Visual, Musculoskeletal, and Balance Complaints in AMD: A Follow-Up Study by Christina Zetterlund, Hans Olof Richter, Lars-Olov Lundqvist

“…To investigate whether patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) run a potentially higher risk of developing visual, musculoskeletal, and balance complaints than age-matched controls with normal vision. …”
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Striking a Chord with Spectral Sirens: Multiple Features in the Compact Binary Population Correlate with H0 by Utkarsh Mali, Reed Essick

“…We study these questions using real gravitational-wave observations from the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaborations' third observing run. Although constraints on H _0 are weak, we find that current data reveals several prominent features in the mass distribution, including peaks in the binary black hole source-frame mass distribution near ∼9 M _⊙ and ∼32 M _⊙ and a roll-off at masses above ∼46 M ⊙. …”
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Study on the Optimizing Operation of Exhaust Air Heat Recovery and Solar Energy Combined Thermal Compensation System for Ground-Coupled Heat Pump by Kuan Wang, Nianping Li, Jinqing Peng, Yingdong He

“…Based on the prediction of the next day’s exhaust air temperature and solar irradiance, an optimized thermal compensation (OTC) method was developed in this study as well, in which the exhaust air heat recovery compensator and solar energy compensator in the ESTC system run at high efficiency throughout various times of day. …”
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What does good care look like to people living with congenital heart disease in the 21st century? Qualitative online, asynchronous discussion forums by Christina Pagel, Jo Wray, Sonya Crowe, Louise Coats, Fiona Kennedy, Adrian H Chester

“…Objectives As part of a wider study, our aim was to elicit perspectives of people with congenital heart disease (CHD) and/or their parents/carers about their experiences of healthcare and what is important to them when receiving care.Design and setting A qualitative study involving a series of closed, asynchronous, online discussion forums underpinned by an interpretivist framework and set up and moderated by three patient charities via their Facebook pages.Participants People with CHD and parents/carers of people with CHD from the UK.Results Five forums were run for 12–24 weeks across the three charities, and 343 participants signed up to the forums. …”
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AgBr-Coupled TiO2: A Visible Heterostructured Photocatalyst for Degrading Dye Pollutants by Jianjun Liu, Yingchun Yu, Zhixin Liu, Shengli Zuo, Baoshan Li

“…The coupled AgBr/TiO2 photocatalyst can keep stable photocatalytic activity after five-circle runs.…”
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Fault Diagnosis of Variable Load Bearing Based on Quantum Chaotic Fruit Fly VMD and Variational RVM by Bo Xu, Huipeng Li, Fengxing Zhou, Baokang Yan, Yi Liu, Yajie Ma

“…Under normal circumstances, bearings generally run under variable loading conditions. Under such conditions, the vibration signals of the bearing malfunctions are often nonstationary signals, which are difficult to process effectively. …”
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Some Rare Earth Elements Analysis by Microwave Plasma Torch Coupled with the Linear Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry by Xiaohong Xiong, Tao Jiang, Wenhao Qi, Jun Zuo, Meiling Yang, Qiang Fei, Saijin Xiao, Aimin Yu, Zhiqiang Zhu, Huanwen Chen

“…A single REE analysis can be completed within 2~3 minutes with the relative standard deviation ranging between 2.4% and 21.2% (six repeated measurements) for the 5 experimental runs. Moreover, the recovery rates of these REEs are between the range of 97.6%–122.1%. …”
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Polysomnographic Features of Sleep Disturbances and REM Sleep Behavior Disorder in the Unilateral 6-OHDA Lesioned Hemiparkinsonian Rat by Quynh Vo, Timothy P. Gilmour, Kala Venkiteswaran, Jidong Fang, Thyagarajan Subramanian

“…HP rats showed 30–50% sleep in both phases, less modulation and synchronization to the light schedule (P<0.0001), and more long run lengths of wakefulness (P<0.05). HP rats also had more REM epochs with muscle activity than control rats (P<0.05). …”
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Investigation of the Air Pollution Event in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region in December 2016 Using WRF-Chem by Dongdong Wang, Baolin Jiang, Fangzhou Li, Wenshi Lin

“…Nevertheless, because there were less total contaminants north of the HT in the normal run, there was a slight decrease in pollutants north of the HT. …”
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Performance Comparison of Two Gene Set Analysis Methods for Genome-wide Association Study Results: GSA-SNP vs i-GSEA4GWAS by Ji-sun Kwon, Jihye Kim, Dougu Nam, Sangsoo Kim

“…We compared the performance of two different GSA implementations that accept GWAS p-values of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) or gene-by-gene summaries thereof, GSA-SNP and i-GSEA4GWAS, under the same settings of inputs and parameters. GSA runs were made with two sets of p-values from a Korean type 2 diabetes mellitus GWAS study: 259,188 and 1,152,947 SNPs of the original and imputed genotype datasets, respectively. …”
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Modelling and Estimation of Interior Orientation of Non-Metric Cameras using Artificial Intelligence by Hasanain A. Ajjah, Ahmed H H Alboabidallah, Mamoun U. Mohammed, Awesar A. Hussain

“…The main aim of this study is to model and estimate the interior orientation parameters (IOPs) for images captured by volunteer-run cameras using artificial intelligence. These cameras were unavailable to perform traditional calibration processes or use images from unknown sources for image measuring. …”
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Impact of Nitrogen Fertilizer Applications on Surface Water Nitrate Levels within a Kenyan Tea Plantation by J. K. Maghanga, J. L. Kituyi, P. O. Kisinyo, W. K. Ng’etich

“…Nitrates can be discharged to water bodies through leaching and surface run-off. Nitrate levels above 10 mg/L NO3-–N cause methemoglobinemia which is fatal. …”
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HPLC method with monolithic column for simultaneous determination of irbesartan and hydrochlorothiazide in tablets by Alanazi Amer M., Abdelhameed Ali S., Khalil Nasr Y., Khan Azmat A., Darwish Ibrahim A.

“…The proposed method had high throughput as the analysis involved a simple procedure and a very short run- -time of < 3 min. The results demonstrated that the method is applicable in the quality control of combined pharmaceutical tablets containing IRB and HCT…”
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Role of Terracing and Reforestation Efforts on Improving Soil Properties in Degraded Steep Lands by Mehmet Özalp, Ferit Dehşet, Bülent Turgut, Saim Yıldırımer, Eren İnanlı

“…After evaluating statistical analyses run on the soils data, it was determined that the reforestation efforts have resulted in improvements of soil properties at some degree but when they are compared to the soils of the undisturbed natural forest, it is clear that the degree of improvement is not sufficient yet. …”
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Seismic Response Characteristics of Stabilizing Pile Based on Elastic-Plastic Analysis by Honglue Qu, Ying Liu, Hao Luo, Huanguo Hu, Qindi Hu

“…Finally, the plastic zone runs through the whole section, resulting in the performance loss of the pile. …”
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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY PRACTICES IN THE WORKPLACE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A LITERATURE REVIEW by Ana Islamiyah Syamila, Reny Indrayani, Ragil Ismi Hartanti, Anita Dewi Prahastuti Sujoso

“…Result: Various innovations have been made by companies so that the implementation of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) management, especially health protocols in dealing with COVID-19, can run optimally. Among them is an increasing number of training sessions for workers on health protocols and awareness, redesigning workplaces according to standards, using smart technology to detect social distancing violations, and improving dialogic communication. …”
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Connexin 43 Communication Channels in Follicular Dendritic Cell Development and in Follicular Lymphomas by Hajnalka Rajnai, Ivett Teleki, Gergo Kiszner, Nora Meggyesházi, Peter Balla, Tamas Vancsik, Gyorgyi Muzes, Judit Csomor, Andras Matolcsy, Tibor Krenacs

“…In tissues, Cx43 protein levels run parallel with the density of FDC both in reactive germinal centers and in malformed follicles of follicular lymphomas and showed strong upregulation in newly generated and/or degrading bi-/multinuclear FDC of rudimentary processes. …”
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Physical fitness assessment tools for children with developmental coordination disorder and their feasibility for low-income settings: A systematic review by Monica Maria do Nascimento, Jorge Lopes Cavalcante-Neto, Meyene Duque Weber, Paula Cristina dos Santos Rodrigues, Andreia N. Pizarro, Maria Olga Fernandes Vasconcelos

“…Most studies had high methodological quality. The shuttle run (cardiorespiratory fitness) and handgrip dynamometer (muscle strength) were the most used tools. …”
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System Efficiency of a Tap Transformer Based Grid Connection Topology Applied on a Direct Driven Generator for Wind Power by Senad Apelfröjd, Sandra Eriksson

“…Furthermore, the system is run and evaluated for realistic wind speeds and variable speed operation. …”
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Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production: Combine Effluent Treatment with Energy Generation in UASB Reactor as Biorefinery Annex by Mauro Berni, Ivo Dorileo, Grazielle Nathia, Tânia Forster-Carneiro, Daniel Lachos, Breno G. M. Santos

“…The production of 8846.00 Kcal/m3 of energy from biogas can make a run at industrial plant for 2 hours. This substitution can save US$ 128.700 annually (or US$ 550.0 of fuel oil/tons). …”
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