The Computation of Flow and Heat Transfer through an Orthogonally Rotating Square-Ended U-Bend Using Low-Reynolds-Number Models by Konstantinos-Stephen P. Nikas, Hector Iacovides

“…Two-layer and low-Reynolds-number mathematical models of turbulence are used at effective-viscosity (EVM) level and also at second-moment-closure (DSM) level. …”
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A soft switching non‐isolated bidirectional DC–DC converter with improved voltage conversion ratio and minimum number of switches by Nasrin Asadi Madiseh, Ehsan Adib

“…Fully soft switching conditions for all semiconductor devices, removing the reverse recovery problem, and a low number of components have led to mitigating switching losses and improving efficiency. …”
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Mach Number Scaling of Foreshock Magnetic Fluctuations at Quasi-parallel Bow Shocks and Their Role in Magnetospheric Driving Throughout the Solar System by Brandon L. Burkholder, Li-Jen Chen, Katariina Nykyri, Norberto Romanelli, Menelaos Sarantos, Dave Sibeck, Jaye Verniero, Gina A. DiBraccio, Daniel Gershman, Martin Lindberg, Erin Kincade

“…The amplitude of magnetic fluctuations depends on the strength of the shock, quantified by the Alfvén Mach number ( M _A ), which is the ratio of solar wind velocity to the local Alfvén velocity. …”
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The investigation of the relationships between retained placenta and animal's age, calving season, and type, number of parturition (or parity), and sex of calving in the cows by Yaşar Akar, Hamit Yıldız, Halis Öcal, Ali M. Apaydın

“…Regular recordings ol these animals was kept and relation between animal's age, number of pariuration. type of parturition, calving season, sex of calves and incidence of retained placenta was investigated. …”
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Smoking, DNA Adducts and Number of Risk DNA Repair Alleles in Lung Cancer Cases, in Subjects with Benign Lung Diseases and in Controls by Marco Peluso, Armelle Munnia, Sara Piro, Alessandra Armillis, Marcello Ceppi, Giuseppe Matullo, Riccardo Puntoni

“…Our results suggest that the analysis of the number of risk alleles predicts the interindividual variation in DNA adducts of smokers and lung cancer cases.…”
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Endurance Exercise Mobilizes Developmentally Early Stem Cells into Peripheral Blood and Increases Their Number in Bone Marrow: Implications for Tissue Regeneration by Krzysztof Marycz, Katarzyna Mierzejewska, Agnieszka Śmieszek, Ewa Suszynska, Iwona Malicka, Magda Kucia, Mariusz Z. Ratajczak

“…Endurance exercise has been reported to increase the number of circulating hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) in peripheral blood (PB) as well as in bone marrow (BM). …”
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Protocol for quantifying muscle fiber size, number, and central nucleation of mouse skeletal muscle cross-sections using Myotally software by Pieter Both, Soochi Kim, Jengmin Kang, Marina Arjona, Daniel I. Benjamin, Christopher W. Nutter, Armon Goshayeshi, Thomas A. Rando

“…Summary: Here, we present a protocol for using Myotally, a user-friendly software for fast, automated quantification of muscle fiber size, number, and central nucleation from immunofluorescent stains of mouse skeletal muscle cross-sections. …”
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Ovarian Stimulation in Patient-oriented Strategies Encompassing Individualised Oocyte Number-4 Category; Antagonist versus Short-agonist Protocols by Tarek K. Al-Hussaini, Ahmed Aboelfadle Mohamed, Ayman Askar, Ahmed A. Abden, Yousra M. Othman, Reda S. Hussein

Subjects: “…patient-oriented strategies encompassing individualised oocyte number-4…”
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Efficient DoA Tracking of Variable Number of Moving Stochastic EM Sources in Far-Field Using PNN-MLP Model by Zoran Stanković, Nebojša Dončov, Bratislav Milovanović, Ivan Milovanović

“…An efficient neural network-based approach for tracking of variable number of moving electromagnetic (EM) sources in far-field is proposed in the paper. …”
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Combining extraction and cultivation methods for soil seed bank analysis increases number of captured species and their similarity to above-ground vegetation by Petr Plohák, Hana Švehláková, Barbara Stalmachová, Miroslava Goňo, Tomáš Dvorský

“…A statistically significant effect of the presence of the tree layer on the number of species obtained by the extraction method was demonstrated. …”
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Association between number of medications and indicators of potentially inappropriate polypharmacy: a population-based cohort of older adults in Quebec, Canada by Alexandre Campeau Calfat, Justin P. Turner, Marc Simard, Véronique Boiteau, Caroline Sirois

“…Background: As the number of medications increases, the appropriateness of polypharmacy may become questionable due to the heightened risk of medication-related harm. …”
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Distribution and Numbers of Three Globally Threatened Waterbird Species Wintering in Morocco: The Common Pochard, Marbled Teal, and White-Headed Duck by Asmaâ Ouassou, Mohamed Dakki, Mohammed-Aziz El Agbani, Abdeljebbar Qninba, R’himou El Hamoumi

“…On the contrary, Oxyura leucocephala, a globally endangered bird only encountered in a dozen wetlands, shows a moderate increase in its numbers; only two wetlands verify the Ramsar criterion 6, while a total of six can be considered of national importance. …”
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Repeat FNA Significantly Lowers Number of False Negative Results in Patients with Benign Nodular Thyroid Disease and Features of Chronic Thyroiditis by Dorota Słowińska-Klencka, Ewa Woźniak-Oseła, Bożena Popowicz, Stanisław Sporny, Mariusz Klencki

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Mitochondrial DNA copy number as a mediator of the relationship between insulin resistance and cognitive function in patients with euthymic bipolar disorder by Tsung Han Tsai, Cheng Ying Wu, Cheng Chen Chang, Ta Tsung Lin, Chin San Liu, Po See Chen

Subjects: “…mitochondrial DNA copy number…”
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A Decision-Making Framework for University Student Sports Study Psychological Healthy Evaluation with 2-Tuple Linguistic Neutrosophic Numbers by Xiaoping Yang, Wensheng Shi

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Study on Minimum Contention Window Size Adjustment Algorithm Based on Neighbor Nodes Number Estimation in Vehicular Ad Hoc Network by Dapeng Li, Tao Yuan, Haitao Zhao

“…In order to solve the periodic broadcast scalability of IEEE 802.11p-based VANET on control channel, a minimum contention window adjustment algorithm based on neighbor nodes number estimation was proposed. First of all, in order to minimize the collision probability, the relationship between minimum contention window（CWmin）and active node number n was deduced on the basis of Markov model IEEE 802.11 broadcast backoff. …”
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Key social determinants of the Russian large family by R. M. Sadykov, N. L. Bolshakova

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The influence of non-ideal phase flow on the extraction efficiency for the case of a linear equilibrium distribution by Tadić G., Gligorić M., Tolić A.

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An age-structured two-strain epidemic modelwith super-infection by Xue-Zhi Li, Ji-Xuan Liu, Maia Martcheva

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Ebola: Impact of hospital's admission policy in an overwhelmed scenario by Mondal Hasan Zahid, Christopher M. Kribs

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