Intraspecific Crossability in Andrographis paniculata Nees: A Barrier against Breeding of the Species by Alireza Valdiani, Mihdzar Abdul Kadir, Mohd Said Saad, Daryush Talei, Vahid Omidvar, Chia Sok Hua

“…Accordingly, the effects of different style length and crossing time on intraspecific crossability of seven AP accessions in 21 possible combinations were investigated. …”
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Enhancing Venous Thromboembolism Risk Prediction through Novel Biomarkers and Inflammatory Indicators by Zainab Wahab Al-Maaroof

“…CONCLUSION: The study highlights the importance of novel biomarkers such as thrombin generation time, factor VIII levels, circulating miRNAs, and inflammatory markers in assessing VTE risk. …”
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Optimized preparation of dithiocarboxylated polyethyleneimine-polyacrylamide and its Cu(Ⅱ) removal performance and mechanism by SANG Fangjuan, WANG Gang, WANG Xue, YANG Xiaomin

“…The results showed that the intermediate polyethylenimide(PEI) was prepared under the optimal conditions as 1% of PAM concentration, 1:1:2 of n(PAM):n(NaClO):n(NaOH), 30 ℃ of reaction temperature, 120 min of reaction time, and 6.5 of pH in reaction medium. The final product DT(PEI-PAM) was prepared under the optimal conditions as 1:2:3 of reactant mass concentration ratio for PEI:CS2:NaOH, 25 ℃ of pre-reaction temperature, 40 min of pre-reaction time, 60 ℃ of main reaction temperature, and 120 min of main reaction time. …”
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Bi-polymeric structured system (xanthan gum-carboxymethyl cellulose) for developing instant powder with the ability to suspend flixweed seeds in beverages: Effect of pH and sweeten... by Sara Naji-Tabasi, Bahareh Emadzadeh, Seyedeh Fatemeh Mousavi, Saeedeh Shahbazizadeh, Zahra Damavandi

“…The shortest formation time of the structured system was observed in the presence of sucrose. …”
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Blunt Isolated Small Bowel Perforation Intervention: Does a Delay in Management Matter? by Sung Yong Hong, Se Hun Kim, Ki Hoon Kim

“…Blunt small bowel injury is rare, and its timely diagnosis may be difficult. The effects of a delayed intervention on prognosis are unclear. …”
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Evaluating Clinical Outcomes for Determining the Optimal Delay to Skin Incision under WALANT: A Prospective Series of 34 Patients from a Low-Resource Tertiary Setting by Alvin Hernandez, Mamer Rosario, Romina Mendoza-Torres, Carl Ryan Marino Taguba, Abigail Garcia, Geoffrey Battad

“…Additional studies on clinical outcomes to determine the optimal time delay from injection of local anesthesia to skin incision for WALANT surgeries are needed. …”
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The Impact of 3S2E Nursing Management on the Psychological Status of Respiratory Function and Quality of Life of Patients with Severe Pneumonia in the ICU by Yaoyao Xu, Xia Li, Qin Yang, Xiuxian Ma

“…Results. Fever time abatement, mechanical ventilation time, WBC recovery time, and length of hospital stay in the observation category were found to be shorter in comparison with the control class (P<0.05). …”
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Research of Civil and Legal Relations of Kievan Rus Period Made by Professor P. P. Tsitovich (1843-1913) by V. A. Grechenko

“…Tsitovich in the sphere of succession law and marital relations of the Kievan Rus era have a certain significance at the present time.…”
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LEACH-D: A low-energy, low-delay data transmission method for industrial internet of things wireless sensors by Desheng Liu, Chen Liang, Hongwei Mo, Xiaowei Chen, Dequan Kong, Peng Chen

“…Numerous researchers have proposed algorithms to minimize transmission time and energy consumption, specifically focusing on industrial environments. …”
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Seasonal Variability of Air Pollutants and Their Relationships to Meteorological Parameters in an Urban Environment by Sherly Shelton, Gayathri Liyanage, Sanduni Jayasekara, Buddhi Pushpawela, Upaka Rathnayake, Akila Jayasundara, Lesty Dias Jayasooriya

“…Air quality in urban areas is deteriorating over time with the increased pollutant distribution levels mainly caused due to anthropogenic activities. …”
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A Modified Newmark Methodology for Permanent Deformation Analysis of Rock-Fill Dams by Hongjun Li, Hong Zhong, Zuwen Yan, Jianming Zhao

“…Significant progress has been made to alleviate its deficiencies and overcome its simplifying assumptions, but some aspects such as the cyclic shear strength and time history vertical acceleration in the Newmark sliding displacement analysis are seldom considered strictly. …”
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Anti-vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Outpatient Treatment Patterns in Patients with Exudative Age-related Macular Degeneration from a Japanese Hospital Claims Database by Tomohiro Iida, Aya Narimatsu, Kenji Adachi, Edward CY Wang

“…“Loading dose regimen” was defined as the first 2 or 3 monthly doses and “PRN maintenance regimen” (where PRN=pro re nata) was defined as the entire period of time after the loading doses had been administered. …”
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Application of chemotactic behavior for life detection by Max Riekeles, Vincent Bruder, Vincent Bruder, Nicholas Adams, Berke Santos, Berke Santos, Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Dirk Schulze-Makuch

“…Given the technical, computational, and time constraints necessary for an in-situ life detection mission, this simplified approach could be a cost and resource-effective way to probe for potential chemotactic-responsive life. …”
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The influence of complexity: a bibliometric analysis of complexity science in healthcare by Jeffrey Braithwaite, Kate Churruca, Louise A Ellis, Chiara Pomare, Janet C Long

“…Publication and content data were then collected from included articles, with analysis focusing on trends over time in the types and topics of articles, and where they are published. …”
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Impact of E-Learning on Pupils Academic Performance in Social Studies: A Case Study of Selected Schools in Ikumba Sub-County Rubanda District. by Tibekyinga, William

“…There are also many online struggles that students face, such as the impossibility to stay motivated all the time, as they sometimes feel that they are completely isolated. …”
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Effect of one Laptop per Child Policy on academic Performance in Social Studies in Ruhango District, Rwanda. by Jean, Libanje Pierre

“…One major recommendation was that the Ministry of Education should motivate the teachers by improving their lifestyle so that they should fully use their time in improving the teaching-learning process through updated materials and new teaching methods, including the integration of OLPC based learning as this requires extra time.…”
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Optimization Design of Structures Subjected to Transient Loads Using First and Second Derivatives of Dynamic Displacement and Stress by Qimao Liu, Jing Zhang, Liubin Yan

“…An algorithm of first and second derivatives of dynamic displacement and stress with respect to design variables is formulated based on the Newmark method. The inequality time-dependent constraint problem is converted into a sequence of appropriately formed time-independent unconstrained problems using the integral interior point penalty function method. …”
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An experimental study on flexural strength enhancement of concrete by means of small steel fibers by Abdoullah Namdar, Ideris Bin Zakaria, Azimah Bt Hazeli, Sayed Javid Azimi, Abdul Syukor Bin Abd. Razak, G. S. Gopalakrishna

“…The force level, deflection and time to failure of beams have been measured. The shear crack, flexural crack and intermediate shear-flexural crack have been studied. …”
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LOAD EXTRACTION OF LEAF-SPRING BUSHING BASED ON ROAD LOAD DATA AND TEST-RIG FATIGUE TEST by GE WenTao, GONG ChunHui, LIU Zhou, DUAN LongYang, HUANG Hui

“…In order to keep the connection between the test-rig and the road of proving ground,according to equivalent damage theory,the fatigue test procedure of test-rig has been draw up by using multi-block fatigue load method,and the time consuming of test-rig has been shortened,and acceleration factor of 5. 03 was achieved by comparing the test time of test-rig and proving ground,the bushing has ultimately passed the durability validation of test-rig.…”
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