Study of Selected Metals Distribution, Source Apportionment, and Risk Assessment in Suburban Soil, Pakistan by Javed Iqbal, Munir H. Shah

“…In ecological risk assessment, contamination factor demonstrated moderate contamination by Co, Sr, and Zn and high contamination by Cd, Cu, and Pb; geoaccumulation index indicated heavy to extreme contamination by Cd and heavy contamination by Pb; enrichment factor revealed significant enrichment by Co, Cr, Cu, Mn, Sr, and Zn and extreme enrichment by Cd and Pb. …”
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Educational changes and barriers to change in the statements of teachers-innovators and non-innovators by Bartosz Atroszko

“…Non-innovators would like transformations, but more moderate, minor ones that do not go beyond the area of the dominant model of education but can potentially facilitate or make the time spent by teachers and students at school easier or more enjoyable. …”
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Quality of Life in Iranian Patients with Acne by H. Safizadeh, S. Shamsi-Meymandy, A. Naeimi

“…Acne influenced the quality of life in 51.8% of patients from moderate to very much, and the quality of life was affected by the severity of acne (P < 0.01). …”
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The impact of emotional dysregulation on food addiction: Examining the intervention role of gender by Jun Li, Lingjie Wang, Feng Xia, Ling Pan, Jia-Fu Liu

“…Additionally, gender was found to moderate the influence of ED on FA. The results of this study offer a comprehensive empirical analysis to identify the factors contributing to FA in college students. …”
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Hamman syndrome. A case report by Osvaldo Barrios Viera, Marleny González Machín

“…The case of a 19-years-old male patient, referred to the General Surgery Service of the Leopoldito Martínez General Teaching Hospital, presenting with moderate intensity dyspnea, accompanied by a sudden increase in volume of the neck and anterior region of the thorax, after a coughing fit during an acute attack of bronchial asthma is presented. …”
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Update on Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS) and New Implants by Lívia M. Brandão, Matthias C. Grieshaber

“…Currently, MIGS is performed in glaucoma patients with early to moderate disease and preferably in combination with cataract surgery.…”
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ANXIETY LEVEL IN ENGLISH SPEAKING AMONG AHMAD DAHLAN STUDENTS by Megawati Basri, Fahmi Djaguna, Balqis Husain

“…The result of this study was showed that the majority of the students (n=103) were found students had a moderate level of anxiety, one student had a very high level of anxiety and thirteen students were found to had a high level of anxiety. …”
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THE ORTHODONTIC REVOLUTION: INVISALIGN, A MODERN SOLUTION by Irina Adriana Beuran, Gabriel-Valeriu Popa, Anamaria Zaharescu, Bogdan Radu Dragomir, Elisabeta Maria Vasca

“…It is especially recommended for teenagers and adults who have mild to moderate orthodontic problems, wanting an aesthetic and practical solution. …”
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Life-Threatening Hypertriglyceridemia in a Patient on Ruxolitinib and Sirolimus for Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease by Allison P. Watson, Claudio G. Brunstein, Shernan G. Holtan

“…In preclinical and retrospective clinical studies, use of ruxolitinib was shown to reduce graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD) in allograft recipients with moderate/severe corticosteroid-dependent or refractory chronic GVHD. …”
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Effect of Flat Cornea on Visual Outcome after LASIK by Engy Mohamed Mostafa

“…To evaluate the effect of preoperative and postoperative keratometry on the refractive outcome after laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) for moderate and high myopia. Methods. Records of 812 eyes (420 patients) with myopia ≥−6 D who had LASIK at Sohag Laser Center, Egypt, from January 2010 to November 2013, were retrospectively analyzed. …”
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Unbalance Response Prediction for Rotors on Ball Bearings Using Speed- and Load-Dependent Nonlinear Bearing Stiffness by Fleming David P., Poplawski J. V.

“…Regions of bistable operation were possible, in which the amplitude at a given speed was much larger during rotor acceleration than during deceleration. A moderate amount of damping will eliminate the bistable region, but this damping is not inherent in ball bearings.…”
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Exogenous Pulmonary Surfactant as a Vehicle for Antimicrobials: Assessment of Surfactant-Antibacterial Interactions In Vitro by Alexei Birkun

“…When suspended with antibiotics, surfactant either had no impact on their antimicrobial activity (amikacin) or exerted mild to moderate influence (reduction of cefepime bactericidal activity and increase of colistimethate bacteriostatic activity against S. aureus and P. aeruginosa). …”
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Study of Reaction Mechanisms in α + 69Ga reaction at ≈10 – 50 MeV by F. K. Amanuel

“…Pearson's relational statistics showed moderate to strong positive correlations between the theoretically predicted and experimentally measured reaction cross-sections. …”
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Choosing between Alternative Motor Insurance Policies: A Discrete Choice Experiment by Charles Kwofie, Dieu Donne Yormekpe, Samuel Osei Mensah, Priscilla Botchway

“…The magnitude of estimates from both probit model and estimated marginal effects indicates respondents highly value insurers with the attribute of paying claims promptly, charging moderate premium, and closer in terms of proximity. …”
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Long-Term Evaluation of the Use of the Transdermal Contraceptive Patch in Adolescents by Stephanie Logsdon, Jessica Richards, Hatim A. Omar

“…Reasons for discontinuation were moderate to severe skin irritation (3 patients, 5%), complete detachment (3 patients, 5%), and economic reasons (4 patients, 6.7%). …”
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Seismic Damage Analysis of Concrete Gravity Dam Based on Wavelet Transform by Dunben Sun, Qingwen Ren

“…The earthquake damage of the dam under the moderate-intensity earthquake is simulated and its residual seismic bearing capacity is further analyzed. …”
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Self-control and Problematic Social Media Use: A Meta-Analysis by Zeynep Simsir-Gokalp, Muhammet Ibrahim Akyurek

“…The analysis results indicated a moderate negative association between self-control and PSMU (r = -.29). …”
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VR and computer vision based facade complexity analysis for building design by Fabian Jarrin, Yasuko Koga, Diego Thomas

“…Results reveal an average standard deviation of 9% between the system’s complexity measurements and participants’ perceptions, with a preference for moderate complexity. These findings highlight the importance of aligning architectural complexity with user preferences to enhance sustainability and satisfaction and the potential of this approach to quantify complexity and guide data-driven building design processes. …”
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Detection of the WNT/Beta-Catenin Signaling Activity by Using Immunocytochemical Technique in Cervical Smears by Hanife Güler Dönmez, Şayeste Demirezen, Sinan Beksaç

“…The membranous staining with moderate (++) or strong (+++) cytoplasmic and/or nuclear staining was scored positive for signaling activity. …”
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Clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy by Yu. B. Uspenskaya, A. A. Sheptulin

“…The leading clinical signs of ICP include pruritus and jaundice that develop most commonly in the third trimester of pregnancy, and characteristic changes of laboratory scores: increase in bile acid level (over 10 mcmol/l) and moderate elevation of transaminase activity. Severity of ICP and complication risk for mother and fetus correlate to the degree of bile acids elevation. …”
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