Multicomponent intervention for schoolchildren with asthma: Pilot cluster randomized controlled trial by Marina Reznik, MD, MS, Florinda Islamovic, MD, Jill S. Halterman, MD, MPH, Cheng-Shiun Leu, PhD, Jiaqing Zhang, PhD, Philip O. Ozuah, MD, PhD

“…Child PA (primary outcome) was measured by accelerometers at 4 time points, and caregivers completed surveys on asthma symptoms. …”
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Protecting the American dream for socially vulnerable families: An evaluation of state-level policies to improve housing security and protect mobile home communities by Morgan Clennin, Denise Hartsock, Olivia Goodman, Stacie Daugherty, Cheryl Kelly

“…Conclusions: Translation of policies into practice takes time and resources. Recommendations to enhance policy implementation are to ensure adequate allocation of inputs and resources to support implementation across multiple levels, including the infrastructure essential to monitor and enforce policy adherence, and educational materials paired with a strong communication plan to improve residents’ awareness and capacity to navigate the new policies.…”
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Particle-bound PAHs and Chemical Composition, Sources and Health Risk of PM2.5 in a Highly Industrialized Area by Elizabeth Vega, Diego López-Veneroni, Omar Ramírez, Judith C. Chow, John G. Watson

“…A health risk assessment of carcinogenic trace elements was performed showing that the total cancer risk decreased for both children and adults in 2010/2011 (ranging from 3.5 × 10−6 to 6.0 × 10−5) as compared to 2006 (ranging from 8.6 × 10−7 to 5.7 × 10−6). The inhalation life-time cancer risk (ILCR) for particle-bound PAHs ranged from 8.6 × 10−5 to 1.2 × 10−4. …”
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Valorization of pinecone as a pyrolysis feedstock: identification of bio-oil and synthesis of activated biochar for Cr(VI) elimination from wastewater by Alfares, Amenah Adnan, Younis, Afyaa Muayed, Rasheed, Lana Abdalhameed, Fadhil, Abdelrahman Basil

“…The thermal pyrolysis of pinecone (PC) to produce pyrolytic oil (PO) and solid biochar (BC) in a batch-scale fixed-bed reactor at numerous temperatures (400–600 °C) for diverse time intervals (30–120 min) using different particle sizes (0.26–0.841 mm) and various rates of heating (10–50 °C/min), as established in this work, led to the production of a high yield of the PO (42.12%) at 500 °C for 1 h with a 0.40 mm particle size and a heating rate of 30 °C/min. …”
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UAV rice panicle blast detection based on enhanced feature representation and optimized attention mechanism by Shaodan Lin, Deyao Huang, Libin Wu, Zuxin Cheng, Dapeng Ye, Haiyong Weng

“…Abstract Background Rice blast is one of the most destructive diseases in rice cultivation, significantly threatening global food security. Timely and precise detection of rice panicle blast is crucial for effective disease management and prevention of crop losses. …”
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Genetic classification and geochemical evaluation of Upper Cretaceous carbonate reservoir oils in Dezful Embayment and Abadan Plain, SW Iran by Hossein Saadati, Ali Kadkhodaie, Mehrab Rashidi, Hossein Bahrami, Hashem Sarafdokht, Dmitriy A. Martyushev, Amir Abbass Jahangard

“…Additionally, the study underscored the impact of source rock maturity, organofacies, and trap formation timing as crucial factors influencing the geochemical characteristics of these reservoir oils across the studied area.…”
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Clinically meaningful improvements after gene therapy for aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase deficiency (AADCd) in the Peabody Developmental Motor Scale, Second Edition (PDMS-2) a... by Wuh-Liang Hwu, Hui-Min Lee, John Devin Peipert, Rongrong Zhang, Christian Werner, J. Rafael Sierra, Thomas O’Connell, Jonathan J. Woolley, Marjorie Crowell, Antonia Wang, Ioannis Tomazos

“…Correlations between measures were of large magnitude and improved over time (Month 6: r = 0.599 [p = 0.0032]; Month 18: r = 0.796 [p = 0.0002]; Month 60: r = 0.861 [p = 0.0007]). …”
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The influence of COVID-19 pandemic on secondary prevention in non-COVID patients with cardioembolic stroke by Lučić-Prokin Aleksandra L., Bogdanović Milan M., Pustahija Tatjana L., Stamenković Marija S.

“…Conclusion: Our results demonstrate preserved stroke care quality during the COVID-19 time period. It is crucial to carefully evaluate the possible causes of any ischemic stroke, anticoagulant therapy with direct oral anticoagulants is the mainstay of NVAF management of CS stroke with the dominance of apixaban and bridging therapy. …”
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Upper Quarter Injury Rates and Risk in United States High School Athletes Prior To and During the Prolonged Sport Stoppage by Garrett Bullock, Charles Thigpen, Albert Prats-Uribe, R. Gill Gilliand, Ellen Shanley

“…Injury rates were calculated per 1,000 athletes per academic year. Interrupted time series models assessed the incidence ratio between academic years…”
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Accuracy of a step counter during treadmill and daily life walking by healthy adults and patients with cardiac disease by Erik Elgaard Sørensen, John Hansen, Charlotte Brun Thorup, Mette Grønkjær, Jan Jesper Andreasen, Birthe Irene Dinesen

“…Thus, none of the 24-hour tests had less than the expected 20% error. In time periods of evident walking during the 24 h test, the Zip had an average per cent relative error of <3% at 3.6 km/hour and higher speeds.Conclusions A speed of 3.6 km/hour or higher is required to expect acceptable accuracy in step measurement using a Zip, on a treadmill and in real life. …”
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Mammography, Ultrasound, and Fine-Needle Aspiration in Detecting Breast Cancer in Patients with Painful Breast Masses:A Medical Record-Base Study by Hassan Vafapour, Sajad Borzoueisileh, Fatemeh Vafapour, Zafar Masoumi Moghaddam, Frough Nikeghbali, Yaghoub Barfar, Amir Hekmatifar

“…This is particularly important in the early stages of cancer when timely and accurate diagnosis is crucial for effective treatment. …”
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Векторизація обчислень для оптимізації коду на мові програмування Python by Олексій Земляний, Олег Байбуз

“…Майбутні дослідження повинні дослідити використання векторизації разом з компіляцією Just-In-Time (JIT) за допомогою таких інструментів, як Numba, для подальшого підвищення продуктивності Python. …”
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Mapreduce dalam Layanan Transcoding by David Kristiadi, Arum Marwati

“…Multi-bitrate transcoding can take a longer time. That duration is comparable with the large of the video's bitrates, frame sizes, and frame rates. …”
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Erbin Regulates Tissue Factors Through Ras/Raf Pathway in Coagulation Disorders in Sepsis by Yang C, Lei C, Jing G, Xia Y, Zhou H, Wu D, Zuo J, Gong H, Wang X, Dong Y, Aidebaike D, Wu X, Song X

“…However, the role of Erbin in coagulation disorders in sepsis and the relationship between Erbin and macrophage regulation of coagulation function are still unclear.Methods: At the cellular level, macrophages were treated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or MEK inhibitor (PD98059), protein expression levels were detected by Western blot, co-immunoprecipitation (Co-IP), and immunofluorescence, mRNA expression levels were detected by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR), and the concentration of tissue factor (TF) in cell supernatant was detected by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). …”
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African animal trypanocide resistance: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Ewan, Thomas MacLeod, Susan, Christina Welburn

“…To address resistance, most preclinical studies increased the dosage and the treatment time, and this failed to improve the patient’s prognosis. …”
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Investigating the Effect of Coffee Husk Ash as Partial Replacement of Cement in Concrete C30. by Niwainamani, Laban

“…The initial and final setting time of OPC - CHA at 5% replacement was observed to be 79 minutes and 431 minutes respectively. …”
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The Effect of Covid-19 Pandemic on Local Government Performance in Service Delivery. A Case Study of Kabale District Local Government. by Musinguzi, Joshua

“…Many lives have been lost, and the social and economic impact will be felt for some time to come. In every crisis, however. there is opportunity. …”
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Influence of Monitoring and Evaluation on The Performance of Government Projects: A Case Study of Operation Wealth Creation in Kabale District. by Twehemukama, Agatha

“…The study recommends that local governments need to have resources for M&E that are adequate and timely since they have a significant effect on the performance of health projects. …”
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The Impact of Family Conflicts on Socio-Economic Prosperity: A Case Study of Muko Sub-County Rubanda District. by Akankwasa, Winfred

“…., the results of the study have revealed that some conciliators do not know the law related to inheritance and succession, that is why we recommend them to learn that law and other rules and regulation in force in the country; the findings of the study have proven that some conciliators are biased, so we recommend them to be impartial in order to mediate parts on family based conflicts fairly and the study concluded that it has been revealed by the findings that family based conflicts have a negative impact on economic prosperity of families where dealing with these conflicts bring about spending and consumes time that could be devoted in generating income activities. …”
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Assessment of the Impact of Floods to the Local Community in Nyarusiza Sub-County Kisoro District. by Murengezi, Innocent

“…The findings of the study on objective one revealed that the main cause of floods in communities is due to Heavy Rainfall. During this time, rainwater flows and is collected in dams. When this tired or collected water reaches beyond the storage capacity limit, it ends up in flood. …”
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