Effect of different crystalline directions on the mechanical properties and processing maps of Zr-Nb alloy for orthopedic applications by Ali Rajaee, Mohsen Asadi Asadabad, Behrooz Shayegh Boroujeny

“…Microstructure examinations revealed that the forging resulted in the formation of various alpha spherical grains elongated along the forging direction. …”
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A single source theorem for primitive points on curves by Maleeha Khawaja, Samir Siksek

“…Then there is a degree n morphism $\varphi : C \rightarrow \mathbb {P}^1$ such that all but finitely many primitive degree n points correspond to fibres $\varphi ^{-1}(\alpha )$ with $\alpha \in \mathbb {P}^1(K)$ .…”
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Research on Impacts of Climate Change and Human Activitieson Runoff in the Yiluo River Based on SWAT Model by LIU Lyuliu, WANG Xiujie, ZHANG Pengfei

“…The results indicate that: CSC runoff curve number (CN2), available water capacity of soil layer (SOL_AWC),deep aquifer percclation fraction(RCHRG_DP),baseflow alpha factor for bank storage(ALPHA_BNK) are sensitive parameters in the SWAT runoff simulation of Yiluo River. …”
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Detection of Islet Cell Immune Reactivity with Low Glycemic Index Foods: Is This a Concern for Type 1 Diabetes? by Datis Kharrazian, Martha Herbert, Aristo Vojdani

“…However, we identified strong to moderate immunological reactivity with antibodies against insulin receptor alpha, ZnT8, IA2, GAD-65, and GAD-67 with several dietary proteins. …”
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Development of Assessment Tool to Measure Children’s Knowledge on Dengue Prevention Activities in Malaysia by H. Siti Nur Farhana, J. Noorlaile, K. Manimaran, S. Kamarul Zaman, A. Normawati, Albeny Joslyn Panting

“…Twelve (12) pictorials with descriptions were developed to capture children’s understanding of the correct method of dengue prevention activities. Cronbach’ alpha test was used to assess the internal consistency of the items, and the test and retest reliability method was used to measure the consistency of the questionnaire. …”
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A Rare Case of Erdheim-Chester Disease (Non-Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis) with Concurrent Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenge by Hamza Hashmi, Drew Murray, John Greenwell, Marwan Shaikh, Soumit Basu, Maxwell Krem

“…For those without the mutation with symptomatic ECD, conventional or PEGylated interferon alpha is recommended. For patients who are either intolerant or nonresponsive to interferon alpha, systemic chemotherapy with or without corticosteroids can be used. …”
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Dihadron correlations in small-x DIS at NLO: transverse momentum dependent fragmentation by Paul Caucal, Farid Salazar

“…Our calculation demonstrates that the coefficient of the Sudakov double logarithm for this process is − α s 2 π C F + N c 2 $$ -\frac{\alpha_s}{2\pi}\left[{C}_F+\frac{N_c}{2}\right] $$ instead of − α s N c 4 π $$ -\frac{\alpha_s{N}_c}{4\pi } $$ when back-to-back jets are measured in the final state. …”
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Collisional and Radiative Energy Loss in QED and QCD Plasmas by Javad Sheibani, Abolfazl Mirjalili, Kurosh Javidan, Reza Gharaei, Shahin Atashbar Tehrani

“…The average energy loss depends on the particle characteristics, plasma parameters, and QED (QCD) coupling constant alpha (alpha s). All processes through which the energy of a particle changes can be categorized into two main mechanisms: elastic collisions and radiation through bremsstrahlung. …”
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Rheumatoid arthritis disease activity index-5: Utility in busy clinical settings by Harpreet Singh, Vikram Singh Tanwar, Gagandeep Sukhija, Rekha Mathur, Parminder Kaur

“…Spearman's correlation coefficient (ρ) and Cronbach's alpha were measured to assess the correlation between different disease activity scores and internal consistency, respectively. …”
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Validity and Reliability of Agoraphobic Cognitions Questionnaire-Turkish Version by Ayþegül KART, M. Hakan TÜRKÇAPAR

“…Reliability of ACQ was analyzed by test-retest correlation, split-half technique, Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. Construct validity was evaluated by factor analysis after the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) and Bartlett test had been performed. …”
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Identifying Factors Affecting the Competitiveness of Urban Tourism Purposes (Case Study: Ardabil City) by Abbas Minai, Rahim Heydari Chianeh, Shahrivar Rustai

“…The reliability of the questionnaire was measured by Cronbach's alpha and the combined reliability coefficient (cr). …”
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Investigation of Aggression Levels of Secondary School Students Studying in Public and Private Schools, Playing and Non-Sports by İbrahim Bozkurt, Ayşegül Çelik

“…Personal information form was used for the socio-demographic information of the students, and the aggression inventory consisting of 30 items and the reliability of which was developed by İpek İlter KiPER was used to determine the aggression levels.For our study, Cronbach's Alpha value was determined as 0.87 for all of the items in the aggression inventory, while the Cronbach's Alpha value was determined as 0.81 for the Destructive aggression sub-dimension, 0.80 for the Assertiveness sub-dimension, and 0.79 for the Passive Aggression sub-dimension. …”
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The neuroscientific basis of flow: Learning progress guides task engagement and cognitive control by Hairong Lu, Dimitri Van der Linden, Arnold B. Bakker

“…., reduced pre-stimulus contingent negativity variance and parietal alpha desynchronization) and improved feedback processing (e.g., increased P3b amplitude and parietal alpha desynchronization). …”
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HIV, smoking, and the brain: a convergence of neurotoxicities by Benjamin L. Orlinick, Shelli F. Farhadian

“…Recent findings HIV and tobacco smoke can exert neurotoxicity through shared mechanisms such as brain volume changes, microglial dysregulation, and dysregulation of the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway (CAP) through the alpha7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR). …”
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Comprehensive analysis of vaginal microbiota in Chinese women with genital tuberculosis: implications for diagnosis and treatment by Zhan Zhang, Xiaonan Zong, Zhaohui Liu, Xiaoyu Dong, Huihui Bai, Linyuan Fan, Ting Li

“…Notably, the lowest alpha diversity was recorded six months to one year after initiating anti-tuberculosis treatment, with this decline being statistically significant (P = 0.023). …”
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Deep learning–based assessment of missense variants in the COG4 gene presented with bilateral congenital cataract by Shaohua Zhang, Yang Sun, Yinghong Ji, Li Ning, Binghe Xiao, Maierdanjiang Ainiwaer, Houyi Liu, Yingying Hong

“…Objective We compared the protein structure and pathogenicity of clinically relevant variants of the COG4 gene with AlphaFold2 (AF2), Alpha Missense (AM), and ThermoMPNN for the first time.Methods and analysis The sequences of clinically relevant Cog4 missense variants (one novel identified p.Y714F and three pre-existing p.G512R, p.R729W and p.L769R from Uniprot Q9H9E3) were imported into AF2 for protein structural prediction, and the pathogenicity was estimated using AM and ThermoMPNN. …”
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Colorectal cancer in Lynch syndrome families: consequences of gene germline mutations and the gut microbiota by Xuexin Wang, Zhijun Zheng, Dongliang Yu, Xiaojue Qiu, Ting Yang, Ruoran Li, Jing Liu, Xin Wang, Peng Jin, Jianqiu Sheng, Nan Qin, Na Li, Junfeng Xu

“…Alpha and beta diversity indices exhibited no significant differences between the AS and BS groups, verifying the role of germline mutations in the occurrence of CRC in LS families. …”
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Adaptation of the five-factor BFI-10 personality screening questionnaire and testing of its diagnostic properties on the example of drug users by О. О. Serdiuk, В. О. Bazyma

“…For BFL and BFI-10, Cronbach's alpha ranges from 0.64 to 0.85. For 5PFQ and BFI-10, Cronbach's alpha ranges from 0.76 to 0.88. …”
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Dynamics of spatial phase coherence in a dissipative Bose–Hubbard atomic system by Vatré, Rémy, Bouganne, Raphaël, Bosch Aguilera, Manel, Ghermaoui, Alexis, Beugnon, Jérôme, Lopes, Raphael, Gerbier, Fabrice

“…The observed decay exponent $\alpha \approx 0.54(6) $ is in good agreement with the prediction $\alpha =1/2$ from a dissipative Bose–Hubbard model accounting for the fluorescence-induced decoherence. …”
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Reasoning with Inductive Argument Test: A Study of Validity and Reliability by Mehmet Emrah Karadere, Kasým Fatih Yavuz, Ýbrahim Enis Kayran, Yasir Þafak, Bengü Yücens, Erkan Kuru, Mehmet Hakan Türkçapar

“…To test the reliability of the Turkish version of RIAT, Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was calculated and the halving method was used for the test. …”
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