Insights into Enhanced Oil Recovery by Coupling Branched-Preformed Particle Gel and Viscosity Reducer Flooding in Ordinary Heavy Oil Reservoir by Zongyang Li

“…The viscosity reducer S2 with moderate interfacial tension and emulsifying capacity has the best ability to improve the recovery of ordinary heavy oil. …”
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Relationship between Brittleness Index and Crack Initiation Stress Ratio for Different Rock Types by Juyu Jiang, Dong Wang, Xinping Han, Shuai Di

“…According to results of the limestone tests, α = 3 for σc < 60 MPa (high porosity), α = 5 for 60 MPa ≤ σc ≤ 90 MPa (moderate porosity), and α = 8 for σc > 90 MPa (low porosity) as well as for igneous and metamorphic rocks. …”
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The Burden of Asymptomatic Malaria Infection in Children in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Exploring Barriers to Elimination and Prevention by Daniel Asmelash, Wubetu Agegnehu, Wondaya Fenta, Yemane Asmelash, Shibihon Debebe, Abyot Asres

“…Data quality was assessed by a tool developed by Hoy and colleagues and classified as low, moderate, or high risk of bias. We performed a random effects model and sub-group analysis by age group, region, and diagnostic methods. …”
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Implementing Machine Learning for Smart Farming to Forecast Farmers’ Interest in Hiring Equipment by Manik Rakhra, Sumaya Sanober, Noorulhasan Naveed Quadri, Neha Verma, Samrat Ray, Evans Asenso

“…Farmers are divided into three groups according to the results of this poll: small, moderate, and large. Training and testing splits were used on the same data set in order to get a better understanding of the target variables. …”
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The effectiveness of community-wide screening for pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review by Susanna S. van Wyk, Ntombifuthi Blose, Lester Kapanda-Phiri, Mareli Claassens, Taryn Young

“…Community-wide nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) screening probably reduces the prevalence of NAAT-positive TB (n = 105,108, RR 0.56; 95% CI: 0.40–0.78, 1 RCT, moderate certainty evidence). Community-wide screening for pulmonary TB may reduce TB prevalence if done annually with an accurate screening test and high coverage.…”
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Laminin-5 γ2 Chain Expression Correlates with Unfavorable Prognosis in Colon Carcinomas by C. Lenander, J. K. Habermann, Å. Öst, B. Nilsson, H. Schimmelpenning, K. Tryggvason, G. Auer

“…Twenty-four (26%) cases were scored as sparse, 34 (37%) as moderate, and 31 (33%) as frequent γ2 chain expression. …”
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Electronic Recordkeeping and School Management Processes: A Case of Selected Secondary Schools in Luwero District. by Mugisha, David

“…The degree of impact as indicated by φ=1.473 implies that e-record keeping has a moderate effect on school management processes. The significant level of P<0.000 implies that school management process depends on e-record keeping and these variables are not independent of each other.The study concludes that there is low level of e-record keeping usage in the school management processes. …”
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Design and Prototyping of Solar Operated Fertilizer Sprayer. by Nduhura, Whycliffee

“…Implementation of this project will help in saving costs spent on fuel purchase and reduce the spraying time due to moderate pressure and improve on the yield of specified crops.…”
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An examination of the correlation between website traffi c and the quality of services provided by Jumia Uganda. by Ssemaluulu, Paul Mukasa, Isingoma, Fenehansi, Mugavu, George

“…Based on empirical evidence, we conclude that the moderate positive correlation coefficient of (r=0.390**) suggests a correlation between website traffic and service quality. …”
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Rehabilitation Services and Disability in Buhara Sub-County Kabale District. by Orishaba, Joan

“…The study concluded that Persons with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities improved in terms of their activities of daily living. …”
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Investigation to Characterise Field Pests That Affect Bean Plants in Lowlands and Uphills of Mwanjari Parish Southwestern Division Kabale District. by Wakayiya, Derick

“…Furthermore, 68.75% of farmers cultivated beans during the second season, which offers high yields due to moderate rainfall. The study identified insects, such as aphids and bean leaf beetles, as the predominant field pests causing damage at various stages of bean growth. …”
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E-Procurement and Procurement Performance of Central Government Procuring and Disposing Entities in Uganda: A Case Study of Kabale Regional Referral Hospital. by Kekitinisa, Privas

“…The strength of the relationship, as indicated by the standardized Beta coefficient, is moderate to strong, implying that efforts to improve e-procurement practices can have a substantial positive impact on procurement performance…”
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Community Participation and Fisheries Management in Western Uganda Case Study of Rwenshama Landing Site on Lake Edward. by Tumwesigye, Paul

“…The results showed a moderate positive correlation between community participation and fisheries management, with r = 0.464, p < 0.001. …”
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Alternate partial root-zone irrigation combined with nitrogen fertilizer: An adaptive surge root irrigation and nitrogen strategy to improve apple yield, water-nitrogen use efficie... by Kun Hao, Wei Zhang, Shijiang Zhu, Youliang Peng, Yun Zhong, Feilong Jie, Lihua Liu, Yalin Gao, Lin Zhou, Chuang Liu, Fangyuan Shen

“…Alternate irrigation was found to even perform well in moderate water and nitrogen conditions and it enhanced water and nitrogen use efficiency quite significantly. …”
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Screening of Genes Related to Resistance to Bacterial Leaf Blight in Oryza officinalis by using RNA-seq Technology by Yayun YANG, Feifei ZHANG, Famei ZHANG, Xinxiang A, Chao DONG, Cuifeng TANG, Chunyun YANG, Luyuan DAI

“…O. officinalis 37 showed moderate susceptibility to both strains, while O. officinalis 36 showed resistance to both strains. …”
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Studying the Oncolytic Activity of <i>Streptococcus pyogenes</i> Strains Against Hepatoma, Glioma, and Pancreatic Cancer <i>In Vitro</i> and <i>In Vivo</i> by Anna N. Tsapieva, Alexander N. Chernov, Nadezhda V. Duplik, Anastasiya O. Morozova, Tatiana A. Filatenkova, Mariia A. Suvorova, Elena Egidarova, Elvira S. Galimova, Kseniya Bogatireva, Alexander N. Suvorov

“…This strain exhibited moderate (38.0 ± 1.8%) and weak (16.3 ± 5.4%) oncolytic activities against glioma and hepatoma cells, respectively. …”
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Potential and limitations of noise-based surface-wave tomography for numerical site effect estimation: a case study in the French Rhône valley by Lavoué, François, Froment, Bérénice, Gélis, Céline, Boué, Pierre,  Chaljub, Emmanuel, Stehly, Laurent, Beauprêtre, Sophie, De Martin, Florent,  Gisselbrecht, Loïc, Pilz, Marco, Moiriat, Denis, Cushing, Edward Marc

“…This study allows us to propose perspectives for future work to improve the approach, which remains promising for site effect assessment in low- to moderate-seismicity contexts.…”
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Synchronicity analysis of meteorological variables on agricultural drought in the Loess Plateau, China by Fang Liu, Hongbo Zhang, Yihang Li, Zhiyuan Ning, Shuai Hao

“…New hydrological insights for the region: In the precursor-and-trigger analysis of ECA, SWI was the main precursor and trigger factor for mild agricultural drought and SPI for moderate and severe drought. The precursor coincidence rate is higher than the trigger coincidence rate, suggesting that not all precursory SIMV events cause agricultural drought. …”
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Psychometric Properties of the Apathy Scale in Advanced Parkinson’s Disease by John B. Wetmore, José Matías Arbelo, María José Catalán, Francesc Valldeoriola, Carmen Rodriguez-Blazquez, Pablo Martinez-Martin

“…Overall, the parameters of feasibility/acceptability were satisfactory, except for a moderate-to-high floor effect in AS items but not in its total score (both 3.3%). …”
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Circulating MMP-12 as Potential Biomarker in Evaluating Disease Severity and Efficacy of Sublingual Immunotherapy in Allergic Rhinitis by Yandan Zhou, Min Xu, Wei Gong, Xiaoming Kang, Renzhong Guo, Jie Wen, Dinggang Zhou, Manjing Wang, Dazhi Shi, Qiancheng Jing

“…Methods. We enrolled 110 moderate-severe persist AR patients (AR group) and 40 healthy controls (HC group). …”
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