Back-Calculation of Soil Modulus from PFWD Based on a Viscoelastic Model by Rui Zhang, Tianzeng Ren, Md Ashrafuzzaman Khan, Yusheng Teng, Jianlong Zheng

“…In situ test results showed that a time lag existed between the peaks of deflection and load, and load-deflection curves were nonlinear, which indicated the viscoelastic nature of the soil. …”
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Indications And Outcomes In Neonates Requiring Mechanical Ventilation In Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Wah Cantt, Pakistan by Maryam Asrar, Sajid Nazir, Shahzad Haider, Huzaifa Sajid

“…Low birth weight, prematurity, mode of admission, first CRP at the time of presentation, thrombocytopenia, and duration of ventilation were portending factors of mortality Conclusion: Prematurity associated with RDS, HIE and NNS were the major indications for ventilation. …”
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The Role of Visfatin, Leptin, and IL-18 in Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Patients by Sukayna H. Rashed, Eman A. Hadi

“…Insulin resistance can be found in this particular group of patients. However, for the time being, it is unclear if it will be recognized as a true adipocytokine associated with the pathophysiology of PCOS. …”
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Analyzing Coaches' Skills: A Survey of Table Tennis Coaches in Riau Province and DIY Province, Indonesia by Ali Mandan, Syahriadi, Trisnar Adi Prabowo

“…One effective solution at this time is to provide training to coaches in stages. …”
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A Randomized Controlled Trial: Comparison of 4% Articaine versus 0.5% Bupivacaine for Ambulatory Orthopedic Surgery under Supraclavicular Block by Simon H. Armanious, Gamal A. Abdelhameed

“…Other secondary outcomes such as onset of block, duration of analgesia, patient satisfaction, and time to home discharge readiness were also measured. …”
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Evolution of precipitates during creep deformation for alloy 718 by Chanhee Park, Joonho Lee, Woo-Sang Jung

“…The length of the γ′′ phases increased with increasing temperatures and creep exposure time. The activation energy for γ′′ lengthening was 323 kJ/mol, similar to that for lattice diffusion of Nb in Ni. …”
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VRU-YOLO: A Small Object Detection Algorithm for Vulnerable Road Users in Complex Scenes by Yunxiang Liu, Yuqing Shi

“…However, due to their small size and unpredictable movements, existing detection methods struggle to provide stable and accurate results under real-time conditions. To overcome these challenges, this paper proposes an improved VRU detection algorithm based on YOLOv8, named VRU-YOLO. …”
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Extracellular Vesicles Derived from Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells Promote Trophoblast Cell Proliferation and Migration by Targeting TFPI2 in Preeclampsia by Ying Chen, Chenchen Zhou, Xiaobo Zhao, Ronghua Che, Yuelin Wu, Sheng Wan, Jinda Pei, Liping Yao, Xiaolin Hua

“…The messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) levels of miR-195 and tissue factor pathway inhibitor 2 (TFPI2) were measured in placental tissues derived from normal and preeclampsia patients by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell (hUC-MSC)-derived extracellular vesicles were verified by western blot. …”
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Discovery and Validation of Potential Serum Biomarkers for Heart Failure by Untargeted Metabolomics by Guisheng Zhou, Junzhi Zhang, Hongli Guo, Xiaochao Hu, Yingzhuo Wang, Kunqun Shi, Tongtong Liu, Shengyan Yin, Huanhuan Liu, Chunling Liu, Shijia Liu

“…In this study, serum samples from 83 patients with HF and 35 HCs were used as the research subjects for untargeted metabolomic analysis using ultraperformance liquid chromatography combined with quadrupole-time of flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-QTOF/MS) technology. …”
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Pressure-Predicting Model for Ultralow-Permeability Reservoirs considering the Water Absorption Characteristics of Mudstone Formations by Kai Liu, Daiyin Yin, Yong Wang

“…Combining the material balance method and finite difference method, the space terms in the basic differential equation are replaced by the material balance equation, and the finite difference in the time term is obtained. Then, the analytical solutions of the average pressures of the reservoir oil well area, reservoir water well area, transition layers, and mudstone formations are solved. …”
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Preparation of different biochars and their adsorption performance for heavy metals and antibiotics by DENG Zhihua, LIU Rui, LI Biqing

“…The longer the residence time, the better the removal effect of composite biochar on Cu and Zn, and the effect on three antibiotics was no significant. …”
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Risk factors of development of hepatocellular carcinoma by V. T. Ivashkin, M. A. Morozova, M. V. Mayevskaya, I. A. Sokolina, Ye. N. German, M. V. Bundina

“…Its detection at the early stage allows to start medical actions in time, that helps to increase patients’ survival rate.…”
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Epidemiology, natural history, and outcome of chronic hepatitis B in children by Chenyang Huang, Jing Li, Min Zhang, Junliang Fu, Fu-Sheng Wang, Haijuan Wang

“…Furthermore, the necessity of this review stems from the critical role that early detection, monitoring, and timely intervention play in mitigating the long-term consequences of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) in children. …”
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Legal nature of spontaneous construction as a complex category: questions of theory and practice by V. I. Teremetskyi, S. A. Maliar

“…It is emphasized that the law-making legal fact for the recognition of the relevant real right to unauthorized construction is a court decision or a decision of an administrative body. At the same time, in order for the emergence of property rights, the case law does not in any way level the existence of the procedure for putting immovable property into civil circulation. …”
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Do the Various Indirect Bonding Techniques Provide the Same Accuracy for Orthodontic Bracket Placement? (Randomized Clinical Trial) by Ammar Sh. Al-Ubaydi, Dheaa Al-Groosh

“…The virtual setup and bracket positioning were performed with the Insignia™ system for ten patients, and 3D Maestro® software was used for the virtual setup of the remaining 20 patients. At the same time, the bracket positioning of 10 patients was done digitally by the 3D Maestro® software and the remaining 10 patients manually through the Ray Set® device. …”
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Application of IoT-Based Drones in Precision Agriculture for Pest Control by Mohamad Reda. A. Refaai, Vinjamuri SNCH Dattu, N. Gireesh, Ekta Dixit, CH. Sandeep, David Christopher

“…The different approaches, for example, confront difficulties such as investigating the region in the shortest possible time feasible, while eliminating the same region being searched by more drones, detecting parasites, and stopping their spread by applying the appropriate number of pesticides. …”
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Effect of the epidemiological heterogeneity on the outbreak outcomes by Alina Macacu, Dominique J. Bicout

“…To address this issue we have characterized the epidemic response function for a single-host population and defined a heterogeneity index measuring how host systems are epidemiologically different in terms of generation time, basic reproduction number $R_0$ and, therefore, epidemic response function. …”
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Diagnostic utility of rapid tests to detect IgG/IgM antibodies against COVID-19 by Pedro Sánchez Frenes, Dayamí García Torres, María de Jesús Sánchez Bouza, Gippsy Mendoza Cartaya, Mavis Portela Sánchez

“…<br /><strong>Methods</strong>: descriptive study, carried out with patients admitted to the Héroes de Playa Girón Specialized Ambulatory Center, in Cienfuegos, with a presumptive, probable or confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 during two periods of time. All of them underwent a rapid test to detect anti-COVID-19 antibodies, in addition to a confirmatory molecular biology test. …”
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Identifying preeclampsia-associated key module and hub genes via weighted gene co-expression network analysis by Jie Li, Lingling Jiang, Haili Kai, Yang Zhou, Jiachen Cao, Weichun Tang

“…Finally, hub genes were selected via Venn Plot and confirmed by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. Through the co-expression networks and modules, we ensured the turquoise module was the most significant one related to PE. …”
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Lateral Quadratus Lumborum Block versus Transversus Abdominis Plane Block in Laparoscopic Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Study by Omar Sayed Fargaly, Maged Labib Boules, Mohamed Ahmed Hamed, Mohammed Abdel Aleem Abbas, Mohammed Ahmed Shawky

“…The QLB group showed an increase in the median of the time to the first analgesic request in comparison with the TAPB group (17 hours [12, 24] vs. 8 hours [6, 24], p≤0.001). …”
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