Analysis of Mortality and Survival Rate of Liver Cancer in Zhejiang Province in China: A General Population-Based Study by Fang-Rong Fei, Ru-Ying Hu, Wei-Wei Gong, Jin Pan, Meng Wang

“…The crude liver cancer mortality rate and age-standardized rate in urban areas were lower than those of rural areas. …”
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Comorbidity Assessment in Skin Cancer Patients: A Pilot Study Comparing Medical Interview with a Patient-Reported Questionnaire by Erica H. Lee, Rajiv I. Nijhawan, Kishwer S. Nehal, Stephen W. Dusza, Amanda Levine, Amanda Hill, Christopher A. Barker

“…Comorbidities are common in skin cancer patients, and a standardized questionnaire may better identify and grade them. …”
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Continuity and volume of bone cement and anti osteoporosis treatment were guarantee of good clinical outcomes for percutaneous vertebroplasty: a multicenter study by Zhen Cheng, Guangzong Ren, Ziyi Li, Xianda Gao, Di Zhang, Guiyue Chen

“…Continuous bone cement and standardized treatment for osteoporosis were guarantee of good clinical outcomes for PVP and injected bone cement > 5.5 ml might be a guarantee.…”
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A CaMoO4 Crystal Low Temperature Detector for the AMoRE Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Search by G. B. Kim, S. Choi, F. A. Danevich, A. Fleischmann, C. S. Kang, H. J. Kim, S. R. Kim, Y. D. Kim, Y. H. Kim, V. A. Kornoukhov, H. J. Lee, J. H. Lee, M. K. Lee, S. J. Lee, J. H. So, W. S. Yoon

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Physiological Aldosterone Concentrations Are Associated with Alterations of Lipid Metabolism: Observations from the General Population by M. Hannich, H. Wallaschofski, M. Nauck, M. Reincke, C. Adolf, H. Völzke, R. Rettig, A. Hannemann

“…The linear regression models showed statistically significant positive associations of aldosterone with LDL-C (β-coefficient = 0.022, standard error = 0.010, p=0.03) and non-HDL-C (β-coefficient = 0.023, standard error = 0.009, p=0.01) as well as an inverse association of aldosterone with HDL-C (β-coefficient = −0.022, standard error = 0.011, p=0.04). …”
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The impact of sleep interventions combined with enhanced nutritional support on sleep quality, nutritional status, pain management, psychological well-being, and quality of life in... by Gang Wang, Shengjie Pan

“…Participants were randomized into two groups: the intervention group, which received standard care supplemented with sleep and nutritional interventions, and the control group, which received standard care alone. …”
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Preliminary Evaluation of the HOBO Data Logging Rain Gauge at the Chuzhou Hydrological Experiment Station, China by Zehui Zhou, Bin Yong, Jiufu Liu, Aimin Liao, Niu Wang, Ziwei Zhu, Dekai Lu, Wang Li, Jianyun Zhang

“…To quantify the measurement accuracy of the RG3-M gauge, a standard Manual Gauge (MG) and eight other models of tipping bucket rain gauges were installed at the Chuzhou hydrological experiment station of China. …”
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Intra-rater and Inter-rater Reliability of the KangaTech (KT360) Fixed Frame Dynamometry System During Maximal Isometric Strength Measurements of the Knee Flexors. by Ellie Woolhead, Richard Partner, Megan Parsley, Ashley Jones

“…Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), standard error of measurement (SEM) and minimal detectable change (MDC) were calculated. …”
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The Mediating Effect of Core Attributes of General Practice between Basic Public Health Service and Self-management Behaviors in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by WANG Xiaoru, LI Yueping

“…There was a positive correlation between standardized health management, core attributes of general practice and self-management behavior (r=0.452, 0.483, P<0.01), and standardized management was positively correlated with core attributes of general practice (r=0.638, P<0.01). …”
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Analysis of Air Pollution Data in India between 2015 and 2019 by Disha Sharma, Denise Mauzerall

“…We find particulate pollution dominates the pollution mix across India with virtually all sites in northern India (divided at 23.5°N) exceeding the annual average PM10 and PM2.5 residential national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) by 150% and 100% respectively, and in southern India exceeding the PM10 standard by 50% and the PM2.5 standard by 40%. …”
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THE MICROBIOLOGICAL QUALITY OF RAW MILK DETERMINED ACCORDING TO THE MILKING SYSTEMS USED by Victoria Codău (Furcea), Marian Mihaiu, Vlad Luca, Daiana-Alexandra Platon, Maria Crăciun

“…According to EC Regulation 853/2004 for raw milk NTG at 30°C (per ml) ≤ 100,000, it follows that of the 10 holdings included in the research, 14 values of the geometric mean over a period of two months do not fall within the limit allowed according to the CE standard, and for NCS (per ml) ≤ 400,000, it follows that out of the 10 holdings included in the research, 7 values of the geometric mean for a period of three months do not fall within the limit allowed according to the CE standard.…”
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CONTRIBUTIONS REGARDING THE INFLUENCE OF RISKS ON NATURAL PERSONS AND OF THE RISK ASSESSMENT SYSTEM IN THE FIELD OF HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK IN THE FRAMEWORK OF DETERGENT PRODUCTI... by Eugenia BULBOACĂ, Oana Roxana CHIVU, Costinel BULBOACĂ, Anda CRÂNGUREANU, Claudia BORDA, Dan NITOI, Marilena GHEORGHE, Pasare VILLI, Ioana - Cătălina ENACHE, Anamaria FEIER

“…The objectives of the research are: research of an adapted method for the evaluation of the management system in detergent production units; Correlation between specific elements in the field of OSH, measures to improve the evaluation system, aplicability of the management system adapted to the requirements of SR EN ISO 45001/2018, verification of the efficiency of the management system conformed to the new standard, formulation of checklists adapted to the new management standard.…”
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Developing an Extended IFC Data Schema and Mesh Generation Framework for Finite Element Modeling by Zhao Xu, Zezhi Rao, Vincent J. L. Gan, Youliang Ding, Chunfeng Wan, Xinran Liu

“…In this paper, a method based on BRep entity transformation is proposed to realize the finite element analysis using the geometric model in the IFC standard. The h-p version of the finite element analysis method can effectively deal with the refined expression of the model of bending complex components. …”
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A Modified Quadrature Birdcage Coil Incorporated With a Curved Feature for <italic>In Ovo</italic> MR Imaging by Chang-Hoon Choi, Maximilian Bruch, Suk-Min Hong, Sandra Krause, Carina Stegmayr, Stefan Schwan, Wieland A. Worthoff, Jorg Felder, N. Jon Shah

“…A comparative analysis was conducted against a standard quadrature low-pass birdcage coil to evaluate key factors. …”
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Measurement of the branching fraction of D + → τ + ν τ by The BESIII collaboration, M. Ablikim, M. N. Achasov, P. Adlarson, O. Afedulidis, X. C. Ai, R. Aliberti, A. Amoroso, Y. Bai, O. Bakina, I. Balossino, Y. Ban, H.-R. Bao, V. Batozskaya, K. Begzsuren, N. Berger, M. Berlowski, M. Bertani, D. Bettoni, F. Bianchi, E. Bianco, A. Bortone, I. Boyko, R. A. Briere, A. Brueggemann, H. Cai, X. Cai, A. Calcaterra, G. F. Cao, N. Cao, S. A. Cetin, X. Y. Chai, J. F. Chang, G. R. Che, Y. Z. Che, G. Chelkov, C. Chen, C. H. Chen, Chao Chen, G. Chen, H. S. Chen, H. Y. Chen, M. L. Chen, S. J. Chen, S. L. Chen, S. M. Chen, T. Chen, X. R. Chen, X. T. Chen, Y. B. Chen, Y. Q. Chen, Z. J. Chen, Z. Y. Chen, S. K. Choi, G. Cibinetto, F. Cossio, J. J. Cui, H. L. Dai, J. P. Dai, A. Dbeyssi, R. E. de Boer, D. Dedovich, C. Q. Deng, Z. Y. Deng, A. Denig, I. Denysenko, M. Destefanis, F. De Mori, B. Ding, X. X. Ding, Y. Ding, Y. Ding, J. Dong, L. Y. Dong, M. Y. Dong, X. Dong, M. C. Du, S. X. Du, Y. Y. Duan, Z. H. Duan, P. Egorov, Y. H. Fan, J. Fang, J. Fang, S. S. Fang, W. X. Fang, Y. Fang, Y. Q. Fang, R. Farinelli, L. Fava, F. Feldbauer, G. Felici, C. Q. Feng, J. H. Feng, Y. T. Feng, M. Fritsch, C. D. Fu, J. L. Fu, Y. W. Fu, H. Gao, X. B. Gao, Y. N. Gao, Yang Gao, S. Garbolino, I. Garzia, L. Ge, P. T. Ge, Z. W. Ge, C. Geng, E. M. Gersabeck, A. Gilman, K. Goetzen, L. Gong, W. X. Gong, W. Gradl, S. Gramigna, M. Greco, M. H. Gu, Y. T. Gu, C. Y. Guan, A. Q. Guo, L. B. Guo, M. J. Guo, R. P. Guo, Y. P. Guo, A. Guskov, J. Gutierrez, K. L. Han, T. T. Han, F. Hanisch, X. Q. Hao, F. A. Harris, K. K. He, K. L. He, F. H. Heinsius, C. H. Heinz, Y. K. Heng, C. Herold, T. Holtmann, P. C. Hong, G. Y. Hou, X. T. Hou, Y. R. Hou, Z. L. Hou, B. Y. Hu, H. M. Hu, J. F. Hu, Q. P. Hu, S. L. Hu, T. Hu, Y. Hu, G. S. Huang, K. X. Huang, L. Q. Huang, X. T. Huang, Y. P. Huang, Y. S. Huang, T. Hussain, F. Hölzken, N. Hüsken, N. in der Wiesche, J. Jackson, S. Janchiv, J. H. Jeong, Q. Ji, Q. P. Ji, W. Ji, X. B. Ji, X. L. 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“…This measurement is in agreement with the standard model prediction of lepton flavor universality within one standard deviation.…”
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The Role of Dexmedetomidine in Pediatric Patients Presenting with an Anticholinergic Toxidrome by Mitchell Zekhtser, Erin Carroll, Molly Boyd, Shashikanth Ambati

“…We report two pediatric cases of anticholinergic toxidrome, including the youngest reported to date, in which standard therapeutic strategies were either contraindicated or ineffective, while treatment with dexmedetomidine was rapidly efficacious with no adverse effects. …”
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Removal of Heavy Metals from Steel Making Waste Water by Using Electric Arc Furnace Slag by C. L. Beh, T. G. Chuah, M. N. Nourouzi, T. Choong

“…The raw wastewater did not meet the standard B limitations, having high values of BOD, COD, TSS, Iron, Zinc, Manganese and Copper. …”
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Asphalt Mixture Segregation Detection: Digital Image Processing Approach by Mohamadtaqi Baqersad, Amirmasoud Hamedi, Mojtaba Mohammadafzali, Hesham Ali

“…In this procedure, the standard deviation of the grayscale image frequency histogram is used to determine segregated regions. …”
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Hypergraph Regularized Discriminative Nonnegative Matrix Factorization on Sample Classification and Co-Differentially Expressed Gene Selection by Yong-Jing Hao, Ying-Lian Gao, Mi-Xiao Hou, Ling-Yun Dai, Jin-Xing Liu

“…Nonnegative Matrix Factorization (NMF) is a significant big data analysis technique. However, standard NMF regularized by simple graph does not have discriminative function, and traditional graph models cannot accurately reflect the problem of multigeometry information between data. …”
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High level modeling of Dynamic Reconfigurable FPGAs by Imran Rafiq Quadri, Samy Meftali, Jean-Luc Dekeyser

“…As System-on-Chip (SoC) based embedded systems have become a defacto industry standard, their overall design complexity has increased exponentially in recent years, necessitating the introduction of new seamless methodologies and tools to handle the SoC codesign aspects. …”
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