Mitigation of environmental impacts in ornamental rock and limestone aggregate quarries in arid and semi-arid areas by M.A. Peñaranda Barba, V. Alarcón Martínez, I. Gómez Lucas, J. Navarro Pedreño

“…Analysing these measures, it has been observed that 90% of the measures applied to control the different negative environmental factors in this type of quarry are the same.CONCLUSION: Open-pit mining extraction systems have a series of similar characteristics that allow a systematic approach to be established when analysing the impacts. …”
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Assessment of root resorption on lateral incisors after primary canine extraction treating mesioangular displaced permanent canines: a randomised controlled trial by Narmin Helal, Reem Naaman, Najlaa Alamoudi, Azza El-Housseiny, Fatima Jadu

“…Severe resorption was observed more frequently in cases involving palatally displaced canines within both groups, but it did not reach statistical significance.ConclusionsLateral incisor root resorption (RR) progressed significantly within a 12-month period irrespective of treatment modality. …”
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Sustained effects of bladder point-of-care ultrasound simulation exercise on nursing students: A prospective cohort study by Tomoyoshi Naito, Akiko Hashizumi, Masako Sakai, Emiko Yamamura, Miho Iwase, Kiyomi Yamada, Masako Watanabe, Nobuo Kimura, Takako Kato, Eiko Fujimoto, Rie Kashihara

“…Nursing student volunteers participated in this prospective observational study. The primary outcome was the Objective Structured Assessment of Ultrasound Skills (OSAUS) score. …”
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Psychological responses to acute exercise in patients with stress-induced exhaustion disorder: a cross-over randomized trial by Jenny Kling, Robert Persson Asplund, Örjan Ekblom, Victoria Blom

“…No differences were observed between pre- and 6 or 24 h post-exercise in any variables. …”
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The Social Construction of Categorical Data: Mixed Methods Approach to Assessing Data Features in Publicly Available Datasets by Theresa Willem, Alessandro Wollek, Theodor Cheslerean-Boghiu, Martha Kenney, Alena Buyx

“…Our qualitative analysis gives insights into how the categorical data were collected and why they were published, explaining some of the quantitative effects that we observed. Our findings highlight the social constructedness of categorical data in publicly available datasets, meaning that the data in a category heavily depend on both how these categories are defined by the dataset creators and the sociomedico context in which the data are collected. …”
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Growth of Zinc Oxide Nanorods with the Thickness of Less than or Equal to 1 μm through Zinc Acetate or Zinc Nitrate for Perovskite Solar Cell Applications by Albertus Bramantyo, Kenji Murakami, Masayuki Okuya, Arief Udhiarto, Nji Raden Poespawati

“…Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images were observed to analyze the morphological shape of the ZnO NRs. …”
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Distal Transradial Access in Anatomical Snuffbox for Coronary Angiography and Intervention: An Updated Meta-Analysis by Chendi Liang, Qinghua Han, Yongping Jia, Chunyu Fan, Gang Qin

“…However, since the publication of the previous meta-analysis, several observational studies have been added, so we performed an updated meta-analysis to include more eligible studies to compare distal transradial access in anatomical snuffbox with conventional transradial access (cTRA). …”
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Differential HLA Association of GAD65 and IA2 Autoantibodies in North Indian Type 1 Diabetes Patients by Neihenuo Chuzho, Neeraj Kumar, Neetu Mishra, Nikhil Tandon, Uma Kanga, Gurvinder Kaur, Paras Singh, Gunja Mishra, Shreya Sharma, Narinder K. Mehra

“…GADA and IA2A were detected in 50.79% and 15.87% of T1D patients, respectively, while only 8.73% had both GADA and IA2A. HLA-DRB1∗03 was observed to be significantly higher in GADA+ T1D patients as compared to GADA– (91.41% vs. 66.13%, Bonferroni-corrected P Pc=1.11×10−5; OR=5.45; 95% CI: 2.67-11.08). …”
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Reverse transcriptase inhibitors diminish systemic proinflammatory responses to bacterial pathogens by Karthik Hullahalli, Katherine G. Dailey, Ryan Acbay, Masataka Suzuki, George I. Balazs, Matthew K. Waldor

“…Moreover, in a model of lethal LPS shock, NRTI administration prevented hypothermia and death. Together, our observations reveal that NRTIs can potently impede systemic inflammatory responses during Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial infections. …”
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The Impact of Optical Undersampling on the Ca2+ Signal Resolution in Ca2+ Imaging of Spontaneous Neuronal Activity by Katarina D. Milicevic, Violetta O. Ivanova, Tina N. Brazil, Cesar A. Varillas, Yan M.D. Zhu, Pavle R. Andjus, Srdjan D. Antic

“…In neurons bulk-loaded with OGB1-AM, cell nucleus-mediated signal distortions were observed in every neuron examined (n = 57). Specifically, two regions of interest (ROIs) on different segments of the same cell body displayed significantly different signal amplitudes and durations due to dye accumulation in the nucleus. …”
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Esophagoplasty Using a Jejunum Segment on a Vascular Pedicle by D. V. Ruchkin, V. A. Kozlov, M. M. Khamidov, D. E. Okonskaya, N. B. Kovalerova

“…In the long-term period, 11 (91.7 %) patients remained under observation, 1 (9.1 %) developed an esophagogastroanastomosis stricture 1.5 months after esophageal plastic surgery, which was resolved by 4 courses of bougation during the first 9 months after surgery. …”
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Characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates Obtained from Patients in Canadian Hospitals: Results of the CANWARD 2007 Study by Andrew Walkty, Melanie DeCorby, Kim Nichol, Melissa McCracken, Michael R Mulvey, James A Karlowsky, Daryl J Hoban, George G Zhanel

“…Reduced susceptibility to cefepime, meropenem and levofloxacin was observed more frequently among ICU isolates (P<0.05). …”
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Fortifying plant fortresses: siderophores in defense against Cercospora leaf spot disease in Vigna radiata L. by Anushree Kamath, Abhishek Sharma, Arpit Shukla, Arpit Shukla, Arpit Shukla, Paritosh Parmar, Dhara Patel

“…Chitinase activity was significantly elevated in SP15 on Day 6, with a sustained response through Day 8, while no significant change was observed in the control group. Total phenolic content was highest in SP15 (100 µg/mL), showing a a ramified immune response whereas S15 recorded 80 µg/mL, significantly above the control. …”
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Assessing the acute effect of compression socks on improving arterial compliance in young volunteers by Kosuke Morinaga, Masako Nakahara, Kotaro Matsuura, Shigekazu Ishihara, Yasuhiro Idobata, Takafumi Kobata, Toshio Tsuji

“…The left-sided mean ba-PWV decreased from 10.79 m/s (bare feet) to 10.11 m/s (compression socks) [absolute difference: 0.67 m/s; relative difference: 6.21 %]. We observed no significant differences in PWVs between bare feet and normal sock conditions on either side. …”
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Morfometric evaluation of young buffalo males in two Argentinean herds by Gabriela Alejandra Koza, José Luis Konrad, Jesús Alfredo Berdugo, Norma Beatriz Mussart, Josefina Hernando

“…A significant correlation between LW and TP and LW with AH, SH, and SC was observed in both herds. There were significant values of Pearson’s equation in the correlation between BS and SC in the animals from the Empedrado locality and when considering the animals from both locations, but not in those from the Itatí establishment. …”
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Nanoscale Pore Structure Characterization and Permeability of Mudrocks and Fine-Grained Sandstones in Coal Reservoirs by Scanning Electron Microscopy, Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry... by Na Zhang, Fangfang Zhao, Pingye Guo, Jiabin Li, Weili Gong, Zhibiao Guo, Xiaoming Sun

“…FIB-SEM image analyses showed that the mineral matrix pores including interparticle (interP) and intraparticle (intraP) pores with varied morphologies are the dominant pore types of the investigated rock samples while very few organic matter (OM) pores were observed. Results of the MIP and the full water-saturated NMR measurements showed that the PSD curves of the mudrock samples mostly present a unimodal pattern and nanopores with pore diameter less than 0.1 μm are their predominant pore type, while the PSD curves of the fine-grained sandstone samples are featured by a bimodal distribution. …”
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New Circumpapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness and Bruch’s Membrane Opening-Minimum Rim Width Assessment in Nonglaucomatous Eyes with Large Discs by Serife Bayraktar, Gulnar Sultanova, Zafer Cebeci, Emre Altinkurt, Belgin Izgi

“…This prospective, cross-sectional, observational study included a total of 91 eyes of 91 patients having nonglaucomatous eyes with large discs (Group 1) and 50 eyes of 50 healthy subjects (Group 2). …”
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SLC22A1 rs622342 Polymorphism Predicts Insulin Resistance Improvement in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Treated with Metformin: A Cross-Sectional Study by Kunrong Wu, Xiaoli Li, Yuedong Xu, Xiaoqian Zhang, Ziwan Guan, Shufang Zhang, Yan Li

“…However, these significant differences were not observed between rs11212617 genotype groups. Further data analysis revealed that the association between the rs622342 polymorphism and HOMA-IR was gender related, and so was rs11212617 polymorphism and HOMA-BCF. …”
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Factors Leading to Malnutrition in Children Under Five Years in Nyamwamba Division, Kasese Municipality, Kasese District. by Kabugho, Mary Consolata

“…The highest prevalence of wasting was observed in children aged 24-35 months where 23 (104) and 8 (104) children were wasted and severely wasted respectively. …”
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Evaluation of Delay Characteristics at A 4- Legged Signalised Intersection for Improvement in The Level of Service. A Case Study of Jinja Road Intersection. by Babirye, Joanitor

“…Capacity, delay, queue length and degree of saturation were observed from the model where signalization simulation options for existing signalized and improved model were determined. …”
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