Evaluation method and module design for cost-effective compliance with irradiance guidelines to maintain soil quality in solar parks by Cesar Ilkay, Van Aken Bas B.

“…Although the transparent bifacial modules have a somewhat lower module power, this system produces more kWh per hectare and has a lower levelised cost of electricity. …”
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Biodiesel and Biolubricant Production from Waste Cooking Oil: Transesterification Reactor Modeling by Pedro M. Álvarez, Javier Collado Contreras, Sergio Nogales-Delgado

“…Thus, the projected plant worked in a discontinuous regime (producing 2 cubic meters per day), pointing out the feasibility of this plant at an industrial scale.…”
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The Effectiveness of Self-Care in Diabetics on Self-Insulin Administration and Behavioral Markers Among Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes by Ochappan Selvarajan, Kannan Rajendran, A. Helen Mary Perdita

“…Power analysis was used to calculate the study sample of 105 per group. The total sample size of the study is 210; the experimental group consists of 105 members, while the control group consists of 105 members. …”
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Injury, Training, Biomechanical, and Physiological Profiles of Professional Breakdancers by Amelia J.H. Arundale, Roisin McNulty, Cory Snyder, James O'Brien, Thomas Stöggl

“… # Results The breakers had a median 11.0 \[10.0 - 14.0\] years breaking experience and trained 24.4 \[20.5 - 30.0\] hours per week. The knee was the most commonly injured body part and most frequently injured joint, with the thigh being the most common site for muscle injuries. …”
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Researches on blood glucose values in pregnancy and lactation period of cows and diagnosis of subclinic ketosis by Veysi ASLAN, Mehmet NİMAZLIOĞLU

“…<p> It was determined that all the animals during the pregnancy period w ere inefficien tly fe ed with coarse and consen tradet feed stuffs for the purpose of normal and easy parturation, and they gave lesser milk pro. duction as such 4- 5 litres per day on the average.<p> Blood glucose levels were measured in all the cows at about 10 days before calving and at the 10^th, 20^th and 30^th days of it there- after, and milk keton bodies were tested in milk and urine by rothera method.…”
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Effect of Virtual Reality Therapy with Brain Gym Exercises for Sleep-deprived Individuals: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Marissa De Souza Eremita, Jeba Chitra

“…Background and Aim: Sleep deprivation refers to getting less than the required amount of sleep, which for adults range between 7 and 9 h per night and can be caused due to social and biological factors. …”
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The Effect of Intelligence Games on 6th and 7th Grade Students' Critical Thinking Skills, and Student Opinions on Their Science Course Achievement by Arzu Önel, Aslı Vural

“…Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the study wasconducted as a "Live Lesson" over the Education Information Network (EBA) for 10 weeks as 1 classhour per week. For the activities in the course, the book "Teaching Material for Teachers of Secondaryand Imam Hatip Secondary Schools Grades 5, 6, 7 and 8" and smart device applications of strategygames were used. …”
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Psychotropic drugs and bone by R.W. Gasser, H. Resch

“…The increased tendency to fractures during psychotropic drug therapy is usually multifactorial since, in addition to the direct adverse effects of the medication on the bone, there can also be an increased tendency to fall and a decreased BMD due to mental illness per se. Psychotropic drug therapy should be optimized, taking into account the potential side effects, including the increased risk of fractures.…”
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Effects of coupled application of magnetoelectric activated water and amendments on photosynthetic physiological characteristics and yield of maize in arid regions by Qingyuan Lei, Wanghai Tao, Fan Yang, Jianqi Liu, Zixuan Xi, Quanjiu Wang, Mingjiang Deng

“…This treatment yielded 12.68 t/ha and increased 100-kernel weight, grains per spike, and soluble sugar content by 21.3%, 8.22%, and 63.81%, respectively, representing the best balance of quality and high yield. …”
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Effect of swimming training on stress-related metabolic parameters of diabetic and non-diabetic rats by Eduardo Campos, Aline Jarrete, Hygor Araujo, Suziane Cayres, José Campanholi Neto, Eliete Luciano

“…The diabetic rats received alloxan monohydrate and the trained rats swam for 60 minutes five times per week. The training load was 3.5% and 5% of body weight to diabetic and non-diabetic rats, respectively. …”
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Health Canada's use of its priority review process for new drugs: a cohort study by Joel Lexchin

“…The purpose of this study is to compare Health Canada's use of priority reviews to therapeutic ratings from two independent organisations, the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) and the French drug bulletin Prescrire International, over the period 1 January 1997–31 December 2012.Design Cohort study.Data sources Annual reports of the Therapeutic Products Directorate, and the Biologics and Genetic Therapies Directorate; evaluations of therapeutic innovation from PMPRB and Prescrire International; WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology.Interventions Assessments by PMPRB and Prescrire International treated as a gold standard for postmarket therapeutic value.Primary and secondary outcome measures Drug-by-drug comparison between the review status from Health Canada and the therapeutic status from PMPRB/Prescrire using κ values, and positive and negative predictive values. Analysis of the per cent of all new drug applications put into the priority review category over the 16-year period.Results Health Canada approved 426 new drugs, and 345 were evaluated by PMPRB and/or Prescrire. 91 had a priority review and 52 were assessed as innovative (p=0.0003). …”
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Raw Camera Data Object Detectors: An Optimisation for Automotive Video Processing and Transmission by Pak Hung Chan, Chuheng Wei, Anthony Huggett, Valentina Donzella

“…In fact, the sensor collects the light intensity value per pixel, but an RGB frame contains 3 values, for red, green, and blue colour channels. …”
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Efficacy And Safety Of Low Dose Tofacitinib As Induction Therapy In Moderate To Severe Ulcerative Colitis: A Pilot Study by Sadia Ahmed, Muhammad Umar, Muhammad Kamran, Misbah Noureen, Iqra Ashraf, Javeria Khan

“…Methods: Out of 19 patients included in the study, only 09 completed the treatment as per inclusion criteria. The Patients were given 5mg of Tofacitinib daily for 6-8 weeks. …”
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Bioremediation of Ex-Mining Soil with the Biocompost in the Incubation Experiments by Elvrida Rosa, Sufardi Sufardi, Syafruddin Syafruddin, Muhammad Rusdi

“…Incubation experiments were conducted in incubation pots (approximately 5 kg per pot) that were randomly placed in a greenhouse using a 4 × 4 factorial completely randomized design (CRD) with three replications. …”
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Morphological Diversity among Accessions of Apple Tree (Malus × Domestica Borkh) by Simon Mada Mbovora, Cousin Musvosvi, Edmore Gasura

“…Worldwide, apple ranks fourth in terms of economic importance after citrus, grapes, and bananas with a world production of above 71 million tonnes per year. Apple accessions that are in cultivation throughout the world appear to have come from a genetically similar source. …”
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The effect of KUS121, a novel VCP modulator, against ischemic injury in random pattern flaps. by Koichi Yoshimoto, Ryosuke Ikeguchi, Takashi Noguchi, Maki Ando, Daichi Sakamoto, Terunobu Iwai, Kohei Nishitani, Hanako Ohashi Ikeda, Akira Kakizuka, Shuichi Matsuda

“…The experimental group was intraperitoneally administered with 100 mg/kg KUS121 dissolved in 5% glucose solution 1 hour before surgery and once per day after surgery. The control group received the same amount of glucose solution on the same schedule. …”
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A modified Delphi study towards developing a guideline to inform policy on fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in South Africa: a study protocol by Ferdinand C Mukumbang, Babatope O Adebiyi, Kufre J Okop, Anna-Marie Beytell

“…With an estimated 183–259 per 1000 children born with FASDs, South Africa is identified to have the highest prevalence of FASDs in the world. …”
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What is left in miombo woodlands? Rarity and commonness of woody species, commercial timber species, and lawful harvestable diameter classes by Tarquinio Mateus Magalhães

“…Commercial-sized trees of the top nine desired species were extremely rare, some species had only 1 tree per 20 ha and stem forms unsuitable for sawmilling. …”
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Scraping Therapy and Muscle Resistance Training in Patients with Neck Dysfunction by Yucheng DUAN, Guangping SHEN, Xinjian LI, Enming ZHANG, Zhenmin BAI, Anli WANG

“…Except for pain improvements (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05) on the 3rd day after the intervention, no significant difference was found in all other measurements between the scraping group and the resistance training group.Conclusion:The neck dysfunction and pain level could be markedly improved by the scraping therapy and muscle resistance training, and it is recommended that the frequency of the resistance training could be three times per week in order to make the healing effect longer and more stable.…”
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CRP and TNF-α  Induce PAPP-A Expression in Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells by Weiping Li, Hongwei Li, Fusheng Gu

“…The PAPP-A levels in culture supernatants, PAPP-A mRNA expression, and cellular PAPP-A expression were measured in human PBMCs isolated from fresh blood donations provided by 6 healthy volunteers (4 donations per volunteer). Analyses were conducted by ultrasensitive ELISA, western blotting, and RT-PCR following stimulation with CRP or TNF-α cytokines. …”
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