Safety Effects of Horizontal Curve Design and Lane and Shoulder Width on Single Motorcycle Accidents in Norway by Sara Kvasnes, Petr Pokorny, Jan Kristian Jensen, Kelly Pitera

“…A matching ratio of 4 : 1 (i.e., four controls per case) was used, resulting in 752 controls being matched to 188 cases. …”
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Status of the Multidrug Resistance-1 Gene of Plasmodium falciparum in Four Malaria Epidemiological Strata, Two Decades after the Abolition of Chloroquine as First-Line Treatment fo... by David Denis Sofeu-Feugaing, Fabrice Nkengeh Ajonglefac, Marcel Nyuylam Moyeh, Tobias Obejum Apinjoh, Marianne Elodie Essende, Gilchrist Destin Talla Kouam, Stephen Mbigha Ghogomu

“…Four hundred P. falciparum monoinfected samples, 100 per study area, were amplified by nested PCR, and allele-specific restriction analysis of Pfmdr1 gene molecular markers was performed. …”
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Smell-ML: A Machine Learning Framework for Detecting Rarely Studied Code Smells by Esraa Hamouda, Abeer El-Korany, Soha Makady

“…We evaluated Smell-ML on a dataset composed of 13 open source Java projects with 125 versions per project. The results show that Smell-ML’s detection F1-score values surpass those of previous studies with significant improvements across various code smells. …”
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Design and performance analysis of digitally controlled multi-mode multi-band power amplifier for Sub-6 GHz applications by Ganesh Racha, K Lal Kishore, Yedukondalu Kamatham, Srinivasa Rao Perumalla

“…The digital control logic is used to select the required mode and band as per the switching logic and the PA circuits are designed by using Class E with input matching, biasing, and tuning circuit using a matched load of 50 Ω impedance. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes and practice toward refractive errors management among left-behind children of migrant workers by Shuang Liu, Guang Yang, Qingnan Li, Ruxia Pei, Shaohua Tang

“…Relationship to the child other than grandparent (OR = 0.252, 95%CI: 0.064–0.999, p = 0.050), as well as child’s gender (female, OR = 1.671, 95%CI: 1.006–2.777, p = 0.047) and duration of sleep per day (OR = 8.401, 95%CI: 1.473–47.923, p = 0.017) were independently associated with practice. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 S-protein expression drives syncytia formation in endothelial cells by Katie V. Tieu, Madaline Espey, Aarthi Narayanan, Rebecca L. Heise, Farhang Alem, Daniel E. Conway

“…S-protein expression in endothelial cells was sufficient to induce the formation of multi-nucleated cells, with an average of 10% of all cells forming syncytia with an average of 6 nuclei per syncytia after 72 h of S-protein expression. …”
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Analysis of the Refrigeration Performance of the Refrigerated Warehouse with Ice Thermal Energy Storage Driven Directly by Variable Photovoltaic Capacity by Junyu Liang, Wenping Du, Dada Wang, Xingyu Yuan, Mei Liu, Kunhao Niu

“…According to the current market price of cold storage, during the service life of the system, the income per unit volume of cold storage is about 2.2 times the investment.…”
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Drains vs. no drains following burr-hole evacuation of chronic subdural hematoma by Sajag Gupta

“…All patients were treated identically as per usual ward regular practice, with the exception that the treatment choice (whether to use the drain or not) was determined by randomization; Group A with drain and Group B without drain. …”
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Primary prevention of sexually transmitted infections in Switzerland: practices of family physicians and their determinants—a national cross-sectional survey by Hanna Vautrin, Nicolas Senn, Christine Cohidon

“…Higher numbers of consultations per day are associated with vaccinating more adults against HPV (OR 1.13 (1.05 to 1.23)) and against hepatitis A (OR 1.17 (1.05 to 1.31)). …”
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Design and development of an integrated enset processing machine suitable for central highland farmers of west shewa zone Ethiopia by Beka Adugna Jima, Kishor Purushottam Kolhe, Moera Gutu Jiru

“…The overall design and development of proposed machine components were carried out at Adama Science and Technology University, Ethiopia by using ANSYS 2023 R1 software by considering the engineering economics and material specifications as per ASTM standards. The process parameters of the proposed machine are identified as feed rate, drum speed, concave to drum clearance, power requirement, etc. …”
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Incidence and Impact of Ventilator Associated Multidrug Resistant Pneumonia in Patients with SARS-COV2 by Seife Yohannes, Zaki Ahmed, Rachel Schelling, Swaminathan Perinkulam Sathyanarayanan, Alexandra Pratt, Mathew P. Schreiber

“…The prevalence of VAP was 22 per 1000 days on ventilation. No difference in mortality was seen between VAP and non-VAP groups at 49% and 57% respectively (p=0.4). …”
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Women’s empowerment as a determinant of neonatal mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: a narrative review focused on Nigeria by Joel-Medewase Victor Idowu, Wada Zechariah Ojima, Sayomi Bukola Adetutu, Adetoye Mayowa Mary, Ashaolu Joseph Oluwakayode, Olowolafe Tubosun Alex

“…Notably, SSA and South Asia are the regions most lagging behind the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.2, aiming for <12 neonatal deaths per 1,000 live births by 2030. Within SSA, Nigeria, the most populous country, records the highest number of neonatal deaths annually. …”
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Comparison of physical fitness in elderly submitted to different physical exercise interventions by Leonardo Campos, Priscila Nakamura, Eduardo Kokubun

“…Adapted Volleyball classes were performed two times per week and lasted 120 minutes, divided into skill volleyball exercises and game. …”
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Drugs and Constipation in Elderly in Nursing Homes: What Is the Relation? by Gunvor S. Fosnes, Stian Lydersen, Per G. Farup

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Stability of agronomic traits in interspecific hybrid potato clones in the Central Region of European Russia by M. S. Khlopyuk, N. A. Chalaya, E. V. Rogozina

“…‘Favorit’ (reference) were assessed for productivity, number of tubers per plant, mean tuber weight, marketability, and resistance to late blight. …”
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UNDERSTANDING THE DRIVERS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED PREVENTION OF AFRICAN SWINE FEVER SPREAD: A CASE STUDY OF KASAWO AND KATOSI SUB COUNTIES, MUKONO DISTRICT, UGANDA by Savino Biryomumaisho, Geofrey Otuba, John Okongo, Frank Mwiine

“… Pig production in Uganda is a thriving business as the demand for pork and pork products is increasing. Pork consumption per capita in Uganda is estimated to be 3.5 kg and is considered the highest in Africa. …”
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Capturing crisis dynamics: a novel personalized approach using multilevel hidden Markov modeling by Emmeke Aarts, Barbara Montagne, Thomas J. van der Meer, Muriel A. Hagenaars, Muriel A. Hagenaars

“…This study aims to clarify crisis dynamics by clustering fluctuations in the interplay of cognitive, affective, and behavioral (CAB) crisis factors within persons over time into latent states.MethodsTo allow for fine grained information on CAB factors over a prolonged period of time, ecological momentary assessment data comprised of self-report questionnaires (3 × daily) on five CAB symptoms (self-control, negative affect, contact avoidance, contact desire and suicidal ideation) was collected in twenty-six patients (60 measurements per patient). Empirically-derived crisis states and personalized state dynamics were isolated utilizing multilevel hidden Markov models.ResultsIn this proof-of-concept study, four distinct and ascending CAB-based crisis states were derived. …”
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Scientific opinion on the extension of uses of quillaia extract (E 999) as a food additive by EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF), Laurence Castle, Monica Andreassen, Gabriele Aquilina, Maria Lourdes Bastos, Polly Boon, Biagio Fallico, Reginald FitzGerald, Maria Jose Frutos Fernandez, Bettina Grasl‐Kraupp, Ursula Gundert‐Remy, Rainer Gürtler, Eric Houdeau, Marcin Kurek, Henriqueta Louro, Patricia Morales, Sabina Passamonti, José Manuel Barat Baviera, Jean‐Charles Leblanc, Alexandra Tard, Sam Vermeiren, Panagiota Zakidou, Laura Ruggeri

“…Quillaia extract (E 999) was re‐evaluated in 2019 by the EFSA FAF Panel, which derived an acceptable daily intake (ADI) of 3 mg saponins/kg bw per day for E 999, while in 2024 a follow‐up of the re‐evaluation was published by the FAF Panel, recommending some modifications of the existing EU specifications for quillaia extract (E 999). …”
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An Interval Throwing Program for Baseball Pitchers Based upon Workload Data by Michael M. Reinold, Brittany Dowling, Glenn S. Fleisig, Leonard C. Macrina, Kevin E. Wilk, John T. Streepy, James R. Andrews

“… # Study Design Cross-sectional study # Methods Workloads (i.e. daily, acute, chronic, and ACWR) for the original ITP were built from the prescribed throwing schedule. Elbow varus torque per throw was calculated based upon a relationship between elbow varus torque and throwing distance. …”
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The Nature of Global Income Inequality and Its Determinants by Debesh Bhowmik

“…The cointegrating equation converges to equilibrium insignificantly at the speed of adjustment of 1.21% per annum, with its trend coefficient being positive and insignificant. …”
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