The Role of Dynamic Renal Scintigraphy in Detecting Vesicoureteral Reflux Diagnosed by Voiding Cystourethrogram by İlhan Çiftci, Gonca Kara Gedik, Farise Yılmaz, Fatma Özcan Sıkı, Hasan Önner, Mehmet Sarıkaya

“…The median value of the time elapsed between the DRS and VCUG examinations was nine days. …”
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Transfusion in trauma: empiric or guided therapy? by Liam Barrett, Nicola Curry

“…Such approaches may include the integration of machine learning technologies in clinical systems, with real-time linkage of clinical and laboratory data, to aid early recognition of patients at the greatest risk of bleeding and to direct and individualize transfusion therapies. …”
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En första kriminologisk inblick i lagen (2007:1150) om tillsyn över hundar och katter by Sirkku Sarenbo, Helena Striwing

“…The criminal cases that are settled in the district courts no longer deal with first-time incidents where bite-prone dogs have caused property or personal damage or considerable inconvenience, but recurrences where society already had intervened through authority decisions, reflecting ineffectiveness of authority decisions based on the law. …”
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Black Orpheus by Hlonipha Mokoena

“…This aftermath has bred a certain type of continental fatalism in which all our dead, dying and barely alive utopias are inevitably read from the vantage point of Cold War politics and after. It is therefore timely that we excavate the archives of anti-colonial art and literary movements and journals whose sole impetus for existence was to ensure that the ideals of African Nationalism and Pan-Africanism would be realised in the world of cultural production. …”
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Charging Ahead: The Evolution and Reliability of Nickel‐Zinc Battery Solutions by Idris Temitope Bello, Hassan Raza, Alabi Tobi Michael, Madithedu Muneeswara, Neha Tewari, Wang Bingsen, Yin Nee Cheung, Zungsun Choi, Steven T. Boles

“…Opportunities for the integration of advanced sensing, such as fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors for real‐time monitoring and anomaly detection, along with machine learning (ML) and prognostics and health management of Ni‐Zn batteries are highlighted, as these open the door to future research directions. …”
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Are horned cows in loose housing more stressed than hornless cows? a cross-sectional study in organic dairy farms by A. Ebinghaus, G. Thiessen, S. Ivemeyer, U. Knierim

“…Cow was nested within herd as a random effect, and days in milk and time of sampling were included as covariates. FCM levels were not higher in horned compared to hornless herds. …”
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An Open-Source Algorithm for Correcting Stress Wave Dispersion in Split-Hopkinson Pressure Bar Experiments by Arthur Van Lerberghe, Kin Shing O. Li, Andrew D. Barr, Sam D. Clarke

“…When comparing dispersion corrected and simple time shifting data obtained from SHPB experiments, accounting for dispersion removes spurious oscillations and improves the inferred measurement at the front of the specimen. …”
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Antecedents and service contact in an observational study of 242 suicide deaths in middle-aged men in England, Scotland and Wales, 2017 by Nav Kapur, Saied Ibrahim, Jane Graney

“…Economic support (especially at a time of severe economic pressure), addressing isolation, joint working with the voluntary sector, and addressing specific stresses, such as bereavement, may help reduce risk.…”
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Correlation between microRNA-21 expression and overweight/obesity by Shashwat Sinha, Babu Rajendran, Shomnath Vasagam, Jeyakumar Balakrishnan

“…Results: The microRNA-21 levels in circulation were analyzed using Real-Time Quantitative Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (qRT-PCR). …”
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An Investigation of Damage Mechanism Induced by Earthquake in a Plate Girder Bridge Based on Seismic Response Analysis: Case Study of Tawarayama Bridge under the 2016 Kumamoto Eart... by Mya Nan Aye, Akira Kasai, Mitsuhiro Shigeishi

“…In the second part, the seismic responses of Tawarayama Bridge were analyzed using ABAQUS software, and beam elements were applied for the structural members. Firstly, the time-history responses were analyzed using both longitudinal and transverse direction earthquake ground motions separately and simultaneously to investigate the dynamic response of the bridge. …”
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Leaf Gas Exchange and Nutrient Use Efficiency Help Explain the Distribution of Two Neotropical Mangroves under Contrasting Flooding and Salinity by Pablo Cardona-Olarte, Ken W. Krauss, Robert R. Twilley

“…Assimilation (A), stomatal conductance (gw), intercellular CO2 concentration (Ci), instantaneous photosynthetic water use efficiency (PWUE), and photosynthetic nitrogen use efficiency (PNUE) were determined at the leaf level for both species over two time periods. Rhizophora mangle had significantly higher PWUE than did L. racemosa seedlings at low salinities; however, L. racemosa had higher PNUE and gw and, accordingly, had greater intercellular CO2 (calculated) during measurements. …”
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Oral health status in children undergoing chemotherapy at Erbil city: A case control study. by Zahraa Emaad Ahmed, Sazan Sherdl Salim

“…This study aimed to assess oral health status in a specified age group of pediatric patients who were undergoing chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) at the time of the study as well as identify the factor that indirectly contributes to their OHS and compare the results with healthy children of similar age. …”
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Rapid Screening of 300 Pesticide Residues in Commercially Available Vegetable-, Fruit-, and Cereal-Based Baby Foods by Using Amino-Functionalized Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes with... by Zhijuan Meng, Sufang Fan, Tongtong Ding, Xiaoxuan Yuan, Limin Zhao, Qiang Li, Yan Zhang

“…Qualitative analysis was carried out by retention time and accurate mass measurements in full scan mode, and external standard method for quantitation was performed using matrix-matched standard calibration, which could effectively eliminate matrix interference. …”
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Silver Molybdate and Silver Tungstate Nanocomposites with Enhanced Photoluminescence by Yuri V. B. De Santana, José Ernane Cardoso Gomes, Leandro Matos, Guilherme Henrique Cruvinel, André Perrin, Christiane Perrin, Juan Andrès, José A. Varela, Elson Longo

“…The optical gap of β-Ag2WO4 (3.3 eV) was evaluated for the first time. In contrast to β-Ag2MoO4/β-Ag2WO4, the α- Ag2WO4/β-Ag2MoO4 exhibited strongly-enhanced photoluminescence in the low-energy band (650 nm), tentatively explained by the creation of a large density of local defects (distortions) at the core-shell interface, due to the presence of two different types of MOx polyhedra in the two structures.…”
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Google Trends applications for COVID-19 pandemic: A bibliometric analysis by Hao Li, Ning Zhang, Xingxing Ma, Yuqing Wang, Feixiang Yang, Wanrong Wang, Yuxi Huang, Yinyin Xie, Yinan Du

“…The research hotspots related to COVID-19 in Google Trends encompassed “outbreak,” “epidemic,” “air pollution,” “internet,” “time series,” and “public interest.” Conclusion This study provides a valuable overview of the directions in which Google Trends is being utilized for studying infectious diseases, particularly COVID-19.…”
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Stiffness of a fire-damaged reinforced concrete column during unloading after high-intensity horizontal impact by A. G. Tamrazyan, V. I. Chernik

“…The model can be used as a basis for constructing a hysteresis diagram for low-cycle impacts after a fire, which is necessary for seismic analysis of structures in the time domain.…”
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Benefits and challenges of utilizing Chat-GPT and Gamma.app in teaching, learning and assessment of vocational students in 21st century colleges of education in Enugu State by Onuoha I. Okocha, Ebube I. Aneke, Olaiya Adekunle, Ogochukwu Egbuchulam, Anthony Uwanjimgba

“…The study also highlighted 12 challenges militating against utilization of ChatGPT and Gamma.app to include; lack of internet network infrastructure, lack of technical support, lack of training and support of lecturers, challenges with cheating during online assessment, limited time to complete course content, high level societal digital illiteracy, mass poverty among citizens, the absence or total lack of electricity and poor planning. …”
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Operational Deflection Shape Extraction from Broadband Events of an Aircraft Component Using 3D-DIC in Magnified Images by Ángel J. Molina-Viedma, Elías López-Alba, Luis Felipe-Sesé, Francisco A. Díaz

“…Moreover, phase-based motion magnification (PMM) is a methodology which, based on a sequence of images, magnifies a periodic motion encoded in phase time-domain signals of the complex steerable pyramid filters employed to decompose the images. …”
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Numerical Simulation on Pore Size Multiphase Flow Law Based on Phase Field Method by Tianjiang Wu, Changhao Yan, Ruiqi Gong, Yanhong Zhao, Xiaoyu Jiang, Liu Yang

“…The decrease in oil wet strength of rock will change the CO₂ displacement mode from pointing to piston displacement. At the same time, the frequency of breakage will be reduced, thus improving the continuity of CO₂. …”
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Enamel Matrix Derivative Enhances the Odontoblastic Differentiation of Dental Pulp Stem Cells via Activating MAPK Signaling Pathways by Beidi Zhang, Min Xiao, Xiaogang Cheng, Yu Bai, Hanze Chen, Qing Yu, Lihong Qiu

“…In vitro phase: cell proliferation was assessed by a cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8) assay; then, alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity and staining, alizarin red staining, real-time RT-PCR, and western blot analysis were conducted to determine the odontoblastic potential and involvement of MAPK signaling pathways. …”
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