Causes and Intervention Strategies to Reduce Childhood Obesity in Ambato by Carlos David Castañeda Guillot, Diego Fernando Vaca Sánchez, María Augusta Reyes Pérez

“…The intervention was effective in modifying the number of obese children, the regular consumption of fruits and vegetables, and the time spent in front of digital media.…”
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Uniform hyperscanning paradigm to study cooperation and competition by Pablo A. Nogueira-Islas, Paola V. Olguín-Rodríguez, Hugo Tlahuext-Aca, Markus F. Müller

“…To facilitate retrospective analysis, it would also be desirable for the task that the participants have to perform not to be divided into short time intervals, but to be continuous over a longer period of time. …”
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Astronomical Chronology Framework of the Lingshui Formation (Oligocene) in the Northern South China Sea by Jianhao Liang, Yaning Wang, Shangfeng Zhang, Yubing Liang, Gaoyang Gong, Rui Han

“…The astronomical timescale framework for the Lingshui Formation was accurately constructed by integrating geophysical logging data and employing a multidisciplinary approach that includes time series analysis, cyclostratigraphy, astronomical dating, and Power Ratio Accumulation (PRA) methods. …”
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Size Effects of Finite Element Model for Three-Dimensional Microstructural Modeling of Asphalt Mixture by Kuanghuai Wu, Qingzi Deng, Naiming Deng, Xu Cai, Wenke Huang

“…For the creep simulation test, the most appropriate voxel size whose creep stiffness modulus changes within 2.5% is 1.0 mm with regard to time steps, computational time, aggregate, and mastic shape representations.…”
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Control of Magnetic Manipulator Using Reinforcement Learning Based on Incrementally Adapted Local Linear Models by Martin Brablc, Jan Žegklitz, Robert Grepl, Robert Babuška

“…We have introduced modifications to the RFWR algorithm to better suit the low-dimensional continuous-time systems we are mostly dealing with. The benchmark is a nonlinear, dynamic magnetic manipulation system. …”
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Climate Change Adaptation: An Ecosystem-Based Approach for Livelihood Improvement of Fringe Communities around Worobong South Forest Reserve in Ghana by Samuel Adu-Acheampong, Conrad Kyei-Mensah, Rosina Kyerematen

“…We administered 250 questionnaires as well as studied time series data for temperature and rainfall with satellite images using the mixed method approach. …”
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Recruitment in Swarm-Founding Wasps: Polybia occidentalis Does not Actively Scent-Mark Carbohydrate Food Sources by Benjamin J. Taylor, Erik V. Nordheim, Teresa I. Schueller, Robert L. Jeanne

“…Scent marking food resources is expected to enhance foraging efficiency reducing search time. Many social bees exhibit this behavior, but scent-marking is absent in social wasps, except for Vespa mandarinia. …”
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Development of Automatic Method for Glucose Detection Based on Platinum Octaethylporphyrin Sol–Gel Film with Long-Term Stability by Yujie Niu, Yongda Wang, Lu Li, Xiyu Zhang, Ting Liu

“…OP exhibited a linear relationship with GC in a range of 0–720 μM. The time required by the photoluminescence of the film to reach equilibrium was measured to ensure the completion of the reaction, and it was found that the equilibrium time decreased as the GC increased. …”
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Association of Autoantibodies to BP180 with Disease Activity in Greek Patients with Bullous Pemphigoid by Aikaterini Patsatsi, Aikaterini Kyriakou, Aikaterini Pavlitou-Tsiontsi, Anastasia Giannakou, Dimitrios Sotiriadis

“…All parameters were evaluated by the time of diagnosis (baseline), month 3, and month 6. …”
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Percutaneous needle decompression for tension pneumoperitoneum during GI endoscopy: a step-by-step guide by Natalie J. Wilson, MD, Rahul Karna, MD, Giovanni A. Roldan, MD, Roberto Osorio Cintron, RN, Alexander Leaf, RN, Daniela Guerrero Vinsard, MD, Mohammad Bilal, MD

“…Results: In both case examples, intraprocedural needle decompression resulted in rapid normalization of hemodynamics and allowed time to safely complete the procedures after endoscopic closure of the perforation. …”
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High-order discontinuous Galerkin methods for the monodomain and bidomain models by Federica Botta, Matteo Calafà, Pasquale C. Africa, Christian Vergara, Paola F. Antonietti

“…The choice of a semi-implicit time integration allows for a fast solution at each time step. …”
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What Can Be Other? The Role of Experience in Philosophy by Elena V. Kosilova

“…In our time, the so-called experimental philosophy is emerging. …”
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The Effect of Steel Reinforcement Diameter on the Behavior of Concrete Beams with Corrosion by Joel Moreno-Herrera, Néstor Vega-Juarez, Jorge Varela-Rivera, Luis Fernandez-Baqueiro, Pedro Castro-Borges

“…The beams were tested a second time to determine their final structural behavior. …”
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Effect of Process Parameters on Short Fiber Orientation along the Melt Flow Direction in Water-Assisted Injection Molded Part by Haiying Zhou, Hesheng Liu, Qingsong Jiang, Tangqing Kuang, Zhixin Chen, Weiping Li

“…The effect of six process parameters, including filling time, melt temperature, mold temperature, delay time, water pressure, and water temperature, on the SFO along the melt flow direction were studied through orthogonal experimental design, range analysis, and variance analysis. …”
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Unconfined Compressive Strength of Aqueous Polymer-Modified Saline Soil by Yan Zhu, Xiangjuan Yu, Lei Gao, Jiajia Chen, Michael Dino Cotugno

“…With increasing ZM concentration and curing time, the water stability and wetting-drying cycling resistance improve. …”
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Bioethanol production from water hyacinth with isolated thermophilic microbial consortium from Kenya by Deffar, Selamawit Shiferaw, Kumar, Anil, Muliwa, Anthony, Pili, Njira Njira, Omara, Timothy

“…The optimized factors were inoculum dose (8.1%, v/v), temperature (48.8 °C) and time (52.3 h) which resulted into 7.2 g/L of predicted bioethanol concentration. …”
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Hierarchical Matching of Traffic Information Services Using Semantic Similarity by Zongtao Duan, Lei Tang, Zhiliang Kou, Yishui Zhu

“…The accuracy of offline service clustering reached 93.80%, and it reduced the response time to 651 ms when the total number of candidate services was 1000. …”
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THE PROFILE OF FRACTURE IN PATIENTS UNDER 17 YEARS OF AGE AT RSUD DR SOETOMO IN THE PERIOD OF 2013-2014 by Satria Nur Sya'ban, Widati Fatmaningrum, Sulis Bayusentono

“…It is also found that the highest incidence of fractures cases happens within the 12.01-18.00 time-span (19.1%) and is treated within the first 8 hours of admission to the hospital (79.4%).…”
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RISKS REDUCING THROUGH INTELLIGENT HEADLIGHT MANAGEMENT: OPTIMIZING Q-LEARNING FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES by Pitchaya Jamjuntr, Chanchai Techawatcharapaikul, Pannee Suanpang

“…This includes formulating a Q-learning strategy for real-time control of headlights operating in modes suitable for the current conditions and vehicle operations. …”
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Concurrent validity of a new screening test to evaluate the information processing speed by Camila Fernanda Cabrera Zavala, Oscar Agustín Porta, Alén Martín, Edison Vega Valderrama, María del Rosario Lis, Wilson Gualotuña Pachacama, Diana Soto

“…ABSTRACT Information processing speed (IPS) evaluates the time at which a person reacts to a stimulus. The Wechsler for Adults-III (WAIS-III) includes this domain in the digit symbol test (DS-T). …”
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