Potential Toxic Metal Concentration and Risk Assessment in Agricultural Soil and Lentil Crop (Lens culinaris Medik) in Dawunt Woreda, Northwest Wollo, Ethiopia by Baynesagn Biyazen Belay, Asamene Embiale Taye

“…The single-metal and cumulative-metals health risks (cancer and noncancer) of adults and children due to chronic exposure to soil and consumption of lentils were estimated using the health quotient and health index values as per the United States Environmental Protection Agency guidelines. …”
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Siamese Neural Networks in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Target Tracking Process by Athraa Sabeeh Hasan Allak, Jianjun Yi, Haider M. Al-Sabbagh, Liwei Chen

“…Then, a fine-grained classification regression network is proposed, which uses per-pixel classification regression to train the tracker. …”
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Genome-wide quantification of polycistronic transcription in Leishmania major by Janne Grünebast, Stephan Lorenzen, Joachim Clos

“…ABSTRACT Leishmania major is a human-pathogenic, obligate parasite and the etiological agent of the most prevalent, cutaneous form of leishmaniasis, which is an important neglected, tropical disease with ~1.2 million new infections per year. Leishmania, and the whole order Trypanosomatida, are early eukaryotes with highly diverged gene expression and regulation pathways, setting them apart from their mammalian hosts and from most other eukaryotes. …”
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The incidence of eating disorders in the UK in 2000–2009: findings from the General Practice Research Database by Irene Petersen, Nadia Micali, Janet L Treasure, Katrina W Hagberg

“…The age-standardised annual incidence rate of all diagnosed ED for ages 10–49 increased from 32.3 (95% CI 31.7 to 32.9) to 37.2 (95% CI 36.6 to 37.9) per 100 000 between 2000 and 2009. The incidence of AN and BN was stable; however, the incidence of EDNOS increased. …”
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The international trial of nasal oxygen therapy after cardiac surgery (NOTACS) in patients at high risk of postoperative pulmonary complications: Economic evaluation protocol and a... by Siddesh Shetty, Melissa Duckworth, Richard Norman, Jacquita Affandi, Sarah Dawson, Julia Fox-Rushby, NOTACS investigators, NOTACS Trial Steering Committee, NOTACS DMEC Committee

“…Costs and outcomes by trial arm will be presented as components and totals per patient using a range of descriptive statistics. …”
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Clinicians’ experience with infographic summaries from the BMJ Rapid Recommendations: a qualitative user-testing study among residents and interns at a large teaching hospital in S... by Thomas Agoritsas, Per Vandvik, Tiffany Hirschel

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A Survey Study on Management Practices Associated With Voluntary Waiting Period and Its Effects on Reproductive Performance of dairy cows in Iranian Dairy Farms by Behnaz Mirzaie, Ali Sadeghi‐Sefidmazgi, Mahdi Zhandi

“…The impact of changing the VWP selectively, the presence of a veterinarian and the type of barn on reproductive outcomes like days open (DO), number of services per conception (NSPC) and days to first service (DFS) was examined using a linear mixed model. …”
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Textile Defect Detection Algorithm Based on the Improved YOLOv8 by Wenfei Song, Du Lang, Jiahui Zhang, Meilian Zheng, Xiaoming Li

“…The speed of textile defect detection has reached 257.38 frames per second (FPS) and the floating-point operation speed is 36.6 GFLOPS, ensuring the accuracy and speed of textile defect detection, with practical engineering application value.…”
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Imunopatogenesis Treponema pallidum dan Pemeriksaan Serologi by Efrida ., Elvinawaty .

“…The spread of syphilis in the world has become a major health problem and the common, the number of 12 million cases per year. Infectious syphilis is divided into early and late-stage syphilis. …”
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A study on the global patterns in the design and development of ventricular assist devices: a visualization approach by Ajay K. Sood, A. K. Prasada Rao

“…Future studies can be conducted to explore the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning that can learn from data about patients and then adapt as per the requirements of the patients.…”
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Cost Impact Model of a Novel Multi-mRNA Host Response Assay for Diagnosis and Risk Assessment of Acute Respiratory Tract Infections and Sepsis in the Emergency Department by John E. Schneider, Jonathan Romanowsky, Philipp Schuetz, Ivana Stojanovic, Henry K. Cheng, Oliver Liesenfeld, Ljubomir Buturovic, Timothy E. Sweeney

“…**Results:** Compared to standard of care including procalcitonin, the superior test characteristics of HostDx Sepsis resulted in an average cost savings of approximately US$1974 per patient (-31.3%) exclusive of the cost of HostDx Sepsis. …”
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A One Session Gait Retraining Protocol with Metronome Augmentation Increases Cadence in Novice and Recreational Runners by Angie Huber, Dave Verhoff

“…They then ran two to three times a week for two weeks up to 30 minutes per session with the metronome set at the new cadence. …”
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Exploring the relationship between facilitating factors and adherence to nursing ethical standards by Shima Bordbar, Gholamhossein Mehralian, Fatemeh Rezabeigi Davarani, Ali Reza Yusefi

“…Significant differences in compliance scores were observed based on gender (p = 0.01), marital status (p = 0.02), level of education (p = 0.04), and the number of patients under observation per work shift (p = 0.03). Additionally, the mean score of factors facilitating compliance with ethical codes was higher among female nurses (p = 0.03) compared to male nurses. …”
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ALIGNING STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES TO CORPORATE GOVERNANCE OBJECTIVES IN CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FIRMS by Frank Boateng, De-Graft Owusu-Manu, Michael Adesi, Erika Parn, David John Edwards

“…–The study is positioned within the positivist philosophical tradition and adopts a quantitative approach that used a survey questionnaire to collect data form construction professional service firms.115 survey questionnaires were administered to respondents using the purposive sampling technique in which 80 completed questionnaires were retrieved for an analysis representing a response rate of 69.5 per cent. The analysis results revealed a significant relationship at p < 0.05 between strategic corporate objectives and corporate governance objectives focusing on credibility, conflict resolution, channels of reporting, influencing performance, transparency in initial public offerings (IPOs); control of corporate corruption; and reputation of the firm. …”
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Mask-Related Headache Among Health Workers During COVID-19 Pandemics: Study from Somalia by Mehmet Ufuk Aluçlu, Nor Osman Sidow, Ahmed Muhammad Bashir, Mohamed Sheikh Hassan, Yavuz Yücel

“…A statistically significant relationship was also found between the duration of use of face mask and the development of de-novo headache, regardless of mask type. Conclusion: As per our study, prolonged use of face masks during COVID-19 pandemics was associated with de-novo headaches and exacerbation of pre-existing headache. …”
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The Rate of Clinical Outcomes in Atrial Fibrillation according to Antithrombotic Strategy: The COOL-AF Registry by Rungroj Krittayaphong, Arjbordin Winijkul, Komsing Methavigul, Poom Sairat, C. O. O. L.-A. F. investigators

“…The median rates of ischemic stroke/TIA, major bleeding, and death were 1.49 (1.21-1.81), 2.29 (1.94-2.68), and 3.89 (3.43-4.40) per 100 person-years. Antiplatelet alone, OAC plus antiplatelet, and OAC alone were used in 582 (18.5%), 308 (9.8%), and 2,258 (71.7%) patients, respectively. …”
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A Case Report of Acute-on-Chronic Methemoglobinemia by Gabriel Lathrop, Rodney Fullmer

“…Her laboratory studies were most notable for serum methemoglobin level critically elevated to 31.6% one week after exposure, and she received 1 milligram per kilogram methylene blue in the ED with subsequent reduction of methemoglobin to 0.7%. …”
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SOCIALINIŲ PASLAUGŲ POREIKIO VERTINIMAS IŠ PASIŪLOS PERSPEKTYVOS: PANEVĖŽIO MIESTO SAVIVALDYBĖS ATVEJIS by Diana Micevičienė

“…Viena vertus, pripažinta, jog per pastaruosius 3 metus mieste stebimi pokyčiai socialinių paslaugų apimties ir struktūros požiūriu, nors, dažnu atveju, nulemti išorinės aplinkos pokyčių. …”
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Spiking Neural Networks for Energy-Efficient Acoustic Emission-Based Monitoring by Federica Zonzini, Wenliang Xiang, Luca de Marchi

“…Experimental tests executed on a metallic plate structure demonstrated that WT combined with SNN can achieve high precision (median values less than 5 cm) in ToA estimation and AE source localization even in the presence of relevant noise (signal-to-noise ratio down to 2 dB), while its deployment on dedicated neuromorphic architectures can reduce by six orders of magnitude the power expenditure per inference when compared to standard convolutional architectures.…”
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The Quality of Counseling for Headache OTC Medications in German Community Pharmacies Using a Simulated Patient Approach: Are There Differences between Self-Purchase and Purchase f... by Bernhard Langer, Christian Kunow

“…All 168 planned pharmacy visits (84 visits per scenario) were successfully carried out. Overall, the median counseling score was 3.0 out of 9 points (interquartile range [IQR 2.0]). …”
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