Effects of fiber engraving laser on metallurgical, surface topography, and corrosion properties of AZ80 magnesium-based alloy by Narges Ahmadi, Homam Naffakh-Moosavy, Seyed Mohammad Mahdi Hadavi, Fatemeh Bagheri

“…The results of the polarization test showed changes in Ecorr from -1.55 mV to -1.63 mV and a shift in Icorr from 0.26 mA/cm² to 0.16 mA/cm². Sample 3 had three times higher resistance (R2 = 1710 Ω.cm²) compared to the laser-treated samples and AZ80 (R2 = 540.1 Ω.cm²). …”
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Effects of Biogas Slurry Drip Irrigation on Growth Performance of Brassica chinensis L. and Soil Nutrient Dynamics by DongXue Yin, Jiajun Qin, Dongdong Chen, Baozhong Wang, Wei Liu, Yingxian Wang, Weijuan Lan, Zhihao Wang, Jiachen Wang

“…Each treatment was repeated three times and irrigated eight times. The radius of drip irrigation was 1.2 m, and the dripping speed was 2 L/h. …”
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Effect of Mineral Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium Fertilizers on the Productivity of Faba Bean (Vicia faba L.) in Acidic Soils of Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia by Bekalu Abebe Tsige, Nigussie Dechassa, Tamado Tana, Fanuel Laekemariam, Yibekal Alemayehu

“…The treatments consisted of three rates of nitrogen fertilizer (0, 23, and 46 kg N ha−1), three rates of phosphorus fertilizer (0, 46, and 92 kg P2O5 ha−1), and three rates of potassium fertilizer (0, 30, and 60 kg K2O ha−1) that were laid out as RCBD and replicated three times per treatment. The results indicated that the N, P, and K fertilizer combination at 23:92:60 kg ha−1 increased plant height, the number of branches per plant, and stem girth by 18%, 62.6%, and 55.6%, respectively, compared with the control treatment. …”
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A New Approach to Non-Invasive Microcirculation Monitoring: Quantifying Capillary Refill Time Using Oximetric Pulse Waves by Yuxiang Xia, Xinrui Wang, Zhe Guo, Xuesong Wang, Zhong Wang

“…In Group B, one doctor repeated the measurement of each subject three times using the same measuring instrument, and the reproducibility of the CRT was evaluated using the analysis of variance of the repeated measurement data. (3) Results: The development of the capillary refill time meter was successful, with an average measurement time of 18 s and a single measurement. …”
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Assessing the influence of playing method on the outcome of basketball shooting ability by Zidan Dhia, Didi Suryadi, Y Touvan Juni Samodra, Mashud, Asriah Nurdini Mardiyyaningsih, Eko Saputra, Zsolt Németh, Asry Syam, Rezza Dewintha, Fazarudin

“…Students in this study practiced the basic technique (shooting at the basketball hoop) for 1 minute, which was repeated three times to achieve the best outcomes. The SPSS Version 26 application was used to help with data analysis in this study. …”
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Rapid Detection of Astaxanthin in Antarctic Krill Meal by Computer Vision Combined with Convolutional Neural Network by Quantong ZHANG, Yao ZHENG, Liu YANG, Shuaishuai ZHANG, Quanyou GUO

“…For model evaluation, the model was repeated three times. The mean values of the coefficient of determination (R2), mean absolute error (MAE), mean square error (MSE), and RMSE for the test set were 0.9626, 1.49, 4.22, and 2.05, respectively. …”
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Sense of belonging and its positive association with physical activity levels and negative association with sedentary behaviors in residential aged care facilities in COVID-19 pand... by Gonzalo Marchant, Emma Guillet-Descas, Natacha Heutte

“…Participants completed the Échelle de mesure du Sentiment d’Appartenance Sociale (ESAS) questionnaire three times and wore an accelerometer on their waists for 1 week each time to measure sedentary time and physical activity levels. …”
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Beneficial Effects of Ursodeoxycholic Acid on Metabolic Parameters and Oxidative Stress in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Randomized Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Cli... by Biljana Lakić, Ranko Škrbić, Snežana Uletilović, Nebojša Mandić-Kovačević, Milkica Grabež, Mirna Popović Šarić, Miloš P. Stojiljković, Ivan Soldatović, Zorica Janjetović, Anastasija Stokanović, Nataša Stojaković, Momir Mikov

“…Subjects were treated with 500 mg tablets of UDCA or placebo administered three times per day (total dose of 1500 mg/day) for eight weeks. …”
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Cytotoxicity and Exposure Assessment of PM2.5 in a Residential Home during COVID-19 Lockdown by Ummi Sabariah Mahamud, Armania Nurdin, Eliani Ezani

“…The 24-h mass concentration of outdoor PM2.5 (41.4 ± 1.99 µg m−3) was significantly three times higher than indoor PM2.5 (11.8 ± 0.60 µg m−3) (p < 0.05). …”
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Fabrication of metal organic framework/Polyoxometalate-TiO2 based DSCCs with enhanced electron lifetime and reduced recombination of charge carriers sensitized with cabbage/spinach... by William Moloto, Pontsho Mbule, Edward Nxumalo, Bulelwa Ntsendwana

“…As a result, this electrode was used to fabricate a novel natural dye (chlorophyll, anthocyanin and cocktail mixture)-based DSSCs.The cocktail based mixture showed higher power conversion efficiency of 1.92 % compared to spinach based DSSCs (0.98 %) and purple cabbage (0.89 %) under 100 ​mW/cm2 light illumination with 30 ​ms of electron lifetime, which is three times and four times more than spinach and cabbage based DSSCs respectively. …”
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Safety and Phosphate‐Binding Capacity of Oxylanthanum Carbonate in Healthy Volunteers by Pablo E. Pergola, Melanie S. Joy, Armando Garsd, Steve J. Hasal, Atul Khare, Guru Reddy, Pramod Gupta, William F. Finn

“…Each treatment arm evaluated a different dose of oxylanthanum carbonate: 500, 1000, 1500, or 2000 mg three times a day (TID). The study drug was well‐tolerated. …”
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Functional and Respiratory Capacity of Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Undergoing Cycle Ergometer Training during Hemodialysis Sessions: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Antonio de Olival Fernandes, Yvoty Alves dos Santos Sens, Vivian Bertoni Xavier, Luiz Antonio Miorin, Vera Lúcia dos Santos Alves

“…The TG attended 24 training sessions, three times a week, during the intradialytic period. …”
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Machine learning-based monitoring of land cover and reclamation plantations on coal-mined landscape using Sentinel 2 data by Mayank Pandey, Alka Mishra, Singam L. Swamy, James T. Anderson, Tarun Kumar Thakur

“…However, the biomass and carbon stocks in mature stands of mined sites were nearly three times lower than those in natural forests. The recovery rates of soil nutrients under plantations of these sites have surpassed halfway and may take a decade or two to reach levels equivalent to those of natural forests. …”
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Associations between physical exercise patterns and pain symptoms in individuals with endometriosis: a cross-sectional mHealth-based investigation by Ipek Ensari, Suzanne Bakken, Sharon Lipsky-Gorman, Emma N Horan, Noémie Elhadad

“…Those who regularly engaged in exercise at least three times per week were more likely to experience favourable pain outcomes after having a bout of exercise on the previous day.Conclusions Regular exercise might influence the day-level (ie, short-term) association of pain symptoms with exercise. …”
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Dietary Phosphorus Requirement of Giant Gouramy (Osphronemus gouramy Lac.) by M. Agus Suprayudi, Mia Setiawati

“…Fish was fed at a satiation level three times daily. Fish were reared for 40 days and sampling was done in every 10 day. …”
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Effect of a Short, Animated Storytelling Video on Transphobia Among US Parents: Randomized Controlled Trial by Doron Amsalem, Merlin Greuel, Shuyan Liu, Andrés Martin, Maya Adam

“…Lack of parental support contributes to recent findings that TGD youth are approximately three times more likely to attempt suicide than their cisgender peers. …”
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Soil Characteristics, Growth, Yield, Mineral Composition and Proximate Content of Soybeans Under Various Tillage Techniques by Aruna Olasekan Adekiya, Olajire Damilola Adedokun, Ojo Timothy Adebiyi

“…The treatments were four tillage methods: manual clearing (MC), ploughing (P), ploughing plus harrowing (P + H) and manual ridging (MR), replicated three times in a randomized complete block design. Data on the initial soil properties (bulk density, particle size, pH, organic matter, N, P, K, Ca and Mg), along with the chemical properties of the soil on a per-plot basis at the end of the experiment, were collected. …”
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Effects of butyric acid and Protoxin probiotic in the feeding of Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii) by Rasool Zare, Abdolmohammad Abedian Kenari

“…The fish were fed with four diets as follows: control diet (C1, without supplementation), diet containing 2% butyric acid (T2), diet containing a combination of 2% butyric acid and 0.01% protoxin (T3) and diet containing 0.01% protoxin (T4). The fish were fed three times a day until satiation for 9 weeks. Results and Discussion: The results showed that T2 and T4 improved the growth indices of Siberian sturgeon (p < 0.05). …”
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Anaerobic Soccer Training Model: Enhancing Soccer Players’ Performance through a Combination of Repeated Sprints and 4 vs 4 Games by I Dewa Made Aryananda Wijaya Kusuma, Nining Widyah Kusnanik, Bayu Agung Pramono, Adi Pranoto, Yanyong Phanpheng, Indra Himawan Susanto, Dewa Ayu Praba Amustikarani, Waristra Tyo Nirwansyah, Muhammad Bagus Firzam Bharlaman

“…The intervention was carried out over a four-week period, with a frequency of three times a week. The Aiken’s V test was used to analyze the assessment data from three expert judgments, followed by percentage analysis for content validity. …”
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Health-related quality of life in patients with liver cirrhosis following adjunctive nurse-based care versus standard medical care: a pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled... by Anncarin Svanberg, Maria Hjorth, Daniel Sjöberg, Elenor Kaminsky, Fredrik Rorsman, Riccardo Lo Martire

“…However, mortality was three times higher in the control group compared with the intervention group (12 vs 4, p=0.04) after 24 months.Conclusions In this study, adjunctive nurse-led care was not superior to standard medical outpatient care regarding HRQoL, risk of developing malnutrition or decompensation. …”
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