Graves’ disease diagnosed nearly six months after microwave ablation of benign thyroid nodules: a case report by Yunru Gu, Rui Chen, Mingming Chen, Xiaohong Jiang, Long Wang, Xiaolin Huang

“…The patient’s thyroid ultrasound suggested bilateral diffuse thyroid lesions, with a moderately echogenic mass observed on the right side of the thyroid gland, potentially indicative of thyroid nodule ablation. …”
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Risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma: an umbrella review of systematic review and meta-analysis by Jie Wang, Kaijie Qiu, Songsheng Zhou, Yichao Gan, Keting Jiang, Donghuan Wang, Haibiao Wang

“…HBV and HCV infections increase HCC risk by 12.5-fold and 11.2-fold, respectively. These risks are moderated by antiviral treatments and virological responses but are exacerbated by higher HBsAg levels, anti-HBc positivity, and co-infection. …”
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Adoption of the Polish Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Care Standards: a nationwide survey by Mateusz J. Świerz, Karolina Majdak, Andrzej Budzyński, Wiesław Tarnowski, Piotr Major, Małgorzata M. Bala

“…Conclusions: The Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Care Standards are moderately well adopted by Polish surgical departments, with improvements needed in specific areas. …”
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Impact of urban-rural integration on resource misallocation in old industrial cities and its mechanisms by ZHU Gaoli, SHENG Li

“…However, once these levels exceeded the second threshold value, the impact of urban-rural integration on resource misallocation shifted from hindrance to improvement. (3) Further analysis indicated that the intensity of urban-rural integration policy implementation played a positive moderating role in the relationship between urban-rural integration development and resource misallocation. …”
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Exploring SME owners’ motivation to learn and acquire new skills for the adoption of e-commerce by Naledi D.D. Gallant, Anthea P. Amadi-Echendu, Elriza Esterhuyzen

“…Results: The analysis of the data revealed that perceived benefits as well as intrinsic and extrinsic motivation played a pivotal role as key moderators in Soweto-based SME owners’ willingness to acquire new skills for the adoption of e-commerce. …”
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Assessing the Industrial Effluent Effect on Irrigation Water Quality and Farm Soil near Kombolcha Town, Ethiopia by Mohammed Jemal Awol, Amare Tiruneh Adugna, Kamaraj M

“…The mean concentrations of electric conductivity (EC) = 0.96 ds/m, sodium (Na+) = 3.35 mg/l, chloride (Cl−) = 7.67 mg/l, and total dissolved solids (TDS) = 612.98 mg/l were slightly and moderately restricted for irrigation. Moreover, the concentration of heavy metals, calcium (Ca+2) = 16.61 mg/l, iron (Fe) = 4.25 mg/l, manganese (Mn) = 0.18 mg/l, and lead (Pb) = 0.47 mg/l, was below the permissible limit of the FAO and nonrestricted. …”
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Does knowledge of sleep hygiene recommendations match behaviour in Australian shift workers? A cross-sectional study by Grace E Vincent, Sally A Ferguson, Caroline M Rampling, Charlotte Cecelia Gupta, Alexandra E Shriane, Gabrielle Rigney

“…Of these participants, 77.5% reported understanding the term moderately, extremely or very well. Engagement with each sleep hygiene practice was varied. …”
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Study of Teakwood Quality from Community Forests in Gunungkidul. VII. Natural Subterranean Termite Resistance by Ganis Lukmandaru, Pito Wargono, Arsy Rahman Mohammad, Vendy Eko Prasetyo

“…In addition, pH values moderately correlated with survival rate on 8-day observation. …”
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Performance Analysis of a Strong Constraint 4DVar and 4DEnVar on Regional Ionosphere Imaging by Nicholas Ssessanga, Wojciech Jacek Miloch, Lasse Boy Novock Clausen, Daria Kotova

“…Preliminary assimilation is performed only with ubiquitous Global Navigation Satellite System observables from ground‐based receivers, with a focus on moderately stable mid‐latitudes, specifically the Japanese archipelago and neighboring areas. …”
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Fear of Pain as a Predictor for Postoperative Pain Intensity among the Patients Undergoing Thoracoscopic Surgery by Yang Luo, Jingting He, Lihong Bao, Heng Meng, Cuihuan Hu, Quan Chen

“…Fear of pain (FOP) has been recognized as an influential moderator and determinant of the perception and disability of chronic pain. …”
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Is the EnodePro^® a Valid Tool to Determine the Bar Velocity in the Bench Press and Barbell Back Squat? A Comparative Analysis by Nina Behrmann, Martin Hillebrecht, José Afonso, Konstantin Warneke

“…The velocity was measured with loads corresponding to 30%, 50%, and 70% of the one-repetition maximum (1RM) in moderately trained participants (n = 53, f = 16, m = 37). …”
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Impact of Ethical Leadership on Autonomy and Self-Efficacy in Virtual Work Environments: The Disintegrating Effect of an Egoistic Climate by Carlos Santiago-Torner, José-Antonio Corral-Marfil, Yirsa Jiménez-Pérez, Elisenda Tarrats-Pons

“…A model of conditional indirect effects, including both a mediation process and a moderation process, is used. The results support that ethical leadership enhances followers’ self-efficacy through a redistribution of responsibilities, which increases the perception of autonomy. …”
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Evaluation of Six Preendoscopy Scoring Systems to Predict Outcomes for Older Adults with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding by Yajie Li, Qin Lu, Kexuan Wu, Xilong Ou

“…AIMS65 and T-score performed moderately, and pRS may not be suitable for the target cohort.…”
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Evaluation of spring bread wheat accessions from the VIR collection for resistance to loose smut by M. M. Kovaleva, E. V. Zuev, A. N. Brykova

“…Three years of evaluation showed that 10 varieties were moderately resistant (no more than 5% affected ears): 4 from Russia, 2 from Canada, and single accessions from Spain, China, Pakistan and Tajikistan. …”
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Screening And Management of Renal Impairment In Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus In Primary Health Care Of Royal Medical Services: A Clinical Audit by Dr. H. H. Alkaabi

“…In the albuminuria group, 31.5% were morbidly obese, while 27.3% were moderately obese. For patients with albuminuria, 39% had good HbA1c control (<7%), with a mean HbA1c of 7.5 ± 1.4. …”
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Extractives Content and Colour Properties of 11-year-old Perhutani Superior Teakwood from Ngawi Forest Management Unit by Zulkahfi Zulkahfi, Denny Irawati, Tomy Listyanto, Dian Rodiana, Ganis Lukmandaru

“…The correlation between a* value and total phenolic content was moderately significant (r = -0.58). The comparatively low content of extractive compared to mature woods as well as inhomogeneity of colour properties in vertical position should be noticed for young JPP wood utilization.…”
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Smart Cities, Smarter land Use? Unveiling the efficiency gains from China’s digital urban transformation by Zhenyu Zhuo, Jiashuo Ye, Yu Wang, Hao Chen, Bin Liang

“…By treating the smart city construction policy as a quasi-natural experiment, this study uses a time-varying DID approach to assess the impact of urban smart transformation on ULUE and employs moderating and spatial effect models to explore underlying mechanisms. …”
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Workplace anxiety leading to job burnout among young and middle-aged university lecturers: mechanism and mitigation strategies by Kun Zhou, Jin Wang

“…On the other hand, self-efficacy plays a moderating role in alleviating workplace anxiety and burnout among young and middle-aged university lecturers. …”
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Seasonal variation of air quality index and assessment by S.D. Kumar, A. Dash

“…During the study period 2015-16, out of the eight stations most comes under moderately polluted category especially in winter season followed by summer season. …”
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The Specifics of Religious Identity of Armenian Youth in Russia and Armenia by A.S. Berberyan, H.S. Berberyan, O.R. Tuhina

“…These characteristics were tested using univariate analysis of variance (ANOVA), regression analysis (hierarchical regression), and moderation analysis. <br><strong>Participants. </strong>The total sample consisted of 245 participants. …”
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