Allergic conditions and risk of rheumatoid arthritis: a Swedish case–control study by Johan Askling, Lars Klareskog, Lars Alfredsson, Marie Holmqvist, Helga Westerlind, Cynthia S Crowson, Vanessa L Kronzer

“…Objective To determine the association of allergic conditions with incident rheumatoid arthritis (RA), especially in relation to smoking history and anti-citrullinated peptide antibody (ACPA) status.Methods This case–control study included 3515 incident RA cases and 5429 matched controls from the Epidemiological Investigation of Rheumatoid Arthritis study 1995 to 2016, including questionnaire-based information on eight allergic conditions composed from a list of 59 unique allergies. We used logistic regression and adjusted ORs (aOR) to assess the association between allergic conditions and risk of RA, adjusting for age, sex, residential area, body mass index, education, and smoking, and stratified by smoking and ACPA.Results A history of any reported allergy was equally common in RA (n=1047, 30%) as among population controls (n=1540, 29%), aOR 1.04, 95% CI 0.95 to 1.15. …”
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The effect of Ta alloyed state on the corrosion resistance of TC4 surface laser cladding high entropy alloy by Feixiang Tian, Qiyu Gao, Leilei Wang, Xiaohu Guan, Xiaohong Zhan

“…The results showed that the Ti4Al0.5NiCr2NbTa0.5 coating was composed of BCC and Ti2Ni-laves phases. With the increase in energy density, the increased content of Ta in the BCC phase promotes the formation of the BCC phase while suppressing the precipitation of the Ti₂Ni-Laves phase. …”
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Assessing Sensory Characteristics and Consumer Preference of Legume-Cereal-Root Based Porridges in Nandi County by Peninah W. Gitau, Catherine N. Kunyanga, George O. Abong', John O. Ojiem, James W. Muthomi

“…A total of 149 participants composed of men (30.9%) and women (69.1%) aged between 11 and >60 yrs were interviewed. …”
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Assessment of mechanical properties and durability of compressed mud bricks stabilized with stone dust, wheat straw, and cement by Yaqin Chen, Muhammad Saqib, Khan Shahzada, Mohammad Aizaz, Akhtar Gul

“…The increase in compressive strength, modulus of elasticity, shear strength, and modulus of rupture of masonry composed of the compressed mud bricks made up of the selected combination was 46.43%, 97.05%, 56.40%, and 27.1% respectively as compared to the control mix. …”
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The Relationship between the Structure and Thermal Properties of Bi2O3-ZnO-B2O3 Glass System by Sung-Hung Lan, Chin-Tung Lee, Yi-Sheng Lai, Chien-Chon Chen, Hsi-Wen Yang

“…The results show that the glass is mainly composed of [BiO6] octahedron, [BiO3] triangle, [BO4] tetrahedron, and triangle [BO3] units, and the network of the glass system is mainly bonded by B-O-B, B-O-Zn, B-O-Bi, and Bi-O-Bi. …”
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Research on Soft Rocks for the Construction of Roadbeds for High-Speed Railroad: Effect of Water Soaking Environment by Xiangdong Zhang, Jie Geng, Yuebo Xu, Zhongchao Zhou, Shuai Pang

“…The strength of the roadbed composed of soft rock decreases following water immersion. …”
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Design and Experimental Research on Staggered Straw Cleaning Device for No-Till Seeding in Drip Irrigation Area by Panpan Yuan, Xingliang Zhu, Xuejun Zhang, Jia You, Jinshan Yan, Shilong Qiu

“…To solve the problem of straw cleaning and drip irrigation belt restoration for no-till seeding in drip irrigation areas, a staggered straw cleaning device was developed for no-till seeding, which is mainly composed of a front two-sided tine discs group, a drip irrigation belt laying mechanism, a middle single inner tine discs group, a rear single outer tine discs group. …”
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Investigation of the Operations of Open Pit Iron Mineralization for Acid Mine Drainage (Adana/Saimbeyli) by Ayşe Dokuzlar, Nil Yapıcı

“…The paragenesis of the mineralization was composed of hematite, gothite siderite and limonite, while constitutes dolomite, calcite and pyrite minerals constitute the host rock. …”
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Developing a priority global research agenda for antimicrobial resistance in the human health sector: protocol for a scoping review by Alessandro Cassini, Raph L Hamers, Koe Stella Asadinia, Silvia Bertagnolio

“…Each identified research question will be classified and aggregated according to a conceptual framework (ie, ‘knowledge matrix’), composed of three themes (ie, Prevention, Diagnosis and Care & Treatment) and four cross-cutting domains (ie, Descriptive, Discovery, Development, Delivery). …”
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An advanced technique to adjust hull girder load: Part 1 = generalisation by Chang Hwan Jang, Do Kyun Kim

“…The hull girder load is composed of axial force (AF), vertical shear force (VSF), horizontal shear force (HSF), torsional moment (TM), vertical bending moment (VBM) and horizontal bending moment (HBM), each of which is related to each other by forces in the x, y and z directions. …”
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Information Technology Framework for Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Demand Management: a Brazilian Case Study by Pedro Domingos Antoniolli

“…Finally, based on this, was conceived an IT framework composed of three elements: 1. One spec ific for infrastructure, to enable data and systems interoperability among SC participants, considering a virtualized infrastructure environment (Cloud); 2. …”
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Liturgic calendars in the Vilnius University Library by Asta Krakytė

“…On analyse le contenu et l'usage des publications qui la composent. On aborde le problème de l'usage du terme latin rubrice/la dans la langue scientifique lituanienne. …”
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Mathematical model for energy savings in blood donations at the Cienfuegos Blood Bank by David Lorenzo Calles, Manuel E. Cortés Cortés

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> Electrical consumption does not show statistically significant changes when the number of donations is greater than 1200 per month. However, the class composed of the number of donations: "less than 1200" shows a significantly lower monthly current consumption when the number of donations does not reach 1200. …”
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Normative Values for Londrina ADL Protocol in Healthy Individuals in Age Group of 40–60 Years among Indian Population: A Cross-Sectional Study by Uttanoor Sreedevi, Gopala Krishna Alaparthi, Shyam krishnan, Kalyana Chakravarthy Bairapareddy, R. Anand, Vishak Acharya

“…Each subject was made to perform the Londrina ADL protocol twice with a 30 min interval between the two protocols. The protocol is composed of 5 activities and the best out of the 2 performances were recorded. …”
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Sustainable pectin extraction from Riang husk using ultrasound-assisted extraction with deep eutectic solvents and its potential in antipollution products by Manee Saelee, Hla Myo, Nuntawat Khat-udomkiri

“…The extracted pectin was primarily composed of monosaccharides, including galacturonic acid (53.74 %), arabinose (23.97 %), galactose (12.36 %), and rhamnose (6.81 %). …”
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Effects of Retinol, Natural Pea Peptide and Antioxidant Blend in a Topical Formulation: In Vitro and Clinical Evidence by Brian Cook, Melanie Riggs, K. C. Holley, Helen Knaggs, Ganesh Diwakar, Edwin D. Lephart

“…The present study assessed the effectiveness of a novel topical formulation, referred to as retinol topical formulation (RTF), to improve the quality of skin health. The RTF was composed of a low dose retinol, a synthetic retinoid ester, a pea peptide, and an antioxidant blend. …”
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Enhancing cardiac diagnostics: a deep learning ensemble approach for precise ECG image classification by Ahmed Alsayat, Alshimaa Abdelraof Mahmoud, Saad Alanazi, Ayman Mohamed Mostafa, Nasser Alshammari, Majed Abdullah Alrowaily, Hosameldeen Shabana, Mohamed Ezz

“…The most effective ensemble, composed of Inception, MobileNet, and NASNetLarge, achieved an F1 score of 0.9651 and a balanced accuracy of 0.9640, indicating a superior predictive performance. …”
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A Machine Learning Based Framework for a Stage-Wise Classification of Date Palm White Scale Disease by Abdelaaziz Hessane, Ahmed El Youssefi, Yousef Farhaoui, Badraddine Aghoutane, Fatima Amounas

“…The ML models were trained and evaluated using two datasets: the first is composed of the extracted GLCM features only, and the second combines GLCM and HSV descriptors. …”
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Development of stepwise particle dosing algorithm in magnetic solution deposition to clarify maximum area fraction points by Yuki NAGASAKO, Ryo HAYASAKA, Takahiro OOMURA

“…We investigated sedimentation in a colloidal dispersion composed of spherical ferromagnetic particles using Brownian dynamic simulations. …”
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Da-Chuan-Xiong Decoction Ameliorates Sodium Sensitivity and Plasma Norepinephrine via Attenuation of Brain Oxidative Stress in the DOCA-Salt Hypertensive Rats by Qi Zhang, Hao Li, Shan Zhao, Fangfang Li, Yingying Tan

“…Da-Chuan-Xiong Decoction (DCXD) is an aqueous extract from a classic Chinese herbal formula composed of dried rhizomes of Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort and Gastrodia elata Bl. in the mass ratio of 4 : 1. …”
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