A community-based study to assess the prevalence and predictors of stunting among under-five children in Sheger City, Oromia, Ethiopia by Firomsa Botorie, Bilisom Balcha Abera, Abera Botorie, Abera Botorie, Asonya Abera, Abebe Dukessa Dubiwak, Abebe Dukessa Dubiwak, Tesfaye Getachew Charkos, Godana Arero Dassie

“…Data were collected through face-to-face interviews, structured questionnaires, and anthropometric measurements. …”
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Finite element investigation for improving chest wall reconstruction process using ceramic and polymeric implants by Yomna H. Shash

“…After excision, artificial bone or synthetic materials are used in chest wall reconstruction to restore the skeletal structure of the chest. Chest implants have traditionally been made from metallic materials like titanium alloys due to their biocompatibility and durability. …”
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Role of emotional disorders, personality features and disorders of intraceptive sensation in development of somatic symptoms at irritable bowel syndrome by Ye. A. Poluektova, A. A. Kurbatova, G. Ye. Rupchev, A. A. Sheptulin, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Profound investigation including application of questionnaires was carried out for assessment of: dominating personality traits of the patient, his/her emotional features (individual typological questionnaire – ITQ); structure and bulk of individual dictionary for description of internal somatic sensations (test of intraceptive sensation descriptors choice); presence of emotional disorders (respective scales of Hamilton test for anxiety and depression – HARS, HDRS).Results. …”
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UX Evaluation with Standardized Questionnaires in Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence: A Systematic Literature Review by Ignacio Díaz-Oreiro, Gustavo López, Luis Quesada, Luis A. Guerrero

“…Standardized questionnaires are well-known, reliable, and inexpensive instruments to evaluate user experience (UX). Although the structure, content, and application procedure of the three most recognized questionnaires (AttrakDiff, UEQ, and meCUE) are known, there is no systematic literature review (SLR) that classifies how these questionnaires have been used in primary studies reported academically. …”
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Evaluation of wheat products with high flavonoid content: justification of importance of marker-assisted development and production of flavonoid-rich wheat cultivars by E. K. Khlestkina, N. I. Usenko, E. I. Gordeeva, O. I. Stabrovskaya, I. B. Sharfunova, Y. S. Otmakhova

“…In the structure of the global commodity supply in the food market in modern conditions it is necessary to note the emergence of a broad group of new high-tech products, and specialized functional food with high value added. …”
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Coarse-scale vertical distribution of pelagic amphipods in two contrasting seasons of the southern Gulf of Mexico by Marco Violante-Huerta, Laura Sanvicente-Añorve, Miguel Alatorre-Mendieta, Edlin Guerra-Castro

“…The vertical hydrological structure during the summer was characterized by a deepening of 15-18°C temperature values towards the upper mesopelagic zone, resulting in less heterogeneity between the epi- and the mesopelagic zones. …”
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Studying and enhancing the methods for distance teaching of computer science in Kazakh secondary school students during the pandemic by M. M. Zhamankarin, A. M. Sivinskiy, M. K. Aitkenova, M. B. Zhanibekov

“…The leading experience of the specialists composing the authors’ initiative research group allowed developing a structural scheme for an online lesson. The lessons applying this scheme were conducted up to the end of the academic quarter. …”
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Wearable Textile Patch DSSRS Antenna for Body Tumors Detection with Reduced SAR by M.M. Hasan Mahfuz, Md Rafiqul Islam, Norun Farihah Abdul Malek, Mohamed Hadi Habaebi, Nazmus Sakib, Elham Baladi

“…The design procedure has been finished with the help of CST MWS, and the next step will be to fine-tune the parameters of the antenna structure to achieve resonance at the ISM band (5.79 GHz). …”
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Experimental Study of Steady Blowing from the Trailing Edge of an Open Cavity Flow by Naser Al Haddabi, Konstantinos Kontis, Hossein Zare-Behtash

“…They induce strong flow oscillations which can substantially increase noise, drag, vibration, and lead to structural fatigue. In the current study, a steady jet was forced from the cavity trailing edge with different momentum fluxes (<i>J</i> = 0.11 kg/m·s², 0.44 kg/m·s², and 0.96 kg/m·s²). …”
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Exploring the Diversity of Some Microorganisms from Lake Al-Asfar, KSA: The Good, the Bad, and the Pathogenic by Fatimah Al Tammar, Nermin El Semary, Munirah F. Aldayel, Duaa Althumairy, Gowhara Alfayad

“…This information was integrated with structure information such as capsule presence, endospore formation, and wall characteristics indicated by Gram stain. …”
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Effects of Teenage Pregnancy on Girl Child Education in Buhunga Sub-County Uganda. by Twikirize, Edwig

“…Data collection instruments were structured questionnaires and interviews to collect data on the effects of teenage pregnancy on Girl Child Education in Buhunga Sub-County of Rukungiri District, Uganda. …”
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Assessment tuberculin skin test specificity in water buffalo using five different antigens by Alessandra Martucciello, Francesco Napolitano, Piera Mazzone, Francesco Grandoni, Maria Beatrice Boniotti, Monica Cagiola, Gabriele Di Vuolo, Felice Gerardo Giglio, Francesco Grippa, Giorgio Galiero, Federica Signorelli, Esterina De Carlo

“…In buffalo, this non-specificity could be due to atypical mycobacterial infections as well as to the peculiarities of buffalo skin structure compared to bovine skin (e.g., dermis thickness). …”
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Age dependent deficits in speech recognition in quiet and noise are reflected in MGB activity and cochlear onset coding by Konrad Dapper, Stephan M. Wolpert, Jakob Schirmer, Stefan Fink, Etienne Gaudrain, Deniz Başkent, Wibke Singer, Sarah Verhulst, Christoph Braun, Ernst Dalhoff, Lukas Rüttiger, Matthias H.J. Munk, Marlies Knipper

“…We observed that passive listening to vowels and phonemes, specifically designed to rely on either temporal fine structure (TFS) for frequencies below the phase locking limit (<1500 Hz), or on the temporal envelope (TENV) for frequencies above phase locking limit, entrained lower or higher neural EEG responses. …”
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Application of molecular approach in combination with providing treatment and control measures for combating Babesia bovis and Babesia bigemina infections in small scale livestock... by Nutsuda Klinkaew, Pairpailin Jhaiaun, Giang Thi Nguyen, Ruttayaporn Ngasaman, Domechai Keawnoi, Niorn Rattanapob, Pipat Arunvipas, Meyanee Kanjanaphan, Nuttapon Manojai, Suwitcha Panchakhan, Julaluk Jaiboon, Piyavadee Numnual, Prattana Tong-in, Thongphanchang Khanthong, Paween Srirarai, Chutima Chantarakot, Pattarakitti Noenchat, Jaroonwit Napornram, Somtat Yangsuk, Tanakrit Cham-iam, Phuncharat Nilsuwan, Supicha Jindarut, Kanokrat Boonyok, Nipa Thammasonthijarern, Wissanuwat Chimnoi, Tawin Inpankaew, Burin Nimsuphan, Jumnongjit Phasuk, Ketsarin Kamyingkird

“…Data associated with Babesia infections were collected using a semi-structured questionnaire and interview. Nested PCR targeting B. bovis spherical binding protein 4 (SBP4) and B. bigemina rhoptries associating protein 1a (Rap1a) genes were performed and direct sequencing and phylogenetic analysis were conducted. …”
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Assessing the feasibility of measuring residents’ quality of life in English care homes and the construct validity and internal consistency of measures completed by staff proxy: a... by Claire Goodman, Julienne Meyer, Karen Spilsbury, Barbara Hanratty, Rachael Carroll, Adam L Gordon, Gizdem Akdur, Anne Killett, Jennifer Burton, Ann-Marie Towers, Stacey Rand, Nick Smith, Sinead Palmer, Stephen Allan, Lucy Anne Webster

“…As there have not been any previous studies of the structural validity of the English language version of the QUALIDEM, ordinal exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was applied for this measure only. …”
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Ibuprofen reduces inflammation, necroptosis and protects photoreceptors from light-induced retinal degeneration by Ping-Wu Zhang, Zi-He Wan, Weifeng Li, Abhishek Vats, Kunal Mehta, Laura Fan, Lingli Zhou, Sean Li, Gloria Li, Casey J. Keuthan, Cynthia Berlinicke, Cheng Qian, Noriko Esumi, Elia J Duh, Donald J. Zack

“…IBU (100 or 200 mg/kg) or vehicle was administered by daily intraperitoneal injection. Retinal structure and function were evaluated by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and electroretinography (ERG). …”
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Chaihu Shugan San and Zuogui Yin synergistically improve premature ovarian failure in a rat model via the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway by Fei Zhang, RuiFang Liu, ZhenLing Xu, WenJie Chen, XiYa Lu, Yang Wang

“…Histopathological analysis confirmed preserved follicular structure and reduced apoptosis in treated groups. …”
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Genetic insights into psychotic major depressive disorder: bridging the mood-psychotic disorder spectrumResearch in context by Thuy-Dung Nguyen, Joeri J. Meijsen, Robert Sigström, Ralf Kuja-Halkola, Ying Xiong, Arvid Harder, Kaarina Kowalec, Joëlle A. Pasman, Carolina Scarpa, Elin Hörbeck, Lina Jonsson, Sara Hägg, Niamh Mullins, Kevin S. O’Connell, Christina Dalman, Dorte Helenius, Richard Zetterberg, Henrik Larsson, Paul Lichtenstein, Ole A. Andreassen, Thomas Werge, Alfonso Buil, Mikael Landén, Patrick F. Sullivan, Yi Lu

“…We estimated familial aggregation/coaggregation using generalised estimating equations, heritability and genetic correlations using structural equation modelling. We also analysed ∼30,000 genotyped MDD cases from the UK Biobank and a Swedish cohort to explore which polygenic risk score (PRS) may predispose individuals to psychotic MDD. …”
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Effects of replacing soybean meal with cottonseed meal on growth performance, carcass trait, intestinal development and intestinal microbiota of broiler chickens by Lei Yan, Sha An, Xiaoguo Lv, Zunzhou Lv, Beibei Zhang, Mingan Choct, Yuming Guo, Zhengguo Wang, Baozuo Yan, Yong Li

“…In the finisher stage, the use of 5 % CSM influenced gut weight and meat pH but had no influence on slaughter performance, intestinal health and ileal flora structure of broilers.…”
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Natural Product Identification and Molecular Docking Studies of Leishmania Major Pteridine Reductase Inhibitors by Moses N. Arthur, George Hanson, Emmanuel Broni, Patrick O. Sakyi, Henrietta Mensah-Brown, Whelton A. Miller, Samuel K. Kwofie

“…A library of 1463 natural compounds from AfroDb and NANPDB, prefiltered based on Lipinski’s rules, was used to screen against the LmPTR1 target. The X-ray structure of LmPTR1 complexed with NADP and dihydrobiopterin (Protein Data Bank ID: 1E92) was identified to contain the critical residues Arg17, Leu18, Ser111, Phe113, Pro224, Gly225, Ser227, Leu229, and Val230 including the triad of residues Asp181-Tyr194-Lys198, which are critical for the catalytic process involving the reduction of dihydrofolate to tetrahydrofolate. …”
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