Designing Buildings and Building Environments for Greater Resilience against the Encroachment of Seasonal Forest Fires by Adekunle Olubowale Mofolasayo

“…Rather than waiting for firefighters to come and help extinguish the fire in residential communities, the design of our buildings can be such that it would not only put a major focus on the automatic deployment of the water sprinkler effect for the interior sections of the buildings, but the improved designs for residential buildings should be such that automatic water sprinklers are available to cover all the exterior portions of buildings for a pre-determined length of time, to mitigate the effect of seasonal forest fires. …”
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Epilation for minor trachomatous trichiasis: four-year results of a randomised controlled trial. by Esmael Habtamu, Saul N Rajak, Zerihun Tadesse, Tariku Wondie, Mulat Zerihun, Birhan Guadie, Teshome Gebre, Amir Bedri Kello, Kelly Callahan, David C W Mabey, Peng T Khaw, Clare E Gilbert, Helen A Weiss, Paul M Emerson, Matthew J Burton

“…At four-years 1151 (88.5%) were re-examined: 572 (88%) and 579 (89%) from epilation and surgery arms, respectively. At that time, 21.1% of the surgery arm participants had recurrent TT; 189/572 (33%) of the epilation arm had received surgery, while 383 (67%) declined surgery and had continued epilating ("epilation-only"). …”
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Cytokinin B-Mo-based Product Influences the Source-to-sink Dynamics and Nonstructural Carbohydrate Contents in Hydroponic Lettuce Plants by Mayra A. Toro-Herrera, Rosa E. Raudales

“…Destructive sampling was conducted five times throughout the cycle. At each sampling time (n = 4 per experimental run), the phenological stage was determined, and measurements of root and shoot length, root and shoot dry matter, leaf length, leaf width, leaf area, chlorophyll contents, and nonstructural carbon contents were performed. …”
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Effects of asiaticoside on the model of gestational diabetes mellitus in HTR-8/svneo cells via PI3K/AKT pathway by Zhilan Hu, Ya Long, Xiangyue Li, Zhiqin Jia, Mingyan Wang, Xuemei Huang, Xiaolan Yu

“…The mRNA levels of PI3K, AKT2, mTORC1, and GLUT4 in PI3K/AKT signalling pathway were measured by RT-PCR, and the protein expressions of these signalling molecules were monitored by western blot.Results AS showed a promotion effect on the cell proliferation rate of HTR-8/Svneo cells, and 80 μmol/L AS with a treatment time of 48 h had no cytotoxicity. The cell proliferation rate, migration rate, mRNA levels and protein expressions of PI3K, AKT2, mTORC1, and GLUT4 in the HG group were significantly lower than those in the control group, which were significantly increased in the HG + AS group (p < 0.05).Conclusions AS can facilitate the cell proliferation and migration in the cell model of GDM, and might play a role in GDM treatment via PI3K/AKT pathway.…”
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Failure to Return for Posttest Counseling and HIV Test Results at the Prevention and Voluntary Testing and Counseling Centers of Douala, Cameroon: An Evaluation of a Routine Five-Y... by Patrice Ngangue, Emmanuelle Bedard, Gerard Ngueta, Dieudonné Adiogo, Marie-Pierre Gagnon

“…This study examined the magnitude and time trends in failure to return (FTR) rates and the relation between FTR and individual characteristics, tests procedures, waiting period for the results, and HIV test results among people who were screened for HIV in the prevention and voluntary testing and counseling centers (PVTCCs) of six district hospitals of the city of Douala in Cameroon, between January 2009 and December 2013. …”
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Medical rehabilitation: a study of problems of legal definition. The intersection of the concepts of medical rehabilitation, prevention and treatment by E. V. Gameeva, A. A. Kostin, G. S. Alekseeva, E. U. Ogneva, P. G. Gabay, L. V. Pashigorova, E. V. Kalita

“…The approach to rehabilitation is broader, it’s primary goal is to return the patient to his previous social status, rather than clinical recovery. At the same time, the main difficulty in distinguishing the mentioned above definitions is related to the fact that the method underlying the medical service is actually licensed, but the same tools and methods can be used both in treatment and medical rehabilitation. …”
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Measured Rare Voltage Sags and Clusters of Sags: Prediction Models Driven by the Intermittence Indices by G. M. Casolino, M. de Santis, L. Di Stasio, C. Noce, P. Varilone, P. Verde

“…The clusters of sags represent a stochastic process due to their time dependence; the rare satisfy the requirements for a Poisson distribution process. …”
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Protection Measures for Shield Tunneling Closely Under-passing Operating Metro Tunnels in Water-rich Soft Soil Area by MA Xifeng, JIN Hua, ZHOU You, CHEN Shaobo, WANG Yu, WU Yaojie

“…During the construction, the earth pressure and the amount of excavated soil are adjusted in real time based on the settlement amount of the existing tunnel, and methods are adopted including synchronous grouting and the distribution of grouting amounts in the upper and lower holes to further control the tunnel deformation. …”
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New Development Bank as Aid Donor to School Education by Rodion Sadykov, Yevgeny Uchaev

“…Second, NDB member states have shown limited interest in altering this status quo. At the same time, stagnating aid volumes and the increasing politicization of educational aid by traditional donors, coupled with persistent needs to improve education systems in many developing countries, underscore the challenge for BRICS states to develop more effective mechanisms for educational cooperation—both within the bloc and with the broader Global South.…”
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An integrated strategy for sequential nitrite removal and methane recovery: Sludge fermentation driven by nitrite reduction by Xiaodi Li, Mengxue Sun, Bo Wang, Wei Zeng, Yongzhen Peng

“…With the nitrite concentrations increasing from 200 to 800 mg/L methane production decreased from 128.7 to 0 mg/L at the digestion time of 15 d. The toxicity of nitrite to methanogenic microorganisms and the nitrite reduction process competing with methanogens for carbon sources may lead to the inhibition of methane production by excessive nitrite. …”
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Presence of Cryptosporidium spp and other enteroparasites with pathogenic potential in hemodialysis patients: an open controlled study by Yara Leite Adami, Nycole Abreu Gama, Flavia de Souza Cunha, Regina Helena Saramago Peralta, Jocemir Ronaldo Lugon

“…The TaqMan PCR and multiplex real-time PCR were carried out for detection of Cryptosporidium spp. and C. parvum and to differentiate the Entamoeba (E.) histolytica/E. dispar complex, respectively Results: A total of 97 HD patients and 42 controls were enrolled in the study. …”
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Do The Facts of Voting Rights Support Chief Justice Roberts’s Opinion in Shelby County? by Morgan Kousser

“…Holder that the problems of 2013 were much less grave than the “pervasive . . . flagrant . . . widespread . . . rampant” voting discrimination of 1965 and that the coverage formula was outmoded because “today’s statistics tell an entirely different story.”1Neither the Chief Justice nor any scholars or civil rights proponents or opponents have systematically examined the evidence on the entire pattern of proven voting rights violations over time and space. Was the Chief Justice correct in asserting that such violations no longer tracked the coverage scheme in Section 4 of the Act -- that, as he put it, the relationship of the formula to problems of vote dilution was purely “fortuitous?” …”
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LEGO-Lipophosphonoxin membrane activity is enhanced by presence of phosphatidylethanolamine but hindered by outer membrane by Hana Brzobohatá, Milica Dugić, Viktor Mojr, Nitjawan Sahatsapan, Ivana Kóšiová, Tomáš Křížek, Tereza Dolejšová, Petra Lišková, Lukasz Cwiklik, Dominik Rejman, Radovan Fišer, Gabriela Mikušová

“…Outer membrane permeability measurements and time-kill assay showed that presence of the intact outer membrane brought about reduced susceptibility of Gram-negatives. …”
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Closing the loop: establishing an autonomous test-learn cycle to optimize induction of bacterial systems using a robotic platform by Jan Benedict Spannenkrebs, Aron Eiermann, Thomas Zoll, Silke Hackenschmidt, Johannes Kabisch, Johannes Kabisch, Johannes Kabisch

“…To achieve this, each part must be characterised in a time-resolved manner under relevant conditions. Robotic platforms can be used to automate this task and provide sufficiently large and reproducible data sets including provenance. …”
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Examining associations between oral cancer mortality and economic development of 13 European countries: an ecological and correlational study by Klára Boruzs, Eszter Barbara Bán, Viktor Dombrádi, Gábor Bányai, Gergő József Szőllősi, Klára Bíró

“…Methods Aggregated data were collected from the European Health for All (HFA-DB) database until 2019 and analysed using second degree polynomial functions and correlation analyses, followed by time-series analysis involving vector autoregressive models. …”
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Dynamic monocyte changes as prognostic indicators in operable gastric cancer: a retrospective cohort analysis by Yiwei Jiang, Xianwei Sun, Chen Yang, Dandan Song, Chongjun Zhou, Xinxin Chen, Chongquan Huang, Zhonglin Wang, Jiante Li

“…The predictive utility of MMR was assessed via time-dependent ROC curves and decision-curve analysis.ResultsThe sample distributions in both cohorts were similar. …”
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Plant Species Composition and Community Perception Towards Landscaping Work Executed at Hawassa University-Main Campus, Ethiopia by Birhanu Kagnew, Firew Kebede

“…Especially students in higher educational institutions who spend much of their time focused on their studies need of clean, green and attractively well-designed landscape in their campus. …”
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Adherence to Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine Treatment among Patients with Uncomplicated Malaria in Northern Ghana by Abraham Rexford Oduro, Samuel Chatio, Paula Beeri, Thomas Anyorigiya, Rita Baiden, Philip Adongo, Patricia Akweongo

“…The in-depth interviews documented day-by-day account of doses taken, number of tablets taken during each dose, time of each dose, reasons for any leftover or missed dose, and whether or not there was vomiting. …”
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Temperature influence on the repair of a hardfacing coating using laser metal deposition and assessment of the repair innocuity by Wilfried Pacquentin, Pierre Wident, Jérôme Varlet, Thomas Cailloux, Hicham Maskrot

“…Additive manufacturing (AM) is a proven time- and cost-effective method for repairing parts locally damaged after e.g. repetitive friction wear or corrosion. …”
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Impact of Online Stress Management Training Program on the Sexual Function of Perimenopausal Women: A Clinical Trial by Leila Neisani Samani, Shima Arjmand, Naeimeh Seyedfatemi, Shima Haghani

“…Results The FSFI score and the scores of its various domains changed significantly over time (P<0.001). Sexual desire decreased from 3.8 before the intervention to 2.3 at 8 weeks after the intervention (P<0.05). …”
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