Surface roughness and material removal of Si3N4 cylindrical rollers using double-side grinding with diamond film pads by Fenfen Zhou, Yongkang Jin, Qi Shao, Weifeng Yao, Hongyun Wang

“…For smaller abrasives, reducing loading pressure and extending processing time can improve the surface roughness Ra. Remarkably, this research achieved defect-free surfaces of ceramic cylindrical rollers with a minimum average roughness of 6 nm and a deviation of 2 nm. …”
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Global prevalence of obesity in the older adults: A meta-analysis by Ali Asghar Khaleghi, Nader Salari, Niloofar Darvishi, Shadi Bokaee, Samira Jafari, Mahvan Hemmati, Masoud Mohammadi

“…Methods: In this study, systematic review and meta-analysis of study data on the prevalence of obesity in the older adults in the world using keywords including: prevalence, outbreak, Body Mass Index, BMI, obesity, Elderly, aged, older adult, in Science Direct databases, Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, Iran Doc, Mag Iran, SID and Google Scholar search engine were extracted without time limit until August 2020. The target population under study is the world's elderly, and obesity means a BMI≥30. …”
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A New Method of Central Axis Extracting for Pore Network Modeling in Rock Engineering by Xiao Guo, Kairui Yang, Haowei Jia, Zhengwu Tao, Mo Xu, Baozhu Dong, Lei Liu

“…Compared to traditional rock mechanics and geophysical experiments, digital core and pore network modeling is attracting more interests as it can provide more details on rock microstructure with much less time needed. The axis extraction algorithm, which has been widely applied for pore network modeling, mainly consists of a reduction and burning algorithm. …”
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Association between weight change across adulthood and risk of chronic kidney disease: NHANES 1999–2020 by Xunliang Li, Mengqian Liu, Qihui Ye, Jiaxin Zhu, Wenman Zhao, Haifeng Pan, Deguang Wang

“…The weight change patterns of participants were assessed across different time intervals, including transitions from obesity to non-obesity, non-obesity to obesity, and remaining stable obesity. …”
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Requirements for Police Officer’s Personality in Terms of Globalization and the Implementation of International Standards of Law Enforcement Officers’ Conduct by D. V. Shvets, N. O. Rastorguyeva

“…The following requirements to the police officer’s personality have been singled out on the basis of international documents: ability to be at the same time the representative of a society, the state and the law; respect for the law, honesty, professionalism; intolerance to any action that constitutes torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, intolerance to corruption; intolerance to racism and xenophobia; ability to show prudence, tolerance, maturity, sense of justice and communication skills, and if necessary – leadership and organizational qualities; indifference to politics that ensures objectivity of policing and equal treatment of citizens; high professionalism, honesty, impartiality and efficiency, taking into account only the public interests and the interests of the people they serve to, etc. …”
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Comparative analysis of efficacy and quality of life between totally extraperitoneal sublay and intraperitoneal onlay mesh repair for ventral hernia by Miaofeng Wang, Wei Chen, Xiufeng Chu

“…Baseline characteristics, including age, gender, BMI, operative time, postoperative pain, hospitalization costs, and patient satisfaction score, were compared. …”
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Clinical effectiveness of complex differentiated rehabilitation of patients with vertebral thoracic pain due to degenerative-dystrophic pathology of the thoracic spine by O. Ye. Alypova, Ye. I. Maramukha

“…The developed and tested complex kinesiotherapeutic treatment method with the use of manual therapy leads to a faster regression of neurological symptoms, restoration of the lost range of motion in the thoracic spine, reduction of pain and the risk of DDPS exacerbation, shortening the time of treatment and rehabilitation of patients, and improving their quality of life. …”
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Mental health and substance use among rehabilitation sciences students during the COVID-19 pandemic by Itumeleng Ntatamala, Saajida Khan, Zenzo Chakara

“…Barriers to accessing mental health support included academic commitments (61.90%) and the lack of time to attend student wellness services (36.19%). …”
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Modulus of Elasticity of Two Ceramic Materials and Stress-Inducing Mechanical Deformation following Fabrication Techniques and Adhesive Cementation Procedures of a Dental Ceramic by G. Isgrò, D. Rodi, A. Sachs, M. Hashimoto

“…The mean deflection significantly increased after resin cement coating and did not change over the time investigated. Conclusions. The precementation treatment, namely, alumina air-particle abrasion and cementation procedure of IPS e.max® Press glass-ceramic disc-shaped specimens generates stress that induced mechanical deformation. …”
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А method of surgical correction of genital prolapse in combination with elongation and cicatricial deformation of the cervix in patients of reproductive age. A retrospective study by Albina Kh. Karanasheva, Yulia E. Dobrokhotova

“…Pregnancy occurred in 8 people: in 3 (7.0%), it ended in timely delivery by cesarean section according to the sum of relative indications; in 2 (4.6%), medical terminations of pregnancy were performed; in 1 (2.3%) – surgical abortion. …”
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Chronic Inflammation May Enhance Leiomyoma Development by the Involvement of Progenitor Cells by Monia Orciani, Miriam Caffarini, Alessandra Biagini, Guendalina Lucarini, Giovanni Delli Carpini, Antonella Berretta, Roberto Di Primio, Andrea Ciavattini

“…Results show that (i) MPCs and LPCs share stemness features, such as immunophenotype and multidifferentiation assay, (ii) LPCs have a significantly shorter doubling time and a significantly higher expression of stemness genes (p<0.05), and (iii) LPCs secreted significantly higher levels (p<0.05) of cytokines related to chronic inflammation and significantly lower amounts (p<0.05) of cytokines related to acute inflammation. …”
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Simultaneous Quantification of Six Bioactive Components in Decoction of Ziziphi spinosae Semen Using Ultrahigh Performance Liquid Chromatography Coupled with Triple-Quadrupole Mass... by Xiao Liu, Xiaochai Zhu, Hui Zhu, Li Xie, Jia Ma, Yinghui Xu, Qigang Zhou, Zejun Wu, Baochang Cai

“…According to our knowledge, it was the first time to establish a method with high efficiency and accuracy for the quantification of six bioactive components in the decoction of Ziziphi spinosae Semen, which would provide references for quality control and evaluation of Ziziphi spinosae Semen.…”
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Detection of exhaled methane levels for monitoring trauma-related haemorrhage following blunt trauma: study protocol for a prospective observational study by Péter Jávor, Ferenc Rárosi, Tamara Horváth, László Török, Endre Varga, Petra Hartmann

“…We hypothesise that real-time detection of CH4 concentrations in the exhaled air is an applicable technique for the early recognition of haemorrhage in severely injured patients. …”
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Exploring Heat-Response Mechanisms of MicroRNAs Based on Microarray Data of Rice Post-meiosis Panicle by Yan Peng, Xianwen Zhang, Yuewu Liu, Xinbo Chen

“…Further analysis showed that the majority of miRNAs in 29 DE-miRNA families resisted the heat stress by downregulating their target genes and a time lag existed between expression of miRNAs and their target genes. …”
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Effect of health literacy-based teach-back training on quality of life and treatment adherence in type 2 diabetes: an experimental study by Mahdieh Roshan-Nejad, Meimanat Hosseini, Parvaneh Vasli, Malihe Nasiri, Sima Hejazi

“…The difference in the mean score of quality of life in the intervention group between the time before (53.21 ± 7.6) the intervention and two months after (55.28 ± 6.87) was statistically significant (p˂0.05). …”
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Prediction of ACL Injuries from Vertical Jump Kinetics in Division 1 Collegiate Athletes by Marisa Pontillo, Shawn M Hines, Brian J Sennett

“… # Purpose The purpose of this investigation was to identify whether the force-time variables from vertical jumps could predict ACL injuries in collegiate athletes…”
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Automated Phenotypic Analysis of Mature Soybean Using Multi-View Stereo 3D Reconstruction and Point Cloud Segmentation by Daohan Cui, Pengfei Liu, Yunong Liu, Zhenqing Zhao, Jiang Feng

“…However, manually obtaining phenotypic parameters not only is time-consuming and labor intensive but also lacks objectivity. …”
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Spatiotemporal Variability of Hot Days in Association with the Large-Scale Atmospheric Drivers over Vietnam by Chinh Ta Huu, Tan Phan Van, Khiem Mai Van, Thang Vu Van, Lam Hoang Phuc, Worapong Lohpaisankrit, Quoc Bao Pham, Trinh Trong Nguyen, Phong Nguyen Thanh

“…Principal component analysis is also applied to the observed monthly NHD to obtain spatial patterns and time series. The results show that the NHD in the Highland and South subregions from March to May is linked with the subtropical high associated with decreased 500hPa-level vertical velocity (VV500). …”
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Preliminary Numerical Modeling of CO2 Geological Storage in the Huangcaoxia Gas Reservoir in the Eastern Sichuan Basin, China by Hongwu Lei, Qian Zhang, Xiaochun Li

“…With the technique of CO2-enhanced gas recovery (CO2-EGR), the CO2 injection rate is improved and approximately 1.58×107 kg of gas can be produced during a studied time period of 10 years.…”
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Exploration of interstitial fluid proteome in Homo sapiens forearm through a cutting edge intradermal microdialysis and high-throughput proteomics approach: a pilot study by Yu Sakamoto, Naoto Fujii, Junko Shibato, Ravi Gupta, Cheol Woo Min, Sun Tae Kim, Ranjith Kumar Bakku, Randeep Rakwal

“…Nonetheless, skin dialysate may serve as an alternative for blood, yet further research is vital to clarify its potential for real-time continuous monitoring applications within sports science research and practices. …”
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