Key experimental technologies and their development directions for the exploration and production of deep coalbed methane by Xia YAN, Fengyin XU, Xianyue XIONG, Feng WANG, Chunhu LI, Jiyuan ZHANG, Borui XU, Qianhui CHENG, Xiong HU, Xueguang ZHU, Wei LIANG, Pu YUAN, Yanqing FENG, Zhenji WEI

“…Analyses reveal that there is an urgent need to establish the standards and regulations for the operational procedures of these experimental technologies, as required by objective demand for the exploration and production of deep CBM. …”
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Surgeons are apprehensive to use DCD lungs despite similar post-transplant outcomes: A 20-year UNOS retrospective analysis by J. Sam Meyer, MSc, Oliver K. Jawitz, MD, MHS, Yury Peysakhovich, MD, Dan Aravot, MD, Matthew G. Hartwig, MD, MHS, Yaron D. Barac, MD, PhD

“…Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of United Network for Organs Sharing (UNOS) Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network/UNOS STAR (Standard Analysis and Research) database. Donors who donated ≥1 organ from 10/1999–01/2019 were extracted and stratified according to DBD and DCD status. …”
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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Carbon Emission of Garden Pavement by Peiyong WANG, Ruixing LU

“…Firstly, the carbon emission accounting model is constructed based on the life cycle of garden pavement projects: the carbon emission factor method is adopted to calculate carbon emissions in such stages as material production, construction and transportation, maintenance and material recycling of garden pavement projects, during which the specific calculation parameters are mainly derived from the engineering practical experience, national standards and relevant research data. Secondly, after calculating the total amount of carbon emissions released during the life cycle of each type of garden pavement, the data are normalized by “carbon emission per square meter per year”, and the research results are obtained. …”
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Pengembangan Deep Learning untuk Sistem Deteksi Dini Komplikasi Kaki Diabetik Menggunakan Citra Termogram by Medycha Emhandyksa, Indah Soesanti, Rina Susilowati

“…Primary data collection was carried out using a thermal camera brand HIKMICRO B20 with 256x192 infrared resolution that has met international standards (IACT) to produce a two-dimensional color thermogram image. …”
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Dynamic Challenges of Active Tuberculosis: Prevalence and Risk Factors of Co-Infection in Clinical and Microbiological Characteristics at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah... by Mokhtar JA, Attallah DM, Jiman-Fatani AA, Al-Rabia MW, Alqarni MA, Saleh BH, Amboon MM, Altorki TA, Alkuwaity KK, Abujamel T, Kaki R, Albarakati TN, Daghistani H, Ismail MA, Alharbi O, Abu ITM, Alfadil A, Ibrahem K, Mufrrih M, Sait AM

“…Incorporating this gold-standard approach into treatment plans can help identify high-risk cases and improve control measures to reduce TB-related mortality.This study provides valuable insights for improving TB patient care and treatment outcomes, particularly for vulnerable groups.Keywords: Tuberculosis, Pulmonary, Risk Factor, Prevalence, Drug Resistance…”
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Editorial by Pieter Vanhuysse, Antony Mason, Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche, Maria Lenk

“…The article shows that indicators of sustainability are based all too often on ad hoc partitioning of the life cycle, exemplified by the standard practice of letting adulthood start at 15 or 18, and old age at 65. …”
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Les caves de Reims/Durocortorum à travers les exemples de la fouille du tramway by Magalie Cavé

“…The construction techniques used are generally common and fairly standardized. The walls’ masonry is composed of gritstone (sometimes, though, rarely of limestone rubblestone) and/or of chalk rubble with, in some cases, terracotta used, especially in niches or along the top level. …”
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New Horizons In The Treatment Of Metastatic Castrate Resistant Prostate Cancer by Zein El Amir

“…While the systems approach of teaching medical curriculum sounds fine on paper, the lack of a standardized practical application of this approach has its pitfalls, especially for complex subjects like anatomy. …”
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Anatomy In The Undergraduate Medical Curriculum; Blending The Old And New by Ayesha Yousaf

“…While the systems approach of teaching medial curriculum sounds fine on paper, the lack of a standardized practical application of this approach has its pitfalls like the especially for complex subjects like anatomy. …”
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Credit Risk Management Practices and Loan Performance of Commercial Banks in Uganda. A Case Study of Commercial Banks in Mbarara City by Francis, Agaba

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Credit Risk Management Practices and Loan Performance of Commercial Banks in Uganda. A Case Study of Commercial Banks in Mbarara City by Agaba, Francis

“…The study also recommended that Commercial banks should as well consider having in place effective credit standards, credit policy, credit terms and collection policies or procedures as mechanisms to guide their business, since the effectiveness of credit management is important to the successful management of banking institutions; that Commercial banks should as well operate their credit businesses based strictly by the established lending guidelines that outline the business growth priorities of the senior management, as well as the conditions to satisfy in order to qualify for loan approval; and that there should be prior customer evaluation before xiv loans are granted, and a continuous process of assessment before and during the course of loan repayment. …”
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Adherence to four healthy lifestyle factors and their influencing factors among residents aged 35 – 75 in South China: a cross-sectional survey by Wenyan HE, Xingyi ZHANG, Chunqi WANG, Xueke BAI, Yang YANG, Wei XU, Lijuan SONG, Yan ZHANG, Hao YANG, Xi LI, Jianlan CUI

“…The corresponding adherence rates were 83.1%, 97.7%, 29.6%, 22.9%, and 8.3%, and the standardized adherence rates were 77.95%, 97.26%, 27.66%, 23.42%, and 7.31%, respectively. …”
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Connecting The Dots: The Impact Of Subclinical Hypothyroidism On Female Subfertility And Obesity by Naila Ashfaq, Warda Hussain, Mugheera Hussain, Neelam Saba, Asma Muddasir, Jawairiah Liaqat

“…Females were enquired about infertility status and their thyroid status was measured in terms of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and free thyroxine (FT4). Mean and Standard Deviation were used for quantitative variables whereas frequency and percentages were used for categorical variables. …”
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IGJR 1/2020: Housing crisis: How can we improve the situation for young people? by IF and FRFG

“…The quality of housing is a key factor in living standards and wellbeing, as well as an integral element of social integration, yet in 2014 a total of 7.8% of young people in the European Union (aged between 15 and 29) were in severe housing need, 25.7% of the young people in the EU lived in overcrowded households, and 13.6% lived in households that spent 40% or more of their equivalised disposable income on housing (Eurostat 2016). …”
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IGJR 1/2020: Housing crisis: How can we improve the situation for young people? by IF and FRFG

“…The quality of housing is a key factor in living standards and wellbeing, as well as an integral element of social integration, yet in 2014 a total of 7.8% of young people in the European Union (aged between 15 and 29) were in severe housing need, 25.7% of the young people in the EU lived in overcrowded households, and 13.6% lived in households that spent 40% or more of their equivalised disposable income on housing (Eurostat 2016). …”
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