Modification of Coal Samples with Bursting Liability Subjected to Microwave Irradiation by Yingyuan Wen, Weiming Guan, Hongchao Zhao, Honglin Liu, Huwei Li, Qi Qi

“…To verify the feasibility of this environment-friendly technique, a series of laboratory tests incorporating acoustic emission (AE) investigation were carried out. Test results indicated that both the uniaxial compressive strength (UCS) and bursting energy index of raw and water-soaked coal samples were significantly reduced. …”
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Effect of Cocoa (<i>Theobroma cacao</i>) Plantation Types on the Distribution of Anuran Communities in Ore, Ondo State, Nigeria by AB Onadeko

“…A mean total of 690±2.6 anurans belonging to 28 species, 14 genera and 9 families were recorded during the study. Out of these, 10, 19, 17, 22 and 26 species were recorded  respectively from PCWP, PCNP, ICWP, ICNP and PSFV. …”
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Peculiarities of observing human rights in the conditions of emergency legal regimes caused by the pandemic by N. O. Rastorhuieva

“…A classification of legal regimes has been carried out, which include extraordinary and hybrid ones. …”
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Aménagement d’ossuaires dans le baptistère paléochrétien de Brioude (Haute-Loire) :  sélection, tri des ossements et relation À l’Âge au décès by Aline Thomas, Fabrice Gauthier, Esther Gatto, Pascal Murail

“…The identification of osteological relations of the second order among these different groups demonstrates that, first, the three ossuaries resulted from a single action and, second, the distribution of skeletal elements was not random but that selection and sorting of adult bones had been carried out according to their anatomical type (long bones, cranium, small and middle-sized bones), and these had been separated into three different deposits. …”
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Characteristics of certain types of control over the activities of higher educational institutions of Ukraine by О. О. Avdieiev

“…The essence and features of the procedure of state control over the activities of higher education institutions of Ukraine depending on its type have been described, the classification of types of control has been carried out and shortcomings outlined. The practical cases of violation of the current legislation in the field of control over the activities of higher education institutions of Ukraine have been studied, and as a result state coercive measures that can be applied to entities that violate current legislation have been reflected. …”
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Uncertainty-aware deep learning in healthcare: A scoping review. by Tyler J Loftus, Benjamin Shickel, Matthew M Ruppert, Jeremy A Balch, Tezcan Ozrazgat-Baslanti, Patrick J Tighe, Philip A Efron, William R Hogan, Parisa Rashidi, Gilbert R Upchurch, Azra Bihorac

“…The predominant method for quantifying uncertainty was Monte Carlo dropout, producing predictions from multiple networks for which different neurons have dropped out and measuring variance across the distribution of resulting predictions. …”
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Maternal healthcare service utilisation and associated factors among mothers in a rural Wolaita, southern Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study by Wondimagegn Paulos Kumma, Abera Kuche

“…Objective To assess the level of maternal healthcare service utilisation and related factors to its frequency of care among mothers who gave birth in the previous 2 years before the survey in rural Wolaita, southern Ethiopia.Design Cross-sectional survey.Setting This study was undertaken in Kindo Didaye, rural Wolaita, southern Ethiopia, from February to March 2016.Participants Out of 552 who gave birth, 544 (98.5%) mothers aged between 15 and 49 years, selected using two-stage random sampling, participated in the study.Outcome measures Maternal healthcare service utilisation frequency and proportion and associated factors.Result The proportion of maternal healthcare service utilisation was 59.38% (95% CI: 55.11% to 63.53%), with 50.74% (95% CI: 46.45% to 55.01%), 16.18% (95% CI: 13.18% to 19.54%) and 31.80% (95% CI: 27.90% to 35.90%) prevalence of antenatal care (ANC), delivery care and postnatal care (PNC), respectively. …”
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Du nomadisme à la sédentarisation by Aimé Landry Dongmo, Patrice Djamen, Éric Vall, Koussou Mian-Oudanang, Doubangolo Coulibaly, Jean Lossouarn

“…Current studies on pastoral livestock farming, crop and livestock integration, and livestock product industries carried out within the framework of four PhD theses at AgroParisTech and two development-oriented research projects (ARDESAC and DURAS) in Cameroon, Chad, Burkina Faso and Mali highlight current transformations and modalities, and raise general issues based on local specificities. …”
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Phenological assessment of early-maturing soybean accessions (<i>Glycine max</i> (L.) Merr.) under the conditions of Moscow Province by E. V. Vlasova, Yu. V. Gorbunova, I. V. Seferova

“…The studies were carried out in 2018–2020 as field trials under the conditions of Moscow Province.Results. …”
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La datation des aqueducs de Lyon : nouvelles données et contribution de l’analyse statistique bayésienne by Christine Oberlin, Jean-Claude Lefèvre

“…We explained how we set out our model in ChronoModel, i.e. which dates were used and in what form form. …”
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Investigation on concentration of elements in wetland sediments and aquatic plants by H. Janadeleh, A. Hosseini Alhashemi, S.M.B. Nabavi

“…Sampling of sediments and aquatic plants was carried out during spring and summer 2014. Results showed that the mean  concentrations of elements in Phragmities australis  in root and stem-leaf were as follows: Iron:4448 mg/kg, Nickel: 28 mg/kg, Lead:8 mg/kg, Vanadium:10 mg/kg  and Zinc 15.5 mg/kg in root and: Fe:645 mg/kg, Ni:15 mg/kg, Pb:4 mg/kg, V:4 mg/kg and Zinc 16 mg/kg respectively. …”
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Patients with colorectal cancer combined with HIV had a worse overall survival after surgery: a meta-analysis by Wen-Wen Yang, Wen-Wen Yang, Xiong Zhou, Gan He

“…PurposeThe purpose of this current study was to find out whether human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) affected overall survival (OS) of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients after surgery.MethodsPubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, and CNKI were searched from inception to March 27, 2023 to find eligible studies. …”
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Effect of Intelligent Reflecting Surface on WSN Communication With Access Points Configuration by Mahmoud Z. Iskandarani

“…Several simulation runs are carried out, in order to show effect of geometrical distribution of WSN sensor nodes, access points, and IRS, with averaging at the end to obtain an overall comparison between direct and indirect communication paths, and to enable mathematical modeling, as random distribution is introduced in the simulation. …”
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Comparison of the Effectiveness of Paracetamol and Ibuprofen in the Management of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Preterm Neonates: A Randomized Controlled Trial by S. Mohsin Ali Shah, Shaista Azeem Khan, Faran Sadiq, Ruba Gul, Faizan Sadiq, Misbah Ullah Khan, Muhammad Khalid Khan, Faryal Uzma, Arooj Khan, Sabir Khan

“…Considering the lack of studies done on this topic in healthcare settings in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, this study aims to find out the comparative effectiveness of paracetamol and ibuprofen in management of PDA in our healthcare setting to conclude a better management option for the condition. …”
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Risk Factors for Infection Associated with Ischemic Stroke in Patients over 60 Years of Age by Alexis Suárez Quesada, Alexis Álvarez Aliaga, Andrés José Quesada Vázquez, Eduardo René Valdés Ramos, Ezequiel Ernesto López Espinosa

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> a prospective cohort analytical study was carried out in patients over 60 years of age with a diagnosis of ischemic stroke treated at the Carlos Manuel de Cespedes General University Hospital in the municipality of Bayamo, Granma province, in the period of time from January 2018 until December 2022. …”
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Bilateral Leydig Cell Hyperplasia: A Rare Cause of Postmenopausal Hirsutism by S. Pathmanathan, S. D. N. De Silva, M. Sumanatilleke, D. Lokuhetty, U. V. V. Ranathunga

“…Combined adrenal and ovarian venous sampling was carried out to localize the source of excess androgen, but only the left adrenal vein was successfully cannulated which showed suppressed testosterone level compared to periphery. …”
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Genome-Wide Association and Transcriptome-Wide Association Studies Identify Novel Susceptibility Genes Contributing to Colorectal Cancer by Ruimin Yin, Binbin Song, Jingjing Wang, Chaodan Shao, Yufen Xu, HongGang Jiang

“…Methods. First, we carried out a post-GWAS analysis using summary statistics from a large-scale GWAS of CRC (n=4,562 cases, n=382,756 controls). …”
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Association between the aromatase (CYP19A1) gene variant rs10046 and cardiovascular risk in postmenopausal women by Betânia Rodrigues dos Santos, Gislaine Casanova, Thais Rasia da Silva, Karen Oppermann, Poli Mara Spritzer

“…Genotyping of the rs10046 polymorphism of the CYP19A1 gene was carried out using real-time polymerase chain reaction with allelic discrimination assays. …”
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An exploratory study to evaluate efficacy and safety of frequent Transcutaneous Electrical Stimulation for Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy by Fumio Takano, Kaori Ueda, Takuji Kurimoto, Mina Arai, Takayuki Nagai, Yuko Yamada-Nakanishi, Makoto Nakamura

“…Fourteen patients participated in the study; four dropped out. The median (interquartile range) LogMAR values before stimulation and 1, 4, and 8 weeks after ES were 1.60 (1.45–1.80), 1.70 (1.35–1.80), 1.60 (1.43–1.73), and 1.50 (1.43–1.73), respectively, indicating no significant improvement (primary outcome: Wilcoxon’s signed rank test, p = 1.000, secondary outcome: Friedman test, p = 0.229). …”
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Antimicrobial Resistance Profile and Associated Factors of Group B Streptococci Colonization among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinics in Jigjiga, Southeast Ethiopia by Addisu Tesfaye, Addisu Melese, Awoke Derbie

“…The logistic regression model was used to find out factors associated with GBS colonization. Results. …”
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