Numerical Investigation of an Axisymmetric Model Scramjet Assisted with Cavity of Different Aft Wall Angles by Guangwei Ma, Mingbo Sun, Guoyan Zhao, Pei Liu, Tao Tang, Li Fan, Hongbo Wang

“…The simulation results show reasonable agreements with experimental data. The analysis indicates that the axisymmetric and rectangular scramjet has some similarities to the cavity shear layer in the nonreacting flow field. …”
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The relationship between nasal fracture patients and weather conditions by Yeşim Yüksel, Cihan Bedel, Fatih Selvi, Okkes Zortuk, Mustafa Korkut, Yusuf Karanci

“…Although the relationship between weather conditions and nasal fractures has not been extensively studied, it is reasonable to hypothesize a correlation.Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of isolated nasal bone fractures and explore potential correlations with weather conditions.Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of patients diagnosed with nasal fractures resulting from trauma between January and December 2023. …”
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How to monitor and discriminate the causes of lower limb swelling during home-based rehabilitation after total knee arthroplasty? A delphi study by Lin Yang, Hui-Wu Li, Zan-Jing Zhai, Cai-Feng Wang, Bei-Ying Wu, Jia Zhou, Wei-Wei Bian, Hong Ruan

“…Conclusions This study preliminarily established indicators for at-home identification of post-TKA swelling caused by four distinct reasons. Further research is needed to validate the value of these indicators in distinguishing the causes of swelling.…”
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Evolutive radiological findings in a case of coccidioidal infection in an immunocompetent male: a case report by Paolo La Montanara, Annamaria Albergo, Loredana Capozzi, Roberto Castellana, Gerardo Cazzato, Carmela De Carlo, Sofia Denicolò, Antonella Netti, Mariacristina Poliseno, Enrica Maddalena Ranieri, Caterina Romano, Annalisa Rossiello, Stefania Stolfa, Alessandra Tripoli, Giuseppe Vella

“…The infection resulting from Coccidioides Immitis in his right knee and in his hallux was the reason for the injuries. Conclusions While an acute, benign, and self-eradicating lung infection is the predominant presentation for most cases of coccidioidomycosis, a small percentage of patients experience a devastating extrapulmonary condition, which can include arthritis. …”
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Performance evaluation of bio/chemical leaching solution and nano catalyst in upgrading and enhancing oil recovery by Mohammad Hossein Shabani, Parya Torkaman, Hamidreza Farshadfar, Arezou Jafari, Seyyed Mohammad Mousavi

“….%, T: 70 °C) nanoparticles, respectively. The reason for this is the catalytic activity of these metals, which facilitates the breakdown of heavy molecules and enhances the quality of crude oil. …”
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Uncertainty Analysis of Biogas Generation and Gas Hydrate Accumulations in the Baiyun Sag, South China Sea by Pibo Su, Jinqiang Liang, Huai Cheng, Yaoyao Lv, Wei Zhang, Zuofei Zhu

“…Low temperature is a primary reason for gas hydrate occurrence in shallower sediments when sufficient methane gas is present. …”
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Mechanism and Prevention and Control of Mine Earthquake in Thick and Hard Rock Strata considering the Horizontal Stress Evolution of Stope by Ming Zhang, Xuelong Hu, Hongtao Huang, Guangyao Chen, Shan Gao, Chao Liu, Lihua Tian

“…This study proposed a mining strategy of using narrow working faces, strip mining processes, and reasonable mining speeds, which could effectively reduce horizontal stress concentrations and consequently prevent and control mining earthquakes. …”
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Early plasma ferritin concentrations are not associated with time to red cell transfusions in extremely and very preterm neonates: a prospective single-site observational study by Naomi McCallion, Áine Fox, Fionnuala Ní Áinle, Claire Murphy, Lauren Murphy, Daniel O'Reilly, Anna-Claire Glynn, Grainne Kelleher

“…Ferritin concentrations were assessed on discard plasma taken as part of routine neonatal investigations in the first week of life (median day of life=3, IQR 2–5 days). Reasons for delivery, placental histology and demographics were recorded.Results Plasma ferritin concentrations were not significantly associated with birth weight or gestational age in this cohort of extremely/very preterm neonates (n=114: n=26, <28 weeks’ corrected gestational age; n=88, 28–32 weeks’ corrected gestational age). …”
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Comparing Cross-Subject Performance on Human Activities Recognition Using Learning Models by Zhe Yang, Mengjie Qu, Yun Pan, Ruohong Huan

“…Extra analysis indicates that hand-crafted features are one major reason for the better performance of traditional machine learning on cross-subject HAR, while deep learning is more prone to learning subject-dependent features under an end-to-end training process. …”
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Prevalence of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Healthcare Workers in Nigeria: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Taagbara Jolly Abaate, Dabota Yvonne Buowari, Utchay A. Agiri, Tamunodiepiriye Inimgba, Vivian Ifeoma Ogbonna, Chizaram Onyeaghala, Glory Ovunda Worgu, Abiye Somiari, Emmanuella I. Ezebuiro, Ibe Arthur Onuah

“…The pooled prevalence of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy was 75% (95% CI: 61%–88%, I2 = 99.69%, P < 0.001). Reasons for hesitancy, including concerns about side effects, lack of trust, and safety, were prevalent at 76% (CI: 0.57–0.94, I2 = 99.24%, P < 0.001), 55% (CI: 0.042–0.272, I2 = 97.42%, P < 0.001), and 68% (CI: 0.047–0.89, I2 = 98.59%, P < 0.001), respectively.ConclusionThere was significant hesitancy among Nigerian healthcare workers towards COVID-19 vaccination; thus, strategies to increase vaccination acceptance among healthcare workers should be developed.…”
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Chemical Characteristics of Precipitation in a Typical Urban Site of the Hinterland in Three Gorges Reservoir, China by Liuyi Zhang, Baoqing Qiao, Huanbo Wang, Mi Tian, Jian Cui, Chuan Fu, Yimin Huang, Fumo Yang

“…The equivalent concentration ratio of SO42-/NO3- was 4.5, indicating that excessive emission of sulfur was the main reason leading to the precipitation acidity in Wanzhou. …”
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Experimental research on the structural optimization of grouting holes in circular and rectangular pipe sections for trenchless pipe jacking by Jiwei Wen, Yachen Ma, Tian Xiang, Minchuan Gan, Huilin Qiao, Wenhao Zhang, Dongyu Li, Jiale Wu, Zizhe Lu

“…Key findings include the pipe-soil frictional resistances increase with the increase of the spacing between adjacent grouting holes and the deflection angle of grouting holes, the layout of grouting holes has the greatest influence on pipe-soil frictional resistance, reasonable and uniform layout of grouting holes around the pipe sections can form more complete high-quality slurry jackets, to show better pipe-soil frictional resistance reduction effect. …”
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Atomic structure, diffusivity and viscosity of Al1-xMgx melts from ab initio molecular dynamics simulations by Gao Q.-N., Wang J., Du Y., Shang S.-L., Liu Z.-K., Liu Y.-J.

“…The simulated results are compared with available experimental and calculated data in the literature with reasonable agreements. Considering the results of pair correlation function g(r), it can be observed that Mg atoms in Al0.8828Mg0.1172 melt aggregate more obviously at 1000 and 1250K. …”
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Dysbiosis of infant gut microbiota is related to the altered fatty acid composition of human milk from mothers with gestational diabetes mellitus: a prospective cohort study by Kelei Li, Jin Jin, Zhizuo Liu, Chuanjing Chen, Ludi Huang, Yongye Sun

“…Our findings indicate that altered human milk fatty acid composition is one important reason for GDM-related dysbiosis of offspring gut microbiota.…”
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Gut Microbiota as Emerging Players in the Development of Alcohol-Related Liver Disease by Wei Li, Wenkang Gao, Shengqi Yan, Ling Yang, Qingjing Zhu, Huikuan Chu

“…Alcohol-related liver disease develops due to a complex interplay of multiple reasons, including oxidative stress generated during the metabolism of ethanol, immune response activated by immunogenic substances, and subsequent inflammatory processes. …”
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Flash floods on the northern coast of the Black Sea: Formation and characteristics by Ludmila Kuksina, Pelagiya Belyakova, Valentin Golosov, Ekaterina Zhdanova, Maxim Ivanov, Anatoly Tsyplenkov, Artem Gurinov

“…More frequent occurrence of flash floods has been suggested in the area due to statistical analysis of the longest precipitation ranges. The main reason for significant social and economic damage is uncontrolled human activity in flooded areas on the northern Black Sea Coast.…”
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Insight into the codon usage patterns and adaptation of Tembusu Virus by Fucheng Guo, Huiming Tan, Jinjin Yang, Rumin Jia, Ruichen Wang, Lie Wu, Fengzhi Pan, Kai Kang, Weitian Xie, Youquan Li, Kewei Fan

“…Thus, species-specific adaptability to the host environment may be a reason account for the distinct infectivity and clinic outcome of TMUV acted on hosts. …”
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Perceptions and Practice of Early Diagnosis of Sickle Cell Disease by Parents and Physicians in a Southwestern State of Nigeria by Oladele Simeon Olatunya, Adefunke Olarinre Babatola, Ezra Olatunde Ogundare, Babatunde Ajayi Olofinbiyi, Olubunmi Adeola Lawal, Jacob Olumuyiwa Awoleke, Olusola Peter Aduloju, Alaba Olanrewaju Daramola, Eyitayo Ebenezer Emmanuel, Oyebanji Anthony Olajuyin, Akinwumi Kolawole Komolafe, Abiola Olukayode Olaleye

“…There were discrepancies in the willingness by physicians to practice early SCD diagnosis and its uptake by mothers (p<0.0001). The commonest reason given by both the physicians and mothers for not practicing SCD prenatal diagnosis was the high cost of the procedure. …”
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Age-related cerebral ventriculomegaly occurs in patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia by Franziska Eisenhuth, Joy E. Agbonze, Adam M. R. Groh, Jesse M. Klostranec, David A. Rudko, Jo Anne Stratton, Adam J. Shapiro

“…Rodent models of PCD exhibit marked hydrocephalus leading to early animal mortality, however, most humans with PCD do not develop hydrocephalus for unknown reasons. We hypothesized that patients with PCD exhibit sub-clinical ventriculomegaly related to ependymal motile ciliary dysfunction. …”
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Crafting the Organic Mindset Through Attitude: A PLS-SEM Approach by Kalisri L. Aravindan, Aysa Siddika, T. Ramayah, Farheen S. Wani, Sanmugam Annamalah, N. Ilhavenil, Lylia Hamdan Sunita

“…Despite numerous research studies on organic food, very few have focused on health and environmental concerns underpinned by the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) in Malaysia’s context. Utilizing the TRA, the present study investigates the influencing factors and the mediating impact of attitudes on organic food purchases among Malaysian adults. …”
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