Oxidative Stability of Acylated and Hydrogenated Ricinoleates Using Synthetic and Natural Antioxidants by F. Murilo T. Luna, Davi Costa Salmin, Vanessa S. Santiago, Francisco J. N. Maia, Francisco O. N. Silva, Selma E. Mazzetto, Célio L. Cavalcante

“…Overall, the addition of antioxidants increased from 6 to 20 times the oxidative stability of the bio-based products. …”
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Sociodemographic factors associated with prenatal care utilization in Arkansas, United States by Pearl A. McElfish, Aaron Caldwell, Donya Watson, Jonathan Langner, Jennifer Callaghan-Koru, Austin Porter, Don E. Willis, Jennifer A. Andersen, Nicola L. Hawley, James P. Selig, Amir Forati, Maria R. Alcala, Lanita White, Enrique Gomez-Pomar, Clare C. Brown

“…Results: Mothers with a Medicaid-covered birth had 0.90 times fewer prenatal care visits and were 1.26 times more likely to have fewer than the recommended number of visits, 1.60 times more likely to initiate prenatal care late, and 1.46 times more likely to have reported no prenatal visits at all. …”
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Efficacy of Bacillus clausii UBBC-07 in the prevention of antibiotic-associated diarrhea in children by H.V. Beketova, O.O. Koiro, S.S. Bohdanova, M.S. Bulhakova, K.M. Heorhitsa, O.B. Il’kiv, О.R. Kavka, О.Z. Kmit’, О.V. Kukhar, V.І. Liubetska, V.V. Maleiko, І.А. Matiukhina, К.О. Medvedska, N.B. Pavchak, К.А. Percheklii, V.V. Semenchuk, Y.О. Sotnichenko, U.М. Tomashiuk, N.І. Tsvynda, М.Y. Shalimanova

“…Prophylactic use of the probiotic reduced the frequency of developing antibiotic-associated diarrhea in general by 2.5 times, with a reduction of 2.5 times among patients receiving penicillins, of 2.4 times among those treated with cephalosporins, and of 5.1 times for those who took macrolides. …”
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A Case of Concomitant Perforated Acute Cholecystitis and Pancreatitis by Marlon Perera, Toan Pham, Sumeet Toshniwal, Yasmin Lennie, Steven Chan, Nezor Houli

“…Clinical judgement dictated timing of operative management and ultimately cholecystectomy was performed safely.…”
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Tall Leather Boots From the Death Pits of Polish Officers – Victims of the Soviet Regime During World War II by Jakub Michalik, Rafał Openkowski, Tomasz Dudziński, Tomasz Kozłowski, Małgorzata Grupa, Filip Nalaskowski

“…Along with the development of technology and warfare, footwear has also been transformed many times in numerous ways. The primary objective behind those changes was to create better foot protection against various traumas and ensure greater comfort while walking. …”
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A Space Efficient Circular Patch MIMO Antenna Having Six Degrees of Freedom for 5G-n79/WLAN Applications by Susanta Kumar Badi, Om Prakash Acharya, Bhargav Appasani, Nicu Bizon

“…The total size of the proposed design is 101 mm <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\times 50.5$ </tex-math></inline-formula> mm <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\times 1.55$ </tex-math></inline-formula> mm (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\approx ~1.683\lambda _{\mathrm {c}} \times 0.842\lambda _{\mathrm {c}} \times 0.026\lambda _{\mathrm {c}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>). …”
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The Climate-forming role of the production process of the forests of Ukraine by Platon Tretyak, Nelia Lukianchuk, Hryhoriy Krynytskyy

“…The share of productivity of forests in Ukraine and their material-and-energy impact on the air basin of Central and Eastern Europe is approximately 4.3%, which is 4 times less than for the forests of Germany and 1.3 times less than for the forests of Poland. …”
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Exposure to Silica, Arsenic, and Chromium (VI) in Cement Workers: A Probability Health Risk Assessment by Noor Haziqah Kamaludin, Juliana Jalaludin, Shamsul Bahri Mohd Tamrin, Abdah Md Akim, Tri Martiana, Noeroel Widajati

“…Manufacturing workers had a high probability of getting cancer due to Si exposure in cement respirable dust at 29.81 × 10−4 times compared to administrative workers at 4.14 × 10−4 times. …”
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GenVFNet: Generating Visual Field From Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography by Conditional Generative Adversarial Networks by Anita Manassakorn, Supatana Auethavekiat, Vera Sa-Ing, Sunee Chansangpetch, Kitiya Ratanawongphaibul, Nopphawan Uramphorn, Visanee Tantisevi

“…The average <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\times 95$ </tex-math></inline-formula>%CI SSIM, NRMSE, and FID were <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$0.87\times 0.02$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$0.10\times 0.6$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$7.54\times 3.47$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, respectively. …”
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Effects of music training on executive functions in preschool children aged 3–6 years: systematic review and meta-analysis by Yanan Lu, Lin Shi, Lin Shi, Ahmad Faudzi Musib

“…Significant improvements were seen for working memory following music training having a duration of ≥12 weeks (SMD = 0.42, 95% CI: 0.18–0.65), occurring &lt;3 times per week (SMD = 0.49, 95% CI: 0.06–0.93), occurring ≥3 times per week (SMD = 0.28, 95% CI:0.1–0.47), and lasting 20–30 min per session (SMD = 0.39, 95% CI: 0.16–0.54). …”
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Parameters and environmental consequences of catastrophic fires in Ukraine: modeling, quantitative estimates by L. F. Chernogor, A. N. Nekos, G. V. Titenko, L. L. Chornohor

“…Emissions of smoke, soot, and nitrogen oxides exceeded the background values ​​of the masses of these substances many times over. The injection of polyaromatic hydrocarbons exceeded the background values ​​by 570, PM 2.5 microparticles by 14 times, and the power of acoustic radiation by 30 times. …”
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Enhancing Chronic Disease Prediction in IoMT-Enabled Healthcare 5.0 Using Deep Machine Learning: Alzheimer&#x2019;s Disease as a Case Study by Rabia Javed, Tahir Abbas, Tariq Shahzad, Khadija Kanwal, Sadaqat Ali Ramay, Muhammad Adnan Khan, Khmaies Ouahada

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Predictors of knowledge level and awareness towards the principles and methodology evaluation of pharmacoeconomics in Saudi Arabia by Dhafer Mahdi Alshayban

“…Participants aged 26–35 and those over 36 were 2.6 times (AOR = 2.6, p < 0.05) and 2.8 times (AOR = 2.83, p < 0.01) more likely to have good knowledge than those under 25, respectively.Conclusion: This study highlighted a gap in the knowledge, and ability to apply PE concepts in practice. …”
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Evaluation of five questionnaires for obstructive sleep apnea screening in the elderly by Riken Chen, Jinru Zhu, Yitian Yang, Weifeng Liao, Weilong Ye, Lianfang Du, Mingdi Chen, Yuan Zhang, Weimin Yao, Zhenzhen Zheng

“…The sensitivity and specificity of the Berlin Questionnaire are noticeably high at 0.653 (0.587–0.719) and 0.608 (0.497–0.719), 0.699 (0.621–0.776) and 0.533 (0.449–0.616), and 0.803 (0.713–0.892) and 0.503 (0.433–0.572) when the AHI is 5, 15, and 30 times/hour, respectively. The GOAL Questionnaire has the highest DOR at AHI cut-off points of 5 and 15 times/hour, while Berlin has the highest DOR at an AHI cut-off point of 30 times/hour. …”
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Exploring the efficacy of drought tolerant, IAA-producing plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria for sustainable agriculture by Malika Uzma, Atif Nisar, Atia Iqbal, Shahida Hasnain, Mohamed H. Mahmoud, Muhammad Abdul Rahim, Tehseen Gull, Roberto Castro-Muñoz, Eliasse Zongo

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Burden and factors associated with perceived stress amidst COVID-19: a population web-based study in Pakistan by Maryam Pyar Ali Lakhdir, Romaina Iqbal, Nargis Asad, Apsara Ali Nathwani, Syed Iqbal Azam, Ghazal Peerwani

“…Adequate and timely interventions are needed before high-stress levels culminate into psychological disorders.…”
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Chronic alcohol intoxication and liver diseases by A. I. Khazanov, S. V. Plyusnin, S. A. Belyakin, A. P. Vasiliev, A. N. Bobrov, A. I. Pavlov, S. G. Pehktashev

“…Sixfold increase of alcohol consumption by the USSR-Russia population for 1946–2006 resulted in 8,5 times increase of number of ALC patients for specified interim, whereas the total number of patients with LC increased 4,1 times. …”
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