Treatment of Snoring with a Nasopharyngeal Airway Tube by Macario Camacho, Edward T. Chang, Camilo Fernandez-Salvador, Robson Capasso

“…The 28 and 30 Fr tubes abated the snoring sound the entire time worn (smartphone app: 0 snores, bedpartner VAS 0/10) but could not be tolerated more than 2.5 hours. …”
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Towards personalized cardiometabolic risk prediction: A fusion of exposome and AI by Zeinab Shahbazi, Slawomir Nowaczyk

“…Additionally, exposome factors significant in identifying CVD risk were pinpointed, including daytime naps, completed full-time education, past tobacco smoking, frequency of tiredness/unenthusiasm, and current work status.…”
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Spatio-temporal distribution of pulmonary tuberculosis among students in Suzhou City from 2015 to 2023 by CUI Caiyan, JIANG Jun, WANG Feixian, FU Ying, ZHANG Xiaolong

“…Retrospective spatio-temporal permutation scanning showed a primary cluster in Hengtang Street, with aggregation time in 2017, and 6 secondary clusters covering 25 towns (streets). …”
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Using drawing to learn about figurative language among tertiary EFL English literature students by Clara Boon Ing Ling, Che Aleha Ladin, Jia Wei Lim

“…This paper employs an action research method to investigate how drawing using soft pastels is used to scaffold learning about figurative language at the same time, study its benefits. Using selected literary texts involving mainly eleven tertiary EFL English Literature students, this action research qualitative study incorporates Richard Mayer’s Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning in three repeated cycles. …”
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Changements techniques et dynamique d’innovation agricole en Afrique Sahelienne: le cas du Zaï mécanisé au Burkina Faso et de l’introduction d’une cactée en Ethiopie by Danièle Clavel, Albert Barro, Tesfay Belay, Rabah Lahmar, Florent Maraux

“…A cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica Mill), which originates from Mexico, was accidentally introduced less than 20 years ago in the arid province of Tigray in northern Ethiopia. Within a very short time, ways of growing, using and processing the different products derived from Opuntia have been technically developed, leading to better human and animal nutrition, and income during lean periods (July-September). …”
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Using drinking data and pharmacokinetic modeling to calibrate transport model and blind deconvolution based data analysis software for transdermal alcohol biosensors by Zheng Dai, I.G. Rosen, Chuming Wang, Nancy Barnett, Susan E. Luczak

“…Calibration results are compared with those obtained using BAC/BrAC from alcohol challenges and from standard, linear, metabolic absorption, and zero order kinetics-based elimination models, by considering peak BAC, time of peak, and area under the BAC curve. Our models (with population parameters) could be included in a smart phone app that makes it convenient for the subject/patient to enter drinking data for a single episode in the field.…”
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The impact of climate change on the natural dendroflora of the greater caucasus by Baghirova Samira

“…Against the background of global climate change, such processes as soil degradation, salinization, etc. have become pressing problems of our time, as they lead to a reduction in biodiversity. …”
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Polygamy and Women's Rights: An Examination of Divorce Litigation in Sharia Court Rulings Pertaining to Revisions in Indonesian Matrimonial Legislation by Analiansyah Analiansyah, Dhiaurrahmah Dhiaurrahmah, Jamhuri Jamhuri, Abdul Jalil Salam, Mizaj Iskandar

“…This polygamy is likewise deemed a contravention of the rules of marriage in the Islamic jurisprudence. At the present time, polygamy is not recognized as the reason for divorce in the Indonesian law. …”
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Tourism Development based on Local Wisdom Through the Implementation of CHSE and CPR Adaptations in Tourism Destinations by Ita Purnama, Fani Fitriani

“…Tourism has experienced a crisis in the form of a lack of trust in destinations since the pandemic period some time ago until now, so a strategy is needed to restore tourist trust, one of which is by developing a Cleanliness, Health, Safety, and Environmental Sustainability (CHSE) protocol. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice toward Youth-Friendly Reproductive Health Services among Mizan-Tepi University Students, South-Western Ethiopia by Samuel Getachew, Lema Abate, Abyot Asres, Abel Mandefro

“…As a result, additional efforts, such as the availability of service providers and the improvement of facilities, as well as education linked to the service for young people and the allocation of appropriate service time, are required.…”
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Genome-Wide Analysis and Expression Profiling of Watermelon <i>VQ</i> Motif-Containing Genes Under Abiotic and Biotic Stresses by Yanjun He, Jia Shen, Xinyang Xu, Weisong Shou

“…Green fluorescent protein fusion proteins for ten selected ClVQs were localized in the nucleus, but three ClVQs also showed signals in cell membranes and the cell wall, thus confirming their predicted divergent functionality. Quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) analysis indicated that the majority of <i>ClVQ</i> genes were specifically or preferentially expressed in certain tissues or organs, especially in the male flower. …”
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What drives farmers’ behavior under climate change? Decoding risk awareness, perceived impacts, and adaptive capacity in northern Italy by Sandra Ricart, Claudio Gandolfi, Andrea Castelletti

“…Understanding climate change in a precise and timely manner may assist in gauging the occurrence and seriousness of its impacts, thereby boosting the adaptive capacity and responsiveness of farmers. …”
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Explaining and Prioritizing Supplier Evaluation Indicators with a Meta-Synthesis Approach by Sayyed Mohammad Reza Davoodi, Mehdi Papahn Shoushtari, Rasoul Bahalou Houreh, Hamid Reza Rezaei

“…By analyzing them, supplier evaluation indicators were classified into 5 dimensions, 19 sub-dimensions, and 112 components, and their effect coefficient was determined using the Shannon entropy method.Findings: The results showed that price, quality, on-time delivery, revenue, organizational structure, human resource management, energy management, environmental management, customer orientation, and green management indices are the most effective indicators in evaluating suppliers.Originality/Value: Supplier selection and evaluation are imperative in creating an effective supply chain. …”
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Adaptive Balancing of Series-Connected SiC MOSFETs Based on Active Clamping and Comparison Circuitry by Shuai Shao, Wentao Cui, Yibo Jiang, Xingyu Pei, Junming Zhang

“…When the ACM capacitor voltage exceeds this threshold, the auxiliary switch is triggered on during the dead time, and the excess energy of this capacitor is recycled back to the DC bus. …”
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Glutaraldehyde-Polymerized Hemoglobin: In Search of Improved Performance as Oxygen Carrier in Hemorrhage Models by Anca D. Farcas, Vlad Al Toma, Ioana Roman, Bogdan Sevastre, Florina Scurtu, Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu

“…Here, such HBOCs are tested in a hemorrhage set-up; ovine hemoglobin is also tested for the first time in such a setting, based on in vitro data showing its improved performance versus bovine Hb against oxidative and nitrosative stress agents. …”
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Quantitative Correlation at the Molecular Level of Tumor Response to Docetaxel by Multimodal Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging and [F]FDG/[F]FLT Positron Emission Tomog... by Valerie S. Honndorf, Holger Schmidt, Hans F. Wehrl, Stefan Wiehr, Walter Ehrlichmann, Leticia Quintanilla-Martinez, Hervé Barjat, Sally-Ann Ricketts, Bernd J. Pichler

“…Mice were imaged at four time points over 8 days. Docetaxel (15 mg/kg) was administered after a baseline scan. …”
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Nucleotides Regulate Secretion of the Inflammatory Chemokine CCL2 from Human Macrophages and Monocytes by K. R. Higgins, W. Kovacevic, L. Stokes

“…We confirmed this in the human THP-1 monocytic cell line showing that UTP is as efficient as LPS at inducing CCL2 at early time points (2–6 hours). Expression and calcium mobilisation experiments confirmed the presence of functional P2Y2 receptors on THP-1 cells. …”
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Mucormycosis Associated with Global Coronavirus Disease-19 Pandemic: A Study of Fungal Profile from a Tertiary Health-care Center by Snigdha Purohit, Kavita Mourya, Nazneen Pathan, Sunita Agarwal, Vithika Vyas, Aruna Vyas

“…Seventy-four percent of patients presented with a history of diabetes mellitus, 50% had a history of steroids taken in their past, and 48% had a history of oxygen therapy taken at the time of COVID-19 positivity (52%) samples positive for mucormycosis. …”
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Essential characteristics of law as a phenomenon of social reality by Lutskyi R., Coughlan V., Tabachyn V.

“…Scientific novelty. For the first time, the author systematizes and generalizes the levels of political and legal understanding of the concept of «rights as a phenomenon of social reality» through the prism of a rational correlation between the will of the State and its citizens, taking into account the realities of today. …”
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Purification of arsenic-contaminated drinking water by Fe-Al-CO3 layered double hydroxide derived from secondary aluminum dross: adsorption and stabilization studies by Mohammad Bozorgi, Mostafa Mahinroosta, Ali Allahverdi

“…A suitable crystal structure of the LDH adsorbent was successfully synthesized at a Fe: Al molar ratio of 3, a pH of 7, and an aging time of 12 h. The characterization tests revealed that the synthesized Fe-Al-LDH had an interlayer space of 7.5 Å, a specific surface area of ​​145 m2/g, and a pore volume of 0.57 cm3/g. …”
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