Study on Mechanical Failure and PermeabilityCharacteristicsof Porous Gas-Bearing Coal under Triaxial Stress by Xue-bo Zhang, Wen-yuan Wang, Ming Yang, Hang-hang Cai, Jia-jia Liu, Shuai-shuai Shen

“…However, the change rules of permeability characteristics of the two were basically the same, except that there was a large difference in permeability value that the porous gas-bearing coal sample increases nearly twice as much as that of the conventional gas-bearing coal sample. (3) In the whole stress-strain process, the acoustic emission characteristics of the porous gas-bearing coal sample differed significantly from those of the conventional gas-bearing coal sample. …”
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Validity and Responsiveness of a Modified Balance Error Scoring System Assessment Using a Mobile Device Application in Patients Recovering from Ankle Sprain by Michael S Crowell, Eliot Thomasma, Erin Florkiewicz, Richard Brindle, Megan Roach, Donald Goss, Will Pitt

“…Cadets with ankle sprains completed their assessment twice: once within two weeks of injury (baseline) and again after four weeks of rehabilitation that included balance training. …”
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Near vision assessment for adults using the NIH Toolbox by John-Christopher A. Finley, Jerry Slotkin, Cindy J. Nowinski, Cindy J. Nowinski, Katy Bedjeti, Nicholas Volpe, Sandra Weintraub, Sandra Weintraub, Richard Gershon

“…To assess test–retest reliability, the NIH Toolbox Near Visual Acuity Test was administered twice within the same day. Additionally, two equivalent versions of the chart-based test were randomly assigned to participants.ResultsAnalyses revealed that test–retest reliability of the NIH Toolbox Near Visual Acuity Test was good (intraclass correlation = 0.87, p < 0.001). …”
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The Effect of Counseling Based on Functional Analytic Psychotherapy with Enhanced Cognitive Therapy on Married Adolescent Women’s Sexual Self-efficacy: A Prospective Study by Maryam Gholami, Katayoun Alidousti, Mozhgan Taebi, Yunes Jahani, Atefeh Ahmadi

“…The counseling program for the intervention group was carried out by the researcher over 16 sessions, held twice a week for 90 minutes each. In contrast, the control group received routine education. …”
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Immediate Respiratory Warm-Up Effect on Dynamic Inspiratory Muscle Strength in Cardiac Surgery Candidates by Bahareh Mehregan Far, Sedigheh Sadat Naimi, Mohsen Abedi, Seyed Ahmad Raeissadat, Mahmood Beheshti Monfared, Alireza Akbarzadeh Baghban

“…Respiratory tests, including S-index, peak inspiratory flow (PIF) and vital capacity (VC), were assessed twice using an electronic respiratory device. Results: Covariance analysis showed no significant difference in the average and best values of the S-index, PIF or VC indices at the second tests, between two groups (P>0.05), or in the independent t test and Mann-Whitney U test for the “rate of changes,” between two tests (P>0.05). …”
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Specificity of psychological readiness for changes and personality’s maturity of the employees of the state criminal and executive service by O. V. Mitroshkina

“…At the same time, there were almost twice as many interconnections between these phenomena in the group with high level of psychological readiness for changes, which indicated an active interaction between them in this group, in contrast to the low-level group, where this interaction was rather limited. …”
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Improving doublet cell removal efficiency through multiple algorithm runs by Yong She, Chaoye Wang, Qi Zhao

“…Subsequently, in simulated datasets, we proved that the multi-round removal strategy was more effective in removing doublets than a single removal, with cxds showing the best results when applied twice, and the ROC of the four methods during the two rounds of removal improved by at least 0.05 compared to single removal. …”
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Rehabilitation program for elderly to improve physical and cognitive activities using Nintendo Switch: A feasibility study in care settings by Andreia Maria Novo Lima, Maria Teresa Moreira, Maria Salomé Ferreira, Vítor Parola, Sandra Rodrigues, Ana Cristina Corucho Barbeitos Pinto, Telmo Lima Costa, Carla Sílvia Fernandes

“…Over eight weeks, 14 elderly individuals participated in rehabilitation sessions using exergames, utilizing the Nintendo Switch twice a week. Usability was assessed through the System Usability Scale, and intrinsic motivation was measured using the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory. …”
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Is the convergence insufficiency symptom survey applicable to elderly individuals? by Saeid Abdi, Haleh Kangari, Saeed Rahmani, Alireza Akbarzadeh Baghban, Zahra Kamary Rad

“…The Persian translated CISS was administered twice, once in the first session and 7 to 14 days later. …”
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Preventive Effect of Salicylate and Pyridoxamine on Diabetic Nephropathy by Tarek Kamal Abouzed, Seiichi Munesue, Ai Harashima, Yusuke Masuo, Yukio Kato, Khaled Khailo, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Yasuhiko Yamamoto

“…Treatment with long-acting insulin (Levemir 2 units/kg twice a day) was used as a control. Results. Although higher blood glucose levels were not significantly affected by pyridoxamine, early to late stage indices of nephropathy were attenuated, including kidney enlargement, albuminuria, and increased serum creatinine, glomerulosclerosis, and inflammatory and profibrotic gene expressions. …”
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Comparison of the Effects of Articaine and Lidocaine Anesthetics on Blood Pressure after Maxillary Infiltration Technique: A Triple-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial by Amirhossein Moaddabi, Parisa Soltani, Maryam Zamanzadeh, Kamran Nosrati, Mojtaba Mollamirzaei, Mariangela Cernera, Gianrico Spagnuolo

“…Systolic and diastolic blood pressure of both groups was determined twice: once before anesthetic injection and once 10 minutes after injection. …”
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Prevalence of HIV infection and uptake of HIV/AIDs services among fishermen on the shores of Lake Victoria in Kagera region, Northwestern Tanzania. by Patrick Mwanahapa, Mtoro J Mtoro, Dina Gerald, Pius Horumpende, Salaam Mujeeb

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>HIV prevalence among fishermen was nearly twice as high as in the general population in Kagera. …”
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STUDY OF VEGF-A AND TGF-Β LEVELS IN BIOPTATES OF SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF THE TONGUE AND MOUTH FLOOR MUCOSA IN POLYCHEMOTHERAPY WITH MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES – CETUXIMAB by O. I. Kit, E. M. Frantsiyants, I. V. Neskubina, L. Yu. Vladimirova, A. A. Lyanova, Yu. A. Pogorelova, E. V. Shalashnaya, M. A. Еngibaryan, Yu. S. Sidorenko

“…In other patients (n = 17), the studied markers in tumor tissue bioptates were statistically significantly different from the initial values: VEGF-A was decreased by 1.46 times, TGF-β by 2.96 times, while the VEGF-A/TGF-β ratio was twice elevated.Conclusions. The results on levels of growth factors VEGF-A and TGF-β, as well as the VEGF-A/TGF-β ratio, are of a certain prognostic value and can be used as criteria for evaluating the efficacy of antitumor therapy in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue and mouth floor mucosa.…”
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Indigenous and non-Indigenous people experiencing homelessness and mental illness in two Canadian cities: A retrospective analysis and implications for culturally informed action by Brittany Bingham, Akm Moniruzzaman, Michelle Patterson, Jino Distasio, Jitender Sareen, John O’Neil, Julian M Somers

“…Indigenous participants were also nearly twice as likely as others (47% vs 25%) to have children younger than 18 years.Conclusions Among Canadians who are homeless and mentally ill, those who are Indigenous have distinct histories and current needs that are consistent with the legacy of colonisation. …”
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Effect of a nutritional immunomodulator in dry cows heat stressed with an electric blanket model by L.T. Casarotto, L. Cattaneo, K.M. Glosson, B.D. Humphrey, J.D. Chapman, G.E. Dahl

“…Throughout the dry period, DMI, water intake, and respiration rate (breaths/min) were measured daily, and rectal temperature was measured twice daily. After calving, all the cows were cooled and managed identically, and milk yield and composition were measured at each milking. …”
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Inhibition of Corneal Neovascularization by Subconjunctival Injection of Fc-Endostatin, a Novel Inhibitor of Angiogenesis by Junko Yoshida, Robert T. Wicks, Andrea I. Zambrano, Betty M. Tyler, Kashi Javaherian, Rachel Grossman, Yassine J. Daoud, Peter Gehlbach, Henry Brem, Walter J. Stark

“…NZW rabbits were separated into groups receiving twice weekly subconjunctival injections of either saline; 25 mg/mL bevacizumab; 2 mg/mL FcE; or 20 mg/mL FcE. …”
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Effects of Functional Oligosaccharides Extracted from Straw on the Growth, Feeding, Physiology, Histology, Muscle Texture, and Gut Microbiota of Micropterus salmoides by Benli Wu, Long Huang, Cangcang Wu, Jing Chen, Xiajun Chen, Xiang Wang, Kai Cui, Zhigang Liu, Jixiang He

“…Six diets were formulated by incrementally adding mixed functional oligosaccharides (0.1, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 mg/kg) to the control diet. 30 individuals with initial body weight of 25.1±3.5 g were randomly allocated to 6 triplicate tanks and fed to apparent satiation twice daily. The fish fed 1.0 mg/kg additives displayed maximum growth, and the feed conversion ratio decreased with the increase in additives from 0 to 1.0 mg/kg (P<0.05) but did not decline further with the addition of more than 1.0 mg/kg (P>0.05). …”
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Nocturnal sweating—a common symptom of obstructive sleep apnoea: the Icelandic sleep apnoea cohort by Thorarinn Gislason, Christer Janson, Erla Bjornsdottir, Bryndis Benediktsdottir, Erna Sif Arnardottir, Sigurdur Juliusson, Samuel T Kuna, Allan I Pack

“…The control group consisted of 703 randomly selected subjects from the general population.Intervention PAP therapy in the OSA cohort.Main outcome measures Subjective reporting of nocturnal sweating on a frequency scale of 1–5: (1) never or very seldom, (2) less than once a week, (3) once to twice a week, (4) 3–5 times a week and (5) every night or almost every night. …”
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Immunogenicity of Type IV Pilin Proteins from <i>Clostridium perfringens</i> in Chickens by Audrey Charlebois, Nicolas Deslauriers, Lila Maduro, Martine Boulianne

“…Chickens were immunized twice with 50 µg of recombinant proteins and adjuvant, resulting in a good and specific serum antibody response. …”
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Tailoring high-performance bipolar membrane for durable pure water electrolysis by Weisheng Yu, Zirui Zhang, Fen Luo, Xiaojiang Li, Fanglin Duan, Yan Xu, Zhiru Liu, Xian Liang, Yaoming Wang, Liang Wu, Tongwen Xu

“…Incorporating the bipolar membrane into a flow-cell electrolyzer enables an ampere-level pure water electrolysis with a total voltage of 2.68 V at 1000 mA cm–2, increasing the energy efficiency to twice that of the state-of-the-art commercial BPM. …”
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