Association between Optical Coherence Tomography Measurements and Clinical Parameters in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension by Priscilla Fernandes Nogueira, Gustavo Coelho Caiado, Carolina P. B. Gracitelli, Fernando Meister Martins, Felipe Chaves Duarte Barros, Sandro Luis De Andrade Matas, Sérgio Henrique Teixeira, Luciana da Cruz Noia, Danilo Andriatti Paulo

“…Correlations between ganglion cell complex (GCC) thickness and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness, as measured by SD-OCT, and clinical parameters were assessed using generalized estimating equations. Result. The mean age of the participants was 35.0 ± 10.83 years. …”
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Opinions of Forest Managers, Loggers, and Forest Landowners in North Carolina regarding Biomass Harvesting Guidelines by Diane Fielding, Frederick Cubbage, M. Nils Peterson, Dennis Hazel, Brunell Gugelmann, Christopher Moorman

“…We examined stakeholder opinions about BHGs through 60 semistructured interviews with key participants in the North Carolina, USA, forest business sector—forest managers, loggers, and forest landowners. Respondents generally opposed requirements for new BHGs because guidelines added to best management practices (BMPs). …”
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Investigation of postural balance control in judo and handball players by Ahmet Sanıoglu, Cengiz Taskın, Mine Taskın, Onder Karakoc

“…On the other hand, we found significant differences for judo and handball players as generally (P lt;0.05). Also, we found significant differences between judo and handball for male athletes (P lt;0.05) and judo and handball for female athletes (P lt;0.05). …”
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The Spiralling of Corporate Corruption and the Plummeting of Corporate Governance and Ethical Leadership in African Institutions by Hlalele Matebese

“… Generally, several factors around the corporate world influence different nations technologically, socially, economically, and politically. …”
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Vegetation Dynamics and Sensitivity Responds to Climate Change in the Upstream of the Yellow River, China by XiangYu Lan, RuoWei Li, Xin Wang, TianCai Zhou, YunHui Li, JieJi Duo, Jian Sun

“…Noticeably, significant increases (P < 0.05) in the interannual variability of VSI accounted for approximately 67% of regions. Generally, our findings highlight that more attention should be paid to the potential ecological risk areas (e.g., the southwestern URYR) with high temperature-sensitive vegetation (e.g., alpine meadow, alpine cushion vegetation, and alpine sparse vegetation). …”
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Significados que construyen niños, padres de familia y docentes vinculados a varias instituciones escolares de la ciudad de Bogotá sobre infancia, familia y escuela en el marco de... by Teresita Bernal Romero, Jorge Mario Jaramillo, Liliana Mendoza Ramos, María Angélica Pérez Serna, Ana María Suárez Reyes

“…Los resultados mostraron convergencias y divergencias entre los tres grupos de participantes, en cuanto a la forma de significar la infancia y las interacciones escolares y familiares en la actualidad. En términos generales, se observó que los niños y, en menor grado, los padres de familia tienden a una valoración positiva de los cambios asociados con la globalización, mientras que los profesores se inclinan hacia posturas más críticas. …”
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Defect Diagnosis of Gear-Shaft Bearing System Based on the OWF-TSCNN Composed of Wavelet Time-Frequency Map and FFT Spectrum 1 by Peng Dai, JianPing Wang, Lulu Wu, ShuPing Yan, FengTao Wang, Linkai Niu

“…The feature extraction ability and generalization ability of the OWF-TSCNN model are increased, reaching 100% diagnosis accuracy on different defect types and defect degrees, which is more suitable for defect diagnosis of the gear-shaft-bearing system.…”
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PAN-ISLAMIC COOPERATION AND ANTI-COLONIALISM BETWEEN THE OTTOMAN CALIPHATE AND THE MALAY WORLD by ARSHAD ISLAM, RUQAIA TAHA AL-ALWANI

“…The Malay World has always been at the crossroads of international maritime traffic, developing a common and diverse culture incorporating local and global elements, notably Hindu-Buddhist, Confucian, and Islamic influences, in a long and generally peaceful civilizational paradigm prior to the advent of European colonial exploitation. …”
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A study on the acoustic propagation characteristics of circular expanding ducts using the finite element method by Wenyu Guan, Zhongying Xiong, Huan Xia

“…When the length of the expanding section is shorter, the average attenuation is generally higher. However, at specific frequencies (e.g., 2100 Hz), a longer expanding section may enhance sound attenuation by exciting more resonant modes. …”
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Impact of Moderate to Severe Renal Impairment on Mortality and Appropriate Shocks in Patients with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators by Venkata M. Alla, Kishlay Anand, Mandeep Hundal, Aimin Chen, Showri Karnam, Tom Hee, Claire Hunter, Aryan N. Mooss, Dennis Esterbrooks, Syed M. Mohiuddin

“…The impact of GFR on appropriate shocks and survival was assessed using Kaplan-Meier method and Generalized Linear Models (GLM) with log-link function. …”
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Aluminum and Inorganic Natural Pigment Colored Composites by Powder Metallurgy Forming by Miguel Angel Martínez, Juana Abenojar

“…Dimensional variation is generally less than 1%. The pigments increase the material’s brittleness by 41% to 77%, resulting in a bending modulus increase of up to 160% and deformation reduction of up to 70%. …”
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Children's orientation towards sporting events and sporting emotions by Ahmet İslam

“…The correlation matrix showed generally moderate and significant relationships between the scale scores. …”
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Enhancing deep convolutional neural network models for orange quality classification using MobileNetV2 and data augmentation techniques by Phan Thi Huong, Lam Thanh Hien, Nguyen Minh Son, Huynh Cao Tuan, Thanh Q. Nguyen

“…Additionally, the study employs comprehensive data augmentation methods, including horizontal and vertical flips, grayscale transformations, hue adjustments, brightness adjustments, and noise addition to enhance the model's robustness and generalization capabilities. The proposed model demonstrates superior performance, achieving an overall accuracy of 99.53%∼100% with nearly perfect precision, recall of 95.7%, and F1-score of 94.6% for both “orange_good” and “orange_bad” classes, significantly outperforming previous models which typically achieved accuracies between 70% and 90%. …”
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La Seguridad en la Producción de Alimentos en la Granja - Resumen de Buenas Prácticas Agrícolas by Federico G. Caro, Renée M. Goodrich-Schneider, Keith R. Schneider, Douglas L. Archer

“…Las Buenas Prácticas Agrícolas (BPA) y Buenas Prácticas de Manejo (BPM) cubren los procedimientos generales que los productores, empacadores y procesadores de frutas y verduras frescas deben seguir para garantizar la seguridad de sus productos. …”
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Handling Multiple-Fuel Options in Economic Dispatch of Thermal Power Plants Through a Tight Model Applying Indicator Variables by Hossein Sharifzadeh

“…Furthermore, the proposed approach generally outperforms earlier algorithms in terms of solution quality and robustness. …”
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Co(II) Complex of Mefloquine Hydrochloride: Synthesis, Antimicrobial Potential, Antimalaria and Toxicological Activities by Adediji J. Femi, Obaleye J. Ayoola

“…Infrared spectral data also suggest that the ligand (mefloquine hydrochloride) behaves as a tridentate ligand with N:N:O donor sequence towards the metal ion. The complex generally showed octahedral coordinate geometry. Conductivity measurement of 10-2 mol dm-3 methanol solution of the complex indicated non-electrolytic nature of metal complex. …”
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Engineering Activity in the Context of Humanitarian Thinking by V. S. Sheinbaum

“…The experiment has shown that artificial intelligence ChatGPT-4 generally gives an adequate idea of the current issues in this area of engineering pedagogy. …”
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The therapeutic potential of vitamins A, C, and D in pancreatic cancer by Alban Piotrowsky, Markus Burkard, Hendrik Schmieder, Sascha Venturelli, Olga Renner, Luigi Marongiu

“…While treatment options have generally become more diverse, little progress has been made in the treatment of PDAC and the median survival time for patients with locally advanced PDAC is between 8.7 and 13.7 months despite treatment. …”
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Feasibility, acceptability, and perceived benefits of a creative arts intervention for elementary school children living with speech, language and communication disorders by T. Léger-Goodes, C. M. Herba, C. M. Herba, Z. Moula, A. Mendrek, A. Mendrek, K. Hurtubise, J. Piché, M. Gilbert, M. Bernier, K. Simons, N. Bélanger, J. Smith, C. Malboeuf-Hurtubise, C. Malboeuf-Hurtubise

“…School-based arts interventions have the potential to improve self-concept and emotional expression, and more generally, the quality of life. However, there is limited empirical evidence regarding the feasibility, acceptability, and perceived effectiveness of a manualized, school-based creative arts intervention for this specific group.AimThis study aimed to develop and evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and perceived benefits of an art-based intervention for elementary school students with speech, language, and communication disorders, using qualitative methods to obtain diverse perspectives.ResultsThe findings indicate that the intervention was feasible and well received, as reported by teachers, students, and facilitators. …”
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Comparison of aesthetic perception and acceptability of silver diamine fluoride staining between Spanish and Italian parents by Maria Chiara Cappiello, Ana Veloso Durán, Yasmi Ornelas Crystal, Simone Bagattoni, Francisco Guinot Jimeno

“…Level of acceptance increased with child’s uncooperative behavior. Spanish parents generally demonstrated a lower acceptance of SDF pigmentation compared to Italians. …”
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