cancer are related to the organ in which the tumor develops and the type of cells that compose the tumor.MethodThis paper focused on the breast cancer. …”
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Influence of Medication on Flare Up and Infection After Elective Orthopedic Surgery in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient – A Narrative Review by Yaldi Rosadi, Yustin Marinta, Muthiah Nur Afifah

“…Background: Orthopedic Surgery in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients is still controversial between orthopedic surgeons and rheumatologists, mainly due to infection and disease flares. The incidence of postoperative infections may be high due to the immunosuppressive effect of RA medication. …”
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Long-term Measurements of PM2.5 Concentrations in Lubbock, Texas by Mary C. Kelley, Mallory M. Brown, Clifford B. Fedler, Karin Ardon-Dryer

“…The majority of the average daily PM2.5 values fell below the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) daily threshold of 35 µg m−3, but many days exhibited high hourly concentrations, mainly due to dust storm events. No correlations were found between the concentrations and various meteorological parameters. …”
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The Clinical Outcome of Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion and Laminectomy for Single-level Lumbar Canal Stenosis with Grade 1 and 2 Spondylolisthesis by Ashok Sharma, Tarachand Suthar, Mudit Mathur, Vishnu Mittal, Shiv Bhagwan Sharma, Gaurav Mehta

“…Despite multiple attempts of conservative management, if a patient develops refractory radicular pain with or without neurologic deficit and claudication, surgery is indicated. The two main approaches to surgical intervention include decompression (laminectomy only) and decompression with fusion (transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion [TLIF]). …”
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Immunotherapy with IgY Antibodies toward Outer Membrane Protein F Protects Burned Mice against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection by Fatemeh Norouzi, Bahador Behrouz, Mahya Ranjbar, Seyed Latif Mousavi Gargari

“…Outer membrane protein F (OprF), as a main outer membrane porin, is required for full virulence expression of P. aeruginosa. …”
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Diffusion Partition Consensus: Diffusion-Aided Time-of-Flight Estimates, Anomaly Detection, and Localization for Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation Data by Nick Torenvliet, John S. Zelek

“…Methods for fault diagnosis support the efficacious inclusion of a human in the loop making the technique suitable for use in safety-critical applications. The main advantages of the technique are that it is unsupervised—in that it does not require labeled datasets or significant data preprocessing, does not rely on out-of-distribution generalization, provides means for fault diagnosis without recourse to ground truth, converges with stability, and naturally includes a human in the loop. …”
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Structural Brain Changes Associated with Overweight and Obesity by Erick Gómez-Apo, Alejandra Mondragón-Maya, Martina Ferrari-Díaz, Juan Silva-Pereyra

“…Poor cognitive performance, mainly in executive functions, in individuals with obesity is also discussed. …”
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