A systematic review of the efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in treating dysarthria in patients with Parkinson's disease by Kerong Chen, Sitong Zhou, Shiyu Lu, Yuliang Qin, Xinyao Li, Yi Li, Tianyun Liu, Mei Zhang, Kun Xu, Hongping Shi, Xiaoman Lv, Kai Yuan, Hongling Shi, Dongdong Qin

“…Two researchers extracted information on study subjects, age, intervention methods, intervention duration, intervention frequency, evaluation indicators, and intervention results from the included literature. …”
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Effect of Curing Conditions and Freeze-Thaw Cycles on the Strength of an Expansive Soil Stabilized with a Combination of Lime, Jaggery, and Gallnut Powder by Jijo James, S. Karthickeyan, S. Chidambaram, B. Dayanandan, K. Karthick

“…Three combinations of lime, jaggery, and gallnut powder (LJG) in the ratios of 8 : 2 : 2, 8 : 2 : 1, and 8 : 1 : 2 were put into use. The effect of subjecting the combinations to alternate cycles of freeze-thaw (up to 3 cycles) and three different curing conditions of air, moisture, and heat was also investigated. …”
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W-SITTING IN CHILDHOOD: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW by David Gonçalves Nordon, Caroline de Gouveia Buff Passone, Clovis Artur Almeida da Silva, Patrícia Moreno Grangeiro

“…Results: This review found 3641 articles, removed 614 duplicates, and excluded 3021 for focusing on subjects other than W-sitting. It included seven studies for analysis, one of which was a narrative review and two were methodologically inadequate cross-sectional to evaluate the causal effect in W-sitting. …”
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Modeling the effect of climate change to the potential invasion range of Piper aduncum Linnaeus by J.C. Paquit, R.I.P. Rama

“…The potential effect of invasive plant species on biodiversity is one of most important subject of inquiry at present. In many parts of the world, the alarming spread of these plants has been documented. …”
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Pharmacological Evaluation of Antidepressant-Like Effect of Genistein and Its Combination with Amitriptyline: An Acute and Chronic Study by Gaurav Gupta, Tay Jia Jia, Lim Yee Woon, Dinesh Kumar Chellappan, Mayuren Candasamy, Kamal Dua

“…Animals were divided into six groups (n=6) for treatment with water, genistein, or amitriptyline, either alone or in combination for ten days. Animals were subjected to locomotor activity testing; tail suspension test (TST); and forced swim test (FST) and immobility time was recorded on day one and day ten. …”
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Microannulus Formation Mechanism at the Cementing Interface of a Thermal Recovery Well during Cyclic Steam Injection by JiWei Wu, XueGang Wang, Lin Song, ShouMing Zhong, WenFeng Yin

“…During the thermal recovery of heavy oil when using cyclic steam injection technology, a microannulus tends to form at the cementing interface subjected to high temperature and pressure during steam injection, and large temperature and pressure differences after injection can lead to wellbore integrity failure. …”
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A platform noise dataset of various types of subway stations during all operating hours by Bowen Hou, Xingyu Chen, Qine Zeng, Jinhan Mo, Lang Wang, Kaiyue Hu, Jiangbin Li, Wenqiang Zhao

“…Abstract The subjective perceptions of passengers are intricately linked to the noise levels in subway stations of urban rail transit systems. …”
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Dental Arch Dimensions in Saudi Adults by Omar Hamad Alkadhi, Sarah Fahad Almahfouz, Hana Abdulmajeed Tokhtah, Lamia Abdulaziz Binhuwaishel

“…The sample comprised subjects aged 18–33 years old. Most measurements showed higher values for males compared to females. …”
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Production of Biodiesel from High Acid Value Waste Cooking Oil Using an Optimized Lipase Enzyme/Acid-Catalyzed Hybrid Process by N. Saifuddin, A. Z. Raziah, H. Nor Farah

“…The results on the lipase enzyme which was subjected to pH tuning and TPP, indicated remarkable increase in the initial rate of transesterification by 3.8 times. …”
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VNR_CCP: A New Approach to Congestion Control Using Virtualization Technique and Switch Migration in SDN by Mohammad Reza Jenabzadeh, Vahid Ayatollahitafti, Mohammad reza Mollakhalili, Mohammad Reza Mollahoseini Ardakani

“…When an SDN switch node is subjected to many requests, the network becomes congested, and to solve this problem, the controller can use network virtualization and switch migration, taking into account the free resources available in the switches and links.  …”
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Serum Transthyretin Level as a Plausible Marker for Diagnosis of Child Acute Malnutrition by Behailu Tsegaye, Amha Mekasha, Solomon Genet

“…A total of 102 children (51 controls and 51 study subjects) were included in this study. Transthyretin was found to be more sensitive to changes in acute malnutrition than albumin, and its level reflects recent dietary intake compared to overall nutritional status. …”
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Power-Efficient Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer (SWIPT) for Batteryless IoT Devices Using a Co-Designed Rectifying Metantenna by Ping Lu, Linkai Luo, Linjie Yang, Ce Wang, Cheng Zhang, Chaoyun Song, Kama Huang, Yi Huang

“…The proposed rectifying metantenna operates at 5.8 GHz (an ISM band) and achieves a maximum energy conversion efficiency of 54.6% when subjected to an input power of 0 dBm. This accomplishment is particularly noteworthy when the metantenna is integrated into devices for data communication. …”
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Trigonella Foenum-Graecum Seeds Lowers Postprandial Blood Glucose in Overweight and Obese Individuals by Sathyasurya Daniel Robert, Aziz Al-Safi Ismail, Wan Ishak Wan Rosli

“…This study determined the effects of fenugreek on postprandial plasma glucose (PPG) and satiety among overweight and obese individuals. Fourteen subjects were studied in the morning after overnight fasts on four separate occasions. …”
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Investigation of Blood Characteristics in Nonsyndromic Retinitis Pigmentosa: A Retrospective Study by Yijing Yang, Ying Deng, Ye Tian, Zhen Yao, Yasha Zhou, Ying Wang, Qinghua Peng, Jun Peng

“…We collected vein blood from 101 cases of patients with nonsyndromic RP and 120 cases of normal individuals according to a single-blind study and used routine clinical examination to detect the indicators of blood. All the subjects were mainly from the central south of China. …”
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Current conservation status and potential distribution under climate change of Michelia lacei, a Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations in Yunnan, China by Yang Liu, Lei Cai, Weibang Sun

“…Smith, a magnolia species categorized as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, is subject to severe disturbance. We carried out field surveys and a review of literature records to present a detailed description of the current status of M. lacei. …”
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Pisa Syndrome in Parkinson’s Disease: Electromyographic Aspects and Implications for Rehabilitation by Giuseppe Frazzitta, Pietro Balbi, Francesco Gotti, Roberto Maestri, Annarita Sabetta, Luca Caremani, Laura Gobbi, Marina Capobianco, Rossana Bera, Nir Giladi, Davide Ferrazzoli

“…We observed significant AA during MVMC only in the external oblique muscles in 78% of the subjects. Our results of asymmetric ability to generate maximal voluntary force of the external oblique muscles support a central dissynchronisation of axial muscles as a significant contributor for the bending of the spine in erect position. …”
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A medium-throughput protease assay for screening green plant material by Christina Stonoha-Arther, Andrew Molodchenko, Andrew Molodchenko, Kevin Panke-Buisse

“…Aboveground plant material is subject to stress-induced senescence after harvest. …”
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Influence of short-pulsed Ion irradiation on optical and photoelectrical properties of thin gallium oxide films by Zhanymgul Koishybayeva, Fedor Konusov, Sergey Pavlov, Dmitrii Sidelev, Artur Nassyrbayev, Dmitry Cheshev, Ruslan Gadyrov, Vladislav Tarbokov, Abdirash Akilbekov

“…Obtained films were subjected to the short-pulsed ion irradiation (ion energy - up to 200 keV, pulse duration - 90 ns, current density on the target - up to 15 A/cm2). …”
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The impact of two Ginseng administrations on stress from acute physical effort by Ramona-Niculina Jurcău, Dong Hun Kwak, Ioana-Marieta Jurcău, Nicolae-Alexandru Colceriu, Cezar Honceriu

“…All participants were subjected to the same type of stress: an acute and short-term intense physical effort on a cycle ergometer. …”
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EEG in Education: A Scoping Review of Hardware, Software, and Methodological Aspects by Christos Orovas, Theodosios Sapounidis, Christina Volioti, Euclid Keramopoulos

“…Apart from the basic background knowledge, two research questions regarding methodological aspects (experimental settings and hardware and software used) and the subject of the research and type of information used from the EEG signals are addressed and discussed.…”
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