Comparison of conventional versus robotic-assisted total hip arthroplasty using the Mako system: An Italian retrospective study by Roberta Banchetti, Silvia Dari, Maria Elisabetta Ricciarini, Domenico Lup, Francesco Carpinteri, Fabio Catani, Patrizio Caldora

“…Results: Rate of respondents was 48.6% (MAKO system n = 56, 56%; Standard technique n = 51, 42.5%). There was a significant difference in the length of hospital stay, expressed as number of days hospitalized, between the MAKO group (M = 5.14, SD = 1.98) and the standard group (M = 8.11, SD = 1.64) (t(105) = 15.30, P < 0.001). …”
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Designing and evaluating a patient decision aid for patients with locally advanced or locally recurrent rectal cancer: a national multicentre mixed methods study protocol by Martyn Evans, Hayley Anne Hutchings, Dean Anthony Harris, Deena Harji, Anwen Williams

“…There are no decision tools for these patients and current resources have found to not meet minimum international standards. The overall aim of this study is to produce a validated patient decision aid (PtDA) to assist patients considering radical pelvic exenteration for LARC and LRRC created in line with international minimum standards.Methods and analysis This study is a national, multicentre mixed methods project and has been designed in keeping with guidance from the International Patient Decision Aids Standard.This study is in four stages. …”
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Effects on Parental Stress of Early Home-Based CareToy Intervention in Low-Risk Preterm Infants by Giuseppina Sgandurra, Elena Beani, Emanuela Inguaggiato, Jakob Lorentzen, Jens Bo Nielsen, Giovanni Cioni

“…A significant (p<0.05) reduction in Parental Distress subscale in the CareToy group versus Standard Care was found in the mothers. No differences were found among the fathers. …”
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Assessment of the Nutrients in the Leachate and the Groundwater Quality for Drinking and Farming around the Nkolfoulou Landfill in Yaoundé, Cameroon by Gilbert Feuyit, John Ngolui Lambi, Estella Njoyim-Tamungang, Samuel Laminsi

“…Based on the parameters assessed, all the samples complied with the standard set for irrigation, poultry, and livestock. …”
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Simultaneous Determination of Benzene and Toluene in Pesticide Emulsifiable Concentrate by Headspace GC-MS by Lidong Cao, Hua Jiang, Jing Yang, Li Fan, Fengmin Li, Qiliang Huang

“…In this paper, a simple and efficient headspace-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (HSGC-MS) method using fluorobenzene as an internal standard (IS) for rapid simultaneous determination of benzene and toluene in pesticide emulsifiable concentrate (EC) was established. …”
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Empirical Verification of the Existence and Functioning of Internal Controls in the Preparation of a Consolidated Property Balance Sheet for the State and Municipalities in Sloveni... by Jasna Ida Zafred

“…The consolidation process, where a group of enterprises is presented as a single one, is prescribed by international accounting standards, and in accordance with them it has been taken over by Slovenian accounting standards and International Public Sector Accounting Standards. …”
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Accuracy of Teledentistry for Diagnosis and Treatment Planning of Pediatric Patients during COVID-19 Pandemic by Ozra Golsanamloo, Sanaz Iranizadeh, Amir Reza Jamei Khosroshahi, Leila Erfanparast, Ali Vafaei, Yalda Ahmadinia, Solmaz Maleki Dizaj

“…The basic design of the study was based on the comparison treatment plans by the students and the gold standard (clinical treatment plan of an expert pedodontist with 10 years of clinical experience). …”
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Modelling the Current and Future Pollutant Emission from Non-Road Machinery: A Case Study in Shanghai by Rui Chen, Xuerui Yang, Lei Xi, Huajun Zhen, Guangli Xiu

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Concurrent Force Feedback on Load Symmetry in Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients by Steni Sackiriyas, Becky Heinert, Drew Rutherford, Gwen M Fritz, Thomas W Kernozek

“… # Results There was a time effect for the mean load symmetry index (p=0.027) but not for the standard deviation (p=0.441) during these exercises. …”
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Correction of the Contribution of Scattered Photon Radiation to the Ionization Chamber Readings During X-Ray Radiation Quality Assessment by A. A. Zaharadniuk, K. G. Senkovsky, R. V. Lukashevich

“…Reduction of the systematic error when determining the characteristics of the reference X-ray radiation fields is an essential task according to the ISO 4037-1:2019 standard. This task is especially important in dosimetry laboratories when establishing the qualities of reference photon fields. …”
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The modulating effect of coat color mutations on the generation and neutralization of reactive oxygen species in the Аmerican mink (Neovison vison) as a model by S. N. Sergina, V. A. Ilyukha, I. V. Baishnikova, T. N. Ilyina

“…The study was conducted with standard dark brown (+/+), monorecessive royal pastel (b/b) and silver-blue (р/р), and direcessive sapphire (a/a р/р) mutant minks. …”
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OCF Bridging Techniques for UWB/LoRa IoT Ecosystems by Hyun Seob Oh, Wha Sook Jeon, Dong Geun Jeong

“…The Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) is one of the most powerful IoT standard organizations. The OCF has developed not only its own standard but also an open source software framework called IoTivity for efficient implementation of IoT systems. …”
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Compound-Specific Chlorine Isotope Analysis of Organochlorine Pesticides by Gas Chromatography-Negative Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry by Jing Zhang, Shenghua Liu, Jianye Gui, Xiaoya Li, Guochen Qi

“…An ionization energy of 90 eV and emission current of 90 μA were selected, and the precisions for eight organochlorine pesticides were in the range of 0.37‰–2.15‰ in single ion monitoring (SIM) mode when the injected amount was 0.50 mg L−1 (viz. 0.5 ng on column). Furthermore, when standards from Supelco and O2si were calibrated using standards from AccuStandard regarded as external isotope standard, chlorine isotope composition of α-hexachlorocyclohexane (α-HCH) and 2, 2-dichloro−1, 1-bis (4-chlorophenyl) ethylene (p, p′-DDE) in Supelco and O2si was confidently differentiated. …”
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Effectiveness of skull X-RAY to determine cochlear implant insertion depth by Vinay Fernandes, Yiqiao Wang, Robert Yeung, Sean Symons, Vincent Lin

“…Although means were similar across rater groups, CI surgeons (45 degrees) had the lowest standard deviation of paired differences. Comparing X-RAY views, Caldwell (29 degrees) had less variation than Towne (59 degrees) for standard deviation of paired differences. …”
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Can the botanical azadirachtin replace phased-out soil insecticides in suppressing the soil insect pest Diabrotica virgifera virgifera? by Stefan Toepfer, Szabolcs Toth, Mark Szalai

“…At 10× standard-dose total pest control was achieved as well as the prevention of most root damage. …”
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Surfaces and Air Bacteriology of Selected Wards at a Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Hailu Getachew, Awoke Derbie, Daniel Mekonnen

“…This study showed high degree of bacterial load that is beyond the standard limits on both surfaces and air samples of the hospital. …”
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Development of the Method for Calculation of Reinforced Concrete Structures on the Formation and Opening of Normal Cracks by Nikolay N. Trekin, Emil N. Kodysh, Sergey G. Parfenov, Konstantin R. Andrian

“…Also, the article discusses the currently updated calculation methods for the formation and opening of normal cracks according to domestic and foreign standards.…”
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The Multistage Homotopy Perturbation Method for Solving Chaotic and Hyperchaotic Lü System by M. S. H. Chowdhury, Nur Isnida Razali, Waqar Asrar, M. M. Rahman

“…MHPM is a technique adapted from the standard homotopy-perturbation method (HPM) where the HPM is treated as an algorithm in a sequence of time intervals. …”
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Quantitative Determination and Validation of Metformin Hydrochloride in Pharmaceutical Using Quantitative Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy by H. H. Gadape, K. S. Parikh

“…The advantage of the method is that no reference standard of analyte drug is required for quantification. …”
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Fragility functions for reinforced-concrete frames classified by joint strength margin: the case of interior beam–column joint by Takashi Takeuchi, Hajime Okano, Kazutaka Shirai

“…Existing fragility functions, however, are limited to reinforced concrete (RC) frames designed according to U.S. standards, making them unsuitable for frames designed according to other design standards. …”
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