Field-Obtained Soil-Water Characteristic Curves of KPK Expansive Soil and Their Prediction Correlations by Bakht Zamin, Hassan Nasir, Khalid Mehmood, Qaiser Iqbal

“…The damaging effect of expansive soils is intimately related to the distinctive soil-water characteristic in the surficial soil layers subjected to wetting-drying cycles. The soil-water characteristic curve (SWCC) also known as the water-retention curve shows the fluctuation of suction with the moisture content. …”
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Numerical Evaluation of the Opening Effects on the Reinforced Concrete Slab Structural Performance by Meysam Aminitabar, Omar Kanaani, Amir Reza Eskenati

“…The presented modeling procedure is used to conduct numerical analyses on the response of reinforced concrete slab subjected to in-plane monotonic loads in X (perpendicular to the beam) and Z (parallel to the beam) directions. …”
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RELATIONSHIP OF ACL INJURY WITH POSTERIOR TIBIAL SLOPE, INTERCONDYLAR NOTCH WIDTH RATIO, AGE, AND SEX by Boby Harul Priono, Ghuna Arioharjo Utoyo, Yoyos Dias Ismiarto

“…Patients were separated into 2 groups: a study group of those subjects who had undergone surgery for ACL injury (n =10) and a control group of patients diagnosed without ACL Injury (n = 10). …”
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Peculiarities of normative and legal regulation for the activity of higher education institutions with specific conditions which provide training for the National Police of Ukraine by D. V. Shvets

“…It has been substantiated that the normative and legal regulation of this sphere of social relations is being implemented in several directions: defining the general legal basis for the activities of institutions of higher education with specific teaching conditions, establishing the legal status of the subjects of these social relations and defining specific aspects of the implementation of the educational process. …”
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Revisiting the speaker discriminatory power of vowel formant frequencies under a likelihood ratio-based paradigm: The case of mismatched speaking styles. by Julio Cesar Cavalcanti, Anders Eriksson, Plinio A Barbosa, Sandra Madureira

“…Differentiating subjects through the comparison of their recorded speech is a common endeavor in speaker characterization. …”
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Antecedents of Traveller Identification and Satisfaction As a Consequence of Traveller Decisions by Muhammad Aqsa, Aetken Ibrahim, Suparman Parintak, Anne Attas

“…The data that has been collected will be subjected to verification and descriptive analysis with statistical tool SmartPLS. …”
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Manual Segmentation of 12 Layers of the Retina and Choroid through SD-OCT in Intermediate AMD: Repeatability and Reproducibility by Pedro Camacho, Marco Dutra-Medeiros, Luís Salgueiro, Sílvia Sadio, Paulo C. Rosa

“…Methods: A cross-sectional study of 40 eyes from 40 subjects with intermediate AMD was conducted. The segmentation was performed manually, using SD-OCT. …”
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Remineralization Potential of Nanohydroxyapatite Toothpaste Compared with Tricalcium Phosphate and Fluoride Toothpaste on Artificial Carious Lesions by Apa Juntavee, Niwut Juntavee, Praewpan Hirunmoon

“…Samples were divided into four groups according to testing agents: NHT, TCPT, FT, and one group with no treatment (NT). Each group was subjected to pH-cycling with the application of toothpaste in slurry form twice a day (2-min each) for 10 days. …”
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RUSSIAN–JAPANESE TRADE AND ECONOMIC RELATIONS: IS THERE A NEW FULCRUM? by D. V. Streltsov

“…In this situation, the allocation of a certain share for Japan in the strategic energy deposits of Siberia and the Far East and the admission of Japanese capital to the exploration and development of these deposits seem to be a realistic choice for Russian strategic planning towards Japan, as such a cooperation would not be a subject of Western sanctions against Russia. For Russia it is important to build with Japan relationship on a more long-term and lasting basis. …”
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Controlling root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita in tomatoes using modified effective microorganisms-fermented plant extract and compost manure by Benoit Sossou, Nkechi Izuogu, Aisha Anifowose, H. Ahamefule

“…The data collected was subjected to analysis of variance (ANOVA) where significant differences in means were separated using Fisher’s Least Significance Difference (LSD) Test at P = 0.05.Results In both trials, treated plants performed significantly better. …”
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Molecular Detection, Phylogenetic Analysis, and Identification of Transcription Motifs in Feline Leukemia Virus from Naturally Infected Cats in Malaysia by Faruku Bande, Siti Suri Arshad, Latiffah Hassan, Zunita Zakaria

“…Selected samples that were FeLV-positive by PCR were subjected to sequencing, phylogenetic analysis, and motifs search. …”
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Lower Limb Ground Reaction Force and Center of Pressure Asymmetry During Bodyweight Squats by Kelci B. Hannan, Adam C. King

“…Significance was set at *ρ* ≤ .05. # Results The subjects exhibited greater ground reaction forces during the self-paced tempo compared to the metronome-paced tempo (*F*~1,79~ = 14.48, *p* \< .001) with the preferred leg generating larger values than the non-preferred leg during the self-paced condition. …”
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Antibiofilm effect of Nano chitosan and calcium hydroxide intracanal medications and their effects on the microhardness and chemical structure of radicular dentine by Maha Nasr, Ahmed Abdou, Dina M. Bassiouny, Reham Hassan

“…For the effect on microhardness, 56 specimens were subjected to Vicker’s microhardness test before and after 1 week, and 4 weeks of medication application. …”
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Development and Psychometric Assessment of the Parents\' Needs of Hospitalized Children Questionnaire by Nafiseh Zarei, Reza Negarandeh, Jamalodin Begjani, Elham Ghasemi, Mahboube Moradi

“…Considering the critical importance of this subject, the present study aimed to design and assess the psychometric properties of the needs of parents with hospitalized children in Iran. …”
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Anti-furfurative comparison of Kesh Kanti-Herbal Shampoos and synthetic shampoos against Malassezia furfur for dandruff management by Acharya Balkrishna, Nem Kumar Ngpoore, Harshita Jonwal, Savita Lochab, Anurag Varshney

“…In contrast, herbal shampoos were as effective as synthetic options when M. furfur was subjected to 3-minute shampoo contact every 24 h with intermittent recovery. …”
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Foliar applied calcium chloride alleviated drought stress in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.) by improving growth and yield contributing traits and antioxidant activity. by Tauqeer Ahmad Yasir, Wasif Azhar, Qaisar Ali, Muhammad Usman Masood Bhutta, Muhammad Ateeq, Allah Wasaya, Mubshar Hussain, Rehana Riaz

“…During the study, we exposed pearl millet to various foliar applications of CaCl2 (0 mg/L, 25 mg/L, 50 mg/L, and 75 mg/L) while subjecting it to two different irrigation conditions: full irrigation and drought stress during the booting stage. …”
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Unveiling the rural dichotomy: the dual impact of rurality on youth mental health by Sarah Youngson, Beatriz Cuesta-Briand, Mathew Coleman

“…The interviews were transcribed and subjected to thematic analysis informed by ecological systems theory. …”
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A fulminant case of JC virus encephalopathy supporting a novel syndrome associated with JC virus infection of cortical neurons by Matteo Ciocca, Marta Pirovano, Monica Lodi, Antonino Romeo, Vincenza Fetoni

“…PML almost exclusively affects immunosuppressed patients, whereas it is rare in immunocompetent subjects. Recently, a new clinical entity, named JCV encephalopathy ( JCVE), has been observed. …”
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MicroRNA-29b Suppresses Inflammation and Protects Blood-Brain Barrier Integrity in Ischemic Stroke by Xiaoqing Ma, Ho Jun Yun, Kenneth Elkin, Yunliang Guo, Yuchuan Ding, Guangwen Li

“…Additionally, hCMEC/D3 cells were subjected to oxygen–glucose deprivation (OGD) and cocultured with HL-60 cells. …”
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Online resources on gene networks containing human and animal data by E. V. Ignatieva, D. A. Afonnikov, N. A.  Kolchanov

“…Without pretending to fully cover all information resources containing data related to humans and animals on the subject, the current review was created to report the current status of the problem and to present the criteria according to which we propose to evaluate the utility of webresources for specific research tasks. …”
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