Can Obesity Prevalence Explain COVID-19 Indicators (Cases, Mortality, and Recovery)? A Comparative Study in OECD Countries by Yuval Arbel, Chaim Fialkoff, Amichai Kerner, Miryam Kerner

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Investigating the effect of various lengths of bamboo straw on the mechanical properties of adobe by Balfaqih Ahmed, Baarimah Abdullah O., Yafouz Ayman, Yahaya Fadzil Mat, Najah Ali

“…Adobe buildings are popularly used in different universe regions and comprise an important characteristic of the worldwide cultural heritage. …”
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PCR-based detection of Botryosphaeria canker pathogens in fig trees by Mahdiyeh Ghaedi, Zeinab Bolboli, Hamed Negahban, Reza Mostowfizadeh-Ghalamfarsa

“…Furthermore, we collected 180 symptomatic and asymptomatic fig samples from different regions of Fars Province, Iran. Applying the species-specific primer pair RPB-Nd2 in direct PCR led to the detection of N. dimidiatum in 25.5% of symptomatic woody samples and 13% of asymptomatic one-year-old branch samples of fig trees. …”
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Dinâmica de divulgação dos principais assuntos de auditoria no Brasil e em Portugal by Lauren Dal Bem Venturini, Elis Carlot Agostini, Márcia Bianchi

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Stability Analysis of “Support-Surrounding Rock” System for Fully Mechanized Longwall Mining in Steeply Dipping Coal Seams by Shenghu Luo, Tong Wang, Yongping Wu, Jingyu Huangfu

“…Considering the floor as an elastic foundation, we built a “support-surrounding rock” mechanical model using data obtained on support-surrounding rock systems in different regions and the laws of support motion under different load conditions. …”
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Ukrainian SSR police activities in combating crime in the late 1950s by V. A. Grechenko

“…Forms and methods in combating crime management by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic are analyzed, in particular the content and direction of directives and orientations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, their differences, features of inspections of operational and service activities of individual police departments of the regions with further consideration of its results at the board of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the importance of all these measures in improving the work of local police. …”
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Seasonal Pattern of Endo-β-Mannanase Activity During Germination of <i>Jeffersonia dubia</i>, Exhibiting Morphophysiological Dormancy by Young Hyun Kwon, Seung Youn Lee, Yong Ha Rhie

“…Erosion of the endosperm cell wall was observed in the lateral regions surrounding the embryo, whereas the micropylar endosperm showed no obvious signs of collapse or damage. …”
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Evaluating the impact of adult education programs in Morocco: a quasi-experimental approach by Rachid Boukbech, Mariem Liouaeddine

“…This qualification is achieved first through the consolidation of the achievements of individuals freed from illiteracy, and then through their support in creating income-generating activities by providing them with technical, economic, legal and institutional knowledge to ensure their conscious and responsible participation in local and regional development efforts. Design/methodology/approach – To evaluate the impact of the “Postliteracy” program, this paper uses quasi-experimental methods with a control group (participants of the “Literacy” program 2020 / 2021) and a treatment group (participants of the “Postliteracy” program 2021 / 2022). …”
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Entre el río y la montaña: José María Arguedas, César Calvo y una mismidad de saberes en la Amazonía peruana by Cinthya Torres

“…Este artículo establece conexiones literarias y de pensamiento entre ambas regiones geográficas desde las obras de José María Arguedas y César Calvo Soriano. …”
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Investigation of turbulent thermal-hydraulic behaviors of a heat exchanger tube with U-cut twisted-tape by K. Wongcharee, V. Chuwattanakul, S. Chamoli, N. Maruyama, M. Hirota, S. Eiamsa-ard

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Barriers to sustainable green innovation in meeting the challenges of the global economy of firms by A. Escobar, J. Luna, A. Caraballo

“…Potential areas of research (which are underexplored) exist and can be important for future research on enhancing knowledge about barriers to sustainable innovation: applied research that considers regional effects and country-specific analysis, in particular in developing countries. …”
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Challenging a paradigm: Staggered versus single-pulse mass dog vaccination strategy for rabies elimination. by Brinkley Raynor Bellotti, Elvis W Díaz, Micaela De la Puente-León, Maria T Rieders, Sergio E Recuenco, Michael Z Levy, Ricardo Castillo-Neyra

“…We simulated how the timing of the planned vaccination campaign, staggered over 6 months versus a single yearly pulse, affected the prospects for regional rabies elimination.<h4>Results</h4>Metapopulation dynamics can affect the efficacy of pulsed vaccination campaigns. …”
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PREVALENCE OF GASTROINTESTINAL HELMINTHS IN FREE-RANGE POULTRY (GALLUS GALLUS DOMESTICUS) IN THE NORTHEAST OF TUNISIA by Khaled Kaboudi, Nesrine Rhif, Rafika Ben Romdhane, Nadine Abdallah, Mokhtar Dhibi

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Anomalous Origin of a Right Coronary Artery from Pulmonary Artery by Muhammad Shabbir Rawala, S. Tahira Shah Naqvi, Kinaan Farhan, Muhammad Yasin, Syed Bilal Rizvi

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Seminoma of Testis Masquerading as Orchitis in an Adult with Paraplegia: Proposed Measures to Avoid Delay in Diagnosing Testicular Tumours in Spinal Cord Injury Patients by Subramanian Vaidyanathan, Peter L. Hughes, Paul Mansour, Bakul M. Soni

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DETECCIÓN DEL GENOMA DEL VIRUS DE LA HEPATITIS E (VHE) EN MUESTRAS DE HECES DE CERDOS EN PLANTAS DE BENEFICIO DE ANTIOQUIA, COLOMBIA by J. E. Forero, J. E. Parra, A. López

“…Con el fin de determinar si loscerdos del departamento de Antioquia (Colombia) están excretando VHE en la edad delbeneficio, se obtuvieron 152 muestras de heces de cerdos en cinco plantas de beneficiode distintas regiones del departamento en las que se determinó la presencia del genomaviral por medio RT-PCR. …”
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Ex vivo detection of recreational consumed nitrous oxide in exhaled breath by Dinesh Durán Jiménez, Frederick Vinckenbosch, Joris Busink, Jerro van Zijl, Hendrik J. F. Helmerhorst, Desirée van Tuin, Albert Dahan, Johannes Gerardus Ramaekers, Marcel J. van der Schans, Floris J. Bikker

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Assessment of temporal and spatial eutrophication index in a water dam reservoir by F. Esfandi, A.H. Mahvi, M. Mosaferi, F. Armanfar, M. Hejazi, S. Maleki

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Improving WRF-Chem PM2.5 predictions by combining data assimilation and deep-learning-based bias correction by Xingxing Ma, Hongnian Liu, Zhen Peng

“…Besides having the best optimization effect over the whole domain, the combined method also performed well in different regions: during the forecasting period of 0–24 h, the RMSEs decreased from 32 % to 62 %, 39 % to 57 %, 28 % to 40 %, and 30 % to 49 % in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei, Yangtze River Delta, Central China, and Sichuan Basin urban agglomerations, respectively.…”
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Avian species and functional diversity in the Yellow River Wetland Nature Reserve of Henan Province by Wanying Li, Kaiyue Wang, Peisen Yan, Tianen Chen, Haipeng Zhao, Xunling Lu

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