The effect of loading rate on fracture energy of asphalt mixture at intermediate temperatures and under different loading modes by M.R.M. Aliha, M. Fakhri, E. Haghighat Kharrazi, F. Berto

“…At intermediate service temperatures hot mix asphalt (HMA) concretely are subjected to different loading rates due to movement of vehicles which can significantly affect their mechanical characteristics and final service load. …”
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A Combination of Serum Biomarkers in Elderly Patients with Sarcopenia: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study by Lin Ying, Qin Zhang, Yun-mei Yang, Jian-ying Zhou

“…According to the criteria of the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia (AWGS), subjects were divided into the sarcopenia group and nonsarcopenic group. …”
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High Dose Ilaprazole/Amoxicillin as First-Line Regimen for Helicobacter pylori Infection in Korea by WonGun Kwack, YunJeong Lim, ChiYeon Lim, David Y. Graham

“…Subjects visited again after 4–6 weeks to confirm H. pylori status through a urea breath test. …”
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Three-Dimensional Nonlinear Seismic Response of Immersed Tunnel in Horizontally Layered Site under Obliquely Incident SV Waves by Xiaojie Zhou, Qinghua Liang, Yueyu Zhang, Zhongxian Liu, Ying He

“…The 3D seismic response of the immersed tunnel in a horizontally layered site subjected to obliquely incident waves is analyzed based on the precise dynamic stiffness matrix of the soil layer and half-space via combined viscous-spring boundary and equivalent node stress methods. …”
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Evaluation of serum Ferritin level in patients presenting with dysphagia: A hidden marker to diagnose Plummer Vinson syndrome by Rukhsana Tumrani, Afshan Qayum, Kashif Munir, Ahmad Ijlal, Mehvish Sana

“…Results: Mean age of the study subjects was 37.79±8.451years and 53(26.1%) were male and 150(73.9%) were females. …”
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A Study of Serum Adiponectin Levels in Patients with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and its Correlation with Various Cardiometabolic Risk Markers by G. Surendra Prasad, Uma Kaimal Saikia, Ashok Krishna Bhuyan, Abhamoni Baro

“…Settings and Design: In this cross-sectional observational study recently diagnosed, PCOS subjects were compared with age- and body mass index (BMI)-matched controls. …”
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Argument coding in the experiential predicate tǝmʃʌ kǝrdǝn ‘to look’ in Garrusi Kurdish by Mohammad Dabir-Moghaddam, Masoumeh Zarei

“…Of the 88 tokens of tǝmʃʌ kǝrdǝn, only 16 instances employed subject-object argument structure. The most tokenized coding strategy was subject-oblique argument coding with a locative/goal stimulus. …”
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Absence of the interthalamic adhesion (ITA) as a neuroanatomical association or risk factor for neuropsychiatric disorders: A systemic review and meta-analysis by Adil Asghar, Ravi K. Narayan, Pankaj Kumar, Kumar S. Ravi, R. Shane Tubbs, Apurba Patra, Shagufta Naaz

“…Results: The incidence of absent ITA was 15.3% in healthy subjects and 28.76% in neuropsychiatric subjects. The relative probability of AITA was 2.30 [95% confidence interval (CI), 1.96–2.70] in neuropsychiatric illness. …”
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Micro-field of Verbal Plurality in Latin by Bohdan Cherniukh

“…Its subspecies are   subjective, objective, locative, subversive and cislocative  distributivity. …”
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Obesity Increases Prevalence of Colonic Adenomas at Screening Colonoscopy: A Canadian Community-Based Study by Theodore F. Shapero, Grant I. Chen, Tim Devlin, Alison Gibbs, Iain C. Murray, Stanley Tran, Corey Weigensberg

“…Methods. We evaluated 2020 subjects undergoing first screening colonoscopy. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated at enrolment. …”
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Application of ATS-GWIFBM Operator Based on Improved Time Entropy in Green Building Projects by Rongxin Zhang, Lvjiang Yin, Jing Jia, Yuanxing Yin

“…According to the idea of “laying more stress on the present than on the past,” a time sequence weight considering both the subjective preferences and the objective information of samples was obtained to overcome the irrationality of subjective value assignment on existing time sequence weight and ideal time weighting. …”
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Procedural Law of Ancient Rome in the Imperial Period by D. V. Slynko

“…The second group of the population was made up of commoners – plebs, the third group of the Roman population was clientis, and the fourth – slaves. The subjects and allies of Rome, a huge mass of slaves, whose number was many times higher than the number of Roman citizens, were subject to trial in a simplified manner, and slaves were generally subject to extrajudicial proceedings. …”
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Exploring the relationship between teachers’ beliefs on the nature and learning of mathematics and self-efficacy in teaching mathematics at the primary school level by Kristi Pikk, Äli Leijen, Jelena Radišić, Krista Uibu

“…We also investigated the possible differences between subject teachers and class teachers and possible differences regarding teacher work experience. …”
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Concept and Types of Administrative Restrictions within Legal Regulation of Economic Activity by M. V. Starynskyi

“…In the course of the research the author has distinguished the features of administrative restrictions used in the legal regulation of economic activity, which include the following: 1) they are objectified in the legal norms contained in the normative legal acts regulating economic activity and having a restrictive nature; 2) they coordinate the activity of economic entities, defining the boundaries, the degree of freedom of choice of their actions; 3) the subject of application is a state-authorized agency in the field of regulation of economic activity, and the addressee is an individual or a legal entity – business entities; 4) the purpose of application is to bring the behavior of the subject in accordance with a certain standard of economic activity; 5) they have mandatory nature and are provided by state coercion. …”
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About a concept of creating a social network users information aggregation and data processing system by L. V. Rudikova, O. R. Myslivec

“…The proposed article describes the subject area associated with the collection and storage of data from users of social networks. …”
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THE CONFLICT OF STATE REGISTRATION AS A CONDITION FOR THE EMERGENCE OF A PUBLIC LEGAL DISPUTE by Olena S. Lunina

“…The features of legal conflict are named: the connection of the conflict with legal relations, the presence of legal features of the subjects or the object of the conflict; the possibility of legal settlement; sectoral certainty of the conflict; the presence of legal consequences; the possibility of using coercive means in the conflict resolution process; conflict resolution through a special legal procedure. …”
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Improved Clinical Outcomes with Appropriate Meropenem De-escalation in Patients with Febrile Neutropenia by Tyler Luu, Austin Fan, Reid Shaw, Hina Dalal, Jenna Adams, Maressa Santarossa, Gail Reid, Stephanie Tsai, Nina M. Clark, Fritzie S. Albarillo

“…Sixty patients (31.3%) were ade-escalated (MDE), and 121 subjects were not (NDE). The 30-day all-cause mortality was 8.3% (n = 5/60 subjects) in the MDE group and 2.4% (n = 3/121) in the NDE group but was not statistically significant (P=0.1). …”
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Phonologisches Bewusstsein bei einem polnisch-amerikanischen Kind mit Legasthenie. Eine Fallstudie by Rafał Młyński, Agata Guzek

“…The errors made by the subject on the segmenting and blending of phonemes tasks were syntagmatic – they indicated deficits in the linear evaluation of auditory stimuli. …”
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The Effect Of Plyometric And Tabata Training On Jump Performance, Respiratory Function Parameters On Aerobic Gymnasts by Gencay Cüce, Engin Güneş Atabaş, Ayşegül Yapıcı

“…A total of 12 exercises were applied to the subjects for 6 weeks, 2 exercises per week. The subjects were tested for jump performance, 30 sec Bosco Test, respiratory function test and C group basic difficulty elements test, pre-test and post-test. …”
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Analyzing Adherence to Prenatal Supplement: Does Pill Count Measure Up? by Kristie E. Appelgren, Paul J. Nietert, Thomas C. Hulsey, Bruce W. Hollis, Carol L. Wagner

“…Data were obtained from a prenatal vitamin D supplementation trial where subjects were stratified by race and randomized into three dosing groups: 400 (control), 2000, or 4000 IU vitamin D3/day. …”
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