Well-Dispersed Silica Fume by Surface Modification and the Control of Cement Hydration by Rui Ma, Liping Guo, Wei Sun, Zhidan Rong

“…In this study, surface modification with polyacrylic acid (PAA) was applied on SF to achieve a better dispersion and to optimize the hydration process of cement at early age. The particle size distribution and surface properties of SF, as well as the cement hydration with modified SF, were investigated. …”
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Hip Resurfacing. An Experience in Livingstone Hospital, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. From January 2004 to January 2006. by Pedro Gonzalo González González, Edgar Antezana Bilbao, Tamara Elizabeth Morales Perez

“…The variables used were the following: age, sex, affected hip, surgical approach and survivorship of the prosthesis at 12 moths-24 months after surgery. …”
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Trash streams as a manifestation of youth subculture by S. A. Grishaeva, N. N. Pushkareva

“…In the course of the study, four focus groups and two project sessions were conducted with schoolchildren and students, as well as an online survey of 8,942 respondents of various age categories. The vast majority of respondents, regardless of age, believe that it is necessary to prohibit or at least limit the broadcast of trash streams. …”
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Defining the Structure of Physical Education Lessons in Secondary Schools: A Didactic Problem and Its Solutions by Yurij Vaskov

“…The study proved that the types of lessons, age of students, and level of education influence the choice of structure. …”
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The Decay Resistance and Hyphae Penetration of Bamboo Gigantochloa scortechinii Decayed by White and Brown Rot Fungi by Norul Hisham Hamid, Othman Sulaiman, Azmy Mohammad, Norasikin Ahmad Ludin

“…This study found that the percentage weight loss was greatly reduced with the bamboo ageing. Regardless of age, the G. scortechinii was classified as highly resistant to decay by white and brown rot fungi. …”
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Effect of Adjusting for Particle-Size Distribution of Cement on Strength Development of Concrete by Daegeon Kim

“…As FMC increased, compressive strength was relatively low at early age but the difference became smaller for later age. …”
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Gambaran Karakteristik Pasien Stroke yang Mengalami Konstipasi Pasca Rawatan by Maria Valentina Sibarani, Rahmi Ulfah, Esi Afriyanti

“…In addition,constipation in post-treatment stroke patients is influenced by female sex, increasing age, low educational status, IRT employment and duration of stroke. …”
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Platelet Distribution Width: A Severity Marker Of Pre Eclampsia, Experience At Tertiary Care Hospital by Mariam Zahir, Shagufta Saeed Sial, Humera Noreen

“…Materials & Methods: A total of 150 pregnant females with mild and severe pre-eclampsia with gestational age > 20 weeks, and an age limit of 18-40 years were included in the study. …”
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An exploration of whether the extent and orientation of the discrepancy in perceived and actual mathematical efficacy affects mathematical anxiety by Wang Xi li, Wang Xi li, Li Xue Liu, Mu Xia

“…A total of 582 grade 1 students in seniors high school in Nanning with an average age of 16 and 489 grade 2 students in seniors high school with an average age of 17 were selected. …”
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Isolated Fallopian Tube Torsion in Adolescents by S. Rajaram, S. Bhaskaran, S. Mehta

“…Fallopian tube torsion is a rare cause of acute abdomen, occurring commonly in females of reproductive age. It lacks pathognomonic symptoms, signs, or imaging features, thus causing delay in surgical intervention. …”
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Factors Affecting Vagus Nerve Stimulation Outcomes in Epilepsy by Mehdi Abbasi, Atie Moghtadaie, Seyed Amir Miratashi Yazdi

“…The following factors were assessed in this review: previous surgical history, age at implantation and gender, types of epilepsy, duration of epilepsy, age at epilepsy onset, frequency of attacks, antiepileptic drugs, VNS parameters, EEG findings, MRI findings, and biomarkers. …”
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Evaluating the effects of guide plans on the mental health of villagers (Case study: Central district of Darab County) by Hamid Heidary mokarrar, Hamid reza Nasimi, Zohreh Ramezanpour

“…Other results of the research confirm that there is a significant difference between mental health status in all three age groups of men But among women, there is a significant difference between the two age groups of the elderly with young people and middle aged people.…”
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Protein C Deficiency Caused by a Novel Mutation in the PROC Gene in an Infant with Delayed Onset Purpura Fulminans by Mariam S. Al Harbi, Ayman W. El-Hattab

“…In this report, we describe an 8-month-old infant with autosomal recessive PCD who presented with multiple lumps on his lower extremities at the age of 2 months and later developed purpura fulminans after obtaining a muscle biopsy from the thigh at the age of 5 months. …”
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Exercise Preferences Are Different after Stroke by Geraldine Banks, Julie Bernhardt, Leonid Churilov, Toby B. Cumming

“…Twenty-three adult stroke survivors (mean age 63, 65% male) and 41 healthy controls (mean age 61, 66% male) participated. …”
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Environmental disclosure practices in mining sector companies in Indonesia by Fajarini Sri Wahyuningrum Indah, Oktavilia Shanty, Suryarini Trisni, Wahyudin Agus, Reswari Hasna Pratista Ardhana, Putri Wulandari Marceylla

“…Company size has a positive effect on environmental disclosure, whereas profitability, company age, and environmental performance do not have an impact on environmental disclosure.…”
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Chickenpox pneumonia. Case presentation. Dora Ngiza hospital, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. by Gilberto Serrano Ocaña, Juan Carlos Ortiz Sablon, Ilen Ochoa Tamayo

“…Chickenpox is an exanthematic highly infectious disease produced by the Varicella zoster virus (VZV), commonly occurs in childhood, 90% of cases occurred in children under 12 years of age, 10% of the population over 15 years is susceptible to suffer it. …”
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Internet et le Grand Siècle : les recueils collectifs de poésie au regard du Web by Christophe Schuwey

“…This article highlights existing but overlooked analogies between digital-age publications – on websites, blogs and social networks – and the multi-authored poetry collections that emerged and thrived in late seventeenth-century France. …”
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Laurence Housman (1865–1959): Fairy Tale Teller, Illustrator and Aesthete by Audrey Doussot

“…But, above all else, his fairy tale collections are among the illustrated books which contributed, at the turn of the century, to creating a golden age of book illustration (critics generally regard the 1890s as “the second golden age of illustration” in Great Britain, after the 1860s), an exceptional period during which illustration finally won acclaim as a newly-recognized art while Art Nouveau was gradually promoting new standards for artistic creation.…”
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Oral and Dental Findings of Dyskeratosis Congenita by Mine Koruyucu, Pelin Barlak, Figen Seymen

“…Hematologic tests were performed and showed aplastic anemia at the age of 2. At the age of 4, the bone marrow transplantation was performed. …”
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Serum Creatinine in Patients with Advanced Liver Disease Is of Limited Value for Identification of Moderate Renal Dysfunction: Are the Equations for Estimating Renal Function Bette... by Jillian MacAulay, Kara Thompson, Bryce A Kiberd, David C Barnes, Kevork M Peltekian

“…BACKGROUND: The Cockcroft-Gault formula (CGF) is used to estimate the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) based on serum creatinine (Cr) levels, age and sex. A new formula developed by the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) Study Group, based on the patient’s Cr levels, age, sex, race and serum urea nitrogen and serum albumin levels, has shown to be more accurate. …”
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