Thermodynamic analysis and energy balance for environmental sustainability of simple gas turbine inlet cooling system in AFAM power plant by Aniekan Ikpe, Imoh Ekanem, Enefiok Usungurua

“…The findings showed that the level of sustainability is directly influenced by the reduction in the turbine intake cooling system, as per the design criteria. The refrigeration method, which had an input condition of 15℃, obtained a Sustainability Index (SI) of 2.243. …”
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Sentimentally enhanced conversation recommender system by Fengjin Liu, Qiong Cao, Xianying Huang, Huaiyu Liu

“…To refine the recommendation strategy, we design an emotional weighting mechanism to quantify and distinguish the importance of different entities in shaping user preferences. …”
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Nutrition Education and Vitamin D Supplementation Improving Nutrition Intake, Body Composition, and Vitamin D Status of Soccer Athlete by Weni Kurdanti, Agus Wijanarka, Mirza Hapsari Sakti Titis Penggalih

“…Methods: This experimental study used a pre-post control trial design involving 39 subjects who were divided into treatment (20 athletes) and control (19 athletes) groups for one month. …”
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Socio-economic and Demographic Determinants of Household Fertility Decisions by Endurance Uzobo

“…Using the family system model as framework, a cross-sectional survey design in a retrospective study was adopted. Quantitative data were purposively gotten from the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) household recode dataset.  …”
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Digital Teaching and Learning Media for Nursing and Health Care Courses in Germany: Protocol for a Scoping Review by Jann Niklas Vogel, Jaqueline Letzin, Stefan Schmidt

“…In this way, the scoping review provides relevant impulses for fields of application and design aspects of digital teaching or learning media for nursing and health care education. …”
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Experimental Verification of Applying Active Control Method as Virtual Support for Relief Bridge by Ming-Hsiang Shih, Wen-Pei Sung

“…Test and analysis results show the following: (1) The rotation angle of the cantilever arm can be rotated by the RC servo to appropriate angles to provide adequate upwards resultant force to balance the moving load. (2) The vertical displacement of the bridge can be controlled to close to zero by this proposed NEM. (3) The maximum vertical displacement at the midpoint of a bridge with the NEM control mechanism can be controlled to far below 1/400 of the span of the bridge required by the design criteria. (4) A bridge under the control of an NEM under a low-speed moving load with various control gains achieves fine displacement reduction effects, but the displacement reduction effect for a high-speed moving load with low control gain decreases. …”
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Task Effects on Sentence Comprehension in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Evidence from Sentence–Picture-Matching Tests by Maria Andreou, Konstantina Sonia Antoniou, Eleni Peristeri

“…The study highlights how visual complexity and foil count can impact syntactic comprehension in autistic children and underscores the importance of task design in assessing syntactic skills in ASD.…”
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Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Uptake Among Australian Healthcare Professionals: An Archetype for Success by Caroline M. Hall, Anthony Cotton, Adrian Webster, Mary Bushell, Holly L. Northam

“…Method: A cross-sectional survey was designed and distributed to an Australian HCP sample consisting of practicing nurses, midwives, pharmacists, and medical practitioners. …”
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Automatic Identification Model for Landslide Disaster Using Remote Sensing Images Based on Improved Multiresunet by Zhenyu Zhao, Shucheng Tan, Qinghua Zhang, Hui Chen

“…Additionally, the Canny operator is employed to design a lightweight boundary-focused attention (BFA) mechanism, enhancing the model’s ability to emphasize landslide edge features. …”
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‘It was like being hit with a brick’: a qualitative study on the effect of clinicians’ delivery of a diagnosis of eye disease for patients in primary and secondary care by Lucy Moore, Jasleen Kaur Jolly, Anne Ferrey

“…Objectives To explore patients’ experiences of getting a diagnosis of eye disease, the psychological impact of this and how this could be improved.Design An exploratory qualitative interview study using a narrative approach and inductive methods.Setting This study was conducted with patients who had attended ophthalmic appointments in primary and secondary care and in opticians located in the South of England.Participants 18 people diagnosed with eye disease in England.Results Four themes were identified: the convoluted process of being diagnosed, the impact of clinicians’ words, the search for information and reflections on what could be improved. …”
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Propagation of Theobroma cacao by Rooted Cuttings in Mini-Tunnels by Lucía Melissa Vásquez Zamora, Sofía Rengifo-Del Aguila, Juan Carlos Guerrero Abad, Geomar Vallejos Torres, Sixto Alfredo Imán Correa, Elías Torres Flores, Francisco Mesén Sequeira, Mike Anderson Corazon Guivin

“…The experiment was carried out under a completely randomized design (CRD). Cuttings 5 to 7 cm long were collected from the middle area of cacao tree crowns and treated with doses of 0, 1000, 2000, and 3000 ppm of IBA; then they were placed in Jiffy© pellets and set to root in plastic-covered mini-tunnels with fog irrigation. …”
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Antagonism of Endophytic Bacteria and the Consortium Against Culvularia oryzae Bugnic by Zurai Resti, Martinius Martinius, Yenny Liswarni

“…The study used a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) for studying the ability of endophytic bacteria using eight isolates: Bacillus sp HI, Bacillus sp SJI, B. cereus P14, B. cereus Se07, Serratia marcescens strain JB1E2, S. marces-cens strain JB3, S. marcescens strain ULG1E2 and S. marcescens strain ULG1E4, with three replications. …”
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Structural Changes in Thin Keratoconic Corneas Following Crosslinking with Hypotonic Riboflavin: Findings on In Vivo Confocal Microscopy by Aalia Rasool Sufi, M. Soundaram, Nilam Gohil, Jeremy D. Keenan, N. Venkatesh Prajna

“…This case series was a preliminary feasibility study that might necessitate conducting a well-designed controlled study.…”
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The Adsorption of Copper, Lead Metal Ions, and Methylene Blue Dye from Aqueous Solution by Pure and Treated Fennel Seeds by Ntandokazi Mabungela, Ntaote David Shooto, Fanyana Mtunzi, Eliazer Bobby Naidoo

“…Pure fennel seeds were labelled as PFS; nitric and sulphuric acid-treated seeds were designated as NAFS and SAFS, respectively. The adsorbents were characterised by SEM, EDX, FTIR, XRD, and BET. …”
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TB and poverty: the effect of rifampicin-resistant TB on household income by A. Ciobanu, V. Plesca, S. Doltu, M. Manea, L. Domente, A. Dadu

“…OBJECTIVES: To trace the patients’ journey through TB in terms of the relationship with poverty and assess its determinants. DESIGN: This cross-sectional study used secondary data from a survey assessing catastrophic costs in RR-TB-affected households. …”
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Management of Ectopic Pregnancy: Comparison of Systemic Methotrexate Administration and Surgical Treatment; A Retrospective Study by Ali Cenk Özay, Özlen Emekçi, Recep Emre Okyay, Ali Rıza Taylan Bodur

“…In this study, our aim is to compare the results of medical treatment and surgical treatment in ectopic pregnancies. STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective case note review was undertaken of all women who presented to Dokuz Eylul University Hospital (approximately 1800 deliveries/ year) with an ultrasonographically diagnosed ectopic pregnancy from 1st January 2008 to1st March 2012. …”
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Quand des pesticides empoisonnent la recherche, la réglementation et la démocratie : by Louise Vandelac

“…Never in the history of science has been published such a detailed account of the attacks and perfidious manipulations of an agribusiness giant to destroy the reputation and life of one of the most published scientists on its flagship product : Bayer-Monsanto's Roundup, the world's best-selling pesticide and a glyphosate-based herbicide used on GMOs designed to absorb it without dying, a key to agro-industrial concentration. …”
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Epidemic of Depression and Anxiety in child and adolescent population during COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta analysis of the prevalence of depression and anxiety by Gaurav Maggu, Vinod Verma, Suprakash Chaudhury, Vishal Indla

“…Due to high heterogeneity, moderator analysis was performed separately for depression and anxiety subgroups. The study design consisted of cross-sectional studies and some studies conducted through online surveys. …”
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Effect of negotiation skills training program on head nurses’ knowledge and behavior by Hanaa M. Moustafa, Rabab M. Hassan, Fawzia M. Badran

“…Methods A pretest–posttest, one-group quasi-experimental design was conducted at Menoufia University Hospitals. …”
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Traditional funeral and burial rituals and Ebola outbreaks in West Africa: A narrative review of causes and strategy interventions by Chulwoo Park

“…Conclusion: Traditional funeral and burial practices are a part of the culture in West Africa and should be evaluated and respected. Policymakers should design a theory- and practice-based socioecological model based on social and behavioral strategies for villagers in remote areas to prevent the spread of infectious diseases via traditional burial practices.…”