Correlation of Unconfined Compressive Strength (UCS) with Compaction Characteristics of Soils in Burayu Town by Solomon Kormu, Alemineh Sorsa, Shelema Amena

“…Due to its time-consuming and cost-effective nature, most of the time-correlation equations have been used to correlate unconfined compressive strength with compaction parameters and soil index properties. The current study was conducted in Burayu town where fifty soil samples were collected and experimental geotechnical soil tests were carried out based on the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards. …”
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Cortical changes associated with an anterior cruciate ligament injury may retrograde skilled kicking in football: preliminary EEG findings by Daghan Piskin, Gjergji Cobani, Tim Lehmann, Daniel Büchel, Jochen Baumeister

“…Furthermore, kick-related complexity of these regions as indexed by MSE was reduced in injured players at medium and coarse scales. …”
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Explaining the framework of sustainable competitiveness in the direction of spatial development of Arak District by Mina Eftekharnia, Keramatollah Ziari, Majid Naderi

“…In this regard, first, the activities with competitive advantage in Arak District have been analyzed, spatially using the indexing method and the position of cities has been determined based on the ability to compete in activities with competitive advantage. …”
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Standardization of Syndrome Differentiation Defined by Traditional Chinese Medicine in Operative Breast Cancer: A Modified Delphi Study by Qianqian Guo, Qianjun Chen

“…A literature search for standardization of syndrome differentiation of operative breast cancer was conducted and eligible articles were identified in indexed databases from 1982 to 2013. We carried out two rounds of investigation between March and October 2013 and organized 20 experts who focused on TCM or integrative medicine in breast cancer research. …”
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Subjective social status and trajectories of frailty: findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing by Patrick Präg, Lindsay Richards, Asri Maharani

“…Controls were included for confounding factors, including a range of socioeconomic indicators and health behaviours.Results Four trajectories of the frailty index were retained: low frailty (53% of participants), progressive mild frailty (25%), progressive moderate frailty (15%) and high frailty (6%). …”
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Outdoor Environment and Pediatric Asthma: An Update on the Evidence from North America by Jenna Pollock, Lu Shi, Ronald W. Gimbel

“…We reviewed recent literature from North America for research related to outdoor environmental factors and pediatric asthma, with attention to spatial-temporal variations of these associations. Method. We included indexed literature between years 2010 and 2015 on outdoor environmental factors and pediatric asthma, by searching PubMed. …”
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Study on the Effect of Deadman State on Blast Furnace Hearth Erosion Based on Solidification and Melting Model by Fei Yuan, Liangyu Chen, Lei Wang, Lei Zhao, Yan Zhong

“…Using the skull’s thickness in the erosion area as an evaluation index, it investigates the effects of deadman parameters, such as floating height, maximum diameter, eccentricity, porosity, and bottom shape, on the hearth’s erosion area. …”
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Linking Sleep to Hypertension: Greater Risk for Blacks by A. Pandey, N. Williams, M. Donat, M. Ceide, P. Brimah, G. Ogedegbe, S. I. McFarlane, G. Jean-Louis

“…Significant interactions of insufficient sleep with race/ethnicity were observed even after adjusting to effects of age, sex, income, education, body mass index, alcohol use, smoking, emotional distress, diabetes, coronary heart disease, and stroke. …”
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Efficacy of dietary modifications and mucosal protectors in the treatment of laryngopharyngeal reflux: a multicenter study by Matteo Gelardi, Rossana Giancaspro, Christian Fiorentino, Stefano Patruno, Jacopo Marroni, Alessandro D’Avino, Letizia Neri, Michele Cassano, Giampiero Neri

“…The patients’ responses were assessed over 1 month using the Reflux Symptom Index (RSI) and Reflux Finding Score (RFS), along with measurements of salivary and nasal pepsin concentration and rhinomanometry.ResultsSignificant improvements were observed in RSI and RFS scores across all groups. …”
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Does ESG disclosure enhance firm performance during COVID-19? Evidence from Nifty 500 firms by G. Vidya Bai, Daniel Frank, K. Sudhir Prabhu

“…To do so, the study retrieved data of Nifty 500 index companies from the Bloomberg database for a sample period ranging from 2016 to 2022. …”
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Incidence and Survival of Patients with Small Intestinal Neuroendocrine Tumours in a Danish NET Center by Lise Brehm Hoej, Karen Marie Nykjær, Henning Gronbaek

“…There was no difference in median chromogranin A levels (8709 versus 2381 pmol/L, P=0.107), presence of liver metastases (56% versus 44%), clinical symptoms (flushing/diarrhea), or Ki67 index (2% versus 2%), between the two time periods. …”
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Crochet increases attention through a requiring motor skill learning by Davide Rossi Sebastiano, Cristina Muscio, Dunja Duran, Deborah Bonfoco, Sara Dotta, Paola Anversa, Elisa Pellencin, Pietro Tiraboschi, Elisa Visani

“…We observed that the Betweenness Centrality maximum (BCmax) index in the beta band significantly increased, and global FC in the alpha band significantly increased at T1 for the CRO group but not for the CTR group. …”
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Clastogenic Effects of Glyphosate in Bone Marrow Cells of Swiss Albino Mice by Sahdeo Prasad, Smita Srivastava, Madhulika Singh, Yogeshwer Shukla

“…The cytotoxic effects of glyphosate were also evident, as observed by significant decrease in mitotic index (MI). The present results indicate that glyphosate is clastogenic and cytotoxic to mouse bone marrow.…”
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Urban Rail Transit System Network Reliability Analysis Based on a Coupled Map Lattice Model by Shaojie Wu, Yan Zhu, Ning Li, Yizeng Wang, Xingju Wang, Daniel Jian Sun

“…This paper proposes the passenger-flow-weighted network reliability evaluation indexes, to assess the impact of passenger flows on network reliability. …”
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The Estimation of First-Phase Insulin Secretion by Using Components of the Metabolic Syndrome in a Chinese Population by Jiunn-diann Lin, Chun-Hsien Hsu, Yao-Jen Liang, Wei-Cheng Lian, Chang-Hsun Hsieh, Chung-Ze Wu, Dee Pei, Yen-Lin Chen

“…When MetS components were only used, the following equation was built: log (FPIS) = 1.477 − 0.119 × fasting plasma glucose (FPG) + 0.079 × body mass index (BMI) − 0.523 × high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C). …”
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Multimodal Imaging in an Unusual Cluster of Multiple Evanescent White Dot Syndrome by Orly Gal-Or, Ethan Priel, Irit Rosenblatt, Shiri Shulman, Michal Kramer

“…Recognizing these imaging features along with high index of clinical suspicion is important for the diagnosis of MEWDS. …”
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Contribution of Phosphorylation Modification to Stability and Antibacterial Activity of Egg White Protein Nanogels Loaded with Cinnamon Bark Essential Oil by Sheng-Qi Rao, Xin-Ru Gao, Hui Liu, Zhi-Rong Wang, Zhen-Quan Yang

“…Compared to EWP-CBEO nanogels without chemical phosphorylation, the obtained P-EWP-CBEO nanogels have shown smaller average hydrodynamic diameter (133.6 nm), relatively uniform size distribution (polydispersity index around 0.265), enhanced negative surface charge (−35.4 mV), and improved stability under the conditions of high temperature (up to 90 °C) and ionic strength (up to 200 mM NaCl). …”
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Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease Using Adaptive Neuro K-Means Clustering Technique by Karan Kumar, Shweta Agrawal, Isha Suwalka, Celestine Iwendi, Cresantus N. Biamba

“…It achieved a mean accuracy of 99.8%, reducing the Mean Squared Error (MSE) from 2.3 to 0.44 and improving the Discriminative Overlap Index (DOI) and Tissue Clarity (TC) values to 0.435105 and 0.282381, respectively. …”
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Electron‐Lattice Synergistic Coordination for Boosting the Electro‐Optic Response of the Crystal by Jinfeng Han, Yuzhou Wang, Fei Liang, Kui Wu, Dazhi Lu, Deliang Cui, Haohai Yu, Huaijin Zhang

“…Abstract The electro‐optic (E‐O) response is fundamental where the refractive index of materials can be modulated by the external electric field. …”
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Calculation of Unknown Preoperative K Readings in Postrefractive Surgery Patients by Nicola Rosa, Maddalena De Bernardo, Maria Borrelli

“…A regression formula generated from the left eyes of 174 patients who had undergone PRK for myopia or for myopic astigmatism was compared with other methods in 168 right eyes. The Pearson index and paired t-test were utilized for statistical analysis. …”
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